Taylor Westgate
43 Taylor Westgate
  • Height:
    6-1
  • Year:
    SR
  • Hometown:
    Marion, IN
  • High School:
    Oak Hill
  • Position:
    F
  • Major:
    Exercise Science
  • gp
    27
  • pts/g
    13.9
  • fg %
    41.6
  • 3pt %
    20.8
  • ft %
    72.6
  • reb/g
    9.7
  • a/g
    2.2
Bio

2022-2023 at Taylor: Started 28 games, playing a career-high 32.4 minutes per game and posting a career-best 15.5 points per game to lead the team in scoring … Averaged a team-best 8.8 rebounds per game … Finished second on the team in blocks with 21 … Contributed a career-high 2.3 assists per game … Recorded a career-high 30 points in TU’s season-opening win on Oct. 27 at Madonna … Had seven double-doubles on the season … Named to the Preseason All-Crossroads League Team … Won CL Player of the Week Award for Nov. 28 through Dec. 4 … Surpassed 1,000 career points … Named CSC Academic All-District, an NAIA Scholar-Athlete and Academic All-Crossroads League … Honored as First-Team All-Crossroads League.

2021-2022 at Taylor: Played in 28 games, while starting in 24 … Averaged 30.3 minutes per game, while averaging 13.7 points-per-game, a career-high 11.8 rebounds per game, and a 36.5-percent mark from three … Scored a season-high 27 points in Taylor’s win over Mount Vernon Nazarene on February 1, while also securing a career-high 21 rebounds against Bethel on January 5 … Posted a total of 15 double-doubles throughout the season … Tied for 10th in the nation in rebounds per game … Led the Crossroads League in rebounding … Led the Trojans in both points and rebounds per game … Named Second-Team All-Crossroads League and Crossroads League All-Defensive Team … Honored as Academic All-Crossroads League and an NAIA Scholar Athlete.

2020-2021 at Taylor: Appeared in 26 games, while starting two as a forward throughout her freshman season … Averaged 8.6 points per game, 6.7 rebounds per game and 1.5 assists per game, while racking in 15 blocks and 18 steals and shooting 48.4 percent from the floor … Scored a season-best 22 points against Huntington on January 20 … Secured a season-best 11 rebounds twice throughout TU’s conference season … Ranked seventh in the Crossroads League with 2.0 offensive rebounds per game, seventh in the league with 4.7 defensive rebounds per game, ninth in total rebounds per game and ninth in total rebounds with 175 … Led the team in total rebounds and rebounds per game, and finished fifth on the team in points per game … Named to the Crossroads League All-Freshman team.


Prep: Earned four varsity letters in basketball and volleyball at Oak Hill High … Helped the team under head coach Todd Law to four Central Indiana Athletic Conference Championships, three sectional titles, two regional titles, two semi-state titles and one state championship … Named to the Indiana Basketball Coaches Association Junior All-Star Team, Class 2A All-State Team and Class 3A Supreme 15 Team … Earned First-Team All-Central Indiana Athletic Conference honors all four years … Finished as the second leading scorer in program history and the all-time leader in rebounds … Was invited to the Indiana Girls Basketball Recruiting Report AAU top 80 workout and top 60 workout … Named Indiana Elite North/South MVP … Played for the club team, Always 100, under head coach Vernard Hollands … Made the Academic Honor Roll … Member of the National Honor Society and Student Council.

Personal: Daughter of Adam and Jamie Westgate … Majoring in exercise science.

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 27 18
Games started 27 18
Minutes 793 539
Minutes per game 29.4 29.9
FG 151-363 104-234
FG Pct 41.6 44.4
3PT 5-24 1-9
3PT Pct 20.8 11.1
FT 69-95 42-58
FT Pct 72.6 72.4
Off rebounds 91 51
Def rebounds 171 124
Total rebounds 262 175
Rebounds per game 9.7 9.7
Personal fouls 54 41
Disqualifications 0 0
Assists 60 45
Turnovers 66 46
Assist to turnover ratio 0.9 1.0
Steals 15 9
Blocks 26 17
Points 376 251
Points per game 13.9 13.9
Points per 40 min 19.0 18.6
Game Log - Shooting
Date Opponent Score gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Oct 26 Michigan-Dearborn W, 82-55 1 27 9-23 39.1 1-4 25.0 1-2 50.0 20
Oct 27 at Calumet (IN) W, 88-37 1 26 6-12 50.0 1-2 50.0 4-7 57.1 17
Nov 1 Madonna W, 77-65 1 34 7-13 53.8 1-1 100.0 4-6 66.7 19
Nov 3 at #20 Freed-Hardeman L, 72-56 1 35 5-16 31.3 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 10
Nov 4 vs. Cumberland (TN) L, 72-53 1 24 1-13 7.7 1-5 20.0 4-6 66.7 7
Nov 10 at #7 Rio Grande L, 93-70 1 23 5-11 45.5 0-0 - 3-5 60.0 13
Nov 11 vs. St. Mary-Woods L, 78-64 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 15 at Midway L, 83-76 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 18 Saint Francis (Ind.) L, 68-41 1 25 6-17 35.3 1-3 33.3 1-2 50.0 14
Nov 21 at Mount Vernon Nazarene (OH) W, 62-54 1 32 4-14 28.6 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 8
Dec 2 #6 Marian L, 74-60 1 25 4-11 36.4 0-0 - 1-3 33.3 9
Dec 19 Lawrence Tech W, 65-53 1 22 3-16 18.8 0-1 0.0 2-2 100.0 8
Dec 20 IU Kokomo W, 81-67 1 33 8-16 50.0 0-1 0.0 5-5 100.0 21
Jan 3 at Grace (IN) L, 82-65 1 22 4-12 33.3 0-0 - 4-4 100.0 12
Jan 6 #RV Spring Arbor L, 80-72 1 33 8-17 47.1 0-1 0.0 3-4 75.0 19
Jan 10 #2 Indiana Wesleyan L, 96-60 1 25 3-10 30.0 0-0 - 2-2 100.0 8
Jan 13 at Goshen (IN) W, 79-72 1 31 9-15 60.0 0-0 - 1-1 100.0 19
Jan 17 Huntington (IN) W, 73-53 1 33 6-14 42.9 0-0 - 6-6 100.0 18
Jan 20 at Bethel (IN) W, 67-45 1 30 7-13 53.8 0-1 0.0 1-3 33.3 15
Jan 27 at Saint Francis (Ind.) L, 74-65 1 18 1-6 16.7 0-0 - 2-2 100.0 4
Jan 31 Mount Vernon Nazarene (OH) L, 83-69 1 29 6-17 35.3 0-0 - 5-8 62.5 17
Feb 3 at #2 Marian L, 86-51 1 27 3-12 25.0 0-1 0.0 5-5 100.0 11
Feb 7 Grace (IN) W, 57-52 1 38 9-15 60.0 0-0 - 1-2 50.0 19
Feb 10 at #RV Spring Arbor L, 84-68 1 31 7-12 58.3 0-1 0.0 2-3 66.7 16
Feb 14 at #4 Indiana Wesleyan L, 99-76 1 32 9-13 69.2 0-1 0.0 2-4 50.0 20
Feb 17 Goshen (IN) W, 76-64 1 37 7-14 50.0 0-0 - 5-7 71.4 19
Feb 21 at Huntington (IN) L, 62-49 1 37 6-12 50.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 12
Feb 24 Bethel (IN) W, 81-61 1 34 5-10 50.0 0-0 - 1-2 50.0 11
Feb 27 at #4 Indiana Wesleyan L, 114-62 1 30 3-9 33.3 0-0 - 4-4 100.0 10
Game Log - Ball control
Date Opponent Score gs min off def reb ast to stl blk
Oct 26 Michigan-Dearborn W, 82-55 1 27 10 2 12 2 1 0 0
Oct 27 at Calumet (IN) W, 88-37 1 26 7 6 13 0 2 1 2
Nov 1 Madonna W, 77-65 1 34 6 6 12 2 4 0 2
Nov 3 at #20 Freed-Hardeman L, 72-56 1 35 0 7 7 1 3 1 0
Nov 4 vs. Cumberland (TN) L, 72-53 1 24 2 5 7 0 0 0 0
Nov 10 at #7 Rio Grande L, 93-70 1 23 4 8 12 3 4 0 2
Nov 11 vs. St. Mary-Woods L, 78-64 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 15 at Midway L, 83-76 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 18 Saint Francis (Ind.) L, 68-41 1 25 3 5 8 1 1 0 2
Nov 21 at Mount Vernon Nazarene (OH) W, 62-54 1 32 2 8 10 1 4 1 1
Dec 2 #6 Marian L, 74-60 1 25 1 4 5 1 1 0 0
Dec 19 Lawrence Tech W, 65-53 1 22 4 4 8 1 2 2 3
Dec 20 IU Kokomo W, 81-67 1 33 5 7 12 4 2 2 0
Jan 3 at Grace (IN) L, 82-65 1 22 1 7 8 3 1 1 0
Jan 6 #RV Spring Arbor L, 80-72 1 33 5 3 8 1 3 1 1
Jan 10 #2 Indiana Wesleyan L, 96-60 1 25 2 3 5 4 4 1 0
Jan 13 at Goshen (IN) W, 79-72 1 31 2 3 5 4 0 0 0
Jan 17 Huntington (IN) W, 73-53 1 33 10 15 25 4 3 2 2
Jan 20 at Bethel (IN) W, 67-45 1 30 5 10 15 2 2 1 2
Jan 27 at Saint Francis (Ind.) L, 74-65 1 18 1 2 3 1 2 0 0
Jan 31 Mount Vernon Nazarene (OH) L, 83-69 1 29 1 6 7 5 1 0 1
Feb 3 at #2 Marian L, 86-51 1 27 3 10 13 1 3 1 1
Feb 7 Grace (IN) W, 57-52 1 38 1 7 8 1 3 0 3
Feb 10 at #RV Spring Arbor L, 84-68 1 31 2 4 6 3 4 0 1
Feb 14 at #4 Indiana Wesleyan L, 99-76 1 32 2 6 8 1 6 0 2
Feb 17 Goshen (IN) W, 76-64 1 37 6 6 12 3 2 0 0
Feb 21 at Huntington (IN) L, 62-49 1 37 2 12 14 4 5 1 1
Feb 24 Bethel (IN) W, 81-61 1 34 2 13 15 5 1 0 0
Feb 27 at #4 Indiana Wesleyan L, 114-62 1 30 2 2 4 2 2 0 0
Game Log - Ball control extended
Date Opponent Score gs pf dq a/to
Oct 26 Michigan-Dearborn W, 82-55 1 1 - 2.0
Oct 27 at Calumet (IN) W, 88-37 1 2 - 0.0
Nov 1 Madonna W, 77-65 1 1 - 0.5
Nov 3 at #20 Freed-Hardeman L, 72-56 1 3 0 0.3
Nov 4 vs. Cumberland (TN) L, 72-53 1 1 0 -
Nov 10 at #7 Rio Grande L, 93-70 1 2 - 0.8
Nov 11 vs. St. Mary-Woods L, 78-64 - - - -
Nov 15 at Midway L, 83-76 - - - -
Nov 18 Saint Francis (Ind.) L, 68-41 1 2 - 1.0
Nov 21 at Mount Vernon Nazarene (OH) W, 62-54 1 2 - 0.3
Dec 2 #6 Marian L, 74-60 1 2 - 1.0
Dec 19 Lawrence Tech W, 65-53 1 2 - 0.5
Dec 20 IU Kokomo W, 81-67 1 1 - 2.0
Jan 3 at Grace (IN) L, 82-65 1 5 0 3.0
Jan 6 #RV Spring Arbor L, 80-72 1 4 - 0.3
Jan 10 #2 Indiana Wesleyan L, 96-60 1 2 - 1.0
Jan 13 at Goshen (IN) W, 79-72 1 3 - -
Jan 17 Huntington (IN) W, 73-53 1 1 - 1.3
Jan 20 at Bethel (IN) W, 67-45 1 1 - 1.0
Jan 27 at Saint Francis (Ind.) L, 74-65 1 3 - 0.5
Jan 31 Mount Vernon Nazarene (OH) L, 83-69 1 3 - 5.0
Feb 3 at #2 Marian L, 86-51 1 2 - 0.3
Feb 7 Grace (IN) W, 57-52 1 1 - 0.3
Feb 10 at #RV Spring Arbor L, 84-68 1 3 - 0.8
Feb 14 at #4 Indiana Wesleyan L, 99-76 1 3 - 0.2
Feb 17 Goshen (IN) W, 76-64 1 1 - 1.5
Feb 21 at Huntington (IN) L, 62-49 1 2 - 0.8
Feb 24 Bethel (IN) W, 81-61 1 1 - 5.0
Feb 27 at #4 Indiana Wesleyan L, 114-62 1 0 - 1.0
  gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
2021-22 28 30.3 5.6-13.8 0.7-1.9 1.8-3.0 13.7
2022-23 28 32.4 6.4-16.8 0.7-3.0 2.0-3.5 15.5
2023-24 27 29.4 5.6-13.4 0.2-0.9 2.6-3.5 13.9
Total 83 30.7 5.9-14.7 0.5-1.9 2.1-3.4 14.4

Career Stats: Shooting per game

  gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
2021-22 28 24 849 158-386 40.9 19-52 36.5 49-85 57.6 384
2022-23 28 28 908 179-470 38.1 20-84 23.8 55-99 55.6 433
2023-24 27 27 793 151-363 41.6 5-24 20.8 69-95 72.6 376
Total 83 79 2550 488-1219 40.0 44-160 27.5 173-279 62.0 1193

Career Stats: Shooting totals

  gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
2021-22 28 849 30.3 7.4-18.2 0.9-2.4 36.5 2.3-4.0 18.1
2022-23 28 908 32.4 7.9-20.7 0.9-3.7 23.8 2.4-4.4 19.1
2023-24 27 793 29.4 7.6-18.3 0.3-1.2 20.8 3.5-4.8 19.0
Total 83 2550 30.7 7.7-19.1 0.7-2.5 27.5 2.7-4.4 18.7

Career Stats: Shooting per 40 min

  gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
2021-22 28 3.3 8.5 11.8 2.0 2.4 1.6 0.8
2022-23 28 3.1 5.7 8.8 2.3 2.5 0.6 0.8
2023-24 27 3.4 6.3 9.7 2.2 2.4 0.6 1.0
Total 83 3.3 6.8 10.1 2.2 2.5 0.9 0.8

Career Stats: Ball control per game

  gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
2021-22 28 24 92 238 330 56 68 44 21
2022-23 28 28 87 159 246 64 70 17 21
2023-24 27 27 91 171 262 60 66 15 26
Total 83 79 270 568 838 180 204 76 68

Career Stats: Ball control totals

  gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
2021-22 28 4.3 11.2 15.5 2.6 3.2 2.1 1.0
2022-23 28 3.8 7.0 10.8 2.8 3.1 0.7 0.9
2023-24 27 4.6 8.6 13.2 3.0 3.3 0.8 1.3
Total 83 4.2 8.9 13.1 2.8 3.2 1.2 1.1

Career Stats: Ball control per 40 min

  gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
Event            
Total 27 29.4 5.6-13.4 0.2-0.9 2.6-3.5 13.9
Conference 18 29.9 5.8-13.0 0.1-0.5 2.3-3.2 13.9
Exhibition - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 -
Location            
Home 13 30.4 6.2-14.8 0.2-0.8 2.8-3.9 15.5
Away 13 28.8 5.3-12.1 0.1-0.6 2.2-2.9 12.8
Neutral 1 24.0 1.0-13.0 1.0-5.0 4.0-6.0 7.0
Result            
Wins 12 31.4 6.7-14.6 0.2-0.9 2.6-3.6 16.2
Losses 15 27.7 4.7-12.5 0.1-0.9 2.5-3.5 12.1
Month            
October 2 26.5 7.5-17.5 1.0-3.0 2.5-4.5 18.5
November 6 28.8 4.7-14.0 0.5-1.8 2.0-3.2 11.8
December 3 26.7 5.0-14.3 0.0-0.7 2.7-3.3 12.7
January 8 27.6 5.5-13.0 0.0-0.2 3.0-3.8 14.0
February 8 33.3 6.1-12.1 0.0-0.4 2.5-3.4 14.8

Splits Stats: Shooting per game

  gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Event                    
Total 27 27 793 151-363 41.6 5-24 20.8 69-95 72.6 376
Conference 18 18 539 104-234 44.4 1-9 11.1 42-58 72.4 251
Exhibition - - - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Location                    
Home 13 13 395 81-193 42.0 3-11 27.3 37-51 72.5 202
Away 13 13 374 69-157 43.9 1-8 12.5 28-38 73.7 167
Neutral 1 1 24 1-13 7.7 1-5 20.0 4-6 66.7 7
Result                    
Wins 12 12 377 80-175 45.7 3-11 27.3 31-43 72.1 194
Losses 15 15 416 71-188 37.8 2-13 15.4 38-52 73.1 182
Month                    
October 2 2 53 15-35 42.9 2-6 33.3 5-9 55.6 37
November 6 6 173 28-84 33.3 3-11 27.3 12-19 63.2 71
December 3 3 80 15-43 34.9 0-2 0.0 8-10 80.0 38
January 8 8 221 44-104 42.3 0-2 0.0 24-30 80.0 112
February 8 8 266 49-97 50.5 0-3 0.0 20-27 74.1 118

Splits Stats: Shooting totals

  gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
Event                
Total 27 793 29.4 7.6-18.3 0.3-1.2 20.8 3.5-4.8 19.0
Conference 18 539 29.9 7.7-17.4 0.1-0.7 11.1 3.1-4.3 18.6
Exhibition - - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 -
Location                
Home 13 395 30.4 8.2-19.5 0.3-1.1 27.3 3.7-5.2 20.5
Away 13 374 28.8 7.4-16.8 0.1-0.9 12.5 3.0-4.1 17.9
Neutral 1 24 24.0 1.7-21.7 1.7-8.3 20.0 6.7-10.0 11.7
Result                
Wins 12 377 31.4 8.5-18.6 0.3-1.2 27.3 3.3-4.6 20.6
Losses 15 416 27.7 6.8-18.1 0.2-1.2 15.4 3.7-5.0 17.5
Month                
October 2 53 26.5 11.3-26.4 1.5-4.5 33.3 3.8-6.8 27.9
November 6 173 28.8 6.5-19.4 0.7-2.5 27.3 2.8-4.4 16.4
December 3 80 26.7 7.5-21.5 0.0-1.0 0.0 4.0-5.0 19.0
January 8 221 27.6 8.0-18.8 0.0-0.4 0.0 4.3-5.4 20.3
February 8 266 33.3 7.4-14.6 0.0-0.5 0.0 3.0-4.1 17.7

Splits Stats: Shooting per 40 min

  gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
Event                
Total 27 3.4 6.3 9.7 2.2 2.4 0.6 1.0
Conference 18 2.8 6.9 9.7 2.5 2.6 0.5 0.9
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location                
Home 13 4.3 6.2 10.5 2.6 2.2 0.6 1.1
Away 13 2.5 6.5 9.1 2.0 2.9 0.5 0.9
Neutral 1 2.0 5.0 7.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Result                
Wins 12 5.0 7.3 12.3 2.4 2.2 0.8 1.3
Losses 15 2.1 5.6 7.7 2.1 2.7 0.4 0.7
Month                
October 2 8.5 4.0 12.5 1.0 1.5 0.5 1.0
November 6 2.8 6.5 9.3 1.3 2.7 0.3 1.2
December 3 3.3 5.0 8.3 2.0 1.7 1.3 1.0
January 8 3.4 6.1 9.5 3.0 2.0 0.8 0.8
February 8 2.5 7.5 10.0 2.5 3.3 0.3 1.0

Splits Stats: Ball control per game

  gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
Event                  
Total 27 27 91 171 262 60 66 15 26
Conference 18 18 51 124 175 45 46 9 17
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location                  
Home 13 13 56 81 137 34 28 8 14
Away 13 13 33 85 118 26 38 7 12
Neutral 1 1 2 5 7 0 0 0 0
Result                  
Wins 12 12 60 87 147 29 26 9 15
Losses 15 15 31 84 115 31 40 6 11
Month                  
October 2 2 17 8 25 2 3 1 2
November 6 6 17 39 56 8 16 2 7
December 3 3 10 15 25 6 5 4 3
January 8 8 27 49 76 24 16 6 6
February 8 8 20 60 80 20 26 2 8

Splits Stats: Ball control totals

  gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
Event                
Total 27 4.6 8.6 13.2 3.0 3.3 0.8 1.3
Conference 18 3.8 9.2 13.0 3.3 3.4 0.7 1.3
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location                
Home 13 5.7 8.2 13.9 3.4 2.8 0.8 1.4
Away 13 3.5 9.1 12.6 2.8 4.1 0.7 1.3
Neutral 1 3.3 8.3 11.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Result                
Wins 12 6.4 9.2 15.6 3.1 2.8 1.0 1.6
Losses 15 3.0 8.1 11.1 3.0 3.8 0.6 1.1
Month                
October 2 12.8 6.0 18.9 1.5 2.3 0.8 1.5
November 6 3.9 9.0 12.9 1.8 3.7 0.5 1.6
December 3 5.0 7.5 12.5 3.0 2.5 2.0 1.5
January 8 4.9 8.9 13.8 4.3 2.9 1.1 1.1
February 8 3.0 9.0 12.0 3.0 3.9 0.3 1.2

Splits Stats: Ball control per 40 min

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