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1977-78 Jackson State Tigers Men's Roster and Stats

Record: 21-5 (9-3, 1st in SWAC MBB)

Coach: Paul Covington

PS/G: 79.1 (72nd of 259)

PA/G: 69.9 (65th of 259)

SRS: -3.43 (154th of 253)

SOS: -7.21 (234th of 253)

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Purvis Short	SR	F	6-7	29.5 Pts, 11.4 Reb
Northern Shavers	FR	F	6-6	13.6 Pts, 7.0 Reb
Kenny O'Banner	SO	G	6-2	13.5 Pts, 3.4 Reb
Ricky Hill	FR	G	6-3	10.0 Pts, 1.9 Reb
Sylvester Norris	JR	C	6-11	9.5 Pts, 11.6 Reb
Robert Wash	JR	F	6-8	4.5 Pts, 4.9 Reb
Larry Taylor	SO	F	6-8	5.8 Pts, 3.0 Reb
Greg Conner	JR	G	6-3	2.2 Pts, 1.3 Reb
Kenneth Austin	SR	C	6-9	2.9 Pts, 3.0 Reb
Theodore Henderson	JR	G	6-0	1.3 Pts, 0.2 Reb
Darrell Spriggs	FR	F	6-4	1.6 Pts, 1.9 Reb

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	26		34.6	68.1	.508	9.9	15.0	.657	40.0					17.3	79.1
Opponent	26		29.8	65.2	.457	10.3	15.7	.655	34.8					16.6	69.9

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	12
Opponent	12

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	26		900	1770	.508	257	391	.657	1040					450	2057
Opponent	26		775	1696	.457	268	409	.655	905					431	1818

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	12
Opponent	12

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	PF	PTS
1	Purvis Short	22	13.0	24.3	.533	3.6	5.0	.721	11.4	3.0	29.5
2	Northern Shavers	24	5.9	11.4	.520	1.8	2.5	.705	7.0	2.5	13.6
3	Kenny O'Banner	24	5.9	12.6	.467	1.7	2.5	.672	3.4	3.1	13.5
4	Ricky Hill	24	4.6	9.2	.500	0.8	1.0	.760	1.9	2.4	10.0
5	Sylvester Norris	24	4.0	7.4	.539	1.5	3.0	.514	11.6	3.0	9.5
6	Larry Taylor	12	2.4	5.5	.439	1.0	1.3	.750	3.0	1.1	5.8
7	Robert Wash	23	1.9	3.3	.571	0.7	1.1	.600	4.9	2.1	4.5
8	Kenneth Austin	13	1.4	3.4	.409	0.2	0.5	.333	3.0	1.5	2.9
9	Greg Conner	23	1.0	2.0	.489	0.2	0.6	.385	1.3	1.2	2.2
10	Darrell Spriggs	7	0.7	2.4	.294	0.1	0.3	.500	1.9	0.9	1.6
11	Theodore Henderson	11	0.5	1.2	.462	0.2	0.4	.500	0.2	0.5	1.3

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	PF	PTS
1	Purvis Short	22	285	535	.533	80	111	.721	250	65	650
2	Northern Shavers	24	142	273	.520	43	61	.705	168	59	327
3	Kenny O'Banner	24	141	302	.467	41	61	.672	81	74	323
4	Ricky Hill	24	110	220	.500	19	25	.760	46	58	239
5	Sylvester Norris	24	96	178	.539	37	72	.514	279	71	229
6	Robert Wash	23	44	77	.571	15	25	.600	113	49	103
7	Larry Taylor	12	29	66	.439	12	16	.750	36	13	70
8	Greg Conner	23	23	47	.489	5	13	.385	30	27	51
9	Kenneth Austin	13	18	44	.409	2	6	.333	39	20	38
10	Theodore Henderson	11	6	13	.462	2	4	.500	2	5	14
11	Darrell Spriggs	7	5	17	.294	1	2	.500	13	6	11
	School Totals	26	900	1770	.508	257	391	.657	1040	450	2057

1977-78 Jackson State (Men's) Season