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1977-78 Eastern Kentucky Colonels Men's Roster and Stats

Record: 15-11 (8-6, 5th in OVC MBB)

Coach: Ed Byhre

PS/G: 77.6 (89th of 259)

PA/G: 74.8 (139th of 259)

SRS: -3.09 (152nd of 253)

SOS: -1.38 (145th of 253)

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Lovell Joiner	JR	F	6-7	17.4 Pts, 9.6 Reb, 4.4 Ast
Kenny Elliott	JR	G	6-0	14.4 Pts, 2.2 Reb, 4.3 Ast
Dave Bootcheck	SO	C	6-9	10.3 Pts, 6.0 Reb, 0.4 Ast
Mike Oliver	SR	F	6-7	10.3 Pts, 8.0 Reb, 1.8 Ast
Bruce Jones	FR	G	6-0	10.4 Pts, 2.5 Reb, 5.6 Ast
Vic Merchant	JR	F	6-5	9.0 Pts, 6.3 Reb, 1.9 Ast
Dave Tierney	SO	G	6-3	4.5 Pts, 1.9 Reb, 0.8 Ast
David Jenkins	FR	F	6-6	3.9 Pts, 2.3 Reb, 0.3 Ast
Tyrone Jones	SR	G	5-9	2.4 Pts, 0.4 Reb, 0.8 Ast
Mike List	FR	G	6-3	2.2 Pts, 0.8 Reb, 0.7 Ast
Jeff Wolf	SO	C	6-9	1.2 Pts, 0.8 Reb, 0.0 Ast

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	26		31.2	66.7	.468	15.2	20.7	.731	42.1	19.2			17.3	17.7	77.6
Opponent	26		32.0	69.2	.463	10.8	16.0	.673	38.3	17.0			16.9	19.8	74.8

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	14														75.2
Opponent	14														74.6

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	26		812	1734	.468	394	539	.731	1094	498			451	461	2018
Opponent	26		832	1798	.463	280	416	.673	996	442			439	516	1944

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	14														1053
Opponent	14														1045

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Lovell Joiner	25	7.6	16.8	.453	2.2	3.4	.635	9.6	4.4	3.4	3.3	17.4
2	Kenny Elliott	26	5.2	12.0	.434	4.0	4.9	.813	2.2	4.3	3.3	2.6	14.4
3	Bruce Jones	24	3.9	7.8	.497	2.7	3.8	.703	2.5	5.6	3.1	2.6	10.4
4	Dave Bootcheck	26	4.4	9.5	.462	1.6	2.0	.804	6.0	0.4	2.3	1.9	10.3
5	Mike Oliver	26	4.1	9.0	.453	2.2	3.0	.731	8.0	1.8	2.0	1.8	10.3
6	Vic Merchant	19	3.8	7.4	.518	1.3	2.0	.658	6.3	1.9	1.8	2.5	9.0
7	Dave Tierney	25	1.9	3.5	.545	0.7	0.9	.739	1.9	0.8	0.8	2.0	4.5
8	David Jenkins	9	1.7	2.8	.600	0.6	0.8	.714	2.3	0.3	0.6	1.6	3.9
9	Tyrone Jones	9	1.0	1.9	.529	0.4	0.8	.571	0.4	0.8	1.0	1.3	2.4
10	Mike List	6	1.0	1.5	.667	0.2	0.5	.333	0.8	0.7	1.0	0.8	2.2
11	Jeff Wolf	5	0.6	1.0	.600	0.0	0.0		0.8	0.0	0.2	0.4	1.2

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Lovell Joiner	25	190	419	.453	54	85	.635	241	111	86	83	434
2	Kenny Elliott	26	135	311	.434	104	128	.813	58	112	87	68	374
3	Dave Bootcheck	26	114	247	.462	41	51	.804	157	10	60	50	269
4	Mike Oliver	26	106	234	.453	57	78	.731	207	48	52	47	269
5	Bruce Jones	24	93	187	.497	64	91	.703	60	134	74	63	250
6	Vic Merchant	19	73	141	.518	25	38	.658	120	36	35	47	171
7	Dave Tierney	25	48	88	.545	17	23	.739	47	21	20	49	113
8	David Jenkins	9	15	25	.600	5	7	.714	21	3	5	14	35
9	Tyrone Jones	9	9	17	.529	4	7	.571	4	7	9	12	22
10	Mike List	6	6	9	.667	1	3	.333	5	4	6	5	13
11	Jeff Wolf	5	3	5	.600	0	0		4	0	1	2	6
	School Totals	26	812	1734	.468	394	539	.731	1094	498	451	461	2018

1977-78 Eastern Kentucky (Men's) Season