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1972 Australia Men's Olympic Basketball

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Record: 5-4, 9th in Final Standings

PS/G: 76.0 (8th of 16) ▪ PA/G: 75.1 (10th of 16)

SRS: -0.63 (9th of 16) ▪ SOS: -1.52 (15th of 16)

Roster

Player Ht Wt Age Birth Date
Tom Bender 7-0 231 27 September 27, 1944
Peter Byrne 6-4 203 24 January 29, 1948
Perry Crosswhite 6-9 203 24 September 22, 1947
Richard Duke 6-0 183 24 May 25, 1948
Ken James 6-3 181 27 January 19, 1945
Brian Kerle 6-7 203 26 August 29, 1945
Anatoli Koltuniewicz 6-5 192 23 November 16, 1948
Glenn Marsland 6-2 176 25 June 30, 1947
Eddie Palubinskas 6-2 176 21 September 17, 1950
Ray Tomlinson 6-6 205 24 February 19, 1948
Ian Watson 5-11 179 23 June 7, 1949
Bill Wyatt 6-1 196 34 July 27, 1938

Totals & Per Game

Totals Per Game
Rk Player G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS TRB AST STL BLK TOV
1 Eddie Palubinskas 9 19 190 21.1 2.1
2 Perry Crosswhite 9 16 118 13.1 1.8
3 Ken James 9 21 90 10.0 2.3
4 Richard Duke 9 19 86 9.6 2.1
5 Brian Kerle 8 7 50 6.3 0.9
6 Bill Wyatt 9 7 43 4.8 0.8
7 Peter Byrne 9 8 29 3.2 0.9
8 Anatoli Koltuniewicz 9 9 26 2.9 1.0
9 Tom Bender 6 7 18 3.0 1.2
10 Ray Tomlinson 5 3 16 3.2 0.6
11 Ian Watson 9 9 13 1.4 1.0
12 Glenn Marsland 3 1 5 1.7 0.3

Schedule & Results

G Date Round Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Sun, Aug 27, 1972 Box Score Group A Spain L 74 79 0 1 L 1
2 Mon, Aug 28, 1972 Box Score Group A United States L 55 81 0 2 L 2
3 Tue, Aug 29, 1972 Box Score Group A Czechoslovakia L 68 69 0 3 L 3
4 Wed, Aug 30, 1972 Box Score Group A Japan W 92 76 1 3 W 1
5 Fri, Sep 1, 1972 Box Score Group A Cuba L 70 84 1 4 L 1
6 Sat, Sep 2, 1972 Box Score Group A Brazil W 75 69 2 4 W 1
7 Sun, Sep 3, 1972 Box Score Group A Egypt W 89 66 3 4 W 2
8 Tue, Sep 5, 1972 Box Score Classification Round 9-12 West Germany W 70 69 4 4 W 3
9 Sat, Sep 9, 1972 Box Score Final Round Poland W 91 83 5 4 W 4