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Cole Newton
  • Height:
    6-3
  • Weight:
    185
  • Year:
    2
  • Hometown:
    Fergus, Ont.
  • High School:
    Southwest Academy
  • Position:
    Guard
  • Major:
    Health Science
  • Team:
    Men's Basketball
  • gp
    22
  • pts/g
    12.4
  • fg %
    37.6
  • 3pt %
    30.1
  • ft %
    75.9
  • reb/g
    4.5
  • a/g
    3.0
Bio

CAREER HONOURS

  • 2x U SPORTS Academic All-Canadian (2020-21, 2021-22)
  • BioSteel uOttawa Athlete of the Week, November 7 2022
  • OUA East All-Rookie Team (2021-22)

SECOND YEAR (2022-23):

Started in 20 of 22 regular season appearances, started in two of three OUA playoff games and all three national championship games… Recorded 12.4 points, 4.5 rebounds, and 3.0 assists per game in the regular season… Set new career-high scoring 25 points against McMaster (Nov. 4)… Scored team-high 22 points in OUA Quarterfinal win over Toronto Metropolitan University (Feb. 25)… Scored in double digits twice during the U SPORTS national championship tournament, contributing 15 points against Winnipeg (Mar. 10) and 13 points against Carleton (Mar. 11)… Signed with the Ottawa BlackJacks in the CEBL in the summer, earning first professional experience.

FIRST YEAR (2021-22):

Appeared in all 23 preseason, regular season, and playoff games in his redshirt freshman season with Ottawa, earning three starts… Averaged 8.2 points, 3.5 rebounds, and 1.2 assists to earn OUA East All-Rookie Team honours… Scored first career regular season points in a win over York (Nov. 6)… Set a career-high in scoring 16 points in a win over Ontario Tech (Nov. 12)… Scored in double-figures on seven occasions throughout the season, including a pair of 15 point performances against Toronto Metropolitan (Feb. 25) and Carleton (Mar. 2).

REDSHIRT YEAR (2019-20):

Played in three preseason games… Did not appear in any regular season games, did not impact eligibility.

BEFORE THE GEE-GEES:

Played for the OSBA’s Southwest Academy in London, Ont. for final year of high school. Starred for Centre Wellington D.H.S. in Fergus, Ont., winning back-to-back District 10 championships, earning MVP honours on both occasions. Younger brother, Brock transferred to Ottawa in 2022 after playing a season of basketball at Bucknell (NCAA D-I), Father, Jim, played basketball at Laurier in the 1990s.

Recent games
Date Opponent Result
Jan 29 Queen's L, 76-62
Feb 3 vs. Carleton L, 67-61
Feb 5 at Queen's W, 82-52
Feb 10 Nipissing W, 81-62
Feb 11 Laurentian W, 100-67
Feb 15 at Carleton L, 77-60
Season Statistics
  Overall Conference
Games 22 22
Games started 20 20
Minutes 677 677
Minutes per game 30.8 30.8
FG 102-271 102-271
FG Pct 37.6 37.6
3PT 46-153 46-153
3PT Pct 30.1 30.1
FT 22-29 22-29
FT Pct 75.9 75.9
Off rebounds 31 31
Def rebounds 67 67
Total rebounds 98 98
Rebounds per game 4.5 4.5
Personal fouls 32 32
Disqualifications 0 0
Assists 66 66
Turnovers 35 35
Assist to turnover ratio 1.9 1.9
Steals 21 21
Blocks 4 4
Points 272 272
Points per game 12.4 12.4
Points per 40 min 16.1 16.1
Game Log - Shooting
Date Opponent Score gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Aug 4 vs. Northern Illinois L, 75-71 1 30 8-24 33.3 1-8 12.5 1-1 100.0 18
Aug 6 Florida State L, 86-66 1 25 2-18 11.1 1-6 16.7 6-6 100.0 11
Aug 7 Northeastern L, 96-67 1 32 5-14 35.7 0-3 0.0 1-3 33.3 11
Aug 22 Oregon L, 78-76 1 34 5-11 45.5 1-6 16.7 0-0 - 11
Sep 30 vs. Dalhousie W, 68-48 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 1 vs. Manitoba W, 85-77 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 2 at Brock W, 77-72 1 26 3-9 33.3 1-7 14.3 0-0 - 7
Oct 14 vs. Saint Mary's W, 88-61 1 27 7-13 53.8 4-10 40.0 0-0 - 18
Oct 15 vs. Lethbridge W, 80-65 1 32 4-9 44.4 3-7 42.9 1-2 50.0 12
Oct 16 at McGill L, 61-60 1 33 2-11 18.2 1-9 11.1 0-0 - 5
Nov 4 McMaster W, 97-67 1 27 10-13 76.9 5-8 62.5 0-0 - 25
Nov 5 York W, 88-65 1 36 8-17 47.1 3-5 60.0 1-1 100.0 20
Nov 11 at Laurentian W, 79-53 1 33 3-13 23.1 2-8 25.0 2-2 100.0 10
Nov 12 at Nipissing W, 76-66 1 37 4-16 25.0 3-11 27.3 6-6 100.0 17
Nov 18 at Lakehead L, 69-65 1 36 6-15 40.0 1-7 14.3 0-0 - 13
Nov 25 Western W, 98-78 1 37 6-12 50.0 5-11 45.5 2-3 66.7 19
Nov 26 Windsor W, 74-66 1 36 4-17 23.5 2-10 20.0 0-0 - 10
Dec 2 Algoma W, 103-59 1 25 3-9 33.3 2-7 28.6 0-0 - 8
Dec 4 at Brock W, 82-70 1 2 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Dec 28 vs. Manitoba W, 79-64 1 36 3-7 42.9 1-4 25.0 2-2 100.0 9
Dec 29 at Regina W, 69-54 1 36 6-14 42.9 3-9 33.3 1-2 50.0 16
Dec 30 at Winnipeg W, 70-61 1 32 5-12 41.7 1-5 20.0 0-0 - 11
Jan 6 at Laurier L, 87-83 1 42 6-21 28.6 2-10 20.0 0-2 0.0 14
Jan 7 at Waterloo W, 66-54 1 31 2-6 33.3 1-3 33.3 0-0 - 5
Jan 14 Ontario Tech W, 93-47 - 22 5-8 62.5 4-7 57.1 1-2 50.0 15
Jan 15 Guelph W, 81-67 1 35 2-9 22.2 2-8 25.0 0-0 - 6
Jan 20 at Toronto Metropolitan W, 86-72 - 35 3-4 75.0 2-2 100.0 1-2 50.0 9
Jan 21 at Toronto W, 87-68 1 33 5-13 38.5 1-5 20.0 4-4 100.0 15
Jan 27 at Ontario Tech W, 85-84 1 36 5-19 26.3 1-12 8.3 0-0 - 11
Jan 29 Queen's L, 76-62 1 30 4-13 30.8 3-10 30.0 1-1 100.0 12
Feb 3 vs. Carleton L, 67-61 1 27 5-19 26.3 3-7 42.9 0-0 - 13
Feb 5 at Queen's W, 82-52 1 31 5-13 38.5 2-9 22.2 1-2 50.0 13
Feb 10 Nipissing W, 81-62 1 26 6-11 54.5 0-3 0.0 3-4 75.0 15
Feb 11 Laurentian W, 100-67 1 24 5-10 50.0 2-5 40.0 0-0 - 12
Feb 15 at Carleton L, 77-60 1 36 5-13 38.5 0-5 0.0 0-0 - 10
Game Log - Ball control
Date Opponent Score gs min off def reb ast to stl blk
Aug 4 vs. Northern Illinois L, 75-71 1 30 3 3 6 5 3 1 0
Aug 6 Florida State L, 86-66 1 25 0 5 5 1 6 1 0
Aug 7 Northeastern L, 96-67 1 32 1 3 4 8 4 0 1
Aug 22 Oregon L, 78-76 1 34 0 6 6 3 2 2 0
Sep 30 vs. Dalhousie W, 68-48 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 1 vs. Manitoba W, 85-77 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 2 at Brock W, 77-72 1 26 0 3 3 1 2 0 0
Oct 14 vs. Saint Mary's W, 88-61 1 27 0 1 1 3 3 1 0
Oct 15 vs. Lethbridge W, 80-65 1 32 0 3 3 2 2 1 0
Oct 16 at McGill L, 61-60 1 33 0 2 2 3 3 3 0
Nov 4 McMaster W, 97-67 1 27 0 3 3 4 1 0 1
Nov 5 York W, 88-65 1 36 2 4 6 1 1 3 0
Nov 11 at Laurentian W, 79-53 1 33 3 3 6 6 0 2 0
Nov 12 at Nipissing W, 76-66 1 37 2 2 4 3 1 1 0
Nov 18 at Lakehead L, 69-65 1 36 2 2 4 2 2 0 0
Nov 25 Western W, 98-78 1 37 0 1 1 6 1 1 0
Nov 26 Windsor W, 74-66 1 36 1 4 5 7 2 1 0
Dec 2 Algoma W, 103-59 1 25 1 4 5 2 3 1 0
Dec 4 at Brock W, 82-70 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
Dec 28 vs. Manitoba W, 79-64 1 36 0 5 5 5 3 2 0
Dec 29 at Regina W, 69-54 1 36 0 5 5 5 4 0 0
Dec 30 at Winnipeg W, 70-61 1 32 0 4 4 1 4 3 0
Jan 6 at Laurier L, 87-83 1 42 1 5 6 4 4 2 1
Jan 7 at Waterloo W, 66-54 1 31 0 7 7 2 2 2 1
Jan 14 Ontario Tech W, 93-47 - 22 0 3 3 2 0 1 0
Jan 15 Guelph W, 81-67 1 35 1 1 2 4 3 1 0
Jan 20 at Toronto Metropolitan W, 86-72 - 35 0 3 3 4 1 1 0
Jan 21 at Toronto W, 87-68 1 33 1 5 6 1 2 1 0
Jan 27 at Ontario Tech W, 85-84 1 36 5 1 6 4 2 0 0
Jan 29 Queen's L, 76-62 1 30 1 2 3 1 1 0 0
Feb 3 vs. Carleton L, 67-61 1 27 3 2 5 0 2 1 1
Feb 5 at Queen's W, 82-52 1 31 4 0 4 5 0 0 0
Feb 10 Nipissing W, 81-62 1 26 2 7 9 2 0 0 0
Feb 11 Laurentian W, 100-67 1 24 2 3 5 2 4 1 0
Feb 15 at Carleton L, 77-60 1 36 0 5 5 3 2 2 0
Game Log - Ball control extended
Date Opponent Score gs pf dq a/to
Aug 4 vs. Northern Illinois L, 75-71 1 3 - 1.7
Aug 6 Florida State L, 86-66 1 0 - 0.2
Aug 7 Northeastern L, 96-67 1 0 - 2.0
Aug 22 Oregon L, 78-76 1 2 - 1.5
Sep 30 vs. Dalhousie W, 68-48 - - - -
Oct 1 vs. Manitoba W, 85-77 - - - -
Oct 2 at Brock W, 77-72 1 1 0 0.5
Oct 14 vs. Saint Mary's W, 88-61 1 1 - 1.0
Oct 15 vs. Lethbridge W, 80-65 1 1 - 1.0
Oct 16 at McGill L, 61-60 1 1 - 1.0
Nov 4 McMaster W, 97-67 1 0 - 4.0
Nov 5 York W, 88-65 1 1 - 1.0
Nov 11 at Laurentian W, 79-53 1 1 - -
Nov 12 at Nipissing W, 76-66 1 1 - 3.0
Nov 18 at Lakehead L, 69-65 1 0 - 1.0
Nov 25 Western W, 98-78 1 2 - 6.0
Nov 26 Windsor W, 74-66 1 3 - 3.5
Dec 2 Algoma W, 103-59 1 0 - 0.7
Dec 4 at Brock W, 82-70 1 0 0 1.0
Dec 28 vs. Manitoba W, 79-64 1 0 0 1.7
Dec 29 at Regina W, 69-54 1 0 0 1.3
Dec 30 at Winnipeg W, 70-61 1 1 0 0.3
Jan 6 at Laurier L, 87-83 1 4 - 1.0
Jan 7 at Waterloo W, 66-54 1 4 - 1.0
Jan 14 Ontario Tech W, 93-47 - 1 - -
Jan 15 Guelph W, 81-67 1 2 - 1.3
Jan 20 at Toronto Metropolitan W, 86-72 - 1 - 4.0
Jan 21 at Toronto W, 87-68 1 0 - 0.5
Jan 27 at Ontario Tech W, 85-84 1 2 - 2.0
Jan 29 Queen's L, 76-62 1 4 - 1.0
Feb 3 vs. Carleton L, 67-61 1 2 - 0.0
Feb 5 at Queen's W, 82-52 1 0 - -
Feb 10 Nipissing W, 81-62 1 2 - -
Feb 11 Laurentian W, 100-67 1 1 - 0.5
Feb 15 at Carleton L, 77-60 1 1 - 1.5
  gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
2021-22 16 20.3 2.9-7.4 1.4-4.8 0.9-1.1 8.2
2022-23 22 30.8 4.6-12.3 2.1-7.0 1.0-1.3 12.4
2023-24 11 22.6 1.3-5.9 0.5-3.0 0.2-0.5 3.3
Total 49 25.5 3.3-9.3 1.5-5.3 0.8-1.1 9.0

Career Stats: Shooting per game

  gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
2021-22 16 3 325 47-118 39.8 23-76 30.3 14-18 77.8 131
2022-23 22 20 677 102-271 37.6 46-153 30.1 22-29 75.9 272
2023-24 11 4 249 14-65 21.5 6-33 18.2 2-6 33.3 36
Total 49 27 1251 163-454 35.9 75-262 28.6 38-53 71.7 439

Career Stats: Shooting totals

  gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
2021-22 16 325 20.3 5.8-14.5 2.8-9.4 30.3 1.7-2.2 16.1
2022-23 22 677 30.8 6.0-16.0 2.7-9.0 30.1 1.3-1.7 16.1
2023-24 11 249 22.6 2.2-10.4 1.0-5.3 18.2 0.3-1.0 5.8
Total 49 1251 25.5 5.2-14.5 2.4-8.4 28.6 1.2-1.7 14.0

Career Stats: Shooting per 40 min

  gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
2021-22 16 1.0 2.5 3.5 1.2 1.0 0.7 0.2
2022-23 22 1.4 3.0 4.5 3.0 1.6 1.0 0.2
2023-24 11 0.4 2.3 2.6 1.2 1.0 0.8 0.3
Total 49 1.0 2.7 3.7 2.0 1.3 0.8 0.2

Career Stats: Ball control per game

  gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
2021-22 16 3 16 40 56 19 16 11 3
2022-23 22 20 31 67 98 66 35 21 4
2023-24 11 4 4 25 29 13 11 9 3
Total 49 27 51 132 183 98 62 41 10

Career Stats: Ball control totals

  gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
2021-22 16 2.0 4.9 6.9 2.3 2.0 1.4 0.4
2022-23 22 1.8 4.0 5.8 3.9 2.1 1.2 0.2
2023-24 11 0.6 4.0 4.7 2.1 1.8 1.4 0.5
Total 49 1.6 4.2 5.9 3.1 2.0 1.3 0.3

Career Stats: Ball control per 40 min

  gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
Event            
Total 22 30.8 4.6-12.3 2.1-7.0 1.0-1.3 12.4
Conference 22 30.8 4.6-12.3 2.1-7.0 1.0-1.3 12.4
Exhibition 11 31.2 4.5-12.9 1.5-6.7 1.1-1.5 11.7
Location            
Home 10 29.8 5.3-11.9 2.8-7.4 0.8-1.1 14.2
Away 11 32.0 4.0-12.1 1.4-6.5 1.3-1.6 10.6
Neutral 1 27.0 5.0-19.0 3.0-7.0 0.0-0.0 13.0
Result            
Wins 17 29.8 4.5-11.2 2.2-6.7 1.2-1.5 12.4
Losses 5 34.2 5.2-16.2 1.8-7.8 0.2-0.6 12.4
Month            
November 7 34.6 5.9-14.7 3.0-8.6 1.6-1.7 16.3
December 2 13.5 1.5-4.5 1.0-3.5 0.0-0.0 4.0
January 8 33.0 4.0-11.6 2.0-7.1 0.9-1.4 10.9
February 5 28.8 5.2-13.2 1.4-5.8 0.8-1.2 12.6

Splits Stats: Shooting per game

  gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Event                    
Total 22 20 677 102-271 37.6 46-153 30.1 22-29 75.9 272
Conference 22 20 677 102-271 37.6 46-153 30.1 22-29 75.9 272
Exhibition 11 11 343 50-142 35.2 17-74 23.0 12-16 75.0 129
Location                    
Home 10 9 298 53-119 44.5 28-74 37.8 8-11 72.7 142
Away 11 10 352 44-133 33.1 15-72 20.8 14-18 77.8 117
Neutral 1 1 27 5-19 26.3 3-7 42.9 0-0 - 13
Result                    
Wins 17 15 506 76-190 40.0 37-114 32.5 21-26 80.8 210
Losses 5 5 171 26-81 32.1 9-39 23.1 1-3 33.3 62
Month                    
November 7 7 242 41-103 39.8 21-60 35.0 11-12 91.7 114
December 2 2 27 3-9 33.3 2-7 28.6 0-0 - 8
January 8 6 264 32-93 34.4 16-57 28.1 7-11 63.6 87
February 5 5 144 26-66 39.4 7-29 24.1 4-6 66.7 63

Splits Stats: Shooting totals

  gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
Event                
Total 22 677 30.8 6.0-16.0 2.7-9.0 30.1 1.3-1.7 16.1
Conference 22 677 30.8 6.0-16.0 2.7-9.0 30.1 1.3-1.7 16.1
Exhibition 11 343 31.2 5.8-16.6 2.0-8.6 23.0 1.4-1.9 15.0
Location                
Home 10 298 29.8 7.1-16.0 3.8-9.9 37.8 1.1-1.5 19.1
Away 11 352 32.0 5.0-15.1 1.7-8.2 20.8 1.6-2.0 13.3
Neutral 1 27 27.0 7.4-28.1 4.4-10.4 42.9 0.0-0.0 19.3
Result                
Wins 17 506 29.8 6.0-15.0 2.9-9.0 32.5 1.7-2.1 16.6
Losses 5 171 34.2 6.1-18.9 2.1-9.1 23.1 0.2-0.7 14.5
Month                
November 7 242 34.6 6.8-17.0 3.5-9.9 35.0 1.8-2.0 18.8
December 2 27 13.5 4.4-13.3 3.0-10.4 28.6 0.0-0.0 11.9
January 8 264 33.0 4.8-14.1 2.4-8.6 28.1 1.1-1.7 13.2
February 5 144 28.8 7.2-18.3 1.9-8.1 24.1 1.1-1.7 17.5

Splits Stats: Shooting per 40 min

  gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
Event                
Total 22 1.4 3.0 4.5 3.0 1.6 1.0 0.2
Conference 22 1.4 3.0 4.5 3.0 1.6 1.0 0.2
Exhibition 11 0.4 3.6 4.0 3.4 3.3 1.3 0.1
Location                
Home 10 1.0 3.2 4.2 3.1 1.6 0.9 0.1
Away 11 1.6 3.0 4.6 3.2 1.5 1.0 0.2
Neutral 1 3.0 2.0 5.0 0.0 2.0 1.0 1.0
Result                
Wins 17 1.4 3.0 4.4 3.3 1.4 0.9 0.1
Losses 5 1.4 3.2 4.6 2.0 2.2 1.0 0.4
Month                
November 7 1.4 2.7 4.1 4.1 1.1 1.1 0.1
December 2 0.5 2.0 2.5 1.5 2.0 0.5 0.0
January 8 1.1 3.4 4.5 2.8 1.9 1.0 0.3
February 5 2.2 3.4 5.6 2.4 1.6 0.8 0.2

Splits Stats: Ball control per game

  gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
Event                  
Total 22 20 31 67 98 66 35 21 4
Conference 22 20 31 67 98 66 35 21 4
Exhibition 11 11 4 40 44 37 36 14 1
Location                  
Home 10 9 10 32 42 31 16 9 1
Away 11 10 18 33 51 35 17 11 2
Neutral 1 1 3 2 5 0 2 1 1
Result                  
Wins 17 15 24 51 75 56 24 16 2
Losses 5 5 7 16 23 10 11 5 2
Month                  
November 7 7 10 19 29 29 8 8 1
December 2 2 1 4 5 3 4 1 0
January 8 6 9 27 36 22 15 8 2
February 5 5 11 17 28 12 8 4 1

Splits Stats: Ball control totals

  gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
Event                
Total 22 1.8 4.0 5.8 3.9 2.1 1.2 0.2
Conference 22 1.8 4.0 5.8 3.9 2.1 1.2 0.2
Exhibition 11 0.5 4.7 5.1 4.3 4.2 1.6 0.1
Location                
Home 10 1.3 4.3 5.6 4.2 2.1 1.2 0.1
Away 11 2.0 3.8 5.8 4.0 1.9 1.3 0.2
Neutral 1 4.4 3.0 7.4 0.0 3.0 1.5 1.5
Result                
Wins 17 1.9 4.0 5.9 4.4 1.9 1.3 0.2
Losses 5 1.6 3.7 5.4 2.3 2.6 1.2 0.5
Month                
November 7 1.7 3.1 4.8 4.8 1.3 1.3 0.2
December 2 1.5 5.9 7.4 4.4 5.9 1.5 0.0
January 8 1.4 4.1 5.5 3.3 2.3 1.2 0.3
February 5 3.1 4.7 7.8 3.3 2.2 1.1 0.3

Splits Stats: Ball control per 40 min