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1978-79 Purdue Boilermakers Men's Roster and Stats

Record: 27-8 (13-5, 1st in Big Ten MBB)

Rank: 15th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Lee Rose

PS/G: 70.3 (197th of 262)

PA/G: 62.5 (11th of 262)

SRS: 15.56 (7th of 256)

SOS: 8.56 (9th of 256)

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Joe Barry Carroll	JR	C	7-0	22.8 Pts, 10.1 Reb, 0.8 Ast
Jerry Sichting	SR	G	6-1	13.6 Pts, 2.8 Reb, 3.5 Ast
Arnette Hallman	JR	F	6-7	8.1 Pts, 4.9 Reb, 0.9 Ast
Drake Morris	SO	G	6-5	7.9 Pts, 4.0 Reb, 1.9 Ast
Michael Scearce	FR	F	6-7	6.5 Pts, 3.1 Reb, 1.4 Ast
Brian Walker	SO	G	6-2	4.3 Pts, 1.8 Reb, 5.7 Ast
Steve Walker	JR	F	6-5	3.0 Pts, 3.0 Reb, 1.0 Ast
Neil Bemenderfer	SR	F	6-10	2.3 Pts, 1.8 Reb, 0.3 Ast
Keith Edmonson	FR	G	6-5	1.3 Pts, 0.7 Reb, 0.5 Ast
Roosevelt Barnes	SO	G	6-3	0.7 Pts, 0.3 Reb, 0.2 Ast
Jon Kitchel	FR	G	6-5	0.5 Pts, 0.4 Reb, 0.0 Ast
John Anthrop	JR		5-11	0.4 Pts, 0.1 Reb, 0.1 Ast
Malvin Warrick	SO	G	6-2	0.4 Pts, 0.3 Reb, 0.0 Ast
Michael Needham	SR	F	6-8	0.3 Pts, 0.0 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	35		27.8	55.6	.499	14.8	21.5	.688	38.1	16.1	8.0	3.2		19.7	70.3
Opponent	35		24.8	56.7	.437	12.9	18.6	.697	34.0	12.0	6.7	1.7		20.7	62.5

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	18														66.1
Opponent	18														61.2

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	35		972	1946	.499	517	751	.688	1334	564	280	113		690	2461
Opponent	35		868	1986	.437	453	650	.697	1189	420	234	60		725	2189

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	18														1190
Opponent	18														1101

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
1	Joe Barry Carroll	35	35	35.3	9.1	15.6	.583	4.6	7.2	.640	10.1	0.8	1.1	2.0	2.9	22.8
2	Jerry Sichting	35	35	34.3	5.3	10.5	.507	2.9	3.4	.873	2.8	3.5	1.9	0.1	2.3	13.6
3	Arnette Hallman	35	33	27.8	3.3	6.6	.496	1.5	2.6	.600	4.9	0.9	0.3	0.8	3.0	8.1
4	Drake Morris	34	27	22.4	3.0	6.4	.470	1.8	2.5	.721	4.0	1.9	1.1	0.0	2.8	7.9
5	Michael Scearce	35	1	14.8	2.7	6.7	.404	1.1	1.5	.704	3.1	1.4	0.6	0.1	1.5	6.5
6	Brian Walker	35	35	30.5	1.5	3.6	.424	1.2	1.7	.729	1.8	5.7	1.1	0.1	3.2	4.3
7	Steve Walker	35	8	16.3	1.2	2.5	.483	0.6	1.1	.564	3.0	1.0	0.5	0.0	1.5	3.0
8	Neil Bemenderfer	35	1	8.1	0.9	1.8	.500	0.4	0.7	.652	1.8	0.3	0.1	0.2	1.4	2.3
9	Keith Edmonson	34	0	7.9	0.6	1.4	.388	0.2	0.4	.538	0.7	0.5	0.2	0.0	0.8	1.3
10	Roosevelt Barnes	23	0	3.2	0.2	0.5	.417	0.3	0.3	.750	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.6	0.7
11	Jon Kitchel	11	0	1.8	0.2	0.4	.500	0.2	0.2	1.000	0.4	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.5
12	John Anthrop	9	0	1.3	0.2	0.3	.667	0.0	0.0		0.1	0.1	0.7	0.0	0.1	0.4
13	Malvin Warrick	9	0	2.0	0.1	0.7	.167	0.2	0.4	.500	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.6	0.4
14	Michael Needham	3	0	1.7	0.0	0.0		0.3	0.7	.500	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
1	Joe Barry Carroll	35	35	1235	318	545	.583	162	253	.640	352	29	38	70	100	798
2	Jerry Sichting	35	35	1202	186	367	.507	103	118	.873	97	123	66	2	79	475
3	Arnette Hallman	35	33	972	114	230	.496	54	90	.600	170	33	11	27	105	282
4	Drake Morris	34	27	761	103	219	.470	62	86	.721	135	63	36	1	94	268
5	Michael Scearce	35	1	519	95	235	.404	38	54	.704	107	48	22	3	51	228
6	Brian Walker	35	35	1069	53	125	.424	43	59	.729	62	198	38	2	112	149
7	Steve Walker	35	8	572	42	87	.483	22	39	.564	104	36	17	0	54	106
8	Neil Bemenderfer	35	1	285	32	64	.500	15	23	.652	62	12	3	7	49	79
9	Keith Edmonson	34	0	267	19	49	.388	7	13	.538	25	16	6	1	26	45
10	Roosevelt Barnes	23	0	73	5	12	.417	6	8	.750	7	5	4	0	13	16
11	Jon Kitchel	11	0	20	2	4	.500	2	2	1.000	4	0	1	0	1	6
12	John Anthrop	9	0	12	2	3	.667	0	0		1	1	6	0	1	4
13	Malvin Warrick	9	0	18	1	6	.167	2	4	.500	3	0	0	0	5	4
14	Michael Needham	3	0	5	0	0		1	2	.500	0	0	0	0	0	1
	School Totals	35			972	1946	.499	517	751	.688	1334	564	280	113	690	2461

Per 40 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
1	Joe Barry Carroll	35	35	1235	10.3	17.7	.583	5.2	8.2	.640	11.4	0.9	1.2	2.3	3.2	25.8
2	Michael Scearce	35	1	519	7.3	18.1	.404	2.9	4.2	.704	8.2	3.7	1.7	0.2	3.9	17.6
3	Jerry Sichting	35	35	1202	6.2	12.2	.507	3.4	3.9	.873	3.2	4.1	2.2	0.1	2.6	15.8
4	Drake Morris	34	27	761	5.4	11.5	.470	3.3	4.5	.721	7.1	3.3	1.9	0.1	4.9	14.1
5	John Anthrop	9	0	12	6.7	10.0	.667	0.0	0.0		3.3	3.3	20.0	0.0	3.3	13.3
6	Jon Kitchel	11	0	20	4.0	8.0	.500	4.0	4.0	1.000	8.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	2.0	12.0
7	Arnette Hallman	35	33	972	4.7	9.5	.496	2.2	3.7	.600	7.0	1.4	0.5	1.1	4.3	11.6
8	Neil Bemenderfer	35	1	285	4.5	9.0	.500	2.1	3.2	.652	8.7	1.7	0.4	1.0	6.9	11.1
9	Malvin Warrick	9	0	18	2.2	13.3	.167	4.4	8.9	.500	6.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	11.1	8.9
10	Roosevelt Barnes	23	0	73	2.7	6.6	.417	3.3	4.4	.750	3.8	2.7	2.2	0.0	7.1	8.8
11	Michael Needham	3	0	5	0.0	0.0		8.0	16.0	.500	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	8.0
12	Steve Walker	35	8	572	2.9	6.1	.483	1.5	2.7	.564	7.3	2.5	1.2	0.0	3.8	7.4
13	Keith Edmonson	34	0	267	2.8	7.3	.388	1.0	1.9	.538	3.7	2.4	0.9	0.1	3.9	6.7
14	Brian Walker	35	35	1069	2.0	4.7	.424	1.6	2.2	.729	2.3	7.4	1.4	0.1	4.2	5.6

1978-79 Purdue (Men's) Season