Ben Southerland

3 Ben Southerland

Height:

6-9
Weight:

215
Hometown:

Cincinnati, Ohio
Position:

F
Year:

Jr.
High School:

Sycamore HS
Previous College:

Wright State/Liberty
Major:

Sport Management
NIL:

https://app.inflcr.com/ben-southerland

gp

17
pts/g

4.8
fg %

44.0
3pt %

33.3
ft %

26.7
reb/g

2.8
a/g

0.9

Bio

Honors and Awards

2022-23 ASUN Academic Honor Roll.

As a Junior

Transferred to University of Tampa for the 2025-26 season.
Appeared in 17 games, averaging 14.6 minutes per contest.
Averaged 4.8 points per game, totaling 81 points on the season.
Shot 44.0 percent from the field and 33.3 percent from three-point range.
Averaged 2.8 rebounds per game, including 1.6 per game on the offensive glass.
Added 0.9 assists per game while maintaining a 1.45 assist-to-turnover ratio.
Recorded 10 blocks and eight steals on the season.
Scored a season-high 11 points against St. Thomas Aquinas (Dec. 21).
Finished with eight points in the road win at Lynn (Dec. 16).
Grabbed a season-high eight rebounds against Florida Southern (Jan. 21).
Posted seven points at Barry (Jan. 10).
Added five points and eight rebounds at Embry-Riddle (Jan. 17).
Scored five points against Florida Tech (Jan. 3).
Shot 4-for-5 from the field versus Rollins (Feb. 14).

As a Sophomore (WSU)

Transferred to Wright State University for the 2024-25 season.
Appeared in 4 games.
Played against Kentucky (Nov. 4), Ohio Christian (Nov. 6), Central State (Nov. 16) and Princeton (Nov. 21).
Grabbed one rebound against Kentucky (Nov. 4).

As a Freshman (Liberty, 2023-24)

Returned to Liberty University for the 2023-24 campaign.
Appeared in 26 games for Liberty.
Shot 45.7 percent overall with a 33 percent clip from 3-point range.
Grabbed 39 rebounds, including 29 on the defensive glass.
Had a season-best nine points in February against Middle Tennessee.
Grabbed a season-high 10 rebounds against Boyce in January.

As a Freshman (Liberty, 2022-23)

Enrolled at Liberty University as a true freshman for the 2022-23 season.
Did not see game action as a redshirt.

High School

Attended Sycamore High School.
Averaged 17 points, six rebounds, and 1.4 steals as a senior.
Shot 50.6 percent from the floor.
Earned first-team all-state honors.
A 1,000-point scorer at Sycamore.
Earned first-team all-conference and all-district recognition as a junior.
Holds the Sycamore record for most 3-pointers in a season.
Set the single-game scoring record (41 points).
Established record for free throws made in one season.

Personal

Sport management major.
Son of Tim and Kimberly Southerland.
Father played basketball at Wooster.
Cousin, Maddie Scherr, played basketball at Oregon and Kentucky.
Birthdate: 4/26/2003.

Player statistics

	Overall	Conference
Games	17	14
Games started	-	-
Minutes	247	195
Minutes per game	14.5	13.9
FG	33-75	25-56
FG Pct	44.0	44.6
3PT	11-33	9-26
3PT Pct	33.3	34.6
FT	4-15	2-10
FT Pct	26.7	20.0
Off rebounds	17	13
Def rebounds	30	26
Total rebounds	47	39
Rebounds per game	2.8	2.8
Personal fouls	17	12
Disqualifications	0	0
Assists	16	13
Turnovers	11	8
Assist to turnover ratio	1.5	1.6
Steals	8	6
Blocks	10	7
Points	81	61
Points per game	4.8	4.4
Points per 40.0 min	13.1	12.5

Recent results

Recent Games
Date	Opponent	Result
Feb 14	Rollins	W, 88-81
Feb 18	Lynn	W, 76-65
Feb 21	at Florida Southern	W, 85-80
Feb 25	at Saint Leo	W, 84-78
Feb 28	#13 Palm Beach Atlantic	L, 101-84
Mar 3	at Barry	L, 96-85

Game Log - Ball control extended
Date	Opponent	Score	gs	min	fg	pct	3pt	pct	ft	pct	pts
Nov 15	Kentucky State	W, 104-69	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nov 17	Staten Island	W, 94-90	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nov 20	Anderson (S.C.)	L, 93-67	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nov 22	at #1 Nova Southeastern	L, 112-99	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nov 28	Puerto Rico-Mayaguez	W, 94-62	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nov 29	Claflin	W, 103-72	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dec 3	at Eckerd	L, 88-76	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dec 13	at Rollins	L, 84-78	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dec 16	at Lynn	W, 79-78	-	17	3-8	37.5	2-5	40.0	0-1	0.0	8
Dec 20	Indianapolis	W, 79-73	-	18	1-7	14.3	0-3	0.0	0-0	-	2
Dec 21	St. Thomas Aquinas	W, 92-77	-	14	4-5	80.0	2-2	100.0	1-1	100.0	11
Jan 3	Florida Tech	W, 78-65	-	14	2-6	33.3	0-2	0.0	0-0	-	4
Jan 7	Saint Leo	W, 99-91	-	11	3-6	50.0	2-5	40.0	0-1	0.0	8
Jan 10	Barry	L, 83-82	-	12	2-5	40.0	1-2	50.0	0-0	-	5
Jan 14	at #6 Palm Beach Atlantic	L, 82-70	-	14	2-3	66.7	1-1	100.0	0-0	-	5
Jan 17	at Embry-Riddle (Fla.)	W, 107-87	-	14	0-1	0.0	0-1	0.0	0-0	-	0
Jan 21	Florida Southern	L, 84-76	-	20	2-5	40.0	1-2	50.0	0-0	-	5
Jan 24	at Florida Tech	L, 95-81	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jan 31	#2 Nova Southeastern	L, 110-78	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Feb 4	Eckerd	L, 77-76	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Feb 7	Embry-Riddle (Fla.)	W, 104-93	-	12	2-4	50.0	1-3	33.3	0-0	-	5
Feb 11	at Barry	W, 98-83	-	8	0-3	0.0	0-1	0.0	0-0	-	0
Feb 14	Rollins	W, 88-81	-	19	4-4	100.0	1-1	100.0	2-8	25.0	11
Feb 18	Lynn	W, 76-65	-	11	2-3	66.7	0-1	0.0	0-0	-	4
Feb 21	at Florida Southern	W, 85-80	-	13	0-1	0.0	0-1	0.0	0-0	-	0
Feb 25	at Saint Leo	W, 84-78	-	17	1-2	50.0	0-0	-	0-0	-	2
Feb 28	#13 Palm Beach Atlantic	L, 101-84	-	13	2-5	40.0	0-1	0.0	0-0	-	4
Mar 3	at Barry	L, 96-85	-	20	3-7	42.9	0-2	0.0	1-4	25.0	7

Game Log - Ball control extended
Date	Opponent	Score	gs	min	off	def	reb	ast	to	stl	blk
Nov 15	Kentucky State	W, 104-69	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nov 17	Staten Island	W, 94-90	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nov 20	Anderson (S.C.)	L, 93-67	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nov 22	at #1 Nova Southeastern	L, 112-99	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nov 28	Puerto Rico-Mayaguez	W, 94-62	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nov 29	Claflin	W, 103-72	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dec 3	at Eckerd	L, 88-76	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dec 13	at Rollins	L, 84-78	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dec 16	at Lynn	W, 79-78	-	17	2	3	5	0	0	1	1
Dec 20	Indianapolis	W, 79-73	-	18	2	2	4	1	2	0	0
Dec 21	St. Thomas Aquinas	W, 92-77	-	14	1	1	2	2	1	2	1
Jan 3	Florida Tech	W, 78-65	-	14	1	2	3	1	0	0	1
Jan 7	Saint Leo	W, 99-91	-	11	1	0	1	2	1	0	1
Jan 10	Barry	L, 83-82	-	12	0	0	0	1	2	0	1
Jan 14	at #6 Palm Beach Atlantic	L, 82-70	-	14	0	1	1	0	0	0	2
Jan 17	at Embry-Riddle (Fla.)	W, 107-87	-	14	0	4	4	0	0	0	0
Jan 21	Florida Southern	L, 84-76	-	20	3	5	8	0	1	0	0
Jan 24	at Florida Tech	L, 95-81	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jan 31	#2 Nova Southeastern	L, 110-78	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Feb 4	Eckerd	L, 77-76	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Feb 7	Embry-Riddle (Fla.)	W, 104-93	-	12	1	2	3	1	0	0	1
Feb 11	at Barry	W, 98-83	-	8	1	0	1	1	0	0	0
Feb 14	Rollins	W, 88-81	-	19	1	3	4	2	0	2	0
Feb 18	Lynn	W, 76-65	-	11	1	0	1	2	1	0	0
Feb 21	at Florida Southern	W, 85-80	-	13	0	2	2	1	1	1	0
Feb 25	at Saint Leo	W, 84-78	-	17	0	2	2	1	1	1	0
Feb 28	#13 Palm Beach Atlantic	L, 101-84	-	13	2	2	4	1	1	1	0
Mar 3	at Barry	L, 96-85	-	20	1	1	2	0	0	0	2

Game Log - Ball control extended
Date	Opponent	Score	gs	pf	dq	a/to
Nov 15	Kentucky State	W, 104-69	-	-	-	-
Nov 17	Staten Island	W, 94-90	-	-	-	-
Nov 20	Anderson (S.C.)	L, 93-67	-	-	-	-
Nov 22	at #1 Nova Southeastern	L, 112-99	-	-	-	-
Nov 28	Puerto Rico-Mayaguez	W, 94-62	-	-	-	-
Nov 29	Claflin	W, 103-72	-	-	-	-
Dec 3	at Eckerd	L, 88-76	-	-	-	-
Dec 13	at Rollins	L, 84-78	-	-	-	-
Dec 16	at Lynn	W, 79-78	-	0	-	-
Dec 20	Indianapolis	W, 79-73	-	4	-	0.5
Dec 21	St. Thomas Aquinas	W, 92-77	-	0	-	2.0
Jan 3	Florida Tech	W, 78-65	-	0	-	-
Jan 7	Saint Leo	W, 99-91	-	1	-	2.0
Jan 10	Barry	L, 83-82	-	0	-	0.5
Jan 14	at #6 Palm Beach Atlantic	L, 82-70	-	0	-	-
Jan 17	at Embry-Riddle (Fla.)	W, 107-87	-	0	0	-
Jan 21	Florida Southern	L, 84-76	-	0	0	0.0
Jan 24	at Florida Tech	L, 95-81	-	-	-	-
Jan 31	#2 Nova Southeastern	L, 110-78	-	-	-	-
Feb 4	Eckerd	L, 77-76	-	-	-	-
Feb 7	Embry-Riddle (Fla.)	W, 104-93	-	1	0	-
Feb 11	at Barry	W, 98-83	-	1	0	-
Feb 14	Rollins	W, 88-81	-	2	0	-
Feb 18	Lynn	W, 76-65	-	3	0	2.0
Feb 21	at Florida Southern	W, 85-80	-	0	0	1.0
Feb 25	at Saint Leo	W, 84-78	-	1	0	1.0
Feb 28	#13 Palm Beach Atlantic	L, 101-84	-	3	0	1.0
Mar 3	at Barry	L, 96-85	-	1	0	-

Career Stats - Shooting per game
Statistic	gp	min/g	fg/g	3pt/g	ft/g	ppg
2025-26	17	14.5	1.9-4.4	0.6-1.9	0.2-0.9	4.8
Total	17	14.5	1.9-4.4	0.6-1.9	0.2-0.9	4.8

Career Stats - Shooting totals
Statistic	gp	gs	min	fg	pct	3pt	pct	ft	pct	pts
2025-26	17	-	247	33-75	44.0	11-33	33.3	4-15	26.7	81
Total	17	-	247	33-75	44.0	11-33	33.3	4-15	26.7	81

Career Stats - Shooting per 40 min
Statistic	gp	min	min/g	fg/40	3pt/40	pct	ft/40	pts/40
2025-26	17	247	14.5	5.3-12.1	1.8-5.3	33.3	0.6-2.4	13.1
Total	17	247	14.5	5.3-12.1	1.8-5.3	33.3	0.6-2.4	13.1

Career Stats - Ball control per game
Statistic	gp	off/g	def/g	reb/g	ast/g	to/g	stl/g	blk/g
2025-26	17	1.0	1.8	2.8	0.9	0.6	0.5	0.6
Total	17	1.0	1.8	2.8	0.9	0.6	0.5	0.6

Career Stats - Ball control totals
Statistic	gp	gs	off	def	reb	ast	to	stl	blk
2025-26	17	-	17	30	47	16	11	8	10
Total	17	-	17	30	47	16	11	8	10

Career Stats - Ball control per 40 min
Statistic	gp	off/40	def/40	reb/40	ast/40	to/40	stl/40	blk/40
2025-26	17	2.8	4.9	7.6	2.6	1.8	1.3	1.6
Total	17	2.8	4.9	7.6	2.6	1.8	1.3	1.6

Split Stats - Shooting per game
Statistic	gp	min/g	fg/g	3pt/g	ft/g	ppg
Event
Total	17	14.5	1.9-4.4	0.6-1.9	0.2-0.9	4.8
Conference	14	13.9	1.8-4.0	0.6-1.9	0.1-0.7	4.4
Exhibition	-	-	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	-
Location
Home	10	14.4	2.4-5.0	0.8-2.2	0.3-1.0	5.9
Away	7	14.7	1.3-3.6	0.4-1.6	0.1-0.7	3.1
Neutral	-	-	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	-
Result
Wins	12	14.0	1.8-4.2	0.7-2.1	0.2-0.9	4.6
Losses	5	15.8	2.2-5.0	0.6-1.6	0.2-0.8	5.2
Month
December	3	16.3	2.7-6.7	1.3-3.3	0.3-0.7	7.0
January	6	14.2	1.8-4.3	0.8-2.2	0.0-0.2	4.5
February	7	13.3	1.6-3.1	0.3-1.1	0.3-1.1	3.7
March	1	20.0	3.0-7.0	0.0-2.0	1.0-4.0	7.0

Split Stats - Shooting totals
Statistic	gp	gs	min	fg	pct	3pt	pct	ft	pct	pts
Event
Total	17	-	247	33-75	44.0	11-33	33.3	4-15	26.7	81
Conference	14	-	195	25-56	44.6	9-26	34.6	2-10	20.0	61
Exhibition	-	-	-	0-0	-	0-0	-	0-0	-	0
Location
Home	10	-	144	24-50	48.0	8-22	36.4	3-10	30.0	59
Away	7	-	103	9-25	36.0	3-11	27.3	1-5	20.0	22
Neutral	-	-	-	0-0	-	0-0	-	0-0	-	0
Result
Wins	12	-	168	22-50	44.0	8-25	32.0	3-11	27.3	55
Losses	5	-	79	11-25	44.0	3-8	37.5	1-4	25.0	26
Month
December	3	-	49	8-20	40.0	4-10	40.0	1-2	50.0	21
January	6	-	85	11-26	42.3	5-13	38.5	0-1	0.0	27
February	7	-	93	11-22	50.0	2-8	25.0	2-8	25.0	26
March	1	-	20	3-7	42.9	0-2	0.0	1-4	25.0	7

Split Stats - Shooting per 40 min
Statistic	gp	min	min/g	fg/40	3pt/40	pct	ft/40	pts/40
Event
Total	17	247	14.5	5.3-12.1	1.8-5.3	33.3	0.6-2.4	13.1
Conference	14	195	13.9	5.1-11.5	1.8-5.3	34.6	0.4-2.1	12.5
Exhibition	-	-	-	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	-	0.0-0.0	-
Location
Home	10	144	14.4	6.7-13.9	2.2-6.1	36.4	0.8-2.8	16.4
Away	7	103	14.7	3.5-9.7	1.2-4.3	27.3	0.4-1.9	8.5
Neutral	-	-	-	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	-	0.0-0.0	-
Result
Wins	12	168	14.0	5.2-11.9	1.9-6.0	32.0	0.7-2.6	13.1
Losses	5	79	15.8	5.6-12.7	1.5-4.1	37.5	0.5-2.0	13.2
Month
December	3	49	16.3	6.5-16.3	3.3-8.2	40.0	0.8-1.6	17.1
January	6	85	14.2	5.2-12.2	2.4-6.1	38.5	0.0-0.5	12.7
February	7	93	13.3	4.7-9.5	0.9-3.4	25.0	0.9-3.4	11.2
March	1	20	20.0	6.0-14.0	0.0-4.0	0.0	2.0-8.0	14.0

Split Stats - Ball control per game
Statistic	gp	off/g	def/g	reb/g	ast/g	to/g	stl/g	blk/g
Event
Total	17	1.0	1.8	2.8	0.9	0.6	0.5	0.6
Conference	14	0.9	1.9	2.8	0.9	0.6	0.4	0.5
Exhibition	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Location
Home	10	1.3	1.7	3.0	1.3	0.9	0.5	0.5
Away	7	0.6	1.9	2.4	0.4	0.3	0.4	0.7
Neutral	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Result
Wins	12	0.9	1.8	2.7	1.2	0.6	0.6	0.4
Losses	5	1.2	1.8	3.0	0.4	0.8	0.2	1.0
Month
December	3	1.7	2.0	3.7	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.7
January	6	0.8	2.0	2.8	0.7	0.7	0.0	0.8
February	7	0.9	1.6	2.4	1.3	0.6	0.7	0.1
March	1	1.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0

Split Stats - Ball control totals
Statistic	gp	gs	off	def	reb	ast	to	stl	blk
Event
Total	17	-	17	30	47	16	11	8	10
Conference	14	-	13	26	39	13	8	6	7
Exhibition	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Location
Home	10	-	13	17	30	13	9	5	5
Away	7	-	4	13	17	3	2	3	5
Neutral	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Result
Wins	12	-	11	21	32	14	7	7	5
Losses	5	-	6	9	15	2	4	1	5
Month
December	3	-	5	6	11	3	3	3	2
January	6	-	5	12	17	4	4	0	5
February	7	-	6	11	17	9	4	5	1
March	1	-	1	1	2	0	0	0	2

Split Stats - Ball control per 40 min
Statistic	gp	off/40	def/40	reb/40	ast/40	to/40	stl/40	blk/40
Event
Total	17	2.8	4.9	7.6	2.6	1.8	1.3	1.6
Conference	14	2.7	5.3	8.0	2.7	1.6	1.2	1.4
Exhibition	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Location
Home	10	3.6	4.7	8.3	3.6	2.5	1.4	1.4
Away	7	1.6	5.0	6.6	1.2	0.8	1.2	1.9
Neutral	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Result
Wins	12	2.6	5.0	7.6	3.3	1.7	1.7	1.2
Losses	5	3.0	4.6	7.6	1.0	2.0	0.5	2.5
Month
December	3	4.1	4.9	9.0	2.4	2.4	2.4	1.6
January	6	2.4	5.6	8.0	1.9	1.9	0.0	2.4
February	7	2.6	4.7	7.3	3.9	1.7	2.2	0.4
March	1	2.0	2.0	4.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.0