10 Efficient, Returning Assist Leaders

[caption id="attachment_91189" align="alignright" width="286"] Central Christian's Josie Ibarra's delivers a pass to a teammate during their January, 2019, home contest against Burrton.[/caption] As we look ahead to the 2019-2020 season we crunched some numbers to find the most efficient, returning assist leaders by looking at total assists and ratio of assists-to-turnovers according to MaxPreps. Players were selected using the following criteria: <ol> <li> Played in 20 or more games;</li> <li> Dished out 50 or more assists;</li> <li> Averaged 2.5 assists per game; and</li> <li> Had a assist-to-turnover ratio of 1.4 or greater.</li> </ol> Many players had greater than a 1.4 ratio but averaged under 2.5 assists per game.  Of those with a ratio just above 1.4 only players with a substantial number of assists were included.  Players are listed by class, then by assists-to-turnover ratio. <table width="714"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="text-align: center" width="131"><span style="text-decoration: underline">Name</span></td> <td style="text-align: center" width="64"><span style="text-decoration: underline">Height</span></td> <td style="text-align: center" width="64"><span style="text-decoration: underline">Position</span></td> <td style="text-align: center" width="131"><span style="text-decoration: underline">School</span></td> <td style="text-align: center" width="64"><span style="text-decoration: underline">Games</span></td> <td style="text-align: center" width="64"><span style="text-decoration: underline">Assists</span></td> <td style="text-align: center" width="64"><span style="text-decoration: underline">APG</span></td> <td style="text-align: center" width="68"><span style="text-decoration: underline">Turnovers</span></td> <td style="text-align: center" width="64"><span style="text-decoration: underline">A/TO</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>2020</strong></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Ariyana Grassity</td> <td style="text-align: center">5'4"</td> <td style="text-align: center">PG</td> <td>Highland Park</td> <td style="text-align: center">20</td> <td style="text-align: center">136</td> <td style="text-align: center">6.8</td> <td style="text-align: center">46</td> <td style="text-align: center">2.96</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Hannah Riedy</td> <td style="text-align: center">5'8"</td> <td style="text-align: center">PG</td> <td>Rural Vista</td> <td style="text-align: center">24</td> <td style="text-align: center">72</td> <td style="text-align: center">3.0</td> <td style="text-align: center">27</td> <td style="text-align: center">2.67</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Sidney Nilles</td> <td style="text-align: center">5'10"</td> <td style="text-align: center">G</td> <td>Derby</td> <td style="text-align: center">24</td> <td style="text-align: center">75</td> <td style="text-align: center">3.1</td> <td style="text-align: center">29</td> <td style="text-align: center">2.59</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Emma Jantz</td> <td style="text-align: center">5'6"</td> <td style="text-align: center">G</td> <td>South Gray</td> <td style="text-align: center">22</td> <td style="text-align: center">82</td> <td style="text-align: center">3.7</td> <td style="text-align: center">37</td> <td style="text-align: center">2.22</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Kade Hackerott</td> <td style="text-align: center">5'11"</td> <td style="text-align: center">F</td> <td>Goddard</td> <td style="text-align: center">20</td> <td style="text-align: center">62</td> <td style="text-align: center">3.1</td> <td style="text-align: center">32</td> <td style="text-align: center">1.94</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Jimena Lopez</td> <td style="text-align: center">5'5"</td> <td style="text-align: center">PG</td> <td>Bishop Ward</td> <td style="text-align: center">20</td> <td style="text-align: center">73</td> <td style="text-align: center">3.7</td> <td style="text-align: center">39</td> <td style="text-align: center">1.87</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Josie Ibarra</td> <td style="text-align: center">5'8"</td> <td style="text-align: center">PG</td> <td>Central Christian</td> <td style="text-align: center">23</td> <td style="text-align: center">98</td> <td style="text-align: center">4.3</td> <td style="text-align: center">68</td> <td style="text-align: center">1.44</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>2021</strong></td> <td style="text-align: center"></td> <td style="text-align: center"></td> <td></td> <td style="text-align: center"></td> <td style="text-align: center"></td> <td style="text-align: center"></td> <td style="text-align: center"></td> <td style="text-align: center"></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Jordyn Tucker</td> <td style="text-align: center"></td> <td style="text-align: center">G</td> <td>Stanton County</td> <td style="text-align: center">20</td> <td style="text-align: center">52</td> <td style="text-align: center">2.6</td> <td style="text-align: center">24</td> <td style="text-align: center">2.17</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Lexi Cline</td> <td style="text-align: center">5'6"</td> <td style="text-align: center">CG</td> <td>Cheney</td> <td style="text-align: center">24</td> <td style="text-align: center">82</td> <td style="text-align: center">3.4</td> <td style="text-align: center">55</td> <td style="text-align: center">1.49</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>2022</strong></td> <td style="text-align: center"></td> <td style="text-align: center"></td> <td></td> <td style="text-align: center"></td> <td style="text-align: center"></td> <td style="text-align: center"></td> <td style="text-align: center"></td> <td style="text-align: center"></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Talayah Thomas</td> <td style="text-align: center">5'6"</td> <td style="text-align: center">G</td> <td>Topeka</td> <td style="text-align: center">25</td> <td style="text-align: center">68</td> <td style="text-align: center">2.7</td> <td style="text-align: center">35</td> <td style="text-align: center">1.94</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> &nbsp; <em>Featured image: Spotted up at the top of the key, Cheney’s Lexi Cline waits for a pass during the team’s 2019 4A state tournament game against Columbus.</em> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;