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12 Luke Van-Rijn
Luke Van-Rijn
  • Height:
    6-7
  • Weight:
    208
  • Year:
    Sr
  • Hometown:
    Naracoorte, South Australia
  • Position:
    G
  • Previous School:
    Australian College of Basketball
  • gp
    22
  • pts/g
    9.7
  • fg %
    44.9
  • 3pt %
    35.1
  • ft %
    75.8
  • reb/g
    5.1
  • a/g
    1.1

Bio

Co-President of SAAC

Recent Games

Date Opponent Result
Feb 10 at Lenoir-Rhyne L, 79-64
Feb 12 at Southern Wesleyan W, 72-52
Feb 14 Anderson L, 75-69
Feb 17 at Queens (N.C.) L, 93-73
Feb 19 Newberry L, 99-93
Feb 24 Catawba L, 103-94
  Total Conference
Games 22 15
Games started 17 14
Minutes 574 436
Minutes per game 26.1 29.1
FG 75-167 57-128
FG Pct 44.9 44.5
3PT 39-111 28-83
3PT Pct 35.1 33.7
FT 25-33 18-22
FT Pct 75.8 81.8
Off rebounds 18 14
Def rebounds 95 78
Total rebounds 113 92
Rebounds per game 5.1 6.1
Personal fouls 55 41
Disqualifications 3 2
Assists 24 20
Turnovers 25 19
Assist to turnover ratio 1.0 1.1
Steals 13 11
Blocks 6 4
Points 214 160
Points per game 9.7 10.7
Points per 40 min 14.9 14.7

Game Log - Shooting

Date Opponent Score gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Nov 3 at North Carolina St. L, 109-66 - 12 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Nov 10 vs. Belmont Abbey L, 92-83 - 10 0-1 0.0 0-1 0.0 2-2 100.0 2
Nov 11 at Limestone L, 106-92 - 18 1-3 33.3 1-3 33.3 0-0 - 3
Nov 14 Southern Wesleyan W, 83-80 1 25 3-7 42.9 1-3 33.3 1-1 100.0 8
Nov 18 North Greenville L, 78-71 - 19 4-7 57.1 3-6 50.0 1-2 50.0 12
Nov 21 at Winthrop L, 104-49 1 22 2-8 25.0 1-6 16.7 2-4 50.0 7
Nov 29 at Carson-Newman L, 92-64 - - - - - - - - -
Dec 2 at Wingate L, 74-52 - - - - - - - - -
Dec 5 at Warren Wilson W, 101-92 - - - - - - - - -
Dec 11 at Lincoln Memorial L, 156-69 - - - - - - - - -
Dec 13 Lenoir-Rhyne L, 74-55 - - - - - - - - -
Dec 16 at Coker L, 98-85 - - - - - - - - -
Dec 30 at Ky. Wesleyan L, 82-74 - 17 2-5 40.0 1-4 25.0 1-2 50.0 6
Jan 3 Tusculum L, 85-71 - 22 6-12 50.0 2-6 33.3 0-0 - 14
Jan 6 Queens (N.C.) L, 93-64 1 29 2-4 50.0 1-3 33.3 0-0 - 5
Jan 8 at Newberry L, 111-99 1 28 7-12 58.3 1-5 20.0 2-2 100.0 17
Jan 10 at Anderson L, 88-76 1 29 1-5 20.0 1-5 20.0 0-0 - 3
Jan 13 at Catawba L, 83-68 1 33 2-5 40.0 2-4 50.0 3-4 75.0 9
Jan 20 Wingate L, 77-60 1 21 1-5 20.0 1-4 25.0 0-0 - 3
Jan 24 Carson-Newman W, 78-77 1 32 8-13 61.5 5-9 55.6 1-1 100.0 22
Jan 31 Lincoln Memorial L, 100-68 1 35 2-11 18.2 1-9 11.1 5-6 83.3 10
Feb 3 Coker L, 92-84 1 34 3-9 33.3 1-7 14.3 2-2 100.0 9
Feb 7 at Tusculum L, 97-71 1 31 4-8 50.0 2-4 50.0 2-2 100.0 12
Feb 10 at Lenoir-Rhyne L, 79-64 1 28 2-4 50.0 1-3 33.3 0-2 0.0 5
Feb 12 at Southern Wesleyan W, 72-52 1 27 6-8 75.0 4-5 80.0 0-0 - 16
Feb 14 Anderson L, 75-69 1 15 2-4 50.0 1-2 50.0 0-0 - 5
Feb 17 at Queens (N.C.) L, 93-73 1 38 5-11 45.5 4-7 57.1 2-2 100.0 16
Feb 19 Newberry L, 99-93 1 27 6-13 46.2 3-8 37.5 1-1 100.0 16
Feb 24 Catawba L, 103-94 1 34 6-12 50.0 2-7 28.6 0-0 - 14

Game Log - Ball control

Date Opponent Score gs min off def reb ast to stl blk
Nov 3 at North Carolina St. L, 109-66 - 12 1 1 2 0 0 0 0
Nov 10 vs. Belmont Abbey L, 92-83 - 10 0 1 1 1 0 0 0
Nov 11 at Limestone L, 106-92 - 18 0 1 1 0 1 0 0
Nov 14 Southern Wesleyan W, 83-80 1 25 1 2 3 0 1 0 1
Nov 18 North Greenville L, 78-71 - 19 1 3 4 2 0 0 0
Nov 21 at Winthrop L, 104-49 1 22 2 2 4 0 2 1 1
Nov 29 at Carson-Newman L, 92-64 - - - - - - - - -
Dec 2 at Wingate L, 74-52 - - - - - - - - -
Dec 5 at Warren Wilson W, 101-92 - - - - - - - - -
Dec 11 at Lincoln Memorial L, 156-69 - - - - - - - - -
Dec 13 Lenoir-Rhyne L, 74-55 - - - - - - - - -
Dec 16 at Coker L, 98-85 - - - - - - - - -
Dec 30 at Ky. Wesleyan L, 82-74 - 17 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
Jan 3 Tusculum L, 85-71 - 22 3 2 5 1 0 0 0
Jan 6 Queens (N.C.) L, 93-64 1 29 1 3 4 0 1 3 0
Jan 8 at Newberry L, 111-99 1 28 1 6 7 1 3 0 1
Jan 10 at Anderson L, 88-76 1 29 2 6 8 1 0 0 0
Jan 13 at Catawba L, 83-68 1 33 1 4 5 0 2 0 0
Jan 20 Wingate L, 77-60 1 21 1 2 3 1 1 0 0
Jan 24 Carson-Newman W, 78-77 1 32 0 6 6 2 2 0 0
Jan 31 Lincoln Memorial L, 100-68 1 35 2 12 14 0 3 1 0
Feb 3 Coker L, 92-84 1 34 1 9 10 3 1 0 1
Feb 7 at Tusculum L, 97-71 1 31 1 8 9 1 1 3 0
Feb 10 at Lenoir-Rhyne L, 79-64 1 28 0 4 4 4 2 1 0
Feb 12 at Southern Wesleyan W, 72-52 1 27 0 7 7 1 1 0 0
Feb 14 Anderson L, 75-69 1 15 0 3 3 0 2 0 0
Feb 17 at Queens (N.C.) L, 93-73 1 38 0 4 4 3 0 0 0
Feb 19 Newberry L, 99-93 1 27 0 3 3 2 0 1 1
Feb 24 Catawba L, 103-94 1 34 1 6 7 1 1 2 1

Game Log - Ball control extended

Date Opponent Score gs pf dq a/to
Nov 3 at North Carolina St. L, 109-66 - 1 - -
Nov 10 vs. Belmont Abbey L, 92-83 - 0 - -
Nov 11 at Limestone L, 106-92 - 1 - 0.0
Nov 14 Southern Wesleyan W, 83-80 1 0 - 0.0
Nov 18 North Greenville L, 78-71 - 3 - -
Nov 21 at Winthrop L, 104-49 1 4 - 0.0
Nov 29 at Carson-Newman L, 92-64 - - - -
Dec 2 at Wingate L, 74-52 - - - -
Dec 5 at Warren Wilson W, 101-92 - - - -
Dec 11 at Lincoln Memorial L, 156-69 - - - -
Dec 13 Lenoir-Rhyne L, 74-55 - - - -
Dec 16 at Coker L, 98-85 - - - -
Dec 30 at Ky. Wesleyan L, 82-74 - 5 1 0.0
Jan 3 Tusculum L, 85-71 - 0 - -
Jan 6 Queens (N.C.) L, 93-64 1 2 - 0.0
Jan 8 at Newberry L, 111-99 1 3 - 0.3
Jan 10 at Anderson L, 88-76 1 5 1 -
Jan 13 at Catawba L, 83-68 1 2 - 0.0
Jan 20 Wingate L, 77-60 1 3 - 1.0
Jan 24 Carson-Newman W, 78-77 1 1 - 1.0
Jan 31 Lincoln Memorial L, 100-68 1 2 - 0.0
Feb 3 Coker L, 92-84 1 4 - 3.0
Feb 7 at Tusculum L, 97-71 1 1 - 1.0
Feb 10 at Lenoir-Rhyne L, 79-64 1 5 1 2.0
Feb 12 at Southern Wesleyan W, 72-52 1 1 - 1.0
Feb 14 Anderson L, 75-69 1 4 - 0.0
Feb 17 at Queens (N.C.) L, 93-73 1 3 - -
Feb 19 Newberry L, 99-93 1 4 - -
Feb 24 Catawba L, 103-94 1 2 - 1.0

Splits Stats - Shooting per game

  gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
Event            
Total 22 26.1 3.4-7.6 1.8-5.0 1.1-1.5 9.7
Conference 15 29.1 3.8-8.5 1.9-5.5 1.2-1.5 10.7
Exhibition 1 12.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0
Location            
Home 11 26.6 3.9-8.8 1.9-5.8 1.0-1.2 10.7
Away 10 27.1 3.2-6.9 1.8-4.6 1.2-1.8 9.4
Neutral 1 10.0 0.0-1.0 0.0-1.0 2.0-2.0 2.0
Result            
Wins 3 28.0 5.7-9.3 3.3-5.7 0.7-0.7 15.3
Losses 19 25.8 3.1-7.3 1.5-4.9 1.2-1.6 8.8
Month            
November 5 18.8 2.0-5.2 1.2-3.8 1.2-1.8 6.4
December 1 17.0 2.0-5.0 1.0-4.0 1.0-2.0 6.0
January 8 28.6 3.6-8.4 1.8-5.6 1.4-1.6 10.4
February 8 29.3 4.2-8.6 2.2-5.4 0.9-1.1 11.6

Splits Stats - Shooting totals

  gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Event                    
Total 22 17 574 75-167 44.9 39-111 35.1 25-33 75.8 214
Conference 15 14 436 57-128 44.5 28-83 33.7 18-22 81.8 160
Exhibition 1 - 12 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Location                    
Home 11 9 293 43-97 44.3 21-64 32.8 11-13 84.6 118
Away 10 8 271 32-69 46.4 18-46 39.1 12-18 66.7 94
Neutral 1 - 10 0-1 0.0 0-1 0.0 2-2 100.0 2
Result                    
Wins 3 3 84 17-28 60.7 10-17 58.8 2-2 100.0 46
Losses 19 14 490 58-139 41.7 29-94 30.9 23-31 74.2 168
Month                    
November 5 2 94 10-26 38.5 6-19 31.6 6-9 66.7 32
December 1 - 17 2-5 40.0 1-4 25.0 1-2 50.0 6
January 8 7 229 29-67 43.3 14-45 31.1 11-13 84.6 83
February 8 8 234 34-69 49.3 18-43 41.9 7-9 77.8 93

Splits Stats - Shooting per 40 min

  gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
Event                
Total 22 574 26.1 5.2-11.6 2.7-7.7 35.1 1.7-2.3 14.9
Conference 15 436 29.1 5.2-11.7 2.6-7.6 33.7 1.7-2.0 14.7
Exhibition 1 12 12.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 0.0
Location                
Home 11 293 26.6 5.9-13.2 2.9-8.7 32.8 1.5-1.8 16.1
Away 10 271 27.1 4.7-10.2 2.7-6.8 39.1 1.8-2.7 13.9
Neutral 1 10 10.0 0.0-4.0 0.0-4.0 0.0 8.0-8.0 8.0
Result                
Wins 3 84 28.0 8.1-13.3 4.8-8.1 58.8 1.0-1.0 21.9
Losses 19 490 25.8 4.7-11.3 2.4-7.7 30.9 1.9-2.5 13.7
Month                
November 5 94 18.8 4.3-11.1 2.6-8.1 31.6 2.6-3.8 13.6
December 1 17 17.0 4.7-11.8 2.4-9.4 25.0 2.4-4.7 14.1
January 8 229 28.6 5.1-11.7 2.4-7.9 31.1 1.9-2.3 14.5
February 8 234 29.3 5.8-11.8 3.1-7.4 41.9 1.2-1.5 15.9

Splits Stats - Ball control per game

  gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
Event                
Total 22 0.8 4.3 5.1 1.1 1.1 0.6 0.3
Conference 15 0.9 5.2 6.1 1.3 1.3 0.7 0.3
Exhibition 1 1.0 1.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Location                
Home 11 1.0 4.6 5.6 1.1 1.1 0.6 0.4
Away 10 0.7 4.3 5.0 1.1 1.3 0.6 0.2
Neutral 1 0.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Result                
Wins 3 0.3 5.0 5.3 1.0 1.3 0.0 0.3
Losses 19 0.9 4.2 5.1 1.1 1.1 0.7 0.3
Month                
November 5 0.8 1.8 2.6 0.6 0.8 0.2 0.4
December 1 0.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 0.0
January 8 1.4 5.1 6.5 0.8 1.5 0.5 0.1
February 8 0.4 5.5 5.9 1.9 1.0 0.9 0.4

Splits Stats - Ball control totals

  gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
Event                  
Total 22 17 18 95 113 24 25 13 6
Conference 15 14 14 78 92 20 19 11 4
Exhibition 1 - 1 1 2 0 0 0 0
Location                  
Home 11 9 11 51 62 12 12 7 4
Away 10 8 7 43 50 11 13 6 2
Neutral 1 - 0 1 1 1 0 0 0
Result                  
Wins 3 3 1 15 16 3 4 0 1
Losses 19 14 17 80 97 21 21 13 5
Month                  
November 5 2 4 9 13 3 4 1 2
December 1 - 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
January 8 7 11 41 52 6 12 4 1
February 8 8 3 44 47 15 8 7 3

Splits Stats - Ball control per 40 min

  gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
Event                
Total 22 1.3 6.6 7.9 1.7 1.7 0.9 0.4
Conference 15 1.3 7.2 8.4 1.8 1.7 1.0 0.4
Exhibition 1 3.3 3.3 6.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Location                
Home 11 1.5 7.0 8.5 1.6 1.6 1.0 0.5
Away 10 1.0 6.3 7.4 1.6 1.9 0.9 0.3
Neutral 1 0.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Result                
Wins 3 0.5 7.1 7.6 1.4 1.9 0.0 0.5
Losses 19 1.4 6.5 7.9 1.7 1.7 1.1 0.4
Month                
November 5 1.7 3.8 5.5 1.3 1.7 0.4 0.9
December 1 0.0 2.4 2.4 0.0 2.4 2.4 0.0
January 8 1.9 7.2 9.1 1.0 2.1 0.7 0.2
February 8 0.5 7.5 8.0 2.6 1.4 1.2 0.5

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The Mars Hill men’s basketball team fell to No. 1 Lincoln Memorial, 100-68, Wednesday evening in Stanford Arena.

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Men's Basketball Loses at Anderson

Mars Hill lost at SAC rival Anderson 88-76 in South Atlantic Conference men’s basketball action Wednesday night in the Abney Athletic...

January 10, 2018

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Men's Basketball Falls at Newberry

The Lions’ men’s basketball team lost to Newberry 111-99 on the road Monday night at Eleazer Arena.

January 8, 2018

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Lions drop fifth straight, lose to Tusculum

The Mars Hill men’s basketball team returned to South Atlantic Conference action with an 85-71 loss to the Pioneers of Tusculum in Stanford...

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The Lions lost on the road at Kentucky Wesleyan 82-74 in men’s basketball action Saturday afternoon at the Owensboro Sportscenter.

December 30, 2017

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Strong second half not enough as Lions fall to Crusaders

The Mars Hill men's basketball team dropped a tightly fought contest, 78-71, to North Greenville Saturday afternoon.

November 18, 2017

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The Mars Hill men's basketball team picked up their first victory of the 2017-18 season, downing Southern Wesleyan 83-80 inside Stanford Arena...

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