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11 Erik Nissen
Erik Nissen
  • Height:
    6-9
  • Weight:
    225
  • Year:
    Sr
  • Hometown:
    Quispamsis, NB
  • High School:
    University of Maine
  • Position:
    F
  • Major:
    BKIN
  • gp
    20
  • pts/g
    18.3
  • fg %
    47.7
  • 3pt %
    36.7
  • ft %
    70.5
  • reb/g
    10.4
  • a/g
    2.1
Recent games
Date Opponent Result
Feb 1 Saint Mary's L, 82-79
Feb 9 at Saint Mary's L, 104-96
Feb 10 Cape Breton W, 92-63
Feb 15 Dalhousie L, 85-65
Feb 17 at Dalhousie W, 75-63
Feb 23 at Cape Breton W, 105-79
Season Statistics
  Overall Conference
Games 20 20
Games started 19 19
Minutes 578 578
Minutes per game 28.9 28.9
FG 144-302 144-302
FG Pct 47.7 47.7
3PT 22-60 22-60
3PT Pct 36.7 36.7
FT 55-78 55-78
FT Pct 70.5 70.5
Off rebounds 53 53
Def rebounds 155 155
Total rebounds 208 208
Rebounds per game 10.4 10.4
Personal fouls 55 55
Disqualifications 1 1
Assists 43 43
Turnovers 48 48
Assist to turnover ratio 0.9 0.9
Steals 16 16
Blocks 59 59
Points 365 365
Points per game 18.3 18.3
Points per 40 min 25.3 25.3
Game Log - Shooting
Date Opponent Score gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Sep 30 Holland W, 101-73 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 5 vs. McMaster W, 96-87 1 31 13-20 65.0 1-3 33.3 4-7 57.1 31
Oct 6 at Calgary L, 91-70 1 27 5-9 55.6 2-3 66.7 1-2 50.0 13
Oct 7 vs. McGill W, 95-83 1 28 5-18 27.8 0-0 - 5-6 83.3 15
Oct 13 vs. Laval W, 91-85 1 25 9-17 52.9 3-5 60.0 3-3 100.0 24
Oct 14 vs. Bishop's W, 75-67 1 28 11-17 64.7 2-4 50.0 7-9 77.8 31
Oct 15 at Carleton L, 70-54 1 33 11-21 52.4 2-5 40.0 4-6 66.7 28
Oct 19 Nipissing L, 76-68 1 33 12-25 48.0 2-4 50.0 3-5 60.0 29
Nov 4 Memorial W, 80-78 1 29 6-13 46.2 0-2 0.0 3-3 100.0 15
Nov 5 Memorial W, 76-65 1 27 11-19 57.9 2-3 66.7 0-0 - 24
Nov 11 at StFX W, 85-82 1 23 5-10 50.0 1-3 33.3 1-2 50.0 12
Nov 16 Dalhousie W, 70-67 1 33 6-13 46.2 0-3 0.0 0-0 - 12
Nov 18 at Dalhousie W, 79-72 1 35 7-15 46.7 3-6 50.0 4-6 66.7 21
Nov 24 vs. StFX L, 80-78 1 33 10-20 50.0 1-3 33.3 5-6 83.3 26
Nov 25 at UPEI W, 88-78 1 32 8-19 42.1 1-3 33.3 4-7 57.1 21
Dec 29 vs. StFX L, 90-87 1 29 4-11 36.4 0-1 0.0 7-8 87.5 15
Dec 30 vs. Concordia L, 85-69 1 21 5-13 38.5 0-1 0.0 4-6 66.7 14
Dec 31 vs. MSVU W, 90-65 1 20 6-8 75.0 0-0 - 0-2 0.0 12
Jan 6 at UNB L, 80-67 1 26 5-12 41.7 1-2 50.0 4-8 50.0 15
Jan 10 at StFX W, 82-66 - 29 8-16 50.0 2-5 40.0 2-2 100.0 20
Jan 13 StFX W, 75-73 1 29 7-14 50.0 0-2 0.0 2-3 66.7 16
Jan 19 UNB W, 80-68 1 37 6-16 37.5 0-2 0.0 0-0 - 12
Jan 20 UPEI W, 72-61 1 32 10-19 52.6 1-2 50.0 4-7 57.1 25
Jan 27 at Memorial W, 89-65 1 25 8-13 61.5 4-7 57.1 2-2 100.0 22
Jan 28 at Memorial W, 78-65 1 32 8-18 44.4 0-2 0.0 0-0 - 16
Feb 1 Saint Mary's L, 82-79 1 31 11-24 45.8 2-6 33.3 7-8 87.5 31
Feb 9 at Saint Mary's L, 104-96 1 21 4-9 44.4 0-2 0.0 4-4 100.0 12
Feb 10 Cape Breton W, 92-63 1 22 7-12 58.3 0-0 - 1-2 50.0 15
Feb 15 Dalhousie L, 85-65 1 33 2-13 15.4 0-1 0.0 8-10 80.0 12
Feb 17 at Dalhousie W, 75-63 1 29 6-12 50.0 1-2 50.0 1-4 25.0 14
Feb 23 at Cape Breton W, 105-79 1 20 9-15 60.0 3-4 75.0 3-4 75.0 24
Game Log - Ball control
Date Opponent Score gs min off def reb ast to stl blk
Sep 30 Holland W, 101-73 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 5 vs. McMaster W, 96-87 1 31 1 4 5 2 4 2 4
Oct 6 at Calgary L, 91-70 1 27 2 5 7 1 4 1 2
Oct 7 vs. McGill W, 95-83 1 28 1 3 4 2 4 2 2
Oct 13 vs. Laval W, 91-85 1 25 5 6 11 2 2 0 2
Oct 14 vs. Bishop's W, 75-67 1 28 3 3 6 3 3 3 2
Oct 15 at Carleton L, 70-54 1 33 1 7 8 0 3 2 1
Oct 19 Nipissing L, 76-68 1 33 7 5 12 2 4 2 8
Nov 4 Memorial W, 80-78 1 29 4 10 14 4 5 0 4
Nov 5 Memorial W, 76-65 1 27 5 12 17 0 5 2 1
Nov 11 at StFX W, 85-82 1 23 0 8 8 1 0 1 3
Nov 16 Dalhousie W, 70-67 1 33 3 10 13 1 2 1 7
Nov 18 at Dalhousie W, 79-72 1 35 2 6 8 6 2 0 1
Nov 24 vs. StFX L, 80-78 1 33 2 9 11 1 7 2 4
Nov 25 at UPEI W, 88-78 1 32 3 7 10 4 3 2 3
Dec 29 vs. StFX L, 90-87 1 29 5 5 10 1 5 1 1
Dec 30 vs. Concordia L, 85-69 1 21 4 4 8 2 2 1 0
Dec 31 vs. MSVU W, 90-65 1 20 2 4 6 3 5 0 2
Jan 6 at UNB L, 80-67 1 26 2 7 9 1 2 0 3
Jan 10 at StFX W, 82-66 - 29 3 7 10 6 2 0 1
Jan 13 StFX W, 75-73 1 29 0 6 6 2 4 1 9
Jan 19 UNB W, 80-68 1 37 1 7 8 1 1 1 2
Jan 20 UPEI W, 72-61 1 32 4 4 8 4 2 3 2
Jan 27 at Memorial W, 89-65 1 25 1 11 12 1 0 0 0
Jan 28 at Memorial W, 78-65 1 32 2 17 19 1 1 1 3
Feb 1 Saint Mary's L, 82-79 1 31 1 8 9 3 3 1 4
Feb 9 at Saint Mary's L, 104-96 1 21 3 4 7 1 2 1 1
Feb 10 Cape Breton W, 92-63 1 22 4 4 8 0 3 0 4
Feb 15 Dalhousie L, 85-65 1 33 3 6 9 1 2 0 4
Feb 17 at Dalhousie W, 75-63 1 29 7 5 12 3 1 0 1
Feb 23 at Cape Breton W, 105-79 1 20 3 7 10 2 1 0 2
Game Log - Ball control extended
Date Opponent Score gs pf dq a/to
Sep 30 Holland W, 101-73 - - - -
Oct 5 vs. McMaster W, 96-87 1 2 0 0.5
Oct 6 at Calgary L, 91-70 1 5 1 0.3
Oct 7 vs. McGill W, 95-83 1 4 0 0.5
Oct 13 vs. Laval W, 91-85 1 5 1 1.0
Oct 14 vs. Bishop's W, 75-67 1 1 0 1.0
Oct 15 at Carleton L, 70-54 1 4 0 0.0
Oct 19 Nipissing L, 76-68 1 4 - 0.5
Nov 4 Memorial W, 80-78 1 4 - 0.8
Nov 5 Memorial W, 76-65 1 5 1 0.0
Nov 11 at StFX W, 85-82 1 2 - -
Nov 16 Dalhousie W, 70-67 1 2 - 0.5
Nov 18 at Dalhousie W, 79-72 1 2 - 3.0
Nov 24 vs. StFX L, 80-78 1 1 - 0.1
Nov 25 at UPEI W, 88-78 1 3 - 1.3
Dec 29 vs. StFX L, 90-87 1 4 - 0.2
Dec 30 vs. Concordia L, 85-69 1 3 - 1.0
Dec 31 vs. MSVU W, 90-65 1 0 - 0.6
Jan 6 at UNB L, 80-67 1 4 - 0.5
Jan 10 at StFX W, 82-66 - 3 - 3.0
Jan 13 StFX W, 75-73 1 1 - 0.5
Jan 19 UNB W, 80-68 1 3 - 1.0
Jan 20 UPEI W, 72-61 1 3 - 2.0
Jan 27 at Memorial W, 89-65 1 0 - -
Jan 28 at Memorial W, 78-65 1 3 - 1.0
Feb 1 Saint Mary's L, 82-79 1 4 - 1.0
Feb 9 at Saint Mary's L, 104-96 1 4 - 0.5
Feb 10 Cape Breton W, 92-63 1 2 - 0.0
Feb 15 Dalhousie L, 85-65 1 2 - 0.5
Feb 17 at Dalhousie W, 75-63 1 3 - 3.0
Feb 23 at Cape Breton W, 105-79 1 4 - 2.0
  gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
2015-16 20 28.4 6.1-12.1 0.2-0.6 2.3-3.4 14.8
2016-17 20 31.7 7.2-14.3 0.3-1.1 3.2-5.8 18.1
2017-18 20 28.9 7.2-15.1 1.1-3.0 2.8-3.9 18.3
Total 60 29.7 6.8-13.8 0.6-1.6 2.8-4.4 17.0

Career Stats: Shooting per game

  gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
2015-16 20 19 568 122-242 50.4 5-11 45.5 46-68 67.6 295
2016-17 20 20 634 145-286 50.7 7-22 31.8 64-116 55.2 361
2017-18 20 19 578 144-302 47.7 22-60 36.7 55-78 70.5 365
Total 60 58 1780 411-830 49.5 34-93 36.6 165-262 63.0 1021

Career Stats: Shooting totals

  gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
2015-16 20 568 28.4 8.6-17.0 0.4-0.8 45.5 3.2-4.8 20.8
2016-17 20 634 31.7 9.1-18.0 0.4-1.4 31.8 4.0-7.3 22.8
2017-18 20 578 28.9 10.0-20.9 1.5-4.2 36.7 3.8-5.4 25.3
Total 60 1780 29.7 9.2-18.7 0.8-2.1 36.6 3.7-5.9 22.9

Career Stats: Shooting per 40 min

  gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
2015-16 20 2.5 6.0 8.4 0.7 3.1 0.9 1.1
2016-17 20 2.4 7.3 9.7 2.5 2.6 0.7 2.0
2017-18 20 2.6 7.8 10.4 2.1 2.4 0.8 3.0
Total 60 2.5 7.0 9.5 1.8 2.7 0.8 2.0

Career Stats: Ball control per game

  gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
2015-16 20 19 49 119 168 14 63 19 21
2016-17 20 20 48 146 194 50 53 14 41
2017-18 20 19 53 155 208 43 48 16 59
Total 60 58 150 420 570 107 164 49 121

Career Stats: Ball control totals

  gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
2015-16 20 3.5 8.4 11.8 1.0 4.4 1.3 1.5
2016-17 20 3.0 9.2 12.2 3.2 3.3 0.9 2.6
2017-18 20 3.7 10.7 14.4 3.0 3.3 1.1 4.1
Total 60 3.4 9.4 12.8 2.4 3.7 1.1 2.7

Career Stats: Ball control per 40 min

  gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
Event            
Total 20 28.9 7.2-15.1 1.1-3.0 2.8-3.9 18.3
Conference 20 28.9 7.2-15.1 1.1-3.0 2.8-3.9 18.3
Exhibition 10 27.5 8.1-15.9 1.2-2.6 3.8-5.4 21.2
Location            
Home 9 30.3 7.3-15.9 0.6-2.3 2.8-3.7 18.0
Away 10 27.2 6.8-13.9 1.6-3.6 2.5-3.9 17.7
Neutral 1 33.0 10.0-20.0 1.0-3.0 5.0-6.0 26.0
Result            
Wins 15 28.9 7.5-14.9 1.2-3.1 1.8-2.8 17.9
Losses 5 28.8 6.4-15.6 0.8-2.8 5.6-7.2 19.2
Month            
November 7 30.3 7.6-15.6 1.1-3.3 2.4-3.4 18.7
January 7 30.0 7.4-15.4 1.1-3.1 2.0-3.1 18.0
February 6 26.0 6.5-14.2 1.0-2.5 4.0-5.3 18.0

Splits Stats: Shooting per game

  gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Event                    
Total 20 19 578 144-302 47.7 22-60 36.7 55-78 70.5 365
Conference 20 19 578 144-302 47.7 22-60 36.7 55-78 70.5 365
Exhibition 10 10 275 81-159 50.9 12-26 46.2 38-54 70.4 212
Location                    
Home 9 9 273 66-143 46.2 5-21 23.8 25-33 75.8 162
Away 10 9 272 68-139 48.9 16-36 44.4 25-39 64.1 177
Neutral 1 1 33 10-20 50.0 1-3 33.3 5-6 83.3 26
Result                    
Wins 15 14 434 112-224 50.0 18-46 39.1 27-42 64.3 269
Losses 5 5 144 32-78 41.0 4-14 28.6 28-36 77.8 96
Month                    
November 7 7 212 53-109 48.6 8-23 34.8 17-24 70.8 131
January 7 6 210 52-108 48.1 8-22 36.4 14-22 63.6 126
February 6 6 156 39-85 45.9 6-15 40.0 24-32 75.0 108

Splits Stats: Shooting totals

  gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
Event                
Total 20 578 28.9 10.0-20.9 1.5-4.2 36.7 3.8-5.4 25.3
Conference 20 578 28.9 10.0-20.9 1.5-4.2 36.7 3.8-5.4 25.3
Exhibition 10 275 27.5 11.8-23.1 1.7-3.8 46.2 5.5-7.9 30.8
Location                
Home 9 273 30.3 9.7-21.0 0.7-3.1 23.8 3.7-4.8 23.7
Away 10 272 27.2 10.0-20.4 2.4-5.3 44.4 3.7-5.7 26.0
Neutral 1 33 33.0 12.1-24.2 1.2-3.6 33.3 6.1-7.3 31.5
Result                
Wins 15 434 28.9 10.3-20.6 1.7-4.2 39.1 2.5-3.9 24.8
Losses 5 144 28.8 8.9-21.7 1.1-3.9 28.6 7.8-10.0 26.7
Month                
November 7 212 30.3 10.0-20.6 1.5-4.3 34.8 3.2-4.5 24.7
January 7 210 30.0 9.9-20.6 1.5-4.2 36.4 2.7-4.2 24.0
February 6 156 26.0 10.0-21.8 1.5-3.8 40.0 6.2-8.2 27.7

Splits Stats: Shooting per 40 min

  gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
Event                
Total 20 2.6 7.8 10.4 2.1 2.4 0.8 3.0
Conference 20 2.6 7.8 10.4 2.1 2.4 0.8 3.0
Exhibition 10 3.1 4.6 7.7 1.8 3.6 1.4 2.4
Location                
Home 9 2.8 7.4 10.2 1.8 3.0 1.0 4.1
Away 10 2.6 7.9 10.5 2.6 1.4 0.5 1.8
Neutral 1 2.0 9.0 11.0 1.0 7.0 2.0 4.0
Result                
Wins 15 2.8 8.1 10.9 2.4 2.1 0.8 2.9
Losses 5 2.2 6.8 9.0 1.4 3.2 0.8 3.2
Month                
November 7 2.7 8.9 11.6 2.4 3.4 1.1 3.3
January 7 1.9 8.4 10.3 2.3 1.7 0.9 2.9
February 6 3.5 5.7 9.2 1.7 2.0 0.3 2.7

Splits Stats: Ball control per game

  gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
Event                  
Total 20 19 53 155 208 43 48 16 59
Conference 20 19 53 155 208 43 48 16 59
Exhibition 10 10 31 46 77 18 36 14 24
Location                  
Home 9 9 25 67 92 16 27 9 37
Away 10 9 26 79 105 26 14 5 18
Neutral 1 1 2 9 11 1 7 2 4
Result                  
Wins 15 14 42 121 163 36 32 12 43
Losses 5 5 11 34 45 7 16 4 16
Month                  
November 7 7 19 62 81 17 24 8 23
January 7 6 13 59 72 16 12 6 20
February 6 6 21 34 55 10 12 2 16

Splits Stats: Ball control totals

  gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
Event                
Total 20 3.7 10.7 14.4 3.0 3.3 1.1 4.1
Conference 20 3.7 10.7 14.4 3.0 3.3 1.1 4.1
Exhibition 10 4.5 6.7 11.2 2.6 5.2 2.0 3.5
Location                
Home 9 3.7 9.8 13.5 2.3 4.0 1.3 5.4
Away 10 3.8 11.6 15.4 3.8 2.1 0.7 2.6
Neutral 1 2.4 10.9 13.3 1.2 8.5 2.4 4.8
Result                
Wins 15 3.9 11.2 15.0 3.3 2.9 1.1 4.0
Losses 5 3.1 9.4 12.5 1.9 4.4 1.1 4.4
Month                
November 7 3.6 11.7 15.3 3.2 4.5 1.5 4.3
January 7 2.5 11.2 13.7 3.0 2.3 1.1 3.8
February 6 5.4 8.7 14.1 2.6 3.1 0.5 4.1

Splits Stats: Ball control per 40 min

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