1969-70 Houston Cougars Men's Roster and Stats

Record: 25-5 (Independent)

Rank: 12th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Guy Lewis

PS/G: 91.6 (11th of 203)

PA/G: 79.8 (133rd of 203)

SRS: 9.60 (25th of 196)

SOS: 0.16 (100th of 196)

NCAA Tournament:
Won Midwest First Round (71-64) versus Dayton
Lost Midwest Regional Semifinal (92-87) versus Drake
Lost Midwest Regional Third Place (107-98) versus Kansas State

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Ollie Taylor	SR	F	6-2	24.4 Pts, 11.5 Reb, 3.8 Ast
Dwight Davis	SO	F	6-7	17.9 Pts, 10.3 Reb, 1.8 Ast
Poo Welch	JR	G	6-3	13.3 Pts, 3.3 Reb, 6.0 Ast
Jeff Hickman	SO	G	6-4	12.3 Pts, 4.6 Reb, 2.1 Ast
Tom Gribben	SR	G	6-2	10.0 Pts, 4.2 Reb, 4.3 Ast
Melvin Bell	SR	C	6-7	5.4 Pts, 3.9 Reb, 0.9 Ast
Bob Hall	JR	C	6-9	4.7 Pts, 4.8 Reb, 0.6 Ast
Sonny Willis	SO	G	6-0	3.4 Pts, 0.7 Reb, 1.4 Ast
Mars Evans	JR	C	6-10	2.7 Pts, 2.9 Reb, 0.3 Ast
John Youngdale	SO	F	6-4	1.0 Pts, 0.9 Reb, 0.3 Ast
Larry Anderson				0.7 Pts, 1.3 Reb, 0.0 Ast
Randy Kight	SO			2.0 Pts, 0.0 Reb, 1.0 Ast

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	30		35.2	75.3	.467	21.3	29.7	.716	52.1					18.0	91.6
Opponent	30		32.4	76.8	.422	15.0	22.6	.663	48.5					20.8	79.8

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	30		1055	2259	.467	638	891	.716	1564					539	2748
Opponent	30		972	2304	.422	450	679	.663	1454					625	2394

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	Ollie Taylor	F	30	38.4	8.3	16.0	.520	8.3	16.0	7.8	10.7	.732	11.5	3.8	2.9	24.4
2	Dwight Davis	F	28	33.9	7.2	13.2	.545	7.2	13.2	3.5	4.6	.773	10.3	1.8	2.6	17.9
3	Poo Welch	G	30	35.3	5.4	13.0	.412	5.4	13.0	2.6	3.5	.736	3.3	6.0	2.6	13.3
4	Jeff Hickman	G	30	25.0	4.9	10.4	.474	4.9	10.4	2.4	3.2	.742	4.6	2.1	1.8	12.3
5	Tom Gribben	G	30	30.0	3.9	9.4	.420	3.9	9.4	2.1	2.9	.744	4.2	4.3	2.8	10.0
6	Melvin Bell	C	29	15.3	2.3	5.4	.429	2.3	5.4	0.8	1.6	.489	3.9	0.9	1.4	5.4
7	Bob Hall	C	30	10.2	1.7	4.5	.385	1.7	4.5	1.2	1.9	.649	4.8	0.6	1.5	4.7
8	Sonny Willis	G	23	8.6	1.2	2.5	.491	1.2	2.5	1.0	1.5	.647	0.7	1.4	0.7	3.4
9	Mars Evans	C	18	7.4	1.2	2.9	.423	1.2	2.9	0.3	0.7	.417	2.9	0.3	1.8	2.7
10	Randy Kight		1	2.0	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	1.0	2.0	2.0	1.000	0.0	1.0	1.0	2.0
11	John Youngdale	F	17	4.1	0.5	1.4	.348	0.5	1.4	0.1	0.1	.500	0.9	0.3	0.6	1.0
12	Larry Anderson		3	4.7	0.3	2.0	.167	0.3	2.0	0.0	0.0		1.3	0.0	0.7	0.7
	Team Totals		30		35.2	75.3	.467	35.2	75.3	21.3	29.7	.716	52.1		18.0	91.6

Totals Table
Rk	Player	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	Ollie Taylor	F	30	1153	249	479	.520	249	479	235	321	.732	344	114	88	733
2	Dwight Davis	F	28	948	201	369	.545	201	369	99	128	.773	288	50	72	501
3	Poo Welch	G	30	1059	161	391	.412	161	391	78	106	.736	100	180	79	400
4	Jeff Hickman	G	30	750	148	312	.474	148	312	72	97	.742	139	64	55	368
5	Tom Gribben	G	30	901	118	281	.420	118	281	64	86	.744	125	130	84	300
6	Melvin Bell	C	29	443	67	156	.429	67	156	23	47	.489	112	25	42	157
7	Bob Hall	C	30	305	52	135	.385	52	135	37	57	.649	144	17	45	141
8	Sonny Willis	G	23	197	28	57	.491	28	57	22	34	.647	17	33	17	78
9	Mars Evans	C	18	134	22	52	.423	22	52	5	12	.417	52	6	32	49
10	John Youngdale	F	17	70	8	23	.348	8	23	1	2	.500	15	5	11	17
11	Larry Anderson		3	14	1	6	.167	1	6	0	0		4	0	2	2
12	Randy Kight		1	2	0	1	.000	0	1	2	2	1.000	0	1	1	2
	Team Totals		30		1055	2259	.467	1055	2259	638	891	.716	1564		539	2748

Per 40 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	Randy Kight	1	2	0.0	20.0	.000	40.0	40.0	1.000	0.0	20.0	20.0	40.0
2	Ollie Taylor	30	1153	8.6	16.6	.520	8.2	11.1	.732	11.9	4.0	3.1	25.4
3	Dwight Davis	28	948	8.5	15.6	.545	4.2	5.4	.773	12.2	2.1	3.0	21.1
4	Jeff Hickman	30	750	7.9	16.6	.474	3.8	5.2	.742	7.4	3.4	2.9	19.6
5	Bob Hall	30	305	6.8	17.7	.385	4.9	7.5	.649	18.9	2.2	5.9	18.5
6	Sonny Willis	23	197	5.7	11.6	.491	4.5	6.9	.647	3.5	6.7	3.5	15.8
7	Poo Welch	30	1059	6.1	14.8	.412	2.9	4.0	.736	3.8	6.8	3.0	15.1
8	Mars Evans	18	134	6.6	15.5	.423	1.5	3.6	.417	15.5	1.8	9.6	14.6
9	Melvin Bell	29	443	6.0	14.1	.429	2.1	4.2	.489	10.1	2.3	3.8	14.2
10	Tom Gribben	30	901	5.2	12.5	.420	2.8	3.8	.744	5.5	5.8	3.7	13.3
11	John Youngdale	17	70	4.6	13.1	.348	0.6	1.1	.500	8.6	2.9	6.3	9.7
12	Larry Anderson	3	14	2.9	17.1	.167	0.0	0.0		11.4	0.0	5.7	5.7