Elijah Saunders

Position: Forward

6-8, 240lb (203cm, 108kg)

Hometown: Phoenix, AZ

High School: Sunnyslope (AZ)

Schools: San Diego State (Men) and Virginia (Men)

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SUMMARY

2024-25

Career

PTS

9.2

5.0

TRB

4.6

3.0

AST

0.6

0.7

FG%

43.6

41.2

FG3%

40.0

31.7

FT%

88.9

85.0

eFG%

48.7

50.0

PER

11.2

12.1

0.2

2.6

Last 5 Games

Last 5 Games Table
Date	Team		Opp	Result	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
2024-11-22	Virginia	N	St. John's (NY)	L 55-80	*	25	4	7	.571	3	4	.750	1	3	.333	3	4	.750	0	3	3	0	0	1	0	12
2024-11-21	Virginia	N	Tennessee	L 42-64	*	21	1	8	.125	0	6	.000	1	2	.500	0	0		1	3	4	0	0	0	2	3
2024-11-15	Virginia	N	Villanova	W 70-60	*	32	2	7	.286	1	5	.200	1	2	.500	0	0		0	6	6	2	0	1	1	5
2024-11-11	Virginia		Coppin State	W 62-45	*	29	5	9	.556	4	7	.571	1	2	.500	4	4	1.000	1	4	5	1	1	1	2	15
2024-11-06	Virginia		Campbell	W 65-56	*	18	5	8	.625	5	7	.714	0	1	.000	1	1	1.000	2	3	5	0	0	4	5	11

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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
2022-23	San Diego State	MWC	FR	F	16	0	5.8	0.3	1.1	.278	0.1	0.7	.182	0.2	0.4	.429	.333	0.1	0.4	.333	0.3	0.8	1.1	0.5	0.1	0.1	0.5	0.2	0.9
2023-24	San Diego State	MWC	SO	F	37	21	20.2	2.2	5.4	.419	1.1	3.3	.322	1.2	2.1	.571	.518	0.6	0.7	.960	1.1	2.5	3.6	0.8	0.5	0.3	0.8	1.8	6.2
2024-25	Virginia	ACC	JR	F	5	5	25.0	3.4	7.8	.436	0.8	2.0	.400	2.6	5.8	.448	.487	1.6	1.8	.889	0.8	3.8	4.6	0.6	0.0	0.2	1.4	2.0	9.2
Career					58	26	16.7	1.8	4.4	.412	0.8	2.4	.317	1.0	1.9	.531	.500	0.6	0.7	.850	0.9	2.1	3.0	0.7	0.3	0.2	0.7	1.3	5.0

San Diego State (2 Yrs)					53	21	15.9	1.7	4.1	.407	0.8	2.5	.311	0.9	1.6	.560	.502	0.5	0.6	.839	0.9	2.0	2.8	0.7	0.3	0.2	0.7	1.3	4.6
Virginia (1 Yr)					5	5	25.0	3.4	7.8	.436	0.8	2.0	.400	2.6	5.8	.448	.487	1.6	1.8	.889	0.8	3.8	4.6	0.6	0.0	0.2	1.4	2.0	9.2

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
2022-23	San Diego State	MWC	FR	F	7	0	3.1	0.1	0.4	.333	0.0	0.3	.000	0.1	0.1	1.000	.333	0.0	0.1	.000	0.1	0.6	0.7	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.3
2023-24	San Diego State	MWC	SO	F	18	8	18.1	2.3	5.2	.436	1.3	3.6	.369	0.9	1.6	.586	.564	0.4	0.4	1.000	1.1	2.1	3.2	0.7	0.4	0.2	0.8	1.6	6.3
Career					25	8	13.9	1.7	3.9	.433	1.0	2.7	.358	0.7	1.2	.600	.557	0.3	0.4	.889	0.8	1.7	2.5	0.5	0.3	0.2	0.6	1.2	4.6

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Conference

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
2022-23	San Diego State	MWC	FR	F	16	0	93	5	18	.278	2	11	.182	3	7	.429	.333	2	6	.333	5	12	17	8	1	1	8	3	14
2023-24	San Diego State	MWC	SO	F	37	21	749	83	198	.419	39	121	.322	44	77	.571	.518	24	25	.960	41	93	134	29	17	11	28	65	229
2024-25	Virginia	ACC	JR	F	5	5	125	17	39	.436	4	10	.400	13	29	.448	.487	8	9	.889	4	19	23	3	0	1	7	10	46
Career					58	26	967	105	255	.412	45	142	.317	60	113	.531	.500	34	40	.850	50	124	174	40	18	13	43	78	289

San Diego State (2 Yrs)					53	21	842	88	216	.407	41	132	.311	47	84	.560	.502	26	31	.839	46	105	151	37	18	12	36	68	243
Virginia (1 Yr)					5	5	125	17	39	.436	4	10	.400	13	29	.448	.487	8	9	.889	4	19	23	3	0	1	7	10	46

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
2022-23	San Diego State	MWC	FR	F	7	0	22	1	3	.333	0	2	.000	1	1	1.000	.333	0	1	.000	1	4	5	1	1	0	1	1	2
2023-24	San Diego State	MWC	SO	F	18	8	326	41	94	.436	24	65	.369	17	29	.586	.564	8	8	1.000	20	38	58	12	7	4	15	28	114
Career					25	8	348	42	97	.433	24	67	.358	18	30	.600	.557	8	9	.889	21	42	63	13	8	4	16	29	116

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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
2022-23	San Diego State	MWC	FR	16	0	93	2.2	7.7	.278	1.3	3.0	.429	0.9	4.7	.182	0.9	2.6	.333	7.3	3.4	0.4	0.4	3.4	1.3	6.0
2023-24	San Diego State	MWC	SO	37	21	749	4.4	10.6	.419	2.3	4.1	.571	2.1	6.5	.322	1.3	1.3	.960	7.2	1.5	0.9	0.6	1.5	3.5	12.2
2024-25	Virginia	ACC	JR	5	5	125	5.4	12.5	.436	4.2	9.3	.448	1.3	3.2	.400	2.6	2.9	.889	7.4	1.0	0.0	0.3	2.2	3.2	14.7
Career	Overall			58	26	967	4.3	10.5	.412	2.5	4.7	.531	1.9	5.9	.317	1.4	1.7	.850	7.2	1.7	0.7	0.5	1.8	3.2	12.0
	San Diego State			53	21	842	4.2	10.3	.407	2.2	4.0	.560	1.9	6.3	.311	1.2	1.5	.839	7.2	1.8	0.9	0.6	1.7	3.2	11.5
	Virginia			5	5	125	5.4	12.5	.436	4.2	9.3	.448	1.3	3.2	.400	2.6	2.9	.889	7.4	1.0	0.0	0.3	2.2	3.2	14.7

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
2022-23	San Diego State	MWC	FR	7	0	22	1.8	5.5	.333	1.8	1.8	1.000	0.0	3.6	.000	0.0	1.8	.000	9.1	1.8	1.8	0.0	1.8	1.8	3.6
2023-24	San Diego State	MWC	SO	18	8	326	5.0	11.5	.436	2.1	3.6	.586	2.9	8.0	.369	1.0	1.0	1.000	7.1	1.5	0.9	0.5	1.8	3.4	14.0
Career	San Diego State			25	8	348	4.8	11.1	.433	2.1	3.4	.600	2.8	7.7	.358	0.9	1.0	.889	7.2	1.5	0.9	0.5	1.8	3.3	13.3

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
2022-23	San Diego State	MWC	FR	16	0	93	3.2	11.6	.278	1.9	4.5	.429	1.3	7.1	.182	1.3	3.9	.333	11.0	5.2	0.6	0.6	5.2	1.9	9.0	72.5	100.0
2023-24	San Diego State	MWC	SO	37	21	749	6.6	15.8	.419	3.5	6.1	.571	3.1	9.6	.322	1.9	2.0	.960	10.7	2.3	1.4	0.9	2.2	5.2	18.2	114.1	101.8
2024-25	Virginia	ACC	JR	5	5	125	8.8	20.2	.436	6.7	15.1	.448	2.1	5.2	.400	4.2	4.7	.889	11.9	1.6	0.0	0.5	3.6	5.2	23.9	96.8	103.2
Career	Overall			58	26	967	6.6	15.9	.412	3.7	7.1	.531	2.8	8.9	.317	2.1	2.5	.850	10.9	2.5	1.1	0.8	2.7	4.9	18.0	107.1	101.8
	San Diego State			53	21	842	6.2	15.3	.407	3.3	6.0	.560	2.9	9.4	.311	1.8	2.2	.839	10.7	2.6	1.3	0.9	2.6	4.8	17.2	109.1	101.6
	Virginia			5	5	125	8.8	20.2	.436	6.7	15.1	.448	2.1	5.2	.400	4.2	4.7	.889	11.9	1.6	0.0	0.5	3.6	5.2	23.9	96.8	103.2

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
2022-23	San Diego State	MWC	FR	7	0	22	2.8	8.5	.333	2.8	2.8	1.000	0.0	5.6	.000	0.0	2.8	.000	14.1	2.8	2.8	0.0	2.8	2.8	5.6	70.2	98.5
2023-24	San Diego State	MWC	SO	18	8	326	7.5	17.3	.436	3.1	5.3	.586	4.4	11.9	.369	1.5	1.5	1.000	10.6	2.2	1.3	0.7	2.8	5.1	20.9	116.5	102.9
Career	San Diego State			25	8	348	7.2	16.7	.433	3.1	5.2	.600	4.1	11.5	.358	1.4	1.6	.889	10.9	2.2	1.4	0.7	2.8	5.0	20.0	114.5	102.6

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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
2022-23	San Diego State	MWC	FR	16	0	93	4.0	.336	.333	.611	.333	19	6.3	15.2	10.7	15.0	0.6	1.3	27.7	16.0	-0.1	0.2	0.0	.004	-4.4	0.9	-3.6
2023-24	San Diego State	MWC	SO	37	21	749	13.3	.546	.518	.611	.126	221	6.3	13.9	10.2	7.4	1.4	1.8	11.8	16.2	1.2	1.2	2.4	.127	1.6	2.0	3.6
2024-25	Virginia	ACC	JR	5	5	125	11.2	.531	.487	.256	.231	41	4.4	16.9	11.4	6.4	0.0	1.0	13.9	23.8	0.0	0.2	0.2	.078	-3.1	-0.4	-3.6
Career	Overall			58	26	967	12.1	.527	.500	.557	.157	281	6.1	14.4	10.4	8.0	1.1	1.6	13.6	17.1	1.0	1.6	2.6	.109	0.4	1.5	2.0
	San Diego State			53	21	842	12.2	.527	.502	.611	.144	240	6.3	14.1	10.2	8.2	1.3	1.7	13.5	16.2	1.0	1.4	2.4	.113	0.9	1.8	2.8
	Virginia			5	5	125	11.2	.531	.487	.256	.231	41	4.4	16.9	11.4	6.4	0.0	1.0	13.9	23.8	0.0	0.2	0.2	.078	-3.1	-0.4	-3.6

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
2022-23	San Diego State	MWC	FR	7	0	22	6.1	.288	.333	.667	.333	3	6.3	25.0	15.6	7.8	2.8	0.0	22.3	11.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	.010
2023-24	San Diego State	MWC	SO	18	8	326	16.4	.583	.564	.691	.085	108	8.2	14.7	11.5	7.4	1.3	1.5	13.3	18.1	0.8	0.3	1.1	.136
Career	San Diego State			25	8	348	15.8	.573	.557	.691	.093	111	8.1	15.3	11.8	7.4	1.4	1.4	13.6	17.6	0.8	0.3	1.1	.128

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