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40 Clay Gerds
Clay Gerds
  • Height:
    6-6
  • Weight:
    200
  • Year:
    Jr.
  • Hometown:
    Fort Atkinson, Wis.
  • High School:
    Fort Atkinson
  • Position:
    F
  • gp
    29
  • pts/g
    7.9
  • fg %
    56.8
  • 3pt %
    40.9
  • ft %
    70.0
  • reb/g
    6.0
  • a/g
    1.0

Bio

2016-17: Played in 25 games during the season making 17 starts and averaging 15.4 minutes per game...  Averaged 3.2 points, 3.5 rebounds, 1.0 assists, 0.4 steals and 0.9 blocks per game...  Led the team with 22 blocks...

2015-16: Played in 14 games as a freshman, averaging 10.7 minutes per game... Averaged 2.1 points, and 2.6 rebounds per game...

High School: As a senior team captain, earned second-team all-conference honors. As a junior, earned honorable mention all-conference honors.  Named team offensive MVP both years.

Personal: Son of Darren Gerds and Robyne Gunderson ... plans to major in engineering.

Recent Games

Date Opponent Result
Feb 14 Wis.-Whitewater W, 70-66
Feb 17 Wis.-River Falls W, 81-69
Feb 23 Wis.-River Falls L, 71-66
Mar 2 Monmouth (Ill.) W, 91-76
Mar 3 St. Olaf W, 74-68
Mar 9 Neb. Wesleyan L, 79-78
  Total Conference
Games 29 14
Games started 28 13
Minutes 736 405
Minutes per game 25.4 28.9
FG 96-169 52-83
FG Pct 56.8 62.7
3PT 9-22 6-13
3PT Pct 40.9 46.2
FT 28-40 7-13
FT Pct 70.0 53.8
Off rebounds 49 21
Def rebounds 124 69
Total rebounds 173 90
Rebounds per game 6.0 6.4
Personal fouls 62 27
Disqualifications 1 0
Assists 30 16
Turnovers 32 13
Assist to turnover ratio 0.9 1.2
Steals 11 5
Blocks 33 18
Points 229 117
Points per game 7.9 8.4
Points per 40 min 12.4 11.6

Game Log - Shooting

Date Opponent Score gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Nov 17 Waldorf W, 86-56 1 22 4-5 80.0 0-0 - 0-1 0.0 8
Nov 18 Claremont-M-S W, 74-57 1 19 2-5 40.0 0-2 0.0 2-2 100.0 6
Nov 21 Simpson W, 91-55 1 8 2-2 100.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 4
Nov 24 vs. Carleton L, 84-71 1 14 2-5 40.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 4
Nov 25 vs. Millikin W, 74-60 1 24 0-5 0.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 0
Nov 29 Illinois Tech W, 89-54 1 19 7-10 70.0 0-1 0.0 2-4 50.0 16
Dec 2 Silver Lake W, 87-48 1 11 1-3 33.3 0-0 - 0-0 - 2
Dec 8 Hope W, 85-60 1 21 3-5 60.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 6
Dec 16 at Coe W, 80-72 1 23 3-5 60.0 1-1 100.0 1-1 100.0 8
Dec 29 vs. Ripon W, 78-58 1 22 2-4 50.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 4
Dec 30 vs. Saint Mary's (Minn.) W, 84-60 1 23 6-10 60.0 0-0 - 5-5 100.0 17
Jan 3 at Wis.-Stout W, 73-54 1 21 3-3 100.0 0-0 - 1-3 33.3 7
Jan 6 Wis.-Eau Claire W, 74-64 1 29 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Jan 10 at Wis.-River Falls L, 91-84 1 19 3-6 50.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 6
Jan 13 Wis.-La Crosse W, 63-62 1 32 6-8 75.0 0-0 - 2-2 100.0 14
Jan 17 Wis.-Oshkosh W, 72-57 1 35 4-9 44.4 2-3 66.7 3-4 75.0 13
Jan 20 at Wis.-Stevens Point L, 80-74 1 37 2-2 100.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 4
Jan 24 at Wis.-Whitewater W, 84-67 1 32 6-8 75.0 1-2 50.0 0-2 0.0 13
Jan 27 Wis.-Stout W, 86-69 1 25 4-4 100.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 8
Jan 31 at Wis.-Oshkosh W, 68-62 1 19 3-5 60.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 6
Feb 3 at Wis.-La Crosse W, 74-67 1 37 5-9 55.6 1-2 50.0 0-0 - 11
Feb 7 Wis.-Stevens Point W, 56-47 1 35 3-8 37.5 0-2 0.0 0-0 - 6
Feb 10 at Wis.-Eau Claire W, 87-50 1 27 7-11 63.6 0-0 - 0-1 0.0 14
Feb 14 Wis.-Whitewater W, 70-66 1 37 3-5 60.0 1-2 50.0 1-1 100.0 8
Feb 17 Wis.-River Falls W, 81-69 - 20 3-4 75.0 1-1 100.0 0-0 - 7
Feb 23 Wis.-River Falls L, 71-66 1 31 0-4 0.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 0
Mar 2 Monmouth (Ill.) W, 91-76 1 30 5-8 62.5 1-1 100.0 5-6 83.3 16
Mar 3 St. Olaf W, 74-68 1 35 2-6 33.3 1-2 50.0 5-7 71.4 10
Mar 9 Neb. Wesleyan L, 79-78 1 29 5-9 55.6 0-0 - 1-1 100.0 11

Game Log - Ball control

Date Opponent Score gs min off def reb ast to stl blk
Nov 17 Waldorf W, 86-56 1 22 2 6 8 0 0 0 2
Nov 18 Claremont-M-S W, 74-57 1 19 1 5 6 1 2 1 0
Nov 21 Simpson W, 91-55 1 8 0 1 1 0 1 0 1
Nov 24 vs. Carleton L, 84-71 1 14 1 0 1 0 0 1 2
Nov 25 vs. Millikin W, 74-60 1 24 1 1 2 2 2 2 0
Nov 29 Illinois Tech W, 89-54 1 19 2 4 6 0 0 0 1
Dec 2 Silver Lake W, 87-48 1 11 2 0 2 1 1 0 0
Dec 8 Hope W, 85-60 1 21 1 5 6 1 2 0 0
Dec 16 at Coe W, 80-72 1 23 1 4 5 0 1 1 2
Dec 29 vs. Ripon W, 78-58 1 22 3 3 6 0 3 0 1
Dec 30 vs. Saint Mary's (Minn.) W, 84-60 1 23 5 4 9 1 1 0 1
Jan 3 at Wis.-Stout W, 73-54 1 21 3 0 3 0 0 2 1
Jan 6 Wis.-Eau Claire W, 74-64 1 29 0 5 5 1 3 0 2
Jan 10 at Wis.-River Falls L, 91-84 1 19 3 2 5 0 1 0 2
Jan 13 Wis.-La Crosse W, 63-62 1 32 3 3 6 2 1 0 2
Jan 17 Wis.-Oshkosh W, 72-57 1 35 0 12 12 3 0 0 3
Jan 20 at Wis.-Stevens Point L, 80-74 1 37 2 8 10 1 1 0 2
Jan 24 at Wis.-Whitewater W, 84-67 1 32 1 4 5 2 1 0 2
Jan 27 Wis.-Stout W, 86-69 1 25 1 3 4 2 0 2 0
Jan 31 at Wis.-Oshkosh W, 68-62 1 19 0 4 4 1 1 0 0
Feb 3 at Wis.-La Crosse W, 74-67 1 37 3 9 12 0 2 0 1
Feb 7 Wis.-Stevens Point W, 56-47 1 35 0 4 4 2 0 0 3
Feb 10 at Wis.-Eau Claire W, 87-50 1 27 3 7 10 1 1 0 0
Feb 14 Wis.-Whitewater W, 70-66 1 37 1 5 6 1 1 0 0
Feb 17 Wis.-River Falls W, 81-69 - 20 1 3 4 0 1 1 0
Feb 23 Wis.-River Falls L, 71-66 1 31 1 3 4 2 1 0 0
Mar 2 Monmouth (Ill.) W, 91-76 1 30 2 8 10 3 2 0 2
Mar 3 St. Olaf W, 74-68 1 35 2 2 4 1 1 1 1
Mar 9 Neb. Wesleyan L, 79-78 1 29 4 9 13 2 2 0 2

Game Log - Ball control extended

Date Opponent Score gs pf dq a/to
Nov 17 Waldorf W, 86-56 1 2 - -
Nov 18 Claremont-M-S W, 74-57 1 3 - 0.5
Nov 21 Simpson W, 91-55 1 2 - 0.0
Nov 24 vs. Carleton L, 84-71 1 5 1 -
Nov 25 vs. Millikin W, 74-60 1 2 - 1.0
Nov 29 Illinois Tech W, 89-54 1 2 - -
Dec 2 Silver Lake W, 87-48 1 1 - 1.0
Dec 8 Hope W, 85-60 1 4 - 0.5
Dec 16 at Coe W, 80-72 1 2 - 0.0
Dec 29 vs. Ripon W, 78-58 1 3 - 0.0
Dec 30 vs. Saint Mary's (Minn.) W, 84-60 1 2 - 1.0
Jan 3 at Wis.-Stout W, 73-54 1 0 - -
Jan 6 Wis.-Eau Claire W, 74-64 1 1 0 0.3
Jan 10 at Wis.-River Falls L, 91-84 1 4 - 0.0
Jan 13 Wis.-La Crosse W, 63-62 1 1 - 2.0
Jan 17 Wis.-Oshkosh W, 72-57 1 2 - -
Jan 20 at Wis.-Stevens Point L, 80-74 1 3 - 1.0
Jan 24 at Wis.-Whitewater W, 84-67 1 3 - 2.0
Jan 27 Wis.-Stout W, 86-69 1 2 - -
Jan 31 at Wis.-Oshkosh W, 68-62 1 4 - 1.0
Feb 3 at Wis.-La Crosse W, 74-67 1 2 - 0.0
Feb 7 Wis.-Stevens Point W, 56-47 1 1 - -
Feb 10 at Wis.-Eau Claire W, 87-50 1 0 0 1.0
Feb 14 Wis.-Whitewater W, 70-66 1 2 - 1.0
Feb 17 Wis.-River Falls W, 81-69 - 2 - 0.0
Feb 23 Wis.-River Falls L, 71-66 1 3 - 2.0
Mar 2 Monmouth (Ill.) W, 91-76 1 3 - 1.5
Mar 3 St. Olaf W, 74-68 1 1 - 1.0
Mar 9 Neb. Wesleyan L, 79-78 1 0 - 1.0

Career Stats - Shooting per game

  gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
2015-16 13 11.2 0.8-3.1 0.2-1.5 0.1-0.2 1.8
2016-17 25 15.4 1.2-3.2 0.3-0.9 0.5-0.8 3.2
2017-18 29 25.4 3.3-5.8 0.3-0.8 1.0-1.4 7.9
2018-19 29 24.3 2.4-5.7 0.4-1.3 0.8-1.2 6.0
Total 96 20.6 2.2-4.7 0.3-1.1 0.7-1.0 5.3

Career Stats - Shooting totals

  gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
2015-16 13 - 146 10-40 25.0 2-19 10.5 1-2 50.0 23
2016-17 25 17 386 31-79 39.2 7-23 30.4 12-21 57.1 81
2017-18 29 28 736 96-169 56.8 9-22 40.9 28-40 70.0 229
2018-19 29 29 705 70-166 42.2 12-39 30.8 23-35 65.7 175
Total 96 74 1973 207-454 45.6 30-103 29.1 64-98 65.3 508

Career Stats - Shooting per 40 min

  gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
2015-16 13 146 11.2 2.7-11.0 0.5-5.2 10.5 0.3-0.5 6.3
2016-17 25 386 15.4 3.2-8.2 0.7-2.4 30.4 1.2-2.2 8.4
2017-18 29 736 25.4 5.2-9.2 0.5-1.2 40.9 1.5-2.2 12.4
2018-19 29 705 24.3 4.0-9.4 0.7-2.2 30.8 1.3-2.0 9.9
Total 96 1973 20.6 4.2-9.2 0.6-2.1 29.1 1.3-2.0 10.3

Career Stats - Ball control per game

  gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
2015-16 13 0.8 1.9 2.8 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.4
2016-17 25 1.2 2.3 3.5 1.0 0.5 0.4 0.9
2017-18 29 1.7 4.3 6.0 1.0 1.1 0.4 1.1
2018-19 29 1.9 4.0 5.9 0.9 0.9 0.3 0.9
Total 96 1.5 3.4 4.9 0.9 0.8 0.3 0.9

Career Stats - Ball control totals

  gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
2015-16 13 - 11 25 36 4 5 4 5
2016-17 25 17 29 58 87 25 12 9 22
2017-18 29 28 49 124 173 30 32 11 33
2018-19 29 29 56 116 172 27 26 9 26
Total 96 74 145 323 468 86 75 33 86

Career Stats - Ball control per 40 min

  gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
2015-16 13 3.0 6.8 9.9 1.1 1.4 1.1 1.4
2016-17 25 3.0 6.0 9.0 2.6 1.2 0.9 2.3
2017-18 29 2.7 6.7 9.4 1.6 1.7 0.6 1.8
2018-19 29 3.2 6.6 9.8 1.5 1.5 0.5 1.5
Total 96 2.9 6.5 9.5 1.7 1.5 0.7 1.7

Splits Stats - Shooting per game

  gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
Event            
Total 29 25.4 3.3-5.8 0.3-0.8 1.0-1.4 7.9
Conference 14 28.9 3.7-5.9 0.4-0.9 0.5-0.9 8.4
Exhibition - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 -
Location            
Home 17 25.8 3.2-5.6 0.4-0.9 1.2-1.6 7.9
Away 8 26.9 4.0-6.1 0.4-0.8 0.2-0.9 8.6
Neutral 4 20.8 2.5-6.0 0.0-0.2 1.2-1.2 6.3
Result            
Wins 24 25.3 3.5-6.0 0.4-0.9 1.1-1.6 8.5
Losses 5 26.0 2.4-5.2 0.0-0.2 0.2-0.2 5.0
Month            
November 6 17.7 2.8-5.3 0.0-0.7 0.7-1.2 6.3
December 5 20.0 3.0-5.4 0.2-0.2 1.2-1.2 7.4
January 9 27.7 3.4-5.1 0.3-0.7 0.7-1.2 7.9
February 6 31.2 3.5-6.8 0.5-1.3 0.2-0.3 7.7
March 3 31.3 4.0-7.7 0.7-1.0 3.7-4.7 12.3

Splits Stats - Shooting totals

  gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Event                    
Total 29 28 736 96-169 56.8 9-22 40.9 28-40 70.0 229
Conference 14 13 405 52-83 62.7 6-13 46.2 7-13 53.8 117
Exhibition - - - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Location                    
Home 17 16 438 54-96 56.3 6-15 40.0 21-28 75.0 135
Away 8 8 215 32-49 65.3 3-6 50.0 2-7 28.6 69
Neutral 4 4 83 10-24 41.7 0-1 0.0 5-5 100.0 25
Result                    
Wins 24 23 606 84-143 58.7 9-21 42.9 27-39 69.2 204
Losses 5 5 130 12-26 46.2 0-1 0.0 1-1 100.0 25
Month                    
November 6 6 106 17-32 53.1 0-4 0.0 4-7 57.1 38
December 5 5 100 15-27 55.6 1-1 100.0 6-6 100.0 37
January 9 9 249 31-46 67.4 3-6 50.0 6-11 54.5 71
February 6 5 187 21-41 51.2 3-8 37.5 1-2 50.0 46
March 3 3 94 12-23 52.2 2-3 66.7 11-14 78.6 37

Splits Stats - Shooting per 40 min

  gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
Event                
Total 29 736 25.4 5.2-9.2 0.5-1.2 40.9 1.5-2.2 12.4
Conference 14 405 28.9 5.1-8.2 0.6-1.3 46.2 0.7-1.3 11.6
Exhibition - - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 -
Location                
Home 17 438 25.8 4.9-8.8 0.5-1.4 40.0 1.9-2.6 12.3
Away 8 215 26.9 6.0-9.1 0.6-1.1 50.0 0.4-1.3 12.8
Neutral 4 83 20.8 4.8-11.6 0.0-0.5 0.0 2.4-2.4 12.0
Result                
Wins 24 606 25.3 5.5-9.4 0.6-1.4 42.9 1.8-2.6 13.5
Losses 5 130 26.0 3.7-8.0 0.0-0.3 0.0 0.3-0.3 7.7
Month                
November 6 106 17.7 6.4-12.1 0.0-1.5 0.0 1.5-2.6 14.3
December 5 100 20.0 6.0-10.8 0.4-0.4 100.0 2.4-2.4 14.8
January 9 249 27.7 5.0-7.4 0.5-1.0 50.0 1.0-1.8 11.4
February 6 187 31.2 4.5-8.8 0.6-1.7 37.5 0.2-0.4 9.8
March 3 94 31.3 5.1-9.8 0.9-1.3 66.7 4.7-6.0 15.7

Splits Stats - Ball control per game

  gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
Event                
Total 29 1.7 4.3 6.0 1.0 1.1 0.4 1.1
Conference 14 1.5 4.9 6.4 1.1 0.9 0.4 1.3
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location                
Home 17 1.4 4.6 5.9 1.3 1.1 0.3 1.1
Away 8 2.0 4.8 6.8 0.6 1.0 0.4 1.3
Neutral 4 2.5 2.0 4.5 0.8 1.5 0.8 1.0
Result                
Wins 24 1.6 4.3 5.8 1.0 1.1 0.4 1.0
Losses 5 2.2 4.4 6.6 1.0 1.0 0.2 1.6
Month                
November 6 1.2 2.8 4.0 0.5 0.8 0.7 1.0
December 5 2.4 3.2 5.6 0.6 1.6 0.2 0.8
January 9 1.4 4.6 6.0 1.3 0.9 0.4 1.6
February 6 1.5 5.2 6.7 1.0 1.0 0.2 0.7
March 3 2.7 6.3 9.0 2.0 1.7 0.3 1.7

Splits Stats - Ball control totals

  gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
Event                  
Total 29 28 49 124 173 30 32 11 33
Conference 14 13 21 69 90 16 13 5 18
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location                  
Home 17 16 23 78 101 22 18 5 19
Away 8 8 16 38 54 5 8 3 10
Neutral 4 4 10 8 18 3 6 3 4
Result                  
Wins 24 23 38 102 140 25 27 10 25
Losses 5 5 11 22 33 5 5 1 8
Month                  
November 6 6 7 17 24 3 5 4 6
December 5 5 12 16 28 3 8 1 4
January 9 9 13 41 54 12 8 4 14
February 6 5 9 31 40 6 6 1 4
March 3 3 8 19 27 6 5 1 5

Splits Stats - Ball control per 40 min

  gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
Event                
Total 29 2.7 6.7 9.4 1.6 1.7 0.6 1.8
Conference 14 2.1 6.8 8.9 1.6 1.3 0.5 1.8
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location                
Home 17 2.1 7.1 9.2 2.0 1.6 0.5 1.7
Away 8 3.0 7.1 10.0 0.9 1.5 0.6 1.9
Neutral 4 4.8 3.9 8.7 1.4 2.9 1.4 1.9
Result                
Wins 24 2.5 6.7 9.2 1.7 1.8 0.7 1.7
Losses 5 3.4 6.8 10.2 1.5 1.5 0.3 2.5
Month                
November 6 2.6 6.4 9.1 1.1 1.9 1.5 2.3
December 5 4.8 6.4 11.2 1.2 3.2 0.4 1.6
January 9 2.1 6.6 8.7 1.9 1.3 0.6 2.2
February 6 1.9 6.6 8.6 1.3 1.3 0.2 0.9
March 3 3.4 8.1 11.5 2.6 2.1 0.4 2.1

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