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1961-62 Bowling Green State Falcons Men's Roster and Stats

Record: 21-4 (11-1, 1st in MAC MBB)

Rank: 8th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Harold Anderson

PS/G: 73.3 (65th of 180)

PA/G: 61.4 (14th of 180)

SRS: 11.28 (18th of 178)

SOS: 2.54 (56th of 178)

NCAA Tournament:
Lost Mideast First Round (56-55) versus Butler

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Howie Komives	SO	G	6-1	21.0 Pts, 3.3 Reb
Nate Thurmond	JR	F	6-11	15.7 Pts, 15.8 Reb
Bob Dawson	SR	G	5-11	7.7 Pts, 2.2 Reb
Elijah Chatman	JR	F	6-3	7.4 Pts, 6.2 Reb
Wavey Junior	JR	F	6-2	11.5 Pts, 6.3 Reb
Tom Baker	SO	C	6-5	5.0 Pts, 2.8 Reb
Bob Carbaugh	JR	F	6-4	3.0 Pts, 3.1 Reb
Mel Gilbert	JR	F	6-4	5.4 Pts, 2.5 Reb
Burley Chapman	JR		6-4	2.7 Pts, 2.4 Reb
Pat Haley	JR	G	6-3	1.4 Pts, 0.8 Reb
Dan Knepper	SO	G	6-3	1.9 Pts, 0.6 Reb
Bill Reynolds	JR	G	5-10

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	25		29.4	67.2	.437	14.6	20.3	.718	46.9					15.2	73.3
Opponent	25		23.8	63.0	.378	13.8	20.3	.679	42.3					15.4	61.4

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	12														74.9
Opponent	12														64.3

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	25		734	1679	.437	364	507	.718	1173					381	1832
Opponent	25		596	1576	.378	344	507	.679	1058					386	1536

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	12														899
Opponent	12														771

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Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Pos	G	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	PF	PTS
1	Howie Komives	G	25	7.8	17.4	.450	7.8	17.4	5.4	6.2	.859	3.3	2.6	21.0
2	Nate Thurmond	F	25	6.5	14.3	.455	6.5	14.3	2.7	4.5	.593	15.8	1.7	15.7
3	Wavey Junior	F	16	4.6	11.7	.396	4.6	11.7	2.3	3.0	.750	6.3	2.7	11.5
4	Bob Dawson	G	25	3.4	7.1	.483	3.4	7.1	0.8	1.2	.677	2.2	3.0	7.7
5	Elijah Chatman	F	25	2.9	6.6	.436	2.9	6.6	1.6	2.3	.702	6.2	1.8	7.4
6	Mel Gilbert	F	10	2.1	4.3	.488	2.1	4.3	1.2	1.7	.706	2.5	1.5	5.4
7	Tom Baker	C	18	2.1	4.3	.487	2.1	4.3	0.8	1.1	.700	2.8	1.1	5.0
8	Bob Carbaugh	F	24	1.3	3.7	.341	1.3	3.7	0.5	0.7	.647	3.1	1.3	3.0
9	Burley Chapman		20	1.2	3.1	.393	1.2	3.1	0.3	0.5	.556	2.4	0.8	2.7
10	Dan Knepper	G	13	0.7	1.5	.474	0.7	1.5	0.5	0.7	.778	0.6	0.3	1.9
11	Pat Haley	G	20	0.6	1.5	.367	0.6	1.5	0.3	0.7	.462	0.8	0.6	1.4
12	Bill Reynolds	G
	Team Totals		25	29.4	67.2	.437	29.4	67.2	14.6	20.3	.718	46.9	15.2	73.3

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	PF	PTS
1	Howie Komives	25	196	436	.450	134	156	.859	83	65	526
2	Nate Thurmond	25	163	358	.455	67	113	.593	394	43	393
3	Bob Dawson	25	86	178	.483	21	31	.677	55	76	193
4	Elijah Chatman	25	72	165	.436	40	57	.702	154	44	184
5	Wavey Junior	16	74	187	.396	36	48	.750	101	43	184
6	Tom Baker	18	38	78	.487	14	20	.700	51	19	90
7	Bob Carbaugh	24	30	88	.341	11	17	.647	74	31	71
8	Mel Gilbert	10	21	43	.488	12	17	.706	25	15	54
9	Burley Chapman	20	24	61	.393	5	9	.556	48	16	53
10	Pat Haley	20	11	30	.367	6	13	.462	15	12	28
11	Dan Knepper	13	9	19	.474	7	9	.778	8	4	25
12	Bill Reynolds
	School Totals	25	734	1679	.437	364	507	.718	1173	381	1832