Kalyn Pickens

4 Kalyn Pickens

Height:

5-5
Hometown:

Fort Wayne, Ind.
Position:

G
Year:

Sr.
High School:

R. Nelson Snider
Major:

Biology

gp

11
pts/g

8.0
fg %

34.6
3pt %

33.3
ft %

75.0
reb/g

2.6
a/g

1.4

Bio

Senior (2020-21): Played in 11 games while making seven starts ... scored 88 points, averaging 8.0 per game ... Tied for team lead in total points and second in points per game ... Grabbed 29 rebounds, dished out 15 assists, and added 12 steals ... Named to the HCAC All-Sportsmanship Team.

Junior (2019-20): Played in 25 games while making nine starts ... Scored 117 points. averaging 4.6 per game ... Grabbed 63 rebounds, dished out 30 assists, and added 14 steals.

Sophomore (2018-19): Played in 26 games while making 18 starts ... Shot 34.0 percent (49-of-144) from the field ... Scored 141 points, averaging 5.4 per game ... Reeled in 83 rebounds ... Recorded 53 assists, second-highest mark on the team ... Added 23 steals.

Freshman (2017-18): Played in 22 games ... Scored 80 points, averaging 3.6 per game ... Shot 30.3 percent from the floor (27-of-89) and 70.3 percent from the free-throw line (26-of-37) ... Grabbed 27 rebounds, dished out 16 assists, and added 19 steals.

Prep: Lettered four years at Snider High School in basketball ... Was a Mike Hawkey, Dennis McClurg, Distinguished Scholar, and Delta Sigma Theta Scholarship recipient ... Also lettered three years in track and one year in cheerleading.

Personal: Daughter of Michael and Jill Pickens ... Majoring in biology with a minor in chemistry.

Player statistics

	Overall	Conference
Games	11	2
Games started	7	2
Minutes	256	51
Minutes per game	23.3	25.5
FG	27-78	7-12
FG Pct	34.6	58.3
3PT	1-3	0-0
3PT Pct	33.3	-
FT	33-44	13-17
FT Pct	75.0	76.5
Off rebounds	14	1
Def rebounds	15	5
Total rebounds	29	6
Rebounds per game	2.6	3.0
Personal fouls	25	5
Disqualifications	0	0
Assists	15	3
Turnovers	25	7
Assist to turnover ratio	0.6	0.4
Steals	12	4
Blocks	0	0
Points	88	27
Points per game	8.0	13.5
Points per 40 min	13.8	21.2

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	-	7	0-2	0.0	0-1	0.0	0-0	-	0
Jan 16	at Bluffton	L, 75-54	0	12	2-7	28.6	0-0	-	0-0	-	4
Jan 22	at Franklin (Ind.)	L, 61-47	0	23	2-11	18.2	0-0	-	2-3	66.7	6
Jan 23	Franklin (Ind.)	L, 69-62	-	24	1-5	20.0	0-0	-	4-6	66.7	6
Jan 29	Anderson (Ind.)		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jan 30	at Anderson (Ind.)		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Feb 5	Manchester (Ind.)	L, 71-59	1	20	1-1	100.0	0-0	-	2-2	100.0	4
Feb 6	at Manchester (Ind.)	L, 57-51	1	28	1-4	25.0	0-0	-	1-3	33.3	3
Feb 12	Earlham (Ind.)	W, 52-49	1	26	3-6	50.0	0-0	-	3-6	50.0	9
Feb 13	at Earlham (Ind.)	W, 64-56	1	25	4-6	66.7	0-0	-	10-11	90.9	18
Feb 19	at Mt. St. Joseph	L, 92-63	1	25	3-9	33.3	0-0	-	6-6	100.0	12
Feb 20	Mt. St. Joseph	L, 75-68	1	35	6-15	40.0	0-1	0.0	3-3	100.0	15
Feb 26	at Anderson (Ind.)	L, 60-41	1	31	4-12	33.3	1-1	100.0	2-4	50.0	11

Game Log - Ball control extended
Date	Opponent	Score	gs	min	off	def	reb	ast	to	stl	blk
Jan 15	Bluffton	L, 80-67	-	7	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
Jan 16	at Bluffton	L, 75-54	0	12	2	1	3	0	1	1	0
Jan 22	at Franklin (Ind.)	L, 61-47	0	23	4	5	9	4	2	0	0
Jan 23	Franklin (Ind.)	L, 69-62	-	24	0	1	1	2	1	2	0
Jan 29	Anderson (Ind.)		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jan 30	at Anderson (Ind.)		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Feb 5	Manchester (Ind.)	L, 71-59	1	20	2	1	3	3	4	1	0
Feb 6	at Manchester (Ind.)	L, 57-51	1	28	1	1	2	0	1	2	0
Feb 12	Earlham (Ind.)	W, 52-49	1	26	1	3	4	1	3	3	0
Feb 13	at Earlham (Ind.)	W, 64-56	1	25	0	2	2	2	4	1	0
Feb 19	at Mt. St. Joseph	L, 92-63	1	25	1	0	1	2	3	0	0
Feb 20	Mt. St. Joseph	L, 75-68	1	35	0	0	0	1	2	0	0
Feb 26	at Anderson (Ind.)	L, 60-41	1	31	3	1	4	0	2	2	0

Game Log - Ball control extended
Date	Opponent	Score	gs	pf	dq	a/to
Jan 15	Bluffton	L, 80-67	-	1	-	0.0
Jan 16	at Bluffton	L, 75-54	0	2	0	0.0
Jan 22	at Franklin (Ind.)	L, 61-47	0	3	0	2.0
Jan 23	Franklin (Ind.)	L, 69-62	-	1	-	2.0
Jan 29	Anderson (Ind.)		-	-	-	-
Jan 30	at Anderson (Ind.)		-	-	-	-
Feb 5	Manchester (Ind.)	L, 71-59	1	4	-	0.8
Feb 6	at Manchester (Ind.)	L, 57-51	1	2	-	0.0
Feb 12	Earlham (Ind.)	W, 52-49	1	2	-	0.3
Feb 13	at Earlham (Ind.)	W, 64-56	1	3	0	0.5
Feb 19	at Mt. St. Joseph	L, 92-63	1	2	-	0.7
Feb 20	Mt. St. Joseph	L, 75-68	1	3	-	0.5
Feb 26	at Anderson (Ind.)	L, 60-41	1	2	-	0.0

Career Stats - Shooting per game
Statistic	gp	min/g	fg/g	3pt/g	ft/g	ppg
2017-18	22	11.7	1.2-4.0	0.0-0.5	1.2-1.7	3.6
2018-19	26	21.0	1.9-5.5	0.1-0.8	1.5-2.8	5.4
2019-20	25	16.2	1.7-4.4	0.0-0.1	1.3-2.6	4.7
2020-21	11	23.3	2.5-7.1	0.1-0.3	3.0-4.0	8.0
Total	84	17.5	1.7-5.0	0.0-0.5	1.6-2.6	5.1

Career Stats - Shooting totals
Statistic	gp	gs	min	fg	pct	3pt	pct	ft	pct	pts
2017-18	22	-	258	27-89	30.3	0-12	0.0	26-37	70.3	80
2018-19	26	18	547	49-144	34.0	3-21	14.3	40-73	54.8	141
2019-20	25	9	406	42-110	38.2	0-2	0.0	33-64	51.6	117
2020-21	11	7	256	27-78	34.6	1-3	33.3	33-44	75.0	88
Total	84	34	1467	145-421	34.4	4-38	10.5	132-218	60.6	426

Career Stats - Shooting per 40 min
Statistic	gp	min	min/g	fg/40	3pt/40	pct	ft/40
2017-18	22	258	11.7	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	0.0	0.0-0.0
2018-19	26	547	21.0	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	14.3	0.0-0.0
2019-20	25	406	16.2	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	0.0	0.0-0.0
2020-21	11	256	23.3	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	33.3	0.0-0.0
Total	84	1467	17.5	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	10.5	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
2017-18	22	0.7	0.5	1.2	0.7	1.7	0.9	0.0
2018-19	26	0.9	2.3	3.2	2.0	3.5	0.9	0.2
2019-20	25	1.0	1.6	2.5	1.2	2.0	0.6	0.0
2020-21	11	1.3	1.4	2.6	1.4	2.3	1.1	0.0
Total	84	0.9	1.5	2.4	1.4	2.4	0.8	0.1

Career Stats - Ball control totals
Statistic	gp	gs	off	def	reb	ast	to	stl	blk
2017-18	22	-	16	11	27	16	38	19	1
2018-19	26	18	23	60	83	53	90	23	5
2019-20	25	9	24	39	63	30	50	14	1
2020-21	11	7	14	15	29	15	25	12	0
Total	84	34	77	125	202	114	203	68	7

Career Stats - Ball control per 40 min
Statistic	gp	off/40	def/40	reb/40	ast/40	to/40	stl/40	blk/40
2017-18	22	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2018-19	26	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2019-20	25	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
Total	84	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	23.3	2.5-7.1	0.1-0.3	3.0-4.0	8.0
Conference	2	25.5	3.5-6.0	0.0-0.0	6.5-8.5	13.5
Exhibition	-	-	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	-
Location
Home	5	22.4	2.2-5.8	0.0-0.4	2.4-3.4	6.8
Away	6	24.0	2.7-8.2	0.2-0.2	3.5-4.5	9.0
Neutral	-	-	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	-
Result
Wins	2	25.5	3.5-6.0	0.0-0.0	6.5-8.5	13.5
Losses	9	22.8	2.2-7.3	0.1-0.3	2.2-3.0	6.8
Month
January	4	16.5	1.2-6.2	0.0-0.2	1.5-2.2	4.0
February	7	27.1	3.1-7.6	0.1-0.3	3.9-5.0	10.3

Split Stats - Shooting totals
Statistic	gp	gs	min	fg	pct	3pt	pct	ft	pct	pts
Event
Total	11	7	256	27-78	34.6	1-3	33.3	33-44	75.0	88
Conference	2	2	51	7-12	58.3	0-0	-	13-17	76.5	27
Exhibition	-	-	-	0-0	-	0-0	-	0-0	-	0
Location
Home	5	3	112	11-29	37.9	0-2	0.0	12-17	70.6	34
Away	6	4	144	16-49	32.7	1-1	100.0	21-27	77.8	54
Neutral	-	-	-	0-0	-	0-0	-	0-0	-	0
Result
Wins	2	2	51	7-12	58.3	0-0	-	13-17	76.5	27
Losses	9	5	205	20-66	30.3	1-3	33.3	20-27	74.1	61
Month
January	4	0	66	5-25	20.0	0-1	0.0	6-9	66.7	16
February	7	7	190	22-53	41.5	1-2	50.0	27-35	77.1	72

Split Stats - Shooting per 40 min
Statistic	gp	min	min/g	fg/40	3pt/40	pct	ft/40	pts/40
Event
Total	11	256	23.3	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	33.3	0.0-0.0	0.0
Conference	2	51	25.5	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	112	22.4	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	0.0	0.0-0.0	0.0
Away	6	144	24.0	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	100.0	0.0-0.0	0.0
Neutral	-	-	-	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	-	0.0-0.0	-
Result
Wins	2	51	25.5	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	-	0.0-0.0	0.0
Losses	9	205	22.8	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	33.3	0.0-0.0	0.0
Month
January	4	66	16.5	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	0.0	0.0-0.0	0.0
February	7	190	27.1	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	50.0	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	1.3	1.4	2.6	1.4	2.3	1.1	0.0
Conference	2	0.5	2.5	3.0	1.5	3.5	2.0	0.0
Exhibition	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Location
Home	5	0.6	1.0	1.6	1.4	2.4	1.2	0.0
Away	6	1.8	1.7	3.5	1.3	2.2	1.0	0.0
Neutral	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Result
Wins	2	0.5	2.5	3.0	1.5	3.5	2.0	0.0
Losses	9	1.4	1.1	2.6	1.3	2.0	0.9	0.0
Month
January	4	1.5	1.8	3.3	1.5	1.5	0.8	0.0
February	7	1.1	1.1	2.3	1.3	2.7	1.3	0.0

Split Stats - Ball control totals
Statistic	gp	gs	off	def	reb	ast	to	stl	blk
Event
Total	11	7	14	15	29	15	25	12	0
Conference	2	2	1	5	6	3	7	4	0
Exhibition	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Location
Home	5	3	3	5	8	7	12	6	0
Away	6	4	11	10	21	8	13	6	0
Neutral	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Result
Wins	2	2	1	5	6	3	7	4	0
Losses	9	5	13	10	23	12	18	8	0
Month
January	4	0	6	7	13	6	6	3	0
February	7	7	8	8	16	9	19	9	0

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

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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

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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

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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 12, 2021

Women’s Basketball secures a victory at home against Earlham

DEFIANCE, Ohio- Women’s Basketball hosted Earlham College in the Karl H. Weaner Center on Friday evening. The Yellow Jackets secured the first victory of the season by a score of 52-49.

February 12, 2021

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January 22, 2021

Women’s basketball drops road game at Franklin

FRANKLIN, Ind.- The Defiance College women’s basketball traveled to Franklin College on Friday night in the second week of Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference play. The Yellow Jackets fell short to the Grizzles 61-47, despite a strong first quarter.

January 22, 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

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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.