Record: 19-12 (10-8, 6th in SEC)
Coach: Joe B. Hall
Team – Per Game
G | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | FT | FTA | FT% | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | 31 | 28.7 | 58.0 | .495 | 21.5 | 27.7 | .776 | 33.4 | 12.6 | 15.0 | 23.1 | 78.9 | |||
Opponent | 31 | 28.6 | 57.7 | .496 | 16.4 | 23.2 | .707 | 32.1 | 14.0 | 17.2 | 27.0 | 73.5 |
Team – Totals
G | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | FT | FTA | FT% | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | 31 | 890 | 1799 | .495 | 666 | 858 | .776 | 1034 | 392 | 464 | 715 | 2446 | |||
Opponent | 31 | 886 | 1788 | .496 | 508 | 719 | .707 | 995 | 435 | 532 | 838 | 2280 |
Individuals – Per Game
Rk | Player | G | GS | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | FT | FTA | FT% | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Kyle Macy | 31 | 35.8 | 5.8 | 11.5 | .504 | 3.6 | 4.2 | .868 | 2.6 | 4.2 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 15.2 | |||
2 | Dwight Anderson | 29 | 27.8 | 4.4 | 8.7 | .508 | 4.5 | 6.3 | .720 | 3.0 | 2.2 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 2.1 | 2.8 | 13.3 | |
3 | Chuck Aleksinas | 13 | 28.2 | 4.5 | 9.6 | .464 | 2.5 | 3.5 | .733 | 6.1 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 2.1 | 2.8 | 11.5 | |
4 | LaVon Williams | 31 | 28.7 | 3.8 | 7.1 | .543 | 3.8 | 4.7 | .808 | 6.9 | 0.8 | 2.5 | 4.1 | 11.5 | |||
5 | Fred Cowan | 31 | 23.3 | 3.4 | 7.0 | .488 | 2.5 | 3.7 | .672 | 5.5 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 3.5 | 9.4 | |
6 | Truman Claytor | 30 | 21.7 | 3.7 | 7.6 | .489 | 1.3 | 1.6 | .792 | 0.8 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 2.3 | 8.7 | |||
7 | Jay Shidler | 30 | 20.7 | 2.2 | 4.3 | .519 | 1.8 | 2.1 | .859 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 2.2 | 6.3 | |||
8 | Chuck Verderber | 31 | 19.6 | 2.0 | 3.8 | .521 | 2.1 | 2.8 | .747 | 4.2 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 2.5 | 6.1 | |
9 | Tim Stephens | 6 | 9.5 | 2.3 | 4.2 | .560 | 0.5 | 0.8 | .600 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 5.2 | |||
10 | Clarence Tillman | 30 | 13.5 | 1.2 | 3.7 | .336 | 0.9 | 0.9 | .963 | 3.3 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 3.3 | |||
11 | Dwane Casey | 22 | 4.5 | 0.3 | 0.8 | .389 | 0.2 | 0.3 | .714 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.9 | |||
12 | Chris Gettelfinger | 8 | 1.9 | 0.3 | 0.4 | .667 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.000 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.8 |
Individuals – Totals
Rk | Player | G | GS | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | FT | FTA | FT% | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Kyle Macy | 31 | 1111 | 179 | 355 | .504 | 112 | 129 | .868 | 82 | 129 | 63 | 68 | 470 | |||
2 | Dwight Anderson | 29 | 807 | 128 | 252 | .508 | 131 | 182 | .720 | 86 | 63 | 20 | 3 | 62 | 82 | 387 | |
3 | LaVon Williams | 31 | 891 | 119 | 219 | .543 | 118 | 146 | .808 | 213 | 26 | 79 | 127 | 356 | |||
4 | Fred Cowan | 31 | 722 | 106 | 217 | .488 | 78 | 116 | .672 | 171 | 16 | 27 | 36 | 54 | 109 | 290 | |
5 | Truman Claytor | 30 | 652 | 111 | 227 | .489 | 38 | 48 | .792 | 25 | 53 | 53 | 68 | 260 | |||
6 | Jay Shidler | 30 | 620 | 67 | 129 | .519 | 55 | 64 | .859 | 29 | 34 | 41 | 67 | 189 | |||
7 | Chuck Verderber | 31 | 607 | 62 | 119 | .521 | 65 | 87 | .747 | 131 | 38 | 19 | 4 | 44 | 79 | 189 | |
8 | Chuck Aleksinas | 13 | 366 | 58 | 125 | .464 | 33 | 45 | .733 | 79 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 27 | 37 | 149 | |
9 | Clarence Tillman | 30 | 405 | 37 | 110 | .336 | 26 | 27 | .963 | 99 | 7 | 27 | 55 | 100 | |||
10 | Tim Stephens | 6 | 57 | 14 | 25 | .560 | 3 | 5 | .600 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 31 | |||
11 | Dwane Casey | 22 | 99 | 7 | 18 | .389 | 5 | 7 | .714 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 19 | |||
12 | Chris Gettelfinger | 8 | 15 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
Schedule and Results
G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | Arena | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Sat, Dec 2, 1978 | REG | La Salle | ECC | W | 109 | 77 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | Rupp Arena | ||
2 | Mon, Dec 4, 1978 | REG | West Texas A&M | MVC | W | 121 | 67 | 2 | 0 | W 2 | Rupp Arena | ||
3 | Sat, Dec 9, 1978 | REG | Kansas (5) | Big 8 | W | 67 | 66 | OT | 3 | 0 | W 3 | Rupp Arena | |
4 | Sat, Dec 16, 1978 | REG | @ | Indiana | Big Ten | L | 67 | 68 | OT | 3 | 1 | L 1 | Assembly Hall |
5 | Fri, Dec 22, 1978 | REG | Texas A&M (17) | SWC | L | 69 | 73 | 3 | 2 | L 2 | Rupp Arena | ||
6 | Sat, Dec 23, 1978 | REG | Syracuse (8) | Ind | W | 94 | 87 | 4 | 2 | W 1 | Rupp Arena | ||
7 | Sat, Dec 30, 1978 | REG | N | Notre Dame (2) | Ind | W | 81 | 76 | 5 | 2 | W 2 | Freedom Hall | |
8 | Wed, Jan 3, 1979 | REG | @ | Florida | SEC | L | 65 | 76 | 5 | 3 | L 1 | Florida Gymnasium | |
9 | Sat, Jan 6, 1979 | REG | Louisiana State (7) | SEC | L | 89 | 93 | 5 | 4 | L 2 | Rupp Arena | ||
10 | Mon, Jan 8, 1979 | REG | Mississippi | SEC | W | 90 | 64 | 6 | 4 | W 1 | Rupp Arena | ||
11 | Sat, Jan 13, 1979 | REG | @ | Alabama | SEC | L | 52 | 55 | 6 | 5 | L 1 | Coleman Coliseum | |
12 | Mon, Jan 15, 1979 | REG | @ | Mississippi State | SEC | L | 61 | 63 | 6 | 6 | L 2 | Humphrey Coliseum | |
13 | Sat, Jan 20, 1979 | REG | Tennessee | SEC | L | 55 | 66 | 6 | 7 | L 3 | Rupp Arena | ||
14 | Mon, Jan 22, 1979 | REG | Georgia | SEC | W | 73 | 64 | 7 | 7 | W 1 | Rupp Arena | ||
15 | Thu, Jan 25, 1979 | REG | @ | Auburn | SEC | W | 86 | 83 | OT | 8 | 7 | W 2 | Beard-Eaves-Memorial |
16 | Sat, Jan 27, 1979 | REG | Florida | SEC | W | 87 | 81 | 9 | 7 | W 3 | Rupp Arena | ||
17 | Mon, Jan 29, 1979 | REG | Auburn | SEC | W | 66 | 59 | 10 | 7 | W 4 | Rupp Arena | ||
18 | Sat, Feb 3, 1979 | REG | @ | Louisiana State (10) | SEC | L | 61 | 70 | 10 | 8 | L 1 | Maravich Assembly Center | |
19 | Mon, Feb 5, 1979 | REG | @ | Mississippi | SEC | W | 87 | 82 | 11 | 8 | W 1 | C.M. Tad Smith Coliseum | |
20 | Wed, Feb 7, 1979 | REG | @ | Vanderbilt (17) | SEC | L | 58 | 68 | 11 | 9 | L 1 | McQuiddy Gymnasium | |
21 | Sat, Feb 10, 1979 | REG | Alabama (16) | SEC | W | 80 | 71 | 12 | 9 | W 1 | Rupp Arena | ||
22 | Mon, Feb 12, 1979 | REG | Mississippi State | SEC | W | 80 | 65 | 13 | 9 | W 2 | Rupp Arena | ||
23 | Sat, Feb 17, 1979 | REG | @ | Tennessee | SEC | L | 84 | 101 | 13 | 10 | L 1 | Stokely Center | |
24 | Mon, Feb 19, 1979 | REG | @ | Georgia | SEC | W | 90 | 74 | 14 | 10 | W 1 | Stegeman Coliseum | |
25 | Fri, Feb 23, 1979 | REG | Vanderbilt (19) | SEC | W | 96 | 70 | 15 | 10 | W 2 | Rupp Arena | ||
26 | Sun, Feb 25, 1979 | REG | @ | South Carolina | Ind | W | 79 | 74 | 16 | 10 | W 3 | Carolina Coliseum | |
G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | Arena | ||
27 | Wed, Feb 28, 1979 | CTOURN | N | Mississippi | SEC | W | 82 | 77 | 17 | 10 | W 4 | Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center | |
28 | Thu, Mar 1, 1979 | CTOURN | @ | Alabama | SEC | W | 101 | 100 | 18 | 10 | W 5 | Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center | |
29 | Fri, Mar 2, 1979 | CTOURN | N | Louisiana State (8) | SEC | W | 80 | 67 | 19 | 10 | W 6 | Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center | |
30 | Sat, Mar 3, 1979 | CTOURN | N | Tennessee | SEC | L | 69 | 75 | OT | 19 | 11 | L 1 | Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center |
G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | Arena | ||
31 | Wed, Mar 7, 1979 | NIT | Clemson | ACC | L | 67 | 68 | OT | 19 | 12 | L 2 | Rupp Arena |