Lauren Sparks

25 Lauren Sparks

Height:

5-11
Year:

Jr.
Hometown:

Madison, Wis.
High School:

Madison Memorial
Position:

F

gp

25
pts/g

2.2
fg %

28.2
3pt %

25.0
ft %

70.6
reb/g

2.0
a/g

0.7

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Bio

2022-23: Appeared in 11 games as a freshman...WIAC Scholastic Honor Roll

2023-24: Appeared in 19 games...averaged 1.6 points and 1.4 rebounds on 6.7 minutes per game

2024-25: Appeared in 25 games...averaged 2.2 points, 2 rebounds and .7 assists on 12.2 minutes per game

Career Highs:

Minutes: 18 vs. #11 Washington (Mo.) 12/7/24

Points: 6 vs. UW-Stout 1/20/24

Rebounds: 5 (5x) Most Recent at UW-Stout 2/15/24

Assists: 3 vs. Wis.-Stevens Point 1/4/25

Steals: 2 (2x) Most Recent vs. Wis.-Stevens Point 1/4/25

Personal:

Major:

Forensic Investigation and Criminal Justice

Last Updated: 2/26/25

Recent games

Date	Opponent	Result

Date	Opponent	Result
Feb 5	at Wis.-La Crosse	L, 75-65
Feb 8	at Wis.-Stevens Point	L, 59-54
Feb 12	Wis.-Eau Claire	L, 46-44
Feb 15	at Wis.-Stout	L, 67-55
Feb 19	#24 Wis.-Whitewater	L, 68-52
Feb 22	at Wis.-River Falls	L, 63-58

Season Statistics

	Overall	Conference

	Overall	Conference
Games	25	14
Games started	3	0
Minutes	305	176
Minutes per game	12.2	12.6
FG	20-71	13-36
FG Pct	28.2	36.1
3PT	3-12	3-7
3PT Pct	25.0	42.9
FT	12-17	3-4
FT Pct	70.6	75.0
Off rebounds	20	13
Def rebounds	29	19
Total rebounds	49	32
Rebounds per game	2.0	2.3
Personal fouls	23	14
Disqualifications	0	0
Assists	18	9
Turnovers	34	15
Assist to turnover ratio	0.5	0.6
Steals	12	7
Blocks	3	1
Points	55	32
Points per game	2.2	2.3
Points per 40 min	7.2	7.3

Date	Opponent	Score	gs	min	fg	pct	3pt	pct	ft	pct	pts

Date	Opponent	Score	gs	min	fg	pct	3pt	pct	ft	pct	pts
Nov 13	Augustana (Ill.)	W, 71-40	0	7	1-3	33.3	0-0	-	2-4	50.0	4
Nov 16	vs. Coe	L, 68-63	-	2	0-0	-	0-0	-	0-0	-	0
Nov 17	at Cornell College	W, 53-32	-	13	1-2	50.0	0-0	-	0-0	-	2
Nov 19	Dubuque	W, 64-51	0	8	0-1	0.0	0-0	-	0-0	-	0
Nov 22	vs. Wheaton (Ill.)	W, 58-49	-	16	0-4	0.0	0-1	0.0	0-0	-	0
Nov 23	vs. Central (Iowa)	L, 70-60	-	10	2-6	33.3	0-1	0.0	0-0	-	4
Dec 7	#11 Washington (Mo.)	W, 69-54	0	18	1-2	50.0	0-0	-	3-3	100.0	5
Dec 11	at MSOE	L, 61-54	1	17	1-6	16.7	0-1	0.0	0-0	-	2
Dec 14	at Millikin	W, 60-47	1	14	0-4	0.0	0-0	-	3-4	75.0	3
Dec 30	vs. Wis. Lutheran	L, 59-54	1	15	1-4	25.0	0-1	0.0	1-2	50.0	3
Dec 31	at #2 Wartburg	L, 64-62	-	9	0-3	0.0	0-1	0.0	0-0	-	0
Jan 4	Wis.-Stevens Point	L, 62-44	0	14	2-2	100.0	0-0	-	0-0	-	4
Jan 8	Wis.-La Crosse	W, 63-60	0	13	0-0	-	0-0	-	0-0	-	0
Jan 11	at #4 Wis.-Oshkosh	L, 60-44	-	17	1-4	25.0	1-1	100.0	0-0	-	3
Jan 15	at Wis.-Eau Claire	W, 59-48	-	10	0-0	-	0-0	-	0-0	-	0
Jan 18	Wis.-River Falls	L, 72-61	0	10	0-4	0.0	0-0	-	0-0	-	0
Jan 22	at #19 UW-Whitewater	L, 67-50	-	6	2-4	50.0	1-1	100.0	0-0	-	5
Jan 25	#15 UW-Stout	L, 74-53	0	14	1-4	25.0	0-0	-	2-2	100.0	4
Jan 29	#6 Wis.-Oshkosh	L, 72-60	-	13	1-1	100.0	0-0	-	0-0	-	2
Feb 5	at Wis.-La Crosse	L, 75-65	-	11	1-5	20.0	0-2	0.0	0-0	-	2
Feb 8	at Wis.-Stevens Point	L, 59-54	-	18	2-3	66.7	1-1	100.0	0-0	-	5
Feb 12	Wis.-Eau Claire	L, 46-44	0	12	1-4	25.0	0-1	0.0	0-0	-	2
Feb 15	at Wis.-Stout	L, 67-55	-	15	1-3	33.3	0-1	0.0	1-2	50.0	3
Feb 19	#24 Wis.-Whitewater	L, 68-52	0	12	0-0	-	0-0	-	0-0	-	0
Feb 22	at Wis.-River Falls	L, 63-58	-	11	1-2	50.0	0-0	-	0-0	-	2

Date	Opponent	Score	gs	min	off	def	reb	ast	to	stl	blk

Date	Opponent	Score	gs	min	off	def	reb	ast	to	stl	blk
Nov 13	Augustana (Ill.)	W, 71-40	0	7	0	2	2	0	2	1	0
Nov 16	vs. Coe	L, 68-63	-	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Nov 17	at Cornell College	W, 53-32	-	13	2	1	3	0	0	2	0
Nov 19	Dubuque	W, 64-51	0	8	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Nov 22	vs. Wheaton (Ill.)	W, 58-49	-	16	3	1	4	2	3	1	0
Nov 23	vs. Central (Iowa)	L, 70-60	-	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
Dec 7	#11 Washington (Mo.)	W, 69-54	0	18	0	0	0	1	2	1	0
Dec 11	at MSOE	L, 61-54	1	17	1	1	2	2	1	0	0
Dec 14	at Millikin	W, 60-47	1	14	0	2	2	0	1	0	0
Dec 30	vs. Wis. Lutheran	L, 59-54	1	15	1	1	2	2	3	0	1
Dec 31	at #2 Wartburg	L, 64-62	-	9	0	2	2	0	5	0	0
Jan 4	Wis.-Stevens Point	L, 62-44	0	14	0	1	1	3	1	2	0
Jan 8	Wis.-La Crosse	W, 63-60	0	13	0	1	1	1	2	1	0
Jan 11	at #4 Wis.-Oshkosh	L, 60-44	-	17	1	4	5	1	1	0	1
Jan 15	at Wis.-Eau Claire	W, 59-48	-	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Jan 18	Wis.-River Falls	L, 72-61	0	10	1	0	1	0	1	0	0
Jan 22	at #19 UW-Whitewater	L, 67-50	-	6	0	0	0	1	2	0	0
Jan 25	#15 UW-Stout	L, 74-53	0	14	2	2	4	0	2	0	0
Jan 29	#6 Wis.-Oshkosh	L, 72-60	-	13	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Feb 5	at Wis.-La Crosse	L, 75-65	-	11	2	1	3	0	0	1	0
Feb 8	at Wis.-Stevens Point	L, 59-54	-	18	3	2	5	0	2	1	0
Feb 12	Wis.-Eau Claire	L, 46-44	0	12	1	2	3	1	0	0	0
Feb 15	at Wis.-Stout	L, 67-55	-	15	1	4	5	0	0	0	0
Feb 19	#24 Wis.-Whitewater	L, 68-52	0	12	0	1	1	2	2	0	0
Feb 22	at Wis.-River Falls	L, 63-58	-	11	2	1	3	0	1	1	0

Date	Opponent	Score	gs	pf	dq	a/to

Date	Opponent	Score	gs	pf	a/to
Nov 13	Augustana (Ill.)	W, 71-40	0	0	0.0
Nov 16	vs. Coe	L, 68-63	-	0	0.0
Nov 17	at Cornell College	W, 53-32	-	0	-
Nov 19	Dubuque	W, 64-51	0	1	1.0
Nov 22	vs. Wheaton (Ill.)	W, 58-49	-	1	0.7
Nov 23	vs. Central (Iowa)	L, 70-60	-	2	-
Dec 7	#11 Washington (Mo.)	W, 69-54	0	2	0.5
Dec 11	at MSOE	L, 61-54	1	0	2.0
Dec 14	at Millikin	W, 60-47	1	1	0.0
Dec 30	vs. Wis. Lutheran	L, 59-54	1	0	0.7
Dec 31	at #2 Wartburg	L, 64-62	-	2	0.0
Jan 4	Wis.-Stevens Point	L, 62-44	0	1	3.0
Jan 8	Wis.-La Crosse	W, 63-60	0	2	0.5
Jan 11	at #4 Wis.-Oshkosh	L, 60-44	-	1	1.0
Jan 15	at Wis.-Eau Claire	W, 59-48	-	0	-
Jan 18	Wis.-River Falls	L, 72-61	0	1	0.0
Jan 22	at #19 UW-Whitewater	L, 67-50	-	2	0.5
Jan 25	#15 UW-Stout	L, 74-53	0	1	0.0
Jan 29	#6 Wis.-Oshkosh	L, 72-60	-	0	0.0
Feb 5	at Wis.-La Crosse	L, 75-65	-	1	-
Feb 8	at Wis.-Stevens Point	L, 59-54	-	1	0.0
Feb 12	Wis.-Eau Claire	L, 46-44	0	1	-
Feb 15	at Wis.-Stout	L, 67-55	-	1	-
Feb 19	#24 Wis.-Whitewater	L, 68-52	0	2	1.0
Feb 22	at Wis.-River Falls	L, 63-58	-	0	0.0

	gp	min/g	fg/g	3pt/g	ft/g	ppg

	gp	min/g	fg/g	3pt/g	ft/g	ppg
2022-23	11	2.2	0.0-0.3	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	0.0
2023-24	19	6.7	0.5-1.6	0.1-0.2	0.5-0.6	1.6
2024-25	25	12.2	0.8-2.8	0.1-0.5	0.5-0.7	2.2
Total	55	8.3	0.5-1.9	0.1-0.3	0.4-0.5	1.5

Career Stats: Shooting per game

	gp	gs	min	fg	pct	3pt	pct	ft	pct	pts

	gp	gs	min	fg	pct	3pt	pct	ft	pct	pts
2022-23	11	0	24	0-3	0.0	0-0	-	0-0	-	0
2023-24	19	0	127	9-30	30.0	2-3	66.7	10-11	90.9	30
2024-25	25	3	305	20-71	28.2	3-12	25.0	12-17	70.6	55
Total	55	3	456	29-104	27.9	5-15	33.3	22-28	78.6	85

Career Stats: Shooting totals

	gp	min	min/g	fg/40	3pt/40	pct	ft/40	pts/40

	gp	min	min/g	fg/40	3pt/40	pct	ft/40	pts/40
2022-23	11	24	2.2	0.0-5.0	0.0-0.0	-	0.0-0.0	0.0
2023-24	19	127	6.7	2.8-9.4	0.6-0.9	66.7	3.1-3.5	9.4
2024-25	25	305	12.2	2.6-9.3	0.4-1.6	25.0	1.6-2.2	7.2
Total	55	456	8.3	2.5-9.1	0.4-1.3	33.3	1.9-2.5	7.5

Career Stats: Shooting per 40 min

	gp	off/g	def/g	reb/g	ast/g	to/g	stl/g	blk/g

	gp	off/g	def/g	reb/g	ast/g	to/g	stl/g	blk/g
2022-23	11	0.2	0.3	0.5	0.0	0.4	0.1	0.0
2023-24	19	0.3	1.1	1.4	0.3	0.3	0.1	0.0
2024-25	25	0.8	1.2	2.0	0.7	1.4	0.5	0.1
Total	55	0.5	0.9	1.5	0.4	0.8	0.3	0.1

Career Stats: Ball control per game

	gp	gs	off	def	reb	ast	to	stl	blk

	gp	gs	off	def	reb	ast	to	stl	blk
2022-23	11	0	2	3	5	0	4	1	0
2023-24	19	0	6	20	26	5	5	2	0
2024-25	25	3	20	29	49	18	34	12	3
Total	55	3	28	52	80	23	43	15	3

Career Stats: Ball control totals

	gp	off/40	def/40	reb/40	ast/40	to/40	stl/40	blk/40

	gp	off/40	def/40	reb/40	ast/40	to/40	stl/40	blk/40
2022-23	11	3.3	5.0	8.3	0.0	6.7	1.7	0.0
2023-24	19	1.9	6.3	8.2	1.6	1.6	0.6	0.0
2024-25	25	2.6	3.8	6.4	2.4	4.5	1.6	0.4
Total	55	2.5	4.6	7.0	2.0	3.8	1.3	0.3

Career Stats: Ball control per 40 min

	gp	min/g	fg/g	3pt/g	ft/g	ppg

	gp	min/g	fg/g	3pt/g	ft/g	ppg
Event
Total	25	12.2	0.8-2.8	0.1-0.5	0.5-0.7	2.2
Conference	14	12.6	0.9-2.6	0.2-0.5	0.2-0.3	2.3
Exhibition	-	-	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	-
Location
Home	10	12.1	0.7-2.1	0.0-0.1	0.7-0.9	2.1
Away	11	12.8	0.9-3.3	0.3-0.7	0.4-0.5	2.5
Neutral	4	10.8	0.8-3.5	0.0-0.8	0.2-0.5	1.8
Result
Wins	8	12.4	0.4-2.0	0.0-0.1	1.0-1.4	1.8
Losses	17	12.1	1.0-3.2	0.2-0.6	0.2-0.4	2.4
Month
November	6	9.3	0.7-2.7	0.0-0.3	0.3-0.7	1.7
December	5	14.6	0.6-3.8	0.0-0.6	1.4-1.8	2.6
January	8	12.1	0.9-2.4	0.2-0.2	0.2-0.2	2.3
February	6	13.2	1.0-2.8	0.2-0.8	0.2-0.3	2.3

Splits Stats: Shooting per game

	gp	gs	min	fg	pct	3pt	pct	ft	pct	pts

	gp	gs	min	fg	pct	3pt	pct	ft	pct	pts
Event
Total	25	3	305	20-71	28.2	3-12	25.0	12-17	70.6	55
Conference	14	0	176	13-36	36.1	3-7	42.9	3-4	75.0	32
Exhibition	-	-	-	0-0	-	0-0	-	0-0	-	0
Location
Home	10	0	121	7-21	33.3	0-1	0.0	7-9	77.8	21
Away	11	2	141	10-36	27.8	3-8	37.5	4-6	66.7	27
Neutral	4	1	43	3-14	21.4	0-3	0.0	1-2	50.0	7
Result
Wins	8	1	99	3-16	18.8	0-1	0.0	8-11	72.7	14
Losses	17	2	206	17-55	30.9	3-11	27.3	4-6	66.7	41
Month
November	6	0	56	4-16	25.0	0-2	0.0	2-4	50.0	10
December	5	3	73	3-19	15.8	0-3	0.0	7-9	77.8	13
January	8	0	97	7-19	36.8	2-2	100.0	2-2	100.0	18
February	6	0	79	6-17	35.3	1-5	20.0	1-2	50.0	14

Splits Stats: Shooting totals

	gp	min	min/g	fg/40	3pt/40	pct	ft/40	pts/40

	gp	min	min/g	fg/40	3pt/40	pct	ft/40	pts/40
Event
Total	25	305	12.2	2.6-9.3	0.4-1.6	25.0	1.6-2.2	7.2
Conference	14	176	12.6	3.0-8.2	0.7-1.6	42.9	0.7-0.9	7.3
Exhibition	-	-	-	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	-	0.0-0.0	-
Location
Home	10	121	12.1	2.3-6.9	0.0-0.3	0.0	2.3-3.0	6.9
Away	11	141	12.8	2.8-10.2	0.9-2.3	37.5	1.1-1.7	7.7
Neutral	4	43	10.8	2.8-13.0	0.0-2.8	0.0	0.9-1.9	6.5
Result
Wins	8	99	12.4	1.2-6.5	0.0-0.4	0.0	3.2-4.4	5.7
Losses	17	206	12.1	3.3-10.7	0.6-2.1	27.3	0.8-1.2	8.0
Month
November	6	56	9.3	2.9-11.4	0.0-1.4	0.0	1.4-2.9	7.1
December	5	73	14.6	1.6-10.4	0.0-1.6	0.0	3.8-4.9	7.1
January	8	97	12.1	2.9-7.8	0.8-0.8	100.0	0.8-0.8	7.4
February	6	79	13.2	3.0-8.6	0.5-2.5	20.0	0.5-1.0	7.1

Splits Stats: Shooting per 40 min

	gp	off/g	def/g	reb/g	ast/g	to/g	stl/g	blk/g

	gp	off/g	def/g	reb/g	ast/g	to/g	stl/g	blk/g
Event
Total	25	0.8	1.2	2.0	0.7	1.4	0.5	0.1
Conference	14	0.9	1.4	2.3	0.6	1.1	0.5	0.1
Exhibition	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Location
Home	10	0.4	0.9	1.3	0.9	1.4	0.5	0.0
Away	11	1.1	1.6	2.7	0.4	1.2	0.5	0.1
Neutral	4	1.0	0.5	1.5	1.3	1.8	0.3	0.5
Result
Wins	8	0.6	0.9	1.5	0.6	1.4	0.9	0.0
Losses	17	0.9	1.3	2.2	0.8	1.4	0.3	0.2
Month
November	6	0.8	0.7	1.5	0.7	1.2	0.7	0.2
December	5	0.4	1.2	1.6	1.0	2.4	0.2	0.2
January	8	0.5	1.0	1.5	0.8	1.3	0.5	0.1
February	6	1.5	1.8	3.3	0.5	0.8	0.5	0.0

Splits Stats: Ball control per game

	gp	gs	off	def	reb	ast	to	stl	blk

	gp	gs	off	def	reb	ast	to	stl	blk
Event
Total	25	3	20	29	49	18	34	12	3
Conference	14	0	13	19	32	9	15	7	1
Exhibition	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Location
Home	10	0	4	9	13	9	14	5	0
Away	11	2	12	18	30	4	13	6	1
Neutral	4	1	4	2	6	5	7	1	2
Result
Wins	8	1	5	7	12	5	11	7	0
Losses	17	2	15	22	37	13	23	5	3
Month
November	6	0	5	4	9	4	7	4	1
December	5	3	2	6	8	5	12	1	1
January	8	0	4	8	12	6	10	4	1
February	6	0	9	11	20	3	5	3	0

Splits Stats: Ball control totals

	gp	off/40	def/40	reb/40	ast/40	to/40	stl/40	blk/40

	gp	off/40	def/40	reb/40	ast/40	to/40	stl/40	blk/40
Event
Total	25	2.6	3.8	6.4	2.4	4.5	1.6	0.4
Conference	14	3.0	4.3	7.3	2.0	3.4	1.6	0.2
Exhibition	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Location
Home	10	1.3	3.0	4.3	3.0	4.6	1.7	0.0
Away	11	3.4	5.1	8.5	1.1	3.7	1.7	0.3
Neutral	4	3.7	1.9	5.6	4.7	6.5	0.9	1.9
Result
Wins	8	2.0	2.8	4.8	2.0	4.4	2.8	0.0
Losses	17	2.9	4.3	7.2	2.5	4.5	1.0	0.6
Month
November	6	3.6	2.9	6.4	2.9	5.0	2.9	0.7
December	5	1.1	3.3	4.4	2.7	6.6	0.5	0.5
January	8	1.6	3.3	4.9	2.5	4.1	1.6	0.4
February	6	4.6	5.6	10.1	1.5	2.5	1.5	0.0

Splits Stats: Ball control per 40 min

News mentions

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February 22, 2025

Pioneers End Season At UW-River Falls

RIVER FALLS, Wis. – The University of Wisconsin-Platteville women’s basketball team (8-17, 2-12 WIAC) concluded the 2024-25 season on Saturday afternoon with a 63-58 road loss to UW-River Falls (14-11, 6-8 WIAC) inside Page Arena.

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WHITEWATER, Wis. – Junior Ella Mackiewicz scored a season-high 28 points in the University of Wisconsin-Platteville women’s basketball team’s game at No. 19 UW-Whitewater on Wednesday night in Kachel Gymnasium. The Pioneers' (8-9, 2-4 WIAC) attempt at an upset stayed within reach until the Warhawks (13-4, 3-3 WIAC) pulled ahead in the fourth quarter to win 67-50.

January 22, 2025

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January 11, 2025

Pioneers Fall on the Road to No. 4 UW-Oshkosh

OSHKOSH, Wis. – The University of Wisconsin-Platteville women’s basketball team fell 60-44 Saturday afternoon at the Kolf Sports Center to No. 4 nationally ranked UW-Oshkosh. The Pioneers (7-7, 1-2 WIAC) kept it a two-possession game all the way until a Titans (14-0, 3-0 WIAC) buzzer beater at the half, and it wasn’t until an 8-2 run at the start of the fourth quarter that UW-Oshkosh pulled ahead for good.