Austin Nelson
24 Austin Nelson
  • Height:
    6-5
  • Year:
    Sr.
  • Hometown:
    Moorhead, Minn.
  • High School:
    Moorhead
  • Position:
    F
  • Major:
    Healthcare Administration
  • gp
    25
  • pts/g
    14.1
  • fg %
    46.9
  • 3pt %
    41.6
  • ft %
    73.5
  • reb/g
    4.4
  • a/g
    1.6

Bio

Personal: Participated in basketball in high school...Honor Student, captain in basketball and All-State honorable mention...enjoys golf, frolf and being at the lakes...son of Don and Kim

Why Concordia? Beautiful school, great people, good business school

Post graduation plans: Get a job

The NELSON Files
 Favorite food: Mom's homemade pizza
Favorite restaurant: Texas Roadhouse
Favorite movie: Blades of Glory
Favorite TV shows: Breaking Bad, How I Met Your Mother
Favorite musical group: Blink-182
Favorite book: Brave New World
The place in the world I most want to visit: Australia
The major sporting event I most want to go to: The Final Four, Masters
My dream job is: Designing shoes for Nike
My bucket list includes: Marry a Concordia Girl, love my job, get a hole in one
My favorite thing about the Concordia men's basketball team is: The boys
What does it mean to be a Cobber: MTXE

Player Profile

Recent Games
Feb 1 Augsburg W, 81-68
Feb 4 at Macalester W, 85-72
Feb 11 Hamline L, 79-74
Feb 13 at Carleton L, 84-58
Feb 15 at Bethel (Minn.) L, 81-68
Feb 18 St. Thomas (Minn.) L, 81-70
  Overall Conf
Games 25 20
Games started 25 20
Minutes 859 688
Minutes per game 34.4 34.4
FG 135-288 105-221
FG Pct 46.9 47.5
3PT 57-137 43-102
3PT Pct 41.6 42.2
FT 25-34 21-27
FT Pct 73.5 77.8
Off rebounds 16 11
Def rebounds 95 74
Total rebounds 111 85
Rebounds per game 4.4 4.3
Personal fouls 36 26
Disqualifications 0 0
Assists 41 30
Turnovers 40 34
Assist to turnover ratio 1.0 0.9
Steals 9 8
Blocks 13 7
Points 352 274
Points per game 14.1 13.7
Points per 40 min 16.4 15.9

Game Log - Shooting

Date Opponent Score gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Nov 2 at North Dakota St. L, 90-53 1 31 4-10 40.0 1-3 33.3 2-2 100.0 11
Nov 15 at Minn.-Morris L, 71-70 1 36 9-17 52.9 7-15 46.7 3-5 60.0 28
Nov 19 Crown (Minn.) W, 88-64 1 28 4-8 50.0 2-3 66.7 0-0 - 10
Nov 22 Minn. St. Moorhead L, 107-74 1 31 6-13 46.2 1-4 25.0 0-0 - 13
Nov 26 at St. Scholastica W, 80-64 1 34 6-13 46.2 3-7 42.9 0-0 - 15
Nov 30 at Gust. Adolphus L, 92-75 1 27 5-11 45.5 1-4 25.0 1-2 50.0 12
Dec 3 at Saint Mary's (Minn.) W, 82-67 1 33 4-7 57.1 1-3 33.3 2-2 100.0 11
Dec 10 St. Olaf W, 69-56 1 38 11-13 84.6 4-4 100.0 1-2 50.0 27
Dec 30 Valley City St. W, 99-96 1 42 5-16 31.3 1-6 16.7 1-2 50.0 12
Jan 2 at Augsburg L, 86-81 1 34 3-13 23.1 1-8 12.5 0-0 - 7
Jan 4 at Saint John's (Minn.) W, 74-73 1 37 7-13 53.8 3-3 100.0 2-2 100.0 19
Jan 7 at Hamline L, 68-53 1 26 4-11 36.4 2-5 40.0 1-2 50.0 11
Jan 11 Carleton W, 63-55 1 36 7-12 58.3 2-3 66.7 2-2 100.0 18
Jan 14 at St. Thomas (Minn.) L, 90-58 1 26 4-9 44.4 2-4 50.0 3-3 100.0 13
Jan 16 Macalester L, 70-65 1 39 7-15 46.7 2-7 28.6 1-2 50.0 17
Jan 18 Bethel (Minn.) W, 72-70 1 37 3-9 33.3 1-4 25.0 0-0 - 7
Jan 21 Saint Mary's (Minn.) W, 73-68 1 38 4-10 40.0 2-4 50.0 0-0 - 10
Jan 25 Gust. Adolphus W, 75-63 1 31 4-6 66.7 1-2 50.0 0-0 - 9
Jan 28 at St. Olaf L, 65-62 1 39 3-10 30.0 3-7 42.9 0-0 - 9
Jan 30 Saint John's (Minn.) L, 92-74 1 27 2-9 22.2 0-3 0.0 0-0 - 4
Feb 1 Augsburg W, 81-68 1 37 5-11 45.5 2-7 28.6 2-4 50.0 14
Feb 4 at Macalester W, 85-72 1 38 6-15 40.0 4-9 44.4 4-4 100.0 20
Feb 11 Hamline L, 79-74 1 37 10-18 55.6 7-13 53.8 0-0 - 27
Feb 13 at Carleton L, 84-58 1 32 5-9 55.6 1-3 33.3 0-0 - 11
Feb 15 at Bethel (Minn.) L, 81-68 1 37 6-9 66.7 1-4 25.0 2-2 100.0 15
Feb 18 St. Thomas (Minn.) L, 81-70 1 39 5-11 45.5 3-5 60.0 0-0 - 13

Game Log - Ball control

Date Opponent Score gs min off def reb ast to a/to stl blk pf dq
Nov 2 at North Dakota St. L, 90-53 1 31 0 4 4 2 1 2.0 0 1 1 -
Nov 15 at Minn.-Morris L, 71-70 1 36 1 5 6 2 2 1.0 0 1 1 -
Nov 19 Crown (Minn.) W, 88-64 1 28 0 4 4 1 1 1.0 1 0 1 -
Nov 22 Minn. St. Moorhead L, 107-74 1 31 1 1 2 1 0 - 0 1 1 -
Nov 26 at St. Scholastica W, 80-64 1 34 1 7 8 6 3 2.0 0 2 3 -
Nov 30 at Gust. Adolphus L, 92-75 1 27 1 2 3 1 1 1.0 0 0 3 -
Dec 3 at Saint Mary's (Minn.) W, 82-67 1 33 0 7 7 2 2 1.0 0 0 2 -
Dec 10 St. Olaf W, 69-56 1 38 1 4 5 0 3 0.0 1 0 1 -
Dec 30 Valley City St. W, 99-96 1 42 2 4 6 1 0 - 0 2 4 -
Jan 2 at Augsburg L, 86-81 1 34 0 2 2 7 2 3.5 0 0 1 -
Jan 4 at Saint John's (Minn.) W, 74-73 1 37 0 6 6 2 0 - 0 0 1 -
Jan 7 at Hamline L, 68-53 1 26 0 3 3 0 1 0.0 0 0 3 -
Jan 11 Carleton W, 63-55 1 36 0 4 4 1 0 - 0 0 1 -
Jan 14 at St. Thomas (Minn.) L, 90-58 1 26 0 2 2 1 3 0.3 1 0 0 0
Jan 16 Macalester L, 70-65 1 39 0 1 1 1 1 1.0 2 0 2 -
Jan 18 Bethel (Minn.) W, 72-70 1 37 0 4 4 0 5 0.0 1 1 2 -
Jan 21 Saint Mary's (Minn.) W, 73-68 1 38 1 9 10 2 4 0.5 1 2 1 -
Jan 25 Gust. Adolphus W, 75-63 1 31 0 2 2 0 0 - 0 0 0 -
Jan 28 at St. Olaf L, 65-62 1 39 1 6 7 4 1 4.0 0 0 1 0
Jan 30 Saint John's (Minn.) L, 92-74 1 27 0 2 2 0 1 0.0 0 0 0 -
Feb 1 Augsburg W, 81-68 1 37 3 1 4 1 3 0.3 0 0 2 -
Feb 4 at Macalester W, 85-72 1 38 0 6 6 3 0 - 1 0 2 -
Feb 11 Hamline L, 79-74 1 37 2 2 4 0 4 0.0 0 1 1 -
Feb 13 at Carleton L, 84-58 1 32 0 5 5 1 2 0.5 1 0 1 -
Feb 15 at Bethel (Minn.) L, 81-68 1 37 2 4 6 2 0 - 0 1 1 -
Feb 18 St. Thomas (Minn.) L, 81-70 1 39 0 2 2 2 1 2.0 0 2 1 -

Career Stats - Shooting per game

  gp gs min/g fg/g pct 3pt/g pct ft/g pct ppg
2013-14 8 - 8.0 0.4-1.9 20.0 0.1-0.8 16.7 0.0-0.0 - 0.9
2014-15 25 1 10.4 0.9-2.8 32.9 0.2-1.0 25.0 0.1-0.2 60.0 2.2
2015-16 26 26 31.7 3.7-7.9 46.6 1.7-4.0 42.3 0.7-0.9 75.0 9.8
2016-17 25 25 34.4 5.4-11.5 46.9 2.3-5.5 41.6 1.0-1.4 73.5 14.1
Total 84 52 23.9 3.1-6.9 44.4 1.3-3.2 39.9 0.5-0.8 73.0 8.0

Career Stats - Shooting totals

  gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
2013-14 8 - 64 3-15 20.0 1-6 16.7 0-0 - 7
2014-15 25 1 259 23-70 32.9 6-24 25.0 3-5 60.0 55
2015-16 26 26 825 96-206 46.6 44-104 42.3 18-24 75.0 254
2016-17 25 25 859 135-288 46.9 57-137 41.6 25-34 73.5 352
Total 84 52 2007 257-579 44.4 108-271 39.9 46-63 73.0 668

Career Stats - Shooting per 40 min

  gp gs min/g fg/40 pct 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pct pts/40
2013-14 8 - 8.0 1.9-9.4 20.0 0.6-3.8 16.7 0.0-0.0 - 4.4
2014-15 25 1 10.4 3.6-10.8 32.9 0.9-3.7 25.0 0.5-0.8 60.0 8.5
2015-16 26 26 31.7 4.7-10.0 46.6 2.1-5.0 42.3 0.9-1.2 75.0 12.3
2016-17 25 25 34.4 6.3-13.4 46.9 2.7-6.4 41.6 1.2-1.6 73.5 16.4
Total 84 52 23.9 5.1-11.5 44.4 2.2-5.4 39.9 0.9-1.3 73.0 13.3

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
2013-14 8 - 8.0 0.1 0.6 0.8 0.9 0.0 0.6 0.3 2.5 0.3 0.1
2014-15 25 1 10.4 0.2 1.0 1.2 0.6 0.0 0.6 0.5 1.2 0.2 0.2
2015-16 26 26 31.7 0.6 2.7 3.3 1.6 0.0 1.5 1.0 1.5 0.7 0.8
2016-17 25 25 34.4 0.6 3.8 4.4 1.4 0.0 1.6 1.6 1.0 0.4 0.5
Total 84 52 23.9 0.5 2.3 2.8 1.2 0.0 1.2 1.0 1.2 0.4 0.5

Career Stats - Ball control totals

  gp gs min off def reb pf dq ast to a/to stl blk
2013-14 8 - 64 1 5 6 7 0 5 2 2.5 2 1
2014-15 25 1 259 5 25 30 14 0 15 13 1.2 5 4
2015-16 26 26 825 16 69 85 42 0 38 25 1.5 17 21
2016-17 25 25 859 16 95 111 36 0 41 40 1.0 9 13
Total 84 52 2007 38 194 232 99 0 99 80 1.2 33 39

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
2013-14 8 - 8.0 0.6 3.1 3.8 4.4 0.0 3.1 1.3 2.5 1.3 0.6
2014-15 25 1 10.4 0.8 3.9 4.6 2.2 0.0 2.3 2.0 1.2 0.8 0.6
2015-16 26 26 31.7 0.8 3.3 4.1 2.0 0.0 1.8 1.2 1.5 0.8 1.0
2016-17 25 25 34.4 0.7 4.4 5.2 1.7 0.0 1.9 1.9 1.0 0.4 0.6
Total 84 52 23.9 0.8 3.9 4.6 2.0 0.0 2.0 1.6 1.2 0.7 0.8

Splits Stats - Shooting per game

    gp gs min/g fg/g pct 3pt/g pct ft/g pct ppg
Event Total 25 25 34.4 5.4-11.5 46.9 2.3-5.5 41.6 1.0-1.4 73.5 14.1
Conference 20 20 34.4 5.2-11.1 47.5 2.1-5.1 42.2 1.1-1.4 77.8 13.7
Exhibition 1 1 31.0 4.0-10.0 40.0 1.0-3.0 33.3 2.0-2.0 100.0 11.0
Location Home 13 13 35.4 5.6-11.6 48.3 2.2-5.0 43.1 0.5-0.9 58.3 13.9
Away 12 12 33.3 5.2-11.4 45.3 2.4-6.0 40.3 1.5-1.8 81.8 14.3
Neutral - - - 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 - -
Result Wins 12 12 35.8 5.5-11.1 49.6 2.2-4.6 47.3 1.2-1.5 77.8 14.3
Losses 13 13 33.1 5.3-11.9 44.5 2.4-6.3 37.8 0.8-1.2 68.8 13.8
Month November 5 5 31.2 6.0-12.4 48.4 2.8-6.6 42.4 0.8-1.4 57.1 15.6
December 3 3 37.7 6.7-12.0 55.6 2.0-4.3 46.2 1.3-2.0 66.7 16.7
January 11 11 33.6 4.4-10.6 41.0 1.7-4.5 38.0 0.8-1.0 81.8 11.3
February 6 6 36.7 6.2-12.2 50.7 3.0-6.8 43.9 1.3-1.7 80.0 16.7

Splits Stats - Shooting totals

    gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Event Total 25 25 859 135-288 46.9 57-137 41.6 25-34 73.5 352
Conference 20 20 688 105-221 47.5 43-102 42.2 21-27 77.8 274
Exhibition 1 1 31 4-10 40.0 1-3 33.3 2-2 100.0 11
Location Home 13 13 460 73-151 48.3 28-65 43.1 7-12 58.3 181
Away 12 12 399 62-137 45.3 29-72 40.3 18-22 81.8 171
Neutral - - - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Result Wins 12 12 429 66-133 49.6 26-55 47.3 14-18 77.8 172
Losses 13 13 430 69-155 44.5 31-82 37.8 11-16 68.8 180
Month November 5 5 156 30-62 48.4 14-33 42.4 4-7 57.1 78
December 3 3 113 20-36 55.6 6-13 46.2 4-6 66.7 50
January 11 11 370 48-117 41.0 19-50 38.0 9-11 81.8 124
February 6 6 220 37-73 50.7 18-41 43.9 8-10 80.0 100

Splits Stats - Shooting per 40 min

    gp gs min/g fg/40 pct 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pct pts/40
Event Total 25 25 34.4 6.3-13.4 46.9 2.7-6.4 41.6 1.2-1.6 73.5 16.4
Conference 20 20 34.4 6.1-12.8 47.5 2.5-5.9 42.2 1.2-1.6 77.8 15.9
Exhibition 1 1 31.0 5.2-12.9 40.0 1.3-3.9 33.3 2.6-2.6 100.0 14.2
Location Home 13 13 35.4 6.3-13.1 48.3 2.4-5.7 43.1 0.6-1.0 58.3 15.7
Away 12 12 33.3 6.2-13.7 45.3 2.9-7.2 40.3 1.8-2.2 81.8 17.1
Neutral - - - 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 - -
Result Wins 12 12 35.8 6.2-12.4 49.6 2.4-5.1 47.3 1.3-1.7 77.8 16.0
Losses 13 13 33.1 6.4-14.4 44.5 2.9-7.6 37.8 1.0-1.5 68.8 16.7
Month November 5 5 31.2 7.7-15.9 48.4 3.6-8.5 42.4 1.0-1.8 57.1 20.0
December 3 3 37.7 7.1-12.7 55.6 2.1-4.6 46.2 1.4-2.1 66.7 17.7
January 11 11 33.6 5.2-12.6 41.0 2.1-5.4 38.0 1.0-1.2 81.8 13.4
February 6 6 36.7 6.7-13.3 50.7 3.3-7.5 43.9 1.5-1.8 80.0 18.2

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 25 25 34.4 0.6 3.8 4.4 1.4 0.0 1.6 1.6 1.0 0.4 0.5
Conference 20 20 34.4 0.6 3.7 4.3 1.3 0.0 1.5 1.7 0.9 0.4 0.3
Exhibition 1 1 31.0 0.0 4.0 4.0 1.0 - 2.0 1.0 2.0 0.0 1.0
Location Home 13 13 35.4 0.8 3.1 3.8 1.3 - 0.8 1.8 0.4 0.5 0.7
Away 12 12 33.3 0.5 4.6 5.1 1.6 0.0 2.6 1.4 1.8 0.3 0.3
Neutral - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Result Wins 12 12 35.8 0.7 4.8 5.5 1.7 - 1.6 1.8 0.9 0.4 0.6
Losses 13 13 33.1 0.6 2.8 3.5 1.2 0.0 1.7 1.5 1.2 0.3 0.5
Month November 5 5 31.2 0.8 3.8 4.6 1.8 - 2.2 1.4 1.6 0.2 0.8
December 3 3 37.7 1.0 5.0 6.0 2.3 - 1.0 1.7 0.6 0.3 0.7
January 11 11 33.6 0.2 3.7 3.9 1.1 0.0 1.6 1.6 1.0 0.5 0.3
February 6 6 36.7 1.2 3.3 4.5 1.3 - 1.5 1.7 0.9 0.3 0.7

Splits Stats - Ball control totals

    gp gs min off def reb pf dq ast to a/to stl blk
Event Total 25 25 859 16 95 111 36 0 41 40 1.0 9 13
Conference 20 20 688 11 74 85 26 0 30 34 0.9 8 7
Exhibition 1 1 31 0 4 4 1 - 2 1 2.0 0 1
Location Home 13 13 460 10 40 50 17 - 10 23 0.4 6 9
Away 12 12 399 6 55 61 19 0 31 17 1.8 3 4
Neutral - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Result Wins 12 12 429 8 58 66 20 - 19 21 0.9 5 7
Losses 13 13 430 8 37 45 16 0 22 19 1.2 4 6
Month November 5 5 156 4 19 23 9 - 11 7 1.6 1 4
December 3 3 113 3 15 18 7 - 3 5 0.6 1 2
January 11 11 370 2 41 43 12 0 18 18 1.0 5 3
February 6 6 220 7 20 27 8 - 9 10 0.9 2 4

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 25 25 34.4 0.7 4.4 5.2 1.7 0.0 1.9 1.9 1.0 0.4 0.6
Conference 20 20 34.4 0.6 4.3 4.9 1.5 0.0 1.7 2.0 0.9 0.5 0.4
Exhibition 1 1 31.0 0.0 5.2 5.2 1.3 0.0 2.6 1.3 2.0 0.0 1.3
Location Home 13 13 35.4 0.9 3.5 4.3 1.5 0.0 0.9 2.0 0.4 0.5 0.8
Away 12 12 33.3 0.6 5.5 6.1 1.9 0.0 3.1 1.7 1.8 0.3 0.4
Neutral - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Result Wins 12 12 35.8 0.7 5.4 6.2 1.9 0.0 1.8 2.0 0.9 0.5 0.7
Losses 13 13 33.1 0.7 3.4 4.2 1.5 0.0 2.0 1.8 1.2 0.4 0.6
Month November 5 5 31.2 1.0 4.9 5.9 2.3 0.0 2.8 1.8 1.6 0.3 1.0
December 3 3 37.7 1.1 5.3 6.4 2.5 0.0 1.1 1.8 0.6 0.4 0.7
January 11 11 33.6 0.2 4.4 4.6 1.3 0.0 1.9 1.9 1.0 0.5 0.3
February 6 6 36.7 1.3 3.6 4.9 1.5 0.0 1.6 1.8 0.9 0.4 0.7