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1979-80 Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils Men's Roster and Stats

Record: 3-24 (SWAC MBB)

Coach: Pop Gaines

PS/G: 66.8 (219th of 265)

PA/G: 64.0 (29th of 265)

SRS: -24.12 (258th of 260)

SOS: -8.12 (248th of 260)

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Tony Reed	JR	G	6-1	17.7 Pts, 3.0 Reb, 2.1 Ast
Henry Ellis	FR	G	6-1	12.3 Pts, 2.2 Reb, 0.6 Ast
Darryl Watson	JR	C	6-7	8.8 Pts, 8.2 Reb, 0.2 Ast
Bryant Johnson	SO	C	6-8	8.5 Pts, 7.0 Reb, 0.5 Ast
Jessie Cleveland	JR	F	6-4	4.6 Pts, 5.1 Reb, 0.6 Ast
Ernie Cotton				3.8 Pts, 4.2 Reb, 0.2 Ast
Lawrence Self				4.1 Pts, 4.3 Reb, 0.5 Ast
James White				3.4 Pts, 1.2 Reb, 0.4 Ast
James McCoy				3.5 Pts, 0.5 Reb, 1.4 Ast
Mike Self	JR	C	6-6	2.8 Pts, 4.8 Reb, 0.7 Ast
John Wade	JR	F	6-4	8.5 Pts, 5.2 Reb, 2.0 Ast
John Knox				1.8 Pts, 3.9 Reb, 1.1 Ast
Otto Ford				3.6 Pts, 2.2 Reb, 1.7 Ast
Niki Merchant				3.0 Pts, 2.1 Reb, 2.3 Ast
Freddie Davis	JR	G	6-0	8.3 Pts, 2.0 Reb, 3.3 Ast
Marshall Pulliam				1.7 Pts, 1.1 Reb, 0.4 Ast
Cedric Jamison				0.8 Pts, 1.6 Reb, 0.2 Ast
Alfred Harmon	FR	G	5-10	1.6 Pts, 1.4 Reb, 1.8 Ast
James Mitchell				2.0 Pts, 2.5 Reb, 2.5 Ast

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	27		28.4	67.9	.418	10.0	18.9	.531	42.2					20.0	66.8
Opponent	27		34.1	64.0	.532	15.8	27.8	.569	43.1					16.4	64.0

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	27		766	1834	.418	271	510	.531	1140					540	1803
Opponent	27		920	1729	.532	427	750	.569	1164					442	1729

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Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Tony Reed	G	24	28.1	7.4	17.8	.417	7.4	17.8	2.9	4.1	.704	3.0	2.1	1.8	0.3	1.7	1.8	17.7
2	Henry Ellis	G	18	24.6	5.6	11.9	.467	5.6	11.9	1.2	2.3	.537	2.2	0.6	0.9	0.1	1.3	1.8	12.3
3	Darryl Watson	C	24	29.7	3.9	8.8	.445	3.9	8.8	1.0	1.9	.533	8.2	0.2	0.5	1.5	1.0	3.2	8.8
4	Bryant Johnson	C	24	25.2	3.5	8.4	.411	3.5	8.4	1.5	2.4	.649	7.0	0.5	0.9	0.7	1.4	4.0	8.5
5	John Wade	F	6	6.7	3.7	9.2	.400	3.7	9.2	1.2	2.2	.538	5.2	2.0	2.5	0.8	0.3	0.5	8.5
6	Freddie Davis	G	3	6.7	3.7	7.7	.478	3.7	7.7	1.0	2.0	.500	2.0	3.3	1.7	1.7	1.0	1.0	8.3
7	Jessie Cleveland	F	27	19.6	2.0	4.9	.420	2.0	4.9	0.5	0.7	.700	5.1	0.6	0.4	0.7	0.8	1.3	4.6
8	Lawrence Self		22	14.0	1.8	4.9	.364	1.8	4.9	0.6	0.9	.700	4.3	0.5	0.3	0.8	0.1	2.0	4.1
9	Ernie Cotton		24	12.8	1.5	3.4	.439	1.5	3.4	0.8	1.3	.581	4.2	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.9	2.0	3.8
10	Otto Ford		9	1.7	1.4	2.8	.520	1.4	2.8	0.7	0.9	.750	2.2	1.7	1.0	0.4	0.3	0.2	3.6
11	James McCoy		22	12.4	1.4	3.5	.403	1.4	3.5	0.7	1.1	.640	0.5	1.4	0.9	0.1	1.0	1.0	3.5
12	James White		23	9.2	1.5	4.0	.376	1.5	4.0	0.4	0.7	.529	1.2	0.4	0.2	0.1	0.3	1.4	3.4
13	Niki Merchant		9	8.4	1.4	4.0	.361	1.4	4.0	0.1	0.3	.333	2.1	2.3	0.9	0.1	0.8	1.6	3.0
14	Mike Self	C	23	14.1	1.2	3.7	.329	1.2	3.7	0.4	1.1	.346	4.8	0.7	0.2	1.3	0.2	2.9	2.8
15	James Mitchell		2	5.0	1.0	1.0	1.000	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0		2.5	2.5	1.0	1.0	0.5	0.5	2.0
16	John Knox		18	2.6	0.7	1.4	.462	0.7	1.4	0.5	0.6	.818	3.9	1.1	0.8	0.3	0.1	0.4	1.8
17	Marshall Pulliam		14	3.1	0.6	1.4	.421	0.6	1.4	0.6	0.9	.667	1.1	0.4	0.0	0.1	0.5	0.4	1.7
18	Alfred Harmon	G	5	2.2	0.6	2.2	.273	0.6	2.2	0.4	0.6	.667	1.4	1.8	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.2	1.6
19	Cedric Jamison		11	3.0	0.3	0.7	.375	0.3	0.7	0.3	0.4	.750	1.6	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.6	0.8
	Team Totals		27		28.4	67.9	.418	28.4	67.9	10.0	18.9	.531	42.2					20.0	66.8

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Tony Reed	24	674	178	427	.417	69	98	.704	73	50	43	6	40	44	425
2	Henry Ellis	18	442	100	214	.467	22	41	.537	39	10	17	1	24	33	222
3	Darryl Watson	24	713	94	211	.445	24	45	.533	196	5	12	37	24	76	212
4	Bryant Johnson	24	605	83	202	.411	37	57	.649	167	11	21	16	33	95	203
5	Jessie Cleveland	27	529	55	131	.420	14	20	.700	137	16	11	20	21	35	124
6	Ernie Cotton	24	306	36	82	.439	18	31	.581	101	5	4	7	21	48	90
7	Lawrence Self	22	308	39	107	.364	14	20	.700	94	11	7	17	3	45	90
8	James White	23	212	35	93	.376	9	17	.529	27	9	4	2	7	32	79
9	James McCoy	22	273	31	77	.403	16	25	.640	10	31	19	3	21	23	78
10	Mike Self	23	324	28	85	.329	9	26	.346	110	17	5	29	4	67	65
11	John Wade	6	40	22	55	.400	7	13	.538	31	12	15	5	2	3	51
12	John Knox	18	47	12	26	.462	9	11	.818	71	20	14	6	1	8	33
13	Otto Ford	9	15	13	25	.520	6	8	.750	20	15	9	4	3	2	32
14	Niki Merchant	9	76	13	36	.361	1	3	.333	19	21	8	1	7	14	27
15	Freddie Davis	3	20	11	23	.478	3	6	.500	6	10	5	5	3	3	25
16	Marshall Pulliam	14	43	8	19	.421	8	12	.667	16	6	0	1	7	6	24
17	Cedric Jamison	11	33	3	8	.375	3	4	.750	18	2	0	0	1	7	9
18	Alfred Harmon	5	11	3	11	.273	2	3	.667	7	9	1	1	0	1	8
19	James Mitchell	2	10	2	2	1.000	0	0		5	5	2	2	1	1	4
	School Totals	27		766	1834	.418	271	510	.531	1140					540	1803

Per 40 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Otto Ford	9	15	34.7	66.7	.520	16.0	21.3	.750	53.3	40.0	24.0	10.7	8.0	5.3	85.3
2	John Wade	6	40	22.0	55.0	.400	7.0	13.0	.538	31.0	12.0	15.0	5.0	2.0	3.0	51.0
3	Freddie Davis	3	20	22.0	46.0	.478	6.0	12.0	.500	12.0	20.0	10.0	10.0	6.0	6.0	50.0
4	Alfred Harmon	5	11	10.9	40.0	.273	7.3	10.9	.667	25.5	32.7	3.6	3.6	0.0	3.6	29.1
5	John Knox	18	47	10.2	22.1	.462	7.7	9.4	.818	60.4	17.0	11.9	5.1	0.9	6.8	28.1
6	Tony Reed	24	674	10.6	25.3	.417	4.1	5.8	.704	4.3	3.0	2.6	0.4	2.4	2.6	25.2
7	Marshall Pulliam	14	43	7.4	17.7	.421	7.4	11.2	.667	14.9	5.6	0.0	0.9	6.5	5.6	22.3
8	Henry Ellis	18	442	9.0	19.4	.467	2.0	3.7	.537	3.5	0.9	1.5	0.1	2.2	3.0	20.1
9	James Mitchell	2	10	8.0	8.0	1.000	0.0	0.0		20.0	20.0	8.0	8.0	4.0	4.0	16.0
10	James White	23	212	6.6	17.5	.376	1.7	3.2	.529	5.1	1.7	0.8	0.4	1.3	6.0	14.9
11	Niki Merchant	9	76	6.8	18.9	.361	0.5	1.6	.333	10.0	11.1	4.2	0.5	3.7	7.4	14.2
12	Bryant Johnson	24	605	5.5	13.4	.411	2.4	3.8	.649	11.0	0.7	1.4	1.1	2.2	6.3	13.4
13	Darryl Watson	24	713	5.3	11.8	.445	1.3	2.5	.533	11.0	0.3	0.7	2.1	1.3	4.3	11.9
14	Ernie Cotton	24	306	4.7	10.7	.439	2.4	4.1	.581	13.2	0.7	0.5	0.9	2.7	6.3	11.8
15	Lawrence Self	22	308	5.1	13.9	.364	1.8	2.6	.700	12.2	1.4	0.9	2.2	0.4	5.8	11.7
16	James McCoy	22	273	4.5	11.3	.403	2.3	3.7	.640	1.5	4.5	2.8	0.4	3.1	3.4	11.4
17	Cedric Jamison	11	33	3.6	9.7	.375	3.6	4.8	.750	21.8	2.4	0.0	0.0	1.2	8.5	10.9
18	Jessie Cleveland	27	529	4.2	9.9	.420	1.1	1.5	.700	10.4	1.2	0.8	1.5	1.6	2.6	9.4
19	Mike Self	23	324	3.5	10.5	.329	1.1	3.2	.346	13.6	2.1	0.6	3.6	0.5	8.3	8.0