Nicholas Kern

Position: Guard

6-6, 190lb (198cm, 86kg)

Hometown: St. Louis, MO

High School: Vashon HS

Schools: Virginia Commonwealth (Men) and Penn State (Men)

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SUMMARY

2024-25

Career

G

12

110

PTS

11.8

6.0

TRB

5.0

2.9

AST

2.3

1.0

FG%

67.5

56.8

FG3%

25.0

23.7

FT%

80.0

69.7

eFG%

68.1

57.8

PER

26.0

14.8

WS

1.9

6.4

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	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
2024-12-21	Penn State	@	Drexel	W 75-64		24	6	10	.600	6	10	.600	0	0		1	1	1.000	1	2	3	2	0	0	2	4	13
2024-12-14	Penn State		Coppin State	W 99-51		17	4	4	1.000	4	4	1.000	0	0		4	6	.667	1	5	6	2	1	0	1	0	12
2024-12-10	Penn State	@	Rutgers	L 76-80		22	5	8	.625	5	8	.625	0	0		0	0		0	7	7	1	0	1	1	4	10
2024-12-05	Penn State		Purdue	W 81-70		28	4	6	.667	4	6	.667	0	0		4	5	.800	1	7	8	3	3	0	1	1	12
2024-12-01	Penn State		Buffalo	W 87-64		17	5	10	.500	5	9	.556	0	1	.000	2	2	1.000	1	3	4	3	0	0	3	1	12

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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
2021-22	VCU	A-10	FR	G	31	0	10.1	0.8	2.0	.387	0.0	0.2	.000	0.8	1.8	.436	.387	0.4	0.5	.813	0.4	0.9	1.4	0.3	0.4	0.1	0.5	1.0	2.0
2022-23	VCU	A-10	SO	G	35	19	17.6	2.3	3.7	.620	0.1	0.2	.250	2.2	3.5	.645	.628	0.7	1.1	.605	0.7	1.9	2.7	0.8	0.7	0.3	0.9	1.8	5.3
2023-24	Penn State	Big Ten	JR	G	32	23	24.9	3.3	6.0	.547	0.2	0.6	.316	3.1	5.4	.572	.563	1.9	2.8	.670	1.1	2.8	3.9	1.5	1.0	0.5	2.1	2.7	8.7
2024-25	Penn State	Big Ten	SR	G	12	0	23.3	4.5	6.7	.675	0.1	0.3	.250	4.4	6.3	.697	.681	2.7	3.3	.800	1.2	3.8	5.0	2.3	1.5	0.6	1.3	1.8	11.8
Career					110	42	18.2	2.4	4.2	.568	0.1	0.3	.237	2.3	3.9	.598	.578	1.2	1.7	.697	0.8	2.1	2.9	1.0	0.8	0.3	1.2	1.8	6.0

Penn State (2 Yrs)					44	23	24.4	3.6	6.2	.585	0.2	0.5	.304	3.5	5.7	.610	.597	2.1	3.0	.710	1.1	3.1	4.2	1.7	1.1	0.5	1.9	2.5	9.5
VCU (2 Yrs)					66	19	14.1	1.6	2.9	.545	0.0	0.2	.133	1.5	2.7	.580	.550	0.5	0.8	.667	0.6	1.5	2.1	0.6	0.5	0.2	0.7	1.4	3.7

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
2021-22	VCU	A-10	FR	G	17	0	8.0	0.6	1.6	.357	0.0	0.2	.000	0.6	1.5	.400	.357	0.5	0.6	.818	0.4	0.6	0.9	0.3	0.3	0.1	0.3	1.1	1.7
2022-23	VCU	A-10	SO	G	18	15	20.7	3.1	4.3	.705	0.1	0.2	.333	3.0	4.2	.720	.712	0.7	1.1	.650	0.8	1.9	2.7	0.9	0.7	0.4	0.8	2.2	6.9
2023-24	Penn State	Big Ten	JR	G	20	14	26.2	4.0	6.9	.580	0.2	0.6	.364	3.8	6.4	.598	.594	2.1	3.2	.651	1.1	2.9	4.0	1.6	0.9	0.4	2.0	2.9	10.3
2024-25	Penn State	Big Ten		G	2	0	25.0	4.5	7.0	.643	0.0	0.0		4.5	7.0	.643	.643	2.0	2.5	.800	0.5	7.0	7.5	2.0	1.5	0.5	1.0	2.5	11.0
Career					57	29	19.0	2.7	4.5	.597	0.1	0.3	.294	2.6	4.2	.618	.607	1.2	1.7	.677	0.8	2.0	2.8	1.0	0.7	0.3	1.1	2.1	6.7

Penn State (2 Yrs)					22	14	26.1	4.0	6.9	.586	0.2	0.5	.364	3.9	6.4	.603	.599	2.0	3.1	.662	1.0	3.2	4.3	1.6	1.0	0.4	1.9	2.9	10.3
VCU (2 Yrs)					35	15	14.5	1.9	3.0	.613	0.0	0.2	.167	1.8	2.9	.640	.618	0.6	0.9	.710	0.6	1.3	1.9	0.6	0.5	0.3	0.6	1.7	4.4

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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
2021-22	VCU	A-10	FR	G	31	0	314	24	62	.387	0	7	.000	24	55	.436	.387	13	16	.813	13	29	42	9	12	3	17	30	61
2022-23	VCU	A-10	SO	G	35	19	617	80	129	.620	2	8	.250	78	121	.645	.628	23	38	.605	26	68	94	29	24	9	32	64	185
2023-24	Penn State	Big Ten	JR	G	32	23	796	105	192	.547	6	19	.316	99	173	.572	.563	61	91	.670	34	91	125	48	31	15	66	87	277
2024-25	Penn State	Big Ten	SR	G	12	0	279	54	80	.675	1	4	.250	53	76	.697	.681	32	40	.800	14	46	60	28	18	7	16	21	141
Career					110	42	2006	263	463	.568	9	38	.237	254	425	.598	.578	129	185	.697	87	234	321	114	85	34	131	202	664

Penn State (2 Yrs)					44	23	1075	159	272	.585	7	23	.304	152	249	.610	.597	93	131	.710	48	137	185	76	49	22	82	108	418
VCU (2 Yrs)					66	19	931	104	191	.545	2	15	.133	102	176	.580	.550	36	54	.667	39	97	136	38	36	12	49	94	246

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
2021-22	VCU	A-10	FR	G	17	0	136	10	28	.357	0	3	.000	10	25	.400	.357	9	11	.818	6	10	16	5	5	1	5	19	29
2022-23	VCU	A-10	SO	G	18	15	373	55	78	.705	1	3	.333	54	75	.720	.712	13	20	.650	15	34	49	16	13	8	15	40	124
2023-24	Penn State	Big Ten	JR	G	20	14	524	80	138	.580	4	11	.364	76	127	.598	.594	41	63	.651	22	57	79	32	18	8	39	58	205
2024-25	Penn State	Big Ten		G	2	0	50	9	14	.643	0	0		9	14	.643	.643	4	5	.800	1	14	15	4	3	1	2	5	22
Career					57	29	1083	154	258	.597	5	17	.294	149	241	.618	.607	67	99	.677	44	115	159	57	39	18	61	122	380

Penn State (2 Yrs)					22	14	574	89	152	.586	4	11	.364	85	141	.603	.599	45	68	.662	23	71	94	36	21	9	41	63	227
VCU (2 Yrs)					35	15	509	65	106	.613	1	6	.167	64	100	.640	.618	22	31	.710	21	44	65	21	18	9	20	59	153

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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
2021-22	VCU	A-10	FR	31	0	314	3.1	7.9	.387	3.1	7.0	.436	0.0	0.9	.000	1.7	2.0	.813	5.4	1.1	1.5	0.4	2.2	3.8	7.8
2022-23	VCU	A-10	SO	35	19	617	5.2	8.4	.620	5.1	7.8	.645	0.1	0.5	.250	1.5	2.5	.605	6.1	1.9	1.6	0.6	2.1	4.1	12.0
2023-24	Penn State	Big Ten	JR	32	23	796	5.3	9.6	.547	5.0	8.7	.572	0.3	1.0	.316	3.1	4.6	.670	6.3	2.4	1.6	0.8	3.3	4.4	13.9
2024-25	Penn State	Big Ten	SR	12	0	279	7.7	11.5	.675	7.6	10.9	.697	0.1	0.6	.250	4.6	5.7	.800	8.6	4.0	2.6	1.0	2.3	3.0	20.2
Career	Overall			110	42	2006	5.2	9.2	.568	5.1	8.5	.598	0.2	0.8	.237	2.6	3.7	.697	6.4	2.3	1.7	0.7	2.6	4.0	13.2
	VCU			66	19	931	4.5	8.2	.545	4.4	7.6	.580	0.1	0.6	.133	1.5	2.3	.667	5.8	1.6	1.5	0.5	2.1	4.0	10.6
	Penn State			44	23	1075	5.9	10.1	.585	5.7	9.3	.610	0.3	0.9	.304	3.5	4.9	.710	6.9	2.8	1.8	0.8	3.1	4.0	15.6

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
2021-22	VCU	A-10	FR	17	0	136	2.9	8.2	.357	2.9	7.4	.400	0.0	0.9	.000	2.6	3.2	.818	4.7	1.5	1.5	0.3	1.5	5.6	8.5
2022-23	VCU	A-10	SO	18	15	373	5.9	8.4	.705	5.8	8.0	.720	0.1	0.3	.333	1.4	2.1	.650	5.3	1.7	1.4	0.9	1.6	4.3	13.3
2023-24	Penn State	Big Ten	JR	20	14	524	6.1	10.5	.580	5.8	9.7	.598	0.3	0.8	.364	3.1	4.8	.651	6.0	2.4	1.4	0.6	3.0	4.4	15.6
2024-25	Penn State	Big Ten		2	0	50	7.2	11.2	.643	7.2	11.2	.643	0.0	0.0		3.2	4.0	.800	12.0	3.2	2.4	0.8	1.6	4.0	17.6
Career	Overall			57	29	1083	5.7	9.5	.597	5.5	8.9	.618	0.2	0.6	.294	2.5	3.7	.677	5.9	2.1	1.4	0.7	2.3	4.5	14.0
	VCU			35	15	509	5.1	8.3	.613	5.0	7.9	.640	0.1	0.5	.167	1.7	2.4	.710	5.1	1.7	1.4	0.7	1.6	4.6	12.0
	Penn State			22	14	574	6.2	10.6	.586	5.9	9.8	.603	0.3	0.8	.364	3.1	4.7	.662	6.6	2.5	1.5	0.6	2.9	4.4	15.8

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
2021-22	VCU	A-10	FR	31	0	314	4.5	11.5	.387	4.5	10.2	.436	0.0	1.3	.000	2.4	3.0	.813	7.8	1.7	2.2	0.6	3.2	5.6	11.3		84.6	94.7
2022-23	VCU	A-10	SO	35	19	617	7.6	12.3	.620	7.4	11.5	.645	0.2	0.8	.250	2.2	3.6	.605	8.9	2.8	2.3	0.9	3.0	6.1	17.6		113.1	94.8
2023-24	Penn State	Big Ten	JR	32	23	796	7.5	13.7	.547	7.1	12.4	.572	0.4	1.4	.316	4.4	6.5	.670	8.9	3.4	2.2	1.1	4.7	6.2	19.8		103.2	105.5
2024-25	Penn State	Big Ten	SR	12	0	279	10.6	15.7	.675	10.4	14.9	.697	0.2	0.8	.250	6.3	7.9	.800	11.8	5.5	3.5	1.4	3.1	4.1	27.7		136.8	89.8
Career	Overall			110	42	2006	7.5	13.2	.568	7.3	12.1	.598	0.3	1.1	.237	3.7	5.3	.697	9.2	3.3	2.4	1.0	3.7	5.8	19.0		109.0	98.3
	VCU			66	19	931	6.5	12.0	.545	6.4	11.1	.580	0.1	0.9	.133	2.3	3.4	.667	8.5	2.4	2.3	0.8	3.1	5.9	15.5		103.8	94.8
	Penn State			44	23	1075	8.3	14.3	.585	8.0	13.1	.610	0.4	1.2	.304	4.9	6.9	.710	9.7	4.0	2.6	1.2	4.3	5.7	21.9		112.3	101.3

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
2021-22	VCU	A-10	FR	17	0	136	4.2	11.8	.357	4.2	10.6	.400	0.0	1.3	.000	3.8	4.6	.818	6.8	2.1	2.1	0.4	2.1	8.0	12.2		94.4	96.9
2022-23	VCU	A-10	SO	18	15	373	8.6	12.2	.705	8.5	11.7	.720	0.2	0.5	.333	2.0	3.1	.650	7.7	2.5	2.0	1.3	2.3	6.3	19.4		128.7	96.3
2023-24	Penn State	Big Ten	JR	20	14	524	8.6	14.8	.580	8.2	13.6	.598	0.4	1.2	.364	4.4	6.8	.651	8.5	3.4	1.9	0.9	4.2	6.2	22.0		109.0	112.4
2024-25	Penn State	Big Ten		2	0	50	9.8	15.2	.643	9.8	15.2	.643	0.0	0.0		4.3	5.4	.800	16.3	4.3	3.3	1.1	2.2	5.4	23.8		128.1	97.5
Career	Overall			57	29	1083	8.1	13.6	.597	7.8	12.7	.618	0.3	0.9	.294	3.5	5.2	.677	8.4	3.0	2.1	0.9	3.2	6.4	20.0		113.8	104.3
	VCU			35	15	509	7.4	12.1	.613	7.3	11.4	.640	0.1	0.7	.167	2.5	3.5	.710	7.4	2.4	2.1	1.0	2.3	6.7	17.5		119.2	96.5
	Penn State			22	14	574	8.7	14.8	.586	8.3	13.8	.603	0.4	1.1	.364	4.4	6.6	.662	9.2	3.5	2.1	0.9	4.0	6.2	22.2		110.5	111.0

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
2021-22	VCU	A-10	FR	31	0	314	6.6	.438	.387	.113	.258	64	5.3	10.4	8.0	5.3	2.2	1.1	19.6	14.4		-0.1	0.6	0.5	.066		-3.7	2.8	-1.0
2022-23	VCU	A-10	SO	35	19	617	14.9	.629	.628	.062	.295	175	5.3	12.9	9.2	9.6	2.3	1.6	17.9	15.0		1.0	1.3	2.3	.147		-0.3	2.9	2.6
2023-24	Penn State	Big Ten	JR	32	23	796	13.9	.589	.563	.099	.474	274	4.8	13.8	9.1	11.8	2.2	2.0	21.9	19.0		0.7	1.0	1.8	.089		-0.6	2.0	1.4
2024-25	Penn State	Big Ten	SR	12	0	279	26.0	.712	.681	.050	.500	134	5.9	18.6	12.4	16.8	3.5	2.9	13.9	19.5		1.1	0.8	1.9	.271		5.8	5.1	10.9
Career	Overall			110	42	2006	14.8	.603	.578	.082	.400	647	5.2	13.7	9.4	10.8	2.4	1.9	19.2	17.1		2.7	3.8	6.4	.129		-0.1	2.8	2.7
	VCU			66	19	931	12.1	.568	.550	.079	.283	239	5.3	12.1	8.8	8.2	2.3	1.5	18.4	14.8		0.8	2.0	2.8	.120		-1.4	2.8	1.4
	Penn State			44	23	1075	17.0	.625	.597	.085	.482	408	5.1	15.0	10.0	13.1	2.6	2.2	19.7	19.2		1.8	1.8	3.7	.136		1.0	2.8	3.8

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
2021-22	VCU	A-10	FR	17	0	136	8.2	.436	.357	.107	.393	32	6.1	9.3	7.8	6.3	2.1	0.9	13.1	14.7		0.1	0.2	0.3	.076
2022-23	VCU	A-10	SO	18	15	373	19.7	.709	.712	.038	.256	112	5.4	11.9	8.7	8.4	2.0	2.5	14.6	14.3		1.1	0.5	1.6	.176
2023-24	Penn State	Big Ten	JR	20	14	524	16.5	.610	.594	.080	.457	200	5.3	14.8	9.9	12.2	1.9	1.6	18.8	20.3		1.2	-0.1	1.1	.085
2024-25	Penn State	Big Ten		2	0	50	25.6	.672	.643	.000	.357	21	2.7	37.3	20.2	16.6	3.3	2.5	10.9	18.8		0.2	0.1	0.3	.208
Career	Overall			57	29	1083	17.0	.623	.607	.066	.384	365	5.3	14.2	9.7	10.3	2.1	1.9	16.7	17.4		2.6	0.7	3.3	.121
	VCU			35	15	509	16.6	.634	.618	.057	.292	144	5.6	11.2	8.4	7.8	2.1	2.0	14.2	14.4		1.2	0.7	1.9	.149
	Penn State			22	14	574	17.3	.616	.599	.072	.447	221	5.0	16.8	10.7	12.5	2.0	1.7	18.2	20.1		1.4	0.0	1.4	.096

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