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Essence Porter
20 Essence Porter
  • Height:
    5-9
  • Year:
    Jr.
  • Hometown:
    Battle Creek
  • High School:
    Central
  • Position:
    F
  • gp
    19
  • pts/g
    3.4
  • fg %
    57.1
  • 3pt %
    66.7
  • ft %
    73.7
  • reb/g
    2.1
  • a/g
    0.6
Recent games
Date Opponent Result
Feb 7 at Alma W, 71-54
Feb 10 at Albion L, 77-52
Feb 14 at Calvin L, 65-53
Feb 18 Trine (Ind.) W, 102-72
Feb 21 Saint Mary's (Ind.) W, 79-62
Feb 24 at Hope L, 72-53
Season Statistics
  Overall Conference
Games 19 8
Games started - -
Minutes 195 76
Minutes per game 10.3 9.5
FG 24-42 7-16
FG Pct 57.1 43.8
3PT 2-3 0-1
3PT Pct 66.7 0.0
FT 14-19 6-9
FT Pct 73.7 66.7
Off rebounds 21 11
Def rebounds 18 7
Total rebounds 39 18
Rebounds per game 2.1 2.3
Personal fouls 16 9
Disqualifications 0 0
Assists 11 6
Turnovers 27 7
Assist to turnover ratio 0.4 0.9
Steals 11 1
Blocks 2 1
Points 64 20
Points per game 3.4 2.5
Points per 40 min 13.1 10.5
Game Log - Shooting
Date Opponent Score gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Nov 21 at Aquinas L, 71-46 - 1 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Nov 22 vs. Purdue-Calumet (Ind.) L, 64-57 - 5 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Nov 28 Marygrove W, 78-42 - 14 3-4 75.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 6
Nov 29 Davenport W, 73-65 - 8 1-2 50.0 0-0 - 1-2 50.0 3
Dec 5 at Hope L, 74-60 - 6 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Dec 6 vs. Savannah Art & Design (Ga.) W, 63-57 - 12 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Dec 10 Kalamazoo L, 59-48 - 5 1-1 100.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 2
Dec 13 Spring Arbor W, 65-60 - - - - - - - - -
Dec 16 Rochester (Mich.) W, 72-37 - 14 2-3 66.7 1-1 100.0 0-1 0.0 5
Dec 19 Huntington (Ind.) L, 62-56 - 1 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Dec 29 Bluffton (Ohio) W, 76-41 - 27 5-7 71.4 1-1 100.0 2-2 100.0 13
Jan 3 at Adrian L, 70-63 - 7 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 1-2 50.0 1
Jan 10 Alma L, 85-60 - 17 1-4 25.0 0-1 0.0 2-2 100.0 4
Jan 13 Albion L, 47-42 - 8 0-2 0.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Jan 17 Calvin L, 74-53 - 3 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Jan 20 at Trine (Ind.) L, 84-67 - 5 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Jan 24 at Kalamazoo L, 66-59 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 28 Hope L, 71-48 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 31 Adrian W, 52-48 - - - - - - - - -
Feb 2 at Saint Mary's (Ind.) L, 77-69 - - - - - - - - -
Feb 7 at Alma W, 71-54 - - - - - - - - -
Feb 10 at Albion L, 77-52 - 9 1-4 25.0 0-0 - 2-4 50.0 4
Feb 14 at Calvin L, 65-53 - - - - - - - - -
Feb 18 Trine (Ind.) W, 102-72 - 19 6-8 75.0 0-0 - 5-5 100.0 17
Feb 21 Saint Mary's (Ind.) W, 79-62 - 21 4-4 100.0 0-0 - 1-1 100.0 9
Feb 24 at Hope L, 72-53 - 13 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Game Log - Ball control
Date Opponent Score gs min off def reb ast to stl blk
Nov 21 at Aquinas L, 71-46 - 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nov 22 vs. Purdue-Calumet (Ind.) L, 64-57 - 5 1 0 1 0 1 1 0
Nov 28 Marygrove W, 78-42 - 14 0 1 1 0 3 3 0
Nov 29 Davenport W, 73-65 - 8 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Dec 5 at Hope L, 74-60 - 6 0 0 0 2 1 0 0
Dec 6 vs. Savannah Art & Design (Ga.) W, 63-57 - 12 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Dec 10 Kalamazoo L, 59-48 - 5 1 0 1 0 1 0 0
Dec 13 Spring Arbor W, 65-60 - - - - - - - - -
Dec 16 Rochester (Mich.) W, 72-37 - 14 2 2 4 1 4 2 0
Dec 19 Huntington (Ind.) L, 62-56 - 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dec 29 Bluffton (Ohio) W, 76-41 - 27 4 2 6 1 4 1 0
Jan 3 at Adrian L, 70-63 - 7 1 0 1 0 2 0 0
Jan 10 Alma L, 85-60 - 17 3 0 3 0 1 1 0
Jan 13 Albion L, 47-42 - 8 2 0 2 1 1 0 0
Jan 17 Calvin L, 74-53 - 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Jan 20 at Trine (Ind.) L, 84-67 - 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jan 24 at Kalamazoo L, 66-59 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 28 Hope L, 71-48 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 31 Adrian W, 52-48 - - - - - - - - -
Feb 2 at Saint Mary's (Ind.) L, 77-69 - - - - - - - - -
Feb 7 at Alma W, 71-54 - - - - - - - - -
Feb 10 at Albion L, 77-52 - 9 2 1 3 0 0 0 0
Feb 14 at Calvin L, 65-53 - - - - - - - - -
Feb 18 Trine (Ind.) W, 102-72 - 19 3 2 5 3 4 2 1
Feb 21 Saint Mary's (Ind.) W, 79-62 - 21 2 6 8 2 1 0 1
Feb 24 at Hope L, 72-53 - 13 0 3 3 0 3 0 0
Game Log - Ball control extended
Date Opponent Score gs pf dq a/to
Nov 21 at Aquinas L, 71-46 - 0 0 -
Nov 22 vs. Purdue-Calumet (Ind.) L, 64-57 - 0 0 0.0
Nov 28 Marygrove W, 78-42 - 0 0 0.0
Nov 29 Davenport W, 73-65 - 4 0 -
Dec 5 at Hope L, 74-60 - 1 0 2.0
Dec 6 vs. Savannah Art & Design (Ga.) W, 63-57 - 1 0 0.0
Dec 10 Kalamazoo L, 59-48 - 1 0 0.0
Dec 13 Spring Arbor W, 65-60 - - - -
Dec 16 Rochester (Mich.) W, 72-37 - 0 0 0.3
Dec 19 Huntington (Ind.) L, 62-56 - 0 0 -
Dec 29 Bluffton (Ohio) W, 76-41 - 1 0 0.3
Jan 3 at Adrian L, 70-63 - 0 0 0.0
Jan 10 Alma L, 85-60 - 0 0 0.0
Jan 13 Albion L, 47-42 - 2 0 1.0
Jan 17 Calvin L, 74-53 - 0 0 -
Jan 20 at Trine (Ind.) L, 84-67 - 0 0 -
Jan 24 at Kalamazoo L, 66-59 - - - -
Jan 28 Hope L, 71-48 - - - -
Jan 31 Adrian W, 52-48 - - - -
Feb 2 at Saint Mary's (Ind.) L, 77-69 - - - -
Feb 7 at Alma W, 71-54 - - - -
Feb 10 at Albion L, 77-52 - 1 0 -
Feb 14 at Calvin L, 65-53 - - - -
Feb 18 Trine (Ind.) W, 102-72 - 0 0 0.8
Feb 21 Saint Mary's (Ind.) W, 79-62 - 4 0 2.0
Feb 24 at Hope L, 72-53 - 1 0 0.0
  gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
2003-04 19 10.3 1.3-2.2 0.1-0.2 0.7-1.0 3.4
2004-05 25 22.0 1.9-3.8 0.0-0.1 1.4-2.1 5.1
Total 44 16.9 1.6-3.1 0.0-0.1 1.1-1.6 4.4

Career Stats: Shooting per game

  gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
2003-04 19 - 195 24-42 57.1 2-3 66.7 14-19 73.7 64
2004-05 25 17 549 47-96 49.0 0-2 0.0 34-53 64.2 128
Total 44 17 744 71-138 51.4 2-5 40.0 48-72 66.7 192

Career Stats: Shooting totals

  gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
2003-04 19 195 10.3 4.9-8.6 0.4-0.6 66.7 2.9-3.9 13.1
2004-05 25 549 22.0 3.4-7.0 0.0-0.1 0.0 2.5-3.9 9.3
Total 44 744 16.9 3.8-7.4 0.1-0.3 40.0 2.6-3.9 10.3

Career Stats: Shooting per 40 min

  gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
2003-04 19 1.1 0.9 2.1 0.6 1.4 0.6 0.1
2004-05 25 1.6 1.2 2.8 1.4 2.5 1.4 0.4
Total 44 1.4 1.1 2.5 1.1 2.0 1.0 0.3

Career Stats: Ball control per game

  gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
2003-04 19 - 21 18 39 11 27 11 2
2004-05 25 17 39 31 70 36 62 34 10
Total 44 17 60 49 109 47 89 45 12

Career Stats: Ball control totals

  gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
2003-04 19 4.3 3.7 8.0 2.3 5.5 2.3 0.4
2004-05 25 2.8 2.3 5.1 2.6 4.5 2.5 0.7
Total 44 3.2 2.6 5.9 2.5 4.8 2.4 0.6

Career Stats: Ball control per 40 min

  gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
Event            
Total 19 10.3 1.3-2.2 0.1-0.2 0.7-1.0 3.4
Conference 8 9.5 0.9-2.0 0.0-0.1 0.8-1.1 2.5
Exhibition - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 -
Location            
Home 11 12.5 2.1-3.2 0.2-0.3 1.0-1.2 5.4
Away 6 6.8 0.2-1.0 0.0-0.0 0.5-1.0 0.8
Neutral 2 8.5 0.0-0.5 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0
Result            
Wins 7 16.4 3.0-4.1 0.3-0.3 1.3-1.6 7.6
Losses 12 6.7 0.2-1.1 0.0-0.1 0.4-0.7 0.9
Month            
November 4 7.0 1.0-1.5 0.0-0.0 0.2-0.5 2.3
December 6 10.8 1.3-2.0 0.3-0.3 0.3-0.5 3.3
January 5 8.0 0.2-1.4 0.0-0.2 0.6-0.8 1.0
February 4 15.5 2.8-4.2 0.0-0.0 2.0-2.5 7.5

Splits Stats: Shooting per game

  gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Event                    
Total 19 - 195 24-42 57.1 2-3 66.7 14-19 73.7 64
Conference 8 - 76 7-16 43.8 0-1 0.0 6-9 66.7 20
Exhibition - - - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Location                    
Home 11 - 137 23-35 65.7 2-3 66.7 11-13 84.6 59
Away 6 - 41 1-6 16.7 0-0 - 3-6 50.0 5
Neutral 2 - 17 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Result                    
Wins 7 - 115 21-29 72.4 2-2 100.0 9-11 81.8 53
Losses 12 - 80 3-13 23.1 0-1 0.0 5-8 62.5 11
Month                    
November 4 - 28 4-6 66.7 0-0 - 1-2 50.0 9
December 6 - 65 8-12 66.7 2-2 100.0 2-3 66.7 20
January 5 - 40 1-7 14.3 0-1 0.0 3-4 75.0 5
February 4 - 62 11-17 64.7 0-0 - 8-10 80.0 30

Splits Stats: Shooting totals

  gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
Event                
Total 19 195 10.3 4.9-8.6 0.4-0.6 66.7 2.9-3.9 13.1
Conference 8 76 9.5 3.7-8.4 0.0-0.5 0.0 3.2-4.7 10.5
Exhibition - - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 -
Location                
Home 11 137 12.5 6.7-10.2 0.6-0.9 66.7 3.2-3.8 17.2
Away 6 41 6.8 1.0-5.9 0.0-0.0 - 2.9-5.9 4.9
Neutral 2 17 8.5 0.0-2.4 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 0.0
Result                
Wins 7 115 16.4 7.3-10.1 0.7-0.7 100.0 3.1-3.8 18.4
Losses 12 80 6.7 1.5-6.5 0.0-0.5 0.0 2.5-4.0 5.5
Month                
November 4 28 7.0 5.7-8.6 0.0-0.0 - 1.4-2.9 12.9
December 6 65 10.8 4.9-7.4 1.2-1.2 100.0 1.2-1.8 12.3
January 5 40 8.0 1.0-7.0 0.0-1.0 0.0 3.0-4.0 5.0
February 4 62 15.5 7.1-11.0 0.0-0.0 - 5.2-6.5 19.4

Splits Stats: Shooting per 40 min

  gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
Event                
Total 19 1.1 0.9 2.1 0.6 1.4 0.6 0.1
Conference 8 1.4 0.9 2.3 0.8 0.9 0.1 0.1
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location                
Home 11 1.5 1.3 2.8 0.8 1.7 0.8 0.2
Away 6 0.5 0.7 1.2 0.3 1.0 0.0 0.0
Neutral 2 0.5 0.0 0.5 0.0 1.0 1.0 0.0
Result                
Wins 7 1.6 2.0 3.6 1.0 2.4 1.3 0.3
Losses 12 0.8 0.3 1.2 0.3 0.8 0.2 0.0
Month                
November 4 0.3 0.5 0.8 0.0 1.0 1.0 0.0
December 6 1.2 0.7 1.8 0.7 1.8 0.7 0.0
January 5 1.2 0.0 1.2 0.4 0.8 0.2 0.0
February 4 1.8 3.0 4.8 1.3 2.0 0.5 0.5

Splits Stats: Ball control per game

  gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
Event                  
Total 19 - 21 18 39 11 27 11 2
Conference 8 - 11 7 18 6 7 1 1
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location                  
Home 11 - 17 14 31 9 19 9 2
Away 6 - 3 4 7 2 6 0 0
Neutral 2 - 1 0 1 0 2 2 0
Result                  
Wins 7 - 11 14 25 7 17 9 2
Losses 12 - 10 4 14 4 10 2 0
Month                  
November 4 - 1 2 3 0 4 4 0
December 6 - 7 4 11 4 11 4 0
January 5 - 6 0 6 2 4 1 0
February 4 - 7 12 19 5 8 2 2

Splits Stats: Ball control totals

  gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
Event                
Total 19 4.3 3.7 8.0 2.3 5.5 2.3 0.4
Conference 8 5.8 3.7 9.5 3.2 3.7 0.5 0.5
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location                
Home 11 5.0 4.1 9.1 2.6 5.5 2.6 0.6
Away 6 2.9 3.9 6.8 2.0 5.9 0.0 0.0
Neutral 2 2.4 0.0 2.4 0.0 4.7 4.7 0.0
Result                
Wins 7 3.8 4.9 8.7 2.4 5.9 3.1 0.7
Losses 12 5.0 2.0 7.0 2.0 5.0 1.0 0.0
Month                
November 4 1.4 2.9 4.3 0.0 5.7 5.7 0.0
December 6 4.3 2.5 6.8 2.5 6.8 2.5 0.0
January 5 6.0 0.0 6.0 2.0 4.0 1.0 0.0
February 4 4.5 7.7 12.3 3.2 5.2 1.3 1.3

Splits Stats: Ball control per 40 min

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