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2024-25 Men's Basketball Roster

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23 John Sutherland

  • Position F
  • Height 6-7
  • Weight 210
  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Grand Rapids, Minn.
  • High School Grand Rapids HS

Biography

2024-25 (Sr)
All-Time Leader in Rebounds: 733

All-Time Second in Points: 1650
All-Time Fifth in Assists: 290
• All-NSIC Second Team
• NSIC Winter All-Academic Team

• NSIC Player Of The Week (Feb. 10)
• 2024-25 NABC Honors Court

Played in 17 games and started 15 of them for the Beavers totaling 576 minutes... Scored 271 points averaging team high 15.9 per game shooting 58.4% from the field... Collected 124 rebounds averaging 7.3 per game... Recorded 75 assists, 15 steals and 5 blocks... Had 4 double doubles and recorded season high 26 points twice. 

2023-24 (Jr)
• D2CCA All-Central Region Second Team
• All-NSIC First Team
• College Sports Communicators Academic All-District

• NSIC Winter All-Academic Team
 NSIC Player of the Week, Dec. 4
Played and started in 28 games for the Beavers... Was second on the team with 924 minutes played... Led the team in scoring with 559 points averaging 20 per game shooting 57.3 percent from the field and 56.3 percent from the free throw line... Was second on the team with 222 rebounds averaging 7.9 per game and second with 12 blocks... Led the team with 113 assists... Scored a career-high 35 points against Sioux Falls on Jan. 6.

2022-23 (Jr)
 All-NSIC First Team
• NSIC Winter All-Academic Team

 NSIC North Division Player of the Week, Nov. 21
 NSIC North Division Player of the Week, Jan. 16
 NSIC North Division Player of the Week, Jan. 30
Played in 29 games this season starting in 28 with 966 minutes played, 33.3 per game... Led the team with 572 points during the season (8th most in program history) averaging 19.7 per game scoring a career high of 28 points against Augustana on 2/22/23... Shooting a league-high 59.0 percent from the field (26th in DII), 36.4 percent from three and 62.3 percent from the line... Had 250 rebounds (3rd most in program history) 8.6 per game, 79 assists, 16 block, and 22 steals.

2021-22 (Tr-So)
Played in 24 of 25 games this season starting in the 24 he played... Played 632 minutes averaging 26.3 per game... Scored 248 points this season averaging 10.3 points per game with a career and season high of 19 against Northland on 11/20/21... Shot 62.1 percent from the field, 25 percent from three, and 68.9 from the free throw line. Had 137 rebounds averaging 5.7 per game along with 23 assists, 14 blocks and 9 steals. Had 2 double doubles this season with the latest coming against Minn. Duluth.

Prior to BSU
Played one season at the University of Minnesota Duluth... Averaged 3.3 points and 2.6 rebounds per game while shooting 53.3 percent from the field during 12 games with the Bulldogs. 

Career Single-Game Highs:
Points: 35 at Sioux Falls (1/6/24)
FG made: 15 at Eckerd (11/25/23)
FG attempted: 24, 2x, last at Concordia-St. Paul (1/26/24)
3FG made: 2 at UMary (2/4/23)
3FG attempted: 5 at UMary (2/4/23)
FT made: 9, 2x, last at Sioux Falls (1/6/24)
FT attempted: 12, 2x, last at Sioux Falls (2/28/24)
Rebounds: 16 at St. Cloud State (2/26/25)
Assists: 9, 2x, last at Northern State (2/8/25)
Blocks: 2, 10x, last vs MSU Moorhead (2/3/24)
Steals: 4 at Upper Iowa (1/6/23)

High School
Averaged 32.1 points and 13.3 rebounds per game as a senior at Grand Rapids High School and was named the Duluth News Tribune All-Area Player of the Year... Broke GRHS’s school record in season scoring with 688 points and single-game scoring record with 49 points... A two-time team captain and was ranked as the No. 30 prospect for the 2020 Minnesota class per Prep Hoops Minnesota.

Personal 
Born April 10, 2002... Son of Jesse and Becky Sutherland... A member of the "A" Honor Roll as a senior at GRHS... A business major at BSU.

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Historical Player Information

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    2021-22Sophomore

    F
    6'7" 225 lbs
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    2022-23Junior

    F
    6'7" 225 lbs
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    2023-24Junior

    F
    6'7" 225 lbs
    23
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    2024-25Senior

    Forward
    6'7" 210 lbs
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