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1976-77 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders Men's Roster and Stats

Record: 20-9 (9-5, 2nd in OVC MBB)

Coach: Jimmy Earle

PS/G: 75.6 (112th of 249)

PA/G: 68.9 (47th of 249)

SRS: -0.81 (122nd of 244)

SOS: -4.85 (202nd of 244)

NCAA Tournament:
Lost Mideast First Round (93-76) versus Detroit Mercy

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Bob Martin	JR	C	6-7	17.9 Pts, 8.4 Reb, 1.2 Ast
Greg Joyner	SO	F	6-7	15.5 Pts, 8.2 Reb, 2.4 Ast
Julius Brown	JR	F	6-4	12.4 Pts, 3.4 Reb, 1.0 Ast
Lewis Mack	SR	G	6-3	12.0 Pts, 3.3 Reb, 5.0 Ast
Claude Sleepy Taylor	JR	G	6-4	12.1 Pts, 5.2 Reb, 2.2 Ast
Leroy Coleman	FR	G	6-5	5.2 Pts, 3.2 Reb, 0.5 Ast
Clint Dennison	JR	C	6-8	1.9 Pts, 0.9 Reb, 0.2 Ast
Greg Laravie	SR	C	6-8	1.1 Pts, 0.8 Reb, 0.1 Ast
Sam Burrell	JR	G	6-0	0.9 Pts, 0.3 Reb, 0.4 Ast
Derek Render	FR	G	6-6	1.1 Pts, 0.1 Reb, 0.1 Ast
Kip Puryear	SR	G	6-1	0.4 Pts, 0.2 Reb, 0.5 Ast
Gil Thompson	SR	F	6-7	0.4 Pts, 0.4 Reb, 0.0 Ast
John Florida				1.0 Pts, 0.0 Reb, 0.0 Ast
Wendell Porter				0.0 Pts, 0.0 Reb, 1.0 Ast

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	29		29.6	59.9	.494	16.4	22.3	.734	35.5	12.6			18.1	17.3	75.6
Opponent	29		29.0	62.4	.464	11.0	16.1	.682	35.5	11.0			20.2	21.0	68.9

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	14														71.3
Opponent	14														67.6

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	29		859	1738	.494	475	647	.734	1029	364			526	503	2193
Opponent	29		840	1811	.464	318	466	.682	1030	319			586	609	1998

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	14														998
Opponent	14														947

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Bob Martin	29	6.9	12.1	.574	4.0	5.8	.692	8.4	1.2	2.6	3.7	17.9
2	Greg Joyner	29	6.4	11.3	.568	2.6	3.4	.776	8.2	2.4	3.6	2.8	15.5
3	Julius Brown	29	5.5	11.2	.488	1.4	1.7	.857	3.4	1.0	2.3	2.0	12.4
4	Claude Sleepy Taylor	23	4.2	9.6	.434	3.8	5.0	.763	5.2	2.2	2.7	2.8	12.1
5	Lewis Mack	29	4.3	10.6	.404	3.5	4.4	.783	3.3	5.0	4.5	2.9	12.0
6	Leroy Coleman	29	2.2	4.3	.516	0.8	1.4	.575	3.2	0.5	1.8	2.0	5.2
7	Clint Dennison	14	0.8	1.5	.524	0.3	0.8	.364	0.9	0.2	0.7	1.0	1.9
8	Greg Laravie	21	0.3	1.0	.273	0.6	0.7	.857	0.8	0.1	0.4	0.8	1.1
9	Derek Render	10	0.4	0.8	.500	0.3	0.6	.500	0.1	0.1	0.6	0.2	1.1
10	John Florida	1	0.0	1.0	.000	1.0	2.0	.500	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.0
11	Sam Burrell	15	0.3	0.7	.400	0.4	0.6	.667	0.3	0.4	0.6	0.6	0.9
12	Kip Puryear	17	0.1	0.6	.200	0.1	0.2	.500	0.2	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.4
13	Gil Thompson	8	0.1	0.5	.250	0.1	0.3	.500	0.4	0.0	0.3	0.1	0.4
14	Wendell Porter	1	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	1.0	3.0	0.0	0.0

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Bob Martin	29	201	350	.574	117	169	.692	245	34	74	106	519
2	Greg Joyner	29	187	329	.568	76	98	.776	237	71	104	81	450
3	Julius Brown	29	159	326	.488	42	49	.857	98	28	67	59	360
4	Lewis Mack	29	124	307	.404	101	129	.783	95	144	130	83	349
5	Claude Sleepy Taylor	23	96	221	.434	87	114	.763	120	50	61	65	279
6	Leroy Coleman	29	64	124	.516	23	40	.575	92	14	51	57	151
7	Clint Dennison	14	11	21	.524	4	11	.364	12	3	10	14	26
8	Greg Laravie	21	6	22	.273	12	14	.857	16	3	9	16	24
9	Sam Burrell	15	4	10	.400	6	9	.667	4	6	9	9	14
10	Derek Render	10	4	8	.500	3	6	.500	1	1	6	2	11
11	Kip Puryear	17	2	10	.200	2	4	.500	4	9	8	9	6
12	Gil Thompson	8	1	4	.250	1	2	.500	3	0	2	1	3
13	John Florida	1	0	1	.000	1	2	.500	0	0	1	0	1
14	Wendell Porter	1	0	0		0	0		0	1	3	0	0
	School Totals	29	859	1738	.494	475	647	.734	1029	364	526	503	2193

1976-77 Middle Tennessee (Men's) Season