Michael Sopko

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Michael Sopko
  • Height:
    6-4
  • Hometown:
    New Castle, PA
  • Position:
    G/F
  • Year:
    Fr.
  • High School:
    Neshannock
  • gp
    21
  • pts/g
    1.2
  • fg %
    28.6
  • 3pt %
    11.1
  • ft %
    66.7
  • reb/g
    1.6
  • a/g
    0.2
Bio

At Penn State Behrend

* Major is undecided

Personal

* Son of Kelly and Michael Sopko
* Letterwinner in basketball at Neshannock High School
* WPIAL All-Section Team 
* Neshannock Section Champion 
* Holiday Tournament MVP  
* Athlete of the Week
* Men's Player of the Year Finalist
* National Honors Society
* Layups for Lucy Committe 

Player statistics
  Overall Conference
Games 21 9
Games started 0 0
Minutes 156 85
Minutes per game 7.4 9.4
FG 10-35 8-21
FG Pct 28.6 38.1
3PT 2-18 2-10
3PT Pct 11.1 20.0
FT 4-6 1-2
FT Pct 66.7 50.0
Off rebounds 9 5
Def rebounds 24 13
Total rebounds 33 18
Rebounds per game 1.6 2.0
Personal fouls 14 7
Disqualifications 0 0
Assists 5 4
Turnovers 10 6
Assist to turnover ratio 0.5 0.7
Steals 2 2
Blocks 3 2
Points 26 19
Points per game 1.2 2.1
Points per 40 min 6.7 8.9
Recent results
Date Opponent Result
Feb 8 Pitt-Bradford W, 81-49
Feb 11 at Penn State Altoona L, 76-69
Feb 15 at Alfred St. L, 64-61
Feb 18 Pitt-Greensburg L, 70-69
Feb 21 at Pitt-Greensburg W, 76-63
Feb 24 at La Roche L, 63-55
Date Opponent Score gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Nov 8 at Thiel W, 65-50 - 4 1-2 50.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 2
Nov 12 at Bethany W, 75-49 - 9 1-4 25.0 0-2 0.0 0-0 - 2
Nov 17 Mount Union L, 76-63 0 6 0-0 - 0-0 - 2-2 100.0 2
Nov 19 Juniata L, 67-65 0 2 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Nov 22 Baldwin Wallace L, 69-55 0 5 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Nov 27 Allegheny W, 66-65 0 2 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Nov 30 at Carnegie Mellon L, 63-52 - 2 0-1 0.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 0
Dec 3 at Waynesburg L, 62-57 - 16 0-3 0.0 0-3 0.0 0-0 - 0
Dec 7 at Fredonia W, 73-56 - - - - - - - - -
Dec 29 vs. Manchester L, 77-73 - 0 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Dec 30 vs. Alma W, 72-49 - 2 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Jan 4 Mt. Aloysius W, 86-63 - 2 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Jan 7 at La Roche L, 70-53 0 10 1-3 33.3 0-1 0.0 1-1 100.0 3
Jan 11 at Pitt-Bradford W, 72-71 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 14 at Pitt-Greensburg L, 66-63 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 18 Hilbert W, 77-69 0 5 0-1 0.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 0
Jan 21 Penn State Altoona L, 65-59 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 25 Alfred St. L, 72-66 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 28 at Mt. Aloysius W, 87-50 - 4 2-2 100.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 4
Feb 1 at Hilbert L, 86-84 - - - - - - - - -
Feb 4 La Roche L, 72-65 0 14 1-2 50.0 0-0 - 0-1 0.0 2
Feb 8 Pitt-Bradford W, 81-49 - 14 3-5 60.0 2-3 66.7 0-0 - 8
Feb 11 at Penn State Altoona L, 76-69 - 19 0-4 0.0 0-3 0.0 0-0 - 0
Feb 15 at Alfred St. L, 64-61 0 2 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Feb 18 Pitt-Greensburg L, 70-69 0 15 1-4 25.0 0-2 0.0 0-0 - 2
Feb 21 at Pitt-Greensburg W, 76-63 - 4 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Feb 24 at La Roche L, 63-55 0 19 0-3 0.0 0-1 0.0 1-2 50.0 1
Date Opponent Score gs min off def reb ast to stl blk
Nov 8 at Thiel W, 65-50 - 4 1 1 2 0 0 0 0
Nov 12 at Bethany W, 75-49 - 9 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
Nov 17 Mount Union L, 76-63 0 6 1 4 5 1 0 0 0
Nov 19 Juniata L, 67-65 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Nov 22 Baldwin Wallace L, 69-55 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nov 27 Allegheny W, 66-65 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Nov 30 at Carnegie Mellon L, 63-52 - 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dec 3 at Waynesburg L, 62-57 - 16 1 2 3 0 2 0 1
Dec 7 at Fredonia W, 73-56 - - - - - - - - -
Dec 29 vs. Manchester L, 77-73 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dec 30 vs. Alma W, 72-49 - 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jan 4 Mt. Aloysius W, 86-63 - 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jan 7 at La Roche L, 70-53 0 10 0 2 2 0 2 0 0
Jan 11 at Pitt-Bradford W, 72-71 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 14 at Pitt-Greensburg L, 66-63 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 18 Hilbert W, 77-69 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 1 0
Jan 21 Penn State Altoona L, 65-59 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 25 Alfred St. L, 72-66 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 28 at Mt. Aloysius W, 87-50 - 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Feb 1 at Hilbert L, 86-84 - - - - - - - - -
Feb 4 La Roche L, 72-65 0 14 2 2 4 0 1 0 0
Feb 8 Pitt-Bradford W, 81-49 - 14 2 1 3 2 2 1 1
Feb 11 at Penn State Altoona L, 76-69 - 19 0 5 5 1 1 0 1
Feb 15 at Alfred St. L, 64-61 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Feb 18 Pitt-Greensburg L, 70-69 0 15 0 2 2 1 0 0 0
Feb 21 at Pitt-Greensburg W, 76-63 - 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Feb 24 at La Roche L, 63-55 0 19 1 0 1 0 1 0 0
Date Opponent Score gs pf dq a/to
Nov 8 at Thiel W, 65-50 - 1 - -
Nov 12 at Bethany W, 75-49 - 1 - -
Nov 17 Mount Union L, 76-63 0 0 0 -
Nov 19 Juniata L, 67-65 0 0 0 0.0
Nov 22 Baldwin Wallace L, 69-55 0 0 0 -
Nov 27 Allegheny W, 66-65 0 0 0 -
Nov 30 at Carnegie Mellon L, 63-52 - 0 0 -
Dec 3 at Waynesburg L, 62-57 - 2 0 0.0
Dec 7 at Fredonia W, 73-56 - - - -
Dec 29 vs. Manchester L, 77-73 - 0 0 -
Dec 30 vs. Alma W, 72-49 - 0 - -
Jan 4 Mt. Aloysius W, 86-63 - 0 0 -
Jan 7 at La Roche L, 70-53 0 1 0 0.0
Jan 11 at Pitt-Bradford W, 72-71 - - - -
Jan 14 at Pitt-Greensburg L, 66-63 - - - -
Jan 18 Hilbert W, 77-69 0 1 0 -
Jan 21 Penn State Altoona L, 65-59 - - - -
Jan 25 Alfred St. L, 72-66 - - - -
Jan 28 at Mt. Aloysius W, 87-50 - 1 0 -
Feb 1 at Hilbert L, 86-84 - - - -
Feb 4 La Roche L, 72-65 0 1 0 0.0
Feb 8 Pitt-Bradford W, 81-49 - 1 - 1.0
Feb 11 at Penn State Altoona L, 76-69 - 2 - 1.0
Feb 15 at Alfred St. L, 64-61 0 0 0 -
Feb 18 Pitt-Greensburg L, 70-69 0 0 0 -
Feb 21 at Pitt-Greensburg W, 76-63 - 0 0 -
Feb 24 at La Roche L, 63-55 0 3 0 0.0
gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
2022-23 21 7.4 0.5-1.7 0.1-0.9 0.2-0.3 1.2
2023-24 29 18.6 2.7-5.2 0.6-1.7 1.1-1.5 7.0
2024-25 25 21.8 1.9-4.0 0.5-1.6 0.5-1.0 4.8
2025-26 2 5.5 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0
Total 77 16.2 1.8-3.7 0.4-1.4 0.6-1.0 4.5
gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
2022-23 21 0 156 10-35 28.6 2-18 11.1 4-6 66.7 26
2023-24 29 28 540 78-152 51.3 16-50 32.0 31-44 70.5 203
2024-25 25 7 544 47-101 46.5 12-41 29.3 13-25 52.0 119
2025-26 2 0 11 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Total 77 35 1251 135-288 46.9 30-109 27.5 48-75 64.0 348
gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
2022-23 21 156 7.4 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 11.1 0.0-0.0 0.0
2023-24 29 540 18.6 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 32.0 0.0-0.0 0.0
2024-25 25 544 21.8 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 29.3 0.0-0.0 0.0
2025-26 2 11 5.5 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 0.0
Total 77 1251 16.2 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 27.5 0.0-0.0 0.0
gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
2022-23 21 0.4 1.1 1.6 0.2 0.5 0.1 0.1
2023-24 29 1.4 3.3 4.7 0.7 0.9 0.6 1.0
2024-25 25 1.6 3.9 5.4 1.5 0.9 0.7 1.0
2025-26 2 0.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.5 0.5 0.0
Total 77 1.1 2.9 4.0 0.8 0.8 0.5 0.7
gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
2022-23 21 0 9 24 33 5 10 2 3
2023-24 29 28 40 97 137 19 27 16 28
2024-25 25 7 39 97 136 37 22 17 25
2025-26 2 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 0
Total 77 35 88 220 308 63 60 36 56
gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
2022-23 21 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2023-24 29 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2024-25 25 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2025-26 2 0.0 7.3 7.3 7.3 3.6 3.6 0.0
Total 77 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
Event
Total 21 7.4 0.5-1.7 0.1-0.9 0.2-0.3 1.2
Conference 9 9.4 0.9-2.3 0.2-1.1 0.1-0.2 2.1
Exhibition - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 -
Location
Home 9 7.2 0.6-1.3 0.2-0.7 0.2-0.3 1.6
Away 10 8.9 0.5-2.3 0.0-1.2 0.2-0.3 1.2
Neutral 2 1.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0
Result
Wins 9 5.1 0.8-1.7 0.2-0.8 0.0-0.0 1.8
Losses 12 9.2 0.2-1.7 0.0-0.9 0.3-0.5 0.8
Month
November 7 4.3 0.3-1.0 0.0-0.6 0.3-0.3 0.9
December 3 6.0 0.0-1.0 0.0-1.0 0.0-0.0 0.0
January 4 5.3 0.8-1.5 0.0-0.5 0.2-0.2 1.8
February 7 12.4 0.7-2.7 0.3-1.3 0.1-0.4 1.9
gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Event
Total 21 0 156 10-35 28.6 2-18 11.1 4-6 66.7 26
Conference 9 0 85 8-21 38.1 2-10 20.0 1-2 50.0 19
Exhibition - - - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Location
Home 9 0 65 5-12 41.7 2-6 33.3 2-3 66.7 14
Away 10 0 89 5-23 21.7 0-12 0.0 2-3 66.7 12
Neutral 2 - 2 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Result
Wins 9 0 46 7-15 46.7 2-7 28.6 0-0 - 16
Losses 12 0 110 3-20 15.0 0-11 0.0 4-6 66.7 10
Month
November 7 0 30 2-7 28.6 0-4 0.0 2-2 100.0 6
December 3 - 18 0-3 0.0 0-3 0.0 0-0 - 0
January 4 0 21 3-6 50.0 0-2 0.0 1-1 100.0 7
February 7 0 87 5-19 26.3 2-9 22.2 1-3 33.3 13
gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
Event
Total 21 156 7.4 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 11.1 0.0-0.0 0.0
Conference 9 85 9.4 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 20.0 0.0-0.0 0.0
Exhibition - - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 -
Location
Home 9 65 7.2 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 33.3 0.0-0.0 0.0
Away 10 89 8.9 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0
Neutral 2 2 1.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 0.0
Result
Wins 9 46 5.1 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 28.6 0.0-0.0 0.0
Losses 12 110 9.2 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0
Month
November 7 30 4.3 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0
December 3 18 6.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0
January 4 21 5.3 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0
February 7 87 12.4 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 22.2 0.0-0.0 0.0
gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
Event
Total 21 0.4 1.1 1.6 0.2 0.5 0.1 0.1
Conference 9 0.6 1.4 2.0 0.4 0.7 0.2 0.2
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location
Home 9 0.6 1.2 1.8 0.4 0.4 0.2 0.1
Away 10 0.4 1.3 1.7 0.1 0.6 0.0 0.2
Neutral 2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Result
Wins 9 0.4 0.8 1.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1
Losses 12 0.4 1.4 1.8 0.3 0.7 0.0 0.2
Month
November 7 0.3 1.1 1.4 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0
December 3 0.3 0.7 1.0 0.0 0.7 0.0 0.3
January 4 0.3 0.8 1.0 0.0 0.5 0.3 0.0
February 7 0.7 1.6 2.3 0.6 0.7 0.1 0.3
gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
Event
Total 21 0 9 24 33 5 10 2 3
Conference 9 0 5 13 18 4 6 2 2
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location
Home 9 0 5 11 16 4 4 2 1
Away 10 0 4 13 17 1 6 0 2
Neutral 2 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Result
Wins 9 0 4 7 11 2 2 2 1
Losses 12 0 5 17 22 3 8 0 2
Month
November 7 0 2 8 10 1 1 0 0
December 3 - 1 2 3 0 2 0 1
January 4 0 1 3 4 0 2 1 0
February 7 0 5 11 16 4 5 1 2
gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
Event
Total 21 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Conference 9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location
Home 9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Away 10 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Neutral 2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Result
Wins 9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Losses 12 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Month
November 7 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 4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
February 7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
News mentions
Behrend Men's Basketball Improves to 2-0 With Win Over Bethany
  • Article
  • November 12, 2022
Behrend Men's Basketball Improves to 2-0 With Win Over Bethany

The Penn State Behrend men's basketball team improved to 2-0 on the young 2023-23 season after a convincing 75-49 win over the Bethany College Bison on Saturday.

  • November 12, 2022