Donovan Clay

Position: Guard

6-7, 205lb (201cm, 92kg)

Hometown: Alton, IL

High School: Alton HS

Schools: Valparaiso (Men) and Missouri State (Men)

2022-23 All-MVC
2x MVC All-Defense
MVC All-Freshman

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SUMMARY

Career

G

160

PTS

10.5

TRB

5.5

AST

2.3

FG%

45.4

FG3%

28.0

FT%

68.6

eFG%

49.4

PER

15.2

WS

13.3

Per Game

Per Game Table
Season	Team	Conf	Class	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	Awards
2019-20	Valparaiso	MVC	FR	G	35	33	28.7	3.8	8.3	.452	0.9	3.2	.286	2.9	5.1	.556	.507	0.9	1.5	.647	1.4	3.3	4.6	1.7	0.6	1.0	1.1	1.9	9.4
2020-21	Valparaiso	MVC	SO	G	28	26	32.5	3.8	9.7	.391	0.7	3.5	.204	3.1	6.2	.497	.428	1.8	2.6	.685	1.3	4.3	5.5	2.3	0.8	1.3	2.3	2.7	10.1
2021-22	Missouri State	MVC	JR	G	34	34	32.3	3.4	6.4	.537	0.4	1.4	.313	3.0	4.9	.601	.572	1.1	1.5	.745	1.3	4.9	6.1	1.7	0.6	1.1	1.1	2.3	8.4
2022-23	Missouri State	MVC	SR	G	30	28	32.0	4.6	9.9	.468	0.6	2.0	.300	4.0	7.9	.511	.498	2.1	3.1	.674	1.8	3.7	5.5	3.6	0.7	1.0	2.8	2.6	11.9
2023-24	Missouri State	MVC	SR	G	33	32	33.1	4.6	10.5	.442	0.8	2.6	.326	3.8	7.9	.481	.483	2.7	3.9	.688	1.3	4.6	5.9	2.4	0.7	0.9	2.0	2.5	12.8
Career					160	153	31.7	4.0	8.9	.454	0.7	2.5	.280	3.3	6.4	.524	.494	1.7	2.5	.686	1.4	4.1	5.5	2.3	0.7	1.0	1.8	2.4	10.5

Missouri State (3 Yrs)					97	94	32.5	4.2	8.9	.475	0.6	2.0	.314	3.6	6.9	.522	.510	1.9	2.8	.694	1.5	4.4	5.9	2.5	0.7	1.0	1.9	2.4	11.0
Valparaiso (2 Yrs)					63	59	30.4	3.8	8.9	.423	0.8	3.3	.248	3.0	5.6	.527	.469	1.3	2.0	.669	1.3	3.7	5.0	2.0	0.7	1.1	1.7	2.2	9.7

Per Game Table
Season	Team	Conf	Class	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
2019-20	Valparaiso	MVC	FR	G	18	18	31.1	4.2	9.5	.444	1.1	3.8	.275	3.2	5.7	.559	.500	1.4	2.1	.703	1.3	4.0	5.3	1.6	0.6	1.1	0.9	1.9	10.9
2020-21	Valparaiso	MVC	SO	G	18	16	33.8	3.6	9.5	.374	0.7	3.2	.211	2.9	6.3	.456	.409	1.8	2.7	.688	1.4	4.2	5.6	2.3	0.5	1.1	2.2	2.7	9.6
2021-22	Missouri State	MVC	JR	G	18	18	32.9	3.3	6.0	.556	0.3	1.2	.273	3.0	4.8	.628	.583	1.0	1.5	.667	1.3	4.8	6.1	2.0	0.6	0.9	1.1	2.7	8.0
2022-23	Missouri State	MVC	SR	G	18	17	34.7	5.7	12.2	.470	0.9	2.6	.340	4.8	9.6	.506	.507	2.3	3.5	.667	2.1	3.7	5.7	3.7	0.6	1.4	2.9	2.3	14.7
2023-24	Missouri State	MVC	SR	G	20	19	33.7	4.3	10.3	.417	0.7	2.5	.280	3.6	7.8	.462	.451	2.1	3.4	.627	1.4	4.4	5.8	2.2	0.7	1.0	2.3	2.4	11.4
Career					92	88	33.2	4.2	9.5	.445	0.7	2.7	.273	3.5	6.8	.511	.483	1.8	2.6	.665	1.5	4.2	5.7	2.3	0.6	1.1	1.9	2.4	10.9

Missouri State (3 Yrs)					56	54	33.7	4.4	9.5	.467	0.6	2.1	.303	3.8	7.4	.514	.501	1.8	2.8	.650	1.6	4.3	5.9	2.6	0.6	1.1	2.1	2.4	11.4
Valparaiso (2 Yrs)					36	34	32.4	3.9	9.5	.409	0.9	3.5	.246	3.0	6.0	.505	.455	1.6	2.4	.694	1.4	4.1	5.5	1.9	0.5	1.1	1.6	2.3	10.3

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Totals

Totals Table
Season	Team	Conf	Class	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	Awards
2019-20	Valparaiso	MVC	FR	G	35	33	1004	132	292	.452	32	112	.286	100	180	.556	.507	33	51	.647	48	114	162	60	21	36	40	65	329
2020-21	Valparaiso	MVC	SO	G	28	26	911	106	271	.391	20	98	.204	86	173	.497	.428	50	73	.685	35	120	155	63	21	35	64	76	282
2021-22	Missouri State	MVC	JR	G	34	34	1098	116	216	.537	15	48	.313	101	168	.601	.572	38	51	.745	44	165	209	59	21	36	38	77	285
2022-23	Missouri State	MVC	SR	G	30	28	959	139	297	.468	18	60	.300	121	237	.511	.498	62	92	.674	55	111	166	108	22	29	83	78	358
2023-24	Missouri State	MVC	SR	G	33	32	1093	153	346	.442	28	86	.326	125	260	.481	.483	88	128	.688	43	152	195	78	22	29	67	81	422
Career					160	153	5065	646	1422	.454	113	404	.280	533	1018	.524	.494	271	395	.686	225	662	887	368	107	165	292	377	1676

Missouri State (3 Yrs)					97	94	3150	408	859	.475	61	194	.314	347	665	.522	.510	188	271	.694	142	428	570	245	65	94	188	236	1065
Valparaiso (2 Yrs)					63	59	1915	238	563	.423	52	210	.248	186	353	.527	.469	83	124	.669	83	234	317	123	42	71	104	141	611

Totals Table
Season	Team	Conf	Class	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
2019-20	Valparaiso	MVC	FR	G	18	18	559	76	171	.444	19	69	.275	57	102	.559	.500	26	37	.703	24	72	96	28	10	20	17	35	197
2020-21	Valparaiso	MVC	SO	G	18	16	608	64	171	.374	12	57	.211	52	114	.456	.409	33	48	.688	25	76	101	42	9	19	40	49	173
2021-22	Missouri State	MVC	JR	G	18	18	592	60	108	.556	6	22	.273	54	86	.628	.583	18	27	.667	24	86	110	36	11	17	19	48	144
2022-23	Missouri State	MVC	SR	G	18	17	624	103	219	.470	16	47	.340	87	172	.506	.507	42	63	.667	37	66	103	66	11	25	53	41	264
2023-24	Missouri State	MVC	SR	G	20	19	673	86	206	.417	14	50	.280	72	156	.462	.451	42	67	.627	28	87	115	44	14	20	46	47	228
Career					92	88	3056	389	875	.445	67	245	.273	322	630	.511	.483	161	242	.665	138	387	525	216	55	101	175	220	1006

Missouri State (3 Yrs)					56	54	1889	249	533	.467	36	119	.303	213	414	.514	.501	102	157	.650	89	239	328	146	36	62	118	136	636
Valparaiso (2 Yrs)					36	34	1167	140	342	.409	31	126	.246	109	216	.505	.455	59	85	.694	49	148	197	70	19	39	57	84	370

Per 40 Minutes

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
2019-20	Valparaiso	MVC	FR	35	33	1004	5.3	11.6	.452	4.0	7.2	.556	1.3	4.5	.286	1.3	2.0	.647	6.5	2.4	0.8	1.4	1.6	2.6	13.1
2020-21	Valparaiso	MVC	SO	28	26	911	4.7	11.9	.391	3.8	7.6	.497	0.9	4.3	.204	2.2	3.2	.685	6.8	2.8	0.9	1.5	2.8	3.3	12.4
2021-22	Missouri State	MVC	JR	34	34	1098	4.2	7.9	.537	3.7	6.1	.601	0.5	1.7	.313	1.4	1.9	.745	7.6	2.1	0.8	1.3	1.4	2.8	10.4
2022-23	Missouri State	MVC	SR	30	28	959	5.8	12.4	.468	5.0	9.9	.511	0.8	2.5	.300	2.6	3.8	.674	6.9	4.5	0.9	1.2	3.5	3.3	14.9
2023-24	Missouri State	MVC	SR	33	32	1093	5.6	12.7	.442	4.6	9.5	.481	1.0	3.1	.326	3.2	4.7	.688	7.1	2.9	0.8	1.1	2.5	3.0	15.4
Career	Overall			160	153	5065	5.1	11.2	.454	4.2	8.0	.524	0.9	3.2	.280	2.1	3.1	.686	7.0	2.9	0.8	1.3	2.3	3.0	13.2
	Valparaiso			63	59	1915	5.0	11.8	.423	3.9	7.4	.527	1.1	4.4	.248	1.7	2.6	.669	6.6	2.6	0.9	1.5	2.2	2.9	12.8
	Missouri State			97	94	3150	5.2	10.9	.475	4.4	8.4	.522	0.8	2.5	.314	2.4	3.4	.694	7.2	3.1	0.8	1.2	2.4	3.0	13.5

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
2019-20	Valparaiso	MVC	FR	18	18	559	5.4	12.2	.444	4.1	7.3	.559	1.4	4.9	.275	1.9	2.6	.703	6.9	2.0	0.7	1.4	1.2	2.5	14.1
2020-21	Valparaiso	MVC	SO	18	16	608	4.2	11.3	.374	3.4	7.5	.456	0.8	3.8	.211	2.2	3.2	.688	6.6	2.8	0.6	1.3	2.6	3.2	11.4
2021-22	Missouri State	MVC	JR	18	18	592	4.1	7.3	.556	3.6	5.8	.628	0.4	1.5	.273	1.2	1.8	.667	7.4	2.4	0.7	1.1	1.3	3.2	9.7
2022-23	Missouri State	MVC	SR	18	17	624	6.6	14.0	.470	5.6	11.0	.506	1.0	3.0	.340	2.7	4.0	.667	6.6	4.2	0.7	1.6	3.4	2.6	16.9
2023-24	Missouri State	MVC	SR	20	19	673	5.1	12.2	.417	4.3	9.3	.462	0.8	3.0	.280	2.5	4.0	.627	6.8	2.6	0.8	1.2	2.7	2.8	13.6
Career	Overall			92	88	3056	5.1	11.5	.445	4.2	8.2	.511	0.9	3.2	.273	2.1	3.2	.665	6.9	2.8	0.7	1.3	2.3	2.9	13.2
	Valparaiso			36	34	1167	4.8	11.7	.409	3.7	7.4	.505	1.1	4.3	.246	2.0	2.9	.694	6.8	2.4	0.7	1.3	2.0	2.9	12.7
	Missouri State			56	54	1889	5.3	11.3	.467	4.5	8.8	.514	0.8	2.5	.303	2.2	3.3	.650	6.9	3.1	0.8	1.3	2.5	2.9	13.5

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Per 100 Poss

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
2019-20	Valparaiso	MVC	FR	35	33	1004	7.6	16.7	.452	5.7	10.3	.556	1.8	6.4	.286	1.9	2.9	.647	9.3	3.4	1.2	2.1	2.3	3.7	18.9		106.4	103.6
2020-21	Valparaiso	MVC	SO	28	26	911	6.8	17.4	.391	5.5	11.1	.497	1.3	6.3	.204	3.2	4.7	.685	10.0	4.0	1.3	2.2	4.1	4.9	18.1		88.3	99.4
2021-22	Missouri State	MVC	JR	34	34	1098	6.2	11.6	.537	5.4	9.0	.601	0.8	2.6	.313	2.0	2.7	.745	11.2	3.2	1.1	1.9	2.0	4.1	15.2		119.4	101.3
2022-23	Missouri State	MVC	SR	30	28	959	9.2	19.7	.468	8.0	15.7	.511	1.2	4.0	.300	4.1	6.1	.674	11.0	7.2	1.5	1.9	5.5	5.2	23.7		104.7	101.1
2023-24	Missouri State	MVC	SR	33	32	1093	8.2	18.5	.442	6.7	13.9	.481	1.5	4.6	.326	4.7	6.9	.688	10.4	4.2	1.2	1.6	3.6	4.3	22.6		104.6	104.3
Career	Overall			160	153	5065	7.6	16.6	.454	6.2	11.9	.524	1.3	4.7	.280	3.2	4.6	.686	10.4	4.3	1.3	1.9	3.4	4.4	19.6		103.9	102.0
	Valparaiso			63	59	1915	7.2	17.1	.423	5.6	10.7	.527	1.6	6.4	.248	2.5	3.8	.669	9.6	3.7	1.3	2.2	3.2	4.3	18.5		97.0	101.6
	Missouri State			97	94	3150	7.8	16.4	.475	6.6	12.7	.522	1.2	3.7	.314	3.6	5.2	.694	10.9	4.7	1.2	1.8	3.6	4.5	20.3		108.3	102.3

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
2019-20	Valparaiso	MVC	FR	18	18	559	8.0	18.1	.444	6.0	10.8	.559	2.0	7.3	.275	2.7	3.9	.703	10.1	3.0	1.1	2.1	1.8	3.7	20.8		108.2	104.3
2020-21	Valparaiso	MVC	SO	18	16	608	6.4	17.0	.374	5.2	11.3	.456	1.2	5.7	.211	3.3	4.8	.688	10.0	4.2	0.9	1.9	4.0	4.9	17.2		87.7	103.5
2021-22	Missouri State	MVC	JR	18	18	592	6.0	10.8	.556	5.4	8.6	.628	0.6	2.2	.273	1.8	2.7	.667	11.0	3.6	1.1	1.7	1.9	4.8	14.5		121.1	104.3
2022-23	Missouri State	MVC	SR	18	17	624	10.4	22.1	.470	8.8	17.3	.506	1.6	4.7	.340	4.2	6.4	.667	10.4	6.7	1.1	2.5	5.3	4.1	26.6		105.9	102.9
2023-24	Missouri State	MVC	SR	20	19	673	7.4	17.7	.417	6.2	13.4	.462	1.2	4.3	.280	3.6	5.8	.627	9.9	3.8	1.2	1.7	4.0	4.0	19.6		95.7	110.3
Career	Overall			92	88	3056	7.6	17.1	.445	6.3	12.3	.511	1.3	4.8	.273	3.2	4.7	.665	10.3	4.2	1.1	2.0	3.4	4.3	19.7		102.0	105.2
	Valparaiso			36	34	1167	7.2	17.5	.409	5.6	11.1	.505	1.6	6.5	.246	3.0	4.4	.694	10.1	3.6	1.0	2.0	2.9	4.3	19.0		97.0	103.9
	Missouri State			56	54	1889	7.9	16.9	.467	6.8	13.1	.514	1.1	3.8	.303	3.2	5.0	.650	10.4	4.6	1.1	2.0	3.7	4.3	20.2		105.1	106.1

Advanced

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
2019-20	Valparaiso	MVC	FR	35	33	1004	15.5	.520	.507	.384	.175	324	5.4	13.5	9.4	11.5	1.2	3.9	11.2	18.0		1.5	1.0	2.6	.102		0.8	-0.1	0.7
2020-21	Valparaiso	MVC	SO	28	26	911	11.9	.461	.428	.362	.269	294	4.4	15.3	9.8	14.8	1.3	4.2	17.3	21.6		-0.1	1.4	1.3	.057		-2.3	0.4	-1.9
2021-22	Missouri State	MVC	JR	34	34	1098	15.5	.593	.572	.222	.236	303	5.0	17.1	11.3	9.1	1.1	3.6	13.7	13.3		2.1	1.5	3.7	.133		1.6	1.7	3.3
2022-23	Missouri State	MVC	SR	30	28	959	17.9	.525	.498	.202	.310	387	6.9	14.5	10.6	25.0	1.5	3.8	19.6	23.9		1.5	1.5	3.0	.125		1.5	0.7	2.3
2023-24	Missouri State	MVC	SR	33	32	1093	15.2	.519	.483	.249	.370	421	4.6	14.7	9.9	14.5	1.2	2.8	14.1	22.2		1.3	1.5	2.8	.104		0.2	1.3	1.4
Career	Overall			160	153	5065	15.2	.521	.494	.284	.278	1729	5.2	15.0	10.2	14.8	1.3	3.6	15.4	19.6		6.3	7.0	13.3	.105		0.4	0.8	1.3
	Valparaiso			63	59	1915	13.7	.491	.469	.373	.220	618	5.0	14.4	9.6	13.1	1.3	4.0	14.3	19.7		1.4	2.5	3.8	.080		-0.7	0.1	-0.5
	Missouri State			97	94	3150	16.1	.539	.510	.226	.315	1111	5.4	15.5	10.6	15.8	1.2	3.4	16.0	19.6		4.9	4.5	9.5	.120		1.1	1.3	2.3

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
2019-20	Valparaiso	MVC	FR	18	18	559	18.3	.522	.500	.404	.216	192	5.4	16.2	10.8	10.4	1.1	4.0	8.3	19.6		1.3	0.2	1.5	.108
2020-21	Valparaiso	MVC	SO	18	16	608	11.7	.446	.409	.333	.281	188	5.3	17.0	11.0	14.8	0.9	3.4	17.1	21.5		0.2	0.3	0.5	.034
2021-22	Missouri State	MVC	JR	18	18	592	16.7	.596	.583	.204	.250	159	5.5	18.0	12.0	10.5	1.1	3.4	13.6	12.7		1.5	0.2	1.7	.117
2022-23	Missouri State	MVC	SR	18	17	624	22.3	.530	.507	.215	.288	277	7.5	14.9	11.0	25.5	1.1	5.1	17.6	26.3		1.7	0.4	2.2	.138
2023-24	Missouri State	MVC	SR	20	19	673	13.9	.479	.451	.243	.325	233	5.1	15.5	10.3	12.6	1.2	3.3	16.2	21.5		0.7	0.1	0.7	.043
Career	Overall			92	88	3056	16.5	.508	.483	.280	.277	1049	5.8	16.3	11.0	14.8	1.1	3.8	15.0	20.4		5.4	1.2	6.6	.087
	Valparaiso			36	34	1167	14.8	.484	.455	.368	.249	380	5.4	16.6	10.9	12.7	1.0	3.7	13.0	20.6		1.6	0.5	2.0	.070
	Missouri State			56	54	1889	17.6	.523	.501	.223	.295	669	6.0	16.1	11.1	16.2	1.1	3.9	16.3	20.3		3.9	0.7	4.6	.097

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