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40 Clay Gerds
Clay Gerds
  • Height:
    6-7
  • Weight:
    215
  • Year:
    Sr.
  • Hometown:
    Fort Atkinson, Wis.
  • High School:
    Fort Atkinson
  • Position:
    F
  • gp
    29
  • pts/g
    6.0
  • fg %
    42.2
  • 3pt %
    30.8
  • ft %
    65.7
  • reb/g
    5.9
  • a/g
    0.9

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 13 at Wis.-Whitewater L, 58-49
Feb 16 Wis.-Stevens Point W, 55-50
Feb 19 Wis.-Whitewater W, 77-60
Feb 21 at Wis.-La Crosse W, 61-51
Feb 23 Wis.-Stevens Point W, 70-57
Mar 1 at Capital L, 78-76
  Total Conference
Games 29 14
Games started 29 14
Minutes 705 360
Minutes per game 24.3 25.7
FG 70-166 32-77
FG Pct 42.2 41.6
3PT 12-39 5-18
3PT Pct 30.8 27.8
FT 23-35 5-14
FT Pct 65.7 35.7
Off rebounds 56 21
Def rebounds 116 50
Total rebounds 172 71
Rebounds per game 5.9 5.1
Personal fouls 54 30
Disqualifications - -
Assists 27 10
Turnovers 26 12
Assist to turnover ratio 1.0 0.8
Steals 9 5
Blocks 26 20
Points 175 74
Points per game 6.0 5.3
Points per 40 min 9.9 8.2

Game Log - Shooting

Date Opponent Score gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Nov 16 Concordia Wisconsin W, 74-60 1 31 3-4 75.0 1-2 50.0 0-0 - 7
Nov 17 Saint John's (Minn.) L, 71-55 1 22 2-10 20.0 0-3 0.0 0-0 - 4
Nov 20 at Simpson L, 97-86 1 18 1-5 20.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 2
Nov 30 vs. Alma W, 88-61 1 21 3-6 50.0 2-2 100.0 4-4 100.0 12
Dec 1 at Washington (Mo.) W, 64-62 1 29 2-8 25.0 0-2 0.0 1-3 33.3 5
Dec 4 Cardinal Stritch W, 95-60 1 16 4-6 66.7 1-1 100.0 0-0 - 9
Dec 8 Central (Iowa) W, 94-77 1 15 0-3 0.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Dec 12 Wheaton (Ill.) L, 99-77 1 17 2-7 28.6 0-3 0.0 2-2 100.0 6
Dec 15 at Hope L, 78-71 1 24 1-5 20.0 1-3 33.3 3-4 75.0 6
Dec 27 vs. Edgewood W, 80-57 1 20 2-6 33.3 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 4
Dec 28 vs. Johns Hopkins W, 75-70 1 15 1-2 50.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 2
Jan 2 at Wis.-Oshkosh L, 96-70 1 20 1-4 25.0 1-1 100.0 1-4 25.0 4
Jan 5 Wis.-La Crosse L, 80-76 1 25 1-3 33.3 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 2
Jan 9 Wis.-River Falls W, 74-64 1 29 3-8 37.5 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 6
Jan 12 at Wis.-Stout W, 75-72 1 29 2-6 33.3 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 4
Jan 16 Wis.-Eau Claire W, 81-62 1 25 5-9 55.6 1-2 50.0 3-6 50.0 14
Jan 19 at Wis.-Stevens Point W, 61-60 1 33 4-4 100.0 0-0 - 0-1 0.0 8
Jan 23 Wis.-Whitewater L, 88-80 1 25 2-9 22.2 0-2 0.0 1-2 50.0 5
Jan 26 Wis.-Stout W, 83-73 1 25 2-4 50.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 4
Feb 2 at Wis.-La Crosse W, 68-55 1 27 3-7 42.9 0-1 0.0 0-1 0.0 6
Feb 4 at Wis.-Eau Claire L, 82-63 1 19 2-5 40.0 1-2 50.0 0-0 - 5
Feb 6 Wis.-Oshkosh L, 83-81 1 38 2-8 25.0 1-3 33.3 0-0 - 5
Feb 9 at Wis.-River Falls W, 57-54 1 30 1-3 33.3 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 2
Feb 13 at Wis.-Whitewater L, 58-49 1 13 1-4 25.0 1-2 50.0 0-0 - 3
Feb 16 Wis.-Stevens Point W, 55-50 1 22 3-3 100.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 6
Feb 19 Wis.-Whitewater W, 77-60 1 29 5-9 55.6 0-1 0.0 4-4 100.0 14
Feb 21 at Wis.-La Crosse W, 61-51 1 28 4-8 50.0 0-1 0.0 2-2 100.0 10
Feb 23 Wis.-Stevens Point W, 70-57 1 26 6-6 100.0 2-2 100.0 2-2 100.0 16
Mar 1 at Capital L, 78-76 1 34 2-4 50.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 4

Game Log - Ball control

Date Opponent Score gs min off def reb ast to stl blk
Nov 16 Concordia Wisconsin W, 74-60 1 31 3 7 10 0 0 0 1
Nov 17 Saint John's (Minn.) L, 71-55 1 22 2 7 9 0 0 1 1
Nov 20 at Simpson L, 97-86 1 18 0 3 3 1 0 0 0
Nov 30 vs. Alma W, 88-61 1 21 3 9 12 2 3 0 0
Dec 1 at Washington (Mo.) W, 64-62 1 29 2 7 9 3 3 1 0
Dec 4 Cardinal Stritch W, 95-60 1 16 1 3 4 1 0 0 0
Dec 8 Central (Iowa) W, 94-77 1 15 1 1 2 1 0 1 1
Dec 12 Wheaton (Ill.) L, 99-77 1 17 4 2 6 0 2 0 0
Dec 15 at Hope L, 78-71 1 24 6 3 9 2 4 1 0
Dec 27 vs. Edgewood W, 80-57 1 20 0 7 7 4 1 0 2
Dec 28 vs. Johns Hopkins W, 75-70 1 15 3 2 5 0 0 0 0
Jan 2 at Wis.-Oshkosh L, 96-70 1 20 1 2 3 0 2 0 0
Jan 5 Wis.-La Crosse L, 80-76 1 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jan 9 Wis.-River Falls W, 74-64 1 29 3 5 8 1 0 1 1
Jan 12 at Wis.-Stout W, 75-72 1 29 3 1 4 1 2 0 2
Jan 16 Wis.-Eau Claire W, 81-62 1 25 2 3 5 3 1 1 1
Jan 19 at Wis.-Stevens Point W, 61-60 1 33 2 5 7 0 1 2 4
Jan 23 Wis.-Whitewater L, 88-80 1 25 1 6 7 1 0 0 2
Jan 26 Wis.-Stout W, 83-73 1 25 2 4 6 1 1 1 4
Feb 2 at Wis.-La Crosse W, 68-55 1 27 1 7 8 0 0 0 2
Feb 4 at Wis.-Eau Claire L, 82-63 1 19 1 3 4 0 0 0 0
Feb 6 Wis.-Oshkosh L, 83-81 1 38 2 3 5 1 2 0 2
Feb 9 at Wis.-River Falls W, 57-54 1 30 1 6 7 0 2 0 2
Feb 13 at Wis.-Whitewater L, 58-49 1 13 1 1 2 1 0 0 0
Feb 16 Wis.-Stevens Point W, 55-50 1 22 1 4 5 1 1 0 0
Feb 19 Wis.-Whitewater W, 77-60 1 29 3 3 6 2 0 0 0
Feb 21 at Wis.-La Crosse W, 61-51 1 28 5 5 10 0 1 0 1
Feb 23 Wis.-Stevens Point W, 70-57 1 26 0 3 3 0 0 0 0
Mar 1 at Capital L, 78-76 1 34 2 4 6 1 0 0 0

Game Log - BC extended

Date Opponent Score gs pf dq a/to
Nov 16 Concordia Wisconsin W, 74-60 1 1 - -
Nov 17 Saint John's (Minn.) L, 71-55 1 0 - -
Nov 20 at Simpson L, 97-86 1 2 - -
Nov 30 vs. Alma W, 88-61 1 3 - 0.7
Dec 1 at Washington (Mo.) W, 64-62 1 1 - 1.0
Dec 4 Cardinal Stritch W, 95-60 1 1 - -
Dec 8 Central (Iowa) W, 94-77 1 1 - -
Dec 12 Wheaton (Ill.) L, 99-77 1 0 - 0.0
Dec 15 at Hope L, 78-71 1 3 - 0.5
Dec 27 vs. Edgewood W, 80-57 1 0 - 4.0
Dec 28 vs. Johns Hopkins W, 75-70 1 3 - -
Jan 2 at Wis.-Oshkosh L, 96-70 1 0 - 0.0
Jan 5 Wis.-La Crosse L, 80-76 1 4 - -
Jan 9 Wis.-River Falls W, 74-64 1 4 - -
Jan 12 at Wis.-Stout W, 75-72 1 3 - 0.5
Jan 16 Wis.-Eau Claire W, 81-62 1 3 - 3.0
Jan 19 at Wis.-Stevens Point W, 61-60 1 3 - 0.0
Jan 23 Wis.-Whitewater L, 88-80 1 1 - -
Jan 26 Wis.-Stout W, 83-73 1 1 - 1.0
Feb 2 at Wis.-La Crosse W, 68-55 1 3 - -
Feb 4 at Wis.-Eau Claire L, 82-63 1 2 - -
Feb 6 Wis.-Oshkosh L, 83-81 1 2 - 0.5
Feb 9 at Wis.-River Falls W, 57-54 1 0 - 0.0
Feb 13 at Wis.-Whitewater L, 58-49 1 2 - -
Feb 16 Wis.-Stevens Point W, 55-50 1 2 - 1.0
Feb 19 Wis.-Whitewater W, 77-60 1 3 - -
Feb 21 at Wis.-La Crosse W, 61-51 1 0 - 0.0
Feb 23 Wis.-Stevens Point W, 70-57 1 3 - -
Mar 1 at Capital L, 78-76 1 3 - -

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 24.3 2.4-5.7 0.4-1.3 0.8-1.2 6.0
Conference 14 25.7 2.3-5.5 0.4-1.3 0.4-1.0 5.3
Exhibition - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 -
Location            
Home 14 24.6 2.9-6.4 0.4-1.6 0.9-1.1 7.0
Away 12 25.3 2.0-5.2 0.3-1.2 0.6-1.2 4.9
Neutral 3 18.7 2.0-4.7 0.7-1.0 1.3-1.3 6.0
Result            
Wins 18 25.0 2.9-5.7 0.4-1.1 0.9-1.3 7.2
Losses 11 23.2 1.5-5.8 0.5-1.8 0.6-1.1 4.2
Month            
November 4 23.0 2.2-6.2 0.8-1.8 1.0-1.0 6.3
December 7 19.4 1.7-5.3 0.3-1.4 0.9-1.3 4.6
January 8 26.4 2.5-5.9 0.2-1.1 0.6-1.6 5.9
February 9 25.8 3.0-5.9 0.6-1.4 0.9-1.0 7.4
March 1 34.0 2.0-4.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 4.0

Splits Stats - Shooting totals

  gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Event                    
Total 29 29 705 70-166 42.2 12-39 30.8 23-35 65.7 175
Conference 14 14 360 32-77 41.6 5-18 27.8 5-14 35.7 74
Exhibition - - - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Location                    
Home 14 14 345 40-89 44.9 6-22 27.3 12-16 75.0 98
Away 12 12 304 24-63 38.1 4-14 28.6 7-15 46.7 59
Neutral 3 3 56 6-14 42.9 2-3 66.7 4-4 100.0 18
Result                    
Wins 18 18 450 53-102 52.0 7-19 36.8 16-23 69.6 129
Losses 11 11 255 17-64 26.6 5-20 25.0 7-12 58.3 46
Month                    
November 4 4 92 9-25 36.0 3-7 42.9 4-4 100.0 25
December 7 7 136 12-37 32.4 2-10 20.0 6-9 66.7 32
January 8 8 211 20-47 42.6 2-9 22.2 5-13 38.5 47
February 9 9 232 27-53 50.9 5-13 38.5 8-9 88.9 67
March 1 1 34 2-4 50.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 4

Splits Stats - Shooting per 40 min

  gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
Event                
Total 29 705 24.3 4.0-9.4 0.7-2.2 30.8 1.3-2.0 9.9
Conference 14 360 25.7 3.6-8.6 0.6-2.0 27.8 0.6-1.6 8.2
Exhibition - - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 -
Location                
Home 14 345 24.6 4.6-10.3 0.7-2.6 27.3 1.4-1.9 11.4
Away 12 304 25.3 3.2-8.3 0.5-1.8 28.6 0.9-2.0 7.8
Neutral 3 56 18.7 4.3-10.0 1.4-2.1 66.7 2.9-2.9 12.9
Result                
Wins 18 450 25.0 4.7-9.1 0.6-1.7 36.8 1.4-2.0 11.5
Losses 11 255 23.2 2.7-10.0 0.8-3.1 25.0 1.1-1.9 7.2
Month                
November 4 92 23.0 3.9-10.9 1.3-3.0 42.9 1.7-1.7 10.9
December 7 136 19.4 3.5-10.9 0.6-2.9 20.0 1.8-2.6 9.4
January 8 211 26.4 3.8-8.9 0.4-1.7 22.2 0.9-2.5 8.9
February 9 232 25.8 4.7-9.1 0.9-2.2 38.5 1.4-1.6 11.6
March 1 34 34.0 2.4-4.7 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 4.7

Splits Stats - Ball control per game

  gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
Event                
Total 29 1.9 4.0 5.9 0.9 0.9 0.3 0.9
Conference 14 1.5 3.6 5.1 0.7 0.9 0.4 1.4
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location                
Home 14 1.8 3.6 5.4 0.9 0.5 0.4 0.9
Away 12 2.1 3.9 6.0 0.8 1.3 0.3 0.9
Neutral 3 2.0 6.0 8.0 2.0 1.3 0.0 0.7
Result                
Wins 18 2.0 4.6 6.6 1.1 0.9 0.4 1.2
Losses 11 1.8 3.1 4.9 0.6 0.9 0.2 0.5
Month                
November 4 2.0 6.5 8.5 0.8 0.8 0.3 0.5
December 7 2.4 3.6 6.0 1.6 1.4 0.4 0.4
January 8 1.8 3.3 5.0 0.9 0.9 0.6 1.8
February 9 1.7 3.9 5.6 0.6 0.7 0.0 0.8
March 1 2.0 4.0 6.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Splits Stats - Ball control totals

  gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
Event                  
Total 29 29 56 116 172 27 26 9 26
Conference 14 14 21 50 71 10 12 5 20
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location                  
Home 14 14 25 51 76 12 7 5 13
Away 12 12 25 47 72 9 15 4 11
Neutral 3 3 6 18 24 6 4 0 2
Result                  
Wins 18 18 36 82 118 20 16 7 21
Losses 11 11 20 34 54 7 10 2 5
Month                  
November 4 4 8 26 34 3 3 1 2
December 7 7 17 25 42 11 10 3 3
January 8 8 14 26 40 7 7 5 14
February 9 9 15 35 50 5 6 0 7
March 1 1 2 4 6 1 0 0 0

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 3.2 6.6 9.8 1.5 1.5 0.5 1.5
Conference 14 2.3 5.6 7.9 1.1 1.3 0.6 2.2
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location                
Home 14 2.9 5.9 8.8 1.4 0.8 0.6 1.5
Away 12 3.3 6.2 9.5 1.2 2.0 0.5 1.4
Neutral 3 4.3 12.9 17.1 4.3 2.9 0.0 1.4
Result                
Wins 18 3.2 7.3 10.5 1.8 1.4 0.6 1.9
Losses 11 3.1 5.3 8.5 1.1 1.6 0.3 0.8
Month                
November 4 3.5 11.3 14.8 1.3 1.3 0.4 0.9
December 7 5.0 7.4 12.4 3.2 2.9 0.9 0.9
January 8 2.7 4.9 7.6 1.3 1.3 0.9 2.7
February 9 2.6 6.0 8.6 0.9 1.0 0.0 1.2
March 1 2.4 4.7 7.1 1.2 0.0 0.0 0.0

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