Melijah Sullivan
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  • Height:
    5-11
  • Year:
    Fr.
  • Hometown:
    Bartow, Fla.
  • High School:
    Winter Haven HS
  • Position:
    G
  • Major:
    Marine Biology
  • gp
    28
  • pts/g
    6.7
  • fg %
    54.7
  • 3pt %
    36.0
  • ft %
    54.2
  • reb/g
    2.2
  • a/g
    0.9
Bio

Freshman: Played in 28 games and started in eight... Totaled 449 minutes on the season...Averaged 16 minutes per game...Shot 42 percent from both the field and the free-throw line... Recorded a total of 187 points, 61 rebounds, 24 assists, 14 steals, and five blocks... Scored a career-high of 25 points at Rollins (02/13) where she drained 10 field goals, shooting 71.4 percent from the field and four three-pointers, shooting 66.7 percent from the arc... Another 20+ game came against Clafin (11/10), scoring 21 points while shooting 90 percent from the field. 

High School: Graduate of Winter Haven High School…Played for head coach Johnnie Lawson…Team captain her senior year for the Blue Devils… McDonald's All-American nominee…Helped team to state championship three years in a row…Scored 16 points in national high school championship as a senior.

Personal: Majoring in marine biology with a minor in sport management… Daughter of Tony and Leslie Sullivan… Has two brothers and one sister, Tony, Antonio, and Minerica… Birthdate: 6/27/2000.

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 28 18
Games started 8 5
Minutes 449 305
Minutes per game 16.0 16.9
FG 76-139 47-91
FG Pct 54.7 51.6
3PT 9-25 5-15
3PT Pct 36.0 33.3
FT 26-48 19-30
FT Pct 54.2 63.3
Off rebounds 9 5
Def rebounds 52 32
Total rebounds 61 37
Rebounds per game 2.2 2.1
Personal fouls 31 22
Disqualifications - -
Assists 24 13
Turnovers 41 26
Assist to turnover ratio 0.6 0.5
Steals 14 5
Blocks 5 4
Points 187 118
Points per game 6.7 6.6
Points per 40 min 16.7 15.5
Game Log - Shooting
Date Opponent Score gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Nov 9 LeMoyne-Owen W, 58-43 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 10 Claflin W, 83-65 1 22 9-10 90.0 1-1 100.0 2-7 28.6 21
Nov 18 Puerto Rico-Mayaguez W, 89-40 1 23 4-8 50.0 1-3 33.3 3-6 50.0 12
Nov 22 vs. Gannon W, 63-45 - 6 2-2 100.0 0-0 - 0-1 0.0 4
Nov 24 at Alaska-Fairbanks W, 67-49 - 7 3-5 60.0 2-3 66.7 0-0 - 8
Nov 28 at #21 Florida Southern L, 55-48 - 10 2-4 50.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 4
Dec 1 Barry W, 69-56 1 24 4-7 57.1 1-3 33.3 0-0 - 9
Dec 4 at Valdosta State L, 62-57 1 36 3-7 42.9 0-1 0.0 1-3 33.3 7
Dec 8 at Florida Tech W, 57-42 - 6 2-2 100.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 4
Dec 18 Texas Woman's W, 63-46 - 14 1-3 33.3 0-0 - 0-0 - 2
Dec 19 Findlay L, 57-56 - 6 0-1 0.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 0
Dec 29 at Embry-Riddle (Fla.) L, 67-58 1 17 0-3 0.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 0
Jan 2 Palm Beach Atlantic W, 51-41 - 14 1-4 25.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 2
Jan 9 Rollins W, 55-44 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 12 at Nova Southeastern L, 66-52 - 12 2-2 100.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 4
Jan 16 Saint Leo W, 59-46 - 8 1-1 100.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 2
Jan 19 Lynn W, 63-43 - 8 0-4 0.0 0-0 - 4-4 100.0 4
Jan 23 at Eckerd W, 71-66 - 28 9-12 75.0 1-2 50.0 0-1 0.0 19
Jan 26 at Barry W, 64-62 - 7 1-3 33.3 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 2
Jan 30 #13 Florida Southern L, 59-44 - 21 3-6 50.0 0-0 - 2-4 50.0 8
Feb 2 Embry-Riddle (Fla.) W, 68-62 - - - - - - - - -
Feb 6 at Palm Beach Atlantic W, 57-54 - 24 3-6 50.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 6
Feb 9 Florida Tech W, 65-52 - 3 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-2 0.0 0
Feb 13 at Rollins W, 67-50 1 40 10-14 71.4 1-1 100.0 4-6 66.7 25
Feb 20 at Saint Leo W, 63-48 - 12 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 1-2 50.0 1
Feb 23 Nova Southeastern W, 66-59 1 12 3-6 50.0 0-2 0.0 1-2 50.0 7
Feb 27 Eckerd W, 53-37 1 33 4-10 40.0 1-2 50.0 3-4 75.0 12
Mar 2 at Lynn L, 53-45 - 26 2-6 33.3 1-2 50.0 4-5 80.0 9
Mar 6 Rollins L, 56-45 - 3 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Mar 15 vs. Lee W, 72-63 - 8 2-3 66.7 0-1 0.0 1-1 100.0 5
Mar 16 at #17 Florida Southern L, 76-65 - 19 5-8 62.5 0-0 - 0-0 - 10
Game Log - Ball control
Date Opponent Score gs min off def reb ast to stl blk
Nov 9 LeMoyne-Owen W, 58-43 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 10 Claflin W, 83-65 1 22 1 3 4 2 2 2 1
Nov 18 Puerto Rico-Mayaguez W, 89-40 1 23 1 4 5 4 2 0 0
Nov 22 vs. Gannon W, 63-45 - 6 0 1 1 0 2 1 0
Nov 24 at Alaska-Fairbanks W, 67-49 - 7 0 2 2 1 0 0 0
Nov 28 at #21 Florida Southern L, 55-48 - 10 0 2 2 1 2 1 0
Dec 1 Barry W, 69-56 1 24 0 4 4 1 1 0 0
Dec 4 at Valdosta State L, 62-57 1 36 1 4 5 2 1 3 0
Dec 8 at Florida Tech W, 57-42 - 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dec 18 Texas Woman's W, 63-46 - 14 1 2 3 1 5 0 0
Dec 19 Findlay L, 57-56 - 6 0 1 1 0 0 1 0
Dec 29 at Embry-Riddle (Fla.) L, 67-58 1 17 0 2 2 0 1 0 0
Jan 2 Palm Beach Atlantic W, 51-41 - 14 2 0 2 0 0 0 0
Jan 9 Rollins W, 55-44 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 12 at Nova Southeastern L, 66-52 - 12 0 2 2 2 3 0 0
Jan 16 Saint Leo W, 59-46 - 8 1 0 1 1 0 0 1
Jan 19 Lynn W, 63-43 - 8 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Jan 23 at Eckerd W, 71-66 - 28 0 2 2 0 1 1 0
Jan 26 at Barry W, 64-62 - 7 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Jan 30 #13 Florida Southern L, 59-44 - 21 2 3 5 0 5 0 1
Feb 2 Embry-Riddle (Fla.) W, 68-62 - - - - - - - - -
Feb 6 at Palm Beach Atlantic W, 57-54 - 24 0 2 2 0 2 0 0
Feb 9 Florida Tech W, 65-52 - 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 0
Feb 13 at Rollins W, 67-50 1 40 0 3 3 3 1 1 0
Feb 20 at Saint Leo W, 63-48 - 12 0 3 3 0 0 1 1
Feb 23 Nova Southeastern W, 66-59 1 12 0 1 1 3 3 0 0
Feb 27 Eckerd W, 53-37 1 33 0 4 4 2 2 0 1
Mar 2 at Lynn L, 53-45 - 26 0 3 3 0 2 0 0
Mar 6 Rollins L, 56-45 - 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mar 15 vs. Lee W, 72-63 - 8 0 1 1 0 2 1 0
Mar 16 at #17 Florida Southern L, 76-65 - 19 0 2 2 1 1 1 0
Game Log - Ball control extended
Date Opponent Score gs pf dq a/to
Nov 9 LeMoyne-Owen W, 58-43 - - - -
Nov 10 Claflin W, 83-65 1 2 - 1.0
Nov 18 Puerto Rico-Mayaguez W, 89-40 1 2 - 2.0
Nov 22 vs. Gannon W, 63-45 - 1 - 0.0
Nov 24 at Alaska-Fairbanks W, 67-49 - 1 - -
Nov 28 at #21 Florida Southern L, 55-48 - 2 - 0.5
Dec 1 Barry W, 69-56 1 2 - 1.0
Dec 4 at Valdosta State L, 62-57 1 1 - 2.0
Dec 8 at Florida Tech W, 57-42 - 0 - -
Dec 18 Texas Woman's W, 63-46 - 0 - 0.2
Dec 19 Findlay L, 57-56 - 0 - -
Dec 29 at Embry-Riddle (Fla.) L, 67-58 1 0 - 0.0
Jan 2 Palm Beach Atlantic W, 51-41 - 1 - -
Jan 9 Rollins W, 55-44 - - - -
Jan 12 at Nova Southeastern L, 66-52 - 0 - 0.7
Jan 16 Saint Leo W, 59-46 - 1 - -
Jan 19 Lynn W, 63-43 - 2 - 0.0
Jan 23 at Eckerd W, 71-66 - 2 - 0.0
Jan 26 at Barry W, 64-62 - 0 - 0.0
Jan 30 #13 Florida Southern L, 59-44 - 1 - 0.0
Feb 2 Embry-Riddle (Fla.) W, 68-62 - - - -
Feb 6 at Palm Beach Atlantic W, 57-54 - 2 - 0.0
Feb 9 Florida Tech W, 65-52 - 0 - 0.0
Feb 13 at Rollins W, 67-50 1 1 - 3.0
Feb 20 at Saint Leo W, 63-48 - 1 - -
Feb 23 Nova Southeastern W, 66-59 1 4 - 1.0
Feb 27 Eckerd W, 53-37 1 2 - 1.0
Mar 2 at Lynn L, 53-45 - 1 - 0.0
Mar 6 Rollins L, 56-45 - 0 - -
Mar 15 vs. Lee W, 72-63 - 0 - 0.0
Mar 16 at #17 Florida Southern L, 76-65 - 2 - 1.0
gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
2018-19 28 16.0 2.7-5.0 0.3-0.9 0.9-1.7 6.7
2019-20 29 32.9 6.0-10.7 0.1-0.5 2.4-3.6 14.6
2020-21 7 32.1 6.7-11.1 0.1-0.1 2.3-2.9 15.9
2021-22 35 30.0 4.6-9.6 0.0-0.2 2.3-3.0 11.6
Total 99 27.0 4.6-8.7 0.1-0.5 1.9-2.8 11.4

Career Stats: Shooting per game

gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
2018-19 28 8 449 76-139 54.7 9-25 36.0 26-48 54.2 187
2019-20 29 29 953 175-309 56.6 2-15 13.3 70-103 68.0 422
2020-21 7 7 225 47-78 60.3 1-1 100.0 16-20 80.0 111
2021-22 35 34 1049 162-336 48.2 0-6 0.0 81-105 77.1 405
Total 99 78 2676 460-862 53.4 12-47 25.5 193-276 69.9 1125

Career Stats: Shooting totals

gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
2018-19 28 449 16.0 6.8-12.4 0.8-2.2 36.0 2.3-4.3 16.7
2019-20 29 953 32.9 7.3-13.0 0.1-0.6 13.3 2.9-4.3 17.7
2020-21 7 225 32.1 8.4-13.9 0.2-0.2 100.0 2.8-3.6 19.7
2021-22 35 1049 30.0 6.2-12.8 0.0-0.2 0.0 3.1-4.0 15.4
Total 99 2676 27.0 6.9-12.9 0.2-0.7 25.5 2.9-4.1 16.8

Career Stats: Shooting per 40 min

gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
2018-19 28 0.3 1.9 2.2 0.9 1.5 0.5 0.2
2019-20 29 0.8 3.7 4.5 3.4 3.2 0.9 0.2
2020-21 7 0.7 6.0 6.7 4.1 2.4 1.4 0.3
2021-22 35 0.9 3.9 4.9 2.3 2.5 0.7 0.7
Total 99 0.7 3.4 4.1 2.3 2.4 0.8 0.4

Career Stats: Ball control per game

gp gs pf dq a/to
2018-19 28 8 31 - 0.6
2019-20 29 29 76 2 1.1
2020-21 7 7 13 - 1.7
2021-22 35 34 68 - 0.9
Total 99 78 188 2 1.0

Career Stats: Ball control totals

gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
2018-19 28 0.8 4.6 5.4 2.1 3.7 1.2 0.4
2019-20 29 1.0 4.5 5.5 4.1 3.9 1.1 0.2
2020-21 7 0.9 7.5 8.4 5.2 3.0 1.8 0.4
2021-22 35 1.2 5.3 6.5 3.1 3.3 1.0 0.9
Total 99 1.0 5.1 6.1 3.5 3.5 1.1 0.5

Career Stats: Ball control per 40 min

gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
Event
Total 28 16.0 2.7-5.0 0.3-0.9 0.9-1.7 6.7
Conference 18 16.9 2.6-5.1 0.3-0.8 1.1-1.7 6.6
Exhibition - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 -
Location
Home 13 14.7 2.3-4.7 0.3-1.0 1.2-2.2 6.1
Away 13 18.8 3.2-5.6 0.4-0.8 0.8-1.3 7.6
Neutral 2 7.0 2.0-2.5 0.0-0.5 0.5-1.0 4.5
Result
Wins 19 15.7 3.1-5.3 0.4-1.1 1.0-1.9 7.6
Losses 9 16.7 1.9-4.2 0.1-0.6 0.8-1.3 4.7
Month
November 5 13.6 4.0-5.8 0.8-1.4 1.0-2.8 9.8
December 6 17.2 1.7-3.8 0.2-1.0 0.2-0.5 3.7
January 7 14.0 2.4-4.6 0.1-0.6 0.9-1.3 5.9
February 6 20.7 3.3-6.2 0.3-0.8 1.5-2.7 8.5
March 4 14.0 2.2-4.5 0.2-0.8 1.2-1.5 6.0

Splits Stats: Shooting per game

gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Event
Total 28 8 449 76-139 54.7 9-25 36.0 26-48 54.2 187
Conference 18 5 305 47-91 51.6 5-15 33.3 19-30 63.3 118
Exhibition - - - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Location
Home 13 5 191 30-61 49.2 4-13 30.8 15-29 51.7 79
Away 13 3 244 42-73 57.5 5-11 45.5 10-17 58.8 99
Neutral 2 - 14 4-5 80.0 0-1 0.0 1-2 50.0 9
Result
Wins 19 6 299 59-101 58.4 8-20 40.0 19-36 52.8 145
Losses 9 2 150 17-38 44.7 1-5 20.0 7-12 58.3 42
Month
November 5 2 68 20-29 69.0 4-7 57.1 5-14 35.7 49
December 6 3 103 10-23 43.5 1-6 16.7 1-3 33.3 22
January 7 - 98 17-32 53.1 1-4 25.0 6-9 66.7 41
February 6 3 124 20-37 54.1 2-5 40.0 9-16 56.3 51
March 4 - 56 9-18 50.0 1-3 33.3 5-6 83.3 24

Splits Stats: Shooting totals

gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
Event
Total 28 449 16.0 6.8-12.4 0.8-2.2 36.0 2.3-4.3 16.7
Conference 18 305 16.9 6.2-11.9 0.7-2.0 33.3 2.5-3.9 15.5
Exhibition - - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 -
Location
Home 13 191 14.7 6.3-12.8 0.8-2.7 30.8 3.1-6.1 16.5
Away 13 244 18.8 6.9-12.0 0.8-1.8 45.5 1.6-2.8 16.2
Neutral 2 14 7.0 11.4-14.3 0.0-2.9 0.0 2.9-5.7 25.7
Result
Wins 19 299 15.7 7.9-13.5 1.1-2.7 40.0 2.5-4.8 19.4
Losses 9 150 16.7 4.5-10.1 0.3-1.3 20.0 1.9-3.2 11.2
Month
November 5 68 13.6 11.8-17.1 2.4-4.1 57.1 2.9-8.2 28.8
December 6 103 17.2 3.9-8.9 0.4-2.3 16.7 0.4-1.2 8.5
January 7 98 14.0 6.9-13.1 0.4-1.6 25.0 2.4-3.7 16.7
February 6 124 20.7 6.5-11.9 0.6-1.6 40.0 2.9-5.2 16.5
March 4 56 14.0 6.4-12.9 0.7-2.1 33.3 3.6-4.3 17.1

Splits Stats: Shooting per 40 min

gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
Event
Total 28 0.3 1.9 2.2 0.9 1.5 0.5 0.2
Conference 18 0.3 1.8 2.1 0.7 1.4 0.3 0.2
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location
Home 13 0.6 1.8 2.4 1.1 1.7 0.3 0.3
Away 13 0.1 2.1 2.2 0.8 1.2 0.6 0.1
Neutral 2 0.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 2.0 1.0 0.0
Result
Wins 19 0.3 1.7 2.1 0.9 1.4 0.4 0.2
Losses 9 0.3 2.1 2.4 0.7 1.7 0.7 0.1
Month
November 5 0.4 2.4 2.8 1.6 1.6 0.8 0.2
December 6 0.3 2.2 2.5 0.7 1.3 0.7 0.0
January 7 0.7 1.0 1.7 0.4 1.6 0.3 0.3
February 6 0.0 2.3 2.3 1.3 1.5 0.3 0.3
March 4 0.0 1.5 1.5 0.3 1.3 0.5 0.0

Splits Stats: Ball control per game

gp gs pf dq a/to
Event
Total 28 8 31 - 0.6
Conference 18 5 22 - 0.5
Exhibition - - - - -
Location
Home 13 5 17 - 0.6
Away 13 3 13 - 0.7
Neutral 2 - 1 - 0.0
Result
Wins 19 6 24 - 0.7
Losses 9 2 7 - 0.4
Month
November 5 2 8 - 1.0
December 6 3 3 - 0.5
January 7 - 7 - 0.3
February 6 3 10 - 0.9
March 4 - 3 - 0.2

Splits Stats: Ball control totals

gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
Event
Total 28 0.8 4.6 5.4 2.1 3.7 1.2 0.4
Conference 18 0.7 4.2 4.9 1.7 3.4 0.7 0.5
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location
Home 13 1.7 4.8 6.5 2.9 4.6 0.8 0.8
Away 13 0.2 4.4 4.6 1.6 2.5 1.3 0.2
Neutral 2 0.0 5.7 5.7 0.0 11.4 5.7 0.0
Result
Wins 19 0.8 4.4 5.2 2.4 3.5 1.1 0.5
Losses 9 0.8 5.1 5.9 1.6 4.0 1.6 0.3
Month
November 5 1.2 7.1 8.2 4.7 4.7 2.4 0.6
December 6 0.8 5.0 5.8 1.6 3.1 1.6 0.0
January 7 2.0 2.9 4.9 1.2 4.5 0.8 0.8
February 6 0.0 4.5 4.5 2.6 2.9 0.6 0.6
March 4 0.0 4.3 4.3 0.7 3.6 1.4 0.0

Splits Stats: Ball control per 40 min

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