AJ Ogilvy
February 2, 2021
Cody Ellis
- Nationality: AUS
- Date of Birth: 24/04/90
- Place of Birth: Subiaco (WA)
- Position: PF
- Height (CM): 202
- Weight (KG): 110
- Junior Assoc: WA - Perth
- College: Saint Louis (2009–2013)
- NBL DEBUT: 3/01/14
- AGE AT DEBUT: 23
- LAST NBL GAME: 18/02/18
- AGE AT LAST GAME: 27
- NBL History: Sydney 2014-15 | Illawarra 2016-18
- Championships: 0
- None
BIO: Cody Ellis was born in Subiaco (WA) and began playing basketball as a junior with the Perth basketball program. Ellis received a scholarship to attend the Australian Institute of Sport (Canberra) in 2008. He spent two years year there and played for the program’s state league team (2008, 2009).
FAMILY: Cody Ellis is the son of Mike Ellis who played 302 games in the NBL.
NBL EXPERIENCE
Cody Ellis made his NBL debut with the Sydney Kings at 23 years of age. He scored nine points in his first game.
After four years of college basketball for Saint Louis University, Ellis had a five-year stint in the NBL with the Sydney Kings and Illawarra Hawks.
Ellis was capable of playing either forward role
Cody Ellis played five seasons in the NBL, playing for both the Sydney Kings and the Illawarra Hawks. He averaged 5.8 points, 2.4 rebounds, and 0.9 assists in 124 NBL games.
NBL TOTAL STATISTICS
| SEASON | AGE | TEAM | TEAM RECORD | GP | MINS | PTS | REB | AST | OR | DR | STL | BLK | TO | PF | FGM | FGA | FG% | 3PM | 3PA | 3P% | FTM | FTA | FT% | TS% | EFG% | HS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-18 | 27 | Illawarra | 12-16 (5) | 20 | 315.1 | 134 | 27 | 22 | 6 | 21 | 17 | 8 | 12 | 26 | 41 | 96 | 43% | 25 | 59 | 42% | 27 | 29 | 93% | 61% | 56% | 14 |
| 2016-17 | 26 | Illawarra | 15-13 (4) | 31 | 414.6 | 142 | 51 | 32 | 10 | 41 | 11 | 9 | 20 | 37 | 49 | 130 | 38% | 18 | 57 | 32% | 26 | 30 | 87% | 49% | 45% | 12 |
| 2015-16 | 25 | Illawarra | 17-11 (3) | 29 | 524.3 | 175 | 75 | 31 | 22 | 53 | 21 | 14 | 20 | 50 | 55 | 148 | 37% | 25 | 70 | 36% | 40 | 50 | 80% | 51% | 46% | 18 |
| 2014-15 | 24 | Sydney | 9-19 (7) | 28 | 505.0 | 193 | 95 | 24 | 34 | 61 | 14 | 25 | 21 | 33 | 62 | 150 | 41% | 18 | 58 | 31% | 51 | 61 | 84% | 54% | 47% | |
| 2013-14 | 23 | Sydney | 12-16 (6) | 16 | 301.0 | 81 | 50 | 7 | 12 | 38 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 39 | 28 | 75 | 37% | 13 | 45 | 29% | 12 | 13 | 92% | 50% | 46% | Totals | 124 | 2060 | 725 | 298 | 116 | 84 | 214 | 67 | 61 | 83 | 185 | 235 | 599 | 39.2% | 99 | 289 | 34.3% | 156 | 183 | 85.2% | 53% | 47% | 18 |
NBL PER GAME STATISTICS
| SEASON | AGE | TEAM | TEAM RECORD | GP | MINS | PTS | REB | AST | OR | DR | STL | BLK | TO | PF | FGM | FGA | FG% | 3PM | 3PA | 3P% | FTM | FTA | FT% | TS% | EFG% | HS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-18 | 27 | Illawarra | 12-16 (5) | 20 | 15.8 | 6.7 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 2.1 | 4.8 | 43% | 1.3 | 3.0 | 42% | 1.4 | 1.5 | 93% | 61% | 56% | 14 |
| 2016-17 | 26 | Illawarra | 15-13 (4) | 31 | 13.4 | 4.6 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 4.2 | 38% | 0.6 | 1.8 | 32% | 0.8 | 1.0 | 87% | 49% | 45% | 12 |
| 2015-16 | 25 | Illawarra | 17-11 (3) | 29 | 18.1 | 6.0 | 2.6 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 1.8 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 5.1 | 37% | 0.9 | 2.4 | 36% | 1.4 | 1.7 | 80% | 51% | 46% | 18 |
| 2014-15 | 24 | Sydney | 9-19 (7) | 28 | 18.0 | 6.9 | 3.4 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 2.2 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 2.2 | 5.4 | 41% | 0.6 | 2.1 | 31% | 1.8 | 2.2 | 84% | 54% | 47% | |
| 2013-14 | 23 | Sydney | 12-16 (6) | 16 | 18.8 | 5.1 | 3.1 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 2.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 2.4 | 1.8 | 4.7 | 37% | 0.8 | 2.8 | 29% | 0.8 | 0.8 | 92% | 50% | 46% | Total | 124 | 16.6 | 5.8 | 2.4 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 4.8 | 39.2% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 34.3% | 0.8 | 2.3 | 85.2% | 53% | 47% | 18 |
CAREER HIGHS
| POINTS | REBOUNDS | ASSISTS | STEALS | BLOCKS | TURNOVERS | TRIPLE DOUBLES | 18 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
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STATE LEAGUE EXPERIENCE
- AIS 2008-09 | Stirling 2014-20, 2022
In 2008 and 2009, he attended the Australian Institute of Sport and played for the programs SEABL team.
FIBA EXPERIENCE
He was a member of the Under 19 Australian Emus team that finished fourth at the 2009 FIBA Under-19 World Championship.
COLLEGE
Ellis played college basketball at Saint Louis University from 2009–10 to 2012–13 after being recruited to SLU by former NBL talent Chris Harriman, who was also responsible for recruiting fellow Australian Christian Salecich and New Zealand's Rob Loe to the program, with the trio overlapping in the Billikens’ roster construction during that era.
Ellis arrived for the 2009–10 season under head coach Rick Majerus but missed the first 14 games before being cleared by the NCAA and joining the rotation in January 2010, and as a freshman he went on to play 22 games with 19 starts while averaging 10.5 points and 4.9 rebounds per game, adding 39 made three-pointers and earning Atlantic 10 All-Rookie Team honours.
In 2010–11, Ellis appeared in 21 games before a right shoulder dislocation against Xavier in February 2011 ended his season, and he finished the year with averages of 6.5 points and 3.7 rebounds per game as Saint Louis managed his availability on a game-to-game basis following the injury.
Ellis completed his first full season in 2011–12 as a key bench scorer, appearing in all 34 games and coming off the bench in all but one, and he averaged 10.1 points per game while leading Saint Louis with 69 made three-pointers, a figure noted by the program as tied for the eighth-most threes in a single season in school history at the time, alongside a 34-game stat line that included 342 points, 120 rebounds, 50 made threes, and a .381 three-point percentage (50-for-131).
As a senior in 2012–13, Ellis again played in every game (35) and remained a full-time reserve, was named the Atlantic 10 Sixth Man of the Year, and averaged 10.1 points and 3.5 rebounds per game while leading the Billikens with 62 made three-pointers and ranking seventh in the A-10 in free-throw percentage at .829, with notable single-game outputs that season including 19 points against Kansas, 21 points at Temple on 6-of-9 shooting with 4-of-6 from three, a career-high 22 points at Fordham with six threes, 18 points against Charlotte, and 12 points on 3-of-4 from deep in the NCAA Tournament win over New Mexico State as Saint Louis also captured the Atlantic 10 title with a championship-game victory over VCU in which Ellis hit a pair of key three-pointers.
Across four seasons at Saint Louis, Ellis finished as one of the school’s 1,000-point scorers with 1,062 career points, and his overall college totals listed across major statistical archives show 112 games and 24 starts with career averages of 9.5 points, 3.8 rebounds and 0.9 assists per game while shooting 36.7% from the field, 33.4% from three-point range, and 77.2% at the free-throw line, and he left SLU ranked sixth all-time in made three-pointers (194) and fourth in three-point attempts (580).
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