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1977-78 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders Men's Roster and Stats

Record: 18-8 (10-4, 1st in OVC MBB)

Coach: Jimmy Earle

PS/G: 70.9 (188th of 259)

PA/G: 62.4 (5th of 259)

SRS: -1.07 (133rd of 253)

SOS: -3.82 (185th of 253)

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Claude Sleepy Taylor	SR	G	6-4	18.0 Pts, 4.8 Reb, 1.6 Ast
Greg Joyner	JR	F	6-7	16.5 Pts, 6.7 Reb, 2.2 Ast
Bob Martin	SR	C	6-7	12.2 Pts, 7.8 Reb, 0.7 Ast
Julius Brown	SR	F	6-4	7.9 Pts, 2.4 Reb, 0.8 Ast
Leroy Coleman	SO	G	6-5	5.0 Pts, 2.7 Reb, 0.6 Ast
Greg Armstrong	JR	G	6-3	3.8 Pts, 1.7 Reb, 3.5 Ast
Jimmy Riley	JR	F	6-5	4.6 Pts, 2.1 Reb, 0.4 Ast
Sam Burrell	SR	G	6-0	2.4 Pts, 0.5 Reb, 0.5 Ast
Curtis Fitts	FR	G	6-3	1.9 Pts, 0.8 Reb, 0.1 Ast
Clint Dennison	SR	C	6-8	1.3 Pts, 1.6 Reb, 0.1 Ast
John Sauer	JR	C	6-9	1.7 Pts, 2.0 Reb, 0.2 Ast
Robert Culley				0.7 Pts, 0.5 Reb, 0.6 Ast
Derek Render		G	6-6	2.0 Pts, 0.0 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		28.4	55.6	.511	14.0	19.3	.729	33.5	10.2			17.2	18.1	70.9
Opponent	26		25.8	56.4	.458	10.7	16.3	.660	31.9	9.6			18.5	18.5	62.4

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	14														70.6
Opponent	14														65.5

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	26		739	1445	.511	365	501	.729	872	264			447	470	1843
Opponent	26		672	1466	.458	279	423	.660	830	250			480	480	1623

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	14														988
Opponent	14														917

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Claude Sleepy Taylor	26	6.5	12.5	.519	5.1	6.3	.806	4.8	1.6	2.3	2.8	18.0
2	Greg Joyner	26	7.0	12.6	.560	2.5	3.3	.753	6.7	2.2	3.3	2.7	16.5
3	Bob Martin	26	5.0	8.7	.573	2.2	3.0	.740	7.8	0.7	2.0	3.0	12.2
4	Julius Brown	25	3.7	8.0	.463	0.5	0.7	.706	2.4	0.8	1.6	1.9	7.9
5	Leroy Coleman	25	2.1	4.2	.505	0.7	1.2	.581	2.7	0.6	1.6	2.0	5.0
6	Jimmy Riley	19	1.6	2.9	.564	1.4	2.0	.684	2.1	0.4	0.9	1.4	4.6
7	Greg Armstrong	23	1.3	3.6	.354	1.3	2.0	.667	1.7	3.5	3.6	3.2	3.8
8	Sam Burrell	18	0.7	1.4	.500	0.9	1.2	.810	0.5	0.5	1.3	0.8	2.4
9	Derek Render	2	1.0	2.0	.500	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	1.0	0.5	2.0
10	Curtis Fitts	15	0.9	1.8	.481	0.2	0.3	.750	0.8	0.1	1.1	0.4	1.9
11	John Sauer	10	0.8	1.8	.444	0.1	0.7	.143	2.0	0.2	0.5	1.0	1.7
12	Clint Dennison	20	0.6	1.7	.333	0.2	0.4	.375	1.6	0.1	0.5	0.7	1.3
13	Robert Culley	15	0.3	1.1	.313	0.1	0.2	.333	0.5	0.6	0.9	0.4	0.7

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Claude Sleepy Taylor	26	168	324	.519	133	165	.806	125	42	59	74	469
2	Greg Joyner	26	183	327	.560	64	85	.753	173	57	87	69	430
3	Bob Martin	26	130	227	.573	57	77	.740	202	19	52	79	317
4	Julius Brown	25	93	201	.463	12	17	.706	59	21	39	48	198
5	Leroy Coleman	25	53	105	.505	18	31	.581	68	14	39	49	124
6	Greg Armstrong	23	29	82	.354	30	45	.667	39	80	82	73	88
7	Jimmy Riley	19	31	55	.564	26	38	.684	39	7	17	26	88
8	Sam Burrell	18	13	26	.500	17	21	.810	9	9	24	15	43
9	Curtis Fitts	15	13	27	.481	3	4	.750	12	2	17	6	29
10	Clint Dennison	20	11	33	.333	3	8	.375	31	2	10	14	25
11	John Sauer	10	8	18	.444	1	7	.143	20	2	5	10	17
12	Robert Culley	15	5	16	.313	1	3	.333	7	9	14	6	11
13	Derek Render	2	2	4	.500	0	0		0	0	2	1	4
	School Totals	26	739	1445	.511	365	501	.729	872	264	447	470	1843

1977-78 Middle Tennessee (Men's) Season