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1977-78 Columbia Lions Men's Roster and Stats

Record: 15-11 (11-3, 2nd in Ivy MBB)

Coach: Tommy Penders

PS/G: 66.7 (228th of 259)

PA/G: 65.7 (21st of 259)

SRS: -4.09 (159th of 253)

SOS: -4.05 (186th of 253)

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Ricky Free	JR	F	6-4	14.2 Pts, 8.3 Reb
Juan Mitchell	JR	F	6-5	12.6 Pts, 4.4 Reb
Shane Cotner	JR	F	6-5	8.0 Pts, 4.2 Reb
Alton Byrd	JR	G	5-8	10.7 Pts, 3.2 Reb
Mike Wilhite	SR	G	6-1	7.1 Pts, 1.9 Reb
Jeff Combs	SR	G	6-2	6.0 Pts, 1.6 Reb
Gene Bentz	SR	G	6-3	5.4 Pts, 1.8 Reb
Kevin Best	SO	F	6-5	4.6 Pts, 2.4 Reb
John McElaney	SO	F	6-5	0.8 Pts, 1.1 Reb
Bryan Sindorf	SO	F	6-4	1.1 Pts, 0.3 Reb
Gene Schatz	JR	G	5-10	0.4 Pts, 0.3 Reb

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	26		25.0	53.1	.470	16.8	23.8	.705	32.2					21.8	66.7
Opponent	26		25.2	53.0	.476	15.2	22.3	.683	33.8					22.5	65.7

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	14														66.6
Opponent	14														61.7

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	26		649	1380	.470	437	620	.705	836					568	1735
Opponent	26		656	1378	.476	396	580	.683	878					584	1708

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	14														933
Opponent	14														864

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	PF	PTS
1	Ricky Free	26	5.0	9.7	.514	4.2	6.3	.663	8.3	3.2	14.2
2	Juan Mitchell	26	5.4	11.6	.468	1.8	2.5	.697	4.4	3.5	12.6
3	Alton Byrd	19	3.5	7.3	.486	3.6	4.5	.802	3.2	2.6	10.7
4	Shane Cotner	26	3.1	6.3	.494	1.8	2.6	.687	4.2	2.3	8.0
5	Mike Wilhite	25	2.8	5.8	.473	1.6	2.2	.727	1.9	3.0	7.1
6	Jeff Combs	26	2.6	5.7	.459	0.7	1.2	.613	1.6	2.7	6.0
7	Gene Bentz	25	1.3	3.0	.427	2.8	3.4	.824	1.8	1.3	5.4
8	Kevin Best	26	1.8	4.1	.434	1.1	1.6	.683	2.4	2.5	4.6
9	Bryan Sindorf	9	0.4	1.0	.444	0.2	0.4	.500	0.3	0.3	1.1
10	John McElaney	21	0.2	0.8	.294	0.3	0.6	.462	1.1	0.9	0.8
11	Gene Schatz	16	0.1	0.8	.167	0.1	0.3	.400	0.3	0.4	0.4

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	PF	PTS
1	Ricky Free	26	130	253	.514	108	163	.663	216	84	368
2	Juan Mitchell	26	141	301	.468	46	66	.697	115	92	328
3	Shane Cotner	26	81	164	.494	46	67	.687	109	61	208
4	Alton Byrd	19	67	138	.486	69	86	.802	60	50	203
5	Mike Wilhite	25	69	146	.473	40	55	.727	47	76	178
6	Jeff Combs	26	68	148	.459	19	31	.613	42	69	155
7	Gene Bentz	25	32	75	.427	70	85	.824	46	32	134
8	Kevin Best	26	46	106	.434	28	41	.683	62	65	120
9	John McElaney	21	5	17	.294	6	13	.462	24	18	16
10	Bryan Sindorf	9	4	9	.444	2	4	.500	3	3	10
11	Gene Schatz	16	2	12	.167	2	5	.400	5	6	6
	School Totals	26	649	1380	.470	437	620	.705	836	568	1735

1977-78 Columbia (Men's) Season