NEW: Go inside the College Basketball database with Stathead. Learn more or sign up here.

1977-78 Men's Southwest Athletic Conference Player Stats

1978-79 SWAC

Record: 121-74, .621 W-L% (1st of 24) (Records do not reflect forfeits and vacated games)

SRS: -6.70 (22nd of 24)

SOS: -7.11 (23rd of 24)

Regular Season Champion: Jackson State and Southern

Player of the Year: Purvis Short

Conference Tournament Champion: None

NCAA Tournament: None

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: None

Ranked in Final AP Poll: None

43 Players

43 Players Table
					Totals									Shooting				Per Game					Advanced
Rk	Player	Class	Pos	School	G	MP	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	FG%	2P%	3P%	FT%	PTS	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PER	WS	BPM
1	Herbert Andrew	FR	G	Grambling	17		28					38	77	.365			.556	4.5	1.6
2	Kenneth Austin	SR	C	Jackson State	13		39					20	38	.409			.333	2.9	3.0
3	Eddie Baker	FR	C	Alcorn State	23		95					46	113	.438			.455	4.9	4.1
4	E.J. Bell	SO	G	Alcorn State	27		43					29	145	.481			.680	5.4	1.6
5	Alvin Berger	SR	F	Southern	27		68						49	.513			.474	1.8	2.5
6	James Butler	SR	F	Texas Southern	26									.529
7	Ron Cavenall	FR	C	Texas Southern	18		46						41	.487			.333	2.3	2.6
8	Herbert Collins	JR	F	Grambling	21		94					35	125	.600			.697	6.0	4.5
9	Greg Conner	JR	G	Jackson State	23		30					27	51	.489			.385	2.2	1.3
10	Collie Davis	JR	F	Southern	28		259						558	.541			.722	19.9	9.3
11	Mike Emerson	FR	G	Grambling	24		9					12	42	.364			.667	1.8	0.4
12	Lionel Garrett	JR	F	Southern	28		315						279	.563			.618	10.0	11.3
13	Gregory Green	SR	G	Southern	28		69						527	.523			.796	18.8	2.5
14	Tommy Green	SR	G	Southern	28		68						315	.532			.714	11.3	2.4
15	Theodore Henderson	JR	G	Jackson State	11		2					5	14	.462			.500	1.3	0.2
16	Ricky Hill	FR	G	Jackson State	24		46					58	239	.500			.760	10.0	1.9
17	James Horton	SO	G	Alcorn State	29		84					55	492	.515			.611	17.0	2.9
18	Bill Howard	SO	F	Alcorn State	24		59					24	105	.474			.789	4.4	2.5
19	Jeff Jackson	FR	G	Southern	10		2						7	.375			.500	0.7	0.2
20	Cornelius Jenkins	JR	F	Alcorn State	29		143					54	176	.418			.500	6.1	4.9
					Totals									Shooting				Per Game					Advanced
Rk	Player	Class	Pos	School	G	MP	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	FG%	2P%	3P%	FT%	PTS	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PER	WS	BPM
21	Jeff Jenkins	SO	G	Alcorn State	21		16					15	42	.439			.600	2.0	0.8
22	Joe Jenkins	SO	G	Alcorn State	29		141					61	313	.453			.768	10.8	4.9
23	Sylvester Jones	FR	F	Grambling	23		123					74	213	.443			.750	9.3	5.3
24	Martin Lemelle	SO	G	Grambling	24		79					79	359	.509			.755	15.0	3.3
25	Alfredo Monroe	JR	C	Alcorn State	28		213					69	313	.513			.583	11.2	7.6
26	Sylvester Norris	JR	C	Jackson State	24		279					71	229	.539			.514	9.5	11.6
27	Kenny O'Banner	SO	G	Jackson State	24		81					74	323	.467			.672	13.5	3.4
28	Arnold Robertson	SO	G	Southern	11		8						24	.667			.750	2.2	0.7
29	Frankie Sanders	JR	F	Southern	27		286						740	.561			.671	27.4	10.6
30	Northern Shavers	FR	F	Jackson State	24		168					59	327	.520			.705	13.6	7.0
31	Purvis Short	SR	F	Jackson State	22		250					65	650	.533			.721	29.5	11.4
32	Larry Smith	SO	F	Alcorn State	22		222					69	319	.593			.608	14.5	10.1
33	Ronnie Smith	SO	G	Alcorn State	29		80					76	339	.484			.740	11.7	2.8
34	Darrell Spriggs	FR	F	Jackson State	7		13					6	11	.294			.500	1.6	1.9
35	Harold Sutton	JR	C	Southern	23		59						33	.520			.467	1.4	2.6
36	Terry Sykes	SR	F	Grambling	23		254					38	548	.526			.706	23.8	11.0
37	Larry Taylor	SO	F	Jackson State	12		36					13	70	.439			.750	5.8	3.0
38	Robert Wash	JR	F	Jackson State	23		113					49	103	.571			.600	4.5	4.9
39	David Williams	FR	F	Southern	11		21						20	.316			.667	1.8	1.9
40	Robert Williams	FR	F	Grambling	24		137					58	263	.538			.645	11.0	5.7
					Totals									Shooting				Per Game					Advanced
Rk	Player	Class	Pos	School	G	MP	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	FG%	2P%	3P%	FT%	PTS	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PER	WS	BPM
41	Kirk Wilridge	JR	G	Southern	25		14						44	.514			.800	1.8	0.6
42	Danton Wilson	FR	G	Grambling	24		27					37	87	.381			.700	3.6	1.1
43	Clinton Wyatt	SO	F	Alcorn State	29		276					85	273	.435			.734	9.4	9.5

More Southwest Athletic Conference Pages

Men's Southwest Athletic Conference Index

Southwest Athletic Conference Pages

1977-78 Men's Southwest Athletic Conference Player Stats

43 Players

More Southwest Athletic Conference Pages

Full Site Menu

FAQs, Tip & Tricks