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1977-78 Men's Ohio Valley Conference Player Stats

1976-77 OVC 1978-79 OVC

Record: 105-105, .500 W-L% (19th of 24) (Records do not reflect forfeits and vacated games)

SRS: -4.46 (17th of 24)

SOS: -2.72 (17th of 24)

Regular Season Champion: Eastern Kentucky and Middle Tennessee

Player of the Year: Otis Howard

Coach of the Year: Sonny Smith

Conference Tournament Champion: Western Kentucky

NCAA Tournament: 1 teams (Western Kentucky)

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: None

Ranked in Final AP Poll: None

102 Players

102 Players Table
					Totals									Shooting				Per Game					Advanced
Rk	Player	Class	Pos	School	G	MP	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	FG%	2P%	3P%	FT%	PTS	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PER	WS	BPM
1	Greg Armstrong	JR	G	Middle Tennessee	23		39	80			82	73	88	.354			.667	3.8	1.7	3.5
2	Steve Ashby	SR	G	Western Kentucky	29	792	49	104				54	237	.463			.673	8.2	1.7	3.6
3	Lenny Barber		G	Murray State	8		2	3				7	10	.500			.800	1.3	0.3	0.4
4	Alfred Barney	JR	G	Austin Peay	26		53					48	98	.466			.732	3.8	2.0
5	Butch Blalock	SR	G	Tennessee Tech	26	868	89	72	17	3	49	60	337	.475			.574	13.0	3.4	2.8	0.7	0.1
6	Dave Bootcheck	SO	C	Eastern Kentucky	26		157	10			60	50	269	.462			.804	10.3	6.0	0.4
7	James Bowden	FR	G	Tennessee Tech	16	197	19	13	2	2	21	25	24	.250			.462	1.5	1.2	0.8	0.1	0.1
8	Julius Brown	SR	F	Middle Tennessee	25		59	21			39	48	198	.463			.706	7.9	2.4	0.8
9	Aaron Bryant	JR	C	Western Kentucky	30	884	252	25				107	377	.481			.677	12.6	8.4	0.8
10	Greg Burbach	SO	G	Western Kentucky	30	474	36	86				73	66	.448			.333	2.2	1.2	2.9
11	Marc Burnett	FR	G	Tennessee Tech	26	945	158	43	12	5	57	43	293	.469			.746	11.3	6.1	1.7	0.5	0.2
12	Gary Burns	FR	C	Austin Peay	8		2					1	2	.500				0.3	0.3
13	Sam Burrell	SR	G	Middle Tennessee	18		9	9			24	15	43	.500			.810	2.4	0.5	0.5
14	Casey Cebula	SO	F	Western Kentucky	12	161	25	12				15	36	.349			.667	3.0	2.1	1.0
15	Leroy Coleman	SO	G	Middle Tennessee	25		68	14			39	49	124	.505			.581	5.0	2.7	0.6
16	Tim Counts			East Tennessee State	21		13					10	7	.250			.200	0.3	0.6
17	Robert Culley			Middle Tennessee	15		7	9			14	6	11	.313			.333	0.7	0.5	0.6
18	Clint Dennison	SR	C	Middle Tennessee	20		31	2			10	14	25	.333			.375	1.3	1.6	0.1
19	Dale Dummitt	FR	G	Morehead State	17		9	12				18	62	.460			.571	3.6	0.5	0.7
20	Kenny Elliott	JR	G	Eastern Kentucky	26		58	112			87	68	374	.434			.813	14.4	2.2	4.3
					Totals									Shooting				Per Game					Advanced
Rk	Player	Class	Pos	School	G	MP	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	FG%	2P%	3P%	FT%	PTS	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PER	WS	BPM
21	Curtis Fitts	FR	G	Middle Tennessee	15		12	2			17	6	29	.481			.750	1.9	0.8	0.1
22	Phillip Franklin	SR		Tennessee Tech	6	22	7	0	0	0	4	5	4	.333				0.7	1.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
23	Dennis Godfrey	SR	G	Tennessee Tech	21	144	10	16	3	1	14	19	18	.308			.625	0.9	0.5	0.8	0.1	0.0
24	Gary Green	SR	C	Austin Peay	3		21					4	15	.375			.750	5.0	7.0
25	Atlee Hammaker	SO	G	East Tennessee State	27		21					31	131	.472			.659	4.9	0.8
26	Mark Harner	FR	F	Morehead State	2		1	0				2	0					0.0	0.5	0.0
27	Sterling Harris	JR		Austin Peay	7		4					8	20	.389			.857	2.9	0.6
28	Rick Heyder	SO	F	Tennessee Tech	22	100	19	2	1	0	16	18	29	.306			.500	1.3	0.9	0.1	0.0	0.0
29	Ken Hicks	FR	F	Morehead State	20		78	14				29	95	.467			.758	4.8	3.9	0.7
30	Jon Holder			Tennessee Tech	5	12	3	1	1	0	1	1	1	.000			.333	0.2	0.6	0.2	0.2	0.0
31	Mike Howard	JR	F	Austin Peay	12		4					2	10	.364			1.000	0.8	0.3
32	Otis Howard	SR	F	Austin Peay	27		286					70	570	.443			.671	21.1	10.6
33	Jimmy Howell	JR	G	Tennessee Tech	26	745	54	105	34	4	74	71	253	.441			.894	9.7	2.1	4.0	1.3	0.2
34	Bobo Jackson		G	Murray State	17		44	57				54	79	.434			.700	4.6	2.6	3.4
35	Glenn Jackson		G	Murray State	3		3	2				7	7	.222			1.000	2.3	1.0	0.7
36	Greg Jackson	JR	F	Western Kentucky	29	947	224	37				82	408	.520			.507	14.1	7.7	1.3
37	Norman Jackson	SR	G	Austin Peay	27		66					89	252	.482			.808	9.3	2.4
38	Danny Jarrett	SR	C	Murray State	24		132	15				69	136	.526			.432	5.7	5.5	0.6
39	David Jenkins	FR	F	Eastern Kentucky	9		21	3			5	14	35	.600			.714	3.9	2.3	0.3
40	B.J. Johnson	SR	G	East Tennessee State	27		110					84	356	.525			.800	13.2	4.1
					Totals									Shooting				Per Game					Advanced
Rk	Player	Class	Pos	School	G	MP	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	FG%	2P%	3P%	FT%	PTS	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PER	WS	BPM
41	James Johnson	SR	F	Western Kentucky	27	1034	261	52				82	499	.561			.660	18.5	9.7	1.9
42	Lovell Joiner	JR	F	Eastern Kentucky	25		241	111			86	83	434	.453			.635	17.4	9.6	4.4
43	Bruce Jones	FR	G	Eastern Kentucky	24		60	134			74	63	250	.497			.703	10.4	2.5	5.6
44	Tyrone Jones	SR	G	Eastern Kentucky	9		4	7			9	12	22	.529			.571	2.4	0.4	0.8
45	Greg Joyner	JR	F	Middle Tennessee	26		173	57			87	69	430	.560			.753	16.5	6.7	2.2
46	Pat Kannapel	FR	C	Tennessee Tech	26	431	89	6	10	2	21	71	168	.520			.655	6.5	3.4	0.2	0.4	0.1
47	Butch Kelley	SO	C	Morehead State	23		154	13				71	278	.516			.690	12.1	6.7	0.6
48	Robert Kelly			Murray State	22		39	9				39	74	.371			.667	3.4	1.8	0.4
49	John Latka	FR	G	Tennessee Tech	15	107	16	14	2	0	16	16	42	.383			.462	2.8	1.1	0.9	0.1	0.0
50	Tom Leffler	JR	G	Murray State	13		13	1				6	20	.471			1.000	1.5	1.0	0.1
51	Brad LeMaster	JR	G	Morehead State	23		90	42				70	266	.486			.785	11.6	3.9	1.8
52	Ollie Lindsay	JR	F	Morehead State	9		19	4				19	38	.318			.667	4.2	2.1	0.4
53	Mike List	FR	G	Eastern Kentucky	6		5	4			6	5	13	.667			.333	2.2	0.8	0.7
54	David Lowry		G	Murray State	25		18	41				27	59	.412			.810	2.4	0.7	1.6
55	Bob Martin	SR	C	Middle Tennessee	26		202	19			52	79	317	.573			.740	12.2	7.8	0.7
56	Clarence Mason	SR	G	Austin Peay	27		55					52	143	.438			.806	5.3	2.0
57	Phil Mayo	SR	C	Austin Peay	27		215					94	278	.563			.620	10.3	8.0
58	John McNish	FR	C	Tennessee Tech	22	167	34	4	3	0	18	28	24	.214			.429	1.1	1.5	0.2	0.1	0.0
59	Vic Merchant	JR	F	Eastern Kentucky	19		120	36			35	47	171	.518			.658	9.0	6.3	1.9
60	_ Moore			East Tennessee State	1		0					0	0				.000	0.0	0.0
					Totals									Shooting				Per Game					Advanced
Rk	Player	Class	Pos	School	G	MP	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	FG%	2P%	3P%	FT%	PTS	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PER	WS	BPM
61	Mike Muff	SO	F	Murray State	25		234	68				66	589	.489			.812	23.6	9.4	2.7
62	Mike Oliver	SR	F	Eastern Kentucky	26		207	48			52	47	269	.453			.731	10.3	8.0	1.8
63	Dennis Pagan	JR	G	Austin Peay	27		59					62	277	.468			.722	10.3	2.2
64	Joe Perry	SO	F	East Tennessee State	18		91					50	136	.472			.857	7.6	5.1
65	Scott Place	SO	F	East Tennessee State	27		252					37	341	.480			.702	12.6	9.3
66	Terry Poindexter	SO	G	East Tennessee State	11		5					13	21	.667			.692	1.9	0.5
67	Bobby Porter	SR	C	Tennessee Tech	26	768	207	15	19	34	71	92	410	.527			.752	15.8	8.0	0.6	0.7	1.3
68	Coy Prater	FR	G	Morehead State	18		13	14				15	35	.500			.429	1.9	0.7	0.8
69	Mike Prince	SO	F	Western Kentucky	30	750	125	58				47	304	.482			.674	10.1	4.2	1.9
70	John Rahn	FR	C	Western Kentucky	17	118	31	2				14	46	.513			.462	2.7	1.8	0.1
71	John Randall	JR	F	Murray State	12		82	17				37	96	.417			.526	8.0	6.8	1.4
72	Norris Randall	SR	F	Austin Peay	27		158					43	282	.496			.710	10.4	5.9
73	Mike Reese	FR	G	Western Kentucky	26	325	30	19				44	112	.407			.571	4.3	1.2	0.7
74	Derek Render		G	Middle Tennessee	2		0	0			2	1	4	.500				2.0	0.0	0.0
75	Jimmy Riley	JR	F	Middle Tennessee	19		39	7			17	26	88	.564			.684	4.6	2.1	0.4
76	M. Robinson			East Tennessee State	1		0					0	0					0.0	0.0
77	Frank Ross	SR	G	Austin Peay	18		17					16	36	.432			.800	2.0	0.9
78	Mike Roundtree			Austin Peay	3		1					1	0	.000				0.0	0.3
79	John Sauer	JR	C	Middle Tennessee	10		20	2			5	10	17	.444			.143	1.7	2.0	0.2
80	Vincent Scott		F	East Tennessee State	13		12					14	10	.412			.400	0.8	0.9
					Totals									Shooting				Per Game					Advanced
Rk	Player	Class	Pos	School	G	MP	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	FG%	2P%	3P%	FT%	PTS	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PER	WS	BPM
81	Houston Scruggs	SO	F	East Tennessee State	4		4					2	4	.667			.000	1.0	1.0
82	Raymond Sims			Murray State	4		0	2				2	0	.000				0.0	0.0	0.5
83	D. C. Smith	JR	F	East Tennessee State	26		133					88	275	.504			.672	10.6	5.1
84	James Smith	SO	F	East Tennessee State	27		176					58	418	.472			.586	15.5	6.5
85	John Solomon	FR	G	Morehead State	22		39	42				55	110	.480			.593	5.0	1.8	1.9
86	Herbie Stamper	JR	G	Morehead State	23		86	45				62	565	.488			.890	24.6	3.7	2.0
87	Joe Stamper	SO	F	Morehead State	18		37	14				22	22	.280			.667	1.2	2.1	0.8
88	Claude Sleepy Taylor	SR	G	Middle Tennessee	26		125	42			59	74	469	.519			.806	18.0	4.8	1.6
89	Charles Thaxton	FR	F	East Tennessee State	16		22					12	30	.423			.533	1.9	1.4
90	Johnny Thirdkill	JR		Murray State	25		148	17				65	229	.422			.561	9.2	5.9	0.7
91	Don Thomas	FR	G	Western Kentucky	9	22	6	4				0	4	.500			.667	0.4	0.7	0.4
92	Tim Thomas	FR	F	Austin Peay	15		6					6	16	.267			.800	1.1	0.4
93	Dave Tierney	SO	G	Eastern Kentucky	25		47	21			20	49	113	.545			.739	4.5	1.9	0.8
94	Brian Troupe	JR	F	Tennessee Tech	23	694	165	29	26	19	66	67	199	.394			.586	8.7	7.2	1.3	1.1	0.8
95	Darryl Turner	JR	G	Western Kentucky	21	767	103	95				74	345	.435			.556	16.4	4.9	4.5
96	George Underwood	FR	C	East Tennessee State	24		42					23	71	.286			.639	3.0	1.8
97	Luke Veney		F	East Tennessee State	14		15					7	10	.333			.000	0.7	1.1
98	Jimmy Warren	SR	G	Murray State	25		51	41				60	366	.500			.640	14.6	2.0	1.6
99	Cat Watson	JR	G	East Tennessee State	26		63					77	225	.465			.661	8.7	2.4
100	Donell Wilson	SR	C	Murray State	21		131	14				45	152	.380			.718	7.2	6.2	0.7
					Totals									Shooting				Per Game					Advanced
Rk	Player	Class	Pos	School	G	MP	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	FG%	2P%	3P%	FT%	PTS	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PER	WS	BPM
101	Jeff Wolf	SO	C	Eastern Kentucky	5		4	0			1	2	6	.600				1.2	0.8	0.0
102	Don Zeiler			East Tennessee State	3		2					3	2	.000			1.000	0.7	0.7

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