20 Grant Karsten
Grant Karsten
  • Height:
    6-3
  • Weight:
    190
  • Year:
    So.
  • Hometown:
    Decatur, Ill.
  • High School:
    Decatur Lutheran
  • Position:
    G
  • Major:
    Finance
  • Pronunciation:
    CAR-stin
  • gp
    12
  • pts/g
    6.8
  • fg %
    50.0
  • 3pt %
    46.2
  • ft %
    75.0
  • reb/g
    2.7
  • a/g
    0.7

Bio

2020-21 Season: Appeared and started in 12 games … Played 256 minutes (21.3 per game) … Had 82 points (6.8 per game) … Shot 50 percent (29-58) from the floor … Shot 46.2 percent (18-39) from three-point range … Made 6-of-8 free throws … Recorded 32 rebounds, including 10 offensive … Had eight assists and three steals … Had a season-high 20 points against Wisconsin Lutheran (Feb. 19), also recorded four rebounds and one assist.

2019-20 Season (Freshman): Appeared in 27 games...Played 260 minutes (9.6 per game)...Scored 64 points (2.4 per game)...Shot 41.5 percent (22-of-53) from the free-throw line...Made 39.5 percent (17-of-43) from 3-point range...Made 75.0 percent (3-of-4) from the free-throw line...Grabbed 36 rebounds, including eight offensive...Assisted on four field goals...Blocked two shots...Stole eight passes...Scored in double-figures twice, including a season-high 12 points (four 3-pointers) against Illinois Tech (February 25).

High School (Decatur Lutheran): Graduated as the class Salutatorian, including an Illinois State Scholar and National Honors Society President...Helped the basketball team win a Regional Title, three Lincoln Prairie Conference regular season and one Lincoln Prairie Conference Tournament Championships...Helped the football team win a Lincoln Prairie Conference title and put together the best record in school history his junior year...Named Illinois Basketball Coaches Association All-State Third Team and All-Lincoln Prairie Conference First Team (three times)...Named All-County First Team in football and All-Lincoln Prairie Conference First Team twice...Owns the school record for points in a career (1,901), season (743 his senior year) and game (36) in basketball...Senior year averaged 25.5 points, eight rebounds and three assists per game...Earned varsity letters in basketball, football and track & field.

Personal: Son of Kyle and Jeanne...Has one brother, Garrett...Has one sister, Taryn.

Player Profile

Recent Games
Feb 13 Marian W, 66-56
Feb 19 Wisconsin Lutheran W, 76-74
Feb 20 Wisconsin Lutheran L, 90-82
Feb 26 at MSOE W, 81-57
Feb 27 at MSOE W, 63-61
Mar 3 at Edgewood L, 83-81
  Overall Conf
Games 12 10
Games started 12 10
Minutes 256 212
Minutes per game 21.3 21.2
FG 29-58 25-49
FG Pct 50.0 51.0
3PT 18-39 15-32
3PT Pct 46.2 46.9
FT 6-8 6-8
FT Pct 75.0 75.0
Off rebounds 10 10
Def rebounds 22 19
Total rebounds 32 29
Rebounds per game 2.7 2.9
Personal fouls 29 24
Disqualifications 2 2
Assists 8 7
Turnovers 9 8
Assist to turnover ratio 0.9 0.9
Steals 3 2
Blocks 0 0
Points 82 71
Points per game 6.8 7.1
Points per 40 min 12.8 13.4

Game Log - Shooting

Date Opponent Score gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Jan 13 Loras W, 96-84 1 13 1-2 50.0 1-2 50.0 0-0 - 3
Jan 20 MSOE   - - - - - - - - -
Jan 23 at Benedictine   - - - - - - - - -
Jan 29 at Lakeland W, 101-87 1 18 4-8 50.0 3-6 50.0 0-0 - 11
Jan 30 at Lakeland L, 86-85 1 27 2-4 50.0 2-3 66.7 0-0 - 6
Feb 5 at Edgewood L, 67-64 1 19 1-2 50.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 2
Feb 6 at Edgewood W, 76-72 1 19 0-1 0.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 0
Feb 12 Marian L, 85-84 1 33 2-5 40.0 2-5 40.0 6-7 85.7 12
Feb 13 Marian W, 66-56 1 21 2-6 33.3 2-4 50.0 0-0 - 6
Feb 19 Wisconsin Lutheran W, 76-74 1 20 1-4 25.0 0-2 0.0 0-1 0.0 2
Feb 20 Wisconsin Lutheran L, 90-82 1 19 8-11 72.7 4-5 80.0 0-0 - 20
Feb 26 at MSOE W, 81-57 1 19 3-6 50.0 1-4 25.0 0-0 - 7
Feb 27 at MSOE W, 63-61 1 17 2-2 100.0 1-1 100.0 0-0 - 5
Mar 3 at Edgewood L, 83-81 1 31 3-7 42.9 2-5 40.0 0-0 - 8

Game Log - Ball control

Date Opponent Score gs min off def reb ast to a/to stl blk pf dq
Jan 13 Loras W, 96-84 1 13 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 1 -
Jan 20 MSOE   - - - - - - - - - - - -
Jan 23 at Benedictine   - - - - - - - - - - - -
Jan 29 at Lakeland W, 101-87 1 18 1 1 2 2 1 2.0 0 0 5 1
Jan 30 at Lakeland L, 86-85 1 27 2 1 3 1 1 1.0 1 0 3 0
Feb 5 at Edgewood L, 67-64 1 19 0 2 2 0 1 0.0 0 0 3 0
Feb 6 at Edgewood W, 76-72 1 19 0 5 5 0 0 - 1 0 1 0
Feb 12 Marian L, 85-84 1 33 3 2 5 0 0 - 0 0 2 -
Feb 13 Marian W, 66-56 1 21 0 1 1 2 2 1.0 0 0 1 0
Feb 19 Wisconsin Lutheran W, 76-74 1 20 1 3 4 1 2 0.5 0 0 2 -
Feb 20 Wisconsin Lutheran L, 90-82 1 19 1 0 1 0 1 0.0 0 0 5 1
Feb 26 at MSOE W, 81-57 1 19 2 2 4 0 0 - 0 0 1 -
Feb 27 at MSOE W, 63-61 1 17 0 2 2 1 0 - 0 0 1 -
Mar 3 at Edgewood L, 83-81 1 31 0 3 3 1 1 1.0 1 0 4 -

Career Stats - Shooting per game

  gp gs min/g fg/g pct 3pt/g pct ft/g pct ppg
2019-20 27 - 9.6 0.8-2.0 41.5 0.6-1.6 39.5 0.1-0.1 75.0 2.4
2020-21 12 12 21.3 2.4-4.8 50.0 1.5-3.2 46.2 0.5-0.7 75.0 6.8
2021-22 25 4 14.5 1.9-4.2 45.3 1.0-2.7 36.8 0.4-0.5 76.9 5.2
2022-23 24 21 24.4 3.2-7.8 41.9 2.3-5.9 39.4 0.8-1.1 74.1 9.7
Total 88 37 16.6 2.0-4.6 43.9 1.3-3.3 39.7 0.4-0.6 75.0 5.8

Career Stats - Shooting totals

  gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
2019-20 27 - 260 22-53 41.5 17-43 39.5 3-4 75.0 64
2020-21 12 12 256 29-58 50.0 18-39 46.2 6-8 75.0 82
2021-22 25 4 363 48-106 45.3 25-68 36.8 10-13 76.9 131
2022-23 24 21 586 78-186 41.9 56-142 39.4 20-27 74.1 232
Total 88 37 1465 177-403 43.9 116-292 39.7 39-52 75.0 509

Career Stats - Shooting per 40 min

  gp gs min/g fg/40 pct 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pct pts/40
2019-20 27 - 9.6 3.4-8.2 41.5 2.6-6.6 39.5 0.5-0.6 75.0 9.8
2020-21 12 12 21.3 4.5-9.1 50.0 2.8-6.1 46.2 0.9-1.2 75.0 12.8
2021-22 25 4 14.5 5.3-11.7 45.3 2.8-7.5 36.8 1.1-1.4 76.9 14.4
2022-23 24 21 24.4 5.3-12.7 41.9 3.8-9.7 39.4 1.4-1.8 74.1 15.8
Total 88 37 16.6 4.8-11.0 43.9 3.2-8.0 39.7 1.1-1.4 75.0 13.9

Career Stats - Ball control per game

  gp gs mpg off/g def/g reb/g pf/g dq/g ast/g to/g a/to stl/g blk/g
2019-20 27 - 9.6 0.3 1.0 1.3 0.5 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.1
2020-21 12 12 21.3 0.8 1.8 2.7 2.4 0.2 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.3 0.0
2021-22 25 4 14.5 0.6 1.2 1.8 1.5 0.0 0.3 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.0
2022-23 24 21 24.4 0.7 2.3 3.0 2.0 0.0 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.1
Total 88 37 16.6 0.5 1.5 2.1 1.5 0.0 0.4 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.0

Career Stats - Ball control totals

  gp gs min off def reb pf dq ast to a/to stl blk
2019-20 27 - 260 8 28 36 13 0 4 12 0.3 8 2
2020-21 12 12 256 10 22 32 29 2 8 9 0.9 3 0
2021-22 25 4 363 14 30 44 37 1 8 16 0.5 12 0
2022-23 24 21 586 16 56 72 49 1 12 17 0.7 14 2
Total 88 37 1465 48 136 184 128 4 32 54 0.6 37 4

Career Stats - Ball control per 40 min

  gp gs mpg off/40 def/40 reb/40 pf/40 dq/40 ast/40 to/40 a/to stl/40 blk/40
2019-20 27 - 9.6 1.2 4.3 5.5 2.0 0.0 0.6 1.8 0.3 1.2 0.3
2020-21 12 12 21.3 1.6 3.4 5.0 4.5 0.3 1.3 1.4 0.9 0.5 0.0
2021-22 25 4 14.5 1.5 3.3 4.8 4.1 0.1 0.9 1.8 0.5 1.3 0.0
2022-23 24 21 24.4 1.1 3.8 4.9 3.3 0.1 0.8 1.2 0.7 1.0 0.1
Total 88 37 16.6 1.3 3.7 5.0 3.5 0.1 0.9 1.5 0.6 1.0 0.1

Splits Stats - Shooting per game

    gp gs min/g fg/g pct 3pt/g pct ft/g pct ppg
Event Total 12 12 21.3 2.4-4.8 50.0 1.5-3.2 46.2 0.5-0.7 75.0 6.8
Conference 10 10 21.2 2.5-4.9 51.0 1.5-3.2 46.9 0.6-0.8 75.0 7.1
Exhibition - - - 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 - -
Location Home 5 5 21.2 2.8-5.6 50.0 1.8-3.6 50.0 1.2-1.6 75.0 8.6
Away 7 7 21.4 2.1-4.3 50.0 1.3-3.0 42.9 0.0-0.0 - 5.6
Neutral - - - 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 - -
Result Wins 7 7 18.1 1.9-4.1 44.8 1.1-2.9 40.0 0.0-0.1 0.0 4.9
Losses 5 5 25.8 3.2-5.8 55.2 2.0-3.8 52.6 1.2-1.4 85.7 9.6
Month January 3 3 19.3 2.3-4.7 50.0 2.0-3.7 54.5 0.0-0.0 - 6.7
February 8 8 20.9 2.4-4.6 51.4 1.2-2.9 43.5 0.8-1.0 75.0 6.8
March 1 1 31.0 3.0-7.0 42.9 2.0-5.0 40.0 0.0-0.0 - 8.0

Splits Stats - Shooting totals

    gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Event Total 12 12 256 29-58 50.0 18-39 46.2 6-8 75.0 82
Conference 10 10 212 25-49 51.0 15-32 46.9 6-8 75.0 71
Exhibition - - - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Location Home 5 5 106 14-28 50.0 9-18 50.0 6-8 75.0 43
Away 7 7 150 15-30 50.0 9-21 42.9 0-0 - 39
Neutral - - - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Result Wins 7 7 127 13-29 44.8 8-20 40.0 0-1 0.0 34
Losses 5 5 129 16-29 55.2 10-19 52.6 6-7 85.7 48
Month January 3 3 58 7-14 50.0 6-11 54.5 0-0 - 20
February 8 8 167 19-37 51.4 10-23 43.5 6-8 75.0 54
March 1 1 31 3-7 42.9 2-5 40.0 0-0 - 8

Splits Stats - Shooting per 40 min

    gp gs min/g fg/40 pct 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pct pts/40
Event Total 12 12 21.3 4.5-9.1 50.0 2.8-6.1 46.2 0.9-1.2 75.0 12.8
Conference 10 10 21.2 4.7-9.2 51.0 2.8-6.0 46.9 1.1-1.5 75.0 13.4
Exhibition - - - 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 - -
Location Home 5 5 21.2 5.3-10.6 50.0 3.4-6.8 50.0 2.3-3.0 75.0 16.2
Away 7 7 21.4 4.0-8.0 50.0 2.4-5.6 42.9 0.0-0.0 - 10.4
Neutral - - - 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 - -
Result Wins 7 7 18.1 4.1-9.1 44.8 2.5-6.3 40.0 0.0-0.3 0.0 10.7
Losses 5 5 25.8 5.0-9.0 55.2 3.1-5.9 52.6 1.9-2.2 85.7 14.9
Month January 3 3 19.3 4.8-9.7 50.0 4.1-7.6 54.5 0.0-0.0 - 13.8
February 8 8 20.9 4.6-8.9 51.4 2.4-5.5 43.5 1.4-1.9 75.0 12.9
March 1 1 31.0 3.9-9.0 42.9 2.6-6.5 40.0 0.0-0.0 - 10.3

Splits Stats - Ball control per game

    gp gs mpg off/g def/g reb/g pf/g dq/g ast/g to/g a/to stl/g blk/g
Event Total 12 12 21.3 0.8 1.8 2.7 2.4 0.2 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.3 0.0
Conference 10 10 21.2 1.0 1.9 2.9 2.4 0.2 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.2 0.0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 5 5 21.2 1.0 1.2 2.2 2.2 0.2 0.6 1.0 0.6 0.0 0.0
Away 7 7 21.4 0.7 2.3 3.0 2.6 0.1 0.7 0.6 1.3 0.4 0.0
Neutral - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Result Wins 7 7 18.1 0.6 2.0 2.6 1.7 0.1 0.9 0.7 1.2 0.1 0.0
Losses 5 5 25.8 1.2 1.6 2.8 3.4 0.2 0.4 0.8 0.5 0.4 0.0
Month January 3 3 19.3 1.0 0.7 1.7 3.0 0.3 1.0 0.7 1.5 0.3 0.0
February 8 8 20.9 0.9 2.1 3.0 2.0 0.1 0.5 0.8 0.7 0.1 0.0
March 1 1 31.0 0.0 3.0 3.0 4.0 - 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.0

Splits Stats - Ball control totals

    gp gs min off def reb pf dq ast to a/to stl blk
Event Total 12 12 256 10 22 32 29 2 8 9 0.9 3 0
Conference 10 10 212 10 19 29 24 2 7 8 0.9 2 0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 5 5 106 5 6 11 11 1 3 5 0.6 0 0
Away 7 7 150 5 16 21 18 1 5 4 1.3 3 0
Neutral - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Result Wins 7 7 127 4 14 18 12 1 6 5 1.2 1 0
Losses 5 5 129 6 8 14 17 1 2 4 0.5 2 0
Month January 3 3 58 3 2 5 9 1 3 2 1.5 1 0
February 8 8 167 7 17 24 16 1 4 6 0.7 1 0
March 1 1 31 0 3 3 4 - 1 1 1.0 1 0

Splits Stats - Ball control per 40 min

    gp gs mpg off/40 def/40 reb/40 pf/40 dq/40 ast/40 to/40 a/to stl/40 blk/40
Event Total 12 12 21.3 1.6 3.4 5.0 4.5 0.3 1.3 1.4 0.9 0.5 0.0
Conference 10 10 21.2 1.9 3.6 5.5 4.5 0.4 1.3 1.5 0.9 0.4 0.0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 5 5 21.2 1.9 2.3 4.2 4.2 0.4 1.1 1.9 0.6 0.0 0.0
Away 7 7 21.4 1.3 4.3 5.6 4.8 0.3 1.3 1.1 1.3 0.8 0.0
Neutral - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Result Wins 7 7 18.1 1.3 4.4 5.7 3.8 0.3 1.9 1.6 1.2 0.3 0.0
Losses 5 5 25.8 1.9 2.5 4.3 5.3 0.3 0.6 1.2 0.5 0.6 0.0
Month January 3 3 19.3 2.1 1.4 3.4 6.2 0.7 2.1 1.4 1.5 0.7 0.0
February 8 8 20.9 1.7 4.1 5.7 3.8 0.2 1.0 1.4 0.7 0.2 0.0
March 1 1 31.0 0.0 3.9 3.9 5.2 0.0 1.3 1.3 1.0 1.3 0.0

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  • Loras vs. Concordia Wisconsin
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  • Loras vs. Concordia Wisconsin
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  • Loras vs. Concordia Wisconsin
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  • Loras vs. Concordia Wisconsin
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  • Loras vs. Concordia Wisconsin
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  • Loras vs. Concordia Wisconsin
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  • Loras vs. Concordia Wisconsin
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  • Loras vs. Concordia Wisconsin
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  • Loras vs. Concordia Wisconsin