1978-79 Utah State Aggies Men's Roster and Stats

Record: 19-11 Overall W-L adjusted to 20-10, conference W-L adjusted to 10-4 (9-5, 2nd in PCAA MBB)

Coach: Dutch Belnap

PS/G: 78.1 (77th of 262)

PA/G: 75.5 (172nd of 262)

SRS: 2.33 (90th of 256)

SOS: -0.09 (114th of 256)

NCAA Tournament: (#10 seed in West)
Lost West First Round (86-67) versus #7 Southern California

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Keith McDonald	SR	G	6-3	18.0 Pts, 2.3 Reb, 2.4 Ast
Brian Jackson	SO	F	6-8	15.7 Pts, 8.3 Reb, 1.8 Ast
Dean Hunger	JR	F	6-8	15.1 Pts, 7.2 Reb, 1.9 Ast
Preston Bailess	SR	F	6-9	10.8 Pts, 7.3 Reb, 2.2 Ast
Rawlee Perkins	SR	G	6-1	5.4 Pts, 1.4 Reb, 3.5 Ast
Keith Hood	SO	G	6-3	5.1 Pts, 1.7 Reb, 0.7 Ast
Rich McElrath	JR	G	6-2	4.0 Pts, 0.9 Reb, 2.9 Ast
Mark Miller	FR	F	6-9	2.9 Pts, 1.4 Reb, 0.6 Ast
Leo Cunningham	FR	C	6-11	2.1 Pts, 1.5 Reb, 0.1 Ast
Steve Pinegar	JR	G	6-2	1.5 Pts, 0.5 Reb, 0.1 Ast
Haakon Austefjord	FR	F	6-7	1.1 Pts, 1.5 Reb, 0.0 Ast
Craig Taylor	JR	F	6-6	1.1 Pts, 1.0 Reb, 0.0 Ast
Cal Paskett	JR	F	6-7	3.0 Pts, 0.5 Reb, 1.0 Ast
Russ Hafen	SO	F	6-6	1.0 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	30		31.0	60.8	.510	16.1	22.5	.714	34.4	15.7			16.4	20.1	78.1
Opponent	30		30.0	64.2	.468	15.5	22.2	.696	39.0	13.4			17.8	22.6	75.5

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	14														76.0
Opponent	14														73.6

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	30		929	1823	.510	482	675	.714	1032	470			492	604	2342
Opponent	30		900	1925	.468	464	667	.696	1171	403			534	678	2264

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	14														1064
Opponent	14														1031

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Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Keith McDonald	G	30	30	32.1	7.0	14.9	.471	7.0	14.9	3.9	5.5	.705	2.3	2.4	3.6	3.2	18.0
2	Brian Jackson	F	30	30	37.1	6.7	12.2	.551	6.7	12.2	2.4	3.4	.723	8.3	1.8	2.1	3.2	15.7
3	Dean Hunger	F	29	29	34.7	5.7	10.0	.569	5.7	10.0	3.8	4.8	.784	7.2	1.9	2.4	3.2	15.1
4	Preston Bailess	F	30	30	33.9	4.6	9.1	.505	4.6	9.1	1.6	2.0	.797	7.3	2.2	2.2	2.9	10.8
5	Rawlee Perkins	G	30	28	24.6	2.3	4.0	.580	2.3	4.0	0.8	1.6	.511	1.4	3.5	2.0	3.1	5.4
6	Keith Hood	G	30	0	12.3	2.0	4.6	.428	2.0	4.6	1.2	1.8	.679	1.7	0.7	1.1	1.2	5.1
7	Rich McElrath	G	30	2	15.9	1.2	2.7	.444	1.2	2.7	1.6	2.1	.774	0.9	2.9	1.8	1.4	4.0
8	Cal Paskett	F	2	0	4.0	1.0	1.5	.667	1.0	1.5	1.0	2.0	.500	0.5	1.0	0.5	1.5	3.0
9	Mark Miller	F	19	1	9.2	1.3	2.3	.545	1.3	2.3	0.4	0.5	.700	1.4	0.6	0.9	1.5	2.9
10	Leo Cunningham	C	15	0	6.1	0.7	1.4	.524	0.7	1.4	0.7	1.1	.588	1.5	0.1	0.7	1.3	2.1
11	Steve Pinegar	G	13	0	6.1	0.6	1.7	.364	0.6	1.7	0.3	0.5	.667	0.5	0.1	0.5	1.0	1.5
12	Craig Taylor	F	7	0	2.6	0.4	1.3	.333	0.4	1.3	0.3	0.3	1.000	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	1.1
13	Haakon Austefjord	F	8	0	4.5	0.4	1.0	.375	0.4	1.0	0.4	0.6	.600	1.5	0.0	0.4	0.4	1.1
14	Russ Hafen	F	2	0	7.5	0.5	2.0	.250	0.5	2.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.5	1.5	1.0
	Team Totals		30			31.0	60.8	.510	31.0	60.8	16.1	22.5	.714	34.4	15.7	16.4	20.1	78.1

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Keith McDonald	30	30	964	210	446	.471	117	166	.705	70	73	107	95	539
2	Brian Jackson	30	30	1112	201	365	.551	73	101	.723	248	53	63	96	472
3	Dean Hunger	29	29	1005	165	290	.569	109	139	.784	209	54	69	94	439
4	Preston Bailess	30	30	1016	138	273	.505	47	59	.797	219	67	67	87	323
5	Rawlee Perkins	30	28	739	69	119	.580	24	47	.511	42	104	61	94	162
6	Keith Hood	30	0	369	59	138	.428	36	53	.679	51	21	32	35	154
7	Rich McElrath	30	2	477	36	81	.444	48	62	.774	26	88	55	41	120
8	Mark Miller	19	1	175	24	44	.545	7	10	.700	27	11	17	28	55
9	Leo Cunningham	15	0	91	11	21	.524	10	17	.588	23	1	11	19	32
10	Steve Pinegar	13	0	79	8	22	.364	4	6	.667	6	1	6	13	20
11	Haakon Austefjord	8	0	36	3	8	.375	3	5	.600	12	0	3	3	9
12	Craig Taylor	7	0	18	3	9	.333	2	2	1.000	7	0	0	2	8
13	Cal Paskett	2	0	8	2	3	.667	2	4	.500	1	2	1	3	6
14	Russ Hafen	2	0	15	1	4	.250	0	0		0	0	1	3	2
	School Totals	30			929	1823	.510	482	675	.714	1032	470	492	604	2342

Per 40 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Cal Paskett	2	0	8	10.0	15.0	.667	10.0	20.0	.500	5.0	10.0	5.0	15.0	30.0
2	Keith McDonald	30	30	964	8.7	18.5	.471	4.9	6.9	.705	2.9	3.0	4.4	3.9	22.4
3	Craig Taylor	7	0	18	6.7	20.0	.333	4.4	4.4	1.000	15.6	0.0	0.0	4.4	17.8
4	Dean Hunger	29	29	1005	6.6	11.5	.569	4.3	5.5	.784	8.3	2.1	2.7	3.7	17.5
5	Brian Jackson	30	30	1112	7.2	13.1	.551	2.6	3.6	.723	8.9	1.9	2.3	3.5	17.0
6	Keith Hood	30	0	369	6.4	15.0	.428	3.9	5.7	.679	5.5	2.3	3.5	3.8	16.7
7	Leo Cunningham	15	0	91	4.8	9.2	.524	4.4	7.5	.588	10.1	0.4	4.8	8.4	14.1
8	Preston Bailess	30	30	1016	5.4	10.7	.505	1.9	2.3	.797	8.6	2.6	2.6	3.4	12.7
9	Mark Miller	19	1	175	5.5	10.1	.545	1.6	2.3	.700	6.2	2.5	3.9	6.4	12.6
10	Rich McElrath	30	2	477	3.0	6.8	.444	4.0	5.2	.774	2.2	7.4	4.6	3.4	10.1
11	Steve Pinegar	13	0	79	4.1	11.1	.364	2.0	3.0	.667	3.0	0.5	3.0	6.6	10.1
12	Haakon Austefjord	8	0	36	3.3	8.9	.375	3.3	5.6	.600	13.3	0.0	3.3	3.3	10.0
13	Rawlee Perkins	30	28	739	3.7	6.4	.580	1.3	2.5	.511	2.3	5.6	3.3	5.1	8.8
14	Russ Hafen	2	0	15	2.7	10.7	.250	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	2.7	8.0	5.3