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1978-79 St. John's (NY) Red Storm Men's Roster and Stats

Record: 21-11 (3-3, 3rd in NJNY7 MBB)

Rank: 17th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Lou Carnesecca

PS/G: 74.3 (131st of 262)

PA/G: 68.0 (51st of 262)

SRS: 7.93 (41st of 256)

SOS: 1.56 (89th of 256)

NCAA Tournament: (#10 seed in East)
Won East First Round (75-70) versus #7 Temple
Won East Second Round (80-78) versus #2 Duke
Won East Regional Semifinal (67-65) versus #6 Rutgers
Lost East Regional Final (64-62) versus #9 Pennsylvania

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Reggie Carter	JR	G	6-3	15.0 Pts, 3.6 Reb
Wayne McKoy	SO	C	6-8	14.9 Pts, 7.8 Reb
Bernard Rencher	JR	G	6-1	9.8 Pts, 1.7 Reb, 4.2 Ast
Ron Plair	SO	F	6-4	8.5 Pts, 5.9 Reb
Gordan Thomas	SR	F	6-4	8.5 Pts, 2.4 Reb
Rudy Wright	SR	F	6-7	8.0 Pts, 5.4 Reb
Fran Gilroy	SO	F	6-6	7.8 Pts, 3.9 Reb
Tom Calabrese	SR	G	6-0	2.2 Pts, 0.7 Reb
Rick Bollinger	SR	C	6-7	0.9 Pts, 0.4 Reb
Ray James	FR	F	6-7	1.2 Pts, 0.3 Reb
Bill Gilbert	JR	F	6-5	1.3 Pts, 0.8 Reb
Ed Kennedy	JR	G	6-0	0.8 Pts, 0.9 Reb

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	32		29.9	59.4	.504	14.5	20.1	.721	36.9						74.3
Opponent	32		25.9	55.5	.467	16.1	22.9	.703	34.5						68.0

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	6
Opponent	6

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	32		958	1900	.504	463	642	.721	1182						2379
Opponent	32		830	1776	.467	515	733	.703	1103						2175

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	6
Opponent	6

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS
1	Reggie Carter	32	5.5	11.6	.470	4.1	5.2	.788	3.6				15.0
2	Wayne McKoy	32	6.6	11.6	.567	1.7	2.8	.604	7.8			1.8	14.9
3	Bernard Rencher	30	4.1	8.7	.471	1.6	2.0	.787	1.7	4.2	1.5		9.8
4	Ron Plair	32	3.4	7.1	.480	1.7	2.2	.771	5.9				8.5
5	Gordan Thomas	31	3.7	7.4	.502	1.1	1.8	.614	2.4				8.5
6	Rudy Wright	32	2.8	4.5	.607	2.5	3.6	.702	5.4				8.0
7	Fran Gilroy	30	3.3	6.5	.505	1.3	1.6	.813	3.9				7.8
8	Tom Calabrese	29	0.9	2.0	.439	0.5	0.6	.778	0.7				2.2
9	Bill Gilbert	8	0.5	1.1	.444	0.3	0.4	.667	0.8				1.3
10	Ray James	9	0.6	1.4	.385	0.1	0.3	.333	0.3				1.2
11	Rick Bollinger	18	0.3	0.7	.500	0.3	0.4	.625	0.4				0.9
12	Ed Kennedy	10	0.4	0.5	.800	0.0	0.0		0.9				0.8

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS
1	Reggie Carter	32	175	372	.470	130	165	.788	116				480
2	Wayne McKoy	32	211	372	.567	55	91	.604	248			56	477
3	Bernard Rencher	30	123	261	.471	48	61	.787	52	126	46		294
4	Ron Plair	32	109	227	.480	54	70	.771	188				272
5	Gordan Thomas	31	115	229	.502	35	57	.614	73				265
6	Rudy Wright	32	88	145	.607	80	114	.702	173				256
7	Fran Gilroy	30	98	194	.505	39	48	.813	118				235
8	Tom Calabrese	29	25	57	.439	14	18	.778	20				64
9	Rick Bollinger	18	6	12	.500	5	8	.625	8				17
10	Ray James	9	5	13	.385	1	3	.333	3				11
11	Bill Gilbert	8	4	9	.444	2	3	.667	6				10
12	Ed Kennedy	10	4	5	.800	0	0		9				8
	School Totals	32	958	1900	.504	463	642	.721	1182				2379

1978-79 St. John's (NY) (Men's) Season