Big 5 stats: Villanova’s Lucy Olsen leads in multiple categories; St. Joe’s Erik Reynolds II leads men’s scoring

With more than a month left in the college basketball season, Big 5 schools are deep into conference play, with various races are starting to shake out. Mainly, Drexel’s men and St. Joseph’s women surging to the top while other teams need to turn it around.

It’s a good time to take a look at the local college teams and see who’s playing well. Here’s who’s currently leading the Big 5 in various statistical categories:

1. Erik Reynolds II, St. Joe’s (17.9 ppg.)

2. Clark Slajchert, Penn (17.4 ppg.)

3. Hysier Miller, Temple (16.0 ppg.)

4. Eric Dixon, Villanova (15.7 ppg.)

5. Khalil Brantley, La Salle (14.9 ppg.)

6. Tyler Perkins, Penn (14.7 ppg.)

1. Amari Williams, Drexel (7.9 rpg.)

2. Nick Spinoso, Penn (7.4 rpg.)

3. Tyler Burton, Villanova (7.4 rpg.)

4. Rasheer Fleming, St. Joe’s (7.3 rpg.)

5. Eric Dixon (6.5 rpg.)

6. Jahlil White, Temple (6.1 rpg.)

1. Jhamir Brickus, La Salle (97 assists, 4.9/game)

2. Hysier Miller, Temple (92 assists, 4.4/game)

3. Khalil Brantley (84 assists, 4.2/game)

4. Lynn Greer III, St. Joe’s (82 assists, 4.1/game)

5. Justin Moore, Drexel (78 assists, 3.5/game)

6. Nick Spinoso, Penn (67 assists, 3.5/game)

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1. Steve Settle III, Temple (28 steals, 1.8/game)

2. Xzayvier Brown St. Joe’s (33 steals, 1.7/game)

3. Miller (34 steals, 1.6/game)

4. Brickus (32 steals, 1.6/game)

5. Perkins (28 steals, 1.5/game)

6. Brantley (25 assists, 1.3/game)

1. Williams (39 blocks, 1.8/game)

2. Fleming (31 blocks, 1.6/game)

3. Spinoso (23 blocks, 1.2/game)

4. Christ Essandoko, St. Joe’s (14 blocks, 1.1/game)

5. Rokas Jocius, La Salle (17 blocks, 0.9/game)

6. Settle (15 blocks, 0.9/game)

1. Brickus (36.4 mpg)

2. Miller (36.2 mpg)

3. Brantley (35.1 mpg)

4. Slajchert (33.9 mpg)

5. Reynolds (33.4 mpg)

6. Daeshon Shepherd, La Salle (32.7 mpg)

1. Lucy Olsen, Villanova (23.7 ppg)

2. Talya Brugler, St. Joe’s (16.4 ppg)

3. Stina Almqvist, Penn (15.5 ppg)

4. Mataya Gayle, Penn (15.1 ppg)

5. Laura Ziegler, St. Joe’s (14.5 ppg)

6. Jordan Obi, Penn (13.9 ppg)

1. Christina Dalce, Villanova (10.6 rpg)

2. Ziegler, (9.9 rpg)

3. Obi (7.6 rpg)

4. Rayne Tucker, Temple (7.5 rpg)

5. Almqvist (6.4 rpg)

6. Jolene Armendariz, La Salle (5.9 rpg)

1. Aleah Nelson, Temple (88, 4.4 apg)

2. Olsen (80, 4.0 apg)

3. Bella Runyan, Villanova (73, 3.7 apg)

4. Brooke Mullin, Drexel (65, 3.6 apg)

5. Gayle (59, 3.3 apg)

6. Molly Masciantonio, La Salle (60, 3.2 apg)

1. Olsen (40, 2.0 spg)

2. Tiarra East, Temple (31, 1.7 spg)

3. Masciantonio (30, 1.6 spg)

4. Runyan (32, 1.6 spg)

5. Makayla Miller, La Salle (30, 1.6 spg)

6. Gayle (28, 1.6 spg)

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1. Christian Dalce, Villanova (44, 2.2 bpg)

2. Obi (25, 1.4 bpg)

3. Ines Piper, Temple (24, 1.2 bpg)

4. Almqvist (18, 1.1 ppg)

5. Ziegler (22, 1.0 bpg)

6. Tucker (20, 1.0 bpg)

1. Olsen (36.6 mpg)

2. Obi (34.7 mpg)

3. Runyan (33.7 mpg)

4. Ziegler (33.0 mpg)

5. Almqvist (32.8 mpg)

6. Brugler (32.6 mpg)

This story was produced as part of a partnership between The Inquirer and City of Basketball Love, a nonprofit news organization that covers high school and college basketball in the Philadelphia area while also helping mentor the next generation of sportswriters. This collaboration will help boost coverage of the city’s vibrant amateur basketball scene, from the high school ranks up through the Big 5 and beyond.