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1961-62 Mississippi State Bulldogs Men's Roster and Stats

Record: 24-1 (13-1, 1st in SEC MBB)

Rank: 4th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Babe McCarthy

PS/G: 76.8 (37th of 180)

PA/G: 63.8 (28th of 180)

SRS: 11.96 (13th of 178)

SOS: 1.01 (83rd of 178)

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Height	Summary
Leland Mitchell	JR	6-4	16.7 Pts, 8.9 Reb
WD Red Stroud	JR	6-1	15.9 Pts, 1.7 Reb
Joe Dan Gold	JR	6-5	13.1 Pts, 8.8 Reb
Doug Hutton	SO	5-10	9.6 Pts, 3.0 Reb
Stan Brinker	SO	6-5	6.3 Pts, 6.1 Reb
Bobby Shows	JR	6-7	5.8 Pts, 6.6 Reb
Jack Berkshire	SR	6-0	4.4 Pts, 2.5 Reb
Dave Glasgow	SR	6-5	3.6 Pts, 2.5 Reb
Gene Chatham	SR	6-7	3.5 Pts, 3.7 Reb
Mack Whyte		6-4	1.5 Pts, 0.5 Reb
George Oakley	SR	5-10	1.8 Pts, 0.8 Reb
Aubrey Nichols	SO	6-1	1.4 Pts, 0.8 Reb

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	25		28.4	67.3	.423	19.9	26.6	.750	49.0					17.3	76.8
Opponent	25		24.6	65.4	.376	14.6	21.0	.696	38.3					19.5	63.8

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

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	25		711	1682	.423	498	664	.750	1225					432	1920
Opponent	25		615	1634	.376	366	526	.696	958					488	1596

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

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	PF	PTS
1	Leland Mitchell	25	6.5	16.3	.397	3.7	4.8	.775	8.9	3.8	16.7
2	WD Red Stroud	25	5.6	12.6	.449	4.6	5.5	.847	1.7	1.4	15.9
3	Joe Dan Gold	25	4.6	10.0	.458	3.9	5.4	.721	8.8	2.8	13.1
4	Doug Hutton	25	3.6	7.6	.481	2.3	2.8	.826	3.0	1.2	9.6
5	Stan Brinker	19	2.0	5.5	.362	2.3	3.1	.746	6.1	2.3	6.3
6	Bobby Shows	19	1.8	5.4	.330	2.3	3.2	.705	6.6	1.9	5.8
7	Jack Berkshire	24	1.8	3.8	.457	0.9	1.6	.579	2.5	2.0	4.4
8	Dave Glasgow	19	1.7	3.2	.525	0.2	0.5	.400	2.5	1.1	3.6
9	Gene Chatham	19	1.5	4.1	.372	0.4	0.8	.533	3.7	1.6	3.5
10	George Oakley	12	0.7	2.5	.267	0.4	0.5	.833	0.8	0.3	1.8
11	Mack Whyte	18	0.6	1.7	.367	0.3	0.4	.714	0.5	0.4	1.5
12	Aubrey Nichols	14	0.6	1.5	.381	0.2	0.4	.600	0.8	1.0	1.4

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	PF	PTS
1	Leland Mitchell	25	162	408	.397	93	120	.775	222	94	417
2	WD Red Stroud	25	141	314	.449	116	137	.847	42	34	398
3	Joe Dan Gold	25	115	251	.458	98	136	.721	221	69	328
4	Doug Hutton	25	91	189	.481	57	69	.826	76	30	239
5	Stan Brinker	19	38	105	.362	44	59	.746	115	43	120
6	Bobby Shows	19	34	103	.330	43	61	.705	126	36	111
7	Jack Berkshire	24	42	92	.457	22	38	.579	61	48	106
8	Dave Glasgow	19	32	61	.525	4	10	.400	47	21	68
9	Gene Chatham	19	29	78	.372	8	15	.533	71	31	66
10	Mack Whyte	18	11	30	.367	5	7	.714	9	8	27
11	George Oakley	12	8	30	.267	5	6	.833	9	4	21
12	Aubrey Nichols	14	8	21	.381	3	5	.600	11	14	19
	School Totals	25	711	1682	.423	498	664	.750	1225	432	1920