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Hope Custer
1 Hope Custer
  • Height:
    5-8
  • Year:
    SR
  • Hometown:
    Lancaster, OH
  • High School:
    Fairfield Christian / Mount Vernon Nazarene
  • Position:
    G
  • Major:
    Sport Management and Biblical Literature
  • gp
    29
  • pts/g
    11.4
  • fg %
    42.0
  • 3pt %
    27.3
  • ft %
    82.9
  • reb/g
    5.3
  • a/g
    2.4
Bio

2022-2023 at Taylor: Played in 13 games in her first season at TU … Recorded 5.2 points per game while averaging 2.5 rebounds and 1. 2 assists per contest … Shot 76.2 percent from the free-throw line … Made 10 three-pointers on the season … Scored season-best 14 points on four made threes while adding a season-high seven rebounds on Jan. 7 at Saint Francis … Named Academic All-Crossroads League. 

2021-2022 at Mount Vernon Nazarene: Played in 14 games while starting one … Averaged 10.9 minutes-per-game, 4.6 points-per-game, 1.8 rebounds-per-game, while shooting 42.9 percent from the floor and 35.0 percent from three.

2020-2021 at Mount Vernon Nazarene: Played in 26 games while starting in nine … Averaged 14.6 minutes-per-game, 5.3 points-per-game, 1.6 rebounds-per-game, a 36.0-percent mark from the floor and an 82.6-percent clip from the free-throw line … Scored a season-high 22 points alongside a season-high seven assists against Midway on January 2nd.


Personal: Daughter of Timothy and Katherine Custer … Majoring in sport management and biblical literature.

Recent games
Date Opponent Result
Feb 10 at #RV Spring Arbor L, 84-68
Feb 14 at #4 Indiana Wesleyan L, 99-76
Feb 17 Goshen (IN) W, 76-64
Feb 21 at Huntington (IN) L, 62-49
Feb 24 Bethel (IN) W, 81-61
Feb 27 at #4 Indiana Wesleyan L, 114-62
Season Statistics
  Overall Conference
Games 29 18
Games started 29 18
Minutes 838 521
Minutes per game 28.9 28.9
FG 120-286 67-165
FG Pct 42.0 40.6
3PT 33-121 21-67
3PT Pct 27.3 31.3
FT 58-70 38-44
FT Pct 82.9 86.4
Off rebounds 50 26
Def rebounds 105 52
Total rebounds 155 78
Rebounds per game 5.3 4.3
Personal fouls 62 43
Disqualifications 1 1
Assists 71 45
Turnovers 89 61
Assist to turnover ratio 0.8 0.7
Steals 25 16
Blocks 5 1
Points 331 193
Points per game 11.4 10.7
Points per 40 min 15.8 14.8
Game Log - Shooting
Date Opponent Score gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Oct 26 Michigan-Dearborn W, 82-55 1 28 8-15 53.3 3-6 50.0 2-2 100.0 21
Oct 27 at Calumet (IN) W, 88-37 1 31 3-13 23.1 1-9 11.1 4-5 80.0 11
Nov 1 Madonna W, 77-65 1 38 3-12 25.0 1-7 14.3 4-6 66.7 11
Nov 3 at #20 Freed-Hardeman L, 72-56 1 28 3-10 30.0 1-7 14.3 0-0 - 7
Nov 4 vs. Cumberland (TN) L, 72-53 1 17 0-2 0.0 0-1 0.0 1-2 50.0 1
Nov 10 at #7 Rio Grande L, 93-70 1 23 4-6 66.7 1-3 33.3 0-0 - 9
Nov 11 vs. St. Mary-Woods L, 78-64 1 25 1-7 14.3 0-3 0.0 0-0 - 2
Nov 15 at Midway L, 83-76 1 39 13-20 65.0 0-3 0.0 3-5 60.0 29
Nov 18 Saint Francis (Ind.) L, 68-41 1 32 2-11 18.2 1-7 14.3 0-0 - 5
Nov 21 at Mount Vernon Nazarene (OH) W, 62-54 1 31 2-7 28.6 0-3 0.0 7-7 100.0 11
Dec 2 #6 Marian L, 74-60 1 27 5-13 38.5 1-4 25.0 1-3 33.3 12
Dec 19 Lawrence Tech W, 65-53 1 26 2-9 22.2 1-4 25.0 4-4 100.0 9
Dec 20 IU Kokomo W, 81-67 1 32 9-15 60.0 3-8 37.5 2-2 100.0 23
Jan 3 at Grace (IN) L, 82-65 1 20 1-6 16.7 0-2 0.0 0-0 - 2
Jan 6 #RV Spring Arbor L, 80-72 1 30 4-5 80.0 1-1 100.0 4-4 100.0 13
Jan 10 #2 Indiana Wesleyan L, 96-60 1 27 3-8 37.5 1-4 25.0 0-0 - 7
Jan 13 at Goshen (IN) W, 79-72 1 33 7-16 43.8 3-8 37.5 1-2 50.0 18
Jan 17 Huntington (IN) W, 73-53 1 21 2-4 50.0 0-1 0.0 1-2 50.0 5
Jan 20 at Bethel (IN) W, 67-45 1 24 1-4 25.0 1-2 50.0 1-2 50.0 4
Jan 27 at Saint Francis (Ind.) L, 74-65 1 37 6-8 75.0 2-3 66.7 7-7 100.0 21
Jan 31 Mount Vernon Nazarene (OH) L, 83-69 1 36 7-14 50.0 1-5 20.0 0-0 - 15
Feb 3 at #2 Marian L, 86-51 1 15 2-6 33.3 1-2 50.0 0-0 - 5
Feb 7 Grace (IN) W, 57-52 1 20 1-4 25.0 0-2 0.0 2-2 100.0 4
Feb 10 at #RV Spring Arbor L, 84-68 1 29 4-9 44.4 1-2 50.0 4-4 100.0 13
Feb 14 at #4 Indiana Wesleyan L, 99-76 1 31 5-16 31.3 1-4 25.0 5-6 83.3 16
Feb 17 Goshen (IN) W, 76-64 1 40 6-15 40.0 3-7 42.9 4-4 100.0 19
Feb 21 at Huntington (IN) L, 62-49 1 30 1-4 25.0 1-3 33.3 0-0 - 3
Feb 24 Bethel (IN) W, 81-61 1 38 8-15 53.3 3-7 42.9 1-1 100.0 20
Feb 27 at #4 Indiana Wesleyan L, 114-62 1 30 7-12 58.3 1-3 33.3 0-0 - 15
Game Log - Ball control
Date Opponent Score gs min off def reb ast to stl blk
Oct 26 Michigan-Dearborn W, 82-55 1 28 3 9 12 3 0 1 2
Oct 27 at Calumet (IN) W, 88-37 1 31 5 4 9 5 2 3 0
Nov 1 Madonna W, 77-65 1 38 3 5 8 3 4 0 1
Nov 3 at #20 Freed-Hardeman L, 72-56 1 28 0 2 2 0 1 0 0
Nov 4 vs. Cumberland (TN) L, 72-53 1 17 1 4 5 0 3 0 0
Nov 10 at #7 Rio Grande L, 93-70 1 23 2 2 4 0 5 1 0
Nov 11 vs. St. Mary-Woods L, 78-64 1 25 2 4 6 1 2 1 0
Nov 15 at Midway L, 83-76 1 39 3 10 13 3 2 1 0
Nov 18 Saint Francis (Ind.) L, 68-41 1 32 1 2 3 1 4 2 1
Nov 21 at Mount Vernon Nazarene (OH) W, 62-54 1 31 4 4 8 1 1 1 0
Dec 2 #6 Marian L, 74-60 1 27 0 1 1 1 4 1 0
Dec 19 Lawrence Tech W, 65-53 1 26 2 7 9 4 0 1 0
Dec 20 IU Kokomo W, 81-67 1 32 1 5 6 1 5 0 1
Jan 3 at Grace (IN) L, 82-65 1 20 0 3 3 3 3 0 0
Jan 6 #RV Spring Arbor L, 80-72 1 30 1 4 5 3 4 1 0
Jan 10 #2 Indiana Wesleyan L, 96-60 1 27 2 3 5 3 2 0 0
Jan 13 at Goshen (IN) W, 79-72 1 33 1 1 2 6 2 1 0
Jan 17 Huntington (IN) W, 73-53 1 21 1 2 3 1 3 1 0
Jan 20 at Bethel (IN) W, 67-45 1 24 2 2 4 2 5 0 0
Jan 27 at Saint Francis (Ind.) L, 74-65 1 37 0 7 7 1 2 0 0
Jan 31 Mount Vernon Nazarene (OH) L, 83-69 1 36 2 3 5 1 3 2 0
Feb 3 at #2 Marian L, 86-51 1 15 2 0 2 0 3 0 0
Feb 7 Grace (IN) W, 57-52 1 20 1 4 5 2 5 1 0
Feb 10 at #RV Spring Arbor L, 84-68 1 29 1 3 4 3 2 0 0
Feb 14 at #4 Indiana Wesleyan L, 99-76 1 31 2 5 7 6 5 0 0
Feb 17 Goshen (IN) W, 76-64 1 40 5 4 9 3 5 1 0
Feb 21 at Huntington (IN) L, 62-49 1 30 0 3 3 1 4 1 0
Feb 24 Bethel (IN) W, 81-61 1 38 1 1 2 7 4 4 0
Feb 27 at #4 Indiana Wesleyan L, 114-62 1 30 2 1 3 6 4 1 0
Game Log - Ball control extended
Date Opponent Score gs pf dq a/to
Oct 26 Michigan-Dearborn W, 82-55 1 3 - -
Oct 27 at Calumet (IN) W, 88-37 1 0 - 2.5
Nov 1 Madonna W, 77-65 1 3 - 0.8
Nov 3 at #20 Freed-Hardeman L, 72-56 1 1 0 0.0
Nov 4 vs. Cumberland (TN) L, 72-53 1 0 0 0.0
Nov 10 at #7 Rio Grande L, 93-70 1 3 - 0.0
Nov 11 vs. St. Mary-Woods L, 78-64 1 0 - 0.5
Nov 15 at Midway L, 83-76 1 2 - 1.5
Nov 18 Saint Francis (Ind.) L, 68-41 1 1 - 0.3
Nov 21 at Mount Vernon Nazarene (OH) W, 62-54 1 1 - 1.0
Dec 2 #6 Marian L, 74-60 1 2 - 0.3
Dec 19 Lawrence Tech W, 65-53 1 2 - -
Dec 20 IU Kokomo W, 81-67 1 2 - 0.2
Jan 3 at Grace (IN) L, 82-65 1 1 0 1.0
Jan 6 #RV Spring Arbor L, 80-72 1 5 1 0.8
Jan 10 #2 Indiana Wesleyan L, 96-60 1 4 - 1.5
Jan 13 at Goshen (IN) W, 79-72 1 4 - 3.0
Jan 17 Huntington (IN) W, 73-53 1 2 - 0.3
Jan 20 at Bethel (IN) W, 67-45 1 3 - 0.4
Jan 27 at Saint Francis (Ind.) L, 74-65 1 2 - 0.5
Jan 31 Mount Vernon Nazarene (OH) L, 83-69 1 4 - 0.3
Feb 3 at #2 Marian L, 86-51 1 4 - 0.0
Feb 7 Grace (IN) W, 57-52 1 2 - 0.4
Feb 10 at #RV Spring Arbor L, 84-68 1 2 - 1.5
Feb 14 at #4 Indiana Wesleyan L, 99-76 1 0 - 1.2
Feb 17 Goshen (IN) W, 76-64 1 2 - 0.6
Feb 21 at Huntington (IN) L, 62-49 1 3 - 0.3
Feb 24 Bethel (IN) W, 81-61 1 1 - 1.8
Feb 27 at #4 Indiana Wesleyan L, 114-62 1 3 - 1.5
  gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
2022-23 13 14.8 1.6-5.8 0.8-2.7 1.2-1.6 5.2
2023-24 29 28.9 4.1-9.9 1.1-4.2 2.0-2.4 11.4
Total 42 24.5 3.4-8.6 1.0-3.7 1.8-2.2 9.5

Career Stats: Shooting per game

  gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
2022-23 13 0 192 21-76 27.6 10-35 28.6 16-21 76.2 68
2023-24 29 29 838 120-286 42.0 33-121 27.3 58-70 82.9 331
Total 42 29 1030 141-362 39.0 43-156 27.6 74-91 81.3 399

Career Stats: Shooting totals

  gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
2022-23 13 192 14.8 4.4-15.8 2.1-7.3 28.6 3.3-4.4 14.2
2023-24 29 838 28.9 5.7-13.7 1.6-5.8 27.3 2.8-3.3 15.8
Total 42 1030 24.5 5.5-14.1 1.7-6.1 27.6 2.9-3.5 15.5

Career Stats: Shooting per 40 min

  gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
2022-23 13 1.1 1.5 2.5 1.2 1.1 0.4 0.1
2023-24 29 1.7 3.6 5.3 2.4 3.1 0.9 0.2
Total 42 1.5 3.0 4.5 2.0 2.5 0.7 0.1

Career Stats: Ball control per game

  gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
2022-23 13 0 14 19 33 15 14 5 1
2023-24 29 29 50 105 155 71 89 25 5
Total 42 29 64 124 188 86 103 30 6

Career Stats: Ball control totals

  gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
2022-23 13 2.9 4.0 6.9 3.1 2.9 1.0 0.2
2023-24 29 2.4 5.0 7.4 3.4 4.2 1.2 0.2
Total 42 2.5 4.8 7.3 3.3 4.0 1.2 0.2

Career Stats: Ball control per 40 min

  gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
Event            
Total 29 28.9 4.1-9.9 1.1-4.2 2.0-2.4 11.4
Conference 18 28.9 3.7-9.2 1.2-3.7 2.1-2.4 10.7
Exhibition - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 -
Location            
Home 13 30.4 4.6-10.8 1.5-4.8 1.9-2.3 12.6
Away 14 28.6 4.2-9.8 1.0-3.9 2.3-2.7 11.7
Neutral 2 21.0 0.5-4.5 0.0-2.0 0.5-1.0 1.5
Result            
Wins 12 30.2 4.3-10.8 1.6-5.3 2.8-3.2 13.0
Losses 17 28.0 4.0-9.2 0.8-3.4 1.5-1.8 10.3
Month            
October 2 29.5 5.5-14.0 2.0-7.5 3.0-3.5 16.0
November 8 29.1 3.5-9.4 0.5-4.2 1.9-2.5 9.4
December 3 28.3 5.3-12.3 1.7-5.3 2.3-3.0 14.7
January 8 28.5 3.9-8.1 1.1-3.2 1.8-2.1 10.6
February 8 29.1 4.2-10.1 1.4-3.8 2.0-2.1 11.9

Splits Stats: Shooting per game

  gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Event                    
Total 29 29 838 120-286 42.0 33-121 27.3 58-70 82.9 331
Conference 18 18 521 67-165 40.6 21-67 31.3 38-44 86.4 193
Exhibition - - - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Location                    
Home 13 13 395 60-140 42.9 19-63 30.2 25-30 83.3 164
Away 14 14 401 59-137 43.1 14-54 25.9 32-38 84.2 164
Neutral 2 2 42 1-9 11.1 0-4 0.0 1-2 50.0 3
Result                    
Wins 12 12 362 52-129 40.3 19-64 29.7 33-39 84.6 156
Losses 17 17 476 68-157 43.3 14-57 24.6 25-31 80.6 175
Month                    
October 2 2 59 11-28 39.3 4-15 26.7 6-7 85.7 32
November 8 8 233 28-75 37.3 4-34 11.8 15-20 75.0 75
December 3 3 85 16-37 43.2 5-16 31.3 7-9 77.8 44
January 8 8 228 31-65 47.7 9-26 34.6 14-17 82.4 85
February 8 8 233 34-81 42.0 11-30 36.7 16-17 94.1 95

Splits Stats: Shooting totals

  gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
Event                
Total 29 838 28.9 5.7-13.7 1.6-5.8 27.3 2.8-3.3 15.8
Conference 18 521 28.9 5.1-12.7 1.6-5.1 31.3 2.9-3.4 14.8
Exhibition - - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 -
Location                
Home 13 395 30.4 6.1-14.2 1.9-6.4 30.2 2.5-3.0 16.6
Away 14 401 28.6 5.9-13.7 1.4-5.4 25.9 3.2-3.8 16.4
Neutral 2 42 21.0 1.0-8.6 0.0-3.8 0.0 1.0-1.9 2.9
Result                
Wins 12 362 30.2 5.7-14.3 2.1-7.1 29.7 3.6-4.3 17.2
Losses 17 476 28.0 5.7-13.2 1.2-4.8 24.6 2.1-2.6 14.7
Month                
October 2 59 29.5 7.5-19.0 2.7-10.2 26.7 4.1-4.7 21.7
November 8 233 29.1 4.8-12.9 0.7-5.8 11.8 2.6-3.4 12.9
December 3 85 28.3 7.5-17.4 2.4-7.5 31.3 3.3-4.2 20.7
January 8 228 28.5 5.4-11.4 1.6-4.6 34.6 2.5-3.0 14.9
February 8 233 29.1 5.8-13.9 1.9-5.2 36.7 2.7-2.9 16.3

Splits Stats: Shooting per 40 min

  gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
Event                
Total 29 1.7 3.6 5.3 2.4 3.1 0.9 0.2
Conference 18 1.4 2.9 4.3 2.5 3.4 0.9 0.1
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location                
Home 13 1.8 3.8 5.6 2.5 3.3 1.2 0.4
Away 14 1.7 3.4 5.1 2.6 2.9 0.6 0.0
Neutral 2 1.5 4.0 5.5 0.5 2.5 0.5 0.0
Result                
Wins 12 2.4 4.0 6.4 3.2 3.0 1.2 0.3
Losses 17 1.2 3.4 4.6 1.9 3.1 0.6 0.1
Month                
October 2 4.0 6.5 10.5 4.0 1.0 2.0 1.0
November 8 2.0 4.1 6.1 1.1 2.8 0.8 0.3
December 3 1.0 4.3 5.3 2.0 3.0 0.7 0.3
January 8 1.1 3.1 4.3 2.5 3.0 0.6 0.0
February 8 1.8 2.6 4.4 3.5 4.0 1.0 0.0

Splits Stats: Ball control per game

  gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
Event                  
Total 29 29 50 105 155 71 89 25 5
Conference 18 18 26 52 78 45 61 16 1
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location                  
Home 13 13 23 50 73 33 43 15 5
Away 14 14 24 47 71 37 41 9 0
Neutral 2 2 3 8 11 1 5 1 0
Result                  
Wins 12 12 29 48 77 38 36 14 4
Losses 17 17 21 57 78 33 53 11 1
Month                  
October 2 2 8 13 21 8 2 4 2
November 8 8 16 33 49 9 22 6 2
December 3 3 3 13 16 6 9 2 1
January 8 8 9 25 34 20 24 5 0
February 8 8 14 21 35 28 32 8 0

Splits Stats: Ball control totals

  gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
Event                
Total 29 2.4 5.0 7.4 3.4 4.2 1.2 0.2
Conference 18 2.0 4.0 6.0 3.5 4.7 1.2 0.1
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location                
Home 13 2.3 5.1 7.4 3.3 4.4 1.5 0.5
Away 14 2.4 4.7 7.1 3.7 4.1 0.9 0.0
Neutral 2 2.9 7.6 10.5 1.0 4.8 1.0 0.0
Result                
Wins 12 3.2 5.3 8.5 4.2 4.0 1.5 0.4
Losses 17 1.8 4.8 6.6 2.8 4.5 0.9 0.1
Month                
October 2 5.4 8.8 14.2 5.4 1.4 2.7 1.4
November 8 2.7 5.7 8.4 1.5 3.8 1.0 0.3
December 3 1.4 6.1 7.5 2.8 4.2 0.9 0.5
January 8 1.6 4.4 6.0 3.5 4.2 0.9 0.0
February 8 2.4 3.6 6.0 4.8 5.5 1.4 0.0

Splits Stats: Ball control per 40 min

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