Henry Ellenson's Assault On The Marquette Record Book Begins In Earnest

I don't know if you've heard, but Henry Ellenson's pretty good at basketball, to the point where he is already starting to re-write the MU record book.

By Brewtown Andy@brewtownandy Dec 30, 2015, 3:00pm CST

For our Big East swing around post, I knew I didn't have to go terribly indepth for Marquette. The audience for this site is Marquette fans, and generally speaking, y'all are paying close enough attention to the Golden Eagles. That sent me off looking for fun facts to talk about, and that led me to the Marquette record book. That led me to discover this fun fact:

If Henry Ellenson grabs 10 rebounds against Seton Hall, just 0.2 rebounds more than his season average, he will move into a tie for the 10th most rebounds by a freshman in Marquette history.

With 19 games guaranteed left to play.

If Henry is that close to the top 10 in rebounds already, then the questions to ask are as follows:

Does he have a shot at the freshman record?
Does he have a shot at any other freshman records?
Does he have a shot at any single season records?

Let's see, shall we? As a disclaimer here, I'm going to point out that I'm taking Henry's averages in all of these categories, and then rounding them all down. With the level of competition going up as Marquette enters conference play, it's likely that Ellenson's averages will dip a little. I'm also only counting the 20 remaining games that are guaranteed to Marquette: 18 regular season Big East games, a game against Stetson, and one Big East tournament game. Think of it this way: I am laying out worst case scenarios here.

SCORING

16 points per game + 201 current points = 521 points

**Freshman Scoring**
Dominic James	473
Doc Rivers	434
Damon Key	383
Duane Wilson	380

SCORING AVERAGE

16.8 points per game

**Freshman Scoring Average**
Dominic James	15.3
Doc Rivers	14.0
Damon Key	13.2
Bo Ellis	12.2

FIELD GOALS MADE

6 makes per game + 73 current makes = 193 FGM

**Freshman Field Goals Made**
Doc Rivers	182
Dominic James	174
Bo Ellis	167
Damon Key	151

FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED

13 attempts per game + 162 current attempts = 422 FGA

**Freshman Field Goals Attempted**
Dominic James	404
Doc Rivers	329
Bo Ellis	312
Jerel McNeal	312

FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE

45.1% current average

**Freshman FG% (min. 200 FGA)**
Doc Rivers	55.3%
Bo Ellis	53.5%
Trevor Powell	52.7%
Damon Key	51.4%
Dwayne Johnson	50.5%
Tom Copa	50.2%
Roney Eford	45.6%
Jerel McNeal	44.2%

FREE THROWS MADE

3 makes per game + 45 current makes = 105 makes

**Freshman Free Throws Made**
Duane Wilson	89
Dominic James	84
Damon Key	80
Dameon Mason	76

FREE THROWS ATTEMPTED

5 attempts per game + 60 current attempts = 160 attempts

**Freshman Free Throws Attempted**
Dominic James	131
Duane Wilson	125
Doc Rivers	119
Dameon Mason	107

FREE THROW AVERAGE

75% current average

**Freshman FT% (min 70 FTA)**
Damon Key	81.6%
Roney Eford	79.5%
Wesley Matthews	78.8%
Brian Wardle	77.5%
Todd Mayo	76.2%
Tony Smith	75.3%
Jerel McNeal	75.0%
Duane Wilson	71.2%

REBOUNDS

9 per game plus 118 current rebounds = 298 rebounds

**Freshman Rebounds**
Bo Ellis	264
Damon Key	165
Trevor Powell	161

REBOUNDING AVERAGE

9.8 current average

**Freshman Rebounding Average**
Bo Ellis	8.5
Trevor Powell	6.0
Damon Key	5.7

ASSISTS

2 per game + 31 current assists = 71 assists

**Freshman Assists**
Tony Miller	221
Dominic James	167
Doc Rivers	112
Cordell Henry	93
Robb Logterman	89
Travis Diener	86
Jerel McNeal	85
Mark Anglavar	79
Michael Wilson	69
Duane Wilson	68

BLOCKS

1 per game = 16 current blocks = 36 blocks

**Freshman Blocks**
Jim McIlvaine	92
Trevor Powell	29
Tom Copa	29
Scott Merritt	25

Henry Ellenson is on pace to break EIGHT freshman season records, and he's on pace to enter the top 10 on four more. As you've probably noticed by now, none of the all time single season records are mentioned here. Ellenson isn't on pace to hit the top 10 on any of them, so there's no point in listing those out here, at least not yet. As I said in the intro, these are essentially worst case scenarios. If Henry turns it on in league play or if Marquette piles up the conference wins, there's going to be a game or two more to play in the Big East tournament or the NCAA tournament. That, though, is something we'll have to wait for March to think about, though.