City of Basketball Love

Josh Verlin (@jmverlin)
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We’re about a quarter of the way through the 2021-22 Division I regular season already, just about four weeks into the season. 

That’s enough time to start to parse out who’s having strong individual seasons in the City 6. 

Here’s who’s leading the city in several stat categories through games of Sun., Dec. 5:

City 6 Women's Stat Leaders

Scoring (Min. 50% of team games played)
Kayla Padilla (Jr./Penn) — 21.2 ppg (5 games)
Mia Davis (Gr./Temple) — 16.3 ppg (8 games)
Kayla Spruill (Sr./La Salle) — 15.4 ppg (8 games)
Lior Garzon (Soph./Villanova) — 14.6 ppg (8 games)
Keishana Washington (Sr./Drexel) — 14.4 ppg (8 games)
Jordan Obi (Soph./Penn) — 14.2 ppg (9 games)
Tessa Brugler (Gr./Drexel) — 13.9 ppg (8 games)
Mia Lakstigala (Sr./Penn) — 13.8 ppg (5 games)
Hannah Nihill (Gr./Drexel) — 12.3 ppg (8 games)
Brianna Herlihy (Gr./Villanova) — 11.6 ppg (8 games)
Alexa Williamson (Jr./Temple) — 11.0 ppg (8 games)
Jaye Haynes (Soph./La Salle) — 10.9 ppg (8 games)
Jiselle Thomas (Gr./Temple) — 10.4 ppg (5 games)

La Salle's Kayla Spruill is amongst the City 6 leaders in scoring, rebounding and 3-point shooting. (Photo: Josh Verlin/CoBL)

Rebounding (Min. 50% of team games played)
Kayla Spruill (Sr./La Salle) — 9.8 rpg (8 games)
Kennedy Suttle (Sr./Penn) — 9.8 rpg (5 games)
Tessa Brugler (Gr./Drexel) — 9.4 rpg (8 games)
Mia Davis (Gr./Temple) — 7.6 rpg (8 games)
Brianna Herlihy (Gr./Villanova) — 7.3 rpg (8 games)
Jordan Obi (Soph./Penn) — 7.0 rpg (9 games)
Mia Lakstigala (Sr./Penn) — 6.8 rpg (5 games)
Mariah Leonard (Sr./Drexel) — 6.6 rpg (8 games)
Alexa Williamson (Jr./Temple) — 5.9 rpg (8 games)
Kahliah Henderson (Jr./Saint Joseph’s) — 5.8 rpg (5 games)
Alayna Gribble (Gr./Saint Joseph’s) — 5.0 rpg (8 games)
Jaye Haynes (Soph./La Salle) — 4.9 rpg (8 games)

Assists (Min. 50% of team games played)
Molly Masciantonio (Sr./La Salle) — 4.9 apg (8 games)
Jasha Clinton (Fr./Temple) — 4.6 apg (7 games)
Hannah Nihill (Sr./Drexel) — 4.4 apg (8 games)
Kayla Padilla (Jr./Penn) — 4.2 apg (5 games)
Keishana Washington (Sr./Drexel) — 3.8 apg (8 games)
Niki Kovacikova (Sr./Penn) — 3.6 apg (5 games)
Katie Jekot (Gr./Saint Joseph’s) — 3.6 apg (7 games)
Julia Nystrom (Fr./Saint Joseph’s) — 2.7 apg (6 games)
Kate Connolly (Sr./Drexel) — 2.6 apg (8 games)
Mandy McGurk (Jr./Penn) — 2.6 apg (5 games)
Brianna Herlihy (Gr./Villanova) — 2.6 apg (8 games)

Despite only playing five games, Kayla Padilla leads the City 6 in 3-pointers made. (Photo: Josh Verlin/CoBL)

3-point Shooting % (Min. 20 attempts)
Nikola Kovacikova (Sr./Penn) — 11/22, .500 (5 games)
Kayla Padilla (Jr./Penn) —  20/44, .455 (5 games)
Kayla Spruill (Sr./La Salle) — 16/38, .421 (8 games)
Brooke Mullin (Jr./Villanova) — 10/24, .417 (8 games)
Christina Kline (Jr./La Salle) —  8/20, .400 (8 games)
Jordan Obi (Soph./Penn) — 8/20, .400 (9 games)
Mia Lakstigala (Sr./Penn) — 11/28, .393 (5 games)
Lucy Olsen (Fr./Villanova) — 11/28, .393 (8 games)
Alayna Gribble (Gr./Saint Joseph’s) — 15/43, .349 (8 games)
Claire Jacobs (Jr./La Salle) — 14/42, .333 (8 games)
Lior Garzon (Soph./Villanova) — 17/52, .327 (8 games)
Keishana Washington (Sr./Drexel) — 11/34, .324 (8 games)
Katie Jekot (Gr./Saint Joseph’s) — 11/36, .306 (8 games)

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City 6 Men's Stat Leaders

Scoring (Min. 50% of team games played)
*Khalif Battle (Soph./Temple) — 21.4 ppg (7 games)
Jordan Dingle (Soph./Penn) — 20.0 ppg (10 games)
Collin Gillespie (Sr./Villanova) — 17.8 ppg (9 games)
James Butler (Gr./Drexel) — 15.6 ppg (8 games)
Taylor Funk (R-Sr./St. Joe’s) — 15.3 ppg (8 games)
Justin Moore (Jr./Villanova) — 15.4 ppg (8 games)
Brandon Slater (R-Jr./Villanova) — 14.0 ppg (8 games)
Camren Wynter (Sr./Drexel) — 14.9 ppg (8 games)
Jordan Hall (Soph./St. Joe’s) — 14.3 ppg (8 games)
Ejike Obinna (Gr./St. Joe’s) — 12.4 ppg (8 games)
Xavier Bell (Soph./Drexel) — 11.4 ppg (8 games)
Melik Martin (Gr./Drexel) — 11.3 ppg (8 games)
Josh Nickelberry (Jr./La Salle) — 11.3 ppg (7 games)
Sherif Kenney (Jr./La Salle) — 10.0 ppg (7 games)

* = suffered season-ending injury

James Butler, closing in on 1000 career rebounds, is the top board-getter in the City 6 while also leading Drexel in scoring. (Photo: Josh Verlin/CoBL)

Rebounding (Min. 50% of team games played)
James Butler (Gr./Drexel) — 9.9 rpg (8 games)
Christian Ray (Jr./La Salle) — 8.9 rpg (7 games)
Ejike Obinna (Gr./St. Joe’s) — 6.8 rpg (8 games)
Jordan Hall (Soph./St. Joe’s) — 6.6 rpg (8 games)
Taylor Funk (R-Sr./St. Joe’s) — 5.9 rpg (8 games)
Eric Dixon (R-Soph./Villanova) — 5.9 rpg (8 games)
Jermaine Samuels (Gr./Villanova) — 5.8 rpg (8 games)
Max Martz (Soph./Penn) — 5.8 rpg (8 games)
Clifton Moore (R-Jr./La Salle) — 5.6 rpg (7 games)
Justin Moore (Jr./Villanova) — 5.4 rpg (8 games)
Jack Clark (R-Jr./La Salle) — 5.3 rpg (7 games)
Nick Jourdain (Soph./Temple) — 5.1 rpg (8 games)
Camren Wynter (Sr./Drexel) — 5.0 rpg (8 games)

Assists (Min. 50% of team games played)
Jordan Hall (Soph./St. Joe’s) —  5.8 apg (8 games)
Camren Wynter (Sr./Drexel) —  4.4 apg (8 games)
Jeremiah Williams (Fr./Temple) —  4.4 apg (8 games)
Collin Gillespie (Gr./Villanova) — 3.5 apg (8 games)
Justin Moore (Jr./Villanova) — 3.3 apg (8 games)
Jordan Dingle (Soph./Penn) — 3.2 apg (10 games)
Anwar Gill (Soph./La Salle) — 2.7 apg (7 games)
Jhamir Brickus (Soph/La Salle) — 2.6 apg (7 games)
Jelani Williams (Sr./Penn) —  2.5 apg (11 games)

Jonah Charles (above) and teammate Jordan Dingle have hit more 3-pointers than anybody else in the City 6. (Photo: Josh Verlin/CoBL)

3-point Shooting % (Min. 20 attempts)
Lamar Oden Jr. (Soph./Drexel) —  10/20, .500 (8 games)
Khalif Battle (Soph./Temple) —  21/43, .488 (7 games)
Taylor Funk (Gr./St. Joe’s) — 28/58, .483 (8 games)
Collin Gillespie (Gr./Villanova) — 30/64, .469 (8 games)
Brandon Slater (R-Jr./Villanova) — 15/32, .469 (8 games)
Jelani Williams (Sr./Penn) — 9/21, .429 (11 games)
Justin Moore (Jr./Villanova) — 18/45, .400 (8 games)
Erik Reynolds II (Fr./Saint Joseph’s) — 8/21, .381 (8 games)
Mate Okros (Jr./Drexel) — 14/35, .400 (8 games)
Jhamir Brickus (Soph./La Salle) — 11/28, .393 (7 games)
Max Martz (Soph./Penn) —  14/36, .389 (8 games)
Jonah Charles (Jr./Penn) —  31/80, .388 (11 games)
Jermaine Samuels (Gr./Villanova) — 10/27, .370 (8 games)
Caleb Daniels (R-Sr./Villanova) — 10/27, .370 (7 games)
Sherif Kenney (Jr./La Salle) — 13/36, .361 (7 games)
Clark Slajchert (Soph./Penn) — 12/34, .353 (10 games)
Jordan Dingle (Soph./Penn) — 28/81, .346 (10 games)