Sam Taylor

3 Sam Taylor

Height:

5-10

Weight:

150

Year:

Jr.

Hometown:

Chicago, Ill.

High School:

Thornton

Position:

gp 29

pts/g 8.7

fg % 39.1

3pt % 38.8

ft % 59.4

reb/g 3.4

a/g 1.6

2017-18: Named to the All-GLIAC Defensive team…started 24 games while appearing in 28 games…scored 25 points for a new career-high in season opener at Lewis…led the team in steals.

2016-17: Played in all 26 games, starting in 20. Totaled 726 minutes. Finished fourth on the team in scoring with 253 points on the season. Had a field goal percentage of 39.8, three point percentage of 35.6 and a free throw percentage of 70.0. Added 75 rebounds, 31 assists, 28 steals and three blocks.

Before NMU: Was a two-sport star at Thornton High School. During senior season, averaged 19.8 points, seven rebounds and four assists per game. Earned a spot on the Chicago Sun-Times and Chicago Tribune's all-area first teams. Ranked 40th by the Chicago Sun-Times. Named the MVP of the McDipper Holiday Tourney. On the football field, threw for 1,450 yards and 25 touchdowns. Added 1,298 rushing yards and 12 rushing touchdowns.

Recent Games
Feb 16	at Lake Superior St.	W, 73-68
Feb 21	at Grand Valley St.	L, 85-62
Feb 23	at Davenport	L, 74-71
Feb 28	at Michigan Tech	W, 74-53
Mar 5	at Ferris St.	W, 89-73
Mar 9	at Davenport	L, 88-77

Statistics category	Overall	Conf
Games	29	20
Games started	26	17
Minutes	830	578
Minutes per game	28.6	28.9
FG	92-235	66-163
FG Pct	39.1	40.5
3PT	50-129	31-85
3PT Pct	38.8	36.5
FT	19-32	13-19
FT Pct	59.4	68.4
Off rebounds	27	21
Def rebounds	73	47
Total rebounds	100	68
Rebounds per game	3.4	3.4
Personal fouls	79	54
Disqualifications	2	2
Assists	45	23
Turnovers	34	23
Assist to turnover ratio	1.3	1.0
Steals	48	33
Blocks	1	0
Points	253	176
Points per game	8.7	8.8
Points per 40 min	12.2	12.2

Date	Opponent	Score	gs	min	fg	pct	3pt	pct	ft	pct	pts
Oct 30	at Michigan St.	L, 93-47	1	20	1-11	9.1	0-5	0.0	4-5	80.0	6
Nov 3	Northern Mich.		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nov 10	McKendree	W, 93-70	1	34	4-7	57.1	2-3	66.7	1-2	50.0	11
Nov 11	Lewis	W, 77-59	1	30	1-5	20.0	1-3	33.3	1-2	50.0	4
Nov 13	Minn. Duluth	W, 64-52	1	33	1-7	14.3	1-3	33.3	1-2	50.0	4
Nov 20	vs. Ohio Dominican	W, 89-74	1	32	6-12	50.0	5-7	71.4	0-0	-	17
Nov 21	at Hillsdale	W, 80-68	1	18	4-7	57.1	4-6	66.7	1-2	50.0	13
Nov 29	at Northwood	L, 76-64	1	28	3-9	33.3	0-1	0.0	0-0	-	6
Dec 1	at Saginaw Valley	W, 67-59	1	30	3-9	33.3	2-6	33.3	0-0	-	8
Dec 6	Purdue Northwest	W, 108-69	1	27	5-12	41.7	2-6	33.3	0-0	-	12
Dec 8	Parkside	W, 77-67	1	30	2-8	25.0	1-5	20.0	0-0	-	5
Dec 18	vs. Southern Ind.	L, 74-69	1	20	3-7	42.9	3-6	50.0	0-0	-	9
Dec 19	at Bellarmine	L, 84-75	1	28	3-10	30.0	2-8	25.0	0-0	-	8
Jan 3	at Wayne St. (Mich.)	L, 73-51	1	31	5-12	41.7	1-4	25.0	0-0	-	11
Jan 5	at Ashland	L, 67-60	-	15	1-3	33.3	1-2	50.0	0-0	-	3
Jan 10	Lake Superior St.	L, 86-66	1	36	5-12	41.7	2-4	50.0	0-0	-	12
Jan 12	Ferris St.	L, 62-59	-	30	4-7	57.1	3-5	60.0	0-0	-	11
Jan 17	Davenport	W, 77-63	1	30	3-6	50.0	1-3	33.3	3-4	75.0	10
Jan 19	Grand Valley St.	W, 70-61	1	35	1-7	14.3	1-6	16.7	3-4	75.0	6
Jan 26	Michigan Tech	W, 63-59	1	31	5-8	62.5	3-4	75.0	0-0	-	13
Jan 31	at Parkside	L, 71-65	1	37	1-4	25.0	1-4	25.0	0-0	-	3
Feb 2	at Purdue Northwest	W, 86-74	1	18	2-9	22.2	0-4	0.0	0-0	-	4
Feb 7	Saginaw Valley	W, 87-73	1	27	4-6	66.7	4-6	66.7	0-0	-	12
Feb 9	Northwood	W, 72-60	-	32	4-7	57.1	0-2	0.0	4-6	66.7	12
Feb 14	at Ferris St.	L, 78-67	1	22	3-9	33.3	1-5	20.0	0-0	-	7
Feb 16	at Lake Superior St.	W, 73-68	1	31	0-5	0.0	0-1	0.0	0-0	-	0
Feb 21	at Grand Valley St.	L, 85-62	1	33	7-12	58.3	3-7	42.9	1-1	100.0	18
Feb 23	at Davenport	L, 74-71	1	28	4-11	36.4	1-4	25.0	1-2	50.0	10
Feb 28	at Michigan Tech	W, 74-53	1	27	4-7	57.1	4-6	66.7	1-2	50.0	13
Mar 5	at Ferris St.	W, 89-73	1	29	2-7	28.6	0-2	0.0	0-0	-	4
Mar 9	at Davenport	L, 88-77	1	28	2-10	20.0	1-6	16.7	2-5	40.0	7

Date	Opponent	Score	gs	min	off	def	reb	ast	to	a/to	stl	blk	pf	dq
Oct 30	at Michigan St.	L, 93-47	1	20	0	5	5	0	2	0.0	2	0	3	0
Nov 3	Northern Mich.		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nov 10	McKendree	W, 93-70	1	34	1	5	6	2	2	1.0	2	0	2	-
Nov 11	Lewis	W, 77-59	1	30	1	3	4	1	1	1.0	3	0	3	-
Nov 13	Minn. Duluth	W, 64-52	1	33	0	6	6	5	0	-	1	1	3	-
Nov 20	vs. Ohio Dominican	W, 89-74	1	32	0	2	2	3	1	3.0	3	0	3	0
Nov 21	at Hillsdale	W, 80-68	1	18	0	0	0	3	2	1.5	2	0	2	-
Nov 29	at Northwood	L, 76-64	1	28	3	3	6	1	1	1.0	1	0	2	-
Dec 1	at Saginaw Valley	W, 67-59	1	30	2	3	5	1	1	1.0	1	0	3	-
Dec 6	Purdue Northwest	W, 108-69	1	27	1	3	4	4	4	1.0	2	0	2	-
Dec 8	Parkside	W, 77-67	1	30	0	4	4	2	1	2.0	1	0	1	0
Dec 18	vs. Southern Ind.	L, 74-69	1	20	0	1	1	1	1	1.0	2	0	4	-
Dec 19	at Bellarmine	L, 84-75	1	28	1	1	2	2	1	2.0	0	0	3	-
Jan 3	at Wayne St. (Mich.)	L, 73-51	1	31	0	2	2	1	0	-	3	0	5	1
Jan 5	at Ashland	L, 67-60	-	15	0	1	1	1	0	-	0	0	3	-
Jan 10	Lake Superior St.	L, 86-66	1	36	1	2	3	1	0	-	6	0	5	1
Jan 12	Ferris St.	L, 62-59	-	30	2	6	8	1	4	0.3	1	0	2	-
Jan 17	Davenport	W, 77-63	1	30	0	3	3	0	4	0.0	2	0	3	-
Jan 19	Grand Valley St.	W, 70-61	1	35	2	0	2	1	0	-	2	0	2	-
Jan 26	Michigan Tech	W, 63-59	1	31	1	1	2	0	3	0.0	0	0	1	-
Jan 31	at Parkside	L, 71-65	1	37	1	3	4	2	0	-	2	0	3	0
Feb 2	at Purdue Northwest	W, 86-74	1	18	0	1	1	2	0	-	4	0	3	-
Feb 7	Saginaw Valley	W, 87-73	1	27	0	1	1	1	0	-	1	0	2	-
Feb 9	Northwood	W, 72-60	-	32	1	5	6	0	0	-	1	0	3	-
Feb 14	at Ferris St.	L, 78-67	1	22	0	1	1	2	1	2.0	3	0	4	0
Feb 16	at Lake Superior St.	W, 73-68	1	31	4	0	4	1	1	1.0	0	0	2	-
Feb 21	at Grand Valley St.	L, 85-62	1	33	1	3	4	1	1	1.0	2	0	3	0
Feb 23	at Davenport	L, 74-71	1	28	1	2	3	0	1	0.0	0	0	4	-
Feb 28	at Michigan Tech	W, 74-53	1	27	1	3	4	1	1	1.0	1	0	1	-
Mar 5	at Ferris St.	W, 89-73	1	29	2	7	9	3	2	1.5	2	0	1	0
Mar 9	at Davenport	L, 88-77	1	28	1	1	2	2	1	2.0	0	0	4	0

	gp	gs	min/g	fg/g	pct	3pt/g	pct	ft/g	pct	ppg
2016-17	26	20	27.9	3.6-9.1	39.8	1.4-4.0	35.6	1.1-1.5	70.0	9.7
2017-18	28	24	27.7	3.1-8.1	38.9	0.8-2.8	27.8	1.5-2.2	67.7	8.6
2018-19	29	26	28.6	3.2-8.1	39.1	1.7-4.4	38.8	0.7-1.1	59.4	8.7
2019-20	-	-	-	0.0-0.0	-	0.0-0.0	-	0.0-0.0	-	-
Total	83	70	28.1	3.3-8.4	39.3	1.3-3.8	34.9	1.1-1.6	66.4	9.0

	gp	gs	min	fg	pct	3pt	pct	ft	pct	pts
2016-17	26	20	726	94-236	39.8	37-104	35.6	28-40	70.0	253
2017-18	28	24	775	88-226	38.9	22-79	27.8	42-62	67.7	240
2018-19	29	26	830	92-235	39.1	50-129	38.8	19-32	59.4	253
2019-20	-	-	-	0-0	-	0-0	-	0-0	-	0
Total	83	70	2331	274-697	39.3	109-312	34.9	89-134	66.4	746

	gp	gs	min/g	fg/40	pct	3pt/40	pct	ft/40	pct	pts/40
2016-17	26	20	27.9	5.2-13.0	39.8	2.0-5.7	35.6	1.5-2.2	70.0	13.9
2017-18	28	24	27.7	4.5-11.7	38.9	1.1-4.1	27.8	2.2-3.2	67.7	12.4
2018-19	29	26	28.6	4.4-11.3	39.1	2.4-6.2	38.8	0.9-1.5	59.4	12.2
2019-20	-	-	-	0.0-0.0	-	0.0-0.0	-	0.0-0.0	-	-
Total	83	70	28.1	4.7-12.0	39.3	1.9-5.4	34.9	1.5-2.3	66.4	12.8

	gp	gs	mpg	off/g	def/g	reb/g	pf/g	dq/g	ast/g	to/g	a/to	stl/g	blk/g
2016-17	26	20	27.9	0.9	2.0	2.9	2.5	0.0	1.2	1.6	0.8	1.1	0.1
2017-18	28	24	27.7	1.2	1.9	3.1	2.3	0.0	1.9	1.6	1.2	1.4	0.0
2018-19	29	26	28.6	0.9	2.5	3.4	2.7	0.1	1.6	1.2	1.3	1.7	0.0
2019-20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	83	70	28.1	1.0	2.1	3.2	2.5	0.0	1.6	1.4	1.1	1.4	0.0

	gp	gs	min	off	def	reb	pf	dq	ast	to	a/to	stl	blk
2016-17	26	20	726	24	51	75	64	0	31	41	0.8	28	3
2017-18	28	24	775	34	54	88	63	1	54	44	1.2	40	0
2018-19	29	26	830	27	73	100	79	2	45	34	1.3	48	1
2019-20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	83	70	2331	85	178	263	206	3	130	119	1.1	116	4

	gp	gs	mpg	off/40	def/40	reb/40	pf/40	dq/40	ast/40	to/40	a/to	stl/40	blk/40
2016-17	26	20	27.9	1.3	2.8	4.1	3.5	0.0	1.7	2.3	0.8	1.5	0.2
2017-18	28	24	27.7	1.8	2.8	4.5	3.3	0.1	2.8	2.3	1.2	2.1	0.0
2018-19	29	26	28.6	1.3	3.5	4.8	3.8	0.1	2.2	1.6	1.3	2.3	0.0
2019-20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	83	70	28.1	1.5	3.1	4.5	3.5	0.1	2.2	2.0	1.1	2.0	0.1

	gp	gs	min/g	fg/g	pct	3pt/g	pct	ft/g	pct	ppg
Total	29	26	28.6	3.2-8.1	39.1	1.7-4.4	38.8	0.7-1.1	59.4	8.7
Conference	20	17	28.9	3.3-8.2	40.5	1.6-4.2	36.5	0.7-0.9	68.4	8.8
Exhibition	1	1	20.0	1.0-11.0	9.1	0.0-5.0	0.0	4.0-5.0	80.0	6.0
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Home	12	10	31.3	3.2-7.7	42.4	1.8-4.2	42.0	1.1-1.7	65.0	9.3
Away	15	14	26.9	2.9-8.3	35.5	1.4-4.4	31.8	0.4-0.8	50.0	7.7
Neutral	2	2	26.0	4.5-9.5	47.4	4.0-6.5	61.5	0.0-0.0	-	13.0
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Wins	17	16	29.1	3.0-7.6	39.5	1.8-4.3	42.5	0.9-1.4	62.5	8.7
Losses	12	10	28.0	3.4-8.8	38.7	1.6-4.7	33.9	0.3-0.7	50.0	8.8
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November	6	6	29.2	3.2-7.8	40.4	2.2-3.8	56.5	0.7-1.3	50.0	9.2
December	5	5	27.0	3.2-9.2	34.8	2.0-6.2	32.3	0.0-0.0	-	8.4
January	8	6	30.6	3.1-7.4	42.4	1.6-4.0	40.6	0.8-1.0	75.0	8.6
February	8	7	27.3	3.5-8.2	42.4	1.6-4.4	37.1	0.9-1.4	63.6	9.5
March	2	2	28.5	2.0-8.5	23.5	0.5-4.0	12.5	1.0-2.5	40.0	5.5

	gp	gs	min	fg	pct	3pt	pct	ft	pct	pts
Total	29	26	830	92-235	39.1	50-129	38.8	19-32	59.4	253
Conference	20	17	578	66-163	40.5	31-85	36.5	13-19	68.4	176
Exhibition	1	1	20	1-11	9.1	0-5	0.0	4-5	80.0	6
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Home	12	10	375	39-92	42.4	21-50	42.0	13-20	65.0	112
Away	15	14	403	44-124	35.5	21-66	31.8	6-12	50.0	115
Neutral	2	2	52	9-19	47.4	8-13	61.5	0-0	-	26
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Wins	17	16	494	51-129	39.5	31-73	42.5	15-24	62.5	148
Losses	12	10	336	41-106	38.7	19-56	33.9	4-8	50.0	105
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November	6	6	175	19-47	40.4	13-23	56.5	4-8	50.0	55
December	5	5	135	16-46	34.8	10-31	32.3	0-0	-	42
January	8	6	245	25-59	42.4	13-32	40.6	6-8	75.0	69
February	8	7	218	28-66	42.4	13-35	37.1	7-11	63.6	76
March	2	2	57	4-17	23.5	1-8	12.5	2-5	40.0	11

	gp	gs	min/g	fg/40	pct	3pt/40	pct	ft/40	pct	pts/40
Total	29	26	28.6	4.4-11.3	39.1	2.4-6.2	38.8	0.9-1.5	59.4	12.2
Conference	20	17	28.9	4.6-11.3	40.5	2.1-5.9	36.5	0.9-1.3	68.4	12.2
Exhibition	1	1	20.0	2.0-22.0	9.1	0.0-10.0	0.0	8.0-10.0	80.0	12.0
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Home	12	10	31.3	4.2-9.8	42.4	2.2-5.3	42.0	1.4-2.1	65.0	11.9
Away	15	14	26.9	4.4-12.3	35.5	2.1-6.6	31.8	0.6-1.2	50.0	11.4
Neutral	2	2	26.0	6.9-14.6	47.4	6.2-10.0	61.5	0.0-0.0	-	20.0
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Wins	17	16	29.1	4.1-10.4	39.5	2.5-5.9	42.5	1.2-1.9	62.5	12.0
Losses	12	10	28.0	4.9-12.6	38.7	2.3-6.7	33.9	0.5-1.0	50.0	12.5
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November	6	6	29.2	4.3-10.7	40.4	3.0-5.3	56.5	0.9-1.8	50.0	12.6
December	5	5	27.0	4.7-13.6	34.8	3.0-9.2	32.3	0.0-0.0	-	12.4
January	8	6	30.6	4.1-9.6	42.4	2.1-5.2	40.6	1.0-1.3	75.0	11.3
February	8	7	27.3	5.1-12.1	42.4	2.4-6.4	37.1	1.3-2.0	63.6	13.9
March	2	2	28.5	2.8-11.9	23.5	0.7-5.6	12.5	1.4-3.5	40.0	7.7

	gp	gs	mpg	off/g	def/g	reb/g	pf/g	dq/g	ast/g	to/g	a/to	stl/g	blk/g
Total	29	26	28.6	0.9	2.5	3.4	2.7	0.1	1.6	1.2	1.3	1.7	0.0
Conference	20	17	28.9	1.1	2.4	3.4	2.7	0.1	1.1	1.1	1.0	1.6	0.0
Exhibition	1	1	20.0	0.0	5.0	5.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	2.0	0.0
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Home	12	10	31.3	0.8	3.3	4.1	2.4	0.1	1.5	1.6	0.9	1.8	0.1
Away	15	14	26.9	1.1	2.1	3.2	2.9	0.1	1.5	0.9	1.8	1.4	0.0
Neutral	2	2	26.0	0.0	1.5	1.5	3.5	0.0	2.0	1.0	2.0	2.5	0.0
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Wins	17	16	29.1	0.9	2.8	3.7	2.2	0.0	1.8	1.4	1.3	1.6	0.1
Losses	12	10	28.0	0.9	2.2	3.1	3.5	0.2	1.3	0.9	1.4	1.7	0.0
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November	6	6	29.2	0.8	3.2	4.0	2.5	0.0	2.5	1.2	2.1	2.0	0.2
December	5	5	27.0	0.8	2.4	3.2	2.6	0.0	2.0	1.6	1.3	1.2	0.0
January	8	6	30.6	0.9	2.3	3.1	3.0	0.3	0.9	1.4	0.6	2.0	0.0
February	8	7	27.3	1.0	2.0	3.0	2.8	0.0	1.0	0.6	1.6	1.5	0.0
March	2	2	28.5	1.5	4.0	5.5	2.5	0.0	2.5	1.5	1.7	1.0	0.0

	gp	gs	min	off	def	reb	pf	dq	ast	to	a/to	stl	blk
Total	29	26	830	27	73	100	79	2	45	34	1.3	48	1
Conference	20	17	578	21	47	68	54	2	23	23	1.0	33	0
Exhibition	1	1	20	0	5	5	3	0	0	2	0.0	2	0
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Home	12	10	375	10	39	49	29	1	18	19	0.9	22	1
Away	15	14	403	17	31	48	43	1	23	13	1.8	21	0
Neutral	2	2	52	0	3	3	7	0	4	2	2.0	5	0
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Wins	17	16	494	16	47	63	37	0	30	23	1.3	28	1
Losses	12	10	336	11	26	37	42	2	15	11	1.4	20	0
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November	6	6	175	5	19	24	15	0	15	7	2.1	12	1
December	5	5	135	4	12	16	13	0	10	8	1.3	6	0
January	8	6	245	7	18	25	24	2	7	11	0.6	16	0
February	8	7	218	8	16	24	22	0	8	5	1.6	12	0
March	2	2	57	3	8	11	5	0	5	3	1.7	2	0

	gp	gs	mpg	off/40	def/40	reb/40	pf/40	dq/40	ast/40	to/40	a/to	stl/40	blk/40
Total	29	26	28.6	1.3	3.5	4.8	3.8	0.1	2.2	1.6	1.3	2.3	0.0
Conference	20	17	28.9	1.5	3.3	4.7	3.7	0.1	1.6	1.6	1.0	2.3	0.0
Exhibition	1	1	20.0	0.0	10.0	10.0	6.0	0.0	0.0	4.0	0.0	4.0	0.0
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Home	12	10	31.3	1.1	4.2	5.2	3.1	0.1	1.9	2.0	0.9	2.3	0.1
Away	15	14	26.9	1.7	3.1	4.8	4.3	0.1	2.3	1.3	1.8	2.1	0.0
Neutral	2	2	26.0	0.0	2.3	2.3	5.4	0.0	3.1	1.5	2.0	3.8	0.0
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Wins	17	16	29.1	1.3	3.8	5.1	3.0	0.0	2.4	1.9	1.3	2.3	0.1
Losses	12	10	28.0	1.3	3.1	4.4	5.0	0.2	1.8	1.3	1.4	2.4	0.0
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November	6	6	29.2	1.1	4.3	5.5	3.4	0.0	3.4	1.6	2.1	2.7	0.2
December	5	5	27.0	1.2	3.6	4.7	3.9	0.0	3.0	2.4	1.3	1.8	0.0
January	8	6	30.6	1.1	2.9	4.1	3.9	0.3	1.1	1.8	0.6	2.6	0.0
February	8	7	27.3	1.5	2.9	4.4	4.0	0.0	1.5	0.9	1.6	2.2	0.0
March	2	2	28.5	2.1	5.6	7.7	3.5	0.0	3.5	2.1	1.7	1.4	0.0

Men's Basketball