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1976-77 Detroit Mercy Titans Men's Roster and Stats

Record: 25-4 Overall W-L adjusted to 26-3 (Independent)

Rank: 12th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Dick Vitale

PS/G: 90.7 (6th of 249)

PA/G: 73.9 (116th of 249)

SRS: 8.85 (36th of 244)

SOS: -1.91 (155th of 244)

NCAA Tournament:
Won Mideast First Round (93-76) versus Middle Tennessee
Lost Mideast Regional Semifinal (86-81) versus Michigan

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
John Long	JR	G	6-5	20.3 Pts, 6.8 Reb, 1.4 Ast
Terry Tyler	JR	F	6-7	17.4 Pts, 11.0 Reb, 1.2 Ast
Terry Duerod	SO	G	6-2	11.3 Pts, 2.1 Reb, 1.9 Ast
Dennis Boyd	SR	G	6-1	10.3 Pts, 2.4 Reb, 7.6 Ast
Ron Bostick	SR	F	6-9	7.1 Pts, 5.4 Reb, 0.7 Ast
Jeff Whitlow	SO	F	6-6	6.0 Pts, 3.7 Reb, 0.6 Ast
Turono Anderson	JR	G	6-3	6.0 Pts, 1.4 Reb, 0.8 Ast
Wilbert McCormick	FR	G	6-1	3.9 Pts, 1.3 Reb, 2.3 Ast
Dave Niles	FR	G	6-5	3.5 Pts, 0.9 Reb, 0.7 Ast
Wilbur Ross	SR	F	6-5	2.5 Pts, 1.2 Reb, 0.7 Ast
Keith Jackson	JR	C	6-9	3.1 Pts, 3.5 Reb, 0.3 Ast
Kevin Kaseta	JR	F	6-9	6.2 Pts, 1.8 Reb, 1.2 Ast
Mike Robinson	FR		6-5	2.3 Pts, 2.8 Reb, 0.1 Ast
Rich McDermott		G	6-2	1.5 Pts, 0.4 Reb, 0.1 Ast

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	29		38.6	76.3	.506	13.4	18.5	.724	44.1	17.9	9.2	5.8		18.3	90.7
Opponent	29		31.1	69.8	.445	11.4	17.9	.637	39.6	15.2	5.9	2.3		18.2	73.9

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	29		1120	2214	.506	389	537	.724	1280	519	267	168		530	2629
Opponent	29		901	2025	.445	331	520	.637	1147	441	171	67		528	2143

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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	PF	PTS
1	John Long	G	28	28	31.8	8.8	18.1	.482	8.8	18.1	2.8	3.6	.765	6.8	1.4	1.6	0.5	2.4	20.3
2	Terry Tyler	F	29	29	31.1	7.3	12.4	.589	7.3	12.4	2.8	3.8	.743	11.0	1.2	1.5	3.0	2.8	17.4
3	Terry Duerod	G	29	29	24.2	5.2	10.2	.507	5.2	10.2	1.0	1.4	.725	2.1	1.9	1.3	3.9	1.8	11.3
4	Dennis Boyd	G	29	29	30.2	4.4	8.7	.506	4.4	8.7	1.5	1.9	.768	2.4	7.6	1.9	0.0	2.0	10.3
5	Ron Bostick	F	29	25	22.1	3.2	6.6	.482	3.2	6.6	0.7	1.4	.500	5.4	0.7	0.6	0.7	2.9	7.1
6	Kevin Kaseta	F	5	3	11.4	2.6	3.8	.684	2.6	3.8	1.0	1.4	.714	1.8	1.2	0.2	0.0	1.0	6.2
7	Jeff Whitlow	F	29	1	17.8	2.6	4.9	.535	2.6	4.9	0.7	1.0	.750	3.7	0.6	0.5	0.2	1.7	6.0
8	Turono Anderson	G	28	1	11.6	2.4	5.4	.453	2.4	5.4	1.1	1.4	.816	1.4	0.8	0.4	0.0	1.2	6.0
9	Wilbert McCormick	G	28	0	11.3	1.5	3.1	.466	1.5	3.1	0.9	1.3	.743	1.3	2.3	0.5	0.0	0.8	3.9
10	Dave Niles	G	21	0	7.2	1.2	2.5	.481	1.2	2.5	1.1	1.5	.774	0.9	0.7	0.3	0.1	0.5	3.5
11	Keith Jackson	C	21	0	9.3	1.3	2.7	.474	1.3	2.7	0.5	1.0	.550	3.5	0.3	0.3	1.1	1.2	3.1
12	Wilbur Ross	F	28	0	6.5	1.1	2.3	.476	1.1	2.3	0.3	0.5	.643	1.2	0.7	0.3	0.0	1.1	2.5
13	Mike Robinson		9	0	6.8	0.9	2.8	.320	0.9	2.8	0.6	0.4	1.250	2.8	0.1	0.3	0.1	0.9	2.3
14	Rich McDermott	G	10	0	3.2	0.5	1.0	.500	0.5	1.0	0.5	0.8	.625	0.4	0.1	0.3	0.0	0.4	1.5
	Team Totals		29			38.6	76.3	.506	38.6	76.3	13.4	18.5	.724	44.1	17.9	9.2	5.8	18.3	90.7

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
1	John Long	28	28	891	245	508	.482	78	102	.765	189	39	45	14	67	568
2	Terry Tyler	29	29	901	212	360	.589	81	109	.743	319	34	44	86	82	505
3	Terry Duerod	29	29	701	150	296	.507	29	40	.725	62	54	38	112	51	329
4	Dennis Boyd	29	29	875	128	253	.506	43	56	.768	69	219	54	0	59	299
5	Ron Bostick	29	25	640	92	191	.482	21	42	.500	158	21	17	21	85	205
6	Jeff Whitlow	29	1	516	76	142	.535	21	28	.750	107	16	15	7	48	173
7	Turono Anderson	28	1	326	68	150	.453	31	38	.816	40	23	11	0	33	167
8	Wilbert McCormick	28	0	315	41	88	.466	26	35	.743	35	65	13	1	23	108
9	Dave Niles	21	0	152	25	52	.481	24	31	.774	19	14	6	2	10	74
10	Wilbur Ross	28	0	181	30	63	.476	9	14	.643	33	19	9	1	31	69
11	Keith Jackson	21	0	195	27	57	.474	11	20	.550	74	6	7	23	26	65
12	Kevin Kaseta	5	3	57	13	19	.684	5	7	.714	9	6	1	0	5	31
13	Mike Robinson	9	0	61	8	25	.320	5	4	1.250	25	1	3	1	8	21
14	Rich McDermott	10	0	32	5	10	.500	5	8	.625	4	1	3	0	4	15
	School Totals	29			1120	2214	.506	389	537	.724	1280	519	267	168	530	2629

Per 40 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
1	John Long	28	28	891	11.0	22.8	.482	3.5	4.6	.765	8.5	1.8	2.0	0.6	3.0	25.5
2	Terry Tyler	29	29	901	9.4	16.0	.589	3.6	4.8	.743	14.2	1.5	2.0	3.8	3.6	22.4
3	Kevin Kaseta	5	3	57	9.1	13.3	.684	3.5	4.9	.714	6.3	4.2	0.7	0.0	3.5	21.8
4	Turono Anderson	28	1	326	8.3	18.4	.453	3.8	4.7	.816	4.9	2.8	1.3	0.0	4.0	20.5
5	Dave Niles	21	0	152	6.6	13.7	.481	6.3	8.2	.774	5.0	3.7	1.6	0.5	2.6	19.5
6	Terry Duerod	29	29	701	8.6	16.9	.507	1.7	2.3	.725	3.5	3.1	2.2	6.4	2.9	18.8
7	Rich McDermott	10	0	32	6.3	12.5	.500	6.3	10.0	.625	5.0	1.3	3.8	0.0	5.0	18.8
8	Wilbur Ross	28	0	181	6.6	13.9	.476	2.0	3.1	.643	7.3	4.2	2.0	0.2	6.9	15.2
9	Mike Robinson	9	0	61	5.2	16.4	.320	3.3	2.6	1.250	16.4	0.7	2.0	0.7	5.2	13.8
10	Dennis Boyd	29	29	875	5.9	11.6	.506	2.0	2.6	.768	3.2	10.0	2.5	0.0	2.7	13.7
11	Wilbert McCormick	28	0	315	5.2	11.2	.466	3.3	4.4	.743	4.4	8.3	1.7	0.1	2.9	13.7
12	Jeff Whitlow	29	1	516	5.9	11.0	.535	1.6	2.2	.750	8.3	1.2	1.2	0.5	3.7	13.4
13	Keith Jackson	21	0	195	5.5	11.7	.474	2.3	4.1	.550	15.2	1.2	1.4	4.7	5.3	13.3
14	Ron Bostick	29	25	640	5.8	11.9	.482	1.3	2.6	.500	9.9	1.3	1.1	1.3	5.3	12.8