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Jess Gardner
  • Height:
    5-9
  • Year:
    Sr.
  • Hometown:
    Webster, Mass.
  • High School:
    Holy Name
  • Position:
    Forward
  • gp
    25
  • pts/g
    2.9
  • fg %
    31.1
  • 3pt %
    21.7
  • ft %
    70.6
  • reb/g
    4.8
  • a/g
    0.6
Recent games
Date Opponent Result
Feb 8 at Worcester St. W, 83-61
Feb 12 Fitchburg St. W, 117-60
Feb 19 at Bridgewater St. L, 81-52
Feb 22 Salem St. W, 90-62
Feb 25 #5 Worcester St. W, 89-75
Feb 27 at #1 Bridgewater St. L, 72-46
Season Statistics
  Overall Conference
Games 25 9
Games started 1 1
Minutes 410 156
Minutes per game 16.4 17.3
FG 28-90 13-39
FG Pct 31.1 33.3
3PT 5-23 4-13
3PT Pct 21.7 30.8
FT 12-17 2-2
FT Pct 70.6 100.0
Off rebounds 55 22
Def rebounds 65 26
Total rebounds 120 48
Rebounds per game 4.8 5.3
Personal fouls 64 24
Disqualifications 2 1
Assists 16 8
Turnovers 23 7
Assist to turnover ratio 0.7 1.1
Steals 37 12
Blocks 13 7
Points 73 32
Points per game 2.9 3.6
Points per 40 min 7.1 8.2
Game Log - Shooting
Date Opponent Score gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Nov 9 at Rivier W, 91-75 - 10 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Nov 16 vs. Thomas (ME) W, 91-70 - 11 0-3 0.0 0-0 - 2-4 50.0 2
Nov 17 at Colby L, 85-49 - 11 1-3 33.3 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 2
Nov 19 at Mount Holyoke W, 79-46 - 15 3-8 37.5 0-2 0.0 1-2 50.0 7
Nov 22 Utica W, 78-70 - 16 1-5 20.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 2
Nov 23 St. Lawrence L, 70-64 - 16 0-2 0.0 0-2 0.0 0-0 - 0
Nov 26 Elms W, 89-49 - 18 0-3 0.0 0-1 0.0 1-2 50.0 1
Dec 5 at Emerson L, 96-73 - 19 2-4 50.0 1-2 50.0 3-4 75.0 8
Dec 7 Emmanuel (Mass.) W, 79-74 - 22 0-3 0.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Dec 14 Lasell W, 79-61 - 18 2-3 66.7 0-0 - 0-0 - 4
Dec 20 at Albright L, 89-74 - 15 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Jan 2 at #24 Western New England L, 61-50 - 17 1-4 25.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 2
Jan 8 Framingham St. W, 79-72 - 19 3-5 60.0 1-1 100.0 0-0 - 7
Jan 15 Worcester St. W, 77-64 - 20 2-4 50.0 1-1 100.0 0-0 - 5
Jan 18 at Fitchburg St. W, 88-70 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 21 at Sage W, 86-63 - 15 4-7 57.1 0-1 0.0 1-1 100.0 9
Jan 25 Bridgewater St. L, 81-68 - 14 0-4 0.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 0
Jan 29 at Salem St. L, 71-57 - 16 3-7 42.9 1-3 33.3 0-0 - 7
Feb 1 at Framingham St. L, 86-80 - 22 3-6 50.0 0-2 0.0 2-2 100.0 8
Feb 6 Wesleyan (Conn.) W, 96-82 - 17 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Feb 8 at Worcester St. W, 83-61 - 15 1-6 16.7 0-2 0.0 0-0 - 2
Feb 12 Fitchburg St. W, 117-60 - 14 0-4 0.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Feb 19 at Bridgewater St. L, 81-52 - 18 0-2 0.0 0-2 0.0 0-0 - 0
Feb 22 Salem St. W, 90-62 1 18 1-1 100.0 1-1 100.0 0-0 - 3
Feb 25 #5 Worcester St. W, 89-75 - 17 1-1 100.0 0-0 - 2-2 100.0 4
Feb 27 at #1 Bridgewater St. L, 72-46 - 17 0-3 0.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Game Log - Ball control
Date Opponent Score gs min off def reb ast to stl blk
Nov 9 at Rivier W, 91-75 - 10 1 1 2 0 1 3 0
Nov 16 vs. Thomas (ME) W, 91-70 - 11 1 0 1 0 2 1 0
Nov 17 at Colby L, 85-49 - 11 3 1 4 0 1 1 0
Nov 19 at Mount Holyoke W, 79-46 - 15 2 2 4 1 1 4 2
Nov 22 Utica W, 78-70 - 16 3 5 8 3 0 1 0
Nov 23 St. Lawrence L, 70-64 - 16 1 2 3 0 1 1 0
Nov 26 Elms W, 89-49 - 18 0 1 1 0 2 3 1
Dec 5 at Emerson L, 96-73 - 19 5 6 11 1 0 0 1
Dec 7 Emmanuel (Mass.) W, 79-74 - 22 4 1 5 0 0 2 0
Dec 14 Lasell W, 79-61 - 18 1 8 9 0 1 3 1
Dec 20 at Albright L, 89-74 - 15 1 1 2 0 2 0 0
Jan 2 at #24 Western New England L, 61-50 - 17 6 0 6 0 0 3 0
Jan 8 Framingham St. W, 79-72 - 19 4 3 7 0 2 2 0
Jan 15 Worcester St. W, 77-64 - 20 1 1 2 1 0 2 1
Jan 18 at Fitchburg St. W, 88-70 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 21 at Sage W, 86-63 - 15 1 1 2 0 1 1 0
Jan 25 Bridgewater St. L, 81-68 - 14 1 2 3 0 1 3 0
Jan 29 at Salem St. L, 71-57 - 16 6 3 9 1 1 1 0
Feb 1 at Framingham St. L, 86-80 - 22 4 3 7 1 2 0 1
Feb 6 Wesleyan (Conn.) W, 96-82 - 17 1 4 5 0 1 0 1
Feb 8 at Worcester St. W, 83-61 - 15 0 5 5 0 0 0 1
Feb 12 Fitchburg St. W, 117-60 - 14 4 3 7 1 0 0 1
Feb 19 at Bridgewater St. L, 81-52 - 18 2 2 4 2 1 2 1
Feb 22 Salem St. W, 90-62 1 18 0 4 4 2 0 2 2
Feb 25 #5 Worcester St. W, 89-75 - 17 0 2 2 2 1 2 0
Feb 27 at #1 Bridgewater St. L, 72-46 - 17 3 4 7 1 2 0 0
Game Log - Ball control extended
Date Opponent Score gs pf dq a/to
Nov 9 at Rivier W, 91-75 - 5 1 0.0
Nov 16 vs. Thomas (ME) W, 91-70 - 4 - 0.0
Nov 17 at Colby L, 85-49 - 3 - 0.0
Nov 19 at Mount Holyoke W, 79-46 - 1 - 1.0
Nov 22 Utica W, 78-70 - 2 - -
Nov 23 St. Lawrence L, 70-64 - 0 - 0.0
Nov 26 Elms W, 89-49 - 3 - 0.0
Dec 5 at Emerson L, 96-73 - 0 - -
Dec 7 Emmanuel (Mass.) W, 79-74 - 3 - -
Dec 14 Lasell W, 79-61 - 2 - 0.0
Dec 20 at Albright L, 89-74 - 4 0 0.0
Jan 2 at #24 Western New England L, 61-50 - 2 - -
Jan 8 Framingham St. W, 79-72 - 3 - 0.0
Jan 15 Worcester St. W, 77-64 - 3 - -
Jan 18 at Fitchburg St. W, 88-70 - - - -
Jan 21 at Sage W, 86-63 - 4 - 0.0
Jan 25 Bridgewater St. L, 81-68 - 3 - 0.0
Jan 29 at Salem St. L, 71-57 - 2 - 1.0
Feb 1 at Framingham St. L, 86-80 - 5 1 0.5
Feb 6 Wesleyan (Conn.) W, 96-82 - 1 - 0.0
Feb 8 at Worcester St. W, 83-61 - 3 - -
Feb 12 Fitchburg St. W, 117-60 - 2 - -
Feb 19 at Bridgewater St. L, 81-52 - 1 - 2.0
Feb 22 Salem St. W, 90-62 1 2 - -
Feb 25 #5 Worcester St. W, 89-75 - 3 - 2.0
Feb 27 at #1 Bridgewater St. L, 72-46 - 3 - 0.5
  gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
2021-22 27 14.3 1.6-3.6 0.4-1.3 0.8-1.6 4.4
2022-23 28 17.5 2.9-7.5 0.7-2.4 1.4-1.9 7.9
2023-24 27 15.0 2.2-6.4 0.3-2.1 0.8-1.3 5.5
2024-25 25 16.4 1.1-3.6 0.2-0.9 0.5-0.7 2.9
Total 107 15.8 2.0-5.3 0.4-1.7 0.9-1.4 5.3

Career Stats: Shooting per game

  gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
2021-22 27 - 387 44-96 45.8 10-34 29.4 21-44 47.7 119
2022-23 28 0 491 82-209 39.2 19-67 28.4 38-54 70.4 221
2023-24 27 1 405 59-172 34.3 9-58 15.5 22-35 62.9 149
2024-25 25 1 410 28-90 31.1 5-23 21.7 12-17 70.6 73
Total 107 2 1693 213-567 37.6 43-182 23.6 93-150 62.0 562

Career Stats: Shooting totals

  gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
2021-22 27 387 14.3 4.5-9.9 1.0-3.5 29.4 2.2-4.5 12.3
2022-23 28 491 17.5 6.7-17.0 1.5-5.5 28.4 3.1-4.4 18.0
2023-24 27 405 15.0 5.8-17.0 0.9-5.7 15.5 2.2-3.5 14.7
2024-25 25 410 16.4 2.7-8.8 0.5-2.2 21.7 1.2-1.7 7.1
Total 107 1693 15.8 5.0-13.4 1.0-4.3 23.6 2.2-3.5 13.3

Career Stats: Shooting per 40 min

  gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
2021-22 27 2.1 1.9 4.0 0.8 1.4 0.8 0.1
2022-23 28 2.6 3.0 5.6 0.7 1.2 1.4 0.2
2023-24 27 2.9 2.9 5.8 0.6 1.1 1.2 0.1
2024-25 25 2.2 2.6 4.8 0.6 0.9 1.5 0.5
Total 107 2.5 2.6 5.1 0.7 1.2 1.2 0.2

Career Stats: Ball control per game

  gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
2021-22 27 - 58 51 109 22 38 22 2
2022-23 28 0 73 84 157 19 34 39 6
2023-24 27 1 78 78 156 17 30 33 2
2024-25 25 1 55 65 120 16 23 37 13
Total 107 2 264 278 542 74 125 131 23

Career Stats: Ball control totals

  gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
2021-22 27 6.0 5.3 11.3 2.3 3.9 2.3 0.2
2022-23 28 5.9 6.8 12.8 1.5 2.8 3.2 0.5
2023-24 27 7.7 7.7 15.4 1.7 3.0 3.3 0.2
2024-25 25 5.4 6.3 11.7 1.6 2.2 3.6 1.3
Total 107 6.2 6.6 12.8 1.7 3.0 3.1 0.5

Career Stats: Ball control per 40 min

  gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
Event            
Total 25 16.4 1.1-3.6 0.2-0.9 0.5-0.7 2.9
Conference 9 17.3 1.4-4.3 0.4-1.4 0.2-0.2 3.6
Exhibition - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 -
Location            
Home 12 17.4 0.8-2.9 0.2-0.6 0.2-0.3 2.2
Away 12 15.8 1.5-4.3 0.2-1.3 0.6-0.8 3.8
Neutral 1 11.0 0.0-3.0 0.0-0.0 2.0-4.0 2.0
Result            
Wins 15 16.3 1.2-3.6 0.2-0.6 0.5-0.7 3.1
Losses 10 16.5 1.0-3.6 0.2-1.4 0.5-0.6 2.7
Month            
November 7 13.9 0.7-3.6 0.0-0.9 0.6-1.1 2.0
December 4 18.5 1.0-2.8 0.2-0.5 0.8-1.0 3.0
January 6 16.8 2.2-5.2 0.5-1.3 0.2-0.2 5.0
February 8 17.3 0.8-2.9 0.1-0.9 0.5-0.5 2.1

Splits Stats: Shooting per game

  gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Event                    
Total 25 1 410 28-90 31.1 5-23 21.7 12-17 70.6 73
Conference 9 1 156 13-39 33.3 4-13 30.8 2-2 100.0 32
Exhibition - - - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Location                    
Home 12 1 209 10-35 28.6 3-7 42.9 3-4 75.0 26
Away 12 - 190 18-52 34.6 2-16 12.5 7-9 77.8 45
Neutral 1 - 11 0-3 0.0 0-0 - 2-4 50.0 2
Result                    
Wins 15 1 245 18-54 33.3 3-9 33.3 7-11 63.6 46
Losses 10 - 165 10-36 27.8 2-14 14.3 5-6 83.3 27
Month                    
November 7 - 97 5-25 20.0 0-6 0.0 4-8 50.0 14
December 4 - 74 4-11 36.4 1-2 50.0 3-4 75.0 12
January 6 - 101 13-31 41.9 3-8 37.5 1-1 100.0 30
February 8 1 138 6-23 26.1 1-7 14.3 4-4 100.0 17

Splits Stats: Shooting totals

  gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
Event                
Total 25 410 16.4 2.7-8.8 0.5-2.2 21.7 1.2-1.7 7.1
Conference 9 156 17.3 3.3-10.0 1.0-3.3 30.8 0.5-0.5 8.2
Exhibition - - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 -
Location                
Home 12 209 17.4 1.9-6.7 0.6-1.3 42.9 0.6-0.8 5.0
Away 12 190 15.8 3.8-10.9 0.4-3.4 12.5 1.5-1.9 9.5
Neutral 1 11 11.0 0.0-10.9 0.0-0.0 - 7.3-14.5 7.3
Result                
Wins 15 245 16.3 2.9-8.8 0.5-1.5 33.3 1.1-1.8 7.5
Losses 10 165 16.5 2.4-8.7 0.5-3.4 14.3 1.2-1.5 6.5
Month                
November 7 97 13.9 2.1-10.3 0.0-2.5 0.0 1.6-3.3 5.8
December 4 74 18.5 2.2-5.9 0.5-1.1 50.0 1.6-2.2 6.5
January 6 101 16.8 5.1-12.3 1.2-3.2 37.5 0.4-0.4 11.9
February 8 138 17.3 1.7-6.7 0.3-2.0 14.3 1.2-1.2 4.9

Splits Stats: Shooting per 40 min

  gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
Event                
Total 25 2.2 2.6 4.8 0.6 0.9 1.5 0.5
Conference 9 2.4 2.9 5.3 0.9 0.8 1.3 0.8
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location                
Home 12 1.7 3.0 4.7 0.8 0.8 1.8 0.6
Away 12 2.8 2.4 5.3 0.6 1.0 1.3 0.5
Neutral 1 1.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 2.0 1.0 0.0
Result                
Wins 15 1.5 2.7 4.3 0.7 0.8 1.7 0.7
Losses 10 3.2 2.4 5.6 0.6 1.1 1.1 0.3
Month                
November 7 1.6 1.7 3.3 0.6 1.1 2.0 0.4
December 4 2.8 4.0 6.8 0.3 0.8 1.3 0.5
January 6 3.2 1.7 4.8 0.3 0.8 2.0 0.2
February 8 1.8 3.4 5.1 1.1 0.9 0.8 0.9

Splits Stats: Ball control per game

  gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
Event                  
Total 25 1 55 65 120 16 23 37 13
Conference 9 1 22 26 48 8 7 12 7
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location                  
Home 12 1 20 36 56 9 9 21 7
Away 12 - 34 29 63 7 12 15 6
Neutral 1 - 1 0 1 0 2 1 0
Result                  
Wins 15 1 23 41 64 10 12 26 10
Losses 10 - 32 24 56 6 11 11 3
Month                  
November 7 - 11 12 23 4 8 14 3
December 4 - 11 16 27 1 3 5 2
January 6 - 19 10 29 2 5 12 1
February 8 1 14 27 41 9 7 6 7

Splits Stats: Ball control totals

  gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
Event                
Total 25 5.4 6.3 11.7 1.6 2.2 3.6 1.3
Conference 9 5.6 6.7 12.3 2.1 1.8 3.1 1.8
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location                
Home 12 3.8 6.9 10.7 1.7 1.7 4.0 1.3
Away 12 7.2 6.1 13.3 1.5 2.5 3.2 1.3
Neutral 1 3.6 0.0 3.6 0.0 7.3 3.6 0.0
Result                
Wins 15 3.8 6.7 10.4 1.6 2.0 4.2 1.6
Losses 10 7.8 5.8 13.6 1.5 2.7 2.7 0.7
Month                
November 7 4.5 4.9 9.5 1.6 3.3 5.8 1.2
December 4 5.9 8.6 14.6 0.5 1.6 2.7 1.1
January 6 7.5 4.0 11.5 0.8 2.0 4.8 0.4
February 8 4.1 7.8 11.9 2.6 2.0 1.7 2.0

Splits Stats: Ball control per 40 min

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