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1967-68 New Mexico Lobos Men's Roster and Stats

Record: 23-5 (8-2, 1st in WAC MBB)

Rank: 6th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Bob King

PS/G: 77.4 (76th of 192)

PA/G: 68.1 (28th of 192)

SRS: 10.48 (20th of 189)

SOS: 1.22 (83rd of 189)

NCAA Tournament:
Lost West Regional Semifinal (86-73) versus Santa Clara
Lost West Regional Third Place (62-58) versus New Mexico State

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Ron Nelson	SR	G	6-2	19.5 Pts, 4.0 Reb
Ron Sanford	JR	C	6-8	15.6 Pts, 9.1 Reb
Greg Howard	SO	C	6-9	14.2 Pts, 9.7 Reb
Ron Becker	SO	F	6-4	10.5 Pts, 5.2 Reb
Howie Grimes	JR	F	6-5	9.3 Pts, 6.8 Reb
Steve Shropshire	JR	F	6-5	2.9 Pts, 3.1 Reb
Len Lopez	JR	G	6-2	2.5 Pts, 1.0 Reb
Dave Culver	SO	C	6-5	2.3 Pts, 2.3 Reb
Keith Griffith	SO	G	6-1	2.3 Pts, 0.6 Reb
Terry Schaafsma	SO	F	6-6	1.8 Pts, 0.5 Reb
Larry Jones	JR	F	6-4	0.8 Pts, 0.7 Reb
George Maes	JR	G	6-1	0.8 Pts, 0.1 Reb

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	28		28.6	62.0	.461	20.1	28.4	.709	46.2					18.9	77.4
Opponent	28		26.4	64.0	.413	15.3	22.9	.667	45.2					20.9	68.1

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	10														79.5
Opponent	10														68.8

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	28		801	1737	.461	564	795	.709	1294					528	2166
Opponent	28		740	1792	.413	427	640	.667	1265					586	1907

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	10														795
Opponent	10														688

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	PF	PTS
1	Ron Nelson	28	7.6	17.4	.437	4.3	5.2	.822	4.0	2.6	19.5
2	Ron Sanford	27	6.1	11.9	.514	3.4	5.3	.632	9.1	3.2	15.6
3	Greg Howard	25	5.1	10.7	.474	4.0	6.0	.678	9.7	2.9	14.2
4	Ron Becker	28	3.6	7.6	.479	3.2	4.1	.783	5.2	2.8	10.5
5	Howie Grimes	28	3.4	7.6	.448	2.5	4.0	.640	6.8	3.0	9.3
6	Steve Shropshire	27	1.1	3.1	.361	0.6	1.0	.607	3.1	2.0	2.9
7	Len Lopez	26	0.8	1.9	.429	0.9	1.3	.697	1.0	0.6	2.5
8	Dave Culver	23	0.7	1.2	.571	1.0	1.2	.786	2.3	1.5	2.3
9	Keith Griffith	22	0.6	1.5	.394	1.0	1.4	.742	0.6	0.7	2.3
10	Terry Schaafsma	12	0.8	2.0	.417	0.2	0.2	1.000	0.5	0.8	1.8
11	Larry Jones	12	0.3	1.0	.333	0.2	0.4	.400	0.7	0.6	0.8
12	George Maes	10	0.3	0.7	.429	0.2	0.3	.667	0.1	0.1	0.8

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	PF	PTS
1	Ron Nelson	28	213	487	.437	120	146	.822	112	72	546
2	Ron Sanford	27	165	321	.514	91	144	.632	245	87	421
3	Greg Howard	25	127	268	.474	101	149	.678	243	73	355
4	Ron Becker	28	102	213	.479	90	115	.783	145	78	294
5	Howie Grimes	28	95	212	.448	71	111	.640	191	84	261
6	Steve Shropshire	27	30	83	.361	17	28	.607	85	53	77
7	Len Lopez	26	21	49	.429	23	33	.697	26	15	65
8	Dave Culver	23	16	28	.571	22	28	.786	53	34	54
9	Keith Griffith	22	13	33	.394	23	31	.742	14	16	50
10	Terry Schaafsma	12	10	24	.417	2	2	1.000	6	9	22
11	Larry Jones	12	4	12	.333	2	5	.400	8	7	10
12	George Maes	10	3	7	.429	2	3	.667	1	1	8
	School Totals	28	801	1737	.461	564	795	.709	1294	528	2166

1967-68 New Mexico (Men's) Season