1997-98 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers Men's Roster and Stats

Recent Game Results

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1. Nov 18 @ Kansas, Western Kentucky (0-1) Loss vs. Kansas, 62-75
2. Nov 29 @ Mississippi Valley State, Western Kentucky (1-1) Win vs. Mississippi Valley State, 81-76

3. Dec 3, Western Kentucky (2-1) Win vs. Butler, 59-49
4. Dec 6, Western Kentucky (2-2) Loss vs. Xavier, 60-93
5. Dec 8 @ Duquesne, Western Kentucky (2-3) Loss vs. Duquesne, 64-74
6. Dec 18, Western Kentucky (3-3) Win vs. Mississippi Valley State, 75-66
7. Dec 21, Western Kentucky (3-4) Loss vs. Murray State, 75-86
8. Dec 27 @ Lamar, Western Kentucky (3-5) Loss vs. Lamar, 57-58
9. Dec 30, Western Kentucky (3-6) Loss vs. Clemson, 52-71

10. Jan 3, Western Kentucky (3-7) Loss vs. Louisiana, 61-66
11. Jan 5, Western Kentucky (4-7) Win vs. Louisiana Tech, 69-67
12. Jan 8 @ New Orleans, Western Kentucky (5-7) Win vs. New Orleans, 70-61
13. Jan 10 @ South Alabama, Western Kentucky (5-8) Loss vs. South Alabama, 48-68
14. Jan 15 @ Arkansas State, Western Kentucky (5-9) Loss vs. Arkansas State, 67-76
15. Jan 18, Western Kentucky (5-10) Loss vs. Little Rock, 76-77
16. Jan 22, Western Kentucky (5-11) Loss vs. Jacksonville, 70-75
17. Jan 24, Western Kentucky (5-12) Loss vs. Arkansas State, 49-71
18. Jan 26 @ UT-Martin, Western Kentucky (5-13) Loss vs. Tennessee-Martin, 67-70
19. Jan 29 @ Louisiana Tech, Western Kentucky (6-13) Win vs. Louisiana Tech, 49-46
20. Jan 31, Western Kentucky (7-13) Win vs. New Orleans, 75-55

21. Feb 5 @ Texas-Rio Grande Valley, Western Kentucky (7-14) Loss vs. Texas-Rio Grande Valley, 87-88
22. Feb 7 @ Louisiana, Western Kentucky (7-15) Loss vs. Louisiana, 76-91
23. Feb 12 @ Jacksonville, Western Kentucky (7-16) Loss vs. Jacksonville, 64-67
24. Feb 15, Western Kentucky (8-16) Win vs. Texas-Rio Grande Valley, 88-85
25. Feb 19 @ Little Rock, Western Kentucky (8-17) Loss vs. Little Rock, 61-70
26. Feb 21, Western Kentucky (8-18) Loss vs. South Alabama, 50-55
27. Feb 23, Western Kentucky (9-18) Win vs. Lamar, 71-53
28. Feb 27 (Neutral), Western Kentucky (10-18) Win vs. Jacksonville, 75-70
29. Feb 28 (Neutral), Western Kentucky (10-19) Loss vs. South Alabama, 47-61

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Steven Bides	SR	F	6-4	14.1 Pts, 6.2 Reb, 1.6 Ast
Joe Harney	JR	G	6-4	9.1 Pts, 2.9 Reb, 1.6 Ast
Ravon Farris	JR	C	6-8	10.6 Pts, 6.9 Reb, 1.6 Ast
Nashon McPherson	FR	G	6-5	6.5 Pts, 1.6 Reb, 1.2 Ast
Maurice Strong	SO	C	6-8	6.2 Pts, 2.5 Reb, 0.3 Ast
Melvin Adams	JR	F	6-6	5.0 Pts, 2.9 Reb, 0.5 Ast
Greg Springfield	SO	C	6-9	4.4 Pts, 5.2 Reb, 0.4 Ast
Rashon Brown	FR	G	6-0	5.2 Pts, 1.5 Reb, 3.3 Ast
Lee Lampley	SO	F	6-6	3.6 Pts, 2.4 Reb, 0.8 Ast
Monty Latimer	JR	G	6-1	10.2 Pts, 3.7 Reb, 3.2 Ast
Vince Edwards	JR	G	6-1	2.3 Pts, 1.3 Reb, 1.4 Ast
Kyle Chapman	JR	G	6-5	3.0 Pts, 0.7 Reb, 0.7 Ast
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	JR	F	6-5	1.8 Pts, 1.4 Reb, 0.1 Ast
Derrick Clubb	FR			0.8 Pts, 0.0 Reb, 0.3 Ast

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats

Season

Conference

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	29	40.5	24.0	56.1	.428	18.8	40.3	.465	5.2	15.8	.333	12.4	19.5	.638	12.7	21.8	34.4	12.4	8.2	3.9	19.4	21.6	65.7
Rank			207th	190th	197th	174th	154th	202nd	212th	195th	199th	263rd	245th	257th	175th	253rd	241st	242nd	97th	70th	14th	34th	247th
Opponent	29	40.5	23.5	53.3	.441	18.8	39.2	.478	4.8	14.1	.338	17.9	27.9	.640	13.0	23.2	36.1	12.3	8.4	2.5	18.3	21.9	69.7
Rank			78th	42nd	186th	147th	128th	171st	24th	14th	126th	282nd	295th	22nd	173rd	158th	171st	65th	245th	45th	266th	292nd	142nd

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	PTS
Team	18	66.0
Rank		8th
Opponent	18	68.3
Rank		5th

Total Team and Opponent Stats

Season

Conference

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	29	5875	696	1626	.428	544	1169	.465	152	457	.333	361	566	.638	367	632	999	359	239	114	562	627	1905
Rank			169th	163rd	197th	157th	137th	202nd	201st	199th	199th	244th	221st	257th	164th	206th	183rd	218th	100th	76th	292nd	250th	203rd
Opponent	29	5875	682	1545	.441	544	1137	.478	138	408	.338	518	810	.640	376	672	1048	358	245	73	532	635	2020
Rank			100th	83rd	186th	142nd	141st	171st	29th	30th	126th	275th	297th	22nd	177th	160th	172nd	75th	240th	43rd	248th	256th	150th

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	PTS
Team	18	1188
Rank		8th
Opponent	18	1229
Rank		5th

Per Game

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Steven Bides	29	28	31.5	5.4	13.0	.418	3.8	8.3	.450	1.7	4.6	.358	1.6	2.2	.708	6.2	1.6	1.2	0.8	2.6	3.0	14.1
2	Ravon Farris	20	17	29.2	4.3	8.4	.509	4.3	8.4	.509	0.0	0.0		2.1	3.4	.627	6.9	1.6	0.8	0.6	2.3	2.5	10.6
3	Monty Latimer	9	8	28.7	3.0	8.1	.370	1.1	3.7	.303	1.9	4.4	.425	2.3	3.1	.750	3.7	3.2	1.4	0.1	3.7	1.9	10.2
4	Joe Harney	25	17	26.8	3.3	8.0	.415	1.8	3.9	.469	1.5	4.1	.363	1.0	1.4	.735	2.9	1.6	1.3	0.2	1.9	2.4	9.1
5	Nashon McPherson	26	10	17.4	2.2	5.2	.426	1.6	3.0	.519	0.7	2.2	.298	1.4	2.0	.692	1.6	1.2	1.2	0.4	2.2	2.1	6.5
6	Maurice Strong	27	3	13.9	2.6	4.7	.559	2.6	4.7	.559	0.0	0.0		1.0	1.9	.510	2.5	0.3	0.2	0.2	1.1	2.6	6.2
7	Rashon Brown	21	9	20.7	1.5	4.1	.360	1.2	2.5	.472	0.3	1.6	.182	2.0	2.9	.689	1.5	3.3	1.2	0.0	2.6	1.6	5.2
8	Melvin Adams	29	8	16.4	1.8	4.6	.386	1.6	3.8	.423	0.1	0.7	.190	1.3	2.1	.650	2.9	0.5	0.9	0.3	1.9	2.3	5.0
9	Greg Springfield	29	25	19.3	1.8	3.8	.459	1.8	3.8	.459	0.0	0.0		0.9	1.8	.509	5.2	0.4	0.8	1.4	1.3	2.8	4.4
10	Lee Lampley	28	5	14.1	1.1	3.0	.381	0.9	2.1	.407	0.3	0.9	.320	1.1	2.1	.500	2.4	0.8	0.5	0.2	1.6	1.9	3.6
11	Kyle Chapman	19	3	10.7	0.8	2.4	.333	0.1	0.4	.250	0.7	1.9	.351	0.7	0.9	.778	0.7	0.7	0.3	0.1	0.5	0.5	3.0
12	Vince Edwards	29	12	16.7	1.0	2.5	.403	1.0	2.3	.433	0.0	0.2	.000	0.3	0.8	.455	1.3	1.4	0.4	0.1	1.8	1.3	2.3
13	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	8	0	6.0	0.8	2.0	.375	0.5	1.6	.308	0.3	0.4	.667	0.0	0.1	.000	1.4	0.1	0.3	0.0	0.4	0.5	1.8
14	Derrick Clubb	4	0	5.0	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0		0.8	1.0	.750	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.8

Totals

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Steven Bides	29	28	914	157	376	.418	109	242	.450	48	134	.358	46	65	.708			181	47	36	23	76	86	408
2	Joe Harney	25	17	671	83	200	.415	46	98	.469	37	102	.363	25	34	.735			73	39	32	5	48	60	228
3	Ravon Farris	20	17	584	85	167	.509	85	167	.509	0	0		42	67	.627			138	31	16	11	46	49	212
4	Nashon McPherson	26	10	452	58	136	.426	41	79	.519	17	57	.298	36	52	.692			41	30	30	10	57	54	169
5	Maurice Strong	27	3	376	71	127	.559	71	127	.559	0	0		26	51	.510			67	7	6	5	30	70	168
6	Melvin Adams	29	8	476	51	132	.386	47	111	.423	4	21	.190	39	60	.650			84	15	25	8	56	67	145
7	Greg Springfield	29	25	560	51	111	.459	51	111	.459	0	0		27	53	.509			152	12	22	40	39	81	129
8	Rashon Brown	21	9	435	31	86	.360	25	53	.472	6	33	.182	42	61	.689			31	69	25	1	55	34	110
9	Lee Lampley	28	5	394	32	84	.381	24	59	.407	8	25	.320	30	60	.500			66	22	14	5	44	53	102
10	Monty Latimer	9	8	258	27	73	.370	10	33	.303	17	40	.425	21	28	.750			33	29	13	1	33	17	92
11	Vince Edwards	29	12	483	29	72	.403	29	67	.433	0	5	.000	10	22	.455			37	42	11	3	51	39	68
12	Kyle Chapman	19	3	204	15	45	.333	2	8	.250	13	37	.351	14	18	.778			13	14	6	2	9	9	57
13	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	8	0	48	6	16	.375	4	13	.308	2	3	.667	0	1	.000			11	1	2	0	3	4	14
14	Derrick Clubb	4	0	20	0	2	.000	0	2	.000	0	0		3	4	.750			0	1	1	0	4	4	3
	School Totals	29		5875	696	1626	.428	544	1169	.465	152	457	.333	361	566	.638	367	632	999	359	239	114	562	627	1905

Per 40 Minutes

Per 40 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Steven Bides	29	28	914	6.9	16.5	.418	4.8	10.6	.450	2.1	5.9	.358	2.0	2.8	.708	7.9	2.1	1.6	1.0	3.3	3.8	17.9
2	Maurice Strong	27	3	376	7.6	13.5	.559	7.6	13.5	.559	0.0	0.0		2.8	5.4	.510	7.1	0.7	0.6	0.5	3.2	7.4	17.9
3	Nashon McPherson	26	10	452	5.1	12.0	.426	3.6	7.0	.519	1.5	5.0	.298	3.2	4.6	.692	3.6	2.7	2.7	0.9	5.0	4.8	15.0
4	Ravon Farris	20	17	584	5.8	11.4	.509	5.8	11.4	.509	0.0	0.0		2.9	4.6	.627	9.5	2.1	1.1	0.8	3.2	3.4	14.5
5	Monty Latimer	9	8	258	4.2	11.3	.370	1.6	5.1	.303	2.6	6.2	.425	3.3	4.3	.750	5.1	4.5	2.0	0.2	5.1	2.6	14.3
6	Joe Harney	25	17	671	4.9	11.9	.415	2.7	5.8	.469	2.2	6.1	.363	1.5	2.0	.735	4.4	2.3	1.9	0.3	2.9	3.6	13.6
7	Melvin Adams	29	8	476	4.3	11.1	.386	3.9	9.3	.423	0.3	1.8	.190	3.3	5.0	.650	7.1	1.3	2.1	0.7	4.7	5.6	12.2
8	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	8	0	48	5.0	13.3	.375	3.3	10.8	.308	1.7	2.5	.667	0.0	0.8	.000	9.2	0.8	1.7	0.0	2.5	3.3	11.7
9	Kyle Chapman	19	3	204	2.9	8.8	.333	0.4	1.6	.250	2.5	7.3	.351	2.7	3.5	.778	2.5	2.7	1.2	0.4	1.8	1.8	11.2
10	Lee Lampley	28	5	394	3.2	8.5	.381	2.4	6.0	.407	0.8	2.5	.320	3.0	6.1	.500	6.7	2.2	1.4	0.5	4.5	5.4	10.4
11	Rashon Brown	21	9	435	2.9	7.9	.360	2.3	4.9	.472	0.6	3.0	.182	3.9	5.6	.689	2.9	6.3	2.3	0.1	5.1	3.1	10.1
12	Greg Springfield	29	25	560	3.6	7.9	.459	3.6	7.9	.459	0.0	0.0		1.9	3.8	.509	10.9	0.9	1.6	2.9	2.8	5.8	9.2
13	Derrick Clubb	4	0	20	0.0	4.0	.000	0.0	4.0	.000	0.0	0.0		6.0	8.0	.750	0.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	8.0	8.0	6.0
14	Vince Edwards	29	12	483	2.4	6.0	.403	2.4	5.5	.433	0.0	0.4	.000	0.8	1.8	.455	3.1	3.5	0.9	0.2	4.2	3.2	5.6

Advanced

Advanced Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	MP	TS%	eFG%	3PAr	FTr	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/40
1	Steven Bides	29	28	914	.501	.481	.356	.173	1.0	1.1	2.1	.093
2	Joe Harney	25	17	671	.527	.508	.510	.170	1.2	0.6	1.7	.104
3	Ravon Farris	20	17	584	.533	.509	.000	.401	0.9	0.7	1.6	.106
4	Greg Springfield	29	25	560	.474	.459	.000	.477	0.1	1.1	1.2	.089
5	Maurice Strong	27	3	376	.555	.559	.000	.402	0.9	0.3	1.2	.124
6	Nashon McPherson	26	10	452	.526	.489	.419	.382	0.6	0.5	1.1	.101
7	Rashon Brown	21	9	435	.478	.395	.384	.709	0.2	0.4	0.6	.054
8	Monty Latimer	9	8	258	.533	.486	.548	.384	0.4	0.2	0.6	.099
9	Melvin Adams	29	8	476	.452	.402	.159	.455	-0.1	0.5	0.5	.038
10	Kyle Chapman	19	3	204	.532	.478	.822	.400	0.2	0.1	0.4	.072
11	Lee Lampley	28	5	394	.453	.429	.298	.714	0.0	0.4	0.4	.036
12	Vince Edwards	29	12	483	.412	.403	.069	.306	-0.2	0.3	0.1	.008
13	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	8	0	48	.425	.438	.188	.063	0.0	0.0	0.0	.008
14	Derrick Clubb	4	0	20	.385	.000	.000	2.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	-.015

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