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Donovan Clay

Position: Guard

6-7, 205lb (201cm, 92kg)

Hometown: Alton, IL

High School: Alton HS

Schools: Valparaiso (Men) and Missouri State (Men)

2022-23 All-MVC
2x MVC All-Defense
MVC All-Freshman

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SUMMARY

2023-24

Career

G

33

160

PTS

12.8

10.5

TRB

5.9

5.5

AST

2.4

2.3

FG%

44.2

45.4

FG3%

32.6

28.0

FT%

68.8

68.6

eFG%

48.3

49.4

PER

15.2

15.2

WS

2.8

13.3

Per Game

Per Game Table
Season	School	Conf	Class	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS		SOS
2019-20	Valparaiso	MVC	FR	35	33	28.7	3.8	8.3	.452	2.9	5.1	.556	0.9	3.2	.286	0.9	1.5	.647	1.4	3.3	4.6	1.7	0.6	1.0	1.1	1.9	9.4		1.17
2020-21	Valparaiso	MVC	SO	28	26	32.5	3.8	9.7	.391	3.1	6.2	.497	0.7	3.5	.204	1.8	2.6	.685	1.3	4.3	5.5	2.3	0.8	1.3	2.3	2.7	10.1		1.14
2021-22	Missouri State	MVC	JR	34	34	32.3	3.4	6.4	.537	3.0	4.9	.601	0.4	1.4	.313	1.1	1.5	.745	1.3	4.9	6.1	1.7	0.6	1.1	1.1	2.3	8.4		1.05
2022-23	Missouri State	MVC	SR	30	28	32.0	4.6	9.9	.468	4.0	7.9	.511	0.6	2.0	.300	2.1	3.1	.674	1.8	3.7	5.5	3.6	0.7	1.0	2.8	2.6	11.9		-1.00
2023-24	Missouri State	MVC	SR	33	32	33.1	4.6	10.5	.442	3.8	7.9	.481	0.8	2.6	.326	2.7	3.9	.688	1.3	4.6	5.9	2.4	0.7	0.9	2.0	2.5	12.8		1.01
Career	Overall			160	153	31.7	4.0	8.9	.454	3.3	6.4	.524	0.7	2.5	.280	1.7	2.5	.686	1.4	4.1	5.5	2.3	0.7	1.0	1.8	2.4	10.5		0.67
	Valparaiso			63	59	30.4	3.8	8.9	.423	3.0	5.6	.527	0.8	3.3	.248	1.3	2.0	.669	1.3	3.7	5.0	2.0	0.7	1.1	1.7	2.2	9.7
	Missouri State			97	94	32.5	4.2	8.9	.475	3.6	6.9	.522	0.6	2.0	.314	1.9	2.8	.694	1.5	4.4	5.9	2.5	0.7	1.0	1.9	2.4	11.0

Per Game Table
Season	School	Conf	Class	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
2019-20	Valparaiso	MVC	FR	18	18	31.1	4.2	9.5	.444	3.2	5.7	.559	1.1	3.8	.275	1.4	2.1	.703	1.3	4.0	5.3	1.6	0.6	1.1	0.9	1.9	10.9
2020-21	Valparaiso	MVC	SO	18	16	33.8	3.6	9.5	.374	2.9	6.3	.456	0.7	3.2	.211	1.8	2.7	.688	1.4	4.2	5.6	2.3	0.5	1.1	2.2	2.7	9.6
2021-22	Missouri State	MVC	JR	18	18	32.9	3.3	6.0	.556	3.0	4.8	.628	0.3	1.2	.273	1.0	1.5	.667	1.3	4.8	6.1	2.0	0.6	0.9	1.1	2.7	8.0
2022-23	Missouri State	MVC	SR	18	17	34.7	5.7	12.2	.470	4.8	9.6	.506	0.9	2.6	.340	2.3	3.5	.667	2.1	3.7	5.7	3.7	0.6	1.4	2.9	2.3	14.7
2023-24	Missouri State	MVC	SR	20	19	33.7	4.3	10.3	.417	3.6	7.8	.462	0.7	2.5	.280	2.1	3.4	.627	1.4	4.4	5.8	2.2	0.7	1.0	2.3	2.4	11.4
Career	Overall			92	88	33.2	4.2	9.5	.445	3.5	6.8	.511	0.7	2.7	.273	1.8	2.6	.665	1.5	4.2	5.7	2.3	0.6	1.1	1.9	2.4	10.9
	Valparaiso			36	34	32.4	3.9	9.5	.409	3.0	6.0	.505	0.9	3.5	.246	1.6	2.4	.694	1.4	4.1	5.5	1.9	0.5	1.1	1.6	2.3	10.3
	Missouri State			56	54	33.7	4.4	9.5	.467	3.8	7.4	.514	0.6	2.1	.303	1.8	2.8	.650	1.6	4.3	5.9	2.6	0.6	1.1	2.1	2.4	11.4

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Totals

Totals Table
Season	School	Conf	Class	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
2019-20	Valparaiso	MVC	FR	35	33	1004	132	292	.452	100	180	.556	32	112	.286	33	51	.647	48	114	162	60	21	36	40	65	329
2020-21	Valparaiso	MVC	SO	28	26	911	106	271	.391	86	173	.497	20	98	.204	50	73	.685	35	120	155	63	21	35	64	76	282
2021-22	Missouri State	MVC	JR	34	34	1098	116	216	.537	101	168	.601	15	48	.313	38	51	.745	44	165	209	59	21	36	38	77	285
2022-23	Missouri State	MVC	SR	30	28	959	139	297	.468	121	237	.511	18	60	.300	62	92	.674	55	111	166	108	22	29	83	78	358
2023-24	Missouri State	MVC	SR	33	32	1093	153	346	.442	125	260	.481	28	86	.326	88	128	.688	43	152	195	78	22	29	67	81	422
Career	Overall			160	153	5065	646	1422	.454	533	1018	.524	113	404	.280	271	395	.686	225	662	887	368	107	165	292	377	1676
	Valparaiso			63	59	1915	238	563	.423	186	353	.527	52	210	.248	83	124	.669	83	234	317	123	42	71	104	141	611
	Missouri State			97	94	3150	408	859	.475	347	665	.522	61	194	.314	188	271	.694	142	428	570	245	65	94	188	236	1065

Totals Table
Season	School	Conf	Class	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
2019-20	Valparaiso	MVC	FR	18	18	559	76	171	.444	57	102	.559	19	69	.275	26	37	.703	24	72	96	28	10	20	17	35	197
2020-21	Valparaiso	MVC	SO	18	16	608	64	171	.374	52	114	.456	12	57	.211	33	48	.688	25	76	101	42	9	19	40	49	173
2021-22	Missouri State	MVC	JR	18	18	592	60	108	.556	54	86	.628	6	22	.273	18	27	.667	24	86	110	36	11	17	19	48	144
2022-23	Missouri State	MVC	SR	18	17	624	103	219	.470	87	172	.506	16	47	.340	42	63	.667	37	66	103	66	11	25	53	41	264
2023-24	Missouri State	MVC	SR	20	19	673	86	206	.417	72	156	.462	14	50	.280	42	67	.627	28	87	115	44	14	20	46	47	228
Career	Overall			92	88	3056	389	875	.445	322	630	.511	67	245	.273	161	242	.665	138	387	525	216	55	101	175	220	1006
	Valparaiso			36	34	1167	140	342	.409	109	216	.505	31	126	.246	59	85	.694	49	148	197	70	19	39	57	84	370
	Missouri State			56	54	1889	249	533	.467	213	414	.514	36	119	.303	102	157	.650	89	239	328	146	36	62	118	136	636

Per 40 Minutes

Per 40 Minutes Table
Season	School	Conf	Class	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
2019-20	Valparaiso	MVC	FR	35	33	1004	5.3	11.6	.452	4.0	7.2	.556	1.3	4.5	.286	1.3	2.0	.647	6.5	2.4	0.8	1.4	1.6	2.6	13.1
2020-21	Valparaiso	MVC	SO	28	26	911	4.7	11.9	.391	3.8	7.6	.497	0.9	4.3	.204	2.2	3.2	.685	6.8	2.8	0.9	1.5	2.8	3.3	12.4
2021-22	Missouri State	MVC	JR	34	34	1098	4.2	7.9	.537	3.7	6.1	.601	0.5	1.7	.313	1.4	1.9	.745	7.6	2.1	0.8	1.3	1.4	2.8	10.4
2022-23	Missouri State	MVC	SR	30	28	959	5.8	12.4	.468	5.0	9.9	.511	0.8	2.5	.300	2.6	3.8	.674	6.9	4.5	0.9	1.2	3.5	3.3	14.9
2023-24	Missouri State	MVC	SR	33	32	1093	5.6	12.7	.442	4.6	9.5	.481	1.0	3.1	.326	3.2	4.7	.688	7.1	2.9	0.8	1.1	2.5	3.0	15.4
Career	Overall			160	153	5065	5.1	11.2	.454	4.2	8.0	.524	0.9	3.2	.280	2.1	3.1	.686	7.0	2.9	0.8	1.3	2.3	3.0	13.2
	Valparaiso			63	59	1915	5.0	11.8	.423	3.9	7.4	.527	1.1	4.4	.248	1.7	2.6	.669	6.6	2.6	0.9	1.5	2.2	2.9	12.8
	Missouri State			97	94	3150	5.2	10.9	.475	4.4	8.4	.522	0.8	2.5	.314	2.4	3.4	.694	7.2	3.1	0.8	1.2	2.4	3.0	13.5

Per 40 Minutes Table
Season	School	Conf	Class	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
2019-20	Valparaiso	MVC	FR	18	18	559	5.4	12.2	.444	4.1	7.3	.559	1.4	4.9	.275	1.9	2.6	.703	6.9	2.0	0.7	1.4	1.2	2.5	14.1
2020-21	Valparaiso	MVC	SO	18	16	608	4.2	11.3	.374	3.4	7.5	.456	0.8	3.8	.211	2.2	3.2	.688	6.6	2.8	0.6	1.3	2.6	3.2	11.4
2021-22	Missouri State	MVC	JR	18	18	592	4.1	7.3	.556	3.6	5.8	.628	0.4	1.5	.273	1.2	1.8	.667	7.4	2.4	0.7	1.1	1.3	3.2	9.7
2022-23	Missouri State	MVC	SR	18	17	624	6.6	14.0	.470	5.6	11.0	.506	1.0	3.0	.340	2.7	4.0	.667	6.6	4.2	0.7	1.6	3.4	2.6	16.9
2023-24	Missouri State	MVC	SR	20	19	673	5.1	12.2	.417	4.3	9.3	.462	0.8	3.0	.280	2.5	4.0	.627	6.8	2.6	0.8	1.2	2.7	2.8	13.6
Career	Overall			92	88	3056	5.1	11.5	.445	4.2	8.2	.511	0.9	3.2	.273	2.1	3.2	.665	6.9	2.8	0.7	1.3	2.3	2.9	13.2
	Valparaiso			36	34	1167	4.8	11.7	.409	3.7	7.4	.505	1.1	4.3	.246	2.0	2.9	.694	6.8	2.4	0.7	1.3	2.0	2.9	12.7
	Missouri State			56	54	1889	5.3	11.3	.467	4.5	8.8	.514	0.8	2.5	.303	2.2	3.3	.650	6.9	3.1	0.8	1.3	2.5	2.9	13.5

Per 100 Poss

Per 100 Poss Table
Season	School	Conf	Class	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS		ORtg	DRtg
2019-20	Valparaiso	MVC	FR	35	33	1004	7.6	16.7	.452	5.7	10.3	.556	1.8	6.4	.286	1.9	2.9	.647	9.3	3.4	1.2	2.1	2.3	3.7	18.9		106.4	103.6
2020-21	Valparaiso	MVC	SO	28	26	911	6.8	17.4	.391	5.5	11.1	.497	1.3	6.3	.204	3.2	4.7	.685	10.0	4.0	1.3	2.2	4.1	4.9	18.1		88.3	99.4
2021-22	Missouri State	MVC	JR	34	34	1098	6.2	11.6	.537	5.4	9.0	.601	0.8	2.6	.313	2.0	2.7	.745	11.2	3.2	1.1	1.9	2.0	4.1	15.2		119.4	101.3
2022-23	Missouri State	MVC	SR	30	28	959	9.2	19.7	.468	8.0	15.7	.511	1.2	4.0	.300	4.1	6.1	.674	11.0	7.2	1.5	1.9	5.5	5.2	23.7		104.7	101.1
2023-24	Missouri State	MVC	SR	33	32	1093	8.2	18.5	.442	6.7	13.9	.481	1.5	4.6	.326	4.7	6.9	.688	10.4	4.2	1.2	1.6	3.6	4.3	22.6		104.6	104.3
Career	Overall			160	153	5065	7.6	16.6	.454	6.2	11.9	.524	1.3	4.7	.280	3.2	4.6	.686	10.4	4.3	1.3	1.9	3.4	4.4	19.6		103.9	102.0
	Valparaiso			63	59	1915	7.2	17.1	.423	5.6	10.7	.527	1.6	6.4	.248	2.5	3.8	.669	9.6	3.7	1.3	2.2	3.2	4.3	18.5		97.0	101.6
	Missouri State			97	94	3150	7.8	16.4	.475	6.6	12.7	.522	1.2	3.7	.314	3.6	5.2	.694	10.9	4.7	1.2	1.8	3.6	4.5	20.3		108.3	102.3

Per 100 Poss Table
Season	School	Conf	Class	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS		ORtg	DRtg
2019-20	Valparaiso	MVC	FR	18	18	559	8.0	18.1	.444	6.0	10.8	.559	2.0	7.3	.275	2.7	3.9	.703	10.1	3.0	1.1	2.1	1.8	3.7	20.8		108.2	104.3
2020-21	Valparaiso	MVC	SO	18	16	608	6.4	17.0	.374	5.2	11.3	.456	1.2	5.7	.211	3.3	4.8	.688	10.0	4.2	0.9	1.9	4.0	4.9	17.2		87.7	103.5
2021-22	Missouri State	MVC	JR	18	18	592	6.0	10.8	.556	5.4	8.6	.628	0.6	2.2	.273	1.8	2.7	.667	11.0	3.6	1.1	1.7	1.9	4.8	14.5		121.1	104.3
2022-23	Missouri State	MVC	SR	18	17	624	10.4	22.1	.470	8.8	17.3	.506	1.6	4.7	.340	4.2	6.4	.667	10.4	6.7	1.1	2.5	5.3	4.1	26.6		105.9	102.9
2023-24	Missouri State	MVC	SR	20	19	673	7.4	17.7	.417	6.2	13.4	.462	1.2	4.3	.280	3.6	5.8	.627	9.9	3.8	1.2	1.7	4.0	4.0	19.6		95.7	110.3
Career	Overall			92	88	3056	7.6	17.1	.445	6.3	12.3	.511	1.3	4.8	.273	3.2	4.7	.665	10.3	4.2	1.1	2.0	3.4	4.3	19.7		102.0	105.2
	Valparaiso			36	34	1167	7.2	17.5	.409	5.6	11.1	.505	1.6	6.5	.246	3.0	4.4	.694	10.1	3.6	1.0	2.0	2.9	4.3	19.0		97.0	103.9
	Missouri State			56	54	1889	7.9	16.9	.467	6.8	13.1	.514	1.1	3.8	.303	3.2	5.0	.650	10.4	4.6	1.1	2.0	3.7	4.3	20.2		105.1	106.1

Advanced

Advanced Table
Season	School	Conf	Class	G	GS	MP	PER	TS%	eFG%	3PAr	FTr	PProd	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%		OWS	DWS	WS	WS/40		OBPM	DBPM	BPM
2019-20	Valparaiso	MVC	FR	35	33	1004	15.5	.520	.507	.384	.175	324	5.4	13.5	9.4	11.5	1.2	3.9	11.2	18.0		1.5	1.0	2.6	.102		0.8	-0.1	0.7
2020-21	Valparaiso	MVC	SO	28	26	911	11.9	.461	.428	.362	.269	294	4.4	15.3	9.8	14.8	1.3	4.2	17.3	21.6		-0.1	1.4	1.3	.057		-2.3	0.4	-1.9
2021-22	Missouri State	MVC	JR	34	34	1098	15.5	.593	.572	.222	.236	303	5.0	17.1	11.3	9.1	1.1	3.6	13.7	13.3		2.1	1.5	3.7	.133		1.6	1.7	3.3
2022-23	Missouri State	MVC	SR	30	28	959	17.9	.525	.498	.202	.310	387	6.9	14.5	10.6	25.0	1.5	3.8	19.6	23.9		1.5	1.5	3.0	.125		1.5	0.7	2.3
2023-24	Missouri State	MVC	SR	33	32	1093	15.2	.519	.483	.249	.370	421	4.6	14.7	9.9	14.5	1.2	2.8	14.1	22.2		1.3	1.5	2.8	.104		0.2	1.3	1.4
Career	Overall			160	153	5065	15.2	.521	.494	.284	.278	1729	5.2	15.0	10.2	14.8	1.3	3.6	15.4	19.6		6.3	7.0	13.3	.105		0.4	0.8	1.3
	Valparaiso			63	59	1915	13.7	.491	.469	.373	.220	618	5.0	14.4	9.6	13.1	1.3	4.0	14.3	19.7		1.4	2.5	3.8	.080		-0.7	0.1	-0.5
	Missouri State			97	94	3150	16.1	.539	.510	.226	.315	1111	5.4	15.5	10.6	15.8	1.2	3.4	16.0	19.6		4.9	4.5	9.5	.120		1.1	1.3	2.3

Advanced Table
Season	School	Conf	Class	G	GS	MP	PER	TS%	eFG%	3PAr	FTr	PProd	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%		OWS	DWS	WS	WS/40		OBPM	DBPM	BPM
2019-20	Valparaiso	MVC	FR	18	18	559	18.3	.522	.500	.404	.216	192	5.4	16.2	10.8	10.4	1.1	4.0	8.3	19.6		1.3	0.2	1.5	.104
2020-21	Valparaiso	MVC	SO	18	16	608	11.7	.446	.409	.333	.281	188	5.3	17.0	11.0	14.8	0.9	3.4	17.1	21.5		0.2	0.3	0.5	.034
2021-22	Missouri State	MVC	JR	18	18	592	16.7	.596	.583	.204	.250	159	5.5	18.0	12.0	10.5	1.1	3.4	13.6	12.7		1.4	0.2	1.7	.113
2022-23	Missouri State	MVC	SR	18	17	624	22.3	.530	.507	.215	.288	277	7.5	14.9	11.0	25.5	1.1	5.1	17.6	26.3		1.7	0.4	2.2	.138
2023-24	Missouri State	MVC	SR	20	19	673	13.9	.479	.451	.243	.325	234	5.1	15.5	10.3	12.6	1.2	3.3	16.2	21.5		0.7	0.1	0.7	.043
Career	Overall			92	88	3056	16.5	.508	.483	.280	.277	1049	5.8	16.3	11.0	14.8	1.1	3.8	15.0	20.4		5.3	1.2	6.5	.085
	Valparaiso			36	34	1167	14.8	.484	.455	.368	.249	380	5.4	16.6	10.9	12.7	1.0	3.7	13.0	20.6		1.5	0.5	2.0	.067
	Missouri State			56	54	1889	17.6	.523	.501	.223	.295	669	6.0	16.1	11.1	16.2	1.1	3.9	16.3	20.3		3.8	0.7	4.5	.096

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