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23 Julia Balaski
Julia Balaski
  • Height:
    5-8
  • Year:
    Fr.
  • Hometown:
    Mercer, PA
  • High School:
    Mercer
  • Position:
    G/F
  • gp
    23
  • pts/g
    5.9
  • fg %
    41.4
  • 3pt %
    38.9
  • ft %
    64.3
  • reb/g
    2.4
  • a/g
    0.9
Bio

At Penn State Behrend

* Majoring in engineering
* Two-sport athlete at Penn State Behrend

Personal

* Daughter of Jennifer Cebula and Barry Balaski 
* Three-sport athlete at Mercer Area High School
* Earned 12 varsity letters
* Two-time District 10 All-Region first team in soccer
* District 10 All-Region second team in soccer
* District 10 Region Player of the Year in soccer
* Two-time District Champion Team in soccer
* Four-time Co-Region Champion Team 
* Team captain in soccer
* Three-time leading scorer in basketball
* Team captain in basketball
* District 10 All-Region second team
* Three-time All-Tournament Team
* Four-time District Qualifier in track and field
* National Honor Society
* Spanish Club
* Volunteer Program

Recent games
Date Opponent Result
Feb 11 at Penn State Altoona W, 88-56
Feb 15 Alfred St. W, 83-59
Feb 18 Pitt-Greensburg W, 81-49
Feb 24 vs. Pitt-Greensburg W, 83-71
Feb 25 at La Roche L, 71-70
Mar 1 Alvernia L, 80-67
Season Statistics
  Overall Conference
Games 23 14
Games started 0 0
Minutes 264 160
Minutes per game 11.5 11.4
FG 55-133 39-91
FG Pct 41.4 42.9
3PT 7-18 6-13
3PT Pct 38.9 46.2
FT 18-28 13-18
FT Pct 64.3 72.2
Off rebounds 21 15
Def rebounds 35 26
Total rebounds 56 41
Rebounds per game 2.4 2.9
Personal fouls 26 16
Disqualifications 0 0
Assists 21 17
Turnovers 23 11
Assist to turnover ratio 0.9 1.5
Steals 28 25
Blocks 8 6
Points 135 97
Points per game 5.9 6.9
Points per 40 min 20.5 24.3
Game Log - Shooting
Date Opponent Score gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Nov 11 Otterbein W, 80-67 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 12 Carnegie Mellon L, 68-64 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 16 Marietta L, 76-68 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 19 Chatham W, 78-64 0 1 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Nov 22 Fredonia W, 83-73 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 30 at Wooster W, 91-55 0 7 4-8 50.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 8
Dec 3 at Oberlin W, 86-75 - - - - - - - - -
Dec 10 at Kenyon W, 69-66 - 11 0-2 0.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Dec 19 at Bethany W, 72-68 - 13 1-5 20.0 0-0 - 4-6 66.7 6
Dec 29 vs. Saint Mary's (Minn.) W, 71-65 - 4 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Dec 30 vs. Webster L, 86-75 - 8 2-3 66.7 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 4
Jan 4 Mt. Aloysius W, 90-39 - 10 6-6 100.0 1-1 100.0 1-2 50.0 14
Jan 7 at La Roche L, 79-76 0 8 1-6 16.7 0-0 - 0-0 - 2
Jan 11 Pitt-Bradford W, 105-45 - 17 5-10 50.0 1-1 100.0 0-0 - 11
Jan 14 at Pitt-Greensburg W, 90-61 - 8 1-3 33.3 0-0 - 1-1 100.0 3
Jan 18 at Hilbert W, 84-44 - 8 2-5 40.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 4
Jan 21 Penn State Altoona W, 103-52 - 12 3-7 42.9 0-1 0.0 1-2 50.0 7
Jan 25 at Alfred St. W, 93-57 0 9 3-7 42.9 1-1 100.0 0-0 - 7
Jan 28 at Mt. Aloysius W, 81-49 - 11 2-8 25.0 0-2 0.0 4-4 100.0 8
Feb 1 Hilbert W, 99-38 - 16 2-7 28.6 0-1 0.0 3-3 100.0 7
Feb 4 La Roche L, 82-72 0 6 1-3 33.3 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 2
Feb 8 at Pitt-Bradford W, 107-47 - 11 5-8 62.5 0-0 - 0-0 - 10
Feb 11 at Penn State Altoona W, 88-56 - 16 2-9 22.2 0-1 0.0 1-2 50.0 5
Feb 15 Alfred St. W, 83-59 0 14 2-4 50.0 1-2 50.0 2-4 50.0 7
Feb 18 Pitt-Greensburg W, 81-49 0 14 4-8 50.0 2-2 100.0 0-0 - 10
Feb 24 vs. Pitt-Greensburg W, 83-71 0 19 3-9 33.3 0-2 0.0 0-2 0.0 6
Feb 25 at La Roche L, 71-70 0 19 0-4 0.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 0
Mar 1 Alvernia L, 80-67 0 22 6-11 54.5 1-1 100.0 1-2 50.0 14
Game Log - Ball control
Date Opponent Score gs min off def reb ast to stl blk
Nov 11 Otterbein W, 80-67 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 12 Carnegie Mellon L, 68-64 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 16 Marietta L, 76-68 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 19 Chatham W, 78-64 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nov 22 Fredonia W, 83-73 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 30 at Wooster W, 91-55 0 7 2 1 3 0 1 0 0
Dec 3 at Oberlin W, 86-75 - - - - - - - - -
Dec 10 at Kenyon W, 69-66 - 11 0 1 1 0 1 0 0
Dec 19 at Bethany W, 72-68 - 13 0 1 1 0 0 1 1
Dec 29 vs. Saint Mary's (Minn.) W, 71-65 - 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 1
Dec 30 vs. Webster L, 86-75 - 8 2 1 3 1 2 0 0
Jan 4 Mt. Aloysius W, 90-39 - 10 1 2 3 0 2 1 2
Jan 7 at La Roche L, 79-76 0 8 1 2 3 0 0 2 1
Jan 11 Pitt-Bradford W, 105-45 - 17 0 3 3 3 0 5 0
Jan 14 at Pitt-Greensburg W, 90-61 - 8 0 2 2 0 0 1 0
Jan 18 at Hilbert W, 84-44 - 8 1 0 1 0 0 2 0
Jan 21 Penn State Altoona W, 103-52 - 12 1 3 4 1 1 2 0
Jan 25 at Alfred St. W, 93-57 0 9 1 0 1 2 0 0 1
Jan 28 at Mt. Aloysius W, 81-49 - 11 2 0 2 3 2 3 0
Feb 1 Hilbert W, 99-38 - 16 1 3 4 2 1 1 0
Feb 4 La Roche L, 82-72 0 6 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
Feb 8 at Pitt-Bradford W, 107-47 - 11 1 1 2 1 1 1 0
Feb 11 at Penn State Altoona W, 88-56 - 16 3 2 5 4 1 3 1
Feb 15 Alfred St. W, 83-59 0 14 1 1 2 1 1 1 0
Feb 18 Pitt-Greensburg W, 81-49 0 14 2 5 7 0 2 3 1
Feb 24 vs. Pitt-Greensburg W, 83-71 0 19 0 2 2 2 2 0 0
Feb 25 at La Roche L, 71-70 0 19 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Mar 1 Alvernia L, 80-67 0 22 2 3 5 1 4 1 0
Game Log - Ball control extended
Date Opponent Score gs pf dq a/to
Nov 11 Otterbein W, 80-67 - - - -
Nov 12 Carnegie Mellon L, 68-64 - - - -
Nov 16 Marietta L, 76-68 - - - -
Nov 19 Chatham W, 78-64 0 1 0 -
Nov 22 Fredonia W, 83-73 - - - -
Nov 30 at Wooster W, 91-55 0 0 0 0.0
Dec 3 at Oberlin W, 86-75 - - - -
Dec 10 at Kenyon W, 69-66 - 1 0 0.0
Dec 19 at Bethany W, 72-68 - 3 - -
Dec 29 vs. Saint Mary's (Minn.) W, 71-65 - 1 0 0.0
Dec 30 vs. Webster L, 86-75 - 1 0 0.5
Jan 4 Mt. Aloysius W, 90-39 - 0 0 0.0
Jan 7 at La Roche L, 79-76 0 1 0 -
Jan 11 Pitt-Bradford W, 105-45 - 0 - -
Jan 14 at Pitt-Greensburg W, 90-61 - 1 0 -
Jan 18 at Hilbert W, 84-44 - 0 0 -
Jan 21 Penn State Altoona W, 103-52 - 0 - 1.0
Jan 25 at Alfred St. W, 93-57 0 0 0 -
Jan 28 at Mt. Aloysius W, 81-49 - 3 0 1.5
Feb 1 Hilbert W, 99-38 - 2 0 2.0
Feb 4 La Roche L, 82-72 0 0 0 -
Feb 8 at Pitt-Bradford W, 107-47 - 3 - 1.0
Feb 11 at Penn State Altoona W, 88-56 - 2 - 4.0
Feb 15 Alfred St. W, 83-59 0 4 0 1.0
Feb 18 Pitt-Greensburg W, 81-49 0 0 0 0.0
Feb 24 vs. Pitt-Greensburg W, 83-71 0 1 0 1.0
Feb 25 at La Roche L, 71-70 0 2 0 -
Mar 1 Alvernia L, 80-67 0 0 0 0.3
  gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
2022-23 23 11.5 2.4-5.8 0.3-0.8 0.8-1.2 5.9
2023-24 26 13.9 1.7-5.2 0.1-0.8 0.8-1.5 4.4
2024-25 7 19.1 2.0-6.4 0.3-1.7 0.6-2.4 4.9
Total 56 13.6 2.0-5.6 0.2-0.9 0.8-1.5 5.1

Career Stats: Shooting per game

  gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
2022-23 23 0 264 55-133 41.4 7-18 38.9 18-28 64.3 135
2023-24 26 1 362 45-135 33.3 3-20 15.0 21-39 53.8 114
2024-25 7 0 134 14-45 31.1 2-12 16.7 4-17 23.5 34
Total 56 1 760 114-313 36.4 12-50 24.0 43-84 51.2 283

Career Stats: Shooting totals

  gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
2022-23 23 264 11.5 8.3-20.2 1.1-2.7 38.9 2.7-4.2 20.5
2023-24 26 362 13.9 5.0-14.9 0.3-2.2 15.0 2.3-4.3 12.6
2024-25 7 134 19.1 4.2-13.4 0.6-3.6 16.7 1.2-5.1 10.1
Total 56 760 13.6 6.0-16.5 0.6-2.6 24.0 2.3-4.4 14.9

Career Stats: Shooting per 40 min

  gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
2022-23 23 0.9 1.5 2.4 0.9 1.0 1.2 0.3
2023-24 26 1.3 2.2 3.5 0.4 1.1 1.3 0.3
2024-25 7 1.1 2.1 3.3 1.3 2.1 2.1 0.4
Total 56 1.1 1.9 3.0 0.7 1.2 1.4 0.3

Career Stats: Ball control per game

  gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
2022-23 23 0 21 35 56 21 23 28 8
2023-24 26 1 34 57 91 10 28 34 7
2024-25 7 0 8 15 23 9 15 15 3
Total 56 1 63 107 170 40 66 77 18

Career Stats: Ball control totals

  gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
2022-23 23 3.2 5.3 8.5 3.2 3.5 4.2 1.2
2023-24 26 3.8 6.3 10.1 1.1 3.1 3.8 0.8
2024-25 7 2.4 4.5 6.9 2.7 4.5 4.5 0.9
Total 56 3.3 5.6 8.9 2.1 3.5 4.1 0.9

Career Stats: Ball control per 40 min

  gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
Event            
Total 23 11.5 2.4-5.8 0.3-0.8 0.8-1.2 5.9
Conference 14 11.4 2.8-6.5 0.4-0.9 0.9-1.3 6.9
Exhibition - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 -
Location            
Home 9 12.4 3.2-6.2 0.7-1.1 0.9-1.4 8.0
Away 11 11.0 1.9-5.9 0.1-0.5 0.9-1.2 4.8
Neutral 3 10.3 1.7-4.0 0.0-1.0 0.0-0.7 3.3
Result            
Wins 18 11.2 2.5-5.9 0.3-0.8 0.9-1.4 6.3
Losses 5 12.6 2.0-5.4 0.2-0.8 0.2-0.4 4.4
Month            
November 2 4.0 2.0-4.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 4.0
December 4 9.0 0.8-2.5 0.0-0.2 1.0-1.5 2.5
January 8 10.4 2.9-6.5 0.4-0.8 0.9-1.1 7.0
February 8 14.4 2.4-6.5 0.4-1.2 0.8-1.4 5.9
March 1 22.0 6.0-11.0 1.0-1.0 1.0-2.0 14.0

Splits Stats: Shooting per game

  gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Event                    
Total 23 0 264 55-133 41.4 7-18 38.9 18-28 64.3 135
Conference 14 0 160 39-91 42.9 6-13 46.2 13-18 72.2 97
Exhibition - - - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Location                    
Home 9 0 112 29-56 51.8 6-10 60.0 8-13 61.5 72
Away 11 0 121 21-65 32.3 1-5 20.0 10-13 76.9 53
Neutral 3 0 31 5-12 41.7 0-3 0.0 0-2 0.0 10
Result                    
Wins 18 0 201 45-106 42.5 6-14 42.9 17-26 65.4 113
Losses 5 0 63 10-27 37.0 1-4 25.0 1-2 50.0 22
Month                    
November 2 0 8 4-8 50.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 8
December 4 - 36 3-10 30.0 0-1 0.0 4-6 66.7 10
January 8 0 83 23-52 44.2 3-6 50.0 7-9 77.8 56
February 8 0 115 19-52 36.5 3-10 30.0 6-11 54.5 47
March 1 0 22 6-11 54.5 1-1 100.0 1-2 50.0 14

Splits Stats: Shooting totals

  gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
Event                
Total 23 264 11.5 8.3-20.2 1.1-2.7 38.9 2.7-4.2 20.5
Conference 14 160 11.4 9.8-22.8 1.5-3.2 46.2 3.2-4.5 24.3
Exhibition - - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 -
Location                
Home 9 112 12.4 10.4-20.0 2.1-3.6 60.0 2.9-4.6 25.7
Away 11 121 11.0 6.9-21.5 0.3-1.7 20.0 3.3-4.3 17.5
Neutral 3 31 10.3 6.5-15.5 0.0-3.9 0.0 0.0-2.6 12.9
Result                
Wins 18 201 11.2 9.0-21.1 1.2-2.8 42.9 3.4-5.2 22.5
Losses 5 63 12.6 6.3-17.1 0.6-2.5 25.0 0.6-1.3 14.0
Month                
November 2 8 4.0 20.0-40.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 40.0
December 4 36 9.0 3.3-11.1 0.0-1.1 0.0 4.4-6.7 11.1
January 8 83 10.4 11.1-25.1 1.4-2.9 50.0 3.4-4.3 27.0
February 8 115 14.4 6.6-18.1 1.0-3.5 30.0 2.1-3.8 16.3
March 1 22 22.0 10.9-20.0 1.8-1.8 100.0 1.8-3.6 25.5

Splits Stats: Shooting per 40 min

  gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
Event                
Total 23 0.9 1.5 2.4 0.9 1.0 1.2 0.3
Conference 14 1.1 1.9 2.9 1.2 0.8 1.8 0.4
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location                
Home 9 0.9 2.4 3.3 0.9 1.2 1.6 0.3
Away 11 1.0 0.9 1.9 0.9 0.5 1.3 0.4
Neutral 3 0.7 1.0 1.7 1.0 2.0 0.0 0.3
Result                
Wins 18 0.9 1.5 2.4 1.1 0.9 1.3 0.4
Losses 5 1.0 1.6 2.6 0.4 1.2 0.8 0.2
Month                
November 2 1.0 0.5 1.5 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0
December 4 0.5 0.8 1.3 0.3 1.3 0.3 0.5
January 8 0.9 1.5 2.4 1.1 0.6 2.0 0.5
February 8 1.0 2.0 3.0 1.3 1.0 1.3 0.3
March 1 2.0 3.0 5.0 1.0 4.0 1.0 0.0

Splits Stats: Ball control per game

  gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
Event                  
Total 23 0 21 35 56 21 23 28 8
Conference 14 0 15 26 41 17 11 25 6
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location                  
Home 9 0 8 22 30 8 11 14 3
Away 11 0 11 10 21 10 6 14 4
Neutral 3 0 2 3 5 3 6 0 1
Result                  
Wins 18 0 16 27 43 19 17 24 7
Losses 5 0 5 8 13 2 6 4 1
Month                  
November 2 0 2 1 3 0 1 0 0
December 4 - 2 3 5 1 5 1 2
January 8 0 7 12 19 9 5 16 4
February 8 0 8 16 24 10 8 10 2
March 1 0 2 3 5 1 4 1 0

Splits Stats: Ball control totals

  gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
Event                
Total 23 3.2 5.3 8.5 3.2 3.5 4.2 1.2
Conference 14 3.8 6.5 10.3 4.3 2.8 6.3 1.5
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location                
Home 9 2.9 7.9 10.7 2.9 3.9 5.0 1.1
Away 11 3.6 3.3 6.9 3.3 2.0 4.6 1.3
Neutral 3 2.6 3.9 6.5 3.9 7.7 0.0 1.3
Result                
Wins 18 3.2 5.4 8.6 3.8 3.4 4.8 1.4
Losses 5 3.2 5.1 8.3 1.3 3.8 2.5 0.6
Month                
November 2 10.0 5.0 15.0 0.0 5.0 0.0 0.0
December 4 2.2 3.3 5.6 1.1 5.6 1.1 2.2
January 8 3.4 5.8 9.2 4.3 2.4 7.7 1.9
February 8 2.8 5.6 8.3 3.5 2.8 3.5 0.7
March 1 3.6 5.5 9.1 1.8 7.3 1.8 0.0

Splits Stats: Ball control per 40 min

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