Blaze Lubbers - Dakota Wesleyan University

Height:

6-3
Weight:

204
Year:

Sr.
Hometown:

Harrisburg, S.D.
High School:

Harrisburg High School
Position:

Forward
Major:

Business Administration

gp

30
pts/g

8.3
fg %

42.3
3pt %

34.0
ft %

72.9
reb/g

5.9
a/g

0.8

Bio

Awards & Honors

Junior (2023-24): Lubbers played in 29 games with 28 starts for the Tigers … led the team in total rebounds with 207 … scored 9.9 points per game while shooting 42.6% and averaged 7.1 boards a game … scored his season high 20 points against Mount Marty (Dec. 9^th) and a new career high 18 rebounds against No. 14 Northwestern (Jan. 24^th) … recorded four double-doubles, three of them being in wins … Lubbers finished 8^th in the conference for total rebounds.

Sophomore (2022-23): Started in 22 games for the Tigers appearing in all 29… Lubbers averaged 10.2 points per game, notching a total of 297 points… shooting 45.7% from the field ranks him third best on the team… he recorded six double-double games during the season with a 2022-23 high of 21 points against Viterbo on the road, and (RV) Dordt…on the road at Dakota State, he grabbed a season and career high 13 boards… overall, he shot 28.8% beyond the arc, and 76.8% at the foul line while grabbing a mean of 6.1 boards per contest.

Freshman (2021-22): Lubbers appeared in 13 games for DWU in his first season as a Tiger for a total of 68 minutes ... shot his best against Midland going 4 for 8 from the floor for a total of nine points ... overall tallied 36.8% from the field and 83.3% at the free-throw line.

High School: Played all four seasons for the Tigers ... averaged 13 points and seven rebounds as a senior ... shot 51% from the field in his final season ... helped Harrisburg High School to a 15-5 record in 2021 ... an All-ESD selection ... a three-year letterwinner and a two-year starter ... competed on the track and field team.

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Recent games

Date	Opponent	Result
Feb 12	Morningside	W, 99-90
Feb 15	at Concordia (NE)	L, 91-76
Feb 19	at Waldorf	W, 99-72
Feb 22	Dordt	L, 77-74
Feb 26	at Morningside	L, 91-74
Mar 14	vs. The Master's	L, 69-65

Season Statistics

	Overall	Conference
Games	30	20
Games started	30	20
Minutes	827	542
Minutes per game	27.6	27.1
FG	85-201	55-134
FG Pct	42.3	41.0
3PT	35-103	30-80
3PT Pct	34.0	37.5
FT	43-59	27-38
FT Pct	72.9	71.1
Off rebounds	57	37
Def rebounds	121	78
Total rebounds	178	115
Rebounds per game	5.9	5.8
Personal fouls	49	34
Disqualifications	0	-
Assists	24	15
Turnovers	37	27
Assist to turnover ratio	0.6	0.6
Steals	16	12
Blocks	3	2
Points	248	167
Points per game	8.3	8.3
Points per 40 min	12.0	12.3

Date	Opponent	Score	gs	min	fg	pct	3pt	pct	ft	pct	pts
Oct 26	at Buena Vista	W, 83-67	1	22	2-6	33.3	1-3	33.3	0-0	-	5
Nov 2	at Saint Mary	W, 77-64	1	37	4-8	50.0	1-3	33.3	0-0	-	9
Nov 6	Dakota State (SD)	W, 76-48	1	29	1-5	20.0	0-1	0.0	2-2	100.0	4
Nov 9	Valley City State	L, 78-76	1	30	6-9	66.7	0-1	0.0	3-3	100.0	15
Nov 14	at University of South Dakota		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nov 16	at Doane (NE)	W, 82-41	1	20	0-4	0.0	0-1	0.0	0-0	-	0
Nov 20	Northwestern	L, 87-68	1	16	1-5	20.0	1-3	33.3	0-0	-	3
Nov 23	at Valley City State	W, 72-56	1	31	3-7	42.9	0-2	0.0	6-6	100.0	12
Nov 26	Briar Cliff (IA)	W, 76-68	1	31	4-9	44.4	1-1	100.0	0-0	-	9
Dec 2	at South Dakota State		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dec 4	at Dordt	L, 73-59	1	32	1-5	20.0	0-3	0.0	2-2	100.0	4
Dec 7	at Hastings	W, 82-77	1	34	5-10	50.0	1-5	20.0	0-0	-	11
Dec 14	Midland	W, 92-64	1	30	7-10	70.0	4-6	66.7	2-2	100.0	20
Dec 20	at Justice	W, 80-77	1	31	7-10	70.0	2-2	100.0	1-3	33.3	17
Dec 22	at Park-Gilbert (AZ)	W, 81-64	1	27	4-13	30.8	0-5	0.0	1-3	33.3	9
Dec 29	Jamestown	W, 78-69	1	33	1-2	50.0	1-2	50.0	2-2	100.0	5
Jan 2	Concordia (NE)	L, 95-84	1	30	6-12	50.0	4-6	66.7	5-8	62.5	21
Jan 8	at Northwestern	L, 73-67	1	38	4-7	57.1	3-5	60.0	0-1	0.0	11
Jan 11	Hastings	W, 77-64	1	39	6-11	54.5	2-6	33.3	1-2	50.0	15
Jan 15	at Morningside	L, 79-72	1	35	2-6	33.3	2-4	50.0	0-0	-	6
Jan 18	at Mount Marty	W, 76-70	1	31	2-6	33.3	1-4	25.0	4-4	100.0	9
Jan 22	Waldorf	W, 71-49	1	19	2-5	40.0	1-4	25.0	2-4	50.0	7
Jan 26	Doane (NE)	W, 58-54	1	13	0-2	0.0	0-1	0.0	1-2	50.0	1
Feb 1	at Midland	W, 70-56	1	13	0-3	0.0	0-3	0.0	2-2	100.0	2
Feb 5	at Briar Cliff (IA)	W, 77-76	1	28	2-6	33.3	1-3	33.3	2-3	66.7	7
Feb 8	Mount Marty	W, 80-72	1	26	4-9	44.4	3-8	37.5	3-4	75.0	14
Feb 12	Morningside	W, 99-90	1	24	3-6	50.0	1-3	33.3	2-2	100.0	9
Feb 15	at Concordia (NE)	L, 91-76	1	30	2-8	25.0	2-8	25.0	1-2	50.0	7
Feb 19	at Waldorf	W, 99-72	1	17	2-3	66.7	2-2	100.0	0-0	-	6
Feb 22	Dordt	L, 77-74	1	36	2-7	28.6	1-4	25.0	0-0	-	5
Feb 26	at Morningside	L, 91-74	1	21	0-3	0.0	0-3	0.0	1-2	50.0	1
Mar 14	vs. The Master's	L, 69-65	1	24	2-4	50.0	0-1	0.0	0-0	-	4

Date	Opponent	Score	gs	min	off	def	reb	ast	to	stl	blk
Oct 26	at Buena Vista	W, 83-67	1	22	3	8	11	0	0	0	0
Nov 2	at Saint Mary	W, 77-64	1	37	2	6	8	0	2	1	0
Nov 6	Dakota State (SD)	W, 76-48	1	29	3	3	6	0	0	0	0
Nov 9	Valley City State	L, 78-76	1	30	4	3	7	2	0	1	0
Nov 14	at University of South Dakota		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nov 16	at Doane (NE)	W, 82-41	1	20	4	4	8	2	3	1	0
Nov 20	Northwestern	L, 87-68	1	16	2	2	4	0	0	0	0
Nov 23	at Valley City State	W, 72-56	1	31	4	5	9	0	1	0	0
Nov 26	Briar Cliff (IA)	W, 76-68	1	31	5	8	13	0	1	1	0
Dec 2	at South Dakota State		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dec 4	at Dordt	L, 73-59	1	32	0	8	8	1	0	1	0
Dec 7	at Hastings	W, 82-77	1	34	2	1	3	0	3	0	0
Dec 14	Midland	W, 92-64	1	30	2	3	5	3	1	1	0
Dec 20	at Justice	W, 80-77	1	31	1	5	6	1	2	0	1
Dec 22	at Park-Gilbert (AZ)	W, 81-64	1	27	3	7	10	4	2	1	0
Dec 29	Jamestown	W, 78-69	1	33	0	4	4	1	1	1	0
Jan 2	Concordia (NE)	L, 95-84	1	30	1	3	4	0	0	1	0
Jan 8	at Northwestern	L, 73-67	1	38	0	4	4	1	1	1	0
Jan 11	Hastings	W, 77-64	1	39	2	3	5	0	1	1	0
Jan 15	at Morningside	L, 79-72	1	35	1	3	4	1	2	0	0
Jan 18	at Mount Marty	W, 76-70	1	31	1	4	5	0	0	1	0
Jan 22	Waldorf	W, 71-49	1	19	2	5	7	1	2	0	1
Jan 26	Doane (NE)	W, 58-54	1	13	3	0	3	0	3	1	0
Feb 1	at Midland	W, 70-56	1	13	0	2	2	1	4	1	0
Feb 5	at Briar Cliff (IA)	W, 77-76	1	28	3	4	7	0	1	1	0
Feb 8	Mount Marty	W, 80-72	1	26	4	5	9	0	1	0	0
Feb 12	Morningside	W, 99-90	1	24	1	3	4	1	0	0	1
Feb 15	at Concordia (NE)	L, 91-76	1	30	0	9	9	3	1	0	0
Feb 19	at Waldorf	W, 99-72	1	17	0	4	4	1	2	1	0
Feb 22	Dordt	L, 77-74	1	36	4	3	7	0	1	0	0
Feb 26	at Morningside	L, 91-74	1	21	0	1	1	0	1	0	0
Mar 14	vs. The Master's	L, 69-65	1	24	0	1	1	1	1	0	0

Date	Opponent	Score	gs	pf	dq	a/to
Oct 26	at Buena Vista	W, 83-67	1	3	0	-
Nov 2	at Saint Mary	W, 77-64	1	0	-	0.0
Nov 6	Dakota State (SD)	W, 76-48	1	3	-	-
Nov 9	Valley City State	L, 78-76	1	3	-	-
Nov 14	at University of South Dakota		-	-	-	-
Nov 16	at Doane (NE)	W, 82-41	1	2	-	0.7
Nov 20	Northwestern	L, 87-68	1	2	-	-
Nov 23	at Valley City State	W, 72-56	1	1	-	0.0
Nov 26	Briar Cliff (IA)	W, 76-68	1	0	-	0.0
Dec 2	at South Dakota State		-	-	-	-
Dec 4	at Dordt	L, 73-59	1	2	-	-
Dec 7	at Hastings	W, 82-77	1	2	-	0.0
Dec 14	Midland	W, 92-64	1	2	-	3.0
Dec 20	at Justice	W, 80-77	1	1	-	0.5
Dec 22	at Park-Gilbert (AZ)	W, 81-64	1	0	-	2.0
Dec 29	Jamestown	W, 78-69	1	1	-	1.0
Jan 2	Concordia (NE)	L, 95-84	1	3	-	-
Jan 8	at Northwestern	L, 73-67	1	3	-	1.0
Jan 11	Hastings	W, 77-64	1	3	-	0.0
Jan 15	at Morningside	L, 79-72	1	1	-	0.5
Jan 18	at Mount Marty	W, 76-70	1	0	-	-
Jan 22	Waldorf	W, 71-49	1	1	-	0.5
Jan 26	Doane (NE)	W, 58-54	1	1	-	0.0
Feb 1	at Midland	W, 70-56	1	3	-	0.3
Feb 5	at Briar Cliff (IA)	W, 77-76	1	0	-	0.0
Feb 8	Mount Marty	W, 80-72	1	3	-	0.0
Feb 12	Morningside	W, 99-90	1	2	-	-
Feb 15	at Concordia (NE)	L, 91-76	1	1	-	3.0
Feb 19	at Waldorf	W, 99-72	1	1	-	0.5
Feb 22	Dordt	L, 77-74	1	2	-	0.0
Feb 26	at Morningside	L, 91-74	1	1	-	0.0
Mar 14	vs. The Master's	L, 69-65	1	2	-	1.0

	gp	min/g	fg/g	3pt/g	ft/g	ppg
2021-22	13	5.2	0.5-1.5	0.1-0.7	0.4-0.5	1.5
2022-23	29	25.4	3.7-8.1	1.0-3.6	1.8-2.4	10.2
2023-24	29	27.8	3.5-8.2	1.3-4.0	1.6-2.3	9.9
2024-25	30	27.6	2.8-6.7	1.2-3.4	1.4-2.0	8.3
Total	101	24.1	3.0-6.8	1.0-3.3	1.5-2.0	8.4

Career Stats: Shooting per game

	gp	gs	min	fg	pct	3pt	pct	ft	pct	pts
2021-22	13	0	68	7-19	36.8	1-9	11.1	5-6	83.3	20
2022-23	29	22	736	107-234	45.7	30-104	28.8	53-69	76.8	297
2023-24	29	28	806	101-237	42.6	39-116	33.6	47-68	69.1	288
2024-25	30	30	827	85-201	42.3	35-103	34.0	43-59	72.9	248
Total	101	80	2437	300-691	43.4	105-332	31.6	148-202	73.3	853

Career Stats: Shooting totals

	gp	min	min/g	fg/40	3pt/40	pct	ft/40	pts/40
2021-22	13	68	5.2	4.1-11.2	0.6-5.3	11.1	2.9-3.5	11.8
2022-23	29	736	25.4	5.8-12.7	1.6-5.7	28.8	2.9-3.8	16.1
2023-24	29	806	27.8	5.0-11.8	1.9-5.8	33.6	2.3-3.4	14.3
2024-25	30	827	27.6	4.1-9.7	1.7-5.0	34.0	2.1-2.9	12.0
Total	101	2437	24.1	4.9-11.3	1.7-5.4	31.6	2.4-3.3	14.0

Career Stats: Shooting per 40 min

	gp	off/g	def/g	reb/g	ast/g	to/g	stl/g	blk/g
2021-22	13	0.4	1.1	1.5	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.1
2022-23	29	2.1	4.0	6.1	1.1	1.2	0.4	0.1
2023-24	29	2.1	5.1	7.1	1.3	1.1	0.6	0.2
2024-25	30	1.9	4.0	5.9	0.8	1.2	0.5	0.1
Total	101	1.8	3.9	5.7	1.0	1.0	0.5	0.1

Career Stats: Ball control per game

	gp	gs	off	def	reb	ast	to	stl	blk
2021-22	13	0	5	14	19	1	3	1	1
2022-23	29	22	61	115	176	33	35	12	3
2023-24	29	28	60	147	207	39	31	18	6
2024-25	30	30	57	121	178	24	37	16	3
Total	101	80	183	397	580	97	106	47	13

Career Stats: Ball control totals

	gp	off/40	def/40	reb/40	ast/40	to/40	stl/40	blk/40
2021-22	13	2.9	8.2	11.2	0.6	1.8	0.6	0.6
2022-23	29	3.3	6.3	9.6	1.8	1.9	0.7	0.2
2023-24	29	3.0	7.3	10.3	1.9	1.5	0.9	0.3
2024-25	30	2.8	5.9	8.6	1.2	1.8	0.8	0.1
Total	101	3.0	6.5	9.5	1.6	1.7	0.8	0.2

Career Stats: Ball control per 40 min

	gp	min/g	fg/g	3pt/g	ft/g	ppg
Event
Total	30	27.6	2.8-6.7	1.2-3.4	1.4-2.0	8.3
Conference	20	27.1	2.8-6.7	1.5-4.0	1.4-1.9	8.3
Exhibition	-	-	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	-
Location
Home	13	27.4	3.3-7.1	1.5-3.5	1.8-2.4	9.8
Away	16	27.9	2.5-6.6	1.0-3.5	1.2-1.8	7.3
Neutral	1	24.0	2.0-4.0	0.0-1.0	0.0-0.0	4.0
Result
Wins	20	26.8	3.0-6.8	1.1-3.2	1.6-2.0	8.6
Losses	10	29.2	2.6-6.6	1.3-3.8	1.2-1.8	7.7
Month
October	1	22.0	2.0-6.0	1.0-3.0	0.0-0.0	5.0
November	7	27.7	2.7-6.7	0.4-1.7	1.6-1.6	7.4
December	6	31.2	4.2-8.3	1.3-3.8	1.3-2.0	11.0
January	7	29.3	3.1-7.0	1.9-4.3	1.9-3.0	10.0
February	8	24.4	1.9-5.6	1.2-4.2	1.4-1.9	6.4
March	1	24.0	2.0-4.0	0.0-1.0	0.0-0.0	4.0

Splits Stats: Shooting per game

	gp	gs	min	fg	pct	3pt	pct	ft	pct	pts
Event
Total	30	30	827	85-201	42.3	35-103	34.0	43-59	72.9	248
Conference	20	20	542	55-134	41.0	30-80	37.5	27-38	71.1	167
Exhibition	-	-	-	0-0	-	0-0	-	0-0	-	0
Location
Home	13	13	356	43-92	46.7	19-46	41.3	23-31	74.2	128
Away	16	16	447	40-105	38.1	16-56	28.6	20-28	71.4	116
Neutral	1	1	24	2-4	50.0	0-1	0.0	0-0	-	4
Result
Wins	20	20	535	59-135	43.7	22-65	33.8	31-41	75.6	171
Losses	10	10	292	26-66	39.4	13-38	34.2	12-18	66.7	77
Month
October	1	1	22	2-6	33.3	1-3	33.3	0-0	-	5
November	7	7	194	19-47	40.4	3-12	25.0	11-11	100.0	52
December	6	6	187	25-50	50.0	8-23	34.8	8-12	66.7	66
January	7	7	205	22-49	44.9	13-30	43.3	13-21	61.9	70
February	8	8	195	15-45	33.3	10-34	29.4	11-15	73.3	51
March	1	1	24	2-4	50.0	0-1	0.0	0-0	-	4

Splits Stats: Shooting totals

	gp	min	min/g	fg/40	3pt/40	pct	ft/40	pts/40
Event
Total	30	827	27.6	4.1-9.7	1.7-5.0	34.0	2.1-2.9	12.0
Conference	20	542	27.1	4.1-9.9	2.2-5.9	37.5	2.0-2.8	12.3
Exhibition	-	-	-	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	-	0.0-0.0	-
Location
Home	13	356	27.4	4.8-10.3	2.1-5.2	41.3	2.6-3.5	14.4
Away	16	447	27.9	3.6-9.4	1.4-5.0	28.6	1.8-2.5	10.4
Neutral	1	24	24.0	3.3-6.7	0.0-1.7	0.0	0.0-0.0	6.7
Result
Wins	20	535	26.8	4.4-10.1	1.6-4.9	33.8	2.3-3.1	12.8
Losses	10	292	29.2	3.6-9.0	1.8-5.2	34.2	1.6-2.5	10.5
Month
October	1	22	22.0	3.6-10.9	1.8-5.5	33.3	0.0-0.0	9.1
November	7	194	27.7	3.9-9.7	0.6-2.5	25.0	2.3-2.3	10.7
December	6	187	31.2	5.3-10.7	1.7-4.9	34.8	1.7-2.6	14.1
January	7	205	29.3	4.3-9.6	2.5-5.9	43.3	2.5-4.1	13.7
February	8	195	24.4	3.1-9.2	2.1-7.0	29.4	2.3-3.1	10.5
March	1	24	24.0	3.3-6.7	0.0-1.7	0.0	0.0-0.0	6.7

Splits Stats: Shooting per 40 min

	gp	off/g	def/g	reb/g	ast/g	to/g	stl/g	blk/g
Event
Total	30	1.9	4.0	5.9	0.8	1.2	0.5	0.1
Conference	20	1.9	3.9	5.8	0.8	1.4	0.6	0.1
Exhibition	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Location
Home	13	2.5	3.5	6.0	0.6	0.8	0.5	0.2
Away	16	1.5	4.7	6.2	0.9	1.6	0.6	0.1
Neutral	1	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0
Result
Wins	20	2.3	4.2	6.5	0.8	1.5	0.6	0.1
Losses	10	1.2	3.7	4.9	0.9	0.7	0.4	0.0
Month
October	1	3.0	8.0	11.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
November	7	3.4	4.4	7.9	0.6	1.0	0.6	0.0
December	6	1.3	4.7	6.0	1.7	1.5	0.7	0.2
January	7	1.4	3.1	4.6	0.4	1.3	0.7	0.1
February	8	1.5	3.9	5.4	0.8	1.4	0.4	0.1
March	1	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0

Splits Stats: Ball control per game

	gp	gs	off	def	reb	ast	to	stl	blk
Event
Total	30	30	57	121	178	24	37	16	3
Conference	20	20	37	78	115	15	27	12	2
Exhibition	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Location
Home	13	13	33	45	78	8	11	7	2
Away	16	16	24	75	99	15	25	9	1
Neutral	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	0
Result
Wins	20	20	45	84	129	15	30	12	3
Losses	10	10	12	37	49	9	7	4	0
Month
October	1	1	3	8	11	0	0	0	0
November	7	7	24	31	55	4	7	4	0
December	6	6	8	28	36	10	9	4	1
January	7	7	10	22	32	3	9	5	1
February	8	8	12	31	43	6	11	3	1
March	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	0

Splits Stats: Ball control totals

	gp	off/40	def/40	reb/40	ast/40	to/40	stl/40	blk/40
Event
Total	30	2.8	5.9	8.6	1.2	1.8	0.8	0.1
Conference	20	2.7	5.8	8.5	1.1	2.0	0.9	0.1
Exhibition	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Location
Home	13	3.7	5.1	8.8	0.9	1.2	0.8	0.2
Away	16	2.1	6.7	8.9	1.3	2.2	0.8	0.1
Neutral	1	0.0	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	0.0	0.0
Result
Wins	20	3.4	6.3	9.6	1.1	2.2	0.9	0.2
Losses	10	1.6	5.1	6.7	1.2	1.0	0.5	0.0
Month
October	1	5.5	14.5	20.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
November	7	4.9	6.4	11.3	0.8	1.4	0.8	0.0
December	6	1.7	6.0	7.7	2.1	1.9	0.9	0.2
January	7	2.0	4.3	6.2	0.6	1.8	1.0	0.2
February	8	2.5	6.4	8.8	1.2	2.3	0.6	0.2
March	1	0.0	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	0.0	0.0