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1977-78 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles Men's Roster and Stats

Record: 11-15 (7-7, 6th in OVC MBB)

Coach: Cliff Malpass

PS/G: 69.3 (207th of 259)

PA/G: 74.1 (131st of 259)

SRS: -9.73 (206th of 253)

SOS: -3.07 (170th of 253)

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Bobby Porter	SR	C	6-8	15.8 Pts, 8.0 Reb, 0.6 Ast
Butch Blalock	SR	G	6-1	13.0 Pts, 3.4 Reb, 2.8 Ast
Marc Burnett	FR	G	6-3	11.3 Pts, 6.1 Reb, 1.7 Ast
Jimmy Howell	JR	G	6-1	9.7 Pts, 2.1 Reb, 4.0 Ast
Brian Troupe	JR	F	6-7	8.7 Pts, 7.2 Reb, 1.3 Ast
Pat Kannapel	FR	C	6-9	6.5 Pts, 3.4 Reb, 0.2 Ast
John Latka	FR	G	6-3	2.8 Pts, 1.1 Reb, 0.9 Ast
Rick Heyder	SO	F	6-5	1.3 Pts, 0.9 Reb, 0.1 Ast
James Bowden	FR	G	6-1	1.5 Pts, 1.2 Reb, 0.8 Ast
John McNish	FR	C	6-8	1.1 Pts, 1.5 Reb, 0.2 Ast
Dennis Godfrey	SR	G	6-1	0.9 Pts, 0.5 Reb, 0.8 Ast
Phillip Franklin	SR			0.7 Pts, 1.2 Reb, 0.0 Ast
Jon Holder				0.2 Pts, 0.6 Reb, 0.2 Ast

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	26		28.8	64.0	.450	11.6	17.0	.685	39.5	12.3	5.0		16.5	20.4	69.3
Opponent	26		29.7	62.9	.472	14.7	22.0	.671	41.4	11.5	6.8		16.3	15.2	74.1

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	14														64.9
Opponent	14														67.8

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	26		750	1665	.450	302	441	.685	1028	320	130		428	530	1802
Opponent	26		772	1635	.472	383	571	.671	1077	300	177		425	396	1927

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	14														909
Opponent	14														949

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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	Bobby Porter	C	26	29.5	6.4	12.2	.527	6.4	12.2	2.9	3.9	.752	8.0	0.6	0.7	1.3	2.7	3.5	15.8
2	Butch Blalock	G	26	33.4	5.9	12.4	.475	5.9	12.4	1.2	2.1	.574	3.4	2.8	0.7	0.1	1.9	2.3	13.0
3	Marc Burnett	G	26	36.3	4.7	10.1	.469	4.7	10.1	1.8	2.4	.746	6.1	1.7	0.5	0.2	2.2	1.7	11.3
4	Jimmy Howell	G	26	28.7	3.7	8.5	.441	3.7	8.5	2.3	2.5	.894	2.1	4.0	1.3	0.2	2.8	2.7	9.7
5	Brian Troupe	F	23	30.2	4.0	10.0	.394	4.0	10.0	0.7	1.3	.586	7.2	1.3	1.1	0.8	2.9	2.9	8.7
6	Pat Kannapel	C	26	16.6	2.5	4.9	.520	2.5	4.9	1.4	2.1	.655	3.4	0.2	0.4	0.1	0.8	2.7	6.5
7	John Latka	G	15	7.1	1.2	3.1	.383	1.2	3.1	0.4	0.9	.462	1.1	0.9	0.1	0.0	1.1	1.1	2.8
8	James Bowden	G	16	12.3	0.6	2.3	.250	0.6	2.3	0.4	0.8	.462	1.2	0.8	0.1	0.1	1.3	1.6	1.5
9	Rick Heyder	F	22	4.5	0.5	1.6	.306	0.5	1.6	0.3	0.6	.500	0.9	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.8	1.3
10	John McNish	C	22	7.6	0.4	1.9	.214	0.4	1.9	0.3	0.6	.429	1.5	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.8	1.3	1.1
11	Dennis Godfrey	G	21	6.9	0.2	0.6	.308	0.2	0.6	0.5	0.8	.625	0.5	0.8	0.1	0.0	0.7	0.9	0.9
12	Phillip Franklin		6	3.7	0.3	1.0	.333	0.3	1.0	0.0	0.0		1.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.8	0.7
13	Jon Holder		5	2.4	0.0	1.2	.000	0.0	1.2	0.2	0.6	.333	0.6	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.2
	Team Totals		26		28.8	64.0	.450	28.8	64.0	11.6	17.0	.685	39.5	12.3	5.0		16.5	20.4	69.3

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Bobby Porter	26	768	167	317	.527	76	101	.752	207	15	19	34	71	92	410
2	Butch Blalock	26	868	153	322	.475	31	54	.574	89	72	17	3	49	60	337
3	Marc Burnett	26	945	123	262	.469	47	63	.746	158	43	12	5	57	43	293
4	Jimmy Howell	26	745	97	220	.441	59	66	.894	54	105	34	4	74	71	253
5	Brian Troupe	23	694	91	231	.394	17	29	.586	165	29	26	19	66	67	199
6	Pat Kannapel	26	431	66	127	.520	36	55	.655	89	6	10	2	21	71	168
7	John Latka	15	107	18	47	.383	6	13	.462	16	14	2	0	16	16	42
8	Rick Heyder	22	100	11	36	.306	7	14	.500	19	2	1	0	16	18	29
9	James Bowden	16	197	9	36	.250	6	13	.462	19	13	2	2	21	25	24
10	John McNish	22	167	9	42	.214	6	14	.429	34	4	3	0	18	28	24
11	Dennis Godfrey	21	144	4	13	.308	10	16	.625	10	16	3	1	14	19	18
12	Phillip Franklin	6	22	2	6	.333	0	0		7	0	0	0	4	5	4
13	Jon Holder	5	12	0	6	.000	1	3	.333	3	1	1	0	1	1	1
	School Totals	26		750	1665	.450	302	441	.685	1028	320	130		428	530	1802

Per 40 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Bobby Porter	26	768	8.7	16.5	.527	4.0	5.3	.752	10.8	0.8	1.0	1.8	3.7	4.8	21.4
2	John Latka	15	107	6.7	17.6	.383	2.2	4.9	.462	6.0	5.2	0.7	0.0	6.0	6.0	15.7
3	Pat Kannapel	26	431	6.1	11.8	.520	3.3	5.1	.655	8.3	0.6	0.9	0.2	1.9	6.6	15.6
4	Butch Blalock	26	868	7.1	14.8	.475	1.4	2.5	.574	4.1	3.3	0.8	0.1	2.3	2.8	15.5
5	Jimmy Howell	26	745	5.2	11.8	.441	3.2	3.5	.894	2.9	5.6	1.8	0.2	4.0	3.8	13.6
6	Marc Burnett	26	945	5.2	11.1	.469	2.0	2.7	.746	6.7	1.8	0.5	0.2	2.4	1.8	12.4
7	Rick Heyder	22	100	4.4	14.4	.306	2.8	5.6	.500	7.6	0.8	0.4	0.0	6.4	7.2	11.6
8	Brian Troupe	23	694	5.2	13.3	.394	1.0	1.7	.586	9.5	1.7	1.5	1.1	3.8	3.9	11.5
9	Phillip Franklin	6	22	3.6	10.9	.333	0.0	0.0		12.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	7.3	9.1	7.3
10	John McNish	22	167	2.2	10.1	.214	1.4	3.4	.429	8.1	1.0	0.7	0.0	4.3	6.7	5.7
11	Dennis Godfrey	21	144	1.1	3.6	.308	2.8	4.4	.625	2.8	4.4	0.8	0.3	3.9	5.3	5.0
12	James Bowden	16	197	1.8	7.3	.250	1.2	2.6	.462	3.9	2.6	0.4	0.4	4.3	5.1	4.9
13	Jon Holder	5	12	0.0	20.0	.000	3.3	10.0	.333	10.0	3.3	3.3	0.0	3.3	3.3	3.3