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1978-79 Lamar Cardinals Men's Roster and Stats

Record: 23-9 (9-1, 1st in Southland MBB)

Coach: Billy Tubbs

PS/G: 88.1 (6th of 262)

PA/G: 80.0 (222nd of 262)

SRS: 2.11 (97th of 256)

SOS: -1.77 (149th of 256)

NCAA Tournament: (#10 seed in Mideast)
Won Mideast First Round (95-87) versus #7 Detroit Mercy
Lost Mideast Second Round (95-64) versus #2 Michigan State

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Mike Olliver	SO	G	6-1	22.0 Pts, 3.6 Reb, 3.4 Ast
B.B. Davis	SO	C	6-8	20.3 Pts, 10.8 Reb, 1.2 Ast
Clarence Kea	JR	F	6-6	17.4 Pts, 10.4 Reb, 0.9 Ast
Cestrakiah Lewis	JR	F	6-4	8.6 Pts, 4.8 Reb, 1.6 Ast
Norman Bellard	SR	G	6-1	7.8 Pts, 2.9 Reb, 4.7 Ast
Robert Turk Williams	JR	F	6-6	6.2 Pts, 4.4 Reb, 0.7 Ast
Mike Rutter	JR	C	6-8	3.2 Pts, 4.0 Reb, 0.3 Ast
Larry Stephenson	SO	C	6-9	3.7 Pts, 3.3 Reb, 0.3 Ast
Chris Jones	SR	F	6-5	3.1 Pts, 1.5 Reb, 0.2 Ast
Eric Gathers	FR	G	6-0	2.9 Pts, 0.9 Reb, 0.8 Ast
Arthur Gray	FR	F	6-4	1.8 Pts, 1.3 Reb, 0.2 Ast
Billy Bromell				1.1 Pts, 2.3 Reb, 0.0 Ast
Greg Freeman		F	6-4	0.6 Pts, 1.0 Reb, 0.2 Ast

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	32		36.9	78.4	.471	14.3	20.7	.688	45.3	13.2				19.4	88.1
Opponent	32		33.8	70.8	.477	12.5	18.5	.679	41.8	14.5				19.2	80.0

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	10														90.0
Opponent	10														80.4

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	32		1181	2509	.471	456	663	.688	1451	421				620	2818
Opponent	32		1080	2265	.477	401	591	.679	1336	465				614	2561

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	10														900
Opponent	10														804

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Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Pos	G	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PTS
1	Mike Olliver	G	32	10.2	20.3	.503	10.2	20.3	1.6	2.2	.754	3.6	3.4	22.0
2	B.B. Davis	C	32	8.8	17.8	.496	8.8	17.8	2.7	4.3	.616	10.8	1.2	20.3
3	Clarence Kea	F	32	6.6	12.3	.539	6.6	12.3	4.2	6.3	.658	10.4	0.9	17.4
4	Cestrakiah Lewis	F	31	3.6	9.4	.385	3.6	9.4	1.4	2.1	.646	4.8	1.6	8.6
5	Norman Bellard	G	32	2.7	6.2	.439	2.7	6.2	2.3	2.8	.833	2.9	4.7	7.8
6	Robert Turk Williams	F	14	2.7	6.4	.427	2.7	6.4	0.8	1.1	.733	4.4	0.7	6.2
7	Larry Stephenson	C	20	1.7	3.3	.500	1.7	3.3	0.4	0.5	.800	3.3	0.3	3.7
8	Mike Rutter	C	26	1.2	3.0	.405	1.2	3.0	0.8	1.0	.741	4.0	0.3	3.2
9	Chris Jones	F	19	1.2	2.9	.418	1.2	2.9	0.6	0.8	.750	1.5	0.2	3.1
10	Eric Gathers	G	17	1.1	3.6	.295	1.1	3.6	0.8	1.3	.636	0.9	0.8	2.9
11	Arthur Gray	F	12	0.9	2.2	.423	0.9	2.2	0.0	0.2	.000	1.3	0.2	1.8
12	Billy Bromell		8	0.4	2.0	.188	0.4	2.0	0.4	0.5	.750	2.3	0.0	1.1
13	Greg Freeman	F	11	0.3	1.5	.176	0.3	1.5	0.1	0.3	.333	1.0	0.2	0.6
	Team Totals		32	36.9	78.4	.471	36.9	78.4	14.3	20.7	.688	45.3	13.2	88.1

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	Mike Olliver	32	326	648	.503	52	69	.754	116	108		704
2	B.B. Davis	32	283	570	.496	85	138	.616	344	37		651
3	Clarence Kea	32	212	393	.539	133	202	.658	332	30		557
4	Cestrakiah Lewis	31	112	291	.385	42	65	.646	149	51		266
5	Norman Bellard	32	87	198	.439	75	90	.833	94	149		249
6	Robert Turk Williams	14	38	89	.427	11	15	.733	61	10		87
7	Mike Rutter	26	32	79	.405	20	27	.741	104	9		84
8	Larry Stephenson	20	33	66	.500	8	10	.800	66	5		74
9	Chris Jones	19	23	55	.418	12	16	.750	29	4		58
10	Eric Gathers	17	18	61	.295	14	22	.636	15	14		50
11	Arthur Gray	12	11	26	.423	0	2	.000	15	2		22
12	Billy Bromell	8	3	16	.188	3	4	.750	18	0		9
13	Greg Freeman	11	3	17	.176	1	3	.333	11	2		7
	School Totals	32	1181	2509	.471	456	663	.688	1451	421	620	2818