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Cal Lutheran's Kaiya Mack Drops 39-Points In This Week's Video Game Numbers

Cal Lutheran's Kaiya Mack Drops 39-Points In This Week's Video Game Numbers

Here’s a look at college basketball’s video game numbers from the week across the NCAA landscape.

Jan 9, 2025 by Briar Napier
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After a holiday rest, the college basketball version of Video Game Numbers has returned with the first crop of games from the new year.

And do we ever have some eye-popping performances to show you?

All levels of NCAA college basketball are recognized here at Video Game Numbers, and throughout the past week that was — from 30-point, 20-rebound nights to triple-doubles and everywhere in between — the hoops landscape had a lot to provide.

Here’s a look back at college basketball’s Video Game Numbers from the week that was across the NCAA landscape:

NOTE: Stats are for the week from Dec. 29-Jan. 4

Men's College Basketball Stats

Division I: Oscar Cluff, F, South Dakota State

Think the nation’s second-leading rebounder (11.7 boards per game as of Wednesday night) has been merely padding his stats against low-major competition all this time? Well, if Cluff’s breakout performance on a national stage at No. 5 Alabama back on Dec. 29 was any indication, it proved that the dude can play no matter who the Jackrabbits face on a nightly basis.

SDSU wasn’t able to pick up the upset in Tuscaloosa that night, but Cluff still absolutely terrorized the national title-contending Crimson Tide to the tune of 21 points and 15 rebounds in just 25 minutes for what was then his ninth double-double of the season.

We say “was” his ninth double-double, because Cluff’s next double-double back in Brookings a few days later in Summit League play against Denver was No. 10 and even better than the one the Australia native had at Alabama. The Jacks got back on track on Jan. 2 with a 91-70 win over the Pioneers in which Cluff was dynamite by going 11 for 14 from the field with 30 points and 19 rebounds, both of which were season-bests. 

SDSU pretty much always seems to find itself a gem every now and again (see: Mike Daum, Nate Wolters, Baylor Scheierman), and it sure looks like Cluff is the next in line to start for the program.

Division II: Caleb Van De Griend, F, Minot State

Speaking of Australian big men who play for a school in the Dakotas (yes, there are two of them this week), Van De Griend has been absolutely killing it lately for the still-unbeaten Beavers, who are suddenly a national force and off to their best start in program history at 17-0 as of Wednesday night.

His two eligible entries for this week’s edition of Video Game Numbers saw him notch his best one first last Friday in Minot State’s triple-overtime, marathon 113-104 victory over Winona State when the tireless Van De Griend (who played 47 minutes) erupted for 33 points on 11 for 14 shooting to go along with a school-record 22 rebounds to keep MSU’s perfect season alive.

Then, less than 24 hours after having to play in three extra periods, Van De Griend only led the Beavers to another gritty victory last Saturday against the reigning Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference champion, Minnesota State.

Another strong double-double (20 points, 15 rebounds) that also featured a perfect 10 for 10 clip from the free throw line was enough both for the Beavers to narrowly get past the Mavericks by a 75-72 margin and for Van De Griend to clinch a well-deserved spot in Video Game Numbers this week, hopefully after some rest and an ice bath or two.


Division III: Hank Morgan, G, Hamilton

Scoring 24 points followed by a 32-point outburst in back-to-back nights was enough for Morgan, a senior guard from New Jersey who has steadily improved his scoring through each season at Hamilton, to secure the D-III men’s slot in this week’s edition of Video Game Numbers.

Averaging a career-high 19.8 points per game as of Wednesday night, Morgan and the Continentals had a nice weekend at the Stevens Holiday Tournament, which they won and Morgan was named tournament MVP as they made it 10 straight victories on the season by defeating both the host and York (Pennsylvania).

Morgan first got Hamilton into the title game last Friday with his 24-point night against Stevens, piling on eight rebounds in the meantime to flirt with a double-double, but his 32-point game the very next day with some hardware on the line was especially impressive, seeing him shoot 13 for 19 from the field with a trifecta of 3-pointers.

The Continentals' win streak has since ended Tuesday, but their misstep shouldn’t stop them from being at 11-2 one of the best teams in the New England Small College Athletic Conference — and Morgan being one of the best players overall in it. 

Women's College Basketball Stats

Division I: Ta’Niya Latson, G, Florida State

Shocker, the nation’s leading scorer had an explosive performance last week that deserves some recognition. 

Though Latson only had one game eligible for Video Game Numbers this week, it didn’t change her worthiness to be on this list. The junior has never averaged less than 21.3 points per game in any of her three seasons in Tallahassee, but in a career full of highlight-reel performances, Latson’s lone game last week might have topped them all across her time with the Seminoles. 

Against Virginia Tech last Thursday, Latson tied multi-time WNBA All-Star Natasha Howard’s single-game school scoring record of 40 points in FSU’s dominant 105-74 victory over the Hokies in Blacksburg, the fifth time that the high-flying Noles, one of the country’s highest-scoring teams, have eclipsed the century mark this season.

Latson on top of it all also had the time to dish out five assists and swipe for five steals defensively, too, as the underrated defender (2.71 steals per game) became one of just eight players in the past 23 years of D-I women’s college basketball to notch a 40-point, five-assist and five-steal game. 

Doing that in any level of basketball would be impressive enough, but to do it in the Atlantic Coast Conference, where six teams made the latest edition of the AP Top 25 poll? Yeah, Latson deserves the D-I slot on this week’s Video Game Numbers.


Division II: Destiny Garrett, G, Georgia Southwestern

Garrett could’ve been in danger of falling off following the Hurricanes’ very, very long holiday layoff, as they only played one game from Dec. 8 to Jan. 4.

Garrett, D-II’s assists leader (7.9 assists per game), merely picked up right where she left off last Saturday.

Though GSW lost at home to Lander in its first game of the new year, it wasn’t due to a lack of trying from Garrett as she dazzled to the tune of a 26-point, 11-rebound, 14-assist triple-double, the first in school history after Garrett originally missed it by one assist in the Canes’ win in November against Savannah State. Her 14 assists were also the most dealt in a single game in D-II this season, too, and it was on top of a season-high six steals on the defensive end, as well.

The heartbeat of GSW, Garrett has played 40 minutes or more on four separate occasions this season as a spectacular player on a middling 5-6 team. The Hurricanes as a whole need to pick things up quick to save their season, but as for Garrett in particular, keeping on doing what she’s doing is the play.

Division III: Kaiya Mack, G, Cal Lutheran

It sort of feels like Mack picked up a power-up solely for the Regals’ game last Monday against Wittenberg at the D3hoops.com Classic in Las Vegas.

Before the game in question, Mack’s previous scoring high this season was 14 points. But she completely stepped her game up in Cal Lutheran’s 98-93 overtime victory against Wittenberg, dropping 39 points seemingly out of nowhere as it was a Regals player’s most points in a game since at least the 2003-04 season.

Mack went 14 for 20 from the field and 5 for 7 from 3-point range as she was feeling it, scoring seven points in the overtime period — including four free throws in the final seconds to ice it. A solid 13-point outing last Saturday against Chapman back at home and in Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference play was merely the icing on the cake for her big-time week.

Mack, Cal Lutheran, and the rest of the SCIAC’s conference slate will be streamed live and exclusively on FloCollege throughout the regular season and conference tournament, where you’ll be able to catch Mack and other stars across the league piling on the points on a nightly basis.

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