Ishmael El-Amin

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Ishmael El-Amin dribbles the ball for Ball State

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Ish El-Amin driving against Indiana State

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Position:
Guard
Height:
6-1
Weight:
195
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Minneapolis, Minn.
High School:
Hopkins

* 2021 2nd Team All-MAC
* 2021 NABC All-District
* 2020 3rd Team All-MAC
* Scored 1,083 career points at BSU, 173 made 3-pointers, .778 FT%

2020-21 - Senior Season
Named second team All-MAC and second team NABC All-District 14 ... second on team with 16.2 points per game, led team in 3-pointers (53), assists (66) and free throw percentage (.881) ... ranked 9th in the MAC in scoring, 3rd in free throw percentage, 7th in 3FG made, 11th in minutes and 14th in assists ... only player on team to start all 23 games and led team with 33.6 minutes per game ... had 20 double-digit scoring games and 11 outings with at least 18 points ... scored career-high 33 points in win over Central Michigan (Feb. 27), one of four games of 22 points or more ... scored 22 points with six rebounds and four assists vs. UIC (Dec. 5) ... scored 20 points and shot 4-for-8 from 3-point range in win over Illinois State (Dec. 12) ... had 18 points at Indiana State (Dec. 19) ... had season-high seven assists at Western Michigan (Dec. 22) ... scored 20 points with five steals in win at Bowling Green (Jan. 12) ... had 21 points and shot 5-for-9 from long range at Ohio (Jan. 23) ... scored 22 points vs. Buffalo (Feb. 2) ... totaled 16 points, five rebounds and four assists in blowout win over Kent State (Feb. 24) ... scored 22 points with four assists at Toledo (March 5).

EL-AMIN IN THE NEWS
SportingNews.com
Minnesota Star-Tribune
Ball State Daily News
Muncie Star-Press

2019-20 - Junior Season
Voted third team All-MAC … one of only two players (Kyle Mallers) to start all 31 games … ranked second on the team in scoring (13.8 ppg), assists (2.3 apg) and steals (1.1 spg) … his 77 made 3-pointers ranked third on BSU’s single-season chart behind only Chris Williams (90) and Patrick Jackson (77) from the 2001-02 season … ranked fifth in the MAC in 3-point percentage (.393) among players with at least 100 attempts … scored in double figures 24 times and reached the 20-point mark four times … registered a career-high 24 points against Loyola Chicago and had his best-ever MAC scoring output with 22 points in the home win over Northern Illinois … hit a contested 3-pointer late to seal that victory over NIU … made at least one 3-pointer in 28 of the 31 games … hit a career-high five 3’s against Western Illinois and in the home win over Western Michigan … handed out a career-high seven assists in the win at Eastern Michigan … pulled down a career-high nine rebounds in the MAC-opening win over Toledo, coming up one shy of a double-double … named the Dec. 30 MAC West Division Player of the Week after his performance at the Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic ... helped BSU to a share of the MAC West Division title and the No. 3 seed in the conference tournament before the postseason was canceled because of COVID-19.

2018-19 - Sophomore Season
Appeared in 19 games, missing 14 in the middle of the season to a wrist injury … averaged 6.9 points per game … his 36.8 percent clip from 3-point range was the best of any player on the team with at least 50 attempts … limited to just five MAC games because of his injury … scored a season-high 15 points and hit a season-best three 3-pointers in the win over Howard … made his first career start that night … averaged 11.5 points per game over BSU’s two MAC Tournament contests … hit at least one 3-pointer in every game he played except two … connected on at least one in each of the final seven games.

2017-18 - Freshman Season
Appeared in 31 games off the bench, missing just one to injury … had the team’s second-best assist-to-turnover ratio at 1.2-to-1 ... averaged only one turnover every 14.8 minutes played … set or matched season highs for points (18), rebounds (7) and assists (4) against Toledo (Feb. 17) without committing a turnover ... scored double figures in another MAC game with 11 at Western Michigan (Jan. 13) … tied his career high again with four assists in the regular season finale at Northern Illinois (March 2) ... played a career-high 36 minutes against Akron (Jan. 27) ... logged nine points and four assists without a turnover at Oregon (Nov. 19) ... had seven points and four boards in his college debut at Dayton (Nov. 10) … averaged 4.9 points, 2.0 rebounds and 1.5 assists per game.

Before Ball State
An All-Lake Conference selection … played for long-time Hopkins coach Ken Novak Jr. … led Hopkins to a 31-1 record, a state championship and a No. 11 national ranking from MaxPreps as a junior … averaged 15 points per game that season … guided the Royals to a 23-6 mark and a section runner-up finish as a senior … rated as highly as four stars by the major recruiting services … rated as the seventh-best player in Minnesota's 2017 class by 247Sports … played AAU basketball for D1 Minnesota on the Adidas circuit … the son of former Connecticut point guard and professional player Khalid El-Amin.