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Austin Thornton

Position: Guard

6-5, 210lb (196cm, 95kg)

Hometown: Sand Lake, MI

School: Michigan State (Men)

SUMMARY

Career

131

PTS

2.5

TRB

1.9

AST

0.6

FG%

40.2

FG3%

35.0

FT%

87.4

eFG%

48.8

PER

4.4

Per Game

Season

Conference

Per Game Table
Season	School	Conf	Class	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	SOS
2008-09	Michigan State	Big Ten	FR	27	0	3.7	0.3	0.9	.360	0.2	0.3	.625	0.1	0.6	.235	0.4	0.5	.786	0.1	0.6	0.8	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.2	0.6	1.2	9.37
2009-10	Michigan State	Big Ten	SO	33	0	5.9	0.4	1.2	.341	0.4	0.9	.387	0.1	0.3	.200	0.1	0.1	1.000	0.4	0.6	1.1	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.4	1.0	1.0	8.17
2010-11	Michigan State	Big Ten	JR	34	6	11.1	0.7	2.1	.338	0.5	1.2	.450	0.2	0.9	.194	0.4	0.4	.933	0.9	1.2	2.1	0.7	0.1	0.1	0.6	1.4	2.0	11.67
2011-12	Michigan State	Big Ten	SR	37	16	21.8	1.5	3.1	.474	0.6	1.3	.469	0.8	1.8	.477	1.5	1.7	.871	0.9	2.4	3.3	1.1	0.6	0.2	0.7	2.0	5.2	9.82
Career	Michigan State			131	22	11.3	0.8	1.9	.402	0.4	1.0	.453	0.3	0.9	.350	0.6	0.7	.874	0.6	1.3	1.9	0.6	0.3	0.1	0.5	1.3	2.5	9.76

Per Game Table
Season	School	Conf	Class	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
2008-09	Michigan State	Big Ten	FR	11	0	2.2	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.3	.000	0.4	0.4	1.000	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.5	0.4
2009-10	Michigan State	Big Ten	SO	15	0	4.7	0.2	0.8	.250	0.2	0.8	.250	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.4	0.5	0.9	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.3	0.5	0.4
2010-11	Michigan State	Big Ten	JR	18	0	9.8	0.4	1.7	.233	0.3	0.9	.353	0.1	0.7	.077	0.3	0.4	.857	0.7	1.3	2.0	0.4	0.2	0.1	0.6	1.3	1.2
2011-12	Michigan State	Big Ten	SR	18	9	23.4	1.8	3.4	.516	0.8	1.5	.519	1.0	1.9	.514	1.3	1.3	.958	0.9	2.3	3.2	1.1	0.5	0.2	0.5	2.1	5.8
Career	Michigan State			62	9	11.1	0.7	1.7	.393	0.4	0.9	.411	0.3	0.8	.373	0.5	0.6	.943	0.6	1.2	1.8	0.5	0.2	0.1	0.4	1.2	2.2

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Totals

Season

Conference

Totals Table
Season	School	Conf	Class	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
2008-09	Michigan State	Big Ten	FR	27	0	100	9	25	.360	5	8	.625	4	17	.235	11	14	.786	4	17	21	7	4	0	6	15	33
2009-10	Michigan State	Big Ten	SO	33	0	195	14	41	.341	12	31	.387	2	10	.200	4	4	1.000	14	21	35	10	3	0	13	33	34
2010-11	Michigan State	Big Ten	JR	34	6	376	24	71	.338	18	40	.450	6	31	.194	14	15	.933	29	42	71	23	5	3	21	46	68
2011-12	Michigan State	Big Ten	SR	37	16	808	54	114	.474	23	49	.469	31	65	.477	54	62	.871	33	90	123	42	23	6	27	75	193
Career	Michigan State			131	22	1479	101	251	.402	58	128	.453	43	123	.350	83	95	.874	80	170	250	82	35	9	67	169	328

Totals Table
Season	School	Conf	Class	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
2008-09	Michigan State	Big Ten	FR	11	0	24	0	3	.000	0	0		0	3	.000	4	4	1.000	1	2	3	2	0	0	2	6	4
2009-10	Michigan State	Big Ten	SO	15	0	70	3	12	.250	3	12	.250	0	0		0	0		6	8	14	1	2	0	5	7	6
2010-11	Michigan State	Big Ten	JR	18	0	176	7	30	.233	6	17	.353	1	13	.077	6	7	.857	12	24	36	7	3	1	11	23	21
2011-12	Michigan State	Big Ten	SR	18	9	421	32	62	.516	14	27	.519	18	35	.514	23	24	.958	16	42	58	19	9	4	9	38	105
Career	Michigan State			62	9	691	42	107	.393	23	56	.411	19	51	.373	33	35	.943	35	76	111	29	14	5	27	74	136

Per 40 Minutes

Season

Conference

Per 40 Minutes Table
Season	School	Conf	Class	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
2008-09	Michigan State	Big Ten	FR	27	0	100	3.6	10.0	.360	2.0	3.2	.625	1.6	6.8	.235	4.4	5.6	.786	8.4	2.8	1.6	0.0	2.4	6.0	13.2
2009-10	Michigan State	Big Ten	SO	33	0	195	2.9	8.4	.341	2.5	6.4	.387	0.4	2.1	.200	0.8	0.8	1.000	7.2	2.1	0.6	0.0	2.7	6.8	7.0
2010-11	Michigan State	Big Ten	JR	34	6	376	2.6	7.6	.338	1.9	4.3	.450	0.6	3.3	.194	1.5	1.6	.933	7.6	2.4	0.5	0.3	2.2	4.9	7.2
2011-12	Michigan State	Big Ten	SR	37	16	808	2.7	5.6	.474	1.1	2.4	.469	1.5	3.2	.477	2.7	3.1	.871	6.1	2.1	1.1	0.3	1.3	3.7	9.6
Career	Michigan State			131	22	1479	2.7	6.8	.402	1.6	3.5	.453	1.2	3.3	.350	2.2	2.6	.874	6.8	2.2	0.9	0.2	1.8	4.6	8.9

Per 40 Minutes Table
Season	School	Conf	Class	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
2008-09	Michigan State	Big Ten	FR	11	0	24	0.0	5.0	.000	0.0	0.0		0.0	5.0	.000	6.7	6.7	1.000	5.0	3.3	0.0	0.0	3.3	10.0	6.7
2009-10	Michigan State	Big Ten	SO	15	0	70	1.7	6.9	.250	1.7	6.9	.250	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		8.0	0.6	1.1	0.0	2.9	4.0	3.4
2010-11	Michigan State	Big Ten	JR	18	0	176	1.6	6.8	.233	1.4	3.9	.353	0.2	3.0	.077	1.4	1.6	.857	8.2	1.6	0.7	0.2	2.5	5.2	4.8
2011-12	Michigan State	Big Ten	SR	18	9	421	3.0	5.9	.516	1.3	2.6	.519	1.7	3.3	.514	2.2	2.3	.958	5.5	1.8	0.9	0.4	0.9	3.6	10.0
Career	Michigan State			62	9	691	2.4	6.2	.393	1.3	3.2	.411	1.1	3.0	.373	1.9	2.0	.943	6.4	1.7	0.8	0.3	1.6	4.3	7.9

Per 100 Poss

Season

Conference

Per 100 Poss Table
Season	School	Conf	Class	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	ORtg	DRtg
2008-09	Michigan State	Big Ten	FR	27	0	100			.360			.625			.235			.786
2009-10	Michigan State	Big Ten	SO	33	0	195	4.4	12.8	.341	3.7	9.7	.387	0.6	3.1	.200	1.2	1.2	1.000	10.9	3.1	0.9	0.0	4.0	10.3	10.6	85.2	101.6
2010-11	Michigan State	Big Ten	JR	34	6	376	3.9	11.5	.338	2.9	6.5	.450	1.0	5.0	.194	2.3	2.4	.933	11.5	3.7	0.8	0.5	3.4	7.4	11.0	94.7	104.8
2011-12	Michigan State	Big Ten	SR	37	16	808	4.1	8.7	.474	1.7	3.7	.469	2.4	4.9	.477	4.1	4.7	.871	9.4	3.2	1.7	0.5	2.1	5.7	14.7	133.1	95.2
Career	Michigan State			131	22	1479	4.1	10.0	.402	2.3	5.3	.453	1.7	4.7	.350	3.2	3.6	.874	10.2	3.3	1.4	0.4	2.7	6.8	13.1	113.0	98.8

Per 100 Poss Table
Season	School	Conf	Class	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	ORtg	DRtg
2008-09	Michigan State	Big Ten	FR	11	0	24			.000						.000			1.000
2009-10	Michigan State	Big Ten	SO	15	0	70			.250			.250
2010-11	Michigan State	Big Ten	JR	18	0	176	2.5	10.7	.233	2.1	6.1	.353	0.4	4.6	.077	2.1	2.5	.857	12.9	2.5	1.1	0.4	3.9	8.2	7.5	72.0	108.5
2011-12	Michigan State	Big Ten	SR	18	9	421	4.8	9.3	.516	2.1	4.0	.519	2.7	5.2	.514	3.4	3.6	.958	8.7	2.8	1.3	0.6	1.3	5.7	15.7	146.1	97.2
Career	Michigan State			62	9	691	4.1	9.7	.393	2.1	4.6	.411	2.0	5.1	.373	3.1	3.3	.943	9.9	2.7	1.3	0.5	2.1	6.4	13.3	119.6	100.5

Advanced

Season

Conference

Advanced Table
Season	School	Conf	Class	G	GS	MP	PER	TS%	eFG%	3PAr	FTr	PProd	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/40	OBPM	DBPM	BPM
2008-09	Michigan State	Big Ten	FR	27	0	100		.521	.440	.680	.560				12.2	12.9		0.0	15.9	18.6	0.1	0.2	0.3	.127
2009-10	Michigan State	Big Ten	SO	33	0	195	4.3	.396	.366	.244	.098	40	8.7	12.2	10.5	8.8	0.9	0.0	23.3	14.5	-0.1	0.2	0.2	.039
2010-11	Michigan State	Big Ten	JR	34	6	376	7.8	.435	.380	.437	.211	83	9.0	12.8	10.9	11.5	0.8	0.9	21.2	13.5	0.1	0.4	0.5	.054	-2.5	1.0	-1.5
2011-12	Michigan State	Big Ten	SR	37	16	808	14.5	.673	.610	.570	.544	193	5.2	13.3	9.4	9.0	1.7	0.9	15.8	11.0	1.9	1.5	3.4	.168	3.3	4.3	7.6
Career	Michigan State			131	22	1479	11.2	.554	.488	.490	.378	315	6.7	13.0	10.1	9.9	1.4	0.7	18.5	12.6	2.1	2.3	4.4	.119	1.4	3.3	4.7

Advanced Table
Season	School	Conf	Class	G	GS	MP	PER	TS%	eFG%	3PAr	FTr	PProd	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/40
2008-09	Michigan State	Big Ten	FR	11	0	24		.408	.000	1.000	1.333		5.7	11.4	8.6	14.1	0.0	0.0	29.0	14.8
2009-10	Michigan State	Big Ten	SO	15	0	70		.250	.250	.000	.000		11.7	15.2	13.5	2.5	1.8	0.0	29.4	12.8
2010-11	Michigan State	Big Ten	JR	18	0	176	2.7	.315	.250	.433	.233	28	9.3	19.5	14.2	7.6	1.1	0.6	24.8	13.7	-0.1	0.0	-0.2	-.038
2011-12	Michigan State	Big Ten	SR	18	9	421	16.4	.715	.661	.565	.387	101	5.6	12.3	9.3	8.4	1.3	1.1	10.9	10.8	1.4	0.3	1.7	.165
Career	Michigan State			62	9	691	12.4	.550	.481	.477	.327	129	7.2	14.4	10.9	7.8	1.3	0.8	17.9	11.9	1.3	0.3	1.6

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