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1978-79 Eastern Kentucky Colonels Men's Roster and Stats

Record: 21-8 (9-3, 1st in OVC MBB)

Coach: Ed Byhre

PS/G: 86.6 (9th of 262)

PA/G: 79.8 (220th of 262)

SRS: -1.64 (139th of 256)

SOS: -4.26 (196th of 256)

NCAA Tournament: (#9 seed in Mideast)
Lost Mideast First Round (97-81) versus #8 Tennessee

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
James Tillman	JR	F	6-4	26.9 Pts, 6.5 Reb
Bruce Jones	SO	G	6-0	13.7 Pts, 2.8 Reb
Kenny Elliott	SR	G	6-0	12.7 Pts, 2.6 Reb
Vic Merchant	SR	F	6-5	9.4 Pts, 5.6 Reb
Dale Jenkins	SO	C	6-8	6.1 Pts, 6.0 Reb
Dave Bootcheck	JR	C	6-9	6.8 Pts, 5.4 Reb
Dave Tierney	JR	G	6-3	5.0 Pts, 2.8 Reb
Chris Williams	SR	F	6-6	3.5 Pts, 3.0 Reb
Donnie Moore	SO	G	6-2	4.9 Pts, 2.5 Reb
David Jenkins	SO	F	6-6	2.4 Pts, 2.6 Reb
Carvin Blocker	FR	F	6-6	1.5 Pts, 0.9 Reb
Danny Haney		G	6-3	1.2 Pts, 0.7 Reb

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	29		35.2	72.2	.487	16.1	21.8	.739	40.5	19.3			16.3	22.6	86.6
Opponent	29		31.5	64.7	.487	16.8	23.9	.704	38.7	15.7			20.0	20.0	79.8

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	12														84.8
Opponent	12														77.7

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	29		1021	2095	.487	468	633	.739	1174	561			474	655	2510
Opponent	29		913	1876	.487	487	692	.704	1122	456			580	580	2313

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	12														1018
Opponent	12														932

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	TOV	PTS
1	James Tillman	29	35.9	10.7	20.4	.523	5.6	7.0	.798	6.5	2.8	26.9
2	Bruce Jones	29	33.2	5.6	12.5	.446	2.6	3.2	.787	2.8	3.7	13.7
3	Kenny Elliott	29	27.5	5.0	10.4	.482	2.6	3.2	.817	2.6	2.0	12.7
4	Vic Merchant	28	30.3	3.9	7.8	.505	1.5	2.0	.754	5.6	2.0	9.4
5	Dave Bootcheck	22	16.9	2.7	6.1	.448	1.4	2.1	.652	5.4	1.0	6.8
6	Dale Jenkins	28	21.9	2.7	5.1	.521	0.7	1.2	.606	6.0	1.4	6.1
7	Dave Tierney	27	17.1	2.2	4.2	.522	0.7	1.1	.621	2.8	0.9	5.0
8	Donnie Moore	11	11.5	2.2	4.5	.490	0.5	0.9	.600	2.5	1.5	4.9
9	Chris Williams	25	9.8	1.5	3.0	.500	0.5	0.9	.545	3.0	0.8	3.5
10	David Jenkins	12	7.0	1.0	2.1	.480	0.4	1.1	.385	2.6	0.6	2.4
11	Carvin Blocker	8	5.8	0.6	1.4	.455	0.3	0.4	.667	0.9	1.3	1.5
12	Danny Haney	9	4.3	0.3	1.4	.231	0.6	0.8	.714	0.7	0.6	1.2

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	TOV	PF	PTS
1	James Tillman	29	1040	309	591	.523	162	203	.798	189		81		780
2	Bruce Jones	29	962	162	363	.446	74	94	.787	82		106		398
3	Kenny Elliott	29	798	146	303	.482	76	93	.817	76		58		368
4	Vic Merchant	28	848	110	218	.505	43	57	.754	157		57		263
5	Dale Jenkins	28	614	75	144	.521	20	33	.606	169		40		170
6	Dave Bootcheck	22	372	60	134	.448	30	46	.652	118		22		150
7	Dave Tierney	27	462	59	113	.522	18	29	.621	76		25		136
8	Chris Williams	25	246	38	76	.500	12	22	.545	74		20		88
9	Donnie Moore	11	126	24	49	.490	6	10	.600	27		16		54
10	David Jenkins	12	84	12	25	.480	5	13	.385	31		7		29
11	Carvin Blocker	8	46	5	11	.455	2	3	.667	7		10		12
12	Danny Haney	9	39	3	13	.231	5	7	.714	6		5		11
	School Totals	29		1021	2095	.487	468	633	.739	1174	561	474	655	2510

Per 40 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	TOV	PTS
1	James Tillman	29	1040	11.9	22.7	.523	6.2	7.8	.798	7.3	3.1	30.0
2	Kenny Elliott	29	798	7.3	15.2	.482	3.8	4.7	.817	3.8	2.9	18.4
3	Donnie Moore	11	126	7.6	15.6	.490	1.9	3.2	.600	8.6	5.1	17.1
4	Bruce Jones	29	962	6.7	15.1	.446	3.1	3.9	.787	3.4	4.4	16.5
5	Dave Bootcheck	22	372	6.5	14.4	.448	3.2	4.9	.652	12.7	2.4	16.1
6	Chris Williams	25	246	6.2	12.4	.500	2.0	3.6	.545	12.0	3.3	14.3
7	David Jenkins	12	84	5.7	11.9	.480	2.4	6.2	.385	14.8	3.3	13.8
8	Vic Merchant	28	848	5.2	10.3	.505	2.0	2.7	.754	7.4	2.7	12.4
9	Dave Tierney	27	462	5.1	9.8	.522	1.6	2.5	.621	6.6	2.2	11.8
10	Danny Haney	9	39	3.1	13.3	.231	5.1	7.2	.714	6.2	5.1	11.3
11	Dale Jenkins	28	614	4.9	9.4	.521	1.3	2.1	.606	11.0	2.6	11.1
12	Carvin Blocker	8	46	4.3	9.6	.455	1.7	2.6	.667	6.1	8.7	10.4

1978-79 Eastern Kentucky (Men's) Season