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14 Samantha Russell
Samantha Russell
  • Height:
    6-0
  • Hometown:
    Dartmouth, NS
  • Position:
    Wing
  • Year:
    So.
  • High School:
    Dartmouth H.S.
  • Major:
    BBA
  • gp
    9
  • pts/g
    10.7
  • fg %
    49.2
  • 3pt %
    56.0
  • ft %
    85.7
  • reb/g
    4.6
  • a/g
    1.1
Recent games
Date Opponent Result
Jan 28 UNB W, 92-71
Feb 6 Memorial
Feb 7 Memorial W, 88-61
Feb 11 StFX W, 90-67
Feb 14 at StFX W, 81-52
Feb 18 at UNB W, 82-75
Season Statistics
  Overall Conference
Games 9 9
Games started - -
Minutes 176 176
Minutes per game 19.6 19.6
FG 32-65 32-65
FG Pct 49.2 49.2
3PT 14-25 14-25
3PT Pct 56.0 56.0
FT 18-21 18-21
FT Pct 85.7 85.7
Off rebounds 7 7
Def rebounds 34 34
Total rebounds 41 41
Rebounds per game 4.6 4.6
Personal fouls 10 10
Disqualifications - -
Assists 10 10
Turnovers 16 16
Assist to turnover ratio 0.6 0.6
Steals 9 9
Blocks 6 6
Points 96 96
Points per game 10.7 10.7
Points per 40.0 min 21.8 21.8
Game Log - Shooting
Date Opponent Score gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Sep 30 UPEI W, 70-53 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 2 Ottawa W, 55-47 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 10 Mount Royal W, 81-67 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 13 Toronto Metropolitan W, 78-59 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 14 Carleton W, 75-60 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 26 at StFX W, 83-53 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 29 StFX W, 94-57 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 5 UPEI W, 63-55 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 6 UPEI W, 88-69 - 1 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Nov 11 Cape Breton W, 87-66 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 12 Cape Breton L, 80-70 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 23 at Saint Mary's L, 79-72 - - - - - - - - -
Dec 1 at Dalhousie W, 92-80 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 6 at UPEI W, 60-55 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 7 at UPEI W, 83-64 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 12 Saint Mary's W, 80-70 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 20 at Cape Breton L, 87-73 - 15 3-9 33.3 1-3 33.3 2-2 100.0 9
Jan 21 at Cape Breton W, 80-73 - 28 6-11 54.5 2-4 50.0 4-4 100.0 18
Jan 27 Dalhousie W, 93-60 - 18 2-5 40.0 2-3 66.7 0-0 - 6
Jan 28 UNB W, 92-71 - 29 5-8 62.5 1-2 50.0 1-2 50.0 12
Feb 6 Memorial   - - - - - - - - -
Feb 7 Memorial W, 88-61 - 23 8-15 53.3 4-6 66.7 4-5 80.0 24
Feb 11 StFX W, 90-67 - 21 3-5 60.0 2-3 66.7 2-2 100.0 10
Feb 14 at StFX W, 81-52 - 18 2-5 40.0 1-2 50.0 0-0 - 5
Feb 18 at UNB W, 82-75 - 23 3-7 42.9 1-2 50.0 5-6 83.3 12
Game Log - Ball control
Date Opponent Score gs min off def reb ast to stl blk
Sep 30 UPEI W, 70-53 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 2 Ottawa W, 55-47 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 10 Mount Royal W, 81-67 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 13 Toronto Metropolitan W, 78-59 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 14 Carleton W, 75-60 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 26 at StFX W, 83-53 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 29 StFX W, 94-57 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 5 UPEI W, 63-55 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 6 UPEI W, 88-69 - 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nov 11 Cape Breton W, 87-66 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 12 Cape Breton L, 80-70 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 23 at Saint Mary's L, 79-72 - - - - - - - - -
Dec 1 at Dalhousie W, 92-80 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 6 at UPEI W, 60-55 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 7 at UPEI W, 83-64 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 12 Saint Mary's W, 80-70 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 20 at Cape Breton L, 87-73 - 15 0 0 0 0 2 1 0
Jan 21 at Cape Breton W, 80-73 - 28 3 1 4 1 3 1 0
Jan 27 Dalhousie W, 93-60 - 18 1 2 3 5 1 1 1
Jan 28 UNB W, 92-71 - 29 1 6 7 0 1 2 1
Feb 6 Memorial   - - - - - - - - -
Feb 7 Memorial W, 88-61 - 23 1 6 7 0 3 1 1
Feb 11 StFX W, 90-67 - 21 0 7 7 3 3 1 3
Feb 14 at StFX W, 81-52 - 18 1 5 6 0 1 0 0
Feb 18 at UNB W, 82-75 - 23 0 7 7 1 2 2 0
Game Log - Ball control extended
Date Opponent Score gs pf dq a/to
Sep 30 UPEI W, 70-53 - - - -
Oct 2 Ottawa W, 55-47 - - - -
Oct 10 Mount Royal W, 81-67 - - - -
Oct 13 Toronto Metropolitan W, 78-59 - - - -
Oct 14 Carleton W, 75-60 - - - -
Oct 26 at StFX W, 83-53 - - - -
Oct 29 StFX W, 94-57 - - - -
Nov 5 UPEI W, 63-55 - - - -
Nov 6 UPEI W, 88-69 - 0 - -
Nov 11 Cape Breton W, 87-66 - - - -
Nov 12 Cape Breton L, 80-70 - - - -
Nov 23 at Saint Mary's L, 79-72 - - - -
Dec 1 at Dalhousie W, 92-80 - - - -
Jan 6 at UPEI W, 60-55 - - - -
Jan 7 at UPEI W, 83-64 - - - -
Jan 12 Saint Mary's W, 80-70 - - - -
Jan 20 at Cape Breton L, 87-73 - 0 - 0.0
Jan 21 at Cape Breton W, 80-73 - 1 - 0.3
Jan 27 Dalhousie W, 93-60 - 4 - 5.0
Jan 28 UNB W, 92-71 - 1 - 0.0
Feb 6 Memorial   - - - -
Feb 7 Memorial W, 88-61 - 1 - 0.0
Feb 11 StFX W, 90-67 - 1 - 1.0
Feb 14 at StFX W, 81-52 - 1 - 0.0
Feb 18 at UNB W, 82-75 - 1 - 0.5
  gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
2021-22 15 28.2 3.5-7.9 0.5-2.0 1.9-2.7 9.3
2022-23 9 19.6 3.6-7.2 1.6-2.8 2.0-2.3 10.7
2023-24 19 30.6 4.9-13.5 1.3-4.8 3.4-4.1 14.5
2024-25 20 32.4 6.0-17.1 1.9-5.6 4.6-6.8 18.6
2025-26 20 33.1 5.0-14.8 1.6-5.8 4.7-6.5 16.4
Total 83 30.0 4.8-13.0 1.4-4.5 3.6-4.9 14.6

Career Stats: Shooting per game

  gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
2021-22 15 15 423 52-118 44.1 8-30 26.7 28-41 68.3 140
2022-23 9 - 176 32-65 49.2 14-25 56.0 18-21 85.7 96
2023-24 19 19 581 93-256 36.3 25-91 27.5 64-78 82.1 275
2024-25 20 19 647 121-341 35.5 37-112 33.0 92-136 67.6 371
2025-26 20 20 663 101-295 34.2 31-115 27.0 94-131 71.8 327
Total 83 73 2490 399-1075 37.1 115-373 30.8 296-407 72.7 1209

Career Stats: Shooting totals

  gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
2021-22 15 423 28.2 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 26.7 0.0-0.0 0.0
2022-23 9 176 19.6 7.3-14.8 3.2-5.7 56.0 4.1-4.8 21.8
2023-24 19 581 30.6 6.4-17.6 1.7-6.3 27.5 4.4-5.4 18.9
2024-25 20 647 32.4 7.5-21.1 2.3-6.9 33.0 5.7-8.4 22.9
2025-26 20 663 33.1 6.1-17.8 1.9-6.9 27.0 5.7-7.9 19.7
Total 83 2490 30.0 6.4-17.3 1.8-6.0 30.8 4.8-6.5 19.4

Career Stats: Shooting per 40 min

  gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
2021-22 15 0.9 4.7 5.6 2.7 2.9 1.6 1.0
2022-23 9 0.8 3.8 4.6 1.1 1.8 1.0 0.7
2023-24 19 1.5 7.0 8.5 2.3 2.5 0.7 0.7
2024-25 20 1.6 8.1 9.8 3.5 4.5 1.4 0.6
2025-26 20 0.9 7.5 8.4 3.9 3.8 3.5 1.3
Total 83 1.2 6.6 7.8 2.9 3.3 1.7 0.9

Career Stats: Ball control per game

  gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
2021-22 15 15 13 71 84 40 43 24 15
2022-23 9 - 7 34 41 10 16 9 6
2023-24 19 19 29 133 162 43 48 13 14
2024-25 20 19 33 162 195 71 90 27 11
2025-26 20 20 19 149 168 77 76 70 26
Total 83 73 101 549 650 241 273 143 72

Career Stats: Ball control totals

  gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
2021-22 15 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2022-23 9 1.6 7.7 9.3 2.3 3.6 2.0 1.4
2023-24 19 2.0 9.2 11.2 3.0 3.3 0.9 1.0
2024-25 20 2.0 10.0 12.1 4.4 5.6 1.7 0.7
2025-26 20 1.1 9.0 10.1 4.6 4.6 4.2 1.6
Total 83 1.6 8.8 10.4 3.9 4.4 2.3 1.2

Career Stats: Ball control per 40 min

  gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
Event            
Total 9 19.6 3.6-7.2 1.6-2.8 2.0-2.3 10.7
Conference 9 19.6 3.6-7.2 1.6-2.8 2.0-2.3 10.7
Exhibition - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 -
Location            
Home 5 18.4 3.6-6.6 1.8-2.8 1.4-1.8 10.4
Away 4 21.0 3.5-8.0 1.2-2.8 2.8-3.0 11.0
Neutral - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 -
Result            
Wins 8 20.1 3.6-7.0 1.6-2.8 2.0-2.4 10.9
Losses 1 15.0 3.0-9.0 1.0-3.0 2.0-2.0 9.0
Month            
November 1 1.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0
January 4 22.5 4.0-8.2 1.5-3.0 1.8-2.0 11.3
February 4 21.3 4.0-8.0 2.0-3.2 2.8-3.2 12.8

Splits Stats: Shooting per game

  gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Event                    
Total 9 - 176 32-65 49.2 14-25 56.0 18-21 85.7 96
Conference 9 - 176 32-65 49.2 14-25 56.0 18-21 85.7 96
Exhibition - - - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Location                    
Home 5 - 92 18-33 54.5 9-14 64.3 7-9 77.8 52
Away 4 - 84 14-32 43.8 5-11 45.5 11-12 91.7 44
Neutral - - - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Result                    
Wins 8 - 161 29-56 51.8 13-22 59.1 16-19 84.2 87
Losses 1 - 15 3-9 33.3 1-3 33.3 2-2 100.0 9
Month                    
November 1 - 1 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
January 4 - 90 16-33 48.5 6-12 50.0 7-8 87.5 45
February 4 - 85 16-32 50.0 8-13 61.5 11-13 84.6 51

Splits Stats: Shooting totals

  gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
Event                
Total 9 176 19.6 7.3-14.8 3.2-5.7 56.0 4.1-4.8 21.8
Conference 9 176 19.6 7.3-14.8 3.2-5.7 56.0 4.1-4.8 21.8
Exhibition - - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 -
Location                
Home 5 92 18.4 7.8-14.3 3.9-6.1 64.3 3.0-3.9 22.6
Away 4 84 21.0 6.7-15.2 2.4-5.2 45.5 5.2-5.7 21.0
Neutral - - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 -
Result                
Wins 8 161 20.1 7.2-13.9 3.2-5.5 59.1 4.0-4.7 21.6
Losses 1 15 15.0 8.0-24.0 2.7-8.0 33.3 5.3-5.3 24.0
Month                
November 1 1 1.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 0.0
January 4 90 22.5 7.1-14.7 2.7-5.3 50.0 3.1-3.6 20.0
February 4 85 21.3 7.5-15.1 3.8-6.1 61.5 5.2-6.1 24.0

Splits Stats: Shooting per 40 min

  gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
Event                
Total 9 0.8 3.8 4.6 1.1 1.8 1.0 0.7
Conference 9 0.8 3.8 4.6 1.1 1.8 1.0 0.7
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location                
Home 5 0.6 4.2 4.8 1.6 1.6 1.0 1.2
Away 4 1.0 3.3 4.3 0.5 2.0 1.0 0.0
Neutral - - - - - - - -
Result                
Wins 8 0.9 4.3 5.1 1.3 1.8 1.0 0.8
Losses 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 1.0 0.0
Month                
November 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
January 4 1.3 2.3 3.5 1.5 1.8 1.3 0.5
February 4 0.5 6.3 6.8 1.0 2.3 1.0 1.0

Splits Stats: Ball control per game

  gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
Event                  
Total 9 - 7 34 41 10 16 9 6
Conference 9 - 7 34 41 10 16 9 6
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location                  
Home 5 - 3 21 24 8 8 5 6
Away 4 - 4 13 17 2 8 4 0
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
Result                  
Wins 8 - 7 34 41 10 14 8 6
Losses 1 - 0 0 0 0 2 1 0
Month                  
November 1 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
January 4 - 5 9 14 6 7 5 2
February 4 - 2 25 27 4 9 4 4

Splits Stats: Ball control totals

  gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
Event                
Total 9 1.6 7.7 9.3 2.3 3.6 2.0 1.4
Conference 9 1.6 7.7 9.3 2.3 3.6 2.0 1.4
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location                
Home 5 1.3 9.1 10.4 3.5 3.5 2.2 2.6
Away 4 1.9 6.2 8.1 1.0 3.8 1.9 0.0
Neutral - - - - - - - -
Result                
Wins 8 1.7 8.4 10.2 2.5 3.5 2.0 1.5
Losses 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.3 2.7 0.0
Month                
November 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
January 4 2.2 4.0 6.2 2.7 3.1 2.2 0.9
February 4 0.9 11.8 12.7 1.9 4.2 1.9 1.9

Splits Stats: Ball control per 40 min

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