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1970-71 Drake Bulldogs Men's Roster and Stats

Record: 21-8 (9-5, 1st in MVC MBB)

Rank: 18th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Maury John

PS/G: 83.6 (51st of 207)

PA/G: 73.7 (69th of 207)

SRS: 8.76 (30th of 203)

SOS: 2.91 (56th of 203)

NCAA Tournament:
Won Midwest Regional Semifinal (79-72) versus Notre Dame
Lost Midwest Regional Final (73-71) versus Kansas

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Jeff Halliburton	SR	F	6-5	18.1 Pts, 7.8 Reb
Tom Bush	SR	C	6-8	15.1 Pts, 12.7 Reb
Bobby Jones	SR	G	6-0	14.2 Pts, 4.0 Reb
Leon Huff	JR	F	6-7	11.3 Pts, 6.4 Reb
Al Sakys	SR	G	6-0	9.0 Pts, 2.1 Reb
Carl Salyers	SR	G	6-4	6.6 Pts, 1.3 Reb
Tony Johnson	SO	F	6-7	4.2 Pts, 3.8 Reb
Jim Nordrum	SR	C	6-7	2.7 Pts, 3.0 Reb
Dave Wicklund	SR	G	6-0	2.7 Pts, 0.6 Reb
Ellis Turrentine	SO	G		3.1 Pts, 0.7 Reb
Chuck Rysz		G	6-1	1.6 Pts, 0.2 Reb
Paul Claxton		C	6-8	0.3 Pts, 1.0 Reb
_ Gordon				0.2 Pts, 0.6 Reb

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	29		34.6	71.3	.485	14.4	22.0	.657	47.8					21.0	83.6
Opponent	29		27.2	63.6	.428	19.2	27.8	.691	41.5					19.6	73.7

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	14														79.3
Opponent	14														75.4

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	29		1002	2068	.485	419	638	.657	1385					608	2423
Opponent	29		789	1843	.428	558	807	.691	1203					569	2136

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	14														1110
Opponent	14														1056

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	PF	PTS
1	Jeff Halliburton	29	7.8	17.1	.457	2.4	3.1	.769	7.8	3.7	18.1
2	Tom Bush	29	6.1	10.3	.592	2.9	5.4	.541	12.7	3.3	15.1
3	Bobby Jones	29	6.0	13.7	.441	2.1	2.7	.785	4.0	2.0	14.2
4	Leon Huff	29	4.6	8.6	.528	2.2	2.9	.750	6.4	3.6	11.3
5	Al Sakys	28	3.8	8.0	.475	1.4	2.3	.635	2.1	3.6	9.0
6	Carl Salyers	23	2.6	5.7	.458	1.1	1.8	.619	1.3	0.5	6.6
7	Tony Johnson	29	1.5	3.3	.454	1.1	1.8	.647	3.8	1.6	4.2
8	Ellis Turrentine	15	1.5	4.3	.344	0.2	0.3	.750	0.7	1.1	3.1
9	Jim Nordrum	26	0.9	1.7	.523	1.0	1.6	.610	3.0	1.6	2.7
10	Dave Wicklund	25	1.3	2.2	.593	0.2	0.4	.400	0.6	0.7	2.7
11	Chuck Rysz	5	0.4	2.0	.200	0.8	0.8	1.000	0.2	0.0	1.6
12	Paul Claxton	7	0.1	0.4	.333	0.0	0.3	.000	1.0	0.6	0.3
13	_ Gordon	10	0.1	0.7	.143	0.0	0.0		0.6	0.2	0.2

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	PF	PTS
1	Jeff Halliburton	29	227	497	.457	70	91	.769	226	106	524
2	Tom Bush	29	177	299	.592	85	157	.541	369	96	439
3	Bobby Jones	29	175	397	.441	62	79	.785	115	58	412
4	Leon Huff	29	132	250	.528	63	84	.750	186	103	327
5	Al Sakys	28	106	223	.475	40	63	.635	59	102	252
6	Carl Salyers	23	60	131	.458	26	42	.619	29	11	151
7	Tony Johnson	29	44	97	.454	33	51	.647	109	46	121
8	Jim Nordrum	26	23	44	.523	25	41	.610	78	42	71
9	Dave Wicklund	25	32	54	.593	4	10	.400	15	18	68
10	Ellis Turrentine	15	22	64	.344	3	4	.750	11	16	47
11	Chuck Rysz	5	2	10	.200	4	4	1.000	1	0	8
12	Paul Claxton	7	1	3	.333	0	2	.000	7	4	2
13	_ Gordon	10	1	7	.143	0	0		6	2	2
	School Totals	29	1002	2068	.485	419	638	.657	1385	608	2423

1970-71 Drake (Men's) Season