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1978-79 Iona Gaels Men's Roster and Stats

Record: 23-6 (Independent)

Coach: Jim Valvano

PS/G: 78.7 (69th of 262)

PA/G: 70.6 (82nd of 262)

SRS: 4.26 (75th of 256)

SOS: -1.66 (145th of 256)

NCAA Tournament: (#8 seed in East)
Lost East First Round (73-69) versus #9 Pennsylvania

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Jeff Ruland	SO	C	6-10	20.3 Pts, 11.3 Reb, 0.9 Ast
Kevin Hamilton	JR	G	6-3	12.8 Pts, 2.3 Reb, 3.0 Ast
Glenn Vickers	JR	G	6-1	11.7 Pts, 2.2 Reb, 4.6 Ast
Dave Brown	SR	F	6-6	10.9 Pts, 7.3 Reb, 0.9 Ast
Mike Palma	JR	F	6-4	8.9 Pts, 3.3 Reb, 2.5 Ast
Alex Middleton	JR	F	6-6	6.7 Pts, 3.8 Reb, 1.4 Ast
Tony Iati	FR	G	5-9	2.7 Pts, 1.1 Reb, 1.9 Ast
Kevin Vesey	SO	C	6-10	2.4 Pts, 2.3 Reb, 0.3 Ast
Lester George	SR	F	6-4	2.1 Pts, 1.5 Reb, 0.2 Ast
Darrell Burns	SR	G	5-9	1.2 Pts, 0.4 Reb, 1.2 Ast
Steve Driscoll	FR	G	6-2	1.6 Pts, 0.6 Reb, 0.1 Ast
Brian Vickers	FR	G	6-3	2.0 Pts, 0.8 Reb, 0.1 Ast
Tim Richardson	SO	F	6-7	1.0 Pts, 1.1 Reb, 0.1 Ast

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	29		30.9	60.0	.515	16.9	23.4	.724	35.4	16.2	7.9	4.2	19.4	20.1	78.7
Opponent	29		28.4	62.5	.455	13.7	20.0	.686	33.4	13.9	7.4	3.2	17.7	21.9	70.6

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	29		895	1739	.515	491	678	.724	1027	470	228	121	564	582	2281
Opponent	29		824	1812	.455	398	580	.686	970	402	216	93	514	636	2046

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Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Jeff Ruland	C	29	29	34.0	8.0	12.0	.671	8.0	12.0	4.3	5.9	.721	11.3	0.9	0.8	1.2	4.0	3.0	20.3
2	Kevin Hamilton	G	29	25	29.0	5.3	10.3	.513	5.3	10.3	2.1	2.6	.827	2.3	3.0	1.2	0.0	2.4	2.3	12.8
3	Glenn Vickers	G	29	29	30.0	3.9	9.2	.425	3.9	9.2	3.9	5.0	.778	2.2	4.6	0.8	0.1	3.1	2.9	11.7
4	Dave Brown	F	29	29	32.0	4.3	8.7	.498	4.3	8.7	2.2	3.4	.650	7.3	0.9	1.7	0.2	1.8	2.6	10.9
5	Mike Palma	F	22	18	20.0	3.5	7.9	.448	3.5	7.9	1.8	2.2	.833	3.3	2.5	1.3	0.1	2.5	1.8	8.9
6	Alex Middleton	F	29	10	19.0	2.8	5.5	.506	2.8	5.5	1.1	1.9	.574	3.8	1.4	0.9	0.7	2.1	2.6	6.7
7	Tony Iati	G	28	4	13.0	1.0	2.2	.435	1.0	2.2	0.8	1.1	.710	1.1	1.9	0.6	0.0	1.3	1.1	2.7
8	Kevin Vesey	C	29	0	13.0	1.0	2.0	.509	1.0	2.0	0.4	0.5	.800	2.3	0.3	0.0	1.7	1.0	1.8	2.4
9	Lester George	F	26	1	7.0	0.9	1.8	.500	0.9	1.8	0.2	0.3	.750	1.5	0.2	0.3	0.1	0.5	1.1	2.1
10	Brian Vickers	G	8	0	1.0	0.9	2.3	.389	0.9	2.3	0.3	0.4	.667	0.8	0.1	0.3	0.0	0.8	1.0	2.0
11	Steve Driscoll	G	11	0	2.0	0.8	1.1	.750	0.8	1.1	0.0	0.1	.000	0.6	0.1	0.4	0.2	0.2	0.2	1.6
12	Darrell Burns	G	25	0	7.0	0.4	1.0	.400	0.4	1.0	0.4	0.8	.524	0.4	1.2	0.4	0.0	0.9	0.8	1.2
13	Tim Richardson	F	12	0	3.0	0.3	1.4	.235	0.3	1.4	0.3	0.5	.667	1.1	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.6	1.1	1.0
	Team Totals		29			30.9	60.0	.515	30.9	60.0	16.9	23.4	.724	35.4	16.2	7.9	4.2	19.4	20.1	78.7

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Jeff Ruland	29	29	986	233	347	.671	124	172	.721	328	27	22	35	117	88	590
2	Kevin Hamilton	29	25	841	154	300	.513	62	75	.827	67	87	35	1	71	66	370
3	Glenn Vickers	29	29	870	114	268	.425	112	144	.778	63	134	24	3	90	85	340
4	Dave Brown	29	29	928	125	251	.498	65	100	.650	213	26	48	5	53	76	315
5	Mike Palma	22	18	440	78	174	.448	40	48	.833	72	56	29	2	55	39	196
6	Alex Middleton	29	10	551	81	160	.506	31	54	.574	111	42	27	21	61	74	193
7	Tony Iati	28	4	364	27	62	.435	22	31	.710	30	52	17	1	36	30	76
8	Kevin Vesey	29	0	377	29	57	.509	12	15	.800	68	8	1	48	29	51	70
9	Lester George	26	1	182	24	48	.500	6	8	.750	39	6	7	2	14	29	54
10	Darrell Burns	25	0	175	10	25	.400	11	21	.524	10	29	10	0	23	21	31
11	Steve Driscoll	11	0	22	9	12	.750	0	1	.000	7	1	4	2	2	2	18
12	Brian Vickers	8	0	8	7	18	.389	2	3	.667	6	1	2	0	6	8	16
13	Tim Richardson	12	0	36	4	17	.235	4	6	.667	13	1	2	1	7	13	12
	School Totals	29			895	1739	.515	491	678	.724	1027	470	228	121	564	582	2281

Per 40 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Brian Vickers	8	0	8	35.0	90.0	.389	10.0	15.0	.667	30.0	5.0	10.0	0.0	30.0	40.0	80.0
2	Steve Driscoll	11	0	22	16.4	21.8	.750	0.0	1.8	.000	12.7	1.8	7.3	3.6	3.6	3.6	32.7
3	Jeff Ruland	29	29	986	9.5	14.1	.671	5.0	7.0	.721	13.3	1.1	0.9	1.4	4.7	3.6	23.9
4	Mike Palma	22	18	440	7.1	15.8	.448	3.6	4.4	.833	6.5	5.1	2.6	0.2	5.0	3.5	17.8
5	Kevin Hamilton	29	25	841	7.3	14.3	.513	2.9	3.6	.827	3.2	4.1	1.7	0.0	3.4	3.1	17.6
6	Glenn Vickers	29	29	870	5.2	12.3	.425	5.1	6.6	.778	2.9	6.2	1.1	0.1	4.1	3.9	15.6
7	Alex Middleton	29	10	551	5.9	11.6	.506	2.3	3.9	.574	8.1	3.0	2.0	1.5	4.4	5.4	14.0
8	Dave Brown	29	29	928	5.4	10.8	.498	2.8	4.3	.650	9.2	1.1	2.1	0.2	2.3	3.3	13.6
9	Tim Richardson	12	0	36	4.4	18.9	.235	4.4	6.7	.667	14.4	1.1	2.2	1.1	7.8	14.4	13.3
10	Lester George	26	1	182	5.3	10.5	.500	1.3	1.8	.750	8.6	1.3	1.5	0.4	3.1	6.4	11.9
11	Tony Iati	28	4	364	3.0	6.8	.435	2.4	3.4	.710	3.3	5.7	1.9	0.1	4.0	3.3	8.4
12	Kevin Vesey	29	0	377	3.1	6.0	.509	1.3	1.6	.800	7.2	0.8	0.1	5.1	3.1	5.4	7.4
13	Darrell Burns	25	0	175	2.3	5.7	.400	2.5	4.8	.524	2.3	6.6	2.3	0.0	5.3	4.8	7.1