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1972-73 Houston Cougars Men's Roster and Stats

Record: 23-4 (Independent)

Rank: 13th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Guy Lewis

PS/G: 91.6 (6th of 230)

PA/G: 77.1 (153rd of 230)

SRS: 12.34 (15th of 215)

SOS: -1.75 (134th of 215)

NCAA Tournament:
Lost Midwest First Round (102-89) versus Louisiana

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Louis Dunbar	SO	F	6-9	20.9 Pts, 5.3 Reb, 4.1 Ast
Dwight Jones	JR	F	6-10	18.7 Pts, 14.1 Reb, 2.7 Ast
Steve Newsome	SR	F	6-8	15.6 Pts, 8.3 Reb, 4.5 Ast
Maurice Presley	SO	C	6-10	8.9 Pts, 8.0 Reb, 2.2 Ast
Jerry Bonney	SR	G	6-4	9.4 Pts, 2.0 Reb, 3.6 Ast
Sidney Edwards	JR	F	6-9	6.8 Pts, 5.2 Reb, 1.5 Ast
Donnell Hayes	JR	G	6-2	5.8 Pts, 1.3 Reb, 3.1 Ast
David Marrs	FR	F	6-8	2.3 Pts, 2.5 Reb, 0.4 Ast
Clay Hoster	SR	G	6-4	2.5 Pts, 0.9 Reb, 0.2 Ast
Doug Worrell	SR	G	5-10	1.5 Pts, 0.1 Reb, 0.6 Ast
Ed Riska	SO	G	6-2	2.3 Pts, 0.5 Reb, 0.5 Ast
John Bowe				4.0 Pts, 3.3 Reb, 0.3 Ast
Vinnie Caruso	SO			0.8 Pts, 0.1 Reb, 0.7 Ast

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	27		40.0	83.0	.482	11.6	16.9	.686	54.7	22.7				18.1	91.6
Opponent	27		32.6	74.4	.438	11.9	17.3	.691	40.8	16.4				17.0	77.1

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	27		1080	2242	.482	312	455	.686	1477	614				489	2472
Opponent	27		880	2010	.438	322	466	.691	1102	444				460	2082

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	Louis Dunbar	27	34.4	9.3	18.4	.505	2.3	3.1	.729	5.3	4.1	2.6	20.9
2	Dwight Jones	27	35.2	7.9	14.9	.526	3.0	4.4	.686	14.1	2.7	2.7	18.7
3	Steve Newsome	27	29.9	6.7	12.3	.545	2.1	2.9	.734	8.3	4.5	2.9	15.6
4	Jerry Bonney	25	24.4	4.1	7.8	.531	1.1	1.6	.683	2.0	3.6	1.5	9.4
5	Maurice Presley	27	23.6	4.2	9.5	.440	0.6	1.3	.429	8.0	2.2	2.9	8.9
6	Sidney Edwards	27	18.2	2.8	6.8	.413	1.2	1.6	.762	5.2	1.5	2.0	6.8
7	Donnell Hayes	26	17.4	2.7	7.4	.363	0.5	0.9	.522	1.3	3.1	1.5	5.8
8	John Bowe	3	6.0	2.0	4.0	.500	0.0	0.0		3.3	0.3	1.0	4.0
9	Clay Hoster	18	6.3	1.1	2.9	.365	0.4	0.5	.778	0.9	0.2	0.6	2.5
10	David Marrs	22	7.9	1.1	2.9	.397	0.0	0.3	.167	2.5	0.4	0.5	2.3
11	Ed Riska	11	3.9	1.0	1.9	.524	0.3	0.4	.750	0.5	0.5	0.5	2.3
12	Doug Worrell	17	4.9	0.5	1.1	.500	0.5	0.7	.667	0.1	0.6	1.4	1.5
13	Vinnie Caruso	10	5.6	0.4	1.4	.286	0.0	0.1	.000	0.1	0.7		0.8

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	Louis Dunbar	27	930	251	497	.505	62	85	.729	143	112	71	564
2	Dwight Jones	27	951	212	403	.526	81	118	.686	380	73	72	505
3	Steve Newsome	27	806	181	332	.545	58	79	.734	223	121	77	420
4	Maurice Presley	27	636	113	257	.440	15	35	.429	217	59	78	241
5	Jerry Bonney	25	610	103	194	.531	28	41	.683	51	91	37	234
6	Sidney Edwards	27	492	76	184	.413	32	42	.762	140	41	54	184
7	Donnell Hayes	26	453	70	193	.363	12	23	.522	34	81	38	152
8	David Marrs	22	173	25	63	.397	1	6	.167	54	9	10	51
9	Clay Hoster	18	114	19	52	.365	7	9	.778	16	4	10	45
10	Doug Worrell	17	83	9	18	.500	8	12	.667	2	11	24	26
11	Ed Riska	11	43	11	21	.524	3	4	.750	5	6	6	25
12	John Bowe	3	18	6	12	.500	0	0		10	1	3	12
13	Vinnie Caruso	10	56	4	14	.286	0	1	.000	1	7		8
	School Totals	27		1080	2242	.482	312	455	.686	1477	614	489	2472

Per 40 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	John Bowe	3	18	13.3	26.7	.500	0.0	0.0		22.2	2.2	6.7	26.7
2	Louis Dunbar	27	930	10.8	21.4	.505	2.7	3.7	.729	6.2	4.8	3.1	24.3
3	Ed Riska	11	43	10.2	19.5	.524	2.8	3.7	.750	4.7	5.6	5.6	23.3
4	Dwight Jones	27	951	8.9	17.0	.526	3.4	5.0	.686	16.0	3.1	3.0	21.2
5	Steve Newsome	27	806	9.0	16.5	.545	2.9	3.9	.734	11.1	6.0	3.8	20.8
6	Clay Hoster	18	114	6.7	18.2	.365	2.5	3.2	.778	5.6	1.4	3.5	15.8
7	Jerry Bonney	25	610	6.8	12.7	.531	1.8	2.7	.683	3.3	6.0	2.4	15.3
8	Maurice Presley	27	636	7.1	16.2	.440	0.9	2.2	.429	13.6	3.7	4.9	15.2
9	Sidney Edwards	27	492	6.2	15.0	.413	2.6	3.4	.762	11.4	3.3	4.4	15.0
10	Donnell Hayes	26	453	6.2	17.0	.363	1.1	2.0	.522	3.0	7.2	3.4	13.4
11	Doug Worrell	17	83	4.3	8.7	.500	3.9	5.8	.667	1.0	5.3	11.6	12.5
12	David Marrs	22	173	5.8	14.6	.397	0.2	1.4	.167	12.5	2.1	2.3	11.8
13	Vinnie Caruso	10	56	2.9	10.0	.286	0.0	0.7	.000	0.7	5.0		5.7