Area Men Playing DIII Basketball
I have shown you the women from this area in all three NCAA divisions, along with the DI and DII men. We conclude our first look today with the NCAA DIII Men. After this? Frequent updates!
There are over 750 men and women from Kansas and Missouri high schools competing in basketball in the NCAA. I will be updating this information and highlighting the superlative accomplishments of our local athletes throughout the season. You can see my first review of the DI Women here, DI Men here, DII Women here, DII Men here, and the DIII Women here. Be sure to get your free subscription to get this information updated throughout the season. So, let’s take an early look at the 96 area men playing basketball in Division III of the NCAA.
There are 96 area men competing at 32 DIII colleges. They come from 78 high schools. At this early stage of the season, Jaxon Althaus (Oak Grove/Westminster-MO.) is the leading scorer among players from this area. Jaxon is averaging 19.5 pts per game after four games. Making 5 free throws per game certainly helps you pile up the points. Joe Barry (St. Thomas More-Marian/Univ. of Chicago) is off to a fast start to his collegiate career. He is third on his University of Chicago team with 9.8 pts per game. He leads the Maroons in both assists and steals. Joe sports a snazzy assist to turnover ratio of 2.6. Jake Kampf (Barat Academy/Principia College) is hitting from long range. The senior is 22 for 41, or 53.66%, from beyond the arc in the first 6 games. We know that shooters shoot. That is demonstrated when you see the top four scorers all shooting above 82% from the line. In order of pts per game, they are Jaxon Althaus (Oak Grove/Westminster-MO) at 90.91%, Noah Butler (Free State/Aurora University) at 82.61%, Travis Lien (Kirkwood/Franciscan-Steubenville), at 83.3%, and Jake Kampf (Barat Academy/Principia College) at 95.24%. Making it diffiult for others is Karl Moore, Jr. (Jennings/Webster University) who has blocked 22 shots in their first 7 games.
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