Taylor Day

24 Taylor Day

Height:

5-8
Hometown:

West Mansfield, Ohio
Position:

G
Year:

Jr.
High School:

North Union
Major:

Sport Management

gp

11
pts/g

7.6
fg %

42.9
3pt %

16.0
ft %

34.8
reb/g

3.7
a/g

1.2

Bio

Junior (2020-21): Played and started in all 11 games ... Scored 84 points, good for second on the team, and average 7.8 per game ... Led the team with 14 steals ... Second on the team in rebounds with 41 ... Added 13 assists.

Sophomore (2019-20): Played and started in 24 games ... Named All-HCAC Honorable Mention ... Scored a team-leading 218 points, averaging 9.1 per game ... Led team with 35 steals and 118 rebounds ... Recorded a double-double against Earlham on Feb. 12 with 12 points and 10 rebounds.

Freshman (2018-19): Played and started in all 27 games ... Named to the All-HCAC Freshman Team and the All-HCAC Honorable Mention ... Played 744 minutes, averaging 27.6 per game ... Shot 38.3 percent (75-of-196) from the floor ... Recorded a 36.1 percent (26-of-72) mark from three-point range ... Sunk 45-of-59 free throws for a 76.3 percent rate from the charity stripe ... Scored 221 points, averaging 8.2 per game ... Her 154 rebounds were second-most on the team ... Dished out 45 assists while recording 30 steals ... Recorded two double-doubles.

Prep: Four-year letterwinner in basketball while at North Union High School ... Also earned three letters in volleyball and one in softball ... Earned Second Team MOAC honors junior and senior year ... Named to Honorable Mention Central District both junior and senior season

Personal: Daughter of Kirby and Kim Day ... Majoring in business with a minor in sport management.

Player statistics

	Overall	Conference
Games	11	2
Games started	11	2
Minutes	274	56
Minutes per game	24.9	28.0
FG	36-84	7-18
FG Pct	42.9	38.9
3PT	4-25	0-3
3PT Pct	16.0	0.0
FT	8-23	0-2
FT Pct	34.8	0.0
Off rebounds	13	3
Def rebounds	28	11
Total rebounds	41	14
Rebounds per game	3.7	7.0
Personal fouls	17	2
Disqualifications	0	0
Assists	13	4
Turnovers	23	7
Assist to turnover ratio	0.6	0.6
Steals	14	6
Blocks	5	2
Points	84	14
Points per game	7.6	7.0
Points per 40 min	12.3	10.0

Recent results

Recent Games
Date	Opponent	Result
Feb 6	at Manchester (Ind.)	L, 57-51
Feb 12	Earlham (Ind.)	W, 52-49
Feb 13	at Earlham (Ind.)	W, 64-56
Feb 19	at Mt. St. Joseph	L, 92-63
Feb 20	Mt. St. Joseph	L, 75-68
Feb 26	at Anderson (Ind.)	L, 60-41

Game Log - Ball control extended
Date	Opponent	Score	gs	min	fg	pct	3pt	pct	ft	pct	pts
Jan 15	Bluffton	L, 80-67	1	26	3-5	60.0	0-1	0.0	3-7	42.9	9
Jan 16	at Bluffton	L, 75-54	1	14	0-3	0.0	0-0	-	2-6	33.3	2
Jan 22	at Franklin (Ind.)	L, 61-47	1	26	4-9	44.4	1-5	20.0	0-0	-	9
Jan 23	Franklin (Ind.)	L, 69-62	1	31	1-8	12.5	0-4	0.0	0-0	-	2
Jan 29	Anderson (Ind.)		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jan 30	at Anderson (Ind.)		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Feb 5	Manchester (Ind.)	L, 71-59	1	28	5-10	50.0	1-1	100.0	2-4	50.0	13
Feb 6	at Manchester (Ind.)	L, 57-51	1	29	3-7	42.9	0-3	0.0	0-0	-	6
Feb 12	Earlham (Ind.)	W, 52-49	1	29	3-10	30.0	0-3	0.0	0-2	0.0	6
Feb 13	at Earlham (Ind.)	W, 64-56	1	27	4-8	50.0	0-0	-	0-0	-	8
Feb 19	at Mt. St. Joseph	L, 92-63	1	23	4-7	57.1	0-3	0.0	0-2	0.0	8
Feb 20	Mt. St. Joseph	L, 75-68	1	22	7-13	53.8	1-3	33.3	1-2	50.0	16
Feb 26	at Anderson (Ind.)	L, 60-41	1	19	2-4	50.0	1-2	50.0	0-0	-	5

Game Log - Ball control extended
Date	Opponent	Score	gs	min	off	def	reb	ast	to	stl	blk
Jan 15	Bluffton	L, 80-67	1	26	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
Jan 16	at Bluffton	L, 75-54	1	14	1	1	2	1	1	1	1
Jan 22	at Franklin (Ind.)	L, 61-47	1	26	2	2	4	0	2	2	0
Jan 23	Franklin (Ind.)	L, 69-62	1	31	0	2	2	0	1	1	0
Jan 29	Anderson (Ind.)		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jan 30	at Anderson (Ind.)		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Feb 5	Manchester (Ind.)	L, 71-59	1	28	1	0	1	1	1	0	0
Feb 6	at Manchester (Ind.)	L, 57-51	1	29	1	3	4	5	1	0	1
Feb 12	Earlham (Ind.)	W, 52-49	1	29	2	5	7	1	5	4	0
Feb 13	at Earlham (Ind.)	W, 64-56	1	27	1	6	7	3	2	2	2
Feb 19	at Mt. St. Joseph	L, 92-63	1	23	3	2	5	0	3	2	1
Feb 20	Mt. St. Joseph	L, 75-68	1	22	2	3	5	1	2	1	0
Feb 26	at Anderson (Ind.)	L, 60-41	1	19	0	4	4	1	1	1	0

Game Log - Ball control extended
Date	Opponent	Score	gs	pf	dq	a/to
Jan 15	Bluffton	L, 80-67	1	0	-	0.0
Jan 16	at Bluffton	L, 75-54	1	2	0	1.0
Jan 22	at Franklin (Ind.)	L, 61-47	1	3	0	0.0
Jan 23	Franklin (Ind.)	L, 69-62	1	2	-	0.0
Jan 29	Anderson (Ind.)		-	-	-	-
Jan 30	at Anderson (Ind.)		-	-	-	-
Feb 5	Manchester (Ind.)	L, 71-59	1	2	-	1.0
Feb 6	at Manchester (Ind.)	L, 57-51	1	3	-	5.0
Feb 12	Earlham (Ind.)	W, 52-49	1	2	-	0.2
Feb 13	at Earlham (Ind.)	W, 64-56	1	0	0	1.5
Feb 19	at Mt. St. Joseph	L, 92-63	1	1	-	0.0
Feb 20	Mt. St. Joseph	L, 75-68	1	0	-	0.5
Feb 26	at Anderson (Ind.)	L, 60-41	1	2	-	1.0

Career Stats - Shooting per game
Statistic	gp	min/g	fg/g	3pt/g	ft/g	ppg
2018-19	27	27.6	2.8-7.3	1.0-2.7	1.7-2.2	8.2
2019-20	24	26.3	3.0-8.8	0.7-2.5	2.4-3.3	9.1
2020-21	11	24.9	3.3-7.6	0.4-2.3	0.7-2.1	7.6
2021-22	21	25.3	3.0-8.6	0.6-1.8	2.0-2.5	8.5
2022-23	24	23.0	4.5-9.8	0.1-0.9	1.5-2.2	10.6
Total	107	25.5	3.3-8.5	0.6-2.0	1.8-2.5	8.9

Career Stats - Shooting totals
Statistic	gp	gs	min	fg	pct	3pt	pct	ft	pct	pts
2018-19	27	27	744	75-196	38.3	26-72	36.1	45-59	76.3	221
2019-20	24	24	630	72-211	34.1	17-59	28.8	57-79	72.2	218
2020-21	11	11	274	36-84	42.9	4-25	16.0	8-23	34.8	84
2021-22	21	16	532	63-180	35.0	12-38	31.6	41-53	77.4	179
2022-23	24	16	553	107-234	45.7	3-22	13.6	37-53	69.8	254
Total	107	94	2733	353-905	39.0	62-216	28.7	188-267	70.4	956

Career Stats - Shooting per 40 min
Statistic	gp	min	min/g	fg/40	3pt/40	pct	ft/40
2018-19	27	744	27.6	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	36.1	0.0-0.0
2019-20	24	630	26.3	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	28.8	0.0-0.0
2020-21	11	274	24.9	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	16.0	0.0-0.0
2021-22	21	532	25.3	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	31.6	0.0-0.0
2022-23	24	553	23.0	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	13.6	0.0-0.0
Total	107	2733	25.5	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	28.7	0.0-0.0

Career Stats - Ball control per game
Statistic	gp	off/g	def/g	reb/g	ast/g	to/g	stl/g	blk/g
2018-19	27	2.1	3.6	5.7	1.7	2.5	1.1	0.3
2019-20	24	1.2	3.8	4.9	1.1	3.3	1.5	0.2
2020-21	11	1.2	2.5	3.7	1.2	2.1	1.3	0.5
2021-22	21	1.7	2.9	4.6	1.9	2.9	1.0	0.1
2022-23	24	2.0	3.4	5.3	1.1	2.0	1.2	0.3
Total	107	1.7	3.3	5.0	1.4	2.6	1.2	0.2

Career Stats - Ball control totals
Statistic	gp	gs	off	def	reb	ast	to	stl	blk
2018-19	27	27	58	96	154	45	68	30	8
2019-20	24	24	28	90	118	26	79	35	5
2020-21	11	11	13	28	41	13	23	14	5
2021-22	21	16	35	61	96	40	60	21	2
2022-23	24	16	47	81	128	27	48	28	6
Total	107	94	181	356	537	151	278	128	26

Career Stats - Ball control per 40 min
Statistic	gp	off/40	def/40	reb/40	ast/40	to/40	stl/40	blk/40
2018-19	27	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2019-20	24	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2020-21	11	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2021-22	21	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2022-23	24	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Total	107	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Split Stats - Shooting per game
Statistic	gp	min/g	fg/g	3pt/g	ft/g	ppg
Event
Total	11	24.9	3.3-7.6	0.4-2.3	0.7-2.1	7.6
Conference	2	28.0	3.5-9.0	0.0-1.5	0.0-1.0	7.0
Exhibition	-	-	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	-
Location
Home	5	27.2	3.8-9.2	0.4-2.4	1.2-3.0	9.2
Away	6	23.0	2.8-6.3	0.3-2.2	0.3-1.3	6.3
Neutral	-	-	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	-
Result
Wins	2	28.0	3.5-9.0	0.0-1.5	0.0-1.0	7.0
Losses	9	24.2	3.2-7.3	0.4-2.4	0.9-2.3	7.8
Month
January	4	24.3	2.0-6.2	0.2-2.5	1.2-3.2	5.5
February	7	25.3	4.0-8.4	0.4-2.1	0.4-1.4	8.9

Split Stats - Shooting totals
Statistic	gp	gs	min	fg	pct	3pt	pct	ft	pct	pts
Event
Total	11	11	274	36-84	42.9	4-25	16.0	8-23	34.8	84
Conference	2	2	56	7-18	38.9	0-3	0.0	0-2	0.0	14
Exhibition	-	-	-	0-0	-	0-0	-	0-0	-	0
Location
Home	5	5	136	19-46	41.3	2-12	16.7	6-15	40.0	46
Away	6	6	138	17-38	44.7	2-13	15.4	2-8	25.0	38
Neutral	-	-	-	0-0	-	0-0	-	0-0	-	0
Result
Wins	2	2	56	7-18	38.9	0-3	0.0	0-2	0.0	14
Losses	9	9	218	29-66	43.9	4-22	18.2	8-21	38.1	70
Month
January	4	4	97	8-25	32.0	1-10	10.0	5-13	38.5	22
February	7	7	177	28-59	47.5	3-15	20.0	3-10	30.0	62

Split Stats - Shooting per 40 min
Statistic	gp	min	min/g	fg/40	3pt/40	pct	ft/40	pts/40
Event
Total	11	274	24.9	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	16.0	0.0-0.0	0.0
Conference	2	56	28.0	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	0.0	0.0-0.0	0.0
Exhibition	-	-	-	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	-	0.0-0.0	-
Location
Home	5	136	27.2	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	16.7	0.0-0.0	0.0
Away	6	138	23.0	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	15.4	0.0-0.0	0.0
Neutral	-	-	-	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	-	0.0-0.0	-
Result
Wins	2	56	28.0	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	0.0	0.0-0.0	0.0
Losses	9	218	24.2	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	18.2	0.0-0.0	0.0
Month
January	4	97	24.3	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	10.0	0.0-0.0	0.0
February	7	177	25.3	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	20.0	0.0-0.0	0.0

Split Stats - Ball control per game
Statistic	gp	off/g	def/g	reb/g	ast/g	to/g	stl/g	blk/g
Event
Total	11	1.2	2.5	3.7	1.2	2.1	1.3	0.5
Conference	2	1.5	5.5	7.0	2.0	3.5	3.0	1.0
Exhibition	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Location
Home	5	1.0	2.0	3.0	0.6	2.6	1.2	0.0
Away	6	1.3	3.0	4.3	1.7	1.7	1.3	0.8
Neutral	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Result
Wins	2	1.5	5.5	7.0	2.0	3.5	3.0	1.0
Losses	9	1.1	1.9	3.0	1.0	1.8	0.9	0.3
Month
January	4	0.8	1.3	2.0	0.3	2.0	1.0	0.3
February	7	1.4	3.3	4.7	1.7	2.1	1.4	0.6

Split Stats - Ball control totals
Statistic	gp	gs	off	def	reb	ast	to	stl	blk
Event
Total	11	11	13	28	41	13	23	14	5
Conference	2	2	3	11	14	4	7	6	2
Exhibition	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Location
Home	5	5	5	10	15	3	13	6	0
Away	6	6	8	18	26	10	10	8	5
Neutral	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Result
Wins	2	2	3	11	14	4	7	6	2
Losses	9	9	10	17	27	9	16	8	3
Month
January	4	4	3	5	8	1	8	4	1
February	7	7	10	23	33	12	15	10	4

Split Stats - Ball control per 40 min
Statistic	gp	off/40	def/40	reb/40	ast/40	to/40	stl/40	blk/40
Event
Total	11	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Conference	2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Exhibition	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Location
Home	5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Away	6	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Neutral	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Result
Wins	2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Losses	9	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Month
January	4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
February	7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

News mentions

Article
February 26, 2021

Women's basketball concludes the season with a loss at Anderson

ANDERSON, Ind.- The Defiance College women's basketball team traveled to Anderson University for the first round of the 2021 Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference tournament. The season comes to an end for the Yellow Jackets with a 60-41 loss at the O.C. Lewis Gymnasium.

February 26, 2021

Article
February 20, 2021

Women's basketball hosts Mount St. Joseph on senior day

DEFIANCE, Ohio- On Saturday afternoon in the Karl H. Weaner Center, the Yellow Jacket women's basketball team hosted Mount St. Joseph University. The Purple and Gold fell short in the rematch by a score of 75-68. After the game, Defiance honored their one senior, Kalyn Pickens, for her accomplishments over her career as a Yellow Jacket.

February 20, 2021

Article
February 19, 2021

Yellow Jackets drop Friday night matchup at Mount St. Joseph

CINCINNATI, Ohio- The Defiance College women’s basketball team made the trip to Mount St. Joseph University on Friday night. The Yellow Jackets could not overcome the strong Lion offense as they drop the road matchup 92-63.

February 19, 2021

Article
February 13, 2021

Women’s Basketball scores a victory at Earlham

RICHMOND, Ind. - The Defiance College women’s basketball team traveled to Earlham College on Saturday evening. The Yellow Jackets swept the series with the Quakers by a final score of 64-56.

February 13, 2021

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February 06, 2021

Yellow Jackets fall short in a close battle at Manchester

NORTH MANCHESTER, Ind.- The Defiance College women's basketball team returned to action on Saturday evening as they traveled to Manchester University. The Yellow Jackets battled to the end but fell short by a final score of 57-51.

February 06, 2021

Article
February 05, 2021

Women's basketball stifled at home against Manchester

DEFIANCE, Ohio- The Defiance College women's basketball team hosted by the Manchester University Spartans on Friday evening in the Karl H. Weaner Community Center. The Yellow Jackets took a loss against the Spartans by a final score of 71-59.

February 05, 2021

Article
January 15, 2021

Women's basketball opens season with loss to Bluffton

DEFIANCE, Ohio – The Defiance College women's basketball team opened the 2020-21 season with an 80-67 loss to Bluffton University. The game was the first intercollegiate athletic event for Defiance College since March 13 when the baseball and softball teams competed in Florida. It was also the first event hosted by Defiance since Feb. 15, 2020, when both basketball teams hosted Rose-Hulman.

January 15, 2021

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January 12, 2021

Women’s basketball picked sixth in 2020-21 HCAC preseason poll

CARMEL, Ind. – The 2020-21 Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Preseason Poll, composed of a vote of the conference's head coaches, was released by the HCAC office on Tuesday morning. The Defiance College women's basketball team is picked to finish sixth among the 10 HCAC squads.

January 12, 2021

Article
December 01, 2020

Defiance College 2020-21 women's basketball season preview

DEFIANCE, Ohio - The Defiance College women's basketball team heads into the upcoming 2020-21 season returning 10 key players from last year joined by the same number of freshmen. Entering his third campaign as head coach at Defiance, Allan King Jr. is looking for his Yellow Jackets to improve on their records from last season, finishing 7-18 overall and 6-12 in Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference play.