College Basketball · 2026-27 · Preseason
Mikah Ballew
Cal State Northridge · Guard · Junior · 6-5 · #2
Transfer from Portland
- #1650 guard in the country
- #1451 in the transfer portal
- #2119 mid-major player
Projected role · 2026-27
Projected starter (about 19 minutes a game) at Cal State Northridge: a role like the one he had at Portland (23.6 min).
- Projected minutes
- 19
- Spot in the rotation
- #3
From the Statboy preseason model. It updates once games start.
▸What is impact?
Impact is how many points per game a player adds to his team. 0 is an average player, so a plus number means he's better than average and a minus number means he's below. It's Statboy's own number, based on everything he does on the court and the level he played against.
Last season: the basics
2025-26 at Portland: 31 games, 15 starts, 23.6 minutes a game.
MM # = his rank among the 841 mid-major guardson this season's rosters (300+ minutes last season).
- Points per game8.748thMM #375
- Rebounds per game1.922ndMM #609
- Assists per game0.919thMM #637
- Steals per game0.629thMM #532
- Blocks per game0.138thMM #372
- Turnovers per game1.346thMM #453
- Field goal %34.7%(78-225)8thMM #758
- 3-point %33.6%(50-149)49thMM #392
- Free throw %81.3%(65-80)71stMM #212
Last season: advanced
Percentiles compare him with every Division I guard who played 300+ minutes.
MM # = his rank among the 841 mid-major guardson this season's rosters (300+ minutes last season).
- Usage rate20.4%style
Share of his team's possessions he ends (shot, free throws or turnover) while on the floor
- Offensive rating101.221stMM #630
Points he produces per 100 possessions he uses
- Defensive rating115.915thMM #709
Points allowed per 100 possessions while he's on the floor (lower is better)
- True shooting %52.1%32ndMM #522
Scoring efficiency counting 3s and free throws
- Effective FG %45.8%21stMM #635
Field goal % with 3s worth 1.5 times a 2
- Assist-to-turnover0.748thMM #753
Assists for every turnover
- Offensive rebound %13.8%18thMM #696
Share of his team's missed shots he rebounds while on the floor
- Free-throw rate35.6%65thMM #294
Free throws attempted per 100 field goal attempts
- Win shares per 40.04414thMM #701
Wins he created per 40 minutes played
Players like Mikah Ballew
The closest matches among every guard in the country: all of last season's stats compared on the same scale, plus projected impact.
Returning
-0.28 impact · 8.5 pts · 1.8 reb · 1.2 ast
CompareTransfer from Rutgers
-0.32 impact · 6.5 pts · 1.6 reb · 0.6 ast
CompareTransfer from Georgia Southern
-0.31 impact · 7.4 pts · 1.7 reb · 0.9 ast
CompareTransfer from Army
-0.37 impact · 8.9 pts · 3.3 reb · 1.3 ast
CompareTransfer from Old Dominion
-0.38 impact · 9.6 pts · 2.5 reb · 1.4 ast
CompareTransfer from East Carolina
-0.29 impact · 7.1 pts · 2.2 reb · 0.8 ast
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Cal State Northridge teammates
Josiah Davis#634 · G · Returning- Emmanuel Stephen#1066 · C · Transfer from UNLV
- Brooklyn Hicks#1278 · G · Transfer from Montana
- Lamine Niang#1460 · C · Transfer from UT Martin
- Jael Martin#1682 · F · Transfer from Loyola Marymount
- Keziah Ekissi#2233 · G · Transfer from Oregon State
- Greg Gazarian#2936 · G · Returning
- Caleb Smith#3078 · G · Transfer from Rider
Impact = how many points per game he adds to his team when he plays. 0 is an average player (Statboy's own number).