The 50 stats defining Aussies’ NCAA breakout month

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Australians scored more than 6,000 points, pulled down almost 3,200 rebounds and dished more than 1,100 assists in November 2025, the first month of the 2025-26 NCAA Men's and Women's basketball season in the United States.

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Here are the 50 Fast Facts about Australians in the first month of College Basketball.

🇦🇺 50 Fast Facts about November 2025 in NCAA Basketball

Population & Representation

1. There are about 4,870 men and 4,520 women competing in NCAA Division I basketball.
2. Across both divisions, there are about 9,400 total NCAA players.
3. basketball.com.au has verified 167 Australian players across men’s and women’s D-I teams. Not all played in November.
4. Australians make up about 1.8% of all NCAA basketball players.
5. Among men, Australians represent about 1.2% of Division I athletes.
6. Among women, Australians represent 2.4%, showing stronger female pathway representation.
7. Of the 167 Australians, 108 are women and 59 are men.
8. In November, more than 100 Australians logged official game statistics.

🇦🇺 Games & Production Totals

9. Australian players combined for 922 total games in November (606 women, 316 men).
10. Australians scored a combined 6,014 points across the month.
11. They pulled down 3,173 rebounds.
12. They handed out 1,129 total assists.
13. Women produced 3,714 points, almost 62% of all Australian scoring.
14. Men produced 2,300 points, or 38% of the total.
15. Women recorded nearly twice as many assists as the men (697 vs. 432).
16. The combined per-game averages: 6.52 points, 3.44 rebounds, 1.22 assists per Australian per game.

🇦🇺 Scoring & Efficiency Leaders

17. The highest-scoring Australian in all NCAA basketball is Hannah Wickstrom (UC Riverside) at 19.3 PPG.
18. The top male scorer is 2025 National Champion Alex Condon (Florida) with 15.7 PPG.
19. The most efficient high-usage scorer among men is Jayden Stone (Missouri) at 75.3 TS%.
20. The most efficient high-usage scorer among women is Olivia Bradley (UC Santa Barbara) at 62.5 TS%.
21. The highest true shooting percentage among any Australian with at least four games is Yaak Yaak (Oregon State) at 91.2 TS%.
22. Among guards, Dani Bayes (Boise State) posted the best volume three-point shooting at 50% from deep.
23. Stanford freshman Lara Somfai is the most efficient Australian freshman overall.

🇦🇺 Rebounds, Assists, Defense

24. Oscar Cluff (Purdue) is the only Australian averaging a double-double (11.7 PPG, 10.1 RPG).
25. The leading female rebounder is Bonnie Deas (Arkansas) with 9.3 RPG.
26. The women’s steals leader and top defensive playmaker is Hannah Wickstrom at 3.7 SPG.
27. The top male steals leader is Joel Foxwell (Portland) with 1.6 SPG.
28. The leading shot-blocker among women is Antoniette Emma-Nnopu (Weber State) at 1.6 BPG.
29. The leading shot-blocker among men is Austin Rapp (Wisconsin) at 1.4 BPG.
30. The best passer among all Australians is Joel Foxwell, averaging 6.1 assists per game.
31. The best passer among the women is Tess Heal (Kansas State) with 5.0 assists per game.

🇦🇺 Freshmen Highlights

32. Colorado centre Jade Crook is the highest-scoring freshman Australian woman at 11.6 PPG.
33. Portland's Joel Foxwell is the highest-scoring freshman Australian man at 15.6 PPG.
34. Stanford’s Lara Somfai posted elite freshman shooting splits across FG%, 3PT%, and FT%.
35. Saint Mary’s (men) and UC Santa Barbara (women) each feature three Australian freshmen contributors.

🇦🇺 Team & Conference Insights

36. Saint Mary’s has the largest Australian presence on the men’s side with three rotation Aussies.
37. Davidson, UC Santa Barbara and Saint Mary’s each have three Australian active women, the most of any D-I women’s program.
38. The Pac-12 has the highest concentration of Australian talent across both genders.
39. The SEC produces the highest Australian scoring output, thanks to players such as Condon, Max Mackinnon, Jayden Stone, and Amelia Hassett.
40. Portland’s backcourt duo of Foxwell and James O’Donnell accounted for more than 45% of all Australian men’s assists.

🇦🇺 Position-Based Facts

41. Among the women, guards generated the most total points, while forwards dominated rebounding.
42. Among the men, forwards produced the majority of total scoring and rebounding.
43. Only two Australian male centres logged meaningful game time in November.
44. Australian women showed the most balanced distribution between guard, forward, and centre roles.
45. Guards accounted for over 600 assists across the full Australian women’s cohort.

🇦🇺 Efficiency & Style Trends

46. Australian women took more total three-point attempts than Australian men, despite men shooting them more efficiently.
47. Australian men recorded the higher collective TS% thanks to elite scorers such as Condon, Stone, and Mackinnon.
48. Australians as a whole averaged nearly one made three-pointer every two games, across both genders.
49. The combined assist-to-turnover profile for Australians was positive, driven largely by the women’s players.
50. Across all 922 recorded games, Australians showed a this statistical trend: production is deeper among women, but peak efficiency is higher among men.

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