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Melvin Newbern Jr.
  • Height:
    6'4"
  • Year:
    So.
  • Hometown:
    New Hope, MN
  • High School:
    Robbinsdale Cooper
  • Position:
    F
  • gp
    28
  • pts/g
    18.6
  • fg %
    55.0
  • 3pt %
    0.0
  • ft %
    82.4
  • reb/g
    10.3
  • a/g
    2.8

Recent Games

Date Opponent Result
Feb 15 at Williston State College W, 78-69
Feb 19 at Dakota College at Bottineau W, 70-54
Feb 22 at Dakota County Technical College L, 85-82
Mar 3 Williston State College W, 60-54
Mar 4 Dawson Community College W, 74-59
Mar 8 at Indian Hills Community College L, 88-76
  Total Conference
Games 28 11
Games started 27 10
Minutes 700 320
Minutes per game 25.0 29.1
FG 202-367 80-150
FG Pct 55.0 53.3
3PT 0-1 0-0
3PT Pct 0.0 -
FT 117-142 49-60
FT Pct 82.4 81.7
Off rebounds 115 53
Def rebounds 174 66
Total rebounds 289 119
Rebounds per game 10.3 10.8
Personal fouls 72 24
Disqualifications 1 -
Assists 77 29
Turnovers 40 16
Assist to turnover ratio 1.9 1.8
Steals 44 18
Blocks 5 3
Points 521 209
Points per game 18.6 19.0
Points per 40 min 29.8 26.1

Game Log - Shooting

Date Opponent Score gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Oct 19 at Central Lakes College-Brainerd   - - - - - - - - -
Nov 3 Northeast Community College L, 89-71 1 25 7-14 50.0 0-0 - 5-6 83.3 19
Nov 5 Bryant & Stratton College (WI) W, 83-68 1 27 6-12 50.0 0-0 - 12-13 92.3 24
Nov 8 at Minnesota State Community and Technical College W, 86-62 1 17 8-10 80.0 0-0 - 2-2 100.0 18
Nov 15 Sisseton Wahpeton College W, 101-81 1 19 4-6 66.7 0-0 - 1-1 100.0 9
Nov 18 vs. University of Jamestown JV W, 100-61 1 15 3-5 60.0 0-0 - 2-2 100.0 8
Nov 19 vs. Concordia College JV W, 85-66 1 35 12-20 60.0 0-0 - 5-6 83.3 29
Nov 25 Iowa Lakes Community College W, 84-79 1 13 4-10 40.0 0-0 - 7-9 77.8 15
Nov 29 Ridgewater College W, 109-50 1 23 12-17 70.6 0-0 - 1-1 100.0 25
Dec 1 Leech Lake W, 88-46 1 3 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Dec 2 Concordia College JV W, 77-49 - - - - - - - - -
Dec 5 at Northeast Community College L, 78-59 - - - - - - - - -
Dec 8 Dakota County Technical College L, 95-69 - - - - - - - - -
Dec 9 University of Jamestown JV W, 94-53 - - - - - - - - -
Dec 30 University of Winnipeg W, 75-61 1 22 6-8 75.0 0-0 - 4-5 80.0 16
Jan 5 vs. Rochester Community and Technical College L, 73-69 1 27 7-17 41.2 0-0 - 4-9 44.4 18
Jan 6 vs. Anoka-Ramsey Community College W, 96-81 1 28 6-12 50.0 0-0 - 4-4 100.0 16
Jan 8 United Tribes Technical College W, 89-70 1 28 15-19 78.9 0-0 - 2-4 50.0 32
Jan 11 at Dawson Community College W, 81-74 1 31 8-15 53.3 0-0 - 6-8 75.0 22
Jan 15 Bismarck State College W, 106-70 1 23 4-7 57.1 0-0 - 1-1 100.0 9
Jan 17 at Lake Region State College - ND W, 87-79 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 22 Williston State College W, 74-58 1 37 6-13 46.2 0-0 - 6-8 75.0 18
Jan 25 Dakota College at Bottineau W, 86-52 1 28 7-16 43.8 0-0 - 5-5 100.0 19
Jan 29 vs. Sisseton Wahpeton College W, 114-105 1 42 10-17 58.8 0-0 - 13-15 86.7 33
Feb 1 at United Tribes Technical College W, 121-98 - 31 7-18 38.9 0-0 - 9-9 100.0 23
Feb 5 Dawson Community College L, 72-70 1 8 1-4 25.0 0-0 - 5-6 83.3 7
Feb 8 at Bismarck State College W, 99-83 1 33 10-15 66.7 0-0 - 9-10 90.0 29
Feb 12 Lake Region State College - ND W, 86-61 1 31 5-12 41.7 0-0 - 2-2 100.0 12
Feb 15 at Williston State College W, 78-69 1 32 11-18 61.1 0-0 - 2-4 50.0 24
Feb 19 at Dakota College at Bottineau W, 70-54 1 37 6-13 46.2 0-0 - 2-3 66.7 14
Feb 22 at Dakota County Technical College L, 85-82 1 34 9-18 50.0 0-0 - 3-3 100.0 21
Mar 3 Williston State College W, 60-54 1 23 7-15 46.7 0-0 - 1-2 50.0 15
Mar 4 Dawson Community College W, 74-59 1 25 8-10 80.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 16
Mar 8 at Indian Hills Community College L, 88-76 1 1 13-26 50.0 0-1 0.0 4-4 100.0 30

Game Log - Ball control

Date Opponent Score gs min off def reb ast to stl blk
Oct 19 at Central Lakes College-Brainerd   - - - - - - - - -
Nov 3 Northeast Community College L, 89-71 1 25 4 2 6 2 1 0 0
Nov 5 Bryant & Stratton College (WI) W, 83-68 1 27 5 2 7 2 1 1 0
Nov 8 at Minnesota State Community and Technical College W, 86-62 1 17 1 7 8 3 1 0 0
Nov 15 Sisseton Wahpeton College W, 101-81 1 19 3 8 11 2 1 1 0
Nov 18 vs. University of Jamestown JV W, 100-61 1 15 1 3 4 3 0 4 0
Nov 19 vs. Concordia College JV W, 85-66 1 35 5 3 8 2 1 6 0
Nov 25 Iowa Lakes Community College W, 84-79 1 13 4 5 9 1 2 0 0
Nov 29 Ridgewater College W, 109-50 1 23 4 7 11 1 2 2 0
Dec 1 Leech Lake W, 88-46 1 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Dec 2 Concordia College JV W, 77-49 - - - - - - - - -
Dec 5 at Northeast Community College L, 78-59 - - - - - - - - -
Dec 8 Dakota County Technical College L, 95-69 - - - - - - - - -
Dec 9 University of Jamestown JV W, 94-53 - - - - - - - - -
Dec 30 University of Winnipeg W, 75-61 1 22 1 9 10 3 2 2 0
Jan 5 vs. Rochester Community and Technical College L, 73-69 1 27 5 6 11 1 4 0 0
Jan 6 vs. Anoka-Ramsey Community College W, 96-81 1 28 2 11 13 5 1 0 0
Jan 8 United Tribes Technical College W, 89-70 1 28 5 6 11 1 1 4 0
Jan 11 at Dawson Community College W, 81-74 1 31 5 11 16 0 4 4 0
Jan 15 Bismarck State College W, 106-70 1 23 3 2 5 4 0 2 0
Jan 17 at Lake Region State College - ND W, 87-79 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 22 Williston State College W, 74-58 1 37 6 9 15 5 0 3 0
Jan 25 Dakota College at Bottineau W, 86-52 1 28 8 5 13 1 1 2 0
Jan 29 vs. Sisseton Wahpeton College W, 114-105 1 42 8 13 21 5 0 1 0
Feb 1 at United Tribes Technical College W, 121-98 - 31 2 4 6 4 3 0 0
Feb 5 Dawson Community College L, 72-70 1 8 4 3 7 1 1 1 0
Feb 8 at Bismarck State College W, 99-83 1 33 9 7 16 1 1 1 1
Feb 12 Lake Region State College - ND W, 86-61 1 31 3 6 9 5 0 0 2
Feb 15 at Williston State College W, 78-69 1 32 5 5 10 4 2 1 0
Feb 19 at Dakota College at Bottineau W, 70-54 1 37 3 8 11 3 3 0 0
Feb 22 at Dakota County Technical College L, 85-82 1 34 7 10 17 6 2 0 1
Mar 3 Williston State College W, 60-54 1 23 4 9 13 1 0 2 1
Mar 4 Dawson Community College W, 74-59 1 25 3 6 9 5 3 5 0
Mar 8 at Indian Hills Community College L, 88-76 1 1 5 6 11 6 3 2 0

Game Log - Ball control extended

Date Opponent Score gs pf dq a/to
Oct 19 at Central Lakes College-Brainerd   - - - -
Nov 3 Northeast Community College L, 89-71 1 4 - 2.0
Nov 5 Bryant & Stratton College (WI) W, 83-68 1 3 - 2.0
Nov 8 at Minnesota State Community and Technical College W, 86-62 1 4 - 3.0
Nov 15 Sisseton Wahpeton College W, 101-81 1 3 - 2.0
Nov 18 vs. University of Jamestown JV W, 100-61 1 2 - -
Nov 19 vs. Concordia College JV W, 85-66 1 4 - 2.0
Nov 25 Iowa Lakes Community College W, 84-79 1 4 - 0.5
Nov 29 Ridgewater College W, 109-50 1 2 - 0.5
Dec 1 Leech Lake W, 88-46 1 0 - -
Dec 2 Concordia College JV W, 77-49 - - - -
Dec 5 at Northeast Community College L, 78-59 - - - -
Dec 8 Dakota County Technical College L, 95-69 - - - -
Dec 9 University of Jamestown JV W, 94-53 - - - -
Dec 30 University of Winnipeg W, 75-61 1 2 - 1.5
Jan 5 vs. Rochester Community and Technical College L, 73-69 1 5 1 0.3
Jan 6 vs. Anoka-Ramsey Community College W, 96-81 1 1 - 5.0
Jan 8 United Tribes Technical College W, 89-70 1 0 - 1.0
Jan 11 at Dawson Community College W, 81-74 1 2 - 0.0
Jan 15 Bismarck State College W, 106-70 1 3 - -
Jan 17 at Lake Region State College - ND W, 87-79 - - - -
Jan 22 Williston State College W, 74-58 1 1 - -
Jan 25 Dakota College at Bottineau W, 86-52 1 2 - 1.0
Jan 29 vs. Sisseton Wahpeton College W, 114-105 1 3 - -
Feb 1 at United Tribes Technical College W, 121-98 - 3 - 1.3
Feb 5 Dawson Community College L, 72-70 1 4 - 1.0
Feb 8 at Bismarck State College W, 99-83 1 4 - 1.0
Feb 12 Lake Region State College - ND W, 86-61 1 1 - -
Feb 15 at Williston State College W, 78-69 1 2 - 2.0
Feb 19 at Dakota College at Bottineau W, 70-54 1 2 - 1.0
Feb 22 at Dakota County Technical College L, 85-82 1 4 - 3.0
Mar 3 Williston State College W, 60-54 1 1 - -
Mar 4 Dawson Community College W, 74-59 1 2 - 1.7
Mar 8 at Indian Hills Community College L, 88-76 1 4 - 2.0

Career Stats - Shooting per game

  gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
2017-18 28 25.0 7.2-13.1 0.0-0.0 4.2-5.1 18.6
Total 28 25.0 7.2-13.1 0.0-0.0 4.2-5.1 18.6

Career Stats - Shooting totals

  gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
2017-18 28 27 700 202-367 55.0 0-1 0.0 117-142 82.4 521
Total 28 27 700 202-367 55.0 0-1 0.0 117-142 82.4 521

Career Stats - Shooting per 40 min

  gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
2017-18 28 700 25.0 11.5-21.0 0.0-0.1 0.0 6.7-8.1 29.8
Total 28 700 25.0 11.5-21.0 0.0-0.1 0.0 6.7-8.1 29.8

Career Stats - Ball control per game

  gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
2017-18 28 4.1 6.2 10.3 2.8 1.4 1.6 0.2
Total 28 4.1 6.2 10.3 2.8 1.4 1.6 0.2

Career Stats - Ball control totals

  gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
2017-18 28 27 115 174 289 77 40 44 5
Total 28 27 115 174 289 77 40 44 5

Career Stats - Ball control per 40 min

  gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
2017-18 28 6.6 9.9 16.5 4.4 2.3 2.5 0.3
Total 28 6.6 9.9 16.5 4.4 2.3 2.5 0.3

Splits Stats - Shooting per game

  gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
Event            
Total 28 25.0 7.2-13.1 0.0-0.0 4.2-5.1 18.6
Conference 11 29.1 7.3-13.6 0.0-0.0 4.5-5.5 19.0
Exhibition - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 -
Location            
Home 15 22.4 6.1-10.9 0.0-0.0 3.5-4.2 15.7
Away 8 27.0 9.0-16.6 0.0-0.1 4.6-5.4 22.6
Neutral 5 29.4 7.6-14.2 0.0-0.0 5.6-7.2 20.8
Result            
Wins 23 26.3 7.2-12.5 0.0-0.0 4.2-5.0 18.5
Losses 5 19.1 7.4-15.8 0.0-0.2 4.2-5.6 19.0
Month            
November 8 21.8 7.0-11.8 0.0-0.0 4.4-5.0 18.4
December 2 12.2 3.0-4.0 0.0-0.0 2.0-2.5 8.0
January 8 30.6 7.9-14.5 0.0-0.0 5.1-6.8 20.9
February 7 29.5 7.0-14.0 0.0-0.0 4.6-5.3 18.6
March 3 16.6 9.3-17.0 0.0-0.3 1.7-2.0 20.3

Splits Stats - Shooting totals

  gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Event                    
Total 28 27 700 202-367 55.0 0-1 0.0 117-142 82.4 521
Conference 11 10 320 80-150 53.3 0-0 - 49-60 81.7 209
Exhibition - - - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Location                    
Home 15 15 337 92-163 56.4 0-0 - 52-63 82.5 236
Away 8 7 216 72-133 54.1 0-1 0.0 37-43 86.0 181
Neutral 5 5 147 38-71 53.5 0-0 - 28-36 77.8 104
Result                    
Wins 23 22 604 165-288 57.3 0-0 - 96-114 84.2 426
Losses 5 5 95 37-79 46.8 0-1 0.0 21-28 75.0 95
Month                    
November 8 8 174 56-94 59.6 0-0 - 35-40 87.5 147
December 2 2 24 6-8 75.0 0-0 - 4-5 80.0 16
January 8 8 245 63-116 54.3 0-0 - 41-54 75.9 167
February 7 6 206 49-98 50.0 0-0 - 32-37 86.5 130
March 3 3 50 28-51 54.9 0-1 0.0 5-6 83.3 61

Splits Stats - Shooting per 40 min

  gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
Event                
Total 28 700 25.0 11.5-21.0 0.0-0.1 0.0 6.7-8.1 29.8
Conference 11 320 29.1 10.0-18.7 0.0-0.0 - 6.1-7.5 26.1
Exhibition - - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 -
Location                
Home 15 337 22.4 10.9-19.4 0.0-0.0 - 6.2-7.5 28.1
Away 8 216 27.0 13.3-24.6 0.0-0.2 0.0 6.8-8.0 33.5
Neutral 5 147 29.4 10.3-19.3 0.0-0.0 - 7.6-9.8 28.3
Result                
Wins 23 604 26.3 10.9-19.1 0.0-0.0 - 6.4-7.5 28.2
Losses 5 95 19.1 15.5-33.1 0.0-0.4 0.0 8.8-11.7 39.8
Month                
November 8 174 21.8 12.8-21.6 0.0-0.0 - 8.0-9.2 33.7
December 2 24 12.2 9.9-13.2 0.0-0.0 - 6.6-8.2 26.3
January 8 245 30.6 10.3-18.9 0.0-0.0 - 6.7-8.8 27.3
February 7 206 29.5 9.5-19.0 0.0-0.0 - 6.2-7.2 25.2
March 3 50 16.6 22.5-40.9 0.0-0.8 0.0 4.0-4.8 48.9

Splits Stats - Ball control per game

  gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
Event                
Total 28 4.1 6.2 10.3 2.8 1.4 1.6 0.2
Conference 11 4.8 6.0 10.8 2.6 1.5 1.6 0.3
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location                
Home 15 3.8 5.3 9.1 2.3 1.0 1.7 0.2
Away 8 4.6 7.3 11.9 3.4 2.4 1.0 0.3
Neutral 5 4.2 7.2 11.4 3.2 1.2 2.2 0.0
Result                
Wins 23 3.9 6.4 10.3 2.7 1.3 1.8 0.2
Losses 5 5.0 5.4 10.4 3.2 2.2 0.6 0.2
Month                
November 8 3.4 4.6 8.0 2.0 1.1 1.8 0.0
December 2 0.5 5.0 5.5 1.5 1.0 1.0 0.0
January 8 5.3 7.9 13.1 2.8 1.4 2.0 0.0
February 7 4.7 6.1 10.9 3.4 1.7 0.4 0.6
March 3 4.0 7.0 11.0 4.0 2.0 3.0 0.3

Splits Stats - Ball control totals

  gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
Event                  
Total 28 27 115 174 289 77 40 44 5
Conference 11 10 53 66 119 29 16 18 3
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location                  
Home 15 15 57 80 137 34 15 25 3
Away 8 7 37 58 95 27 19 8 2
Neutral 5 5 21 36 57 16 6 11 0
Result                  
Wins 23 22 90 147 237 61 29 41 4
Losses 5 5 25 27 52 16 11 3 1
Month                  
November 8 8 27 37 64 16 9 14 0
December 2 2 1 10 11 3 2 2 0
January 8 8 42 63 105 22 11 16 0
February 7 6 33 43 76 24 12 3 4
March 3 3 12 21 33 12 6 9 1

Splits Stats - Ball control per 40 min

  gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
Event                
Total 28 6.6 9.9 16.5 4.4 2.3 2.5 0.3
Conference 11 6.6 8.2 14.9 3.6 2.0 2.2 0.4
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location                
Home 15 6.8 9.5 16.3 4.0 1.8 3.0 0.4
Away 8 6.8 10.7 17.6 5.0 3.5 1.5 0.4
Neutral 5 5.7 9.8 15.5 4.4 1.6 3.0 0.0
Result                
Wins 23 6.0 9.7 15.7 4.0 1.9 2.7 0.3
Losses 5 10.5 11.3 21.8 6.7 4.6 1.3 0.4
Month                
November 8 6.2 8.5 14.7 3.7 2.1 3.2 0.0
December 2 1.6 16.5 18.1 4.9 3.3 3.3 0.0
January 8 6.9 10.3 17.2 3.6 1.8 2.6 0.0
February 7 6.4 8.3 14.7 4.7 2.3 0.6 0.8
March 3 9.6 16.9 26.5 9.6 4.8 7.2 0.8

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