A question was brought up to us on Bobcat Nation this week about 3FG% now that the distance has changed from 20’9 to the international distance of 22’1 &¾ . We went back to the last year of the 3 for women’s basketball being at 19’9 (2010-11) up to this year with about a third of the season being completed.
- Are the best teams shooting at the same pace as the best teams from the last couple of years from the arc?
- Are the individual conference leaders still up to the level of the last couple of years?
Here is what we found. In 2010-11 the last year of the 19’9 distance the league average from 3FG% was 31.7%, MSU was the best shooting team from 3FG% at 37.7% and the top shooter was Lyndi Seidensticker for MSU shooting at 42.1%.
In 2011-12 the distance was moved to 20’9 and the highest league average was 32.5% in 2017-18 with Idaho leading the league at 37.2% and Estefania Ors from ISU was the leading 3FG% shooter at 47%. The lowest years average was 2014-15 with the league average being a deep dive low of 27.4%, and the highest individual 3FG% was Savanna Scott from UNC shooting 44.3%
This year with the distance moved back to the international distance…one would think the numbers would dip significantly, but the league is shooting 30.7% with NAU shooting the best 3FG% at 38.7%, PSU at 35.3%, and SAC at 33.5% all numbers higher than any of the league averages in our deep dive. Individually the numbers are higher than any other year. Nina Radford from NAU is shooting 55.2%, Tiana Johnson 54.8%, Jessica Rios 45.8%, Emily Rodabaugh 44%, and Hannah Simental at 38.9%. We imagine these numbers will level out and even see new names in this list as the first half of the league comes to an end in January. We will dive into the numbers again at that time and a final time after the regular season concludes just before the conference tourney.
FINAL NUMBERS FOR THE 3FG% DEEP DIVE (March 30)
In this last installment we have included National numbers for comparison. Katie Peneueta from Sac St and NAU are both in top 10 Nationally
| Big Sky Conference Team 3FG% Rankings | Top 10 Team 3FG% | Top 5 BSC Individual 3FG% 100+ attempts | Top 10 Nationally 3FG% 100+ attempts |
|---|---|---|---|
| NAU 36.3% | IOWA ST 37.9% | Katie Peneueta 46.1% SAC | Taylor Robertson 49.2% OKLA |
| UNC 34.5% | TEXAS A&M 37.7% | Hanna Simental 40.4% UNC | Kayla Sprill 46.2% LA SALLE |
| SAC 33.4% | AUSTIN PEAY 37.6% | Emily Rodabaugh 40.2% NAU | Hayley Frank 46.2% MISSOURI |
| UM 31.4% | SOUTH DAKOTA ST 37.4% | Tiana Johnson 37.3% IDAHO | Katie Peneueta 46.1% SAC |
| IDAHO 30.7% | BOWLING GREEN 37.2% | Allie Dowling 36.8% UNC | Taylor Mikesell 46.1% OHIO ST |
| SUU 30.5% | MICH ST 37.2% | Kadie Hempfing 45.7% BOWLING GREEN | |
| MSU 30.1% | OKLAHOMA 36.9% | Azzi Fudd 45.1 % UCONN | |
| ISU 29.6% | OHIO ST 36.5% | Latascya Duff 45% NEW MEXICO | |
| WEBER 29.5% | MISSOURI 36.3% | Julia Stachan 44.6% NORTH ALA | |
| PSU 28.7% | NAU 36.3% | Angel Hasting 44.6% LAMAR | |
| EWU 28.2% |
| Year & League Average 3FG% | Team ranking Based on 3FG% | Top 5 Individual 3FG% Shooters 25+ Attempts |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-22 (22'1 Distance) | NAU 38.7% | 25+ Attempts |
| League Average 30.7% | PSU 35.3% | Nina Radford 55.2% NAU |
| DATE: 12/17/21 | SAC 33.5% | Tiana Johnson 54.8% SAC |
| EWU 31.9% | Jessica Rios 45.8% SAC | |
| UNC 31.7% | Emily Rodabaugh 44% NAU | |
| Idaho 31.4% | Hannah Simental 38.9% UNC | |
| SUU 31.2% | ||
| UM 27.2% | ||
| MSU 26.9% | ||
| ISU 25.3% | ||
| Weber 25% | ||
| DATE: 3/1/22 | NAU 36.4% | 100+ Attempts: 13 Players with 100+ attempts |
| League Average 31.4% | SAC 34.4% | Hanna Simental 40.2% UNC |
| UNC 33.2% | Tiana Johnson 38.1% IDAHO | |
| UM 31.7% | Sam Johnston 35.8% SUU | |
| SUU 31.4% | Kori Pentzer 34% WEBER | |
| IDAHO 30.5% | Jada Lewis 33.8% PSU | |
| WEBER 30.1% | ||
| MSU 30% | ||
| ISU 30% | ||
| PSU 29.8% | ||
| EWU 28.4% |
HISTORICAL DATA FROM 2010-2021: 50+ attempts was the cutoff number for attempts. This was due to the change of the game and the amount of 3FG attempts teams/individuals are putting up are growing every year.
| Year & League Average 3FG% | Team Ranking Based on 3FG% | Top 5 Individual 3FG% shooters 50+ attempts |
|---|---|---|
| 2010-11 (19'9 Distance) | MSU 37.7% | Lyndi Seidensticker 42.1% MSU |
| League Average 3FG% 31.7 | ISU 34.2% | Kaela Oakes 40.4% ISU |
| NAU 34% | Tyler Stephens Jenkins 40.4% NAU | |
| Weber 32.9% | Bianca Cheever 39.8% Idaho | |
| Idaho 32.1% | Kaisha Brown 38.8% UNC | |
| UNC 32.1% | ||
| SUU 31.9% | No player with more than 100 attempts for the year | |
| UM 30.3% | ||
| EWU 29.8% | ||
| PSU 27.4 | ||
| SAC 27% | ||
| 2011-12 (20'9 Distance) | SUU 35.3% | Cherise Pakootas 41.8% EWU |
| League Average 30.7 | PSU 33.8% | Eryn Jones 39.1% PSU |
| ISU 31.3% | Chelsea Pickering 37.3% ISU | |
| UNC 31.2% | Amanda Frost 36.2% NAU | |
| Idaho 31.1% | Hailey Mandelko 35.5% SUU | |
| NAU 31% | ||
| MSU 30.1% | 16 player with more than 100 attempts | |
| Weber 29.7% | ||
| EWU 29.6% | ||
| SAC 28.3% | ||
| UM 26.7 | ||
| 2012-13 | EWU 34.5% | Alyssa Charlton 49.1% Idaho |
| League Average 29.4 | ISU 32.9% | Courtney VanBrocklin 44.2% PSU |
| UM 31.8% | Shanae Gilham 42.6% UM | |
| Idaho 31.8% | Hayley Hodgins 42.1% EWU | |
| SUU 31.7% | Lexi Nelson 39.2% EWU | |
| PSU 31.6% | ||
| SAC 30.7% | 10 Players with more than 100 attemps | |
| NAU 27.2% | ||
| UNC 24.5% | ||
| Weber 24% | ||
| MSU 23% | ||
| 2013-14 | EWU 36.8% | Lexie Nelson 45.6% EWU |
| League Average 32.01 | Idaho 34.5% | Alyssa Charlton 44.8% Idaho |
| UM 34% | Kallie Cole Rubel 44.7% UM | |
| MSU 33.4% | Hayley Hodgins 41.7% EWU | |
| SUU 32% | Jordan Sullivan 41.1% UM | |
| ISU 31.5% | ||
| PSU 31.4% | 18 Players with more than 100 attempts | |
| NAU 30.9% | ||
| SAC 30.6% | ||
| UNC 28.8% | ||
| Weber 28.3% | ||
| 2014-15 | EWU 35.3% | Savanna Scott 44.3% UNC |
| League Average 27.4 | UNC 33.2% | Kellie Cole Rubel 37.9% UM |
| UM 31.6% | Lexie Nelson 37.5% EWU | |
| Idaho 31.3% | Delanny Junkermier 37.3% MSU | |
| SAC 30.2% | Kalli Durham 36.3% MSU | |
| MSU 29.8% | ||
| PSU 29.2% | 19 Players with more than 100 attempts | |
| SUU 29.1% | ||
| ISU 27.6% | ||
| Weber 26.8% | ||
| NAU 25.9% | ||
| 2015-16 | MSU 35% | Riley Nordgaard 44.3% MSU |
| League Average 31.4 | Idaho 34.4% | Deshera Thomas 41.8% Weber |
| Weber 33.9% | Mikayla Ferenz 41.4% Idaho | |
| UNC 33% | Kyleigh Hiser 40.3% UNC | |
| EWU 32.5% | Hanna Caudlll 38.8% MSU | |
| NAU 30.8% | ||
| UM 30.8% | 21 players with more than 100 attempts | |
| ISU 29.9% | ||
| PSU 28.6% | ||
| SAC 28.6% | ||
| SUU 28.1% | ||
| 2016-17 | Idaho 34.2% | Savannah Scott 46.9% UNC |
| League Average 31.1 | UNC 34% | Tisha Phillips 39.2% EWU |
| EWU 33.3% | Saylair Grandon 39.1% ISU | |
| MSU 33.2% | Estefania Ors 39% ISU | |
| NAU 32.3% | Jamie Smith 38.5% SUU | |
| ISU 31.9% | ||
| PSU 31.6% | 21 Players with over 100 attempts | |
| Weber 30.4% | ||
| SAC 28.7% | ||
| SUU 26.6% | ||
| UM 26.4% | ||
| 2017-18 | Idaho 37.2% | Estefania Ors 47% ISU |
| League Average 31.8 | ISU 36.1% | Kailie Quinn 42.3% Weber |
| Weber 35% | Taylor Pierce 41.9% Idaho | |
| UNC 34.7% | Mikayla Ferenz 41.7% Idaho | |
| PSU 34.5% | Delaney Hodgins 40.5% EWU | |
| MSU 34.4% | ||
| NAU 32.8% | 24 Players with over 100 attemps | |
| EWU 31% | ||
| SUU 28.% | ||
| SAC 28.3% | ||
| UM 25.6% | ||
| 2018-19 | ISU 37.3% | Uraih Howard 42.5% EWU |
| League Average 31.8 | Idaho 37.1% | Rebecca Cardenas 42.3% SUU |
| PSU 34% | Estefania Ors 42.1% ISU | |
| EWU 33.9% | Gina Marxen 40.6% Idaho | |
| NAU 33.3% | Grace Kenyon 40.4% ISU | |
| UNC 33.1% | ||
| SUU 30.5% | 23 Player with over 100 attempts | |
| MSU 29.2% | ||
| UM 27.4% | ||
| SAC 27.3% | ||
| Weber 27.2% | ||
| 2019-20 | PSU 36.8% | Jenna Dick 45.9% EWU |
| League Average 31.7 | ISU 35.4% | Desirea Hansen 43% PSU |
| NAU 34.2% | Tori Martell 41.3% MSU | |
| EWU 33.8% | Nina Radford 41.1% NAU | |
| MSU 33.1% | Martha Kuderer 40% MSU | |
| UM 32.4% | ||
| SUU 32.2% | 22 Players with over 100 attempts | |
| Weber 29.1% | ||
| Idaho 28.8% | ||
| UNC 27.5% | ||
| SAC 25.8% | ||
| 2020-21 | UNC 36% | Hanna Simintal 44.8% UNC |
| League Average 30.9 | NAU 35.9% | Estefania Ors 44.2% ISU |
| ISU 43.4% | Regan Schenck 43.8% NAU | |
| MSU 33.9% | Jacqulynn Nakai 41.8% NAU | |
| EWU 31.2% | Jasmine Gayles 40.8% UNC | |
| SUU 29.3% | 100+ Attempts: 11 Players with more than 100 attempts | |
| PSU 29.3% | Jacqulynn Nakia 41.8% NAU | |
| Idaho 29% | Tori Martell 39.2% MSU | |
| Weber 23.7% | Dora Goles 38.8% ISU | |
| SAC 26.5% | Jada Lewis 37.5% PSU | |
| UM 25.7 | Gina Marxen 32% IDAHO |
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