Melo Sanchez

6 Melo Sanchez

Height:

6-4
Weight:

185
Hometown:

San Diego, CA
Position:

Guard
Year:

Sr.
High School:

Arkansas (Veritas Prep)

gp

29
pts/g

9.6
fg %

45.8
3pt %

42.8
ft %

80.0
reb/g

2.1
a/g

0.8

Bio

BEFORE CCSU: Transfer from Arkansas...Played in wins against Maryland-Eastern Shore and Central Arkansas..Spent two seasons at Hawai'i Pacific (2022-24)...Known for his long-range shooting at Hawai’i Pacific, ranking seventh in NCAA Division II and leading the PacWest Conference in 3-point percentage (.461) as a freshman (2022-23) while ranking second in the conference in 3-pointers made per game both as a freshman (2.57) and a sophomore (2.52)...Named Second Team All-PacWest in 2023-24..Made at least one 3-pointer in 55 of his 57 career games with the Sharks....Named to the All-Tournament Team at the season-opening GNAC/PacWest Challenge in Alaska and tournament MVP at the Hoops in Hawai’i Classic as a sophomore...Full name is Emilio

Player statistics

	Overall	Conference
Games	29	18
Games started	26	18
Minutes	712	477
Minutes per game	24.6	26.5
FG	97-212	68-142
FG Pct	45.8	47.9
3PT	59-138	38-86
3PT Pct	42.8	44.2
FT	24-30	14-18
FT Pct	80.0	77.8
Off rebounds	12	9
Def rebounds	49	35
Total rebounds	61	44
Rebounds per game	2.1	2.4
Personal fouls	46	33
Disqualifications	0	0
Assists	22	13
Turnovers	26	17
Assist to turnover ratio	0.8	0.8
Steals	25	18
Blocks	4	3
Points	277	188
Points per game	9.6	10.4
Points per 40.0 min	15.6	15.8

Recent results

Recent Games
Date	Opponent	Result
Feb 14	at FDU	W, 63-57
Feb 19	Le Moyne	W, 78-77
Feb 21	at Chicago State	L, 70-51
Feb 26	Mercyhurst	W, 80-78
Feb 28	Saint Francis U.	W, 69-64
Mar 4	Wagner	L, 70-60

Game Log - Ball control extended
Date	Opponent	Score	gs	min	fg	pct	3pt	pct	ft	pct	pts
Nov 3	Vermont State Johnson	W, 117-55	1	17	3-6	50.0	2-5	40.0	2-2	100.0	10
Nov 6	at Quinnipiac	L, 71-49	1	21	1-6	16.7	1-5	20.0	0-0	-	3
Nov 11	at Boston College	W, 60-59	-	23	5-9	55.6	5-8	62.5	2-3	66.7	17
Nov 16	at Massachusetts	L, 84-77	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nov 21	at Rutgers	W, 67-54	1	23	2-8	25.0	2-4	50.0	0-0	-	6
Nov 24	Sacred Heart	W, 108-106	1	35	4-7	57.1	3-6	50.0	6-7	85.7	17
Nov 30	Johnson & Wales (RI)	W, 122-57	1	17	2-4	50.0	1-2	50.0	0-0	-	5
Dec 3	at Seton Hall	L, 77-61	1	17	1-4	25.0	1-4	25.0	0-0	-	3
Dec 7	at Northeastern	L, 73-56	1	25	3-11	27.3	2-7	28.6	0-0	-	8
Dec 13	at Binghamton	W, 84-67	-	5	0-0	-	0-0	-	0-0	-	0
Dec 18	Fairfield	L, 84-70	-	21	5-9	55.6	3-7	42.9	0-0	-	13
Jan 2	at LIU	L, 84-78	1	15	0-2	0.0	0-2	0.0	0-0	-	0
Jan 4	New Haven	W, 72-61	1	27	6-8	75.0	6-7	85.7	0-0	-	18
Jan 8	Stonehill	W, 76-69	1	29	3-8	37.5	2-4	50.0	1-1	100.0	9
Jan 10	at Le Moyne	W, 69-59	1	20	4-8	50.0	3-6	50.0	0-0	-	11
Jan 17	at Saint Francis U.	W, 98-90	1	30	6-10	60.0	3-6	50.0	5-6	83.3	20
Jan 19	at Mercyhurst	L, 79-61	1	30	6-13	46.2	1-5	20.0	1-1	100.0	14
Jan 23	FDU	L, 76-66	1	30	4-6	66.7	3-5	60.0	0-0	-	11
Jan 26	at Stonehill	L, 61-59	1	31	5-9	55.6	1-1	100.0	0-0	-	11
Jan 29	at Wagner	W, 62-55	1	29	3-7	42.9	2-6	33.3	0-0	-	8
Jan 31	LIU	L, 80-59	1	21	1-5	20.0	1-2	50.0	0-0	-	3
Feb 5	Chicago State	W, 78-67	1	24	4-8	50.0	3-7	42.9	3-3	100.0	14
Feb 7	Wagner	W, 84-67	1	24	1-3	33.3	0-0	-	1-2	50.0	3
Feb 12	at New Haven	W, 81-76	1	33	1-5	20.0	1-3	33.3	0-0	-	3
Feb 14	at FDU	W, 63-57	1	27	4-10	40.0	2-6	33.3	1-2	50.0	11
Feb 19	Le Moyne	W, 78-77	1	28	8-14	57.1	6-11	54.5	1-1	100.0	23
Feb 21	at Chicago State	L, 70-51	1	12	1-5	20.0	1-5	20.0	0-0	-	3
Feb 26	Mercyhurst	W, 80-78	1	32	5-8	62.5	2-4	50.0	1-1	100.0	13
Feb 28	Saint Francis U.	W, 69-64	1	35	6-13	46.2	1-6	16.7	0-1	0.0	13
Mar 4	Wagner	L, 70-60	1	31	3-6	50.0	1-4	25.0	0-0	-	7

Game Log - Ball control extended
Date	Opponent	Score	gs	min	off	def	reb	ast	to	stl	blk
Nov 3	Vermont State Johnson	W, 117-55	1	17	1	3	4	1	1	0	0
Nov 6	at Quinnipiac	L, 71-49	1	21	0	2	2	0	0	1	0
Nov 11	at Boston College	W, 60-59	-	23	0	1	1	0	2	0	0
Nov 16	at Massachusetts	L, 84-77	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nov 21	at Rutgers	W, 67-54	1	23	0	3	3	1	0	0	0
Nov 24	Sacred Heart	W, 108-106	1	35	1	1	2	3	3	3	0
Nov 30	Johnson & Wales (RI)	W, 122-57	1	17	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Dec 3	at Seton Hall	L, 77-61	1	17	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Dec 7	at Northeastern	L, 73-56	1	25	0	2	2	1	0	0	0
Dec 13	at Binghamton	W, 84-67	-	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Dec 18	Fairfield	L, 84-70	-	21	1	1	2	0	0	1	0
Jan 2	at LIU	L, 84-78	1	15	0	1	1	1	0	0	0
Jan 4	New Haven	W, 72-61	1	27	0	4	4	1	0	2	1
Jan 8	Stonehill	W, 76-69	1	29	0	2	2	1	0	1	0
Jan 10	at Le Moyne	W, 69-59	1	20	2	0	2	0	1	0	0
Jan 17	at Saint Francis U.	W, 98-90	1	30	0	2	2	2	1	1	0
Jan 19	at Mercyhurst	L, 79-61	1	30	2	1	3	0	0	1	1
Jan 23	FDU	L, 76-66	1	30	0	1	1	0	2	1	0
Jan 26	at Stonehill	L, 61-59	1	31	0	2	2	0	0	1	1
Jan 29	at Wagner	W, 62-55	1	29	0	1	1	1	1	0	0
Jan 31	LIU	L, 80-59	1	21	1	2	3	0	1	0	0
Feb 5	Chicago State	W, 78-67	1	24	1	2	3	1	3	1	0
Feb 7	Wagner	W, 84-67	1	24	0	5	5	3	0	1	0
Feb 12	at New Haven	W, 81-76	1	33	0	2	2	0	2	2	0
Feb 14	at FDU	W, 63-57	1	27	2	3	5	0	1	1	0
Feb 19	Le Moyne	W, 78-77	1	28	0	2	2	2	0	3	0
Feb 21	at Chicago State	L, 70-51	1	12	1	1	2	0	4	0	0
Feb 26	Mercyhurst	W, 80-78	1	32	0	1	1	1	0	0	0
Feb 28	Saint Francis U.	W, 69-64	1	35	0	3	3	0	1	3	0
Mar 4	Wagner	L, 70-60	1	31	0	1	1	2	0	1	1

Game Log - Ball control extended
Date	Opponent	Score	gs	pf	dq	a/to
Nov 3	Vermont State Johnson	W, 117-55	1	0	0	1.0
Nov 6	at Quinnipiac	L, 71-49	1	1	0	-
Nov 11	at Boston College	W, 60-59	-	2	0	0.0
Nov 16	at Massachusetts	L, 84-77	-	-	-	-
Nov 21	at Rutgers	W, 67-54	1	1	0	-
Nov 24	Sacred Heart	W, 108-106	1	2	0	1.0
Nov 30	Johnson & Wales (RI)	W, 122-57	1	0	0	1.0
Dec 3	at Seton Hall	L, 77-61	1	1	0	0.0
Dec 7	at Northeastern	L, 73-56	1	1	0	-
Dec 13	at Binghamton	W, 84-67	-	3	0	0.0
Dec 18	Fairfield	L, 84-70	-	1	0	-
Jan 2	at LIU	L, 84-78	1	2	0	-
Jan 4	New Haven	W, 72-61	1	1	0	-
Jan 8	Stonehill	W, 76-69	1	1	0	-
Jan 10	at Le Moyne	W, 69-59	1	4	0	0.0
Jan 17	at Saint Francis U.	W, 98-90	1	2	0	2.0
Jan 19	at Mercyhurst	L, 79-61	1	1	0	-
Jan 23	FDU	L, 76-66	1	2	0	0.0
Jan 26	at Stonehill	L, 61-59	1	2	0	-
Jan 29	at Wagner	W, 62-55	1	2	0	1.0
Jan 31	LIU	L, 80-59	1	3	0	0.0
Feb 5	Chicago State	W, 78-67	1	1	0	0.3
Feb 7	Wagner	W, 84-67	1	2	0	-
Feb 12	at New Haven	W, 81-76	1	2	0	0.0
Feb 14	at FDU	W, 63-57	1	4	0	0.0
Feb 19	Le Moyne	W, 78-77	1	0	0	-
Feb 21	at Chicago State	L, 70-51	1	2	0	0.0
Feb 26	Mercyhurst	W, 80-78	1	1	0	-
Feb 28	Saint Francis U.	W, 69-64	1	1	0	0.0
Mar 4	Wagner	L, 70-60	1	1	0	-

Career Stats - Shooting per game
Statistic	gp	min/g	fg/g	3pt/g	ft/g	ppg
2025-26	29	24.6	3.3-7.3	2.0-4.8	0.8-1.0	9.6
Total	29	24.6	3.3-7.3	2.0-4.8	0.8-1.0	9.6

Career Stats - Shooting totals
Statistic	gp	gs	min	fg	pct	3pt	pct	ft	pct	pts
2025-26	29	26	712	97-212	45.8	59-138	42.8	24-30	80.0	277
Total	29	26	712	97-212	45.8	59-138	42.8	24-30	80.0	277

Career Stats - Shooting per 40 min
Statistic	gp	min	min/g	fg/40	3pt/40	pct	ft/40	pts/40
2025-26	29	712	24.6	5.4-11.9	3.3-7.8	42.8	1.3-1.7	15.6
Total	29	712	24.6	5.4-11.9	3.3-7.8	42.8	1.3-1.7	15.6

Career Stats - Ball control per game
Statistic	gp	off/g	def/g	reb/g	ast/g	to/g	stl/g	blk/g
2025-26	29	0.4	1.7	2.1	0.8	0.9	0.9	0.1
Total	29	0.4	1.7	2.1	0.8	0.9	0.9	0.1

Career Stats - Ball control totals
Statistic	gp	gs	off	def	reb	ast	to	stl	blk
2025-26	29	26	12	49	61	22	26	25	4
Total	29	26	12	49	61	22	26	25	4

Career Stats - Ball control per 40 min
Statistic	gp	off/40	def/40	reb/40	ast/40	to/40	stl/40	blk/40
2025-26	29	0.7	2.8	3.4	1.2	1.5	1.4	0.2
Total	29	0.7	2.8	3.4	1.2	1.5	1.4	0.2

Split Stats - Shooting per game
Statistic	gp	min/g	fg/g	3pt/g	ft/g	ppg
Event
Total	29	24.6	3.3-7.3	2.0-4.8	0.8-1.0	9.6
Conference	18	26.5	3.8-7.9	2.1-4.8	0.8-1.0	10.4
Exhibition	-	-	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	-
Location
Home	14	26.5	3.9-7.5	2.4-5.0	1.1-1.3	11.4
Away	15	22.7	2.8-7.1	1.7-4.5	0.6-0.8	7.9
Neutral	-	-	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	-
Result
Wins	18	25.4	3.7-7.6	2.4-5.1	1.3-1.6	11.2
Losses	11	23.1	2.7-6.9	1.4-4.3	0.1-0.1	6.9
Month
November	6	22.7	2.8-6.7	2.3-5.0	1.7-2.0	9.7
December	4	17.0	2.2-6.0	1.5-4.5	0.0-0.0	6.0
January	10	26.2	3.8-7.6	2.2-4.4	0.7-0.8	10.5
February	8	26.9	3.8-8.2	2.0-5.2	0.9-1.2	10.4
March	1	31.0	3.0-6.0	1.0-4.0	0.0-0.0	7.0

Split Stats - Shooting totals
Statistic	gp	gs	min	fg	pct	3pt	pct	ft	pct	pts
Event
Total	29	26	712	97-212	45.8	59-138	42.8	24-30	80.0	277
Conference	18	18	477	68-142	47.9	38-86	44.2	14-18	77.8	188
Exhibition	-	-	-	0-0	-	0-0	-	0-0	-	0
Location
Home	14	13	371	55-105	52.4	34-70	48.6	15-18	83.3	159
Away	15	13	341	42-107	39.3	25-68	36.8	9-12	75.0	118
Neutral	-	-	-	0-0	-	0-0	-	0-0	-	0
Result
Wins	18	16	458	67-136	49.3	44-91	48.4	23-29	79.3	201
Losses	11	10	254	30-76	39.5	15-47	31.9	1-1	100.0	76
Month
November	6	5	136	17-40	42.5	14-30	46.7	10-12	83.3	58
December	4	2	68	9-24	37.5	6-18	33.3	0-0	-	24
January	10	10	262	38-76	50.0	22-44	50.0	7-8	87.5	105
February	8	8	215	30-66	45.5	16-42	38.1	7-10	70.0	83
March	1	1	31	3-6	50.0	1-4	25.0	0-0	-	7

Split Stats - Shooting per 40 min
Statistic	gp	min	min/g	fg/40	3pt/40	pct	ft/40	pts/40
Event
Total	29	712	24.6	5.4-11.9	3.3-7.8	42.8	1.3-1.7	15.6
Conference	18	477	26.5	5.7-11.9	3.2-7.2	44.2	1.2-1.5	15.8
Exhibition	-	-	-	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	-	0.0-0.0	-
Location
Home	14	371	26.5	5.9-11.3	3.7-7.5	48.6	1.6-1.9	17.1
Away	15	341	22.7	4.9-12.6	2.9-8.0	36.8	1.1-1.4	13.8
Neutral	-	-	-	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	-	0.0-0.0	-
Result
Wins	18	458	25.4	5.9-11.9	3.8-7.9	48.4	2.0-2.5	17.6
Losses	11	254	23.1	4.7-12.0	2.4-7.4	31.9	0.2-0.2	12.0
Month
November	6	136	22.7	5.0-11.8	4.1-8.8	46.7	2.9-3.5	17.1
December	4	68	17.0	5.3-14.1	3.5-10.6	33.3	0.0-0.0	14.1
January	10	262	26.2	5.8-11.6	3.4-6.7	50.0	1.1-1.2	16.0
February	8	215	26.9	5.6-12.3	3.0-7.8	38.1	1.3-1.9	15.4
March	1	31	31.0	3.9-7.7	1.3-5.2	25.0	0.0-0.0	9.0

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	0.4	1.7	2.1	0.8	0.9	0.9	0.1
Conference	18	0.5	1.9	2.4	0.7	0.9	1.0	0.2
Exhibition	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Location
Home	14	0.4	2.0	2.4	1.1	0.9	1.2	0.1
Away	15	0.5	1.4	1.9	0.4	0.9	0.5	0.1
Neutral	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Result
Wins	18	0.4	1.9	2.3	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.1
Losses	11	0.5	1.3	1.7	0.4	0.7	0.6	0.3
Month
November	6	0.3	1.7	2.0	1.0	1.2	0.7	0.0
December	4	0.3	0.8	1.0	0.3	0.5	0.5	0.0
January	10	0.5	1.6	2.1	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.3
February	8	0.5	2.4	2.9	0.9	1.4	1.4	0.0
March	1	0.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	1.0

Split Stats - Ball control totals
Statistic	gp	gs	off	def	reb	ast	to	stl	blk
Event
Total	29	26	12	49	61	22	26	25	4
Conference	18	18	9	35	44	13	17	18	3
Exhibition	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Location
Home	14	13	5	28	33	16	12	17	2
Away	15	13	7	21	28	6	14	8	2
Neutral	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Result
Wins	18	16	7	35	42	18	18	18	1
Losses	11	10	5	14	19	4	8	7	3
Month
November	6	5	2	10	12	6	7	4	0
December	4	2	1	3	4	1	2	2	0
January	10	10	5	16	21	6	6	7	3
February	8	8	4	19	23	7	11	11	0
March	1	1	0	1	1	2	0	1	1

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	0.7	2.8	3.4	1.2	1.5	1.4	0.2
Conference	18	0.8	2.9	3.7	1.1	1.4	1.5	0.3
Exhibition	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Location
Home	14	0.5	3.0	3.6	1.7	1.3	1.8	0.2
Away	15	0.8	2.5	3.3	0.7	1.6	0.9	0.2
Neutral	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Result
Wins	18	0.6	3.1	3.7	1.6	1.6	1.6	0.1
Losses	11	0.8	2.2	3.0	0.6	1.3	1.1	0.5
Month
November	6	0.6	2.9	3.5	1.8	2.1	1.2	0.0
December	4	0.6	1.8	2.4	0.6	1.2	1.2	0.0
January	10	0.8	2.4	3.2	0.9	0.9	1.1	0.5
February	8	0.7	3.5	4.3	1.3	2.0	2.0	0.0
March	1	0.0	1.3	1.3	2.6	0.0	1.3	1.3

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December 03, 2025

Men's Basketball Downed at Seton Hall Wednesday

Despite a double-double from James Jones and 20 points from Darin Smith, Jr. the Blue Devils could not overcome a Pirates team that made 11 three-pointers and took advantage of 15 turnovers.