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1977-78 New Mexico Lobos Men's Roster and Stats

Record: 24-4 (13-1, 1st in WAC MBB)

Rank: 12th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Norm Ellenberger

PS/G: 97.5 (1st of 259)

PA/G: 82.9 (240th of 259)

SRS: 14.70 (11th of 253)

SOS: 2.45 (83rd of 253)

NCAA Tournament:
Lost West First Round (90-85) versus Cal State Fullerton

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Marvin Johnson	SR	F	6-5	24.0 Pts, 6.0 Reb, 1.7 Ast
Michael Cooper	SR	G	6-5	16.1 Pts, 5.6 Reb, 4.2 Ast
Willie Howard	SR	F	6-8	13.0 Pts, 5.0 Reb, 0.9 Ast
Phil Abney	JR	F	6-5	12.9 Pts, 5.9 Reb, 2.1 Ast
Russell Saunders	JR	G	5-10	9.0 Pts, 2.0 Reb, 4.7 Ast
Jimmy Allen	SR	C	6-9	7.6 Pts, 6.9 Reb, 0.3 Ast
Mark Felix	JR	G	6-1	4.6 Pts, 1.8 Reb, 3.1 Ast
Wil Smiley	SR	C	6-10	4.5 Pts, 5.2 Reb, 0.1 Ast
Mike Stewart	JR	G	6-3	2.9 Pts, 1.4 Reb, 0.9 Ast
Greg Polinsky	SO	G	6-2	1.8 Pts, 0.3 Reb, 0.8 Ast
Jerome Shanks	SR	C	6-8	1.5 Pts, 1.5 Reb, 0.3 Ast
_ Williams				1.4 Pts, 0.9 Reb, 0.1 Ast
Lee Prolow			6-7	0.6 Pts, 0.7 Reb, 0.0 Ast

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	28		39.4	76.4	.515	18.8	28.2	.668	49.7	18.7	9.1	4.6	19.8	24.7	97.5
Opponent	28		32.2	70.3	.458	18.6	27.7	.670	44.0	16.6	6.4	2.6	22.9	24.5	82.9

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	14														92.4
Opponent	14														79.9

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	28		1102	2140	.515	527	789	.668	1391	524	254	128	553	692	2731
Opponent	28		901	1967	.458	520	776	.670	1231	466	178	72	642	685	2322

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	14														1293
Opponent	14														1119

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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	Marvin Johnson	F	28	28	32.5	9.6	17.8	.543	9.6	17.8	4.8	6.1	.778	6.0	1.7	0.9	0.2	2.8	2.1	24.0
2	Michael Cooper	G	28	28	29.6	6.8	13.8	.488	6.8	13.8	2.6	4.0	.658	5.6	4.2	1.9	0.6	3.0	3.1	16.1
3	Willie Howard	F	28	10	20.4	5.4	9.6	.556	5.4	9.6	2.3	3.7	.615	5.0	0.9	0.8	0.8	2.5	3.5	13.0
4	Phil Abney	F	28	18	22.4	5.3	9.9	.532	5.3	9.9	2.3	3.1	.747	5.9	2.1	1.3	0.4	2.6	2.9	12.9
5	Russell Saunders	G	28	22	22.8	3.5	7.3	.473	3.5	7.3	2.1	3.3	.641	2.0	4.7	1.6	0.0	2.4	3.0	9.0
6	Jimmy Allen	C	28	17	18.9	3.3	5.8	.565	3.3	5.8	1.1	2.2	.500	6.9	0.3	0.4	1.3	1.8	2.6	7.6
7	Mark Felix	G	28	6	15.0	1.5	3.4	.442	1.5	3.4	1.6	2.3	.708	1.8	3.1	0.8	0.0	1.4	2.2	4.6
8	Wil Smiley	C	28	11	16.2	2.1	4.3	.488	2.1	4.3	0.3	0.7	.421	5.2	0.1	0.4	1.2	1.1	2.6	4.5
9	Mike Stewart	G	28	0	10.6	1.0	2.4	.424	1.0	2.4	0.9	1.3	.686	1.4	0.9	0.7	0.0	0.8	1.4	2.9
10	Greg Polinsky	G	17	0	4.5	0.6	1.7	.345	0.6	1.7	0.6	0.8	.769	0.3	0.8	0.2	0.1	0.9	0.4	1.8
11	Jerome Shanks	C	15	0	4.1	0.6	1.3	.450	0.6	1.3	0.3	0.5	.500	1.5	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.7	0.6	1.5
12	_ Williams		14	0	3.4	0.4	1.1	.400	0.4	1.1	0.5	1.0	.500	0.9	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.5	0.9	1.4
13	Lee Prolow		15	0	2.4	0.2	0.5	.429	0.2	0.5	0.2	0.4	.500	0.7	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.3	0.2	0.6
	Team Totals		28			39.4	76.4	.515	39.4	76.4	18.8	28.2	.668	49.7	18.7	9.1	4.6	19.8	24.7	97.5

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Marvin Johnson	28	28	910	270	497	.543	133	171	.778	167	48	26	5	79	59	673
2	Michael Cooper	28	28	830	189	387	.488	73	111	.658	158	117	54	16	85	88	451
3	Willie Howard	28	10	570	150	270	.556	64	104	.615	139	25	22	23	70	98	364
4	Phil Abney	28	18	626	148	278	.532	65	87	.747	165	59	35	10	72	80	361
5	Russell Saunders	28	22	637	97	205	.473	59	92	.641	56	132	44	0	66	83	253
6	Jimmy Allen	28	17	528	91	161	.565	31	62	.500	192	8	10	37	49	74	213
7	Mark Felix	28	6	421	42	95	.442	46	65	.708	49	88	23	0	38	62	130
8	Wil Smiley	28	11	454	59	121	.488	8	19	.421	145	3	11	34	31	72	126
9	Mike Stewart	28	0	296	28	66	.424	24	35	.686	39	25	19	1	23	38	80
10	Greg Polinsky	17	0	77	10	29	.345	10	13	.769	5	14	3	1	15	6	30
11	Jerome Shanks	15	0	62	9	20	.450	4	8	.500	23	4	3	0	10	9	22
12	_ Williams	14	0	48	6	15	.400	7	14	.500	12	2	1	1	7	13	19
13	Lee Prolow	15	0	36	3	7	.429	3	6	.500	11	0	2	0	4	3	9
	School Totals	28			1102	2140	.515	527	789	.668	1391	524	254	128	553	692	2731

Per 40 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Marvin Johnson	28	28	910	11.9	21.8	.543	5.8	7.5	.778	7.3	2.1	1.1	0.2	3.5	2.6	29.6
2	Willie Howard	28	10	570	10.5	18.9	.556	4.5	7.3	.615	9.8	1.8	1.5	1.6	4.9	6.9	25.5
3	Phil Abney	28	18	626	9.5	17.8	.532	4.2	5.6	.747	10.5	3.8	2.2	0.6	4.6	5.1	23.1
4	Michael Cooper	28	28	830	9.1	18.7	.488	3.5	5.3	.658	7.6	5.6	2.6	0.8	4.1	4.2	21.7
5	Jimmy Allen	28	17	528	6.9	12.2	.565	2.3	4.7	.500	14.5	0.6	0.8	2.8	3.7	5.6	16.1
6	Russell Saunders	28	22	637	6.1	12.9	.473	3.7	5.8	.641	3.5	8.3	2.8	0.0	4.1	5.2	15.9
7	_ Williams	14	0	48	5.0	12.5	.400	5.8	11.7	.500	10.0	1.7	0.8	0.8	5.8	10.8	15.8
8	Greg Polinsky	17	0	77	5.2	15.1	.345	5.2	6.8	.769	2.6	7.3	1.6	0.5	7.8	3.1	15.6
9	Jerome Shanks	15	0	62	5.8	12.9	.450	2.6	5.2	.500	14.8	2.6	1.9	0.0	6.5	5.8	14.2
10	Mark Felix	28	6	421	4.0	9.0	.442	4.4	6.2	.708	4.7	8.4	2.2	0.0	3.6	5.9	12.4
11	Wil Smiley	28	11	454	5.2	10.7	.488	0.7	1.7	.421	12.8	0.3	1.0	3.0	2.7	6.3	11.1
12	Mike Stewart	28	0	296	3.8	8.9	.424	3.2	4.7	.686	5.3	3.4	2.6	0.1	3.1	5.1	10.8
13	Lee Prolow	15	0	36	3.3	7.8	.429	3.3	6.7	.500	12.2	0.0	2.2	0.0	4.4	3.3	10.0