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44 Sydney Ward
Sydney Ward
  • Height:
    6-0
  • Year:
    Jr.
  • Hometown:
    Columbus
  • High School:
    Upper Arlington
  • Position:
    F
  • Major:
    Nursing
  • Letters Won:
    **
  • gp
    26
  • pts/g
    5.5
  • fg %
    59.2
  • 3pt %
    0.0
  • ft %
    55.3
  • reb/g
    4.6
  • a/g
    0.5
Bio

Overview: Sydney played in 13 games with an average of 5.7 minutes per game in her first season with the Polar Bears ... She has averaged 2.6 points and 2.7 rebounds per game ... Career-highs through 2018-19 include 10 points, 12 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals, and 3 blocks.

Sophomore Season (2018-19): Played in all 28 games, starting 8-straight game in the middle of the season, and averaging 14.2 mpg ... Averaged 2.8 ppg and ranked 4th on the team with 3.7 rpg ... Ranked 2nd on the team with 13 blocks ... Recorded a career-best 12 rebounds, including 8 offensive rebounds in 18 minutes of action against John Carroll on 2/9/19.

Freshman Season (2017-18): Appeared in 13 games, averaging 5.7 minutes per contest ... Shot .476 from the field ... Scored 2.6 points and recorded 2.7 rebounds per game  ... Had career-high 10 points and season-high 9 rebounds against St. Mary's (Ind.) on 11/18/17.

Recent games
Date Opponent Result
Feb 12 Otterbein W, 69-59
Feb 15 at #20 John Carroll W, 59-58
Feb 19 at Heidelberg W, 55-52
Feb 22 Muskingum W, 76-48
Feb 25 Mount Union W, 58-50
Feb 27 at #25 John Carroll L, 64-49
Season Statistics
  Overall Conference
Games 26 17
Games started 2 0
Minutes 388 231
Minutes per game 14.9 13.6
FG 58-98 32-58
FG Pct 59.2 55.2
3PT 0-1 0-0
3PT Pct 0.0 -
FT 26-47 12-22
FT Pct 55.3 54.5
Off rebounds 40 22
Def rebounds 79 56
Total rebounds 119 78
Rebounds per game 4.6 4.6
Personal fouls 40 23
Disqualifications 1 0
Assists 14 7
Turnovers 23 13
Assist to turnover ratio 0.6 0.5
Steals 10 3
Blocks 11 8
Points 142 76
Points per game 5.5 4.5
Points per 40 min 14.6 13.2
Game Log - Shooting
Date Opponent Score gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Nov 12 at Anderson (Ind.) W, 59-49 - 23 4-9 44.4 0-0 - 2-7 28.6 10
Nov 22 at Wisconsin Lutheran W, 67-43 - 13 1-2 50.0 0-0 - 1-2 50.0 3
Nov 23 vs. #17 Wisconsin-Oshkosh W, 62-56 - 13 1-2 50.0 0-0 - 2-2 100.0 4
Nov 26 at Defiance W, 68-59 - 21 8-8 100.0 0-0 - 2-4 50.0 18
Dec 7 Mount Union W, 58-57 - 5 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Dec 11 at Wilmington W, 72-64 - 12 1-1 100.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 2
Dec 14 at Capital L, 53-38 0 14 1-2 50.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 2
Dec 21 at Trine (Ind.) L, 61-53 - 11 0-2 0.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 0
Dec 29 vs. Manchester (Ind.) W, 76-47 - 17 3-3 100.0 0-0 - 1-2 50.0 7
Dec 30 at Ohio Wesleyan W, 62-44 - 12 2-3 66.7 0-0 - 3-4 75.0 7
Jan 4 John Carroll W, 62-55 0 16 2-5 40.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 4
Jan 8 Heidelberg W, 70-42 0 16 6-6 100.0 0-0 - 0-1 0.0 12
Jan 11 at Muskingum L, 58-55 0 18 4-7 57.1 0-0 - 0-0 - 8
Jan 15 at #12 Baldwin Wallace L, 59-42 0 15 0-4 0.0 0-0 - 1-2 50.0 1
Jan 18 Marietta W, 84-56 - 14 3-5 60.0 0-0 - 4-6 66.7 10
Jan 22 at Otterbein W, 51-50 - 15 1-2 50.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 2
Jan 25 Capital W, 55-52 0 12 2-4 50.0 0-0 - 2-3 66.7 6
Jan 29 Wilmington W, 85-76 - 17 2-5 40.0 0-0 - 0-2 0.0 4
Feb 1 at Mount Union W, 70-63 - 15 1-2 50.0 0-0 - 1-2 50.0 3
Feb 5 #12 Baldwin Wallace L, 57-47 - 15 1-1 100.0 0-0 - 2-4 50.0 4
Feb 8 at Marietta L, 58-50 - 14 2-2 100.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 4
Feb 12 Otterbein W, 69-59 0 12 3-5 60.0 0-0 - 1-1 100.0 7
Feb 15 at #20 John Carroll W, 59-58 - 12 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Feb 19 at Heidelberg W, 55-52 - 9 3-6 50.0 0-0 - 1-1 100.0 7
Feb 22 Muskingum W, 76-48 - - - - - - - - -
Feb 25 Mount Union W, 58-50 1 22 3-4 75.0 0-0 - 3-4 75.0 9
Feb 27 at #25 John Carroll L, 64-49 1 25 4-7 57.1 0-0 - 0-0 - 8
Game Log - Ball control
Date Opponent Score gs min off def reb ast to stl blk
Nov 12 at Anderson (Ind.) W, 59-49 - 23 4 2 6 0 2 2 0
Nov 22 at Wisconsin Lutheran W, 67-43 - 13 1 5 6 2 0 0 0
Nov 23 vs. #17 Wisconsin-Oshkosh W, 62-56 - 13 0 2 2 1 2 1 0
Nov 26 at Defiance W, 68-59 - 21 2 2 4 0 2 1 0
Dec 7 Mount Union W, 58-57 - 5 1 3 4 0 1 0 0
Dec 11 at Wilmington W, 72-64 - 12 0 5 5 0 1 0 1
Dec 14 at Capital L, 53-38 0 14 1 3 4 0 0 0 1
Dec 21 at Trine (Ind.) L, 61-53 - 11 2 2 4 0 0 0 0
Dec 29 vs. Manchester (Ind.) W, 76-47 - 17 2 1 3 2 0 0 0
Dec 30 at Ohio Wesleyan W, 62-44 - 12 3 1 4 0 0 1 0
Jan 4 John Carroll W, 62-55 0 16 2 2 4 0 0 2 0
Jan 8 Heidelberg W, 70-42 0 16 1 4 5 2 2 0 1
Jan 11 at Muskingum L, 58-55 0 18 1 5 6 0 0 0 0
Jan 15 at #12 Baldwin Wallace L, 59-42 0 15 3 1 4 0 2 0 0
Jan 18 Marietta W, 84-56 - 14 3 4 7 1 1 0 1
Jan 22 at Otterbein W, 51-50 - 15 3 3 6 1 0 0 0
Jan 25 Capital W, 55-52 0 12 4 0 4 0 0 0 0
Jan 29 Wilmington W, 85-76 - 17 0 7 7 0 1 0 0
Feb 1 at Mount Union W, 70-63 - 15 1 3 4 0 1 0 1
Feb 5 #12 Baldwin Wallace L, 57-47 - 15 0 4 4 2 1 0 1
Feb 8 at Marietta L, 58-50 - 14 0 6 6 0 1 1 1
Feb 12 Otterbein W, 69-59 0 12 1 2 3 1 2 0 1
Feb 15 at #20 John Carroll W, 59-58 - 12 0 3 3 0 0 0 0
Feb 19 at Heidelberg W, 55-52 - 9 1 1 2 0 0 0 0
Feb 22 Muskingum W, 76-48 - - - - - - - - -
Feb 25 Mount Union W, 58-50 1 22 1 4 5 1 3 2 1
Feb 27 at #25 John Carroll L, 64-49 1 25 3 4 7 1 1 0 2
Game Log - Ball control extended
Date Opponent Score gs pf dq a/to
Nov 12 at Anderson (Ind.) W, 59-49 - 2 - 0.0
Nov 22 at Wisconsin Lutheran W, 67-43 - 0 - -
Nov 23 vs. #17 Wisconsin-Oshkosh W, 62-56 - 2 - 0.5
Nov 26 at Defiance W, 68-59 - 1 - 0.0
Dec 7 Mount Union W, 58-57 - 3 - 0.0
Dec 11 at Wilmington W, 72-64 - 2 - 0.0
Dec 14 at Capital L, 53-38 0 1 0 -
Dec 21 at Trine (Ind.) L, 61-53 - 1 - -
Dec 29 vs. Manchester (Ind.) W, 76-47 - 2 - -
Dec 30 at Ohio Wesleyan W, 62-44 - 2 - -
Jan 4 John Carroll W, 62-55 0 2 0 -
Jan 8 Heidelberg W, 70-42 0 3 0 1.0
Jan 11 at Muskingum L, 58-55 0 2 0 -
Jan 15 at #12 Baldwin Wallace L, 59-42 0 0 0 0.0
Jan 18 Marietta W, 84-56 - 1 - 1.0
Jan 22 at Otterbein W, 51-50 - 1 - -
Jan 25 Capital W, 55-52 0 1 0 -
Jan 29 Wilmington W, 85-76 - 2 - 0.0
Feb 1 at Mount Union W, 70-63 - 0 0 0.0
Feb 5 #12 Baldwin Wallace L, 57-47 - 1 - 2.0
Feb 8 at Marietta L, 58-50 - 1 - 0.0
Feb 12 Otterbein W, 69-59 0 1 0 0.5
Feb 15 at #20 John Carroll W, 59-58 - 2 - -
Feb 19 at Heidelberg W, 55-52 - 0 0 -
Feb 22 Muskingum W, 76-48 - - - -
Feb 25 Mount Union W, 58-50 1 2 - 0.3
Feb 27 at #25 John Carroll L, 64-49 1 5 1 1.0
  gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
2017-18 13 5.7 0.8-1.6 0.0-0.0 1.1-1.9 2.6
2018-19 28 14.2 1.0-2.3 0.0-0.0 0.9-1.4 2.8
2019-20 26 14.9 2.2-3.8 0.0-0.0 1.0-1.8 5.5
2020-21 13 23.6 2.6-6.6 0.0-0.0 2.4-4.1 7.6
Total 80 14.6 1.6-3.4 0.0-0.0 1.2-2.0 4.4

Career Stats: Shooting per game

  gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
2017-18 13 - 74 10-21 47.6 0-0 - 14-25 56.0 34
2018-19 28 8 397 27-64 42.2 0-0 - 24-38 63.2 78
2019-20 26 2 388 58-98 59.2 0-1 0.0 26-47 55.3 142
2020-21 13 13 307 34-86 39.5 0-0 - 31-53 58.5 99
Total 80 23 1166 129-269 48.0 0-1 0.0 95-163 58.3 353

Career Stats: Shooting totals

  gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
2017-18 13 74 5.7 5.4-11.4 0.0-0.0 - 7.6-13.5 18.4
2018-19 28 397 14.2 2.7-6.4 0.0-0.0 - 2.4-3.8 7.9
2019-20 26 388 14.9 6.0-10.1 0.0-0.1 0.0 2.7-4.8 14.6
2020-21 13 307 23.6 4.4-11.2 0.0-0.0 - 4.0-6.9 12.9
Total 80 1166 14.6 4.4-9.2 0.0-0.0 0.0 3.3-5.6 12.1

Career Stats: Shooting per 40 min

  gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
2017-18 13 1.1 1.6 2.7 0.2 0.4 0.1 0.1
2018-19 28 1.5 2.2 3.7 0.5 1.0 0.4 0.5
2019-20 26 1.5 3.0 4.6 0.5 0.9 0.4 0.4
2020-21 13 2.2 4.2 6.3 1.0 2.4 0.8 0.8
Total 80 1.6 2.7 4.2 0.5 1.1 0.4 0.4

Career Stats: Ball control per game

  gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
2017-18 13 - 14 21 35 2 5 1 1
2018-19 28 8 42 61 103 13 27 11 13
2019-20 26 2 40 79 119 14 23 10 11
2020-21 13 13 28 54 82 13 31 11 10
Total 80 23 124 215 339 42 86 33 35

Career Stats: Ball control totals

  gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
2017-18 13 7.6 11.4 18.9 1.1 2.7 0.5 0.5
2018-19 28 4.2 6.1 10.4 1.3 2.7 1.1 1.3
2019-20 26 4.1 8.1 12.3 1.4 2.4 1.0 1.1
2020-21 13 3.6 7.0 10.7 1.7 4.0 1.4 1.3
Total 80 4.3 7.4 11.6 1.4 3.0 1.1 1.2

Career Stats: Ball control per 40 min

  gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
Event            
Total 26 14.9 2.2-3.8 0.0-0.0 1.0-1.8 5.5
Conference 17 13.6 1.9-3.4 0.0-0.0 0.7-1.3 4.5
Exhibition - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 -
Location            
Home 9 14.3 2.4-4.0 0.0-0.0 1.3-2.3 6.2
Away 15 15.3 2.1-3.8 0.0-0.1 0.7-1.5 5.0
Neutral 2 15.0 2.0-2.5 0.0-0.0 1.5-2.0 5.5
Result            
Wins 19 14.5 2.4-3.8 0.0-0.0 1.2-2.2 6.1
Losses 7 16.0 1.7-3.6 0.0-0.1 0.4-0.9 3.9
Month            
November 4 17.5 3.5-5.2 0.0-0.0 1.8-3.8 8.8
December 6 11.8 1.2-2.0 0.0-0.2 0.7-1.0 3.0
January 8 15.4 2.5-4.8 0.0-0.0 0.9-1.8 5.9
February 8 15.5 2.1-3.4 0.0-0.0 1.0-1.5 5.3

Splits Stats: Shooting per game

  gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Event                    
Total 26 2 388 58-98 59.2 0-1 0.0 26-47 55.3 142
Conference 17 0 231 32-58 55.2 0-0 - 12-22 54.5 76
Exhibition - - - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Location                    
Home 9 1 129 22-36 61.1 0-0 - 12-21 57.1 56
Away 15 1 229 32-57 56.1 0-1 0.0 11-22 50.0 75
Neutral 2 - 30 4-5 80.0 0-0 - 3-4 75.0 11
Result                    
Wins 19 1 276 46-73 63.0 0-0 - 23-41 56.1 115
Losses 7 1 112 12-25 48.0 0-1 0.0 3-6 50.0 27
Month                    
November 4 - 70 14-21 66.7 0-0 - 7-15 46.7 35
December 6 0 71 7-12 58.3 0-1 0.0 4-6 66.7 18
January 8 0 123 20-38 52.6 0-0 - 7-14 50.0 47
February 8 2 124 17-27 63.0 0-0 - 8-12 66.7 42

Splits Stats: Shooting totals

  gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
Event                
Total 26 388 14.9 6.0-10.1 0.0-0.1 0.0 2.7-4.8 14.6
Conference 17 231 13.6 5.5-10.0 0.0-0.0 - 2.1-3.8 13.2
Exhibition - - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 -
Location                
Home 9 129 14.3 6.8-11.2 0.0-0.0 - 3.7-6.5 17.4
Away 15 229 15.3 5.6-10.0 0.0-0.2 0.0 1.9-3.8 13.1
Neutral 2 30 15.0 5.3-6.7 0.0-0.0 - 4.0-5.3 14.7
Result                
Wins 19 276 14.5 6.7-10.6 0.0-0.0 - 3.3-5.9 16.7
Losses 7 112 16.0 4.3-8.9 0.0-0.4 0.0 1.1-2.1 9.6
Month                
November 4 70 17.5 8.0-12.0 0.0-0.0 - 4.0-8.6 20.0
December 6 71 11.8 3.9-6.8 0.0-0.6 0.0 2.3-3.4 10.1
January 8 123 15.4 6.5-12.4 0.0-0.0 - 2.3-4.6 15.3
February 8 124 15.5 5.5-8.7 0.0-0.0 - 2.6-3.9 13.5

Splits Stats: Shooting per 40 min

  gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
Event                
Total 26 1.5 3.0 4.6 0.5 0.9 0.4 0.4
Conference 17 1.3 3.3 4.6 0.4 0.8 0.2 0.5
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location                
Home 9 1.4 3.3 4.8 0.8 1.2 0.4 0.6
Away 15 1.7 3.1 4.7 0.3 0.7 0.3 0.4
Neutral 2 1.0 1.5 2.5 1.5 1.0 0.5 0.0
Result                
Wins 19 1.6 2.8 4.4 0.6 0.9 0.5 0.3
Losses 7 1.4 3.6 5.0 0.4 0.7 0.1 0.7
Month                
November 4 1.8 2.8 4.5 0.8 1.5 1.0 0.0
December 6 1.5 2.5 4.0 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3
January 8 2.1 3.3 5.4 0.5 0.8 0.3 0.3
February 8 0.9 3.4 4.3 0.6 1.1 0.4 0.9

Splits Stats: Ball control per game

  gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
Event                  
Total 26 2 40 79 119 14 23 10 11
Conference 17 0 22 56 78 7 13 3 8
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location                  
Home 9 1 13 30 43 7 11 4 5
Away 15 1 25 46 71 4 10 5 6
Neutral 2 - 2 3 5 3 2 1 0
Result                  
Wins 19 1 30 54 84 11 18 9 6
Losses 7 1 10 25 35 3 5 1 5
Month                  
November 4 - 7 11 18 3 6 4 0
December 6 0 9 15 24 2 2 1 2
January 8 0 17 26 43 4 6 2 2
February 8 2 7 27 34 5 9 3 7

Splits Stats: Ball control totals

  gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
Event                
Total 26 4.1 8.1 12.3 1.4 2.4 1.0 1.1
Conference 17 3.8 9.7 13.5 1.2 2.3 0.5 1.4
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location                
Home 9 4.0 9.3 13.3 2.2 3.4 1.2 1.6
Away 15 4.4 8.0 12.4 0.7 1.7 0.9 1.0
Neutral 2 2.7 4.0 6.7 4.0 2.7 1.3 0.0
Result                
Wins 19 4.3 7.8 12.2 1.6 2.6 1.3 0.9
Losses 7 3.6 8.9 12.5 1.1 1.8 0.4 1.8
Month                
November 4 4.0 6.3 10.3 1.7 3.4 2.3 0.0
December 6 5.1 8.5 13.5 1.1 1.1 0.6 1.1
January 8 5.5 8.5 14.0 1.3 2.0 0.7 0.7
February 8 2.3 8.7 11.0 1.6 2.9 1.0 2.3

Splits Stats: Ball control per 40 min