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1962-63 Mississippi State Bulldogs Men's Roster and Stats

Record: 22-6 (12-2, 1st in SEC MBB)

Rank: 6th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Babe McCarthy

PS/G: 75.1 (41st of 180)

PA/G: 67.0 (68th of 180)

SRS: 5.29 (44th of 178)

SOS: 0.81 (72nd of 178)

NCAA Tournament:
Lost Mideast Regional Semifinal (61-51) versus Loyola (IL)
Won Mideast Regional Third Place (65-60) versus Bowling Green State

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Height	Summary
Leland Mitchell	SR	6-4	17.1 Pts, 9.8 Reb
WD Red Stroud	SR	6-1	16.8 Pts, 3.6 Reb
Joe Dan Gold	SR	6-5	13.3 Pts, 7.8 Reb
Doug Hutton	JR	5-10	10.4 Pts, 2.6 Reb
Stan Brinker	JR	6-5	10.2 Pts, 6.5 Reb
Bobby Shows	SR	6-7	5.1 Pts, 6.2 Reb
Aubrey Nichols	JR	6-1	2.8 Pts, 1.3 Reb
Richie Williams	SO	6-5	4.6 Pts, 4.8 Reb
Don Posey	SO	6-3	1.9 Pts, 1.8 Reb
Bill Anderton		6-3	1.4 Pts, 0.4 Reb
Jack Wofford		6-0	1.4 Pts, 0.4 Reb
Larry Lee		6-0	0.4 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	28		28.3	63.3	.448	18.5	26.0	.711	47.6					19.0	75.1
Opponent	28		24.2	60.6	.400	18.5	27.9	.665	40.6					19.5	67.0

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	14														73.1
Opponent	14														65.6

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	28		793	1772	.448	518	729	.711	1332					533	2104
Opponent	28		678	1696	.400	519	780	.665	1136					547	1875

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	14														1024
Opponent	14														919

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Per Game Table
Rk	Player	G	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	PF	PTS
1	Leland Mitchell	28	6.4	14.6	.439	6.4	14.6	4.4	6.1	.713	9.8	3.6	17.1
2	WD Red Stroud	25	6.0	13.9	.431	6.0	13.9	4.8	5.5	.870	3.6	2.0	16.8
3	Joe Dan Gold	27	5.3	10.5	.504	5.3	10.5	2.7	4.1	.643	7.8	3.3	13.3
4	Doug Hutton	27	4.1	10.0	.406	4.1	10.0	2.3	3.0	.763	2.6	1.9	10.4
5	Stan Brinker	26	3.6	7.8	.465	3.6	7.8	2.9	4.0	.738	6.5	2.8	10.2
6	Bobby Shows	26	2.0	4.2	.464	2.0	4.2	1.2	2.2	.526	6.2	2.4	5.1
7	Richie Williams	8	1.8	4.8	.368	1.8	4.8	1.1	1.8	.643	4.8	2.4	4.6
8	Aubrey Nichols	27	0.9	2.0	.453	0.9	2.0	0.7	1.1	.655	1.3	1.2	2.8
9	Don Posey	17	0.9	1.6	.556	0.9	1.6	0.2	0.3	.600	1.8	1.1	1.9
10	Bill Anderton	14	0.5	1.6	.318	0.5	1.6	0.4	0.9	.417	0.4	1.1	1.4
11	Jack Wofford	8	0.5	0.9	.571	0.5	0.9	0.4	0.9	.429	0.4	0.5	1.4
12	Larry Lee	7	0.1	1.0	.143	0.1	1.0	0.1	0.3	.500	0.0	0.4	0.4
	Team Totals	28	28.3	63.3	.448	28.3	63.3	18.5	26.0	.711	47.6	19.0	75.1

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	PF	PTS
1	Leland Mitchell	28	179	408	.439	122	171	.713	273	100	480
2	WD Red Stroud	25	150	348	.431	120	138	.870	90	49	419
3	Joe Dan Gold	27	143	284	.504	72	112	.643	211	90	358
4	Doug Hutton	27	110	271	.406	61	80	.763	71	50	281
5	Stan Brinker	26	94	202	.465	76	103	.738	170	72	264
6	Bobby Shows	26	51	110	.464	30	57	.526	162	62	132
7	Aubrey Nichols	27	24	53	.453	19	29	.655	36	32	76
8	Richie Williams	8	14	38	.368	9	14	.643	38	19	37
9	Don Posey	17	15	27	.556	3	5	.600	30	19	33
10	Bill Anderton	14	7	22	.318	5	12	.417	5	15	19
11	Jack Wofford	8	4	7	.571	3	7	.429	3	4	11
12	Larry Lee	7	1	7	.143	1	2	.500	0	3	3
	School Totals	28	793	1772	.448	518	729	.711	1332	533	2104