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1965-66 Houston Cougars Men's Roster and Stats

Record: 23-6 (Independent)

Coach: Guy Lewis

PS/G: 98.1 (2nd of 187)

PA/G: 81.7 (134th of 187)

SRS: 10.71 (20th of 181)

SOS: 0.20 (81st of 181)

NCAA Tournament:
Won West First Round (82-76) versus Colorado State
Lost West Regional Semifinal (63-60) versus Oregon State
Won West Regional Third Place (102-91) versus Pacific

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Elvin Hayes	SO	C	6-9	27.2 Pts, 16.9 Reb
Joe Hamood	SR	G	5-11	20.0 Pts, 3.2 Reb
Wayne Ballard	SR	F	6-2	11.7 Pts, 3.2 Reb
Leary Lentz	JR	C	6-6	9.0 Pts, 8.1 Reb
Don Chaney	SO	G	6-5	8.9 Pts, 4.8 Reb
Don Kruse	JR	C	6-8	7.2 Pts, 3.9 Reb
Gary Grider	JR	G	6-1	5.7 Pts, 2.6 Reb
Rich Apolskis	SR	F	6-4	4.4 Pts, 2.1 Reb
Paul Ozug	SO	F	6-5	3.0 Pts, 2.6 Reb
Bob Hayward		F	6-6	1.8 Pts, 1.3 Reb
David Starks	JR	G	5-10	1.1 Pts, 0.4 Reb
Lou Perry	SR	C	6-6	1.1 Pts, 1.2 Reb
John Tracy		G	6-1	0.8 Pts, 0.4 Reb
Elliott McVey		G	5-10	0.3 Pts, 0.0 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		40.0	82.3	.486	18.1	27.0	.671	54.0					19.3	98.1
Opponent	29		31.6	72.4	.436	18.6	26.2	.708	45.7					19.9	81.7

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	29		1160	2388	.486	525	782	.671	1567					559	2845
Opponent	29		915	2101	.436	539	761	.708	1326					576	2369

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Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	PF	PTS
1	Elvin Hayes	C	29	32.6	11.1	19.7	.567	11.1	19.7	4.9	8.9	.556	16.9	3.1	27.2
2	Joe Hamood	G	29		8.2	18.4	.445	8.2	18.4	3.6	4.8	.761	3.2	2.0	20.0
3	Wayne Ballard	F	29		5.0	9.6	.520	5.0	9.6	1.7	2.0	.862	3.2	1.9	11.7
4	Leary Lentz	C	29		3.6	8.6	.420	3.6	8.6	1.8	2.4	.729	8.1	1.6	9.0
5	Don Chaney	G	26	24.1	4.0	9.3	.432	4.0	9.3	0.8	1.5	.553	4.8	3.2	8.9
6	Don Kruse	C	29		2.8	6.2	.453	2.8	6.2	1.5	2.0	.746	3.9	2.4	7.2
7	Gary Grider	G	29		2.1	3.9	.531	2.1	3.9	1.5	2.0	.759	2.6	1.2	5.7
8	Rich Apolskis	F	28		1.7	2.6	.635	1.7	2.6	1.0	1.9	.558	2.1	1.6	4.4
9	Paul Ozug	F	27		1.2	2.9	.429	1.2	2.9	0.6	0.7	.842	2.6	1.7	3.0
10	Bob Hayward	F	16		0.6	1.7	.333	0.6	1.7	0.7	0.9	.786	1.3	0.7	1.8
11	David Starks	G	15		0.3	1.1	.294	0.3	1.1	0.5	0.7	.700	0.4	0.8	1.1
12	Lou Perry	C	13		0.4	1.0	.385	0.4	1.0	0.3	0.7	.444	1.2	0.6	1.1
13	John Tracy	G	5		0.4	1.6	.250	0.4	1.6	0.0	0.0		0.4	0.2	0.8
14	Elliott McVey	G	6		0.2	0.2	1.000	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.3
	Team Totals		29		40.0	82.3	.486	40.0	82.3	18.1	27.0	.671	54.0	19.3	98.1

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	PF	PTS
1	Elvin Hayes	29	946	323	570	.567	143	257	.556	490	89	789
2	Joe Hamood	29		238	535	.445	105	138	.761	93	59	581
3	Wayne Ballard	29		145	279	.520	50	58	.862	92	56	340
4	Leary Lentz	29		105	250	.420	51	70	.729	236	46	261
5	Don Chaney	26	627	105	243	.432	21	38	.553	124	82	231
6	Don Kruse	29		82	181	.453	44	59	.746	113	69	208
7	Gary Grider	29		60	113	.531	44	58	.759	74	36	164
8	Rich Apolskis	28		47	74	.635	29	52	.558	58	44	123
9	Paul Ozug	27		33	77	.429	16	19	.842	69	47	82
10	Bob Hayward	16		9	27	.333	11	14	.786	20	11	29
11	David Starks	15		5	17	.294	7	10	.700	6	12	17
12	Lou Perry	13		5	13	.385	4	9	.444	16	8	14
13	John Tracy	5		2	8	.250	0	0		2	1	4
14	Elliott McVey	6		1	1	1.000	0	0		0	0	2
	School Totals	29		1160	2388	.486	525	782	.671	1567	559	2845