Brandon Thorsen

44 Brandon Thorsen

Height:

6-1
Hometown:

Bethel Park, PA
Position:

G
Year:

Sr.
High School:

Bethel Park

gp

8
pts/g

1.0
fg %

25.0
3pt %

25.0
ft %

0.0
reb/g

0.6
a/g

0.5

Bio

Career Highlights

2018-19

* Academic All-AMCC
* Played in seven contests
* Helped the Lions captured the AMCC Championship and advance to the NCAA Tournament

2017-18

* Made 13 apperances as a sophomore
* Helped Penn State Behrend to a 21-8 overall record and an appearance in the ECAC Tournament

2016-17

* Played in nine contests as a freshman
* Scored six points and grabbed three rebounds
* Helped the Behrend Lions to a 21-8 record and an appearence in the ECAC Division III Championship game

At Penn State Behrend

* Majoring in business economics and finance
* Penn State Behrend Honors Program

Personal

* Son of Keith and Sandy Thorsen
* Earned seven varsity letters at Bethel Park High School in Bethel Park, Pa.
* Team captain of the basketball team
* Almanac All-Star
* Two-time All-District and All-State volleyball player
* Team captain

Player statistics

	Overall	Conference
Games	8	5
Games started	1	1
Minutes	32	29
Minutes per game	4.0	5.8
FG	3-12	3-12
FG Pct	25.0	25.0
3PT	2-8	2-8
3PT Pct	25.0	25.0
FT	0-2	0-0
FT Pct	0.0	-
Off rebounds	1	1
Def rebounds	4	3
Total rebounds	5	4
Rebounds per game	0.6	0.8
Personal fouls	6	5
Disqualifications	1	1
Assists	4	4
Turnovers	2	2
Assist to turnover ratio	2.0	2.0
Steals	4	4
Blocks	0	0
Points	8	8
Points per game	1.0	1.6
Points per 40 min	10.0	11.0

Recent results

Recent Games
Date	Opponent	Result
Feb 19	Hilbert	W, 77-61
Feb 22	at Pitt-Bradford	W, 65-51
Feb 25	Mt. Aloysius	W, 65-52
Feb 28	vs. Pitt-Greensburg	W, 73-68
Feb 29	at La Roche	L, 62-61
Mar 4	Westminster	L, 95-94

Game Log - Ball control extended
Date	Opponent	Score	gs	min	fg	pct	3pt	pct	ft	pct	pts
Nov 12	at Thiel	W, 94-73	-	2	0-0	-	0-0	-	0-2	0.0	0
Nov 20	Allegheny	L, 78-71	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nov 23	Alfred St.	W, 75-59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nov 26	at Medaille	W, 82-68	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nov 30	at Pitt-Greensburg	L, 71-69	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dec 4	at D'Youville	W, 82-56	-	1	0-0	-	0-0	-	0-0	-	0
Dec 7	at Carnegie Mellon	L, 69-66	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dec 11	at Fredonia	W, 76-60	-	1	0-0	-	0-0	-	0-0	-	0
Dec 14	Mt. Aloysius	W, 79-68	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dec 30	at Waynesburg	W, 62-57	-	0	0-0	-	0-0	-	0-0	-	0
Jan 4	Franciscan	W, 81-71	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jan 8	Pitt-Bradford	W, 78-47	-	4	0-0	-	0-0	-	0-0	-	0
Jan 11	La Roche	L, 57-55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jan 15	at Hilbert	W, 69-65	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jan 18	at Penn State Altoona	L, 74-63	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jan 22	D'Youville	W, 72-64	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jan 25	at Mt. Aloysius	W, 66-55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jan 29	Pitt-Greensburg	W, 66-64	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Feb 1	at Franciscan	L, 54-52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Feb 5	at Alfred St.	W, 76-58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Feb 8	at La Roche	L, 96-92	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Feb 12	Medaille	W, 81-74	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Feb 15	Penn State Altoona	W, 71-58	-	1	0-1	0.0	0-0	-	0-0	-	0
Feb 19	Hilbert	W, 77-61	1	3	0-1	0.0	0-1	0.0	0-0	-	0
Feb 22	at Pitt-Bradford	W, 65-51	-	20	3-10	30.0	2-7	28.6	0-0	-	8
Feb 25	Mt. Aloysius	W, 65-52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Feb 28	vs. Pitt-Greensburg	W, 73-68	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Feb 29	at La Roche	L, 62-61	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mar 4	Westminster	L, 95-94	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Game Log - Ball control extended
Date	Opponent	Score	gs	min	off	def	reb	ast	to	stl	blk
Nov 12	at Thiel	W, 94-73	-	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Nov 20	Allegheny	L, 78-71	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nov 23	Alfred St.	W, 75-59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nov 26	at Medaille	W, 82-68	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nov 30	at Pitt-Greensburg	L, 71-69	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dec 4	at D'Youville	W, 82-56	-	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Dec 7	at Carnegie Mellon	L, 69-66	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dec 11	at Fredonia	W, 76-60	-	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dec 14	Mt. Aloysius	W, 79-68	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dec 30	at Waynesburg	W, 62-57	-	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jan 4	Franciscan	W, 81-71	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jan 8	Pitt-Bradford	W, 78-47	-	4	0	2	2	2	0	0	0
Jan 11	La Roche	L, 57-55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jan 15	at Hilbert	W, 69-65	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jan 18	at Penn State Altoona	L, 74-63	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jan 22	D'Youville	W, 72-64	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jan 25	at Mt. Aloysius	W, 66-55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jan 29	Pitt-Greensburg	W, 66-64	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Feb 1	at Franciscan	L, 54-52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Feb 5	at Alfred St.	W, 76-58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Feb 8	at La Roche	L, 96-92	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Feb 12	Medaille	W, 81-74	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Feb 15	Penn State Altoona	W, 71-58	-	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Feb 19	Hilbert	W, 77-61	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Feb 22	at Pitt-Bradford	W, 65-51	-	20	1	0	1	2	2	4	0
Feb 25	Mt. Aloysius	W, 65-52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Feb 28	vs. Pitt-Greensburg	W, 73-68	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Feb 29	at La Roche	L, 62-61	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mar 4	Westminster	L, 95-94	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Game Log - Ball control extended
Date	Opponent	Score	gs	pf	dq	a/to
Nov 12	at Thiel	W, 94-73	-	0	-	-
Nov 20	Allegheny	L, 78-71	-	-	-	-
Nov 23	Alfred St.	W, 75-59	-	-	-	-
Nov 26	at Medaille	W, 82-68	-	-	-	-
Nov 30	at Pitt-Greensburg	L, 71-69	-	-	-	-
Dec 4	at D'Youville	W, 82-56	-	0	-	-
Dec 7	at Carnegie Mellon	L, 69-66	-	-	-	-
Dec 11	at Fredonia	W, 76-60	-	1	-	-
Dec 14	Mt. Aloysius	W, 79-68	-	-	-	-
Dec 30	at Waynesburg	W, 62-57	-	0	-	-
Jan 4	Franciscan	W, 81-71	-	-	-	-
Jan 8	Pitt-Bradford	W, 78-47	-	0	-	-
Jan 11	La Roche	L, 57-55	-	-	-	-
Jan 15	at Hilbert	W, 69-65	-	-	-	-
Jan 18	at Penn State Altoona	L, 74-63	-	-	-	-
Jan 22	D'Youville	W, 72-64	-	-	-	-
Jan 25	at Mt. Aloysius	W, 66-55	-	-	-	-
Jan 29	Pitt-Greensburg	W, 66-64	-	-	-	-
Feb 1	at Franciscan	L, 54-52	-	-	-	-
Feb 5	at Alfred St.	W, 76-58	-	-	-	-
Feb 8	at La Roche	L, 96-92	-	-	-	-
Feb 12	Medaille	W, 81-74	-	-	-	-
Feb 15	Penn State Altoona	W, 71-58	-	0	-	-
Feb 19	Hilbert	W, 77-61	1	0	-	-
Feb 22	at Pitt-Bradford	W, 65-51	-	5	1	1.0
Feb 25	Mt. Aloysius	W, 65-52	-	-	-	-
Feb 28	vs. Pitt-Greensburg	W, 73-68	-	-	-	-
Feb 29	at La Roche	L, 62-61	-	-	-	-
Mar 4	Westminster	L, 95-94	-	-	-	-

Career Stats - Shooting per game
Statistic	gp	min/g	fg/g	3pt/g	ft/g	ppg
2016-17	9	2.7	0.2-0.3	0.2-0.3	0.0-0.0	0.7
2017-18	13	1.8	0.1-0.4	0.1-0.3	0.0-0.0	0.2
2018-19	7	1.9	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	0.0
2019-20	8	4.0	0.4-1.5	0.2-1.0	0.0-0.2	1.0
Total	37	2.5	0.2-0.5	0.1-0.4	0.0-0.1	0.5

Career Stats - Shooting totals
Statistic	gp	gs	min	fg	pct	3pt	pct	ft	pct	pts
2016-17	9	-	24	2-3	66.7	2-3	66.7	0-0	-	6
2017-18	13	-	24	1-5	20.0	1-4	25.0	0-0	-	3
2018-19	7	-	13	0-0	-	0-0	-	0-0	-	0
2019-20	8	1	32	3-12	25.0	2-8	25.0	0-2	0.0	8
Total	37	1	93	6-20	30.0	5-15	33.3	0-2	0.0	17

Career Stats - Shooting per 40 min
Statistic	gp	min	min/g	fg/40	3pt/40	pct	ft/40
2016-17	9	24	2.7	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	66.7	0.0-0.0
2017-18	13	24	1.8	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	25.0	0.0-0.0
2018-19	7	13	1.9	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	-	0.0-0.0
2019-20	8	32	4.0	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	25.0	0.0-0.0
Total	37	93	2.5	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	33.3	0.0-0.0

Career Stats - Ball control per game
Statistic	gp	off/g	def/g	reb/g	ast/g	to/g	stl/g
2016-17	9	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.0
2017-18	13	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.1	0.2	0.2
2018-19	7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.1	0.0
2019-20	8	0.1	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.3	0.5
Total	37	0.1	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.2

Career Stats - Ball control totals
Statistic	gp	gs	off	def	reb	ast	to	stl
2016-17	9	-	0	3	3	2	0	0
2017-18	13	-	1	3	4	1	2	3
2018-19	7	-	0	0	0	2	1	0
2019-20	8	1	1	4	5	4	2	4
Total	37	1	2	10	12	9	5	7

Career Stats - Ball control per 40 min
Statistic	gp	off/40	def/40	reb/40	ast/40	to/40	stl/40	blk/40
2016-17	9	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2017-18	13	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2018-19	7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2019-20	8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Total	37	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Split Stats - Shooting per game
Statistic	gp	min/g	fg/g	3pt/g	ft/g	ppg
Event
Total	8	4.0	0.4-1.5	0.2-1.0	0.0-0.2	1.0
Conference	5	5.8	0.6-2.4	0.4-1.6	0.0-0.0	1.6
Exhibition	-	-	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	-
Location
Home	3	2.7	0.0-0.7	0.0-0.3	0.0-0.0	0.0
Away	5	4.8	0.6-2.0	0.4-1.4	0.0-0.4	1.6
Neutral	-	-	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	-
Result
Wins	8	4.0	0.4-1.5	0.2-1.0	0.0-0.2	1.0
Losses	-	-	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	-
Month
November	1	2.0	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	0.0-2.0	0.0
December	3	.7	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	0.0
January	1	4.0	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	0.0
February	3	8.0	1.0-4.0	0.7-2.7	0.0-0.0	2.7

Split Stats - Shooting totals
Statistic	gp	gs	min	fg	pct	3pt	pct	ft	pct	pts
Event
Total	8	1	32	3-12	25.0	2-8	25.0	0-2	0.0	8
Conference	5	1	29	3-12	25.0	2-8	25.0	0-0	-	8
Exhibition	-	-	-	0-0	-	0-0	-	0-0	-	0
Location
Home	3	1	8	0-2	0.0	0-1	0.0	0-0	-	0
Away	5	-	24	3-10	30.0	2-7	28.6	0-2	0.0	8
Neutral	-	-	-	0-0	-	0-0	-	0-0	-	0
Result
Wins	8	1	32	3-12	25.0	2-8	25.0	0-2	0.0	8
Losses	-	-	-	0-0	-	0-0	-	0-0	-	0
Month
November	1	-	2	0-0	-	0-0	-	0-2	0.0	0
December	3	-	2	0-0	-	0-0	-	0-0	-	0
January	1	-	4	0-0	-	0-0	-	0-0	-	0
February	3	1	24	3-12	25.0	2-8	25.0	0-0	-	8

Split Stats - Shooting per 40 min
Statistic	gp	min	min/g	fg/40	3pt/40	pct	ft/40	pts/40
Event
Total	8	32	4.0	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	25.0	0.0-0.0	0.0
Conference	5	29	5.8	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	25.0	0.0-0.0	0.0
Exhibition	-	-	-	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	-	0.0-0.0	-
Location
Home	3	8	2.7	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	0.0	0.0-0.0	0.0
Away	5	24	4.8	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	28.6	0.0-0.0	0.0
Neutral	-	-	-	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	-	0.0-0.0	-
Result
Wins	8	32	4.0	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	25.0	0.0-0.0	0.0
Losses	-	-	-	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	-	0.0-0.0	-
Month
November	1	2	2.0	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	-	0.0-0.0	0.0
December	3	2	.7	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	-	0.0-0.0	0.0
January	1	4	4.0	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	-	0.0-0.0	0.0
February	3	24	8.0	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	25.0	0.0-0.0	0.0

Split Stats - Ball control per game
Statistic	gp	off/g	def/g	reb/g	ast/g	to/g	stl/g	blk/g
Event
Total	8	0.1	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.3	0.5	0.0
Conference	5	0.2	0.6	0.8	0.8	0.4	0.8	0.0
Exhibition	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Location
Home	3	0.0	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.0
Away	5	0.2	0.4	0.6	0.4	0.4	0.8	0.0
Neutral	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Result
Wins	8	0.1	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.3	0.5	0.0
Losses	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Month
November	1	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
December	3	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
January	1	0.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
February	3	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.7	0.7	1.3	0.0

Split Stats - Ball control totals
Statistic	gp	gs	off	def	reb	ast	to	stl	blk
Event
Total	8	1	1	4	5	4	2	4	0
Conference	5	1	1	3	4	4	2	4	0
Exhibition	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Location
Home	3	1	0	2	2	2	0	0	0
Away	5	-	1	2	3	2	2	4	0
Neutral	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Result
Wins	8	1	1	4	5	4	2	4	0
Losses	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Month
November	1	-	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
December	3	-	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
January	1	-	0	2	2	2	0	0	0
February	3	1	1	0	1	2	2	4	0

Split Stats - Ball control per 40 min
Statistic	gp	off/40	def/40	reb/40	ast/40	to/40	stl/40	blk/40
Event
Total	8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Conference	5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Exhibition	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Location
Home	3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Away	5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Neutral	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Result
Wins	8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Losses	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Month
November	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
December	3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
January	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
February	3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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February 22, 2020

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February 19, 2020

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February 18, 2020

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Brandon Thorsen

Bio

Game Log - Shooting

Game Log - Ball control

Game Log - Ball control extended

News mentions