2025-26 Men's Basketball Roster
Mullen, Nick
Jersey Number 21
Nick Mullen
- Position:
- F
- Class:
- Senior
- Height:
- 6-10
- Weight:
- 230
- Hometown:
- Chesterton, Ind.
- High School:
- Chesterton H.S.
- Previous School:
- IU-South Bend
Bio
Enrolled at Central Michigan in June 2025 … Transfers to Central Michigan after playing three years at IU-South Bend (2022-25).
CAREER
In three-year, 69-game, 58-start career at IU-South Bend, scored 581 points (8.4 ppg.), grabbed 408 rebounds (5.9 rpg.), blocked 115 shots, shot 56.1 percent (216-385) from the floor, 37.4 percent (55-147) from 3-point range, and 76.4 percent (94-123) from the free throw line … Played for head coach Scott Cooper.
2024-25 AT IU-SOUTH BEND
As a junior forward, started all 28 games for IU-South Bend … Named the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the Year … First Team All-CCAC selection … Averaged 13.9 points per game while leading the CCAC both in field goal percentage (.641) and blocked shots (68) … Ranked No. 4 nationally in blocked shots … Ranked third in the league in rebounds per game (8.3) and sixth in 3-point field goal percentage (.434) … Converted 152-237 field goals, 36-83 3-point field goals, and 76.8 percent (63-82) of his free throws … Averaged 2.3 blocked shots per game … Led IU-South Bend in conference games in scoring (14.3 ppg.), rebounds (8.3 rpg.), field goals made (107), and blocks (48) in 20 games … Registered 10 double-doubles … Reached double figure scoring in 24 games and double figure rebounding in 10 games … Scored 20 or more points six times … Led IU-South Bend to a 17-12 overall record and 14-6 league record … Scored 20 points (7-11 FG), hit 3-6 3-pointers and grabbed in eight rebounds in season finale vs. Olivet Nazarene (2/25) … Notched double-double of 15 points and 14 rebounds at Judson (2/22) … Finished with a season-high 29 points (9-12 FG), hit 3-5 3-pointers and 8-8 free throws with eight rebounds and three blocks vs. Saint Xavier (Ill.) (2/13) … Scored 20 points (9-10 FG) and grabbed eight rebounds vs. Calumet (2/5) … Notched double-double of 11 points and 10 rebounds at St. Francis (1/29) … Scored 23 points (9-17 FG), hit 5-11 3-pointers, and grabbed 10 rebounds at Holy Cross (1/22) … Scored 18 points (7-9 FG), hit 4-6 3-pointers with five rebounds vs. Judson (1/15) … Registered double-double with 11 points and 12 rebounds vs. St. Ambrose (1/11) … Scored 25 points (8-10 FG), converted 8-9 free throws with seven rebounds at Calumet (1/4) … Had three straight double-doubles including a 16-point, 13-rebound effort vs. St. Francis (Ill.) (12/13), a 10-point, 15-rebound effort vs. Governors State (12/10), and a 15-point, 10-rebound game at Trinity Christian (12/7) … Scored 28 points (9-12 FG) and grabbed 15 rebounds with three blocks at Lawrence Tech (10/29) … Blocked a season-high six shots and registered double-double of 13 points and 16 rebounds in season opener vs. Grace Christian (10/25).
2023-24 AT IU-SOUTH BEND
As a sophomore forward, played in 31 games with 29 starts … Averaged 5.4 points, 5.3 rebounds and blocked a team-high 47 shots … Shot 42.8 percent (59-138) from the floor, 77.5 percent (31-40) from the free throw line, and hit 19-61 3-pointers … Reached double figure scoring in two games and double-figure rebounding in three games … Scored 13 points (6-8 FG) vs. Judson (2/24) … Grabbed 10 rebounds at Saint Xavier (2/14) … Scored eight points with six rebounds at St. Francis (1/31) … Scored a season-high 15 points (6-11 FG), hit 3-6 3-pointers, and grabbed six rebounds at Indiana Northwest (1/20) … Scored nine points with 10 rebounds at St. Ambrose (1/14) … Finished with nine points (4-5 FG) with seven rebounds at Governors State (12/16) … Blocked a career-high and school-record seven shots, scored eight points with six rebounds vs. Trinity Christian (12/6) … Tied a school-record with six blocks vs. Waldort (12/1) … Scored nine points (4-6 FG) at St. Francis (11/4).
2022-23 AT IU-SOUTH BEND
As a freshman forward, played in nine games and 32 minutes … Averaged 1.1 points and 0.3 rebounds with three blocked shots on the year.
HIGH SCHOOL
A 2019 graduate of Chesterton High School in Chesterton, Ind., where he played four years of varsity basketball for head coach Marc Urban … Played both basketball and volleyball in high school … Scored three points per game as a senior … Coach Marc Urban kept him on as a volunteer assistant coach the year after he graduated and he helped lead Chesterton to a 23-3 record and a berth in the Class 4 state championship game … Weighed 155 pounds in high school.
PERSONAL
Born Nick Mullen … Son of Daniel Mullen … Has two brothers Jack and Chris … Nicknamed the “Titan of Swat” … Took three years off from competition and his education … Served as an assistant coach at Chesterton High School and helped lead his alma mater to a 29-1 record … Offered a scholarship at IU-South Bend after Marc Urban approached IUSB coach Scott Cooper … Worked part-time at the Chesterton Boys and Girls Club and part-time student at Ivy Tech.
ARTICLES
https://www.onwardtrojans.com/24-25-stories/nickmullen050825
Nick Mullen, the Titan of Swat - Chesterton Tribune
Better late than ever for Nick Mullen - Chesterton Tribune
Season of huge improvement for Nick Mullen - Chesterton Tribune
CAREER
In three-year, 69-game, 58-start career at IU-South Bend, scored 581 points (8.4 ppg.), grabbed 408 rebounds (5.9 rpg.), blocked 115 shots, shot 56.1 percent (216-385) from the floor, 37.4 percent (55-147) from 3-point range, and 76.4 percent (94-123) from the free throw line … Played for head coach Scott Cooper.
2024-25 AT IU-SOUTH BEND
As a junior forward, started all 28 games for IU-South Bend … Named the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the Year … First Team All-CCAC selection … Averaged 13.9 points per game while leading the CCAC both in field goal percentage (.641) and blocked shots (68) … Ranked No. 4 nationally in blocked shots … Ranked third in the league in rebounds per game (8.3) and sixth in 3-point field goal percentage (.434) … Converted 152-237 field goals, 36-83 3-point field goals, and 76.8 percent (63-82) of his free throws … Averaged 2.3 blocked shots per game … Led IU-South Bend in conference games in scoring (14.3 ppg.), rebounds (8.3 rpg.), field goals made (107), and blocks (48) in 20 games … Registered 10 double-doubles … Reached double figure scoring in 24 games and double figure rebounding in 10 games … Scored 20 or more points six times … Led IU-South Bend to a 17-12 overall record and 14-6 league record … Scored 20 points (7-11 FG), hit 3-6 3-pointers and grabbed in eight rebounds in season finale vs. Olivet Nazarene (2/25) … Notched double-double of 15 points and 14 rebounds at Judson (2/22) … Finished with a season-high 29 points (9-12 FG), hit 3-5 3-pointers and 8-8 free throws with eight rebounds and three blocks vs. Saint Xavier (Ill.) (2/13) … Scored 20 points (9-10 FG) and grabbed eight rebounds vs. Calumet (2/5) … Notched double-double of 11 points and 10 rebounds at St. Francis (1/29) … Scored 23 points (9-17 FG), hit 5-11 3-pointers, and grabbed 10 rebounds at Holy Cross (1/22) … Scored 18 points (7-9 FG), hit 4-6 3-pointers with five rebounds vs. Judson (1/15) … Registered double-double with 11 points and 12 rebounds vs. St. Ambrose (1/11) … Scored 25 points (8-10 FG), converted 8-9 free throws with seven rebounds at Calumet (1/4) … Had three straight double-doubles including a 16-point, 13-rebound effort vs. St. Francis (Ill.) (12/13), a 10-point, 15-rebound effort vs. Governors State (12/10), and a 15-point, 10-rebound game at Trinity Christian (12/7) … Scored 28 points (9-12 FG) and grabbed 15 rebounds with three blocks at Lawrence Tech (10/29) … Blocked a season-high six shots and registered double-double of 13 points and 16 rebounds in season opener vs. Grace Christian (10/25).
2023-24 AT IU-SOUTH BEND
As a sophomore forward, played in 31 games with 29 starts … Averaged 5.4 points, 5.3 rebounds and blocked a team-high 47 shots … Shot 42.8 percent (59-138) from the floor, 77.5 percent (31-40) from the free throw line, and hit 19-61 3-pointers … Reached double figure scoring in two games and double-figure rebounding in three games … Scored 13 points (6-8 FG) vs. Judson (2/24) … Grabbed 10 rebounds at Saint Xavier (2/14) … Scored eight points with six rebounds at St. Francis (1/31) … Scored a season-high 15 points (6-11 FG), hit 3-6 3-pointers, and grabbed six rebounds at Indiana Northwest (1/20) … Scored nine points with 10 rebounds at St. Ambrose (1/14) … Finished with nine points (4-5 FG) with seven rebounds at Governors State (12/16) … Blocked a career-high and school-record seven shots, scored eight points with six rebounds vs. Trinity Christian (12/6) … Tied a school-record with six blocks vs. Waldort (12/1) … Scored nine points (4-6 FG) at St. Francis (11/4).
2022-23 AT IU-SOUTH BEND
As a freshman forward, played in nine games and 32 minutes … Averaged 1.1 points and 0.3 rebounds with three blocked shots on the year.
HIGH SCHOOL
A 2019 graduate of Chesterton High School in Chesterton, Ind., where he played four years of varsity basketball for head coach Marc Urban … Played both basketball and volleyball in high school … Scored three points per game as a senior … Coach Marc Urban kept him on as a volunteer assistant coach the year after he graduated and he helped lead Chesterton to a 23-3 record and a berth in the Class 4 state championship game … Weighed 155 pounds in high school.
PERSONAL
Born Nick Mullen … Son of Daniel Mullen … Has two brothers Jack and Chris … Nicknamed the “Titan of Swat” … Took three years off from competition and his education … Served as an assistant coach at Chesterton High School and helped lead his alma mater to a 29-1 record … Offered a scholarship at IU-South Bend after Marc Urban approached IUSB coach Scott Cooper … Worked part-time at the Chesterton Boys and Girls Club and part-time student at Ivy Tech.
ARTICLES
https://www.onwardtrojans.com/24-25-stories/nickmullen050825
Nick Mullen, the Titan of Swat - Chesterton Tribune
Better late than ever for Nick Mullen - Chesterton Tribune
Season of huge improvement for Nick Mullen - Chesterton Tribune
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