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Kris Nelson
12 Kris Nelson
  • Height:
    5-4
  • Year:
    Jr.
  • Hometown:
    Augusta, Ga.
  • High School:
    Robert M. Shoemaker HS
  • Previous College:
    Temple College
  • Position:
    G
  • Major:
    Criminal Justice
  • gp
    31
  • pts/g
    5.2
  • fg %
    34.4
  • 3pt %
    25.9
  • ft %
    77.4
  • reb/g
    2.4
  • a/g
    2.7
Bio

As a Junior: Played in all 31 games and started in 30...Averaged 29.7 minutes per game...Totaled 83 assists and 20 steals...Scored in double-digits in four games...Scored a season-high of 14 points against Lee (03/15) and collected a season-high of seven assists against Texas Woman's (12/18).

As a Sophomore: Started all 29 games for the Lady Leopards…Averaged 9.8 points and 3.2 rebounds per game…Ended season with 143 assists…Scored a season-best of 19 points at Cisco College.

As a Freshman: Awarded All-Conference Honorable Mention…Started all 30 games…Led team with an average of 11.9 points and 4.9 assists per game.

High School: Graduated from Robert M. Shoemaker High School… Team captain her last two years for the Grey Wolves…Awarded Defensive Player of the Year as a junior…Named Offensive Player of the Year as a senior…Took team to first playoff game in 8 years… Named first-team all-district.

Personal: Majoring in criminal justice…Daughter of Kennetta and Eddie Gunns… Has two sisters, Kasia and Kenneddie…Related to O.J. Simpson…Birthdate: 3/18/1998.

Career Highs

Recent games
Date Opponent Result
Feb 23 Nova Southeastern W, 66-59
Feb 27 Eckerd W, 53-37
Mar 2 at Lynn L, 53-45
Mar 6 Rollins L, 56-45
Mar 15 vs. Lee W, 72-63
Mar 16 at #17 Florida Southern L, 76-65
Season Statistics
  Overall Conference
Games 31 20
Games started 30 20
Minutes 920 538
Minutes per game 29.7 26.9
FG 53-154 28-87
FG Pct 34.4 32.2
3PT 14-54 4-18
3PT Pct 25.9 22.2
FT 41-53 27-35
FT Pct 77.4 77.1
Off rebounds 7 3
Def rebounds 68 37
Total rebounds 75 40
Rebounds per game 2.4 2.0
Personal fouls 29 14
Disqualifications 1 -
Assists 83 44
Turnovers 55 34
Assist to turnover ratio 1.5 1.3
Steals 20 7
Blocks 5 3
Points 161 87
Points per game 5.2 4.3
Points per 40 min 7.0 6.5
Game Log - Shooting
Date Opponent Score gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Nov 9 LeMoyne-Owen W, 58-43 1 38 3-11 27.3 1-7 14.3 2-2 100.0 9
Nov 10 Claflin W, 83-65 1 34 1-3 33.3 0-2 0.0 2-2 100.0 4
Nov 18 Puerto Rico-Mayaguez W, 89-40 1 31 0-3 0.0 0-3 0.0 1-2 50.0 1
Nov 22 vs. Gannon W, 63-45 1 37 4-7 57.1 1-4 25.0 0-0 - 9
Nov 24 at Alaska-Fairbanks W, 67-49 1 40 2-5 40.0 1-2 50.0 0-0 - 5
Nov 28 at #21 Florida Southern L, 55-48 1 35 2-7 28.6 1-2 50.0 3-3 100.0 8
Dec 1 Barry W, 69-56 1 40 4-7 57.1 1-2 50.0 2-2 100.0 11
Dec 4 at Valdosta State L, 62-57 1 35 3-8 37.5 1-4 25.0 2-2 100.0 9
Dec 8 at Florida Tech W, 57-42 1 30 1-3 33.3 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 2
Dec 18 Texas Woman's W, 63-46 1 38 2-5 40.0 0-3 0.0 0-0 - 4
Dec 19 Findlay L, 57-56 - 33 2-6 33.3 1-1 100.0 2-2 100.0 7
Dec 29 at Embry-Riddle (Fla.) L, 67-58 1 24 2-4 50.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 4
Jan 2 Palm Beach Atlantic W, 51-41 1 19 1-2 50.0 0-0 - 1-2 50.0 3
Jan 9 Rollins W, 55-44 1 32 2-5 40.0 0-1 0.0 3-4 75.0 7
Jan 12 at Nova Southeastern L, 66-52 1 14 1-2 50.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 2
Jan 16 Saint Leo W, 59-46 1 35 2-5 40.0 0-0 - 2-4 50.0 6
Jan 19 Lynn W, 63-43 1 34 1-6 16.7 0-1 0.0 2-2 100.0 4
Jan 23 at Eckerd W, 71-66 1 39 1-9 11.1 0-2 0.0 1-2 50.0 3
Jan 26 at Barry W, 64-62 1 36 4-6 66.7 2-3 66.7 0-0 - 10
Jan 30 #13 Florida Southern L, 59-44 1 32 0-4 0.0 0-1 0.0 3-4 75.0 3
Feb 2 Embry-Riddle (Fla.) W, 68-62 1 45 2-9 22.2 0-1 0.0 4-4 100.0 8
Feb 6 at Palm Beach Atlantic W, 57-54 1 13 0-2 0.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Feb 9 Florida Tech W, 65-52 1 12 1-2 50.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 2
Feb 13 at Rollins W, 67-50 1 29 1-1 100.0 0-0 - 1-1 100.0 3
Feb 20 at Saint Leo W, 63-48 1 39 3-9 33.3 0-2 0.0 2-3 66.7 8
Feb 23 Nova Southeastern W, 66-59 1 13 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 1-2 50.0 1
Feb 27 Eckerd W, 53-37 1 12 0-3 0.0 0-1 0.0 2-2 100.0 2
Mar 2 at Lynn L, 53-45 1 5 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Mar 6 Rollins L, 56-45 1 16 0-3 0.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 0
Mar 15 vs. Lee W, 72-63 1 40 4-6 66.7 1-2 50.0 5-8 62.5 14
Mar 16 at #17 Florida Southern L, 76-65 1 40 4-10 40.0 4-7 57.1 0-0 - 12
Game Log - Ball control
Date Opponent Score gs min off def reb ast to stl blk
Nov 9 LeMoyne-Owen W, 58-43 1 38 0 2 2 2 3 1 2
Nov 10 Claflin W, 83-65 1 34 1 3 4 5 5 3 0
Nov 18 Puerto Rico-Mayaguez W, 89-40 1 31 0 3 3 5 0 1 0
Nov 22 vs. Gannon W, 63-45 1 37 0 2 2 4 2 3 0
Nov 24 at Alaska-Fairbanks W, 67-49 1 40 0 4 4 5 0 1 0
Nov 28 at #21 Florida Southern L, 55-48 1 35 0 2 2 1 3 1 0
Dec 1 Barry W, 69-56 1 40 0 2 2 6 1 1 0
Dec 4 at Valdosta State L, 62-57 1 35 1 1 2 3 0 1 0
Dec 8 at Florida Tech W, 57-42 1 30 0 1 1 1 3 1 0
Dec 18 Texas Woman's W, 63-46 1 38 0 5 5 7 2 2 0
Dec 19 Findlay L, 57-56 - 33 0 1 1 3 2 0 0
Dec 29 at Embry-Riddle (Fla.) L, 67-58 1 24 0 1 1 3 2 0 0
Jan 2 Palm Beach Atlantic W, 51-41 1 19 0 2 2 1 0 0 0
Jan 9 Rollins W, 55-44 1 32 0 3 3 3 2 1 0
Jan 12 at Nova Southeastern L, 66-52 1 14 0 1 1 0 4 0 1
Jan 16 Saint Leo W, 59-46 1 35 0 3 3 2 2 0 0
Jan 19 Lynn W, 63-43 1 34 1 4 5 2 1 0 0
Jan 23 at Eckerd W, 71-66 1 39 0 3 3 5 1 1 0
Jan 26 at Barry W, 64-62 1 36 0 4 4 4 2 1 1
Jan 30 #13 Florida Southern L, 59-44 1 32 0 2 2 0 1 0 0
Feb 2 Embry-Riddle (Fla.) W, 68-62 1 45 1 4 5 6 4 0 0
Feb 6 at Palm Beach Atlantic W, 57-54 1 13 0 2 2 0 1 0 0
Feb 9 Florida Tech W, 65-52 1 12 0 1 1 1 0 0 0
Feb 13 at Rollins W, 67-50 1 29 0 2 2 1 4 0 1
Feb 20 at Saint Leo W, 63-48 1 39 1 0 1 5 0 1 0
Feb 23 Nova Southeastern W, 66-59 1 13 0 0 0 1 2 0 0
Feb 27 Eckerd W, 53-37 1 12 0 0 0 2 1 0 0
Mar 2 at Lynn L, 53-45 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mar 6 Rollins L, 56-45 1 16 0 3 3 2 0 0 0
Mar 15 vs. Lee W, 72-63 1 40 0 6 6 0 3 0 0
Mar 16 at #17 Florida Southern L, 76-65 1 40 2 1 3 3 4 1 0
Game Log - Ball control extended
Date Opponent Score gs pf dq a/to
Nov 9 LeMoyne-Owen W, 58-43 1 1 - 0.7
Nov 10 Claflin W, 83-65 1 1 - 1.0
Nov 18 Puerto Rico-Mayaguez W, 89-40 1 1 - -
Nov 22 vs. Gannon W, 63-45 1 0 - 2.0
Nov 24 at Alaska-Fairbanks W, 67-49 1 0 - -
Nov 28 at #21 Florida Southern L, 55-48 1 3 - 0.3
Dec 1 Barry W, 69-56 1 0 - 6.0
Dec 4 at Valdosta State L, 62-57 1 5 1 -
Dec 8 at Florida Tech W, 57-42 1 0 - 0.3
Dec 18 Texas Woman's W, 63-46 1 0 - 3.5
Dec 19 Findlay L, 57-56 - 1 - 1.5
Dec 29 at Embry-Riddle (Fla.) L, 67-58 1 1 - 1.5
Jan 2 Palm Beach Atlantic W, 51-41 1 0 - -
Jan 9 Rollins W, 55-44 1 1 - 1.5
Jan 12 at Nova Southeastern L, 66-52 1 0 - 0.0
Jan 16 Saint Leo W, 59-46 1 0 - 1.0
Jan 19 Lynn W, 63-43 1 1 - 2.0
Jan 23 at Eckerd W, 71-66 1 2 - 5.0
Jan 26 at Barry W, 64-62 1 0 - 2.0
Jan 30 #13 Florida Southern L, 59-44 1 1 - 0.0
Feb 2 Embry-Riddle (Fla.) W, 68-62 1 1 - 1.5
Feb 6 at Palm Beach Atlantic W, 57-54 1 0 - 0.0
Feb 9 Florida Tech W, 65-52 1 0 - -
Feb 13 at Rollins W, 67-50 1 1 - 0.3
Feb 20 at Saint Leo W, 63-48 1 0 - -
Feb 23 Nova Southeastern W, 66-59 1 3 - 0.5
Feb 27 Eckerd W, 53-37 1 0 - 2.0
Mar 2 at Lynn L, 53-45 1 0 - -
Mar 6 Rollins L, 56-45 1 0 - -
Mar 15 vs. Lee W, 72-63 1 3 - 0.0
Mar 16 at #17 Florida Southern L, 76-65 1 3 - 0.8
gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
2018-19 31 29.7 1.7-5.0 0.5-1.7 1.3-1.7 5.2
2019-20 26 36.8 2.6-6.7 1.2-3.4 1.3-1.7 7.7
Total 57 32.9 2.1-5.7 0.8-2.5 1.3-1.7 6.3

Career Stats: Shooting per game

gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
2018-19 31 30 920 53-154 34.4 14-54 25.9 41-53 77.4 161
2019-20 26 26 958 67-173 38.7 30-89 33.7 35-44 79.5 199
Total 57 56 1878 120-327 36.7 44-143 30.8 76-97 78.4 360

Career Stats: Shooting totals

gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
2018-19 31 920 29.7 2.3-6.7 0.6-2.3 25.9 1.8-2.3 7.0
2019-20 26 958 36.8 2.8-7.2 1.3-3.7 33.7 1.5-1.8 8.3
Total 57 1878 32.9 2.6-7.0 0.9-3.0 30.8 1.6-2.1 7.7

Career Stats: Shooting per 40 min

gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
2018-19 31 0.2 2.2 2.4 2.7 1.8 0.6 0.2
2019-20 26 0.3 2.7 3.0 4.6 1.5 1.0 0.2
Total 57 0.3 2.4 2.7 3.5 1.6 0.8 0.2

Career Stats: Ball control per game

gp gs pf dq a/to
2018-19 31 30 29 1 1.5
2019-20 26 26 27 - 3.1
Total 57 56 56 1 2.1

Career Stats: Ball control totals

gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
2018-19 31 0.3 3.0 3.3 3.6 2.4 0.9 0.2
2019-20 26 0.4 2.9 3.3 5.0 1.6 1.1 0.3
Total 57 0.3 2.9 3.3 4.3 2.0 1.0 0.2

Career Stats: Ball control per 40 min

gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
Event
Total 31 29.7 1.7-5.0 0.5-1.7 1.3-1.7 5.2
Conference 20 26.9 1.4-4.3 0.2-0.9 1.4-1.8 4.3
Exhibition - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 -
Location
Home 16 29.0 1.3-4.7 0.2-1.5 1.7-2.1 4.5
Away 13 29.2 1.8-5.1 0.7-1.8 0.7-0.8 5.1
Neutral 2 38.5 4.0-6.5 1.0-3.0 2.5-4.0 11.5
Result
Wins 22 31.2 1.8-5.0 0.3-1.7 1.4-1.9 5.3
Losses 9 26.0 1.6-4.9 0.8-1.9 1.1-1.2 5.0
Month
November 6 35.8 2.0-6.0 0.7-3.3 1.3-1.5 6.0
December 6 33.3 2.3-5.5 0.5-1.8 1.0-1.0 6.2
January 8 30.1 1.5-4.9 0.2-1.1 1.5-2.2 4.8
February 7 23.3 1.0-3.9 0.0-0.6 1.4-1.7 3.4
March 4 25.3 2.0-4.8 1.2-2.5 1.2-2.0 6.5

Splits Stats: Shooting per game

gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Event
Total 31 30 920 53-154 34.4 14-54 25.9 41-53 77.4 161
Conference 20 20 538 28-87 32.2 4-18 22.2 27-35 77.1 87
Exhibition - - - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Location
Home 16 15 464 21-75 28.0 3-24 12.5 27-34 79.4 72
Away 13 13 379 24-66 36.4 9-24 37.5 9-11 81.8 66
Neutral 2 2 77 8-13 61.5 2-6 33.3 5-8 62.5 23
Result
Wins 22 22 686 39-110 35.5 7-37 18.9 31-42 73.8 116
Losses 9 8 234 14-44 31.8 7-17 41.2 10-11 90.9 45
Month
November 6 6 215 12-36 33.3 4-20 20.0 8-9 88.9 36
December 6 5 200 14-33 42.4 3-11 27.3 6-6 100.0 37
January 8 8 241 12-39 30.8 2-9 22.2 12-18 66.7 38
February 7 7 163 7-27 25.9 0-4 0.0 10-12 83.3 24
March 4 4 101 8-19 42.1 5-10 50.0 5-8 62.5 26

Splits Stats: Shooting totals

gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
Event
Total 31 920 29.7 2.3-6.7 0.6-2.3 25.9 1.8-2.3 7.0
Conference 20 538 26.9 2.1-6.5 0.3-1.3 22.2 2.0-2.6 6.5
Exhibition - - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 -
Location
Home 16 464 29.0 1.8-6.5 0.3-2.1 12.5 2.3-2.9 6.2
Away 13 379 29.2 2.5-7.0 0.9-2.5 37.5 0.9-1.2 7.0
Neutral 2 77 38.5 4.2-6.8 1.0-3.1 33.3 2.6-4.2 11.9
Result
Wins 22 686 31.2 2.3-6.4 0.4-2.2 18.9 1.8-2.4 6.8
Losses 9 234 26.0 2.4-7.5 1.2-2.9 41.2 1.7-1.9 7.7
Month
November 6 215 35.8 2.2-6.7 0.7-3.7 20.0 1.5-1.7 6.7
December 6 200 33.3 2.8-6.6 0.6-2.2 27.3 1.2-1.2 7.4
January 8 241 30.1 2.0-6.5 0.3-1.5 22.2 2.0-3.0 6.3
February 7 163 23.3 1.7-6.6 0.0-1.0 0.0 2.5-2.9 5.9
March 4 101 25.3 3.2-7.5 2.0-4.0 50.0 2.0-3.2 10.3

Splits Stats: Shooting per 40 min

gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
Event
Total 31 0.2 2.2 2.4 2.7 1.8 0.6 0.2
Conference 20 0.1 1.9 2.0 2.2 1.7 0.3 0.1
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location
Home 16 0.2 2.4 2.6 3.0 1.6 0.6 0.1
Away 13 0.3 1.7 2.0 2.4 1.8 0.6 0.2
Neutral 2 0.0 4.0 4.0 2.0 2.5 1.5 0.0
Result
Wins 22 0.2 2.5 2.7 3.1 1.8 0.8 0.2
Losses 9 0.3 1.3 1.7 1.7 1.8 0.3 0.1
Month
November 6 0.2 2.7 2.8 3.7 2.2 1.7 0.3
December 6 0.2 1.8 2.0 3.8 1.7 0.8 0.0
January 8 0.1 2.8 2.9 2.1 1.6 0.4 0.3
February 7 0.3 1.3 1.6 2.3 1.7 0.1 0.1
March 4 0.5 2.5 3.0 1.3 1.8 0.3 0.0

Splits Stats: Ball control per game

gp gs pf dq a/to
Event
Total 31 30 29 1 1.5
Conference 20 20 14 - 1.3
Exhibition - - - - -
Location
Home 16 15 11 - 1.8
Away 13 13 15 1 1.3
Neutral 2 2 3 - 0.8
Result
Wins 22 22 15 - 1.7
Losses 9 8 14 1 0.9
Month
November 6 6 6 - 1.7
December 6 5 7 1 2.3
January 8 8 5 - 1.3
February 7 7 5 - 1.3
March 4 4 6 - 0.7

Splits Stats: Ball control totals

gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
Event
Total 31 0.3 3.0 3.3 3.6 2.4 0.9 0.2
Conference 20 0.2 2.8 3.0 3.3 2.5 0.5 0.2
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location
Home 16 0.3 3.3 3.5 4.1 2.2 0.8 0.2
Away 13 0.4 2.3 2.7 3.3 2.5 0.8 0.3
Neutral 2 0.0 4.2 4.2 2.1 2.6 1.6 0.0
Result
Wins 22 0.2 3.3 3.5 4.0 2.3 1.0 0.2
Losses 9 0.5 2.1 2.6 2.6 2.7 0.5 0.2
Month
November 6 0.2 3.0 3.2 4.1 2.4 1.9 0.4
December 6 0.2 2.2 2.4 4.6 2.0 1.0 0.0
January 8 0.2 3.7 3.8 2.8 2.2 0.5 0.3
February 7 0.5 2.2 2.7 3.9 2.9 0.2 0.2
March 4 0.8 4.0 4.8 2.0 2.8 0.4 0.0

Splits Stats: Ball control per 40 min

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