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1978-79 Arizona Wildcats Men's Roster and Stats

Record: 16-11 (10-8, 4th in Pac-10 MBB)

Coach: Fred Snowden

PS/G: 76.3 (102nd of 262)

PA/G: 79.3 (214th of 262)

SRS: 2.80 (85th of 256)

SOS: 6.30 (25th of 256)

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Larry Demic	SR	F	6-9	19.3 Pts, 10.3 Reb, 0.8 Ast
Joe Nehls	JR	G	6-4	19.1 Pts, 3.3 Reb, 2.6 Ast
Russell Brown	SO	G	5-10	10.3 Pts, 3.0 Reb, 9.1 Ast
George Hawthorne	FR	C	6-11	8.0 Pts, 6.1 Reb, 0.6 Ast
John Smith	SO	G	6-4	7.7 Pts, 2.0 Reb, 1.6 Ast
John Belobraydic	FR	F	6-6	4.0 Pts, 3.1 Reb, 0.5 Ast
Michael Zeno	FR	C	6-9	4.1 Pts, 3.0 Reb, 0.2 Ast
Donald Mellon	FR	F	6-5	3.0 Pts, 2.9 Reb, 0.7 Ast
Ray Donnelly	FR	F	6-6	1.5 Pts, 0.6 Reb, 0.5 Ast
John Hutcherson	FR	F	6-5	1.9 Pts, 1.1 Reb, 0.1 Ast
Charles Miller	FR	C	6-7	0.9 Pts, 1.0 Reb, 0.0 Ast
Steve Lake	SO	G	6-2	1.0 Pts, 0.6 Reb, 0.5 Ast
Perry Novelli				0.8 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	27		30.3	63.3	.478	15.7	22.6	.697	37.3	16.3	6.3	2.2	15.9	13.1	76.3
Opponent	27		32.0	66.8	.479	15.3	21.2	.723	37.7	16.4	5.1	2.7	15.5	20.7	79.3

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	18
Opponent	18

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	27		818	1710	.478	425	610	.697	1007	439	171	60	428	353	2061
Opponent	27		863	1803	.479	414	573	.723	1018	443	137	73	419	559	2140

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	18
Opponent	18

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Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Larry Demic	F	27	27	34.2	7.9	13.8	.571	7.9	13.8	3.6	5.6	.636	10.3	0.8	1.1	0.8	3.4	3.6	19.3
2	Joe Nehls	G	27	27	37.3	7.5	17.0	.443	7.5	17.0	4.0	4.9	.820	3.3	2.6	0.9	0.3	2.4	2.1	19.1
3	Russell Brown	G	27	27	37.4	3.9	8.0	.484	3.9	8.0	2.5	3.2	.779	3.0	*9.1*	1.9	0.2	3.0	2.5	10.3
4	George Hawthorne	C	27	21	24.8	3.5	7.7	.459	3.5	7.7	1.0	1.9	.500	6.1	0.6	0.5	0.6	2.0	3.1	8.0
5	John Smith	G	27	5	20.2	2.8	6.7	.418	2.8	6.7	2.0	2.9	.714	2.0	1.6	0.8	0.3	1.8	2.3	7.7
6	Michael Zeno	C	23	5	11.0	1.6	2.9	.552	1.6	2.9	0.9	1.4	.656	3.0	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.5	1.2	4.1
7	John Belobraydic	F	26	13	18.7	1.7	3.1	.563	1.7	3.1	0.5	0.9	.583	3.1	0.5	0.4	0.1	0.5	2.4	4.0
8	Donald Mellon	F	14	5	15.2	1.0	2.6	.378	1.0	2.6	1.0	1.5	.667	2.9	0.7	0.6	0.3	1.6	1.6	3.0
9	John Hutcherson	F	14	1	6.2	0.8	1.6	.500	0.8	1.6	0.4	0.6	.556	1.1	0.1	0.3	0.1	0.3	1.4	1.9
10	Ray Donnelly	F	22	4	7.7	0.6	1.9	.310	0.6	1.9	0.3	0.6	.538	0.6	0.5	0.1	0.0	0.7	1.8	1.5
11	Steve Lake	G	8	0	3.0	0.3	1.3	.200	0.3	1.3	0.5	0.5	1.000	0.6	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.9	1.0	1.0
12	Charles Miller	C	13	0	4.3	0.2	0.9	.250	0.2	0.9	0.5	0.5	1.000	1.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.3	0.5	0.9
13	Perry Novelli		4	0	1.8	0.3	0.8	.333	0.3	0.8	0.3	0.5	.500	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.3	0.8
	Team Totals		27			30.3	63.3	.478	30.3	63.3	15.7	22.6	.697	37.3	16.3	6.3	2.2	15.9	13.1	76.3

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Larry Demic	27	27	924	213	373	.571	96	151	.636	277	22	30	22	92	97	522
2	Joe Nehls	27	27	1007	203	458	.443	109	133	.820	89	70	24	8	65	57	515
3	Russell Brown	27	27	1011	105	217	.484	67	86	.779	80	247	50	6	82	68	277
4	George Hawthorne	27	21	669	95	207	.459	26	52	.500	165	15	14	15	55	83	216
5	John Smith	27	5	545	76	182	.418	55	77	.714	55	42	22	7	48	62	207
6	John Belobraydic	26	13	486	45	80	.563	14	24	.583	81	14	11	3	14	62	104
7	Michael Zeno	23	5	252	37	67	.552	21	32	.656	69	5	4	2	11	27	95
8	Donald Mellon	14	5	213	14	37	.378	14	21	.667	40	10	9	4	22	23	42
9	Ray Donnelly	22	4	169	13	42	.310	7	13	.538	13	10	2	0	15	39	33
10	John Hutcherson	14	1	87	11	22	.500	5	9	.556	15	2	4	1	4	19	27
11	Charles Miller	13	0	56	3	12	.250	6	6	1.000	13	0	1	0	4	6	12
12	Steve Lake	8	0	24	2	10	.200	4	4	1.000	5	4	0	0	7	8	8
13	Perry Novelli	4	0	7	1	3	.333	1	2	.500	0	0	0	0	2	1	3
	School Totals	27			818	1710	.478	425	610	.697	1007	439	171	60	428	353	2061

Per 40 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Larry Demic	27	27	924	9.2	16.1	.571	4.2	6.5	.636	12.0	1.0	1.3	1.0	4.0	4.2	22.6
2	Joe Nehls	27	27	1007	8.1	18.2	.443	4.3	5.3	.820	3.5	2.8	1.0	0.3	2.6	2.3	20.5
3	Perry Novelli	4	0	7	5.7	17.1	.333	5.7	11.4	.500	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	11.4	5.7	17.1
4	John Smith	27	5	545	5.6	13.4	.418	4.0	5.7	.714	4.0	3.1	1.6	0.5	3.5	4.6	15.2
5	Michael Zeno	23	5	252	5.9	10.6	.552	3.3	5.1	.656	11.0	0.8	0.6	0.3	1.7	4.3	15.1
6	Steve Lake	8	0	24	3.3	16.7	.200	6.7	6.7	1.000	8.3	6.7	0.0	0.0	11.7	13.3	13.3
7	George Hawthorne	27	21	669	5.7	12.4	.459	1.6	3.1	.500	9.9	0.9	0.8	0.9	3.3	5.0	12.9
8	John Hutcherson	14	1	87	5.1	10.1	.500	2.3	4.1	.556	6.9	0.9	1.8	0.5	1.8	8.7	12.4
9	Russell Brown	27	27	1011	4.2	8.6	.484	2.7	3.4	.779	3.2	9.8	2.0	0.2	3.2	2.7	11.0
10	John Belobraydic	26	13	486	3.7	6.6	.563	1.2	2.0	.583	6.7	1.2	0.9	0.2	1.2	5.1	8.6
11	Charles Miller	13	0	56	2.1	8.6	.250	4.3	4.3	1.000	9.3	0.0	0.7	0.0	2.9	4.3	8.6
12	Donald Mellon	14	5	213	2.6	6.9	.378	2.6	3.9	.667	7.5	1.9	1.7	0.8	4.1	4.3	7.9
13	Ray Donnelly	22	4	169	3.1	9.9	.310	1.7	3.1	.538	3.1	2.4	0.5	0.0	3.6	9.2	7.8