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1977-78 Drake Bulldogs Men's Roster and Stats

Record: 6-22 (2-14, 9th in MVC MBB)

Coach: Bob Ortegel

PS/G: 76.7 (100th of 259)

PA/G: 80.2 (219th of 259)

SRS: -2.08 (145th of 253)

SOS: 3.07 (72nd of 253)

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Wayne Kreklow	JR	G	6-4	15.2 Pts, 3.2 Reb, 2.6 Ast
Chad Nelson	JR	C	6-11	15.0 Pts, 7.1 Reb, 1.3 Ast
Napoleon Gaither	SR	G	6-3	12.8 Pts, 2.7 Reb, 4.4 Ast
Gregory Johns	SR	F	6-9	12.6 Pts, 9.7 Reb, 1.4 Ast
Ernie Banks	FR	F	6-7	7.7 Pts, 5.5 Reb, 0.7 Ast
Earl May	JR	G	5-10	5.5 Pts, 0.7 Reb, 2.9 Ast
Dave Johnson	SO	F	6-8	3.7 Pts, 2.9 Reb, 0.7 Ast
Tom Egli	SR	F	6-4	2.4 Pts, 1.0 Reb, 0.8 Ast
Ron Clarkson	SR	G	6-3	1.9 Pts, 0.7 Reb, 2.0 Ast
Jeff Hill	FR	G	6-1	1.6 Pts, 0.4 Reb, 0.6 Ast
Mike Thorpe	JR	F	6-5	0.9 Pts, 1.4 Reb, 0.1 Ast
_ Jones				3.7 Pts, 0.3 Reb, 1.7 Ast
Chris Kern		F	6-6	0.0 Pts, 4.0 Reb, 0.0 Ast
_ Simmons				0.0 Pts, 0.5 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	28		31.0	66.8	.465	14.6	20.4	.715	37.7	16.3	5.7	2.5	16.8	23.3	76.7
Opponent	28		31.6	65.4	.484	17.0	24.1	.704	39.8	9.8	4.9	2.5	9.8	20.4	80.2

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	16														75.4
Opponent	16														80.5

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	28		869	1869	.465	409	572	.715	1056	457	159	71	469	652	2147
Opponent	28		885	1830	.484	475	675	.704	1113	273	136	71	273	572	2245

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	16														1207
Opponent	16														1288

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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	Wayne Kreklow	G	28	28	32.2	5.8	11.1	.526	5.8	11.1	3.5	4.5	.792	3.2	2.6	1.1	0.1	2.4	3.4	15.2
2	Chad Nelson	C	28	25	29.1	6.5	12.8	.513	6.5	12.8	1.9	2.4	.791	7.1	1.3	0.4	0.4	2.0	3.5	15.0
3	Napoleon Gaither	G	27	27	33.6	5.2	12.0	.433	5.2	12.0	2.4	3.0	.793	2.7	4.4	1.2	0.2	2.9	2.9	12.8
4	Gregory Johns	F	27	27	30.8	4.6	9.9	.464	4.6	9.9	3.4	5.0	.689	9.7	1.4	0.8	0.4	2.9	3.6	12.6
5	Ernie Banks	F	27	19	19.3	3.2	7.1	.453	3.2	7.1	1.2	2.1	.579	5.5	0.7	0.2	0.7	1.8	2.8	7.7
6	Earl May	G	27	10	20.8	2.4	5.4	.445	2.4	5.4	0.7	1.0	.679	0.7	2.9	1.1	0.3	2.1	2.0	5.5
7	Dave Johnson	F	27	2	15.3	1.5	3.3	.456	1.5	3.3	0.7	1.2	.594	2.9	0.7	0.2	0.5	0.7	2.2	3.7
8	_ Jones		3	0	10.3	1.7	3.7	.455	1.7	3.7	0.3	0.7	.500	0.3	1.7		0.0	2.0	1.7	3.7
9	Tom Egli	F	28	0	9.6	1.0	3.0	.321	1.0	3.0	0.5	0.7	.684	1.0	0.8	0.3	0.1	0.3	1.0	2.4
10	Ron Clarkson	G	18	2	8.2	0.8	1.4	.560	0.8	1.4	0.3	0.7	.500	0.7	2.0	0.5	0.1	1.7	1.1	1.9
11	Jeff Hill	G	21	0	5.9	0.7	1.9	.375	0.7	1.9	0.2	0.2	.800	0.4	0.6	0.3	0.0	0.8	1.3	1.6
12	Mike Thorpe	F	16	0	3.8	0.3	1.2	.263	0.3	1.2	0.3	0.4	.571	1.4	0.1		0.0	0.3	0.8	0.9
13	Chris Kern	F	1	0	9.0	0.0	2.0	.000	0.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	.000	4.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0
14	_ Simmons		2	0	1.0	0.0	1.5	.000	0.0	1.5	0.0	0.0		0.5	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0
	Team Totals		28			31.0	66.8	.465	31.0	66.8	14.6	20.4	.715	37.7	16.3	5.7	2.5	16.8	23.3	76.7

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Wayne Kreklow	28	28	902	163	310	.526	99	125	.792	89	72	31	2	68	94	425
2	Chad Nelson	28	25	814	183	357	.513	53	67	.791	199	36	10	10	55	98	419
3	Napoleon Gaither	27	27	906	140	323	.433	65	82	.793	73	119	32	5	77	78	345
4	Gregory Johns	27	27	832	124	267	.464	93	135	.689	261	38	21	11	78	97	341
5	Ernie Banks	27	19	520	87	192	.453	33	57	.579	149	18	6	18	49	76	207
6	Earl May	27	10	561	65	146	.445	19	28	.679	19	77	29	7	58	55	149
7	Dave Johnson	27	2	413	41	90	.456	19	32	.594	77	20	6	13	20	59	101
8	Tom Egli	28	0	269	27	84	.321	13	19	.684	28	21	8	3	7	28	67
9	Ron Clarkson	18	2	147	14	25	.560	6	12	.500	13	36	9	1	31	20	34
10	Jeff Hill	21	0	124	15	40	.375	4	5	.800	8	13	7	1	16	28	34
11	Mike Thorpe	16	0	61	5	19	.263	4	7	.571	22	2		0	4	13	14
12	_ Jones	3	0	31	5	11	.455	1	2	.500	1	5		0	6	5	11
13	Chris Kern	1	0	9	0	2	.000	0	1	.000	4	0		0	0	1	0
14	_ Simmons	2	0	2	0	3	.000	0	0		1	0		0		0	0
	School Totals	28			869	1869	.465	409	572	.715	1056	457	159	71	469	652	2147

Per 40 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Chad Nelson	28	25	814	9.0	17.5	.513	2.6	3.3	.791	9.8	1.8	0.5	0.5	2.7	4.8	20.6
2	Wayne Kreklow	28	28	902	7.2	13.7	.526	4.4	5.5	.792	3.9	3.2	1.4	0.1	3.0	4.2	18.8
3	Gregory Johns	27	27	832	6.0	12.8	.464	4.5	6.5	.689	12.5	1.8	1.0	0.5	3.8	4.7	16.4
4	Ernie Banks	27	19	520	6.7	14.8	.453	2.5	4.4	.579	11.5	1.4	0.5	1.4	3.8	5.8	15.9
5	Napoleon Gaither	27	27	906	6.2	14.3	.433	2.9	3.6	.793	3.2	5.3	1.4	0.2	3.4	3.4	15.2
6	_ Jones	3	0	31	6.5	14.2	.455	1.3	2.6	.500	1.3	6.5		0.0	7.7	6.5	14.2
7	Jeff Hill	21	0	124	4.8	12.9	.375	1.3	1.6	.800	2.6	4.2	2.3	0.3	5.2	9.0	11.0
8	Earl May	27	10	561	4.6	10.4	.445	1.4	2.0	.679	1.4	5.5	2.1	0.5	4.1	3.9	10.6
9	Tom Egli	28	0	269	4.0	12.5	.321	1.9	2.8	.684	4.2	3.1	1.2	0.4	1.0	4.2	10.0
10	Dave Johnson	27	2	413	4.0	8.7	.456	1.8	3.1	.594	7.5	1.9	0.6	1.3	1.9	5.7	9.8
11	Ron Clarkson	18	2	147	3.8	6.8	.560	1.6	3.3	.500	3.5	9.8	2.4	0.3	8.4	5.4	9.3
12	Mike Thorpe	16	0	61	3.3	12.5	.263	2.6	4.6	.571	14.4	1.3		0.0	2.6	8.5	9.2
13	Chris Kern	1	0	9	0.0	8.9	.000	0.0	4.4	.000	17.8	0.0		0.0	0.0	4.4	0.0
14	_ Simmons	2	0	2	0.0	60.0	.000	0.0	0.0		20.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0