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2017-18 Men's Basketball

2 Ethan Danzig

  • Height 6-5
  • Weight 180
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Clarks Green, Pa.
  • Highschool Abington Heights

Biography

  • Four-year letter-winner who has played in 108 games, starting 80 times.
  • Royals' all-time leader in career 3-pointers made with 269.
  • Scored 1,168 points, 30th in Royals' history.
  • Averaged 10.8 points while shooting .419 from 3-point range, fifth-best in school history.
  • His 642 career 3-point attempts are also the most in program history.
  • Shot 82.1 percent (115-for-140) from the free throw line, eighth-best in Royals' history.

Senior Year (2017-18)

  • Game-by-Game Statistics
  • Played in 25 games, starting 24 times, averaging 34.1 minutes per game, which is the seventh-most in team history.
  • Led the team in scoring at 14.6 points per game while shooting 38.7 percent from 3-point range.
  • Made 74 3-pointers, tied for fourth-most in team history.
  • Averaged a career-high 4.6 rebounds per game and had 33 blocks, also a career high.
  • Scored in double figures in 21 of 25 games, including five games of 20 or more. His season high was 30 in an 84-73 win over Drew on Jan. 24.
  • Made eight 3-pointers twice -- vs. King's on Nov. 25 and vs. Goucher on Feb. 18 -- which is tied for the second-most in a single game in Royals history.
  • His 17 3-point attempts against King's on Nov. 25 were the most in a single game in Scranton history.
  • Had seven games with four or more made 3-pointers.
  • Made a career-high five steals against Moravian on Jan. 31.

Junior Year (2016-17)

  • Game-by-Game Statistics
  • Averaged 12.4 points, 4.4 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 1.1 steals while starting all 29 games.
  • Shot 46.4 percent from the field, including 45.5 percent from 3-point range, ninth-best in school history.
  • Made 81 3-pointers, a single-season school record.
  • His 178 3-point attempts are the second-most in school history.
  • Scored in double figures 17 times, including six games of 20 or more points.
  • Averaged 16.0 points, 7.0 rebounds and 3.3 assists while shooting 63.2 percent from 3-point range in four postseason games.
  • Scored a season-high 26 points in a 92-71 victory over Catholic on Jan. 21 in the Long Center. Made six of eight 3-point attempts in the win.
  • Buried a season-high eight 3-pointers, one shy of matching his school record, in an 85-70 win over Goucher on Feb. 18 in the Long Center.
  • Finished with 18 points and a career-high 13 rebounds in an 82-77 overtime win over Oswego State in an NCAA Tournament first-round game on March 3 in Williamstown, Mass.

Sophomore Year (2015-16)

  • Game-by-Game Statistics
  • Averaged 9.8 points, 3.9 rebounds and 1.9 assists per game.
  • Shot 42.5 percent from the field, including 40.4 percent from 3-point range.
  • Led the team with 65 made 3-pointers, tied for seventh-most in a single season in school history.
  • His 161 3-point attempts are tied for third-most in a single season in Royals history.
  • Scored in double figures 13 times, including a career-high 31 in a 94-73 win at Cabrini on Feb. 20.
  • Made a school-record nine 3-pointers in that win over Cabrini.
  • Made a 3-pointer in 24 of 27 games, including 13 games with at least three made 3-pointers.
  • Finished seventh in the Landmark Conference in 3-point shooting percentage.

Freshman Year (2014-15)

  • Game-by-Game Statistics
  • Averaged 6.7 points and 2.0 rebounds per game
  • Shot 47.8 percent from the field, 43.8 percent from beyond the 3-point arc, and 77.8 percent from the free throw line
  • Made 49 3-point field goals, the second highest on the team
  • Scored in double figures eight times, including season-high 18-point efforts against Juniata on Feb. 7 and Goucher on Feb. 14.
  • Also scored 14 points in an 83-71 victory over Catholic University on Feb. 21 at the Long Center
  • Scored in double figures in five of his last 10 games of the season
  • Finished fourth in the Landmark Conference in 3-point field goal percentage and ninth in 3-point field goals made
  • Made at least one 3-pointer in 21 games, including 11 games with two-or-more

Awards & Honors

  • Landmark Conference 2nd-team selection (2017, 2018)
  • John “Les” Dickman Award (Team MVP) (2018)
  • Landmark Conference Athlete of the Week (Jan. 29, 2018)
  • National Jesuit Player of the Week (Jan. 17, 2018)
  • University of Scranton Athlete of the Week (Feb. 23, 2015; Feb. 15, 2016; Jan. 23, 2017; Jan. 15, 2018)
  • Landmark Conference Academic Honor Roll (2016)

High School/Personal

  • Member of three Lackawanna League and Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA) District II championship teams ('12-'14).
  • Averaged 12 points, six rebounds, three assists and nearly one block per game his senior year.
  • Shot 51 percent from the field, including 42 percent from beyond the 3-point arc, his senior year.
  • Earned Lackawanna League All-Star honors in 2014.
  • His high school coach was Ken Bianchi.
  • Son of (Royals head coach) Carl & Lynette Danzig
  • Younger brother of former Royals standout Ross Danzig; also has a younger brother, Jackson

Statistics

Season Statistics

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Historical Player Information

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    2015-16Sophomore

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    2016-17Junior

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    2017-18Senior

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