Nick Wittler

4 Nick Wittler
Nick Wittler
  • Height:
    6-2
  • Hometown:
    Onida, S.D.
  • Position:
    Guard
  • Year:
    Jr.
  • High School:
    Sully Buttes High School
  • Major:
    Biology
  • gp
    26
  • pts/g
    5.0
  • fg %
    34.5
  • 3pt %
    24.7
  • ft %
    52.9
  • reb/g
    1.2
  • a/g
    0.7
Bio

General: The 2018 state champion and South Dakota Class “B” Mr. Basketball finalist joins the Tigers for the 2020-21 season.

Sophomore (2021-22): Started in 24 games and appeared in 29, Wittler compiled season averages of 9.8 points and 2.3 rebounds per contest ... tallied shooting percentages of 39.6% from the floor, 36.6% from distance and 90.5% at the foul line ... his best game was against No. 12-ranked Morningside, where he notched 24 points and shot 45.5% from beyond the arc.

Freshman (2020-21): Saw action in three games for DWU.

High School: A two-time All-State First-Team member ... recorded 1,600 career points ... averaged 23.5 points, three assists and five rebounds per game ... finished with a record of 42-7 in his final two years ... also played football for four years ... a two-time All-State quarterback and a two-time Argus Leader Elite 45 member ... tallied more than 130 touchdowns in his career ... also participated in golf and track ... an Academic All-State member ... a 3.5 and 4.0 Honor Roll member.

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Player statistics
  Overall Conference
Games 26 17
Games started 7 3
Minutes 407 237
Minutes per game 15.7 13.9
FG 49-142 24-77
FG Pct 34.5 31.2
3PT 23-93 10-51
3PT Pct 24.7 19.6
FT 9-17 4-8
FT Pct 52.9 50.0
Off rebounds 6 5
Def rebounds 26 14
Total rebounds 32 19
Rebounds per game 1.2 1.1
Personal fouls 23 15
Disqualifications 0 -
Assists 19 10
Turnovers 24 17
Assist to turnover ratio 0.8 0.6
Steals 5 3
Blocks 0 0
Points 130 62
Points per game 5.0 3.6
Points per 40 min 12.8 10.5
Recent results
Recent Games
Date Opponent Result
Feb 1 No. 11 Jamestown L, 84-71
Feb 8 Northwestern L, 65-62
Feb 11 at Midland L, 68-64
Feb 15 No. 25 Morningside L, 83-61
Feb 18 Concordia (NE) W, 75-72
Feb 21 at (RV) Dordt L, 93-66
Game Log - Shooting
Game Log - Ball control extended
Date Opponent Score gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Nov 5 vs. Valley City State L, 84-77 1 39 7-18 38.9 5-14 35.7 0-0 - 19
Nov 6 vs. Presentation W, 90-75 1 25 2-7 28.6 2-4 50.0 0-0 - 6
Nov 12 at Morningside L, 80-64 1 30 5-11 45.5 0-5 0.0 0-0 - 10
Nov 16 at No. 5 Jamestown W, 80-68 1 16 2-4 50.0 1-2 50.0 0-0 - 5
Nov 18 vs. No. 14 Indiana Wesleyan L, 73-59 1 20 5-6 83.3 2-3 66.7 0-0 - 12
Nov 19 vs. No. 16 Carroll L, 78-71 1 30 5-13 38.5 0-6 0.0 5-6 83.3 15
Nov 22 at Mount Marty L, 71-65 1 17 0-5 0.0 0-4 0.0 0-0 - 0
Nov 30 at Dakota State (SD) W, 74-62 0 22 2-10 20.0 1-7 14.3 0-3 0.0 5
Dec 2 Doane (NE) W, 85-77 - 14 1-3 33.3 1-3 33.3 0-0 - 3
Dec 3 Hastings W, 84-68 - 11 2-4 50.0 0-2 0.0 2-3 66.7 6
Dec 10 at Dordt L, 77-74 - 17 2-6 33.3 2-4 50.0 0-1 0.0 6
Dec 18 at St. Thomas L, 76-66 - 6 1-3 33.3 1-2 50.0 0-0 - 3
Dec 19 vs. (RV) Rochester W, 74-66 - 11 1-2 50.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 2
Dec 30 at Viterbo W, 78-75 0 11 1-4 25.0 1-3 33.3 0-0 - 3
Jan 5 Briar Cliff (IA) W, 78-76 - 16 0-4 0.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 0
Jan 7 at (RV) Concordia L, 78-69 - 24 5-9 55.6 4-8 50.0 1-2 50.0 15
Jan 11 Midland W, 74-68 - 14 0-6 0.0 0-5 0.0 0-0 - 0
Jan 15 Mount Marty L, 81-79 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 20 at Hastings L, 70-59 - 17 1-6 16.7 0-5 0.0 0-0 - 2
Jan 21 at Doane (NE) W, 80-69 - 2 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Jan 25 (RV) Dordt W, 70-66 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 28 at Briar Cliff (IA) L, 103-73 0 11 1-2 50.0 1-2 50.0 0-0 - 3
Jan 30 at Northwestern W, 64-63 - 5 0-2 0.0 0-2 0.0 0-0 - 0
Feb 1 No. 11 Jamestown L, 84-71 - 10 1-3 33.3 1-3 33.3 0-0 - 3
Feb 8 Northwestern L, 65-62 - 4 0-1 0.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 0
Feb 11 at Midland L, 68-64 - 13 1-4 25.0 0-2 0.0 0-0 - 2
Feb 15 No. 25 Morningside L, 83-61 - 16 3-7 42.9 0-2 0.0 1-2 50.0 7
Feb 18 Concordia (NE) W, 75-72 - - - - - - - - -
Feb 21 at (RV) Dordt L, 93-66 - 6 1-2 50.0 1-2 50.0 0-0 - 3
Game Log - Ball control
Game Log - Ball control extended
Date Opponent Score gs min off def reb ast to stl blk
Nov 5 vs. Valley City State L, 84-77 1 39 0 2 2 4 3 1 0
Nov 6 vs. Presentation W, 90-75 1 25 0 2 2 0 1 0 0
Nov 12 at Morningside L, 80-64 1 30 0 3 3 1 1 1 0
Nov 16 at No. 5 Jamestown W, 80-68 1 16 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Nov 18 vs. No. 14 Indiana Wesleyan L, 73-59 1 20 0 1 1 0 2 1 0
Nov 19 vs. No. 16 Carroll L, 78-71 1 30 0 3 3 1 1 0 0
Nov 22 at Mount Marty L, 71-65 1 17 1 0 1 1 0 2 0
Nov 30 at Dakota State (SD) W, 74-62 0 22 0 1 1 1 0 0 0
Dec 2 Doane (NE) W, 85-77 - 14 0 0 0 2 1 0 0
Dec 3 Hastings W, 84-68 - 11 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Dec 10 at Dordt L, 77-74 - 17 1 1 2 2 2 0 0
Dec 18 at St. Thomas L, 76-66 - 6 0 3 3 0 0 0 0
Dec 19 vs. (RV) Rochester W, 74-66 - 11 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Dec 30 at Viterbo W, 78-75 0 11 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Jan 5 Briar Cliff (IA) W, 78-76 - 16 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
Jan 7 at (RV) Concordia L, 78-69 - 24 0 1 1 0 2 0 0
Jan 11 Midland W, 74-68 - 14 2 1 3 2 1 0 0
Jan 15 Mount Marty L, 81-79 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 20 at Hastings L, 70-59 - 17 0 4 4 0 1 0 0
Jan 21 at Doane (NE) W, 80-69 - 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jan 25 (RV) Dordt W, 70-66 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 28 at Briar Cliff (IA) L, 103-73 0 11 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
Jan 30 at Northwestern W, 64-63 - 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Feb 1 No. 11 Jamestown L, 84-71 - 10 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Feb 8 Northwestern L, 65-62 - 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Feb 11 at Midland L, 68-64 - 13 1 2 3 1 0 0 0
Feb 15 No. 25 Morningside L, 83-61 - 16 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Feb 18 Concordia (NE) W, 75-72 - - - - - - - - -
Feb 21 at (RV) Dordt L, 93-66 - 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Game Log - Ball control extended
Game Log - Ball control extended
Date Opponent Score gs pf dq a/to
Nov 5 vs. Valley City State L, 84-77 1 1 - 1.3
Nov 6 vs. Presentation W, 90-75 1 1 - 0.0
Nov 12 at Morningside L, 80-64 1 2 - 1.0
Nov 16 at No. 5 Jamestown W, 80-68 1 2 - -
Nov 18 vs. No. 14 Indiana Wesleyan L, 73-59 1 1 - 0.0
Nov 19 vs. No. 16 Carroll L, 78-71 1 0 - 1.0
Nov 22 at Mount Marty L, 71-65 1 1 - -
Nov 30 at Dakota State (SD) W, 74-62 0 1 - -
Dec 2 Doane (NE) W, 85-77 - 0 - 2.0
Dec 3 Hastings W, 84-68 - 1 - 0.0
Dec 10 at Dordt L, 77-74 - 1 - 1.0
Dec 18 at St. Thomas L, 76-66 - 1 - -
Dec 19 vs. (RV) Rochester W, 74-66 - 0 - -
Dec 30 at Viterbo W, 78-75 0 2 0 -
Jan 5 Briar Cliff (IA) W, 78-76 - 1 - 0.0
Jan 7 at (RV) Concordia L, 78-69 - 1 - 0.0
Jan 11 Midland W, 74-68 - 0 - 2.0
Jan 15 Mount Marty L, 81-79 - - - -
Jan 20 at Hastings L, 70-59 - 1 - 0.0
Jan 21 at Doane (NE) W, 80-69 - 0 - -
Jan 25 (RV) Dordt W, 70-66 - - - -
Jan 28 at Briar Cliff (IA) L, 103-73 0 1 - 0.0
Jan 30 at Northwestern W, 64-63 - 0 - -
Feb 1 No. 11 Jamestown L, 84-71 - 1 - -
Feb 8 Northwestern L, 65-62 - 0 - -
Feb 11 at Midland L, 68-64 - 3 - -
Feb 15 No. 25 Morningside L, 83-61 - 0 - 0.0
Feb 18 Concordia (NE) W, 75-72 - - - -
Feb 21 at (RV) Dordt L, 93-66 - 1 - -
Career Stats - Shooting per game
Statistic gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
2020-21 3 1.3 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0
2021-22 29 28.2 3.7-9.2 1.8-5.0 0.7-0.7 9.8
2022-23 26 15.7 1.9-5.5 0.9-3.6 0.3-0.7 5.0
2023-24 17 8.4 0.8-2.2 0.7-1.8 0.1-0.3 2.5
Total 75 18.3 2.3-6.0 1.2-3.6 0.4-0.6 6.1
Career Stats - Shooting totals
Statistic gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
2020-21 3 0 4 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
2021-22 29 24 817 106-268 39.6 53-145 36.6 19-21 90.5 284
2022-23 26 7 407 49-142 34.5 23-93 24.7 9-17 52.9 130
2023-24 17 3 142 14-38 36.8 12-31 38.7 2-5 40.0 42
Total 75 34 1370 169-448 37.7 88-269 32.7 30-43 69.8 456
Career Stats - Shooting per 40 min
Statistic gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
2020-21 3 4 1.3 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 0.0
2021-22 29 817 28.2 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 36.6 0.0-0.0 0.0
2022-23 26 407 15.7 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 24.7 0.0-0.0 0.0
2023-24 17 142 8.4 3.9-10.7 3.4-8.7 38.7 0.6-1.4 11.8
Total 75 1370 18.3 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 32.7 0.0-0.0 0.0
Career Stats - Ball control per game
Statistic gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
2020-21 3 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2021-22 29 0.5 1.8 2.3 0.9 1.3 0.8 0.1
2022-23 26 0.2 1.0 1.2 0.7 0.9 0.2 0.0
2023-24 17 0.1 0.5 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.2 0.0
Total 75 0.3 1.2 1.5 0.7 0.9 0.4 0.0
Career Stats - Ball control totals
Statistic gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
2020-21 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
2021-22 29 24 14 52 66 26 38 22 2
2022-23 26 7 6 26 32 19 24 5 0
2023-24 17 3 2 9 11 6 6 3 0
Total 75 34 22 88 110 51 68 30 2
Career Stats - Ball control per 40 min
Statistic gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
2020-21 3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2021-22 29 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2022-23 26 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2023-24 17 0.6 2.5 3.1 1.7 1.7 0.8 0.0
Total 75 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Split Stats - Shooting per game
Statistic gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
Event
Total 26 15.7 1.9-5.5 0.9-3.6 0.3-0.7 5.0
Conference 17 13.9 1.4-4.5 0.6-3.0 0.2-0.5 3.6
Exhibition - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 -
Location
Home 7 12.1 1.0-4.0 0.3-2.4 0.4-0.7 2.7
Away 14 14.1 1.6-4.9 0.9-3.4 0.1-0.4 4.1
Neutral 5 25.0 4.0-9.2 1.8-5.6 1.0-1.2 10.8
Result
Wins 11 13.4 1.0-4.2 0.5-2.7 0.2-0.5 2.7
Losses 15 17.3 2.5-6.4 1.1-4.2 0.5-0.7 6.7
Month
November 8 24.9 3.5-9.2 1.4-5.6 0.6-1.1 9.0
December 6 11.7 1.3-3.7 0.8-2.5 0.3-0.7 3.8
January 7 12.7 1.0-4.1 0.7-3.3 0.1-0.3 2.9
February 5 9.8 1.2-3.4 0.4-2.0 0.2-0.4 3.0
Split Stats - Shooting totals
Statistic gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Event
Total 26 7 407 49-142 34.5 23-93 24.7 9-17 52.9 130
Conference 17 3 237 24-77 31.2 10-51 19.6 4-8 50.0 62
Exhibition - - - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Location
Home 7 - 85 7-28 25.0 2-17 11.8 3-5 60.0 19
Away 14 3 197 22-68 32.4 12-48 25.0 1-6 16.7 57
Neutral 5 4 125 20-46 43.5 9-28 32.1 5-6 83.3 54
Result
Wins 11 2 147 11-46 23.9 6-30 20.0 2-6 33.3 30
Losses 15 5 260 38-96 39.6 17-63 27.0 7-11 63.6 100
Month
November 8 7 199 28-74 37.8 11-45 24.4 5-9 55.6 72
December 6 0 70 8-22 36.4 5-15 33.3 2-4 50.0 23
January 7 0 89 7-29 24.1 5-23 21.7 1-2 50.0 20
February 5 - 49 6-17 35.3 2-10 20.0 1-2 50.0 15
Split Stats - Shooting per 40 min
Statistic gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
Event
Total 26 407 15.7 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 24.7 0.0-0.0 0.0
Conference 17 237 13.9 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 19.6 0.0-0.0 0.0
Exhibition - - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 -
Location
Home 7 85 12.1 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 11.8 0.0-0.0 0.0
Away 14 197 14.1 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 25.0 0.0-0.0 0.0
Neutral 5 125 25.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 32.1 0.0-0.0 0.0
Result
Wins 11 147 13.4 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 20.0 0.0-0.0 0.0
Losses 15 260 17.3 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 27.0 0.0-0.0 0.0
Month
November 8 199 24.9 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 24.4 0.0-0.0 0.0
December 6 70 11.7 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 33.3 0.0-0.0 0.0
January 7 89 12.7 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 21.7 0.0-0.0 0.0
February 5 49 9.8 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 20.0 0.0-0.0 0.0
Split Stats - Ball control per game
Statistic gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
Event
Total 26 0.2 1.0 1.2 0.7 0.9 0.2 0.0
Conference 17 0.3 0.8 1.1 0.6 1.0 0.2 0.0
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location
Home 7 0.3 0.3 0.6 0.6 1.1 0.0 0.0
Away 14 0.3 1.1 1.4 0.6 0.6 0.2 0.0
Neutral 5 0.0 1.6 1.6 1.2 1.4 0.4 0.0
Result
Wins 11 0.3 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.0 0.0
Losses 15 0.2 1.4 1.6 0.8 1.1 0.3 0.0
Month
November 8 0.1 1.6 1.8 1.0 1.0 0.6 0.0
December 6 0.3 0.7 1.0 0.8 0.7 0.0 0.0
January 7 0.3 0.9 1.1 0.4 1.4 0.0 0.0
February 5 0.2 0.6 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.0 0.0
Split Stats - Ball control totals
Statistic gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
Event
Total 26 7 6 26 32 19 24 5 0
Conference 17 3 5 14 19 10 17 3 0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location
Home 7 - 2 2 4 4 8 0 0
Away 14 3 4 16 20 9 9 3 0
Neutral 5 4 0 8 8 6 7 2 0
Result
Wins 11 2 3 5 8 7 7 0 0
Losses 15 5 3 21 24 12 17 5 0
Month
November 8 7 1 13 14 8 8 5 0
December 6 0 2 4 6 5 4 0 0
January 7 0 2 6 8 3 10 0 0
February 5 - 1 3 4 3 2 0 0
Split Stats - Ball control per 40 min
Statistic gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
Event
Total 26 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Conference 17 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location
Home 7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Away 14 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Neutral 5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Result
Wins 11 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Losses 15 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Month
November 8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
December 6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
January 7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
February 5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
News mentions
Photo Credit: Destiny Brockhaus
Photo Credit: Destiny Brockhaus
Photo Credit: Destiny Brockhaus
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Mitchell, S.D. – Dakota Wesleyan men’s basketball had a night in the Corn Palace to open their home schedule. It wasn’t short on action or excitement as DWU, and Doane went to overtime giving all fans in attendance some free basketball while four different DWU players recorded double-digit points and Koln Oppold went for a new career high 34-points.

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Doane (NE) vs. Dakota Wesleyan (SD)

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Doane (NE) vs. Dakota Wesleyan (SD)

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Doane (NE) vs. Dakota Wesleyan (SD)

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Hastings vs. Dakota Wesleyan (SD)

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Hastings vs. Dakota Wesleyan (SD)

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Hastings vs. Dakota Wesleyan (SD)

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Hastings vs. Dakota Wesleyan (SD)

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Midland vs. Dakota Wesleyan (SD)

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Midland vs. Dakota Wesleyan (SD)

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Midland vs. Dakota Wesleyan (SD)

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Midland vs. Dakota Wesleyan (SD)

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Midland vs. Dakota Wesleyan (SD)

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Midland vs. Dakota Wesleyan (SD)

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Midland vs. Dakota Wesleyan (SD)

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Morningside vs. Dakota Wesleyan (SD)

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