Nila Blackford

Position: Forward

6-2 (188cm)

Hometown: Louisville, KY

High School: DuPont Manual (KY)

Schools: Kent State (Women) and Xavier (Women)

2020-21 All-MAC
MAC All-Freshman

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SUMMARY

Career

G

122

PTS

10.7

TRB

8.2

AST

1.0

FG%

44.4

FG3%

20.6

FT%

56.6

eFG%

45.0

PER

19.7

WS

8.0

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	Kent State	MAC	FR	F	27	26	29.1	4.6	11.7	.391	0.2	1.4	.162	4.4	10.4	.421	.401	3.0	4.6	.645	3.1	4.9	8.0	1.3	1.0	0.6	2.3	2.6	12.4
2020-21	Kent State	MAC	SO	F	20	19	28.4	5.9	12.1	.483	0.4	1.0	.350	5.5	11.1	.495	.498	3.4	6.5	.527	4.4	6.2	10.6	1.1	1.3	0.5	3.2	3.0	15.5
2021-22	Kent State	MAC	JR	F	31	30	24.8	4.4	9.4	.466	0.0	0.2	.000	4.4	9.1	.477	.466	1.8	3.3	.539	3.3	5.4	8.7	0.7	0.7	0.5	2.6	2.1	10.5
2022-23	Xavier	Big East	SR	F	21	13	22.2	2.7	6.4	.415	0.0	0.0		2.7	6.4	.415	.415	1.0	1.9	.500	2.2	3.3	5.5	0.8	1.5	0.7	2.0	2.1	6.3
2023-24	Xavier	Big East	SR	F	23	19	28.8	3.8	8.0	.470	0.0	0.2	.250	3.7	7.9	.475	.473	1.3	2.3	.574	2.8	5.3	8.1	1.1	0.9	0.9	3.3	2.1	9.0
Career					122	107	26.6	4.3	9.6	.444	0.1	0.6	.206	4.1	9.0	.459	.450	2.1	3.7	.566	3.2	5.0	8.2	1.0	1.0	0.6	2.6	2.4	10.7

Kent State (3 Yrs)					78	75	27.2	4.8	10.9	.443	0.2	0.8	.203	4.7	10.1	.462	.451	2.6	4.6	.572	3.5	5.4	9.0	1.0	0.9	0.5	2.6	2.5	12.4
Xavier (2 Yrs)					44	32	25.7	3.3	7.3	.447	0.0	0.1	.250	3.2	7.2	.449	.448	1.2	2.1	.543	2.5	4.3	6.9	1.0	1.2	0.8	2.7	2.1	7.7

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	Kent State	MAC	FR	F	15	14	29.0	4.5	11.9	.376	0.1	0.8	.167	4.3	11.1	.392	.382	2.4	4.2	.571	2.9	5.2	8.1	1.3	0.8	0.4	2.4	2.7	11.5
2020-21	Kent State	MAC	SO	F	16	15	28.9	6.1	12.3	.500	0.4	1.1	.353	5.8	11.2	.514	.515	3.4	6.3	.545	4.4	6.6	10.9	1.0	1.4	0.5	3.3	2.9	16.1
2021-22	Kent State	MAC	JR	F	20	19	26.4	4.7	9.5	.492	0.0	0.1	.000	4.7	9.4	.497	.492	1.8	3.1	.565	3.2	6.4	9.6	0.9	0.8	0.5	2.9	2.1	11.1
2022-23	Xavier	Big East	SR	F	17	12	23.2	3.1	6.9	.444	0.0	0.0		3.1	6.9	.444	.444	1.1	1.7	.621	2.4	3.1	5.5	0.8	1.6	0.6	2.1	2.4	7.2
2023-24	Xavier	Big East	SR	F	13	9	27.2	3.1	7.2	.426	0.1	0.2	.333	3.0	7.0	.429	.431	1.1	1.7	.636	3.0	4.1	7.1	0.8	0.6	0.7	2.6	1.8	7.3
Career					81	69	26.8	4.3	9.6	.452	0.1	0.4	.265	4.2	9.1	.461	.458	2.0	3.4	.570	3.2	5.1	8.3	0.9	1.0	0.5	2.6	2.4	10.7

Kent State (3 Yrs)					51	48	28.0	5.1	11.0	.458	0.2	0.6	.258	4.9	10.4	.470	.465	2.5	4.4	.558	3.5	6.1	9.6	1.0	1.0	0.5	2.8	2.5	12.7
Xavier (2 Yrs)					30	21	24.9	3.1	7.0	.436	0.0	0.1	.333	3.0	6.9	.438	.438	1.1	1.7	.627	2.7	3.5	6.2	0.8	1.2	0.7	2.3	2.1	7.2

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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	Kent State	MAC	FR	F	27	26	787	124	317	.391	6	37	.162	118	280	.421	.401	80	124	.645	85	132	217	34	26	16	61	69	334
2020-21	Kent State	MAC	SO	F	20	19	567	117	242	.483	7	20	.350	110	222	.495	.498	68	129	.527	88	124	212	21	25	9	63	60	309
2021-22	Kent State	MAC	JR	F	31	30	768	135	290	.466	0	7	.000	135	283	.477	.466	55	102	.539	103	167	270	23	22	14	81	65	325
2022-23	Xavier	Big East	SR	F	21	13	466	56	135	.415	0	0		56	135	.415	.415	20	40	.500	46	69	115	16	31	15	43	45	132
2023-24	Xavier	Big East	SR	F	23	19	663	87	185	.470	1	4	.250	86	181	.475	.473	31	54	.574	65	122	187	26	21	20	75	48	206
Career					122	107	3251	519	1169	.444	14	68	.206	505	1101	.459	.450	254	449	.566	387	614	1001	120	125	74	323	287	1306

Kent State (3 Yrs)					78	75	2122	376	849	.443	13	64	.203	363	785	.462	.451	203	355	.572	276	423	699	78	73	39	205	194	968
Xavier (2 Yrs)					44	32	1129	143	320	.447	1	4	.250	142	316	.449	.448	51	94	.543	111	191	302	42	52	35	118	93	338

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	Kent State	MAC	FR	F	15	14	435	67	178	.376	2	12	.167	65	166	.392	.382	36	63	.571	44	78	122	19	12	6	36	41	172
2020-21	Kent State	MAC	SO	F	16	15	463	98	196	.500	6	17	.353	92	179	.514	.515	55	101	.545	70	105	175	16	23	8	52	47	257
2021-22	Kent State	MAC	JR	F	20	19	528	93	189	.492	0	2	.000	93	187	.497	.492	35	62	.565	64	127	191	17	15	10	57	42	221
2022-23	Xavier	Big East	SR	F	17	12	394	52	117	.444	0	0		52	117	.444	.444	18	29	.621	41	53	94	13	27	11	35	40	122
2023-24	Xavier	Big East	SR	F	13	9	354	40	94	.426	1	3	.333	39	91	.429	.431	14	22	.636	39	53	92	11	8	9	34	23	95
Career					81	69	2174	350	774	.452	9	34	.265	341	740	.461	.458	158	277	.570	258	416	674	76	85	44	214	193	867

Kent State (3 Yrs)					51	48	1426	258	563	.458	8	31	.258	250	532	.470	.465	126	226	.558	178	310	488	52	50	24	145	130	650
Xavier (2 Yrs)					30	21	748	92	211	.436	1	3	.333	91	208	.438	.438	32	51	.627	80	106	186	24	35	20	69	63	217

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	Kent State	MAC	FR	27	26	787	6.3	16.1	.391	6.0	14.2	.421	0.3	1.9	.162	4.1	6.3	.645	11.0	1.7	1.3	0.8	3.1	3.5	17.0
2020-21	Kent State	MAC	SO	20	19	567	8.3	17.1	.483	7.8	15.7	.495	0.5	1.4	.350	4.8	9.1	.527	15.0	1.5	1.8	0.6	4.4	4.2	21.8
2021-22	Kent State	MAC	JR	31	30	768	7.0	15.1	.466	7.0	14.7	.477	0.0	0.4	.000	2.9	5.3	.539	14.1	1.2	1.1	0.7	4.2	3.4	16.9
2022-23	Xavier	Big East	SR	21	13	466	4.8	11.6	.415	4.8	11.6	.415	0.0	0.0		1.7	3.4	.500	9.9	1.4	2.7	1.3	3.7	3.9	11.3
2023-24	Xavier	Big East	SR	23	19	663	5.2	11.2	.470	5.2	10.9	.475	0.1	0.2	.250	1.9	3.3	.574	11.3	1.6	1.3	1.2	4.5	2.9	12.4
Career	Overall			122	107	3251	6.4	14.4	.444	6.2	13.5	.459	0.2	0.8	.206	3.1	5.5	.566	12.3	1.5	1.5	0.9	4.0	3.5	16.1
	Kent State			78	75	2122	7.1	16.0	.443	6.8	14.8	.462	0.2	1.2	.203	3.8	6.7	.572	13.2	1.5	1.4	0.7	3.9	3.7	18.2
	Xavier			44	32	1129	5.1	11.3	.447	5.0	11.2	.449	0.0	0.1	.250	1.8	3.3	.543	10.7	1.5	1.8	1.2	4.2	3.3	12.0

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	Kent State	MAC	FR	15	14	435	6.2	16.4	.376	6.0	15.3	.392	0.2	1.1	.167	3.3	5.8	.571	11.2	1.7	1.1	0.6	3.3	3.8	15.8
2020-21	Kent State	MAC	SO	16	15	463	8.5	16.9	.500	7.9	15.5	.514	0.5	1.5	.353	4.8	8.7	.545	15.1	1.4	2.0	0.7	4.5	4.1	22.2
2021-22	Kent State	MAC	JR	20	19	528	7.0	14.3	.492	7.0	14.2	.497	0.0	0.2	.000	2.7	4.7	.565	14.5	1.3	1.1	0.8	4.3	3.2	16.7
2022-23	Xavier	Big East	SR	17	12	394	5.3	11.9	.444	5.3	11.9	.444	0.0	0.0		1.8	2.9	.621	9.5	1.3	2.7	1.1	3.6	4.1	12.4
2023-24	Xavier	Big East	SR	13	9	354	4.5	10.6	.426	4.4	10.3	.429	0.1	0.3	.333	1.6	2.5	.636	10.4	1.2	0.9	1.0	3.8	2.6	10.7
Career	Overall			81	69	2174	6.4	14.2	.452	6.3	13.6	.461	0.2	0.6	.265	2.9	5.1	.570	12.4	1.4	1.6	0.8	3.9	3.6	16.0
	Kent State			51	48	1426	7.2	15.8	.458	7.0	14.9	.470	0.2	0.9	.258	3.5	6.3	.558	13.7	1.5	1.4	0.7	4.1	3.6	18.2
	Xavier			30	21	748	4.9	11.3	.436	4.9	11.1	.438	0.1	0.2	.333	1.7	2.7	.627	9.9	1.3	1.9	1.1	3.7	3.4	11.6

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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	Kent State	MAC	FR	27	26	787	8.7	22.4	.391	8.3	19.7	.421	0.4	2.6	.162	5.6	8.7	.645	15.3	2.4	1.8	1.1	4.3	4.9	23.6		93.6	92.3
2020-21	Kent State	MAC	SO	20	19	567	11.5	23.7	.483	10.8	21.8	.495	0.7	2.0	.350	6.7	12.6	.527	20.8	2.1	2.5	0.9	6.2	5.9	30.3		99.7	96.4
2021-22	Kent State	MAC	JR	31	30	768	10.4	22.4	.466	10.4	21.9	.477	0.0	0.5	.000	4.3	7.9	.539	20.9	1.8	1.7	1.1	6.3	5.0	25.1		93.3	87.6
2022-23	Xavier	Big East	SR	21	13	466	6.9	16.6	.415	6.9	16.6	.415	0.0	0.0		2.5	4.9	.500	14.2	2.0	3.8	1.8	5.3	5.5	16.3		77.9	90.2
2023-24	Xavier	Big East	SR	23	19	663	7.7	16.3	.470	7.6	16.0	.475	0.1	0.4	.250	2.7	4.8	.574	16.5	2.3	1.9	1.8	6.6	4.2	18.2		81.1	102.3
Career	Overall			122	107	3251	9.1	20.6	.444	8.9	19.4	.459	0.2	1.2	.206	4.5	7.9	.566	17.6	2.1	2.2	1.3	5.7	5.1	23.0		90.8	93.7
	Kent State			78	75	2122	10.1	22.8	.443	9.7	21.0	.462	0.3	1.7	.203	5.4	9.5	.572	18.7	2.1	2.0	1.0	5.5	5.2	25.9		95.3	91.8
	Xavier			44	32	1129	7.4	16.5	.447	7.3	16.3	.449	0.1	0.2	.250	2.6	4.8	.543	15.5	2.2	2.7	1.8	6.1	4.8	17.4		79.8	97.3

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	Kent State	MAC	FR	15	14	435	8.4	22.4	.376	8.2	20.9	.392	0.3	1.5	.167	4.5	7.9	.571	15.4	2.4	1.5	0.8	4.5	5.2	21.7		86.6	92.9
2020-21	Kent State	MAC	SO	16	15	463	11.7	23.5	.500	11.0	21.4	.514	0.7	2.0	.353	6.6	12.1	.545	21.0	1.9	2.8	1.0	6.2	5.6	30.8		101.9	93.2
2021-22	Kent State	MAC	JR	20	19	528	10.1	20.5	.492	10.1	20.3	.497	0.0	0.2	.000	3.8	6.7	.565	20.7	1.8	1.6	1.1	6.2	4.6	24.0		93.0	87.2
2022-23	Xavier	Big East	SR	17	12	394	7.7	17.3	.444	7.7	17.3	.444	0.0	0.0		2.7	4.3	.621	13.9	1.9	4.0	1.6	5.2	5.9	18.0		82.5	97.6
2023-24	Xavier	Big East	SR	13	9	354	6.5	15.3	.426	6.3	14.8	.429	0.2	0.5	.333	2.3	3.6	.636	15.0	1.8	1.3	1.5	5.5	3.7	15.4		80.1	113.2
Career	Overall			81	69	2174	9.1	20.1	.452	8.9	19.3	.461	0.2	0.9	.265	4.1	7.2	.570	17.5	2.0	2.2	1.1	5.6	5.0	22.6		90.6	95.7
	Kent State			51	48	1426	10.1	22.1	.458	9.8	20.9	.470	0.3	1.2	.258	4.9	8.9	.558	19.1	2.0	2.0	0.9	5.7	5.1	25.5		94.2	91.0
	Xavier			30	21	748	7.1	16.3	.436	7.0	16.1	.438	0.1	0.2	.333	2.5	3.9	.627	14.4	1.9	2.7	1.5	5.3	4.9	16.8		81.4	105.0

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
2019-20	Kent State	MAC	FR	27	26	787	19.8	.444	.401	.117	.391	346	12.9	21.2	16.9	9.7	1.8	2.0	14.0	26.8		1.7	0.7	2.4	.123		0.2	-1.0	-0.9
2020-21	Kent State	MAC	SO	20	19	567	27.0	.509	.498	.083	.533	305	18.5	28.4	23.3	10.1	2.5	1.6	17.2	30.9		1.9	0.4	2.2	.156		3.7	-0.9	2.7
2021-22	Kent State	MAC	JR	31	30	768	21.3	.480	.466	.024	.352	328	17.6	27.2	22.5	6.9	1.7	2.0	19.3	27.2		1.7	1.1	2.8	.143		-1.1	-0.7	-1.8
2022-23	Xavier	Big East	SR	21	13	466	14.2	.429	.415	.000	.296	132	10.6	17.3	13.8	8.5	3.8	3.4	21.8	21.1		-0.1	0.7	0.5	.045		-0.9	2.2	1.4
2023-24	Xavier	Big East	SR	23	19	663	15.3	.489	.473	.022	.292	208	11.7	22.2	16.9	11.6	1.9	3.2	26.3	22.8		0.0	0.1	0.1	.008		-1.0	-1.5	-2.5
Career	Overall			122	107	3251	19.7	.472	.450	.058	.384	1319	14.4	23.5	18.9	9.3	2.2	2.4	18.9	26.0		5.0	3.0	8.0	.099		0.1	-0.6	-0.5
	Kent State			78	75	2122	22.3	.476	.451	.075	.418	979	16.1	25.3	20.6	8.8	2.0	1.9	16.8	28.0		5.2	2.2	7.4	.139		0.7	-0.9	-0.2
	Xavier			44	32	1129	14.9	.463	.448	.013	.294	340	11.2	20.2	15.6	10.3	2.7	3.3	24.4	22.1		-0.2	0.8	0.7	.023		-0.9	0.0	-0.9

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	Kent State	MAC	FR	15	14	435	14.4	.414	.382	.067	.354	180	11.9	21.3	16.6	9.8	1.5	1.3	14.8	27.2		0.2	0.6	0.8	.074
2020-21	Kent State	MAC	SO	16	15	463	25.2	.527	.515	.087	.515	250	18.6	28.7	23.6	9.3	2.8	1.7	17.6	30.6		1.2	0.7	1.9	.162
2021-22	Kent State	MAC	JR	20	19	528	18.8	.506	.492	.011	.328	219	15.5	28.6	22.3	8.2	1.6	1.9	20.7	26.3		0.6	1.1	1.7	.130
2022-23	Xavier	Big East	SR	17	12	394	14.5	.466	.444	.000	.248	121	12.8	19.3	15.8	9.6	4.0	3.0	21.1	22.2		-0.1	0.5	0.3	.035
2023-24	Xavier	Big East	SR	13	9	354	11.0	.455	.431	.032	.234	104	14.5	20.8	17.6	8.8	1.3	2.7	24.6	21.1		-0.2	-0.1	-0.3	-.035
Career	Overall			81	69	2174	17.2	.479	.458	.044	.358	874	14.8	24.2	19.5	9.1	2.2	2.1	19.1	25.8		1.6	2.8	4.4	.082
	Kent State			51	48	1426	19.5	.485	.465	.055	.401	649	15.4	26.4	21.0	9.0	2.0	1.7	17.8	28.0		2.0	2.4	4.4	.124
	Xavier			30	21	748	12.8	.461	.438	.014	.242	225	13.6	20.0	16.7	9.2	2.7	2.9	22.7	21.7		-0.4	0.4	0.0	.002

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