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1978-79 Detroit Mercy Titans Men's Roster and Stats

Record: 22-6 (Independent)

Coach: Smokey Gaines

PS/G: 84.2 (17th of 262)

PA/G: 74.2 (153rd of 262)

SRS: 7.69 (42nd of 256)

SOS: 0.29 (111th of 256)

NCAA Tournament: (#7 seed in Mideast)
Lost Mideast First Round (95-87) versus #10 Lamar

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Terry Duerod	SR	G	6-2	23.3 Pts, 3.5 Reb, 2.5 Ast
Earl Cureton	JR	F	6-9	11.7 Pts, 9.0 Reb, 1.3 Ast
Jerry Davis	FR	F	6-5	11.6 Pts, 5.8 Reb, 1.9 Ast
Wilbert McCormick	JR	G	6-1	11.4 Pts, 3.4 Reb, 6.6 Ast
Dave Niles	JR	G	6-5	10.2 Pts, 2.3 Reb, 3.1 Ast
Keith Jackson	SR	C	6-9	6.5 Pts, 6.1 Reb, 0.6 Ast
Jeff Whitlow	SR	F	6-6	4.5 Pts, 2.5 Reb, 1.1 Ast
Joe Kopicki	FR	F	6-9	3.7 Pts, 3.7 Reb, 0.6 Ast
Garey Fields	JR	F	6-6	1.6 Pts, 1.2 Reb, 0.1 Ast
Rich McDermott	SR	G	6-2	1.1 Pts, 0.4 Reb, 0.3 Ast

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	28		36.6	74.4	.493	10.9	15.6	.702	41.7	17.8	8.5	5.0		19.1	84.2
Opponent	28		30.7	68.4	.449	12.8	19.8	.647	42.0	13.5	5.5	1.8		17.1	74.2

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	28		1026	2083	.493	306	436	.702	1167	497	239	140		534	2358
Opponent	28		860	1916	.449	358	553	.647	1177	378	153	51		480	2078

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
1	Terry Duerod	28	28	35.2	10.8	20.6	.525	1.7	2.4	.691	3.5	2.5	1.5	0.5	2.3	23.3
2	Earl Cureton	28	28	26.6	4.9	9.6	.511	1.8	2.7	.680	9.0	1.3	1.0	1.1	3.3	11.7
3	Jerry Davis	28	28	28.9	5.1	10.8	.475	1.3	1.7	.750	5.8	1.9	2.1	0.9	2.8	11.6
4	Wilbert McCormick	28	28	35.8	4.7	9.6	.493	1.9	2.5	.771	3.4	6.6	1.5	0.0	2.4	11.4
5	Dave Niles	28	0	22.5	4.5	8.9	.506	1.2	1.6	.750	2.3	3.1	0.7	0.1	1.1	10.2
6	Keith Jackson	28	0	20.0	2.8	5.7	.484	1.0	1.5	.683	6.1	0.6	0.4	1.8	2.5	6.5
7	Jeff Whitlow	28	17	14.6	1.8	4.2	.432	0.9	1.2	.727	2.5	1.1	0.7	0.3	2.4	4.5
8	Joe Kopicki	26	11	15.2	1.4	3.9	.363	0.9	1.5	.590	3.7	0.6	0.5	0.2	1.6	3.7
9	Garey Fields	20	0	4.3	0.8	1.3	.600	0.1	0.2	.333	1.2	0.1	0.0	0.3	0.8	1.6
10	Rich McDermott	11	0	2.5	0.2	1.0	.182	0.7	1.0	.727	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.1

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
1	Terry Duerod	28	28	986	303	577	.525	47	68	.691	98	71	42	14	63	653
2	Earl Cureton	28	28	744	138	270	.511	51	75	.680	251	35	29	32	93	327
3	Jerry Davis	28	28	809	144	303	.475	36	48	.750	161	54	59	25	78	324
4	Wilbert McCormick	28	28	1003	132	268	.493	54	70	.771	96	184	42	1	67	318
5	Dave Niles	28	0	629	126	249	.506	33	44	.750	64	88	20	2	30	285
6	Keith Jackson	28	0	560	77	159	.484	28	41	.683	171	16	12	49	69	182
7	Jeff Whitlow	28	17	408	51	118	.432	24	33	.727	69	31	19	8	68	126
8	Joe Kopicki	26	11	395	37	102	.363	23	39	.590	95	15	12	5	41	97
9	Garey Fields	20	0	85	15	25	.600	1	3	.333	24	2	0	5	16	31
10	Rich McDermott	11	0	27	2	11	.182	8	11	.727	4	3	3	0	3	12
	School Totals	28			1026	2083	.493	306	436	.702	1167	497	239	140	534	2358

Per 40 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
1	Terry Duerod	28	28	986	12.3	23.4	.525	1.9	2.8	.691	4.0	2.9	1.7	0.6	2.6	26.5
2	Dave Niles	28	0	629	8.0	15.8	.506	2.1	2.8	.750	4.1	5.6	1.3	0.1	1.9	18.1
3	Rich McDermott	11	0	27	3.0	16.3	.182	11.9	16.3	.727	5.9	4.4	4.4	0.0	4.4	17.8
4	Earl Cureton	28	28	744	7.4	14.5	.511	2.7	4.0	.680	13.5	1.9	1.6	1.7	5.0	17.6
5	Jerry Davis	28	28	809	7.1	15.0	.475	1.8	2.4	.750	8.0	2.7	2.9	1.2	3.9	16.0
6	Garey Fields	20	0	85	7.1	11.8	.600	0.5	1.4	.333	11.3	0.9	0.0	2.4	7.5	14.6
7	Keith Jackson	28	0	560	5.5	11.4	.484	2.0	2.9	.683	12.2	1.1	0.9	3.5	4.9	13.0
8	Wilbert McCormick	28	28	1003	5.3	10.7	.493	2.2	2.8	.771	3.8	7.3	1.7	0.0	2.7	12.7
9	Jeff Whitlow	28	17	408	5.0	11.6	.432	2.4	3.2	.727	6.8	3.0	1.9	0.8	6.7	12.4
10	Joe Kopicki	26	11	395	3.7	10.3	.363	2.3	3.9	.590	9.6	1.5	1.2	0.5	4.2	9.8