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

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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

OVC Reg Season Champ
OVC Tourney Champ

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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

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

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

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	TOV	PTS	Awards
1	James Tillman	F	29	35.9	10.7	20.4	.523	10.7	20.4	5.6	7.0	.798	6.5	2.8	26.9
2	Bruce Jones	G	29	33.2	5.6	12.5	.446	5.6	12.5	2.6	3.2	.787	2.8	3.7	13.7
3	Kenny Elliott	G	29	27.5	5.0	10.4	.482	5.0	10.4	2.6	3.2	.817	2.6	2.0	12.7
4	Vic Merchant	F	28	30.3	3.9	7.8	.505	3.9	7.8	1.5	2.0	.754	5.6	2.0	9.4
5	Dave Bootcheck	C	22	16.9	2.7	6.1	.448	2.7	6.1	1.4	2.1	.652	5.4	1.0	6.8
6	Dale Jenkins	C	28	21.9	2.7	5.1	.521	2.7	5.1	0.7	1.2	.606	6.0	1.4	6.1
7	Dave Tierney	G	27	17.1	2.2	4.2	.522	2.2	4.2	0.7	1.1	.621	2.8	0.9	5.0
8	Donnie Moore	G	11	11.5	2.2	4.5	.490	2.2	4.5	0.5	0.9	.600	2.5	1.5	4.9
9	Chris Williams	F	25	9.8	1.5	3.0	.500	1.5	3.0	0.5	0.9	.545	3.0	0.8	3.5
10	David Jenkins	F	12	7.0	1.0	2.1	.480	1.0	2.1	0.4	1.1	.385	2.6	0.6	2.4
11	Carvin Blocker	F	8	5.8	0.6	1.4	.455	0.6	1.4	0.3	0.4	.667	0.9	1.3	1.5
12	Danny Haney	G	9	4.3	0.3	1.4	.231	0.3	1.4	0.6	0.8	.714	0.7	0.6	1.2
	Team Totals		29		35.2	72.2	.487	35.2	72.2	16.1	21.8	.739	40.5	16.3	86.6

Totals

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

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Per 40 Minutes

Per 40 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	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

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