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1966-67 Houston Cougars Men's Roster and Stats

Record: 27-4 (Independent)

Rank: 7th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Guy Lewis

PS/G: 89.2 (5th of 192)

PA/G: 72.8 (78th of 192)

SRS: 12.00 (11th of 185)

SOS: -2.17 (130th of 185)

NCAA Tournament:
Won Midwest First Round (59-58) versus New Mexico State
Won Midwest Regional Semifinal (66-53) versus Kansas
Won Midwest Regional Final (83-75) versus Southern Methodist
Lost National Semifinal (73-58) versus UCLA
Won National Third Place (84-62) versus North Carolina

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Elvin Hayes	JR	C	6-9	28.4 Pts, 15.7 Reb, 1.1 Ast
Don Chaney	JR	G	6-5	15.3 Pts, 5.2 Reb, 2.5 Ast
Melvin Bell	SO	C	6-7	12.8 Pts, 9.1 Reb, 1.7 Ast
Gary Grider	SR	G	6-1	8.1 Pts, 3.1 Reb, 5.1 Ast
Leary Lentz	SR	C	6-6	7.9 Pts, 8.1 Reb, 1.5 Ast
Don Kruse	SR	C	6-8	5.5 Pts, 4.2 Reb, 2.1 Ast
Ken Spain	SO	C	6-9	5.4 Pts, 4.4 Reb, 0.5 Ast
Theodis Lee	SO	F	6-8	2.2 Pts, 1.3 Reb, 0.2 Ast
Andrew Benson	SO	F	6-7	2.4 Pts, 1.7 Reb, 0.2 Ast
Niemer Hamood	SO	G	6-0	1.5 Pts, 0.2 Reb, 0.2 Ast
Vern Lewis	JR	G	5-11	0.9 Pts, 0.4 Reb, 0.9 Ast
David Starks	SR	G	5-10	1.3 Pts, 0.6 Reb, 0.4 Ast
Elliott McVey	JR	G	5-10	0.9 Pts, 0.7 Reb, 1.1 Ast

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	31		36.4	79.3	.459	16.4	26.2	.626	60.1					16.4	89.2
Opponent	31		29.0	73.6	.393	14.9	21.5	.693	43.9					18.7	72.8

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	31		1128	2459	.459	509	813	.626	1862					507	2765
Opponent	31		898	2283	.393	461	665	.693	1362					581	2257

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	Elvin Hayes	31	36.1	12.0	24.2	.497	4.4	7.3	.595	15.7	1.1	2.1	28.4
2	Don Chaney	31	33.5	6.4	14.5	.440	2.6	3.7	.690	5.2	2.5	3.2	15.3
3	Melvin Bell	31	26.1	5.2	10.7	.482	2.5	4.2	.595	9.1	1.7	2.3	12.8
4	Gary Grider	31	32.9	3.0	6.5	.455	2.2	3.2	.694	3.1	5.1	1.3	8.1
5	Leary Lentz	31	24.8	3.2	7.4	.435	1.5	2.3	.634	8.1	1.5	1.6	7.9
6	Don Kruse	31	17.0	2.2	5.6	.385	1.2	1.7	.717	4.2	2.1	2.1	5.5
7	Ken Spain	31	10.9	2.2	4.4	.511	0.9	1.6	.571	4.4	0.5	1.3	5.4
8	Andrew Benson	19	3.9	1.1	2.0	.553	0.2	0.5	.400	1.7	0.2	0.4	2.4
9	Theodis Lee	23	4.4	0.9	2.5	.351	0.4	0.8	.556	1.3	0.2	0.7	2.2
10	Niemer Hamood	23	5.3	0.6	1.7	.350	0.3	0.6	.538	0.2	0.2	0.5	1.5
11	David Starks	11	4.5	0.4	0.9	.400	0.5	0.5	1.000	0.6	0.4	0.8	1.3
12	Vern Lewis	29	6.6	0.3	1.4	.225	0.3	0.6	.471	0.4	0.9	1.0	0.9
13	Elliott McVey	7	2.4	0.3	0.4	.667	0.3	0.6	.500	0.7	1.1	0.7	0.9

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	Elvin Hayes	31	1119	373	750	.497	135	227	.595	488	33	65	881
2	Don Chaney	31	1038	197	448	.440	80	116	.690	160	79	98	474
3	Melvin Bell	31	808	160	332	.482	78	131	.595	282	52	71	398
4	Gary Grider	31	1019	92	202	.455	68	98	.694	96	158	39	252
5	Leary Lentz	31	770	100	230	.435	45	71	.634	250	47	51	245
6	Don Kruse	31	527	67	174	.385	38	53	.717	131	66	64	172
7	Ken Spain	31	338	69	135	.511	28	49	.571	137	14	41	166
8	Theodis Lee	23	101	20	57	.351	10	18	.556	31	4	15	50
9	Andrew Benson	19	74	21	38	.553	4	10	.400	32	4	8	46
10	Niemer Hamood	23	123	14	40	.350	7	13	.538	5	5	12	35
11	Vern Lewis	29	191	9	40	.225	8	17	.471	13	26	29	26
12	David Starks	11	49	4	10	.400	6	6	1.000	7	4	9	14
13	Elliott McVey	7	17	2	3	.667	2	4	.500	5	8	5	6
	School Totals	31		1128	2459	.459	509	813	.626	1862		507	2765

Per 40 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	Elvin Hayes	31	1119	13.3	26.8	.497	4.8	8.1	.595	17.4	1.2	2.3	31.5
2	Andrew Benson	19	74	11.4	20.5	.553	2.2	5.4	.400	17.3	2.2	4.3	24.9
3	Theodis Lee	23	101	7.9	22.6	.351	4.0	7.1	.556	12.3	1.6	5.9	19.8
4	Melvin Bell	31	808	7.9	16.4	.482	3.9	6.5	.595	14.0	2.6	3.5	19.7
5	Ken Spain	31	338	8.2	16.0	.511	3.3	5.8	.571	16.2	1.7	4.9	19.6
6	Don Chaney	31	1038	7.6	17.3	.440	3.1	4.5	.690	6.2	3.0	3.8	18.3
7	Elliott McVey	7	17	4.7	7.1	.667	4.7	9.4	.500	11.8	18.8	11.8	14.1
8	Don Kruse	31	527	5.1	13.2	.385	2.9	4.0	.717	9.9	5.0	4.9	13.1
9	Leary Lentz	31	770	5.2	11.9	.435	2.3	3.7	.634	13.0	2.4	2.6	12.7
10	Niemer Hamood	23	123	4.6	13.0	.350	2.3	4.2	.538	1.6	1.6	3.9	11.4
11	David Starks	11	49	3.3	8.2	.400	4.9	4.9	1.000	5.7	3.3	7.3	11.4
12	Gary Grider	31	1019	3.6	7.9	.455	2.7	3.8	.694	3.8	6.2	1.5	9.9
13	Vern Lewis	29	191	1.9	8.4	.225	1.7	3.6	.471	2.7	5.4	6.1	5.4