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1 Sandy Saunders
Sandy Saunders
  • Height:
    5-9
  • Hometown:
    Woodstock, NB
  • Position:
    Wing
  • Year:
    Jr.
  • High School:
    University of Calgary
  • Major:
    BKin
  • gp
    19
  • pts/g
    10.4
  • fg %
    37.4
  • 3pt %
    39.0
  • ft %
    83.3
  • reb/g
    5.2
  • a/g
    1.6
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 19 19
Games started 19 19
Minutes 526 526
Minutes per game 27.7 27.7
FG 74-198 74-198
FG Pct 37.4 37.4
3PT 39-100 39-100
3PT Pct 39.0 39.0
FT 10-12 10-12
FT Pct 83.3 83.3
Off rebounds 26 26
Def rebounds 72 72
Total rebounds 98 98
Rebounds per game 5.2 5.2
Personal fouls 23 23
Disqualifications - -
Assists 31 31
Turnovers 24 24
Assist to turnover ratio 1.3 1.3
Steals 19 19
Blocks 1 1
Points 197 197
Points per game 10.4 10.4
Points per 40.0 min 15.0 15.0
Game Log - Shooting
Date Opponent Score gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Sep 30 UPEI W, 70-53 1 28 4-11 36.4 2-6 33.3 6-6 100.0 16
Oct 2 Ottawa W, 55-47 1 33 2-6 33.3 1-3 33.3 0-0 - 5
Oct 10 Mount Royal W, 81-67 1 21 3-3 100.0 3-3 100.0 1-1 100.0 10
Oct 13 Toronto Metropolitan W, 78-59 1 38 3-7 42.9 1-3 33.3 0-0 - 7
Oct 14 Carleton W, 75-60 1 30 5-16 31.3 4-10 40.0 0-0 - 14
Oct 26 at StFX W, 83-53 1 26 8-12 66.7 5-8 62.5 1-1 100.0 22
Oct 29 StFX W, 94-57 1 29 4-11 36.4 3-8 37.5 0-0 - 11
Nov 5 UPEI W, 63-55 1 36 3-9 33.3 2-8 25.0 0-0 - 8
Nov 6 UPEI W, 88-69 1 28 3-10 30.0 2-7 28.6 4-4 100.0 12
Nov 11 Cape Breton W, 87-66 1 40 5-15 33.3 4-8 50.0 0-0 - 14
Nov 12 Cape Breton L, 80-70 1 36 6-12 50.0 2-3 66.7 0-1 0.0 14
Nov 23 at Saint Mary's L, 79-72 1 33 6-17 35.3 4-10 40.0 1-2 50.0 17
Dec 1 at Dalhousie W, 92-80 1 35 9-16 56.3 3-5 60.0 0-0 - 21
Jan 6 at UPEI W, 60-55 1 30 4-12 33.3 1-4 25.0 0-0 - 9
Jan 7 at UPEI W, 83-64 1 32 4-13 30.8 3-7 42.9 2-2 100.0 13
Jan 12 Saint Mary's W, 80-70 1 33 5-17 29.4 2-7 28.6 2-2 100.0 14
Jan 20 at Cape Breton L, 87-73 1 21 2-6 33.3 1-1 100.0 0-0 - 5
Jan 21 at Cape Breton W, 80-73 1 25 2-9 22.2 1-3 33.3 0-0 - 5
Jan 27 Dalhousie W, 93-60 1 23 2-5 40.0 2-4 50.0 0-0 - 6
Jan 28 UNB W, 92-71 1 20 2-6 33.3 1-3 33.3 0-0 - 5
Feb 6 Memorial   - - - - - - - - -
Feb 7 Memorial W, 88-61 1 18 2-8 25.0 0-3 0.0 0-0 - 4
Feb 11 StFX W, 90-67 1 22 5-11 45.5 3-7 42.9 0-0 - 13
Feb 14 at StFX W, 81-52 1 18 1-4 25.0 0-2 0.0 0-0 - 2
Feb 18 at UNB W, 82-75 1 21 1-5 20.0 0-2 0.0 0-0 - 2
Game Log - Ball control
Date Opponent Score gs min off def reb ast to stl blk
Sep 30 UPEI W, 70-53 1 28 1 1 2 3 2 3 0
Oct 2 Ottawa W, 55-47 1 33 0 1 1 0 1 1 1
Oct 10 Mount Royal W, 81-67 1 21 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Oct 13 Toronto Metropolitan W, 78-59 1 38 0 5 5 3 2 0 0
Oct 14 Carleton W, 75-60 1 30 3 2 5 4 4 0 0
Oct 26 at StFX W, 83-53 1 26 2 5 7 3 1 1 0
Oct 29 StFX W, 94-57 1 29 1 4 5 2 1 2 0
Nov 5 UPEI W, 63-55 1 36 2 2 4 0 2 1 0
Nov 6 UPEI W, 88-69 1 28 0 3 3 2 2 1 0
Nov 11 Cape Breton W, 87-66 1 40 1 11 12 2 1 0 0
Nov 12 Cape Breton L, 80-70 1 36 4 5 9 4 1 3 0
Nov 23 at Saint Mary's L, 79-72 1 33 1 6 7 3 4 0 0
Dec 1 at Dalhousie W, 92-80 1 35 3 5 8 1 3 1 0
Jan 6 at UPEI W, 60-55 1 30 1 2 3 1 1 0 0
Jan 7 at UPEI W, 83-64 1 32 1 3 4 3 1 3 0
Jan 12 Saint Mary's W, 80-70 1 33 1 2 3 4 0 1 0
Jan 20 at Cape Breton L, 87-73 1 21 0 6 6 3 0 2 0
Jan 21 at Cape Breton W, 80-73 1 25 0 4 4 2 0 1 0
Jan 27 Dalhousie W, 93-60 1 23 4 3 7 0 3 2 0
Jan 28 UNB W, 92-71 1 20 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Feb 6 Memorial   - - - - - - - - -
Feb 7 Memorial W, 88-61 1 18 0 2 2 0 1 0 1
Feb 11 StFX W, 90-67 1 22 1 3 4 0 0 0 0
Feb 14 at StFX W, 81-52 1 18 0 3 3 1 2 1 0
Feb 18 at UNB W, 82-75 1 21 3 3 6 0 1 0 0
Game Log - Ball control extended
Date Opponent Score gs pf dq a/to
Sep 30 UPEI W, 70-53 1 0 - 1.5
Oct 2 Ottawa W, 55-47 1 0 - 0.0
Oct 10 Mount Royal W, 81-67 1 2 - -
Oct 13 Toronto Metropolitan W, 78-59 1 3 - 1.5
Oct 14 Carleton W, 75-60 1 1 - 1.0
Oct 26 at StFX W, 83-53 1 0 - 3.0
Oct 29 StFX W, 94-57 1 2 - 2.0
Nov 5 UPEI W, 63-55 1 2 - 0.0
Nov 6 UPEI W, 88-69 1 1 - 1.0
Nov 11 Cape Breton W, 87-66 1 1 - 2.0
Nov 12 Cape Breton L, 80-70 1 2 - 4.0
Nov 23 at Saint Mary's L, 79-72 1 0 - 0.8
Dec 1 at Dalhousie W, 92-80 1 2 - 0.3
Jan 6 at UPEI W, 60-55 1 1 - 1.0
Jan 7 at UPEI W, 83-64 1 3 - 3.0
Jan 12 Saint Mary's W, 80-70 1 1 - -
Jan 20 at Cape Breton L, 87-73 1 0 - -
Jan 21 at Cape Breton W, 80-73 1 1 - -
Jan 27 Dalhousie W, 93-60 1 0 - 0.0
Jan 28 UNB W, 92-71 1 3 - -
Feb 6 Memorial   - - - -
Feb 7 Memorial W, 88-61 1 2 - 0.0
Feb 11 StFX W, 90-67 1 1 - -
Feb 14 at StFX W, 81-52 1 1 - 0.5
Feb 18 at UNB W, 82-75 1 0 - 0.0
  gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
2020-21 - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 -
2021-22 15 25.4 2.5-7.9 0.9-3.3 0.5-0.6 6.3
2022-23 19 27.7 3.9-10.4 2.1-5.3 0.5-0.6 10.4
Total 34 26.7 3.3-9.3 1.5-4.4 0.5-0.6 8.6

Career Stats: Shooting per game

  gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
2020-21 - - - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
2021-22 15 15 381 37-118 31.4 13-50 26.0 7-9 77.8 94
2022-23 19 19 526 74-198 37.4 39-100 39.0 10-12 83.3 197
Total 34 34 907 111-316 35.1 52-150 34.7 17-21 81.0 291

Career Stats: Shooting totals

  gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
2020-21 - - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 -
2021-22 15 381 25.4 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 26.0 0.0-0.0 0.0
2022-23 19 526 27.7 5.6-15.1 3.0-7.6 39.0 0.8-0.9 15.0
Total 34 907 26.7 4.9-13.9 2.3-6.6 34.7 0.7-0.9 12.8

Career Stats: Shooting per 40 min

  gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
2020-21 - - - - - - - -
2021-22 15 1.5 4.1 5.6 2.7 1.6 0.4 0.2
2022-23 19 1.4 3.8 5.2 1.6 1.3 1.0 0.1
Total 34 1.4 3.9 5.4 2.1 1.4 0.7 0.1

Career Stats: Ball control per game

  gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
2020-21 - - - - - - - - -
2021-22 15 15 23 61 84 40 24 6 3
2022-23 19 19 26 72 98 31 24 19 1
Total 34 34 49 133 182 71 48 25 4

Career Stats: Ball control totals

  gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
2020-21 - - - - - - - -
2021-22 15 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2022-23 19 2.0 5.5 7.5 2.4 1.8 1.4 0.1
Total 34 2.2 5.9 8.0 3.1 2.1 1.1 0.2

Career Stats: Ball control per 40 min

  gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
Event            
Total 19 27.7 3.9-10.4 2.1-5.3 0.5-0.6 10.4
Conference 19 27.7 3.9-10.4 2.1-5.3 0.5-0.6 10.4
Exhibition 5 30.0 3.4-8.6 2.2-5.0 1.4-1.4 10.4
Location            
Home 10 28.5 3.7-10.4 2.1-5.8 0.6-0.7 10.1
Away 9 26.8 4.1-10.4 2.0-4.7 0.4-0.6 10.7
Neutral - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 -
Result            
Wins 16 27.3 3.8-10.2 2.0-5.4 0.6-0.6 10.1
Losses 3 30.0 4.7-11.7 2.3-4.7 0.3-1.0 12.0
Month            
October 2 27.5 6.0-11.5 4.0-8.0 0.5-0.5 16.5
November 5 34.6 4.6-12.6 2.8-7.2 1.0-1.4 13.0
December 1 35.0 9.0-16.0 3.0-5.0 0.0-0.0 21.0
January 7 26.3 3.0-9.7 1.6-4.1 0.6-0.6 8.1
February 4 19.8 2.2-7.0 0.8-3.5 0.0-0.0 5.3

Splits Stats: Shooting per game

  gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Event                    
Total 19 19 526 74-198 37.4 39-100 39.0 10-12 83.3 197
Conference 19 19 526 74-198 37.4 39-100 39.0 10-12 83.3 197
Exhibition 5 5 150 17-43 39.5 11-25 44.0 7-7 100.0 52
Location                    
Home 10 10 285 37-104 35.6 21-58 36.2 6-7 85.7 101
Away 9 9 241 37-94 39.4 18-42 42.9 4-5 80.0 96
Neutral - - - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Result                    
Wins 16 16 436 60-163 36.8 32-86 37.2 9-9 100.0 161
Losses 3 3 90 14-35 40.0 7-14 50.0 1-3 33.3 36
Month                    
October 2 2 55 12-23 52.2 8-16 50.0 1-1 100.0 33
November 5 5 173 23-63 36.5 14-36 38.9 5-7 71.4 65
December 1 1 35 9-16 56.3 3-5 60.0 0-0 - 21
January 7 7 184 21-68 30.9 11-29 37.9 4-4 100.0 57
February 4 4 79 9-28 32.1 3-14 21.4 0-0 - 21

Splits Stats: Shooting totals

  gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
Event                
Total 19 526 27.7 5.6-15.1 3.0-7.6 39.0 0.8-0.9 15.0
Conference 19 526 27.7 5.6-15.1 3.0-7.6 39.0 0.8-0.9 15.0
Exhibition 5 150 30.0 4.5-11.5 2.9-6.7 44.0 1.9-1.9 13.9
Location                
Home 10 285 28.5 5.2-14.6 2.9-8.1 36.2 0.8-1.0 14.2
Away 9 241 26.8 6.1-15.6 3.0-7.0 42.9 0.7-0.8 15.9
Neutral - - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 -
Result                
Wins 16 436 27.3 5.5-15.0 2.9-7.9 37.2 0.8-0.8 14.8
Losses 3 90 30.0 6.2-15.6 3.1-6.2 50.0 0.4-1.3 16.0
Month                
October 2 55 27.5 8.7-16.7 5.8-11.6 50.0 0.7-0.7 24.0
November 5 173 34.6 5.3-14.6 3.2-8.3 38.9 1.2-1.6 15.0
December 1 35 35.0 10.3-18.3 3.4-5.7 60.0 0.0-0.0 24.0
January 7 184 26.3 4.6-14.8 2.4-6.3 37.9 0.9-0.9 12.4
February 4 79 19.8 4.6-14.2 1.5-7.1 21.4 0.0-0.0 10.6

Splits Stats: Shooting per 40 min

  gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
Event                
Total 19 1.4 3.8 5.2 1.6 1.3 1.0 0.1
Conference 19 1.4 3.8 5.2 1.6 1.3 1.0 0.1
Exhibition 5 0.8 1.8 2.6 2.4 1.8 0.8 0.2
Location                
Home 10 1.5 3.5 5.0 1.4 1.1 1.0 0.1
Away 9 1.2 4.1 5.3 1.9 1.4 1.0 0.0
Neutral - - - - - - - -
Result                
Wins 16 1.3 3.4 4.8 1.3 1.2 0.9 0.1
Losses 3 1.7 5.7 7.3 3.3 1.7 1.7 0.0
Month                
October 2 1.5 4.5 6.0 2.5 1.0 1.5 0.0
November 5 1.6 5.4 7.0 2.2 2.0 1.0 0.0
December 1 3.0 5.0 8.0 1.0 3.0 1.0 0.0
January 7 1.1 2.9 4.0 1.9 0.7 1.3 0.0
February 4 1.0 2.8 3.8 0.3 1.0 0.3 0.3

Splits Stats: Ball control per game

  gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
Event                  
Total 19 19 26 72 98 31 24 19 1
Conference 19 19 26 72 98 31 24 19 1
Exhibition 5 5 4 9 13 12 9 4 1
Location                  
Home 10 10 15 35 50 14 11 10 1
Away 9 9 11 37 48 17 13 9 0
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
Result                  
Wins 16 16 21 55 76 21 19 14 1
Losses 3 3 5 17 22 10 5 5 0
Month                  
October 2 2 3 9 12 5 2 3 0
November 5 5 8 27 35 11 10 5 0
December 1 1 3 5 8 1 3 1 0
January 7 7 8 20 28 13 5 9 0
February 4 4 4 11 15 1 4 1 1

Splits Stats: Ball control totals

  gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
Event                
Total 19 2.0 5.5 7.5 2.4 1.8 1.4 0.1
Conference 19 2.0 5.5 7.5 2.4 1.8 1.4 0.1
Exhibition 5 1.1 2.4 3.5 3.2 2.4 1.1 0.3
Location                
Home 10 2.1 4.9 7.0 2.0 1.5 1.4 0.1
Away 9 1.8 6.1 8.0 2.8 2.2 1.5 0.0
Neutral - - - - - - - -
Result                
Wins 16 1.9 5.0 7.0 1.9 1.7 1.3 0.1
Losses 3 2.2 7.6 9.8 4.4 2.2 2.2 0.0
Month                
October 2 2.2 6.5 8.7 3.6 1.5 2.2 0.0
November 5 1.8 6.2 8.1 2.5 2.3 1.2 0.0
December 1 3.4 5.7 9.1 1.1 3.4 1.1 0.0
January 7 1.7 4.3 6.1 2.8 1.1 2.0 0.0
February 4 2.0 5.6 7.6 0.5 2.0 0.5 0.5

Splits Stats: Ball control per 40 min

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