Hope Custer

Hope Custer
1 Hope Custer
  • Height:
    5-8
  • Hometown:
    Lancaster, OH
  • Position:
    G
  • Year:
    SR
  • High School:
    Fairfield Christian / Mount Vernon Nazarene
  • Major:
    Sport Management and Biblical Literature
  • gp
    29
  • pts/g
    11.4
  • fg %
    42.0
  • 3pt %
    27.3
  • ft %
    82.9
  • reb/g
    5.3
  • a/g
    2.4
Bio

2022-2023 at Taylor: Played in 13 games in her first season at TU … Recorded 5.2 points per game while averaging 2.5 rebounds and 1. 2 assists per contest … Shot 76.2 percent from the free-throw line … Made 10 three-pointers on the season … Scored season-best 14 points on four made threes while adding a season-high seven rebounds on Jan. 7 at Saint Francis … Named Academic All-Crossroads League. 

2021-2022 at Mount Vernon Nazarene: Played in 14 games while starting one … Averaged 10.9 minutes-per-game, 4.6 points-per-game, 1.8 rebounds-per-game, while shooting 42.9 percent from the floor and 35.0 percent from three.

2020-2021 at Mount Vernon Nazarene: Played in 26 games while starting in nine … Averaged 14.6 minutes-per-game, 5.3 points-per-game, 1.6 rebounds-per-game, a 36.0-percent mark from the floor and an 82.6-percent clip from the free-throw line … Scored a season-high 22 points alongside a season-high seven assists against Midway on January 2nd.


Personal: Daughter of Timothy and Katherine Custer … Majoring in sport management and biblical literature.

Player statistics
  Overall Conference
Games 29 18
Games started 29 18
Minutes 838 521
Minutes per game 28.9 28.9
FG 120-286 67-165
FG Pct 42.0 40.6
3PT 33-121 21-67
3PT Pct 27.3 31.3
FT 58-70 38-44
FT Pct 82.9 86.4
Off rebounds 50 26
Def rebounds 105 52
Total rebounds 155 78
Rebounds per game 5.3 4.3
Personal fouls 62 43
Disqualifications 1 1
Assists 71 45
Turnovers 89 61
Assist to turnover ratio 0.8 0.7
Steals 25 16
Blocks 5 1
Points 331 193
Points per game 11.4 10.7
Points per 40 min 15.8 14.8
Recent results
Recent Games
Date Opponent Result
Feb 10 at #RV Spring Arbor L, 84-68
Feb 14 at #4 Indiana Wesleyan L, 99-76
Feb 17 Goshen (IN) W, 76-64
Feb 21 at Huntington (IN) L, 62-49
Feb 24 Bethel (IN) W, 81-61
Feb 27 at #4 Indiana Wesleyan L, 114-62
Game Log - Shooting
Game Log - Ball control extended
Date Opponent Score gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Oct 26 Michigan-Dearborn W, 82-55 1 28 8-15 53.3 3-6 50.0 2-2 100.0 21
Oct 27 at Calumet (IN) W, 88-37 1 31 3-13 23.1 1-9 11.1 4-5 80.0 11
Nov 1 Madonna W, 77-65 1 38 3-12 25.0 1-7 14.3 4-6 66.7 11
Nov 3 at #20 Freed-Hardeman L, 72-56 1 28 3-10 30.0 1-7 14.3 0-0 - 7
Nov 4 vs. Cumberland (TN) L, 72-53 1 17 0-2 0.0 0-1 0.0 1-2 50.0 1
Nov 10 at #7 Rio Grande L, 93-70 1 23 4-6 66.7 1-3 33.3 0-0 - 9
Nov 11 vs. St. Mary-Woods L, 78-64 1 25 1-7 14.3 0-3 0.0 0-0 - 2
Nov 15 at Midway L, 83-76 1 39 13-20 65.0 0-3 0.0 3-5 60.0 29
Nov 18 Saint Francis (Ind.) L, 68-41 1 32 2-11 18.2 1-7 14.3 0-0 - 5
Nov 21 at Mount Vernon Nazarene (OH) W, 62-54 1 31 2-7 28.6 0-3 0.0 7-7 100.0 11
Dec 2 #6 Marian L, 74-60 1 27 5-13 38.5 1-4 25.0 1-3 33.3 12
Dec 19 Lawrence Tech W, 65-53 1 26 2-9 22.2 1-4 25.0 4-4 100.0 9
Dec 20 IU Kokomo W, 81-67 1 32 9-15 60.0 3-8 37.5 2-2 100.0 23
Jan 3 at Grace (IN) L, 82-65 1 20 1-6 16.7 0-2 0.0 0-0 - 2
Jan 6 #RV Spring Arbor L, 80-72 1 30 4-5 80.0 1-1 100.0 4-4 100.0 13
Jan 10 #2 Indiana Wesleyan L, 96-60 1 27 3-8 37.5 1-4 25.0 0-0 - 7
Jan 13 at Goshen (IN) W, 79-72 1 33 7-16 43.8 3-8 37.5 1-2 50.0 18
Jan 17 Huntington (IN) W, 73-53 1 21 2-4 50.0 0-1 0.0 1-2 50.0 5
Jan 20 at Bethel (IN) W, 67-45 1 24 1-4 25.0 1-2 50.0 1-2 50.0 4
Jan 27 at Saint Francis (Ind.) L, 74-65 1 37 6-8 75.0 2-3 66.7 7-7 100.0 21
Jan 31 Mount Vernon Nazarene (OH) L, 83-69 1 36 7-14 50.0 1-5 20.0 0-0 - 15
Feb 3 at #2 Marian L, 86-51 1 15 2-6 33.3 1-2 50.0 0-0 - 5
Feb 7 Grace (IN) W, 57-52 1 20 1-4 25.0 0-2 0.0 2-2 100.0 4
Feb 10 at #RV Spring Arbor L, 84-68 1 29 4-9 44.4 1-2 50.0 4-4 100.0 13
Feb 14 at #4 Indiana Wesleyan L, 99-76 1 31 5-16 31.3 1-4 25.0 5-6 83.3 16
Feb 17 Goshen (IN) W, 76-64 1 40 6-15 40.0 3-7 42.9 4-4 100.0 19
Feb 21 at Huntington (IN) L, 62-49 1 30 1-4 25.0 1-3 33.3 0-0 - 3
Feb 24 Bethel (IN) W, 81-61 1 38 8-15 53.3 3-7 42.9 1-1 100.0 20
Feb 27 at #4 Indiana Wesleyan L, 114-62 1 30 7-12 58.3 1-3 33.3 0-0 - 15
Game Log - Ball control
Game Log - Ball control extended
Date Opponent Score gs min off def reb ast to stl blk
Oct 26 Michigan-Dearborn W, 82-55 1 28 3 9 12 3 0 1 2
Oct 27 at Calumet (IN) W, 88-37 1 31 5 4 9 5 2 3 0
Nov 1 Madonna W, 77-65 1 38 3 5 8 3 4 0 1
Nov 3 at #20 Freed-Hardeman L, 72-56 1 28 0 2 2 0 1 0 0
Nov 4 vs. Cumberland (TN) L, 72-53 1 17 1 4 5 0 3 0 0
Nov 10 at #7 Rio Grande L, 93-70 1 23 2 2 4 0 5 1 0
Nov 11 vs. St. Mary-Woods L, 78-64 1 25 2 4 6 1 2 1 0
Nov 15 at Midway L, 83-76 1 39 3 10 13 3 2 1 0
Nov 18 Saint Francis (Ind.) L, 68-41 1 32 1 2 3 1 4 2 1
Nov 21 at Mount Vernon Nazarene (OH) W, 62-54 1 31 4 4 8 1 1 1 0
Dec 2 #6 Marian L, 74-60 1 27 0 1 1 1 4 1 0
Dec 19 Lawrence Tech W, 65-53 1 26 2 7 9 4 0 1 0
Dec 20 IU Kokomo W, 81-67 1 32 1 5 6 1 5 0 1
Jan 3 at Grace (IN) L, 82-65 1 20 0 3 3 3 3 0 0
Jan 6 #RV Spring Arbor L, 80-72 1 30 1 4 5 3 4 1 0
Jan 10 #2 Indiana Wesleyan L, 96-60 1 27 2 3 5 3 2 0 0
Jan 13 at Goshen (IN) W, 79-72 1 33 1 1 2 6 2 1 0
Jan 17 Huntington (IN) W, 73-53 1 21 1 2 3 1 3 1 0
Jan 20 at Bethel (IN) W, 67-45 1 24 2 2 4 2 5 0 0
Jan 27 at Saint Francis (Ind.) L, 74-65 1 37 0 7 7 1 2 0 0
Jan 31 Mount Vernon Nazarene (OH) L, 83-69 1 36 2 3 5 1 3 2 0
Feb 3 at #2 Marian L, 86-51 1 15 2 0 2 0 3 0 0
Feb 7 Grace (IN) W, 57-52 1 20 1 4 5 2 5 1 0
Feb 10 at #RV Spring Arbor L, 84-68 1 29 1 3 4 3 2 0 0
Feb 14 at #4 Indiana Wesleyan L, 99-76 1 31 2 5 7 6 5 0 0
Feb 17 Goshen (IN) W, 76-64 1 40 5 4 9 3 5 1 0
Feb 21 at Huntington (IN) L, 62-49 1 30 0 3 3 1 4 1 0
Feb 24 Bethel (IN) W, 81-61 1 38 1 1 2 7 4 4 0
Feb 27 at #4 Indiana Wesleyan L, 114-62 1 30 2 1 3 6 4 1 0
Game Log - Ball control extended
Game Log - Ball control extended
Date Opponent Score gs pf dq a/to
Oct 26 Michigan-Dearborn W, 82-55 1 3 - -
Oct 27 at Calumet (IN) W, 88-37 1 0 - 2.5
Nov 1 Madonna W, 77-65 1 3 - 0.8
Nov 3 at #20 Freed-Hardeman L, 72-56 1 1 0 0.0
Nov 4 vs. Cumberland (TN) L, 72-53 1 0 0 0.0
Nov 10 at #7 Rio Grande L, 93-70 1 3 - 0.0
Nov 11 vs. St. Mary-Woods L, 78-64 1 0 - 0.5
Nov 15 at Midway L, 83-76 1 2 - 1.5
Nov 18 Saint Francis (Ind.) L, 68-41 1 1 - 0.3
Nov 21 at Mount Vernon Nazarene (OH) W, 62-54 1 1 - 1.0
Dec 2 #6 Marian L, 74-60 1 2 - 0.3
Dec 19 Lawrence Tech W, 65-53 1 2 - -
Dec 20 IU Kokomo W, 81-67 1 2 - 0.2
Jan 3 at Grace (IN) L, 82-65 1 1 0 1.0
Jan 6 #RV Spring Arbor L, 80-72 1 5 1 0.8
Jan 10 #2 Indiana Wesleyan L, 96-60 1 4 - 1.5
Jan 13 at Goshen (IN) W, 79-72 1 4 - 3.0
Jan 17 Huntington (IN) W, 73-53 1 2 - 0.3
Jan 20 at Bethel (IN) W, 67-45 1 3 - 0.4
Jan 27 at Saint Francis (Ind.) L, 74-65 1 2 - 0.5
Jan 31 Mount Vernon Nazarene (OH) L, 83-69 1 4 - 0.3
Feb 3 at #2 Marian L, 86-51 1 4 - 0.0
Feb 7 Grace (IN) W, 57-52 1 2 - 0.4
Feb 10 at #RV Spring Arbor L, 84-68 1 2 - 1.5
Feb 14 at #4 Indiana Wesleyan L, 99-76 1 0 - 1.2
Feb 17 Goshen (IN) W, 76-64 1 2 - 0.6
Feb 21 at Huntington (IN) L, 62-49 1 3 - 0.3
Feb 24 Bethel (IN) W, 81-61 1 1 - 1.8
Feb 27 at #4 Indiana Wesleyan L, 114-62 1 3 - 1.5
Career Stats - Shooting per game
Statistic gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
2022-23 13 14.8 1.6-5.8 0.8-2.7 1.2-1.6 5.2
2023-24 29 28.9 4.1-9.9 1.1-4.2 2.0-2.4 11.4
Total 42 24.5 3.4-8.6 1.0-3.7 1.8-2.2 9.5
Career Stats - Shooting totals
Statistic gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
2022-23 13 0 192 21-76 27.6 10-35 28.6 16-21 76.2 68
2023-24 29 29 838 120-286 42.0 33-121 27.3 58-70 82.9 331
Total 42 29 1030 141-362 39.0 43-156 27.6 74-91 81.3 399
Career Stats - Shooting per 40 min
Statistic gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
2022-23 13 192 14.8 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 28.6 0.0-0.0 0.0
2023-24 29 838 28.9 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 27.3 0.0-0.0 0.0
Total 42 1030 24.5 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 27.6 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
2022-23 13 1.1 1.5 2.5 1.2 1.1 0.4 0.1
2023-24 29 1.7 3.6 5.3 2.4 3.1 0.9 0.2
Total 42 1.5 3.0 4.5 2.0 2.5 0.7 0.1
Career Stats - Ball control totals
Statistic gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
2022-23 13 0 14 19 33 15 14 5 1
2023-24 29 29 50 105 155 71 89 25 5
Total 42 29 64 124 188 86 103 30 6
Career Stats - Ball control per 40 min
Statistic gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
2022-23 13 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2023-24 29 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Total 42 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 29 28.9 4.1-9.9 1.1-4.2 2.0-2.4 11.4
Conference 18 28.9 3.7-9.2 1.2-3.7 2.1-2.4 10.7
Exhibition - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 -
Location
Home 13 30.4 4.6-10.8 1.5-4.8 1.9-2.3 12.6
Away 14 28.6 4.2-9.8 1.0-3.9 2.3-2.7 11.7
Neutral 2 21.0 0.5-4.5 0.0-2.0 0.5-1.0 1.5
Result
Wins 12 30.2 4.3-10.8 1.6-5.3 2.8-3.2 13.0
Losses 17 28.0 4.0-9.2 0.8-3.4 1.5-1.8 10.3
Month
October 2 29.5 5.5-14.0 2.0-7.5 3.0-3.5 16.0
November 8 29.1 3.5-9.4 0.5-4.2 1.9-2.5 9.4
December 3 28.3 5.3-12.3 1.7-5.3 2.3-3.0 14.7
January 8 28.5 3.9-8.1 1.1-3.2 1.8-2.1 10.6
February 8 29.1 4.2-10.1 1.4-3.8 2.0-2.1 11.9
Split Stats - Shooting totals
Statistic gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Event
Total 29 29 838 120-286 42.0 33-121 27.3 58-70 82.9 331
Conference 18 18 521 67-165 40.6 21-67 31.3 38-44 86.4 193
Exhibition - - - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Location
Home 13 13 395 60-140 42.9 19-63 30.2 25-30 83.3 164
Away 14 14 401 59-137 43.1 14-54 25.9 32-38 84.2 164
Neutral 2 2 42 1-9 11.1 0-4 0.0 1-2 50.0 3
Result
Wins 12 12 362 52-129 40.3 19-64 29.7 33-39 84.6 156
Losses 17 17 476 68-157 43.3 14-57 24.6 25-31 80.6 175
Month
October 2 2 59 11-28 39.3 4-15 26.7 6-7 85.7 32
November 8 8 233 28-75 37.3 4-34 11.8 15-20 75.0 75
December 3 3 85 16-37 43.2 5-16 31.3 7-9 77.8 44
January 8 8 228 31-65 47.7 9-26 34.6 14-17 82.4 85
February 8 8 233 34-81 42.0 11-30 36.7 16-17 94.1 95
Split Stats - Shooting per 40 min
Statistic gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
Event
Total 29 838 28.9 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 27.3 0.0-0.0 0.0
Conference 18 521 28.9 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 31.3 0.0-0.0 0.0
Exhibition - - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 -
Location
Home 13 395 30.4 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 30.2 0.0-0.0 0.0
Away 14 401 28.6 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 25.9 0.0-0.0 0.0
Neutral 2 42 21.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0
Result
Wins 12 362 30.2 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 29.7 0.0-0.0 0.0
Losses 17 476 28.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 24.6 0.0-0.0 0.0
Month
October 2 59 29.5 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 26.7 0.0-0.0 0.0
November 8 233 29.1 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 11.8 0.0-0.0 0.0
December 3 85 28.3 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 31.3 0.0-0.0 0.0
January 8 228 28.5 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 34.6 0.0-0.0 0.0
February 8 233 29.1 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 36.7 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 29 1.7 3.6 5.3 2.4 3.1 0.9 0.2
Conference 18 1.4 2.9 4.3 2.5 3.4 0.9 0.1
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location
Home 13 1.8 3.8 5.6 2.5 3.3 1.2 0.4
Away 14 1.7 3.4 5.1 2.6 2.9 0.6 0.0
Neutral 2 1.5 4.0 5.5 0.5 2.5 0.5 0.0
Result
Wins 12 2.4 4.0 6.4 3.2 3.0 1.2 0.3
Losses 17 1.2 3.4 4.6 1.9 3.1 0.6 0.1
Month
October 2 4.0 6.5 10.5 4.0 1.0 2.0 1.0
November 8 2.0 4.1 6.1 1.1 2.8 0.8 0.3
December 3 1.0 4.3 5.3 2.0 3.0 0.7 0.3
January 8 1.1 3.1 4.3 2.5 3.0 0.6 0.0
February 8 1.8 2.6 4.4 3.5 4.0 1.0 0.0
Split Stats - Ball control totals
Statistic gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
Event
Total 29 29 50 105 155 71 89 25 5
Conference 18 18 26 52 78 45 61 16 1
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location
Home 13 13 23 50 73 33 43 15 5
Away 14 14 24 47 71 37 41 9 0
Neutral 2 2 3 8 11 1 5 1 0
Result
Wins 12 12 29 48 77 38 36 14 4
Losses 17 17 21 57 78 33 53 11 1
Month
October 2 2 8 13 21 8 2 4 2
November 8 8 16 33 49 9 22 6 2
December 3 3 3 13 16 6 9 2 1
January 8 8 9 25 34 20 24 5 0
February 8 8 14 21 35 28 32 8 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 29 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Conference 18 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location
Home 13 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 2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Result
Wins 12 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Losses 17 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Month
October 2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
November 8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
December 3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
January 8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
February 8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
News mentions
Women’s Basketball Season Concludes with Loss at No. 4 IWU
Career Achievements Abound in Big Senior Day Victory
Taylor Drops Crossroads League Battle at Huntington
Taylor Pulls Away from Goshen to Clinch CL Tournament Berth
Westgate Climbs Career Scoring Ladder in Fast-Paced Loss to IWU
Slow Start Sinks Trojans at RV Spring Arbor
Hot Start Fades at No. 2 Marian
Hot Start Fades at No. 2 Marian
Second-Half Offense Falters Versus MVNU
Second-Half Offense Falters Versus MVNU
Season-Best Three-Point Accuracy Not Enough to Defeat USF
Starting Five Produces Big Numbers in Key Road Victory
Turnovers Hurt Taylor in Loss to No. 2 IWU
Henson Shines but Lancers Take Over Late to Claim Victory
Trio of Trojans Drop 20-Plus Points to Sweep Trojan Classic
Crisp All-Around Performance Powers Trojans to Victory
Taylor’s Upset Bid Falls Short Versus No. 6 Marian
Defensive Pressure and Timely Buckets Carry TU to Victory
Custer Spearheads Comeback Effort at Midway
Early Defensive Dominance Spurs TU to Another Win
Five Trojans Finish in Double Figures as Taylor Tops Calumet
Trojans Dominate Glass in Commanding Season-Opening Win