NCAA Division III MBB-Another Midseason Look
This is our last statistical and leaderboard update for NCAA DIII MBB before we move on our postseason coverage. We have lots of scoring and rebounding, and records are meant to fall.
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NCAA DI MBB - 111 Athletes - Read the most recent update here.
NCAA DI WBB - 122 Athletes - Read the article here.
NCAA DII MBB - 152 Athletes - Read the article here.
NCAA DII WBB - 166 Athletes - Updated with this here.
NCAA DIII MBB - 116 Athletes - Updated with this article!
NCAA DIII WBB - 92 Athletes - Read the article here.
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Field Hockey - All Three Divisions - 67 Athletes - See the athletes here here.
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A Look at NCAA Division III Men’s Basketball
What about “Wait your turn”? And “Be deferential”? Well, they don’t really fit in a meritocracy like competitive sports. Below are ten leaderboards. Allowing for a tie, there are 51 slots. Forty-two of those slots are filled by an underclassman. The breakdown is as follows:
Freshmen - 14
Sophomores - 20
Juniors - 8
Seniors - 9
This assures the excitement and top performances will continue for the foreseeable future.
Each of the Top Five in Minutes per Game are underclassmen, led by AJ Weston (Lincoln College Prep/Dean College) with his 38.1 minutes. AJ is also the top free-thrower at .893. When you look at the Top Five in Field Goal Percentage, you won’t find anyone older than a sophomore. Freshman Bobby Alford III (Christian Brothers/Principia College) leads at .573. Freshman AJ Weston uses his minutes on the floor well, as he leads this group in scoring with 20.7 points per game. A junior, Karl Moore, Jr. (Jennings/Webster University) is the top rebounder pulling down 8.5 per game.
The Total Assists leaders are all underclassmen. They are led by Andrew Kim (Pembroke Hill/Sarah Lawrence College) with 121 dishes for the season. His nine assists against Old Westbury on Jan. 30 ties him for 3rd most assists in a game. His 121 assists is easily the most in a season in program history. The prior record was 106.
Stopping the opponent from scoring is Karl Moore, Jr. (Jennings/Webster University) with 48 blocked shots and Jamie Calmese (Orchard Farm/Greenville University) with 44 steals.
See all the leaderboards below and 25 statistics for each of the 116 athletes on the attached spreadsheet.
The High Schools
These 116 Division III Men’s Basketball athletes come from 87 high schools throughout Missouri and Kansas. The high schools with the most graduates competing in NCAA Division III Men’s Basketball are:
Chaminade - 4
Ladue Horton Watkins - 4
Blue Valley North - 3
Christian Brothers - 3
John Burroughs - 3
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The Spreadsheet
Don’t miss the spreadsheet attached at the end which contains eight biographical details along with 25 statistics for each of the 166 athletes.
Here are the ten leaderboards:
Average Minutes Per Game (Min. of 20 Games)
38.1 - AJ Weston - Guard - Freshman - Lincoln College Prep - Dean College - Great Northeast Athletic Conference
32.5 - Joe Berry - Guard - Sophomore - Thomas More Prep-Marian - Univ. of Chicago - University Athletic Association
31.5 - Preston Thomas - Guard - Junior - Princeton-MO - Houghton College - Empire 8 Conference
30.9 - Andrew Kim - Guard - Freshman - Pembroke Hill - Sarah Lawrence College - Skyline Conference
30.4 - Brent Wagner - Guard - Senior - Park Hills Central - Fontbonne University - St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
AJ Weston - Photo Credit: Dean College Athletics 
Preston Thomas - Photo Credit: Houghton College Athletics 
Andrew Kim - Photo Credit: Sarah Lawrence College Athletics
Three Point Percentage (Min. of 75 Attempts)
.423 (33 of 78) - Jack Hutchinson - Guard - Junior - Washburn Rural - Simpson College - American Rivers Conference
.376 (68 of 181) - Brent Wagner - Guard - Senior - Park Hills Central - Fontbonne University - St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
.364 (28 of 77) - Jemard Sykes II - Guard - Sophomore - Gateway STEM - Webster University - St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
.360 (36 of 100) - Carter Lichtsinn - Forward - Sophomore - Olathe West - Univ. of Wisconsin-Eau Claire - Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
.353 (42 of 119) - Jack Fessenden - Guard - Freshman - Troy Buchanan - Westminster College-MO - St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Jack Hutchinson - Photo Credit: Simpson College 
Jemard Sykes II - Webster University Athletics 
Carter Lichtsinn - Photo Credit: Univ. of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Athletics 
Jack Fessenden - Photo Credit: Westminster College-MO Athletics
Free Throw Percentage (Min. of 75 Attempts)
.893 (142 of 159) - AJ Weston - Guard - Freshman - Lincoln College Prep - Dean College - Great Northeast Athletic Conference
.808 (101 of 125) - Brennan Jeffries - Guard - Senior - Jefferson City - Westminster College-MO - St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
.748 (80 of 107) - Noah Butler - Forward - Senior - Free State - Aurora University - Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference
.734 (58 if 79) - Nick Howard - Forward - Sophomore - St. Thomas Aquinas - Benedictine University-IL - Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference
.723 (60 of 83) - Bobby Alford III - Forward - Freshman - Christian Brothers - Principia College - St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Field Goal Percentage (Min. of 125 Attempts)
.573 (118 of 206) - Bobby Alford III - Forward - Freshman - Christian Brothers - Principia College - St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
.539 (111 of 206) - Adam Painter - Forward - Sophomore - Francis Howell Central - Fontbonne University - St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
.524 (89 of 170) - Demetris Phillips - Forward - Freshman - Lutheran-St. Charles - Berea College - Collegiate Conference of the South
.520 (106 of 28) - Ethan Chartrand - Forward - Sophomore - Webster Groves - Fontbonne University - St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
.518 (73 of 141) - Colten Berry - Forward - Sophomore - Nixa - Hendrix College - Southern Athletic Association
Points Per Game (Min. of 20 Games)
20.7 - AJ Weston - Guard - Freshman - Lincoln College Prep - Dean College - Great Northeast Athletic Conference
15.5 - Preston Thomas - Guard - Junior - Princeton-MO - Houghton College - Empire 8 Conference
14.2 - Brennan Jeffries - Guard - Senior - Jefferson City - Westminster College-MO - St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
14.1 - Ethan Chartrand - Forward - Sophomore - Webster Groves - Fontbonne University - St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
12.8 - Noah Butler - Forward - Senior - Free State - Aurora University - Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference
AJ Weston - Photo Credit: Dean College Athletics 
Preston Thomas - Photo Credit: Houghton College Athletics 
Brennan Jeffries - Photo Credit: Westminster College-MO Athletics 
Noah Butler - Aurora University Athletics
Rebounds Per Game (Min. of 20 Games)
8.5 - Karl Moore, Jr. - Forward - Junior - Jennings - Webster University - St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
7.5 - Nick Howard - Forward - Sophomore - St. Thomas Aquinas - Benedictine University-IL - Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference
6.7 - Adam Painter - Forward - Sophomore - Francis Howell Central - Fontbonne University - St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
6.6 - Jemard Sykes II - Guard - Sophomore - Gateway STEM - Webster University - St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
6.3 - Preston Thomas - Guard - Junior - Princeton-MO - Houghton College - Empire 8 Conference
Total Assists
121 - Andrew Kim - Guard - Freshman - Pembroke Hill - Sarah Lawrence College - Skyline Conference
81 - AJ Weston - Guard - Freshman - Lincoln College Prep - Dean College - Great Northeast Athletic Conference
76 - Adam Painter - Forward - Sophomore - Francis Howell Central - Fontbonne University - St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
69 - Preston Thomas - Guard - Junior - Princeton-MO - Houghton College - Empire 8 Conference
67 - Jaden McClain - Guard - Sophomore - St. Louis University High - Millikin University - College Conference Of Illinois and Wisconsin
Total Blocked Shots
48 - Karl Moore, Jr. - Forward - Junior - Jennings - Webster University - St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
29 - Demetris Phillips - Forward - Freshman - Lutheran-St. Charles - Berea College - Collegiate Conference of the South
27 - Nick Howard - Forward - Sophomore - St. Thomas Aquinas - Benedictine University-IL - Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference
21 - Ethan Fauss - Forward - Freshman - Clayton - Emory University - University Athletic Association
21 - Colten Berry - Forward - Sophomore - Nixa - Hendrix College - Southern Athletic Association
Total Steals
44 - Jamie Calmese - Guard - Senior - Orchard Farm - Greenville University - St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
42 - Charles Nelson - Forward - Freshman - Miller Career - Fontbonne University - St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
40 - Jemard Sykes II - Guard - Sophomore - Gateway STEM - Webster University - St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
33 - Brent Wagner - Guard - Senior - Park Hills Central - Fontbonne University - St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
33 - Ethan Chartrand - Forward - Sophomore - Webster Groves - Fontbonne University - St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
33 - Lee Verslues - Guard - Sophomore - Fatima - Westminster College-MO - St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Assist to Turnover Ratio (Min. of 50 Assists)
1.73 (76 to 44) - Adam Painter - Forward - Sophomore - Francis Howell Central - Fontbonne University - St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
1.59 (62 to 39) - Luke Adams - Guard - Junior - Blue Valley North - Vassar College - Liberty League
1.56 (53 to 34) - Jemard Sykes II - Guard - Sophomore - Gateway STEM - Webster University - St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
1.44 (121 to 84) - Andrew Kim - Guard - Freshman - Pembroke Hill - Sarah Lawrence College - Skyline Conference
1.41 (65 to 46) - Noah Butler - Forward - Senior - Free State - Aurora University - Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference
Here is the spreadsheet with 25 statistics for each of the 116 athletes. The data is as of March 1, and is provided by each school. The athletes are sorted by average points per game:
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