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1968-69 Houston Mavericks Roster and Statistics

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23-55, Finished 6th in ABA Western Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Slater Martin (3-9), Jim Weaver (20-46)

Points Per Game: 111.3 (8th of 11) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 117.0 (8th of 11)
Pythagorean W-L: 26-52 (10th of 11)

Arena: Hofheinz Pavilion ▪ Attendance: NA

SRS: -4.81 (10th of 11)

1968-69 Houston Mavericks:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
34 Arthur Becker F 6-7 205 January 12, 1942 1 Arizona State University
25 Spider Bennett G 6-3 190 August 4, 1943 R Winston-Salem State University
33 Larry Bunce C 7-0 240 July 29, 1945 1 Utah State University
14 Don Carlos G-F 6-5 210 March 3, 1944 R Otterbein College
33 Richard Clark G 6-4 190 January 5, 1944 1 Eastern Kentucky University
25 Rich Dumas G 6-3 170 R Northeastern State University
15 Bill Gaines G 6-4 185 March 10, 1946 R East Texas State University
24 Tom Hoover C 6-9 230 January 23, 1941 4 Villanova University
24 Tony Jackson F-G 6-4 200 November 7, 1942 1 St. John's University
20 Stew Johnson F-C 6-8 220 August 19, 1944 1 Murray State University
52 Tom Kondla C 6-8 225 November 30, 1946 R University of Minnesota
21 Steven Kramer G-F 6-5 200 January 1, 1945 1 Brigham Young University
35 Leary Lentz F 6-6 200 February 23, 1945 1 University of Houston
31 Guy Manning F 6-6 195 February 4, 1944 1 Prairie View A&M University
21 Jerry Pettway G-F 6-3 185 February 13, 1944 1 Northwood Institute
15 Willie Porter F 6-7 205 July 3, 1942 1 Tennessee State University
44 Kendall Rhine C 6-10 230 February 13, 1943 1 Rice University
12 Willie Somerset G 5-8 170 March 17, 1942 2 Duquesne University
32 Keith Swagerty F 6-7 235 October 30, 1945 R University of the Pacific
35 Levern Tart G-F 6-2 195 June 1, 1942 1 Bradley University
22 Bob Verga G 6-1 190 September 7, 1945 1 Duke University
12 Hank Whitney F-C 6-7 230 April 28, 1939 1 Iowa State University

Team and Opponent Statistics

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G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS
Team 78 18845 3179 7732 .411 129 487 .265 2196 2991 .734 1685 2695 4380 1371 1396 2157 8683 111.3
Opponent 78 18845 3355 7567 .443 106 406 .261 2311 3116 .742 4518 1510 1473 2097 9127 117.0

Player Statistics

Totals

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Stew Johnson 24 69 2279 588 1372 .429 62 175 .354 183 236 .775 186 374 560 133 163 154 1421
2 Arthur Becker 27 78 2429 423 888 .476 0 3 .000 200 240 .833 175 422 597 103 156 304 1046
3 Willie Somerset 26 43 1793 337 853 .395 17 75 .227 320 383 .836 79 118 197 174 123 158 1011
4 Keith Swagerty 23 77 2447 362 883 .410 0 5 .000 256 421 .608 326 496 822 92 112 238 980
5 Bob Verga 23 33 1133 293 656 .447 13 47 .277 215 282 .762 89 55 144 136 119 116 814
6 Tony Jackson 26 60 1423 210 583 .360 32 145 .221 298 336 .887 99 138 237 138 151 143 750
7 Kendall Rhine 25 73 2116 255 629 .405 0 1 .000 149 265 .562 307 497 804 150 119 321 659
8 Don Carlos 24 56 1527 207 505 .410 0 3 .000 214 283 .756 122 157 279 159 140 231 628
9 Steven Kramer 24 23 701 113 281 .402 0 1 .000 95 117 .812 47 38 85 112 69 96 321
10 Richard Clark 25 32 723 64 222 .288 1 8 .125 89 124 .718 30 58 88 68 73 99 218
11 Leary Lentz 23 44 687 87 208 .418 0 1 .000 43 74 .581 68 96 164 22 29 57 217
12 Tom Kondla 22 40 342 57 143 .399 0 1 .000 20 43 .465 45 79 124 13 23 53 134
13 Spider Bennett 25 13 170 31 74 .419 4 14 .286 22 37 .595 18 15 33 15 31 40 88
14 Hank Whitney 29 18 249 27 81 .333 0 1 .000 29 48 .604 20 53 73 18 21 54 83
15 Jerry Pettway 24 11 264 37 123 .301 0 5 .000 5 7 .714 13 16 29 17 16 19 79
16 Guy Manning 24 14 167 27 95 .284 0 2 .000 21 37 .568 21 21 42 2 12 20 75
17 Levern Tart 26 6 138 28 63 .444 0 0 18 29 .621 7 9 16 12 19 16 74
18 Larry Bunce 23 11 156 14 31 .452 0 0 10 19 .526 21 26 47 2 9 22 38
19 Tom Hoover 28 4 80 14 28 .500 0 0 5 6 .833 8 22 30 5 8 15 33
20 Willie Porter 26 2 11 3 7 .429 0 0 4 4 1.000 3 4 7 0 1 0 10
21 Rich Dumas 1 5 1 5 .200 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 2
22 Bill Gaines 22 1 5 1 2 .500 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2

Per Game

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Bob Verga 23 33 34.3 8.9 19.9 .447 0.4 1.4 .277 6.5 8.5 .762 2.7 1.7 4.4 4.1 3.6 3.5 24.7
2 Willie Somerset 26 43 41.7 7.8 19.8 .395 0.4 1.7 .227 7.4 8.9 .836 1.8 2.7 4.6 4.0 2.9 3.7 23.5
3 Stew Johnson 24 69 33.0 8.5 19.9 .429 0.9 2.5 .354 2.7 3.4 .775 2.7 5.4 8.1 1.9 2.4 2.2 20.6
4 Steven Kramer 24 23 30.5 4.9 12.2 .402 0.0 0.0 .000 4.1 5.1 .812 2.0 1.7 3.7 4.9 3.0 4.2 14.0
5 Arthur Becker 27 78 31.1 5.4 11.4 .476 0.0 0.0 .000 2.6 3.1 .833 2.2 5.4 7.7 1.3 2.0 3.9 13.4
6 Keith Swagerty 23 77 31.8 4.7 11.5 .410 0.0 0.1 .000 3.3 5.5 .608 4.2 6.4 10.7 1.2 1.5 3.1 12.7
7 Tony Jackson 26 60 23.7 3.5 9.7 .360 0.5 2.4 .221 5.0 5.6 .887 1.7 2.3 4.0 2.3 2.5 2.4 12.5
8 Levern Tart 26 6 23.0 4.7 10.5 .444 0.0 0.0 3.0 4.8 .621 1.2 1.5 2.7 2.0 3.2 2.7 12.3
9 Don Carlos 24 56 27.3 3.7 9.0 .410 0.0 0.1 .000 3.8 5.1 .756 2.2 2.8 5.0 2.8 2.5 4.1 11.2
10 Kendall Rhine 25 73 29.0 3.5 8.6 .405 0.0 0.0 .000 2.0 3.6 .562 4.2 6.8 11.0 2.1 1.6 4.4 9.0
11 Tom Hoover 28 4 20.0 3.5 7.0 .500 0.0 0.0 1.3 1.5 .833 2.0 5.5 7.5 1.3 2.0 3.8 8.3
12 Jerry Pettway 24 11 24.0 3.4 11.2 .301 0.0 0.5 .000 0.5 0.6 .714 1.2 1.5 2.6 1.5 1.5 1.7 7.2
13 Spider Bennett 25 13 13.1 2.4 5.7 .419 0.3 1.1 .286 1.7 2.8 .595 1.4 1.2 2.5 1.2 2.4 3.1 6.8
14 Richard Clark 25 32 22.6 2.0 6.9 .288 0.0 0.3 .125 2.8 3.9 .718 0.9 1.8 2.8 2.1 2.3 3.1 6.8
15 Guy Manning 24 14 11.9 1.9 6.8 .284 0.0 0.1 .000 1.5 2.6 .568 1.5 1.5 3.0 0.1 0.9 1.4 5.4
16 Willie Porter 26 2 5.5 1.5 3.5 .429 0.0 0.0 2.0 2.0 1.000 1.5 2.0 3.5 0.0 0.5 0.0 5.0
17 Leary Lentz 23 44 15.6 2.0 4.7 .418 0.0 0.0 .000 1.0 1.7 .581 1.5 2.2 3.7 0.5 0.7 1.3 4.9
18 Hank Whitney 29 18 13.8 1.5 4.5 .333 0.0 0.1 .000 1.6 2.7 .604 1.1 2.9 4.1 1.0 1.2 3.0 4.6
19 Larry Bunce 23 11 14.2 1.3 2.8 .452 0.0 0.0 0.9 1.7 .526 1.9 2.4 4.3 0.2 0.8 2.0 3.5
20 Tom Kondla 22 40 8.6 1.4 3.6 .399 0.0 0.0 .000 0.5 1.1 .465 1.1 2.0 3.1 0.3 0.6 1.3 3.4
21 Bill Gaines 22 1 5.0 1.0 2.0 .500 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 2.0
22 Rich Dumas 1 5.0 1.0 5.0 .200 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 2.0

Per 36 Minutes

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Willie Porter 26 2 11 9.8 22.9 .429 0.0 0.0 13.1 13.1 1.000 9.8 13.1 22.9 0.0 3.3 0.0 32.7
2 Bob Verga 23 33 1133 9.3 20.8 .447 0.4 1.5 .277 6.8 9.0 .762 2.8 1.7 4.6 4.3 3.8 3.7 25.9
3 Stew Johnson 24 69 2279 9.3 21.7 .429 1.0 2.8 .354 2.9 3.7 .775 2.9 5.9 8.8 2.1 2.6 2.4 22.4
4 Willie Somerset 26 43 1793 6.8 17.1 .395 0.3 1.5 .227 6.4 7.7 .836 1.6 2.4 4.0 3.5 2.5 3.2 20.3
5 Levern Tart 26 6 138 7.3 16.4 .444 0.0 0.0 4.7 7.6 .621 1.8 2.3 4.2 3.1 5.0 4.2 19.3
6 Tony Jackson 26 60 1423 5.3 14.7 .360 0.8 3.7 .221 7.5 8.5 .887 2.5 3.5 6.0 3.5 3.8 3.6 19.0
7 Spider Bennett 25 13 170 6.6 15.7 .419 0.8 3.0 .286 4.7 7.8 .595 3.8 3.2 7.0 3.2 6.6 8.5 18.6
8 Steven Kramer 24 23 701 5.8 14.4 .402 0.0 0.1 .000 4.9 6.0 .812 2.4 2.0 4.4 5.8 3.5 4.9 16.5
9 Guy Manning 24 14 167 5.8 20.5 .284 0.0 0.4 .000 4.5 8.0 .568 4.5 4.5 9.1 0.4 2.6 4.3 16.2
10 Arthur Becker 27 78 2429 6.3 13.2 .476 0.0 0.0 .000 3.0 3.6 .833 2.6 6.3 8.8 1.5 2.3 4.5 15.5
11 Tom Hoover 28 4 80 6.3 12.6 .500 0.0 0.0 2.3 2.7 .833 3.6 9.9 13.5 2.3 3.6 6.8 14.9
12 Don Carlos 24 56 1527 4.9 11.9 .410 0.0 0.1 .000 5.0 6.7 .756 2.9 3.7 6.6 3.7 3.3 5.4 14.8
13 Rich Dumas 1 5 7.2 36.0 .200 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 7.2 7.2 0.0 7.2 7.2 14.4
14 Keith Swagerty 23 77 2447 5.3 13.0 .410 0.0 0.1 .000 3.8 6.2 .608 4.8 7.3 12.1 1.4 1.6 3.5 14.4
15 Bill Gaines 22 1 5 7.2 14.4 .500 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 7.2 0.0 7.2 0.0 7.2 0.0 14.4
16 Tom Kondla 22 40 342 6.0 15.1 .399 0.0 0.1 .000 2.1 4.5 .465 4.7 8.3 13.1 1.4 2.4 5.6 14.1
17 Hank Whitney 29 18 249 3.9 11.7 .333 0.0 0.1 .000 4.2 6.9 .604 2.9 7.7 10.6 2.6 3.0 7.8 12.0
18 Leary Lentz 23 44 687 4.6 10.9 .418 0.0 0.1 .000 2.3 3.9 .581 3.6 5.0 8.6 1.2 1.5 3.0 11.4
19 Kendall Rhine 25 73 2116 4.3 10.7 .405 0.0 0.0 .000 2.5 4.5 .562 5.2 8.5 13.7 2.6 2.0 5.5 11.2
20 Richard Clark 25 32 723 3.2 11.1 .288 0.0 0.4 .125 4.4 6.2 .718 1.5 2.9 4.4 3.4 3.6 4.9 10.9
21 Jerry Pettway 24 11 264 5.0 16.8 .301 0.0 0.7 .000 0.7 1.0 .714 1.8 2.2 4.0 2.3 2.2 2.6 10.8
22 Larry Bunce 23 11 156 3.2 7.2 .452 0.0 0.0 2.3 4.4 .526 4.8 6.0 10.8 0.5 2.1 5.1 8.8

Advanced

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Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 Arthur Becker 27 78 2429 14.2 .526 .476 10.4 6.3 13.6 17.1 3.3 2.1 5.4
2 Bob Verga 23 33 1133 21.3 .522 .457 5.4 20.5 13.2 28.6 2.5 1.0 3.5
3 Stew Johnson 24 69 2279 19.4 .481 .451 10.4 10.0 9.9 26.0 1.4 2.1 3.5
4 Tony Jackson 26 60 1423 15.2 .513 .388 7.1 13.9 17.1 22.4 2.0 1.3 3.3
5 Willie Somerset 26 43 1793 16.4 .495 .405 4.7 14.8 10.7 23.0 1.8 1.4 3.2
6 Don Carlos 24 56 1527 11.9 .499 .410 7.7 14.7 18.2 18.2 1.3 1.4 2.7
7 Keith Swagerty 23 77 2447 15.2 .459 .410 14.2 5.4 9.5 17.4 -0.2 2.5 2.3
8 Kendall Rhine 25 73 2116 13.0 .442 .405 16.1 9.8 13.8 14.7 -0.7 2.6 1.9
9 Steven Kramer 24 23 701 13.3 .483 .402 5.1 23.4 17.2 20.7 0.4 0.7 1.1
10 Leary Lentz 23 44 687 10.9 .451 .418 10.1 4.5 10.8 14.2 -0.2 0.6 0.4
11 Spider Bennett 25 13 170 7.7 .487 .446 8.2 13.3 25.6 25.7 0.1 0.2 0.3
12 Larry Bunce 23 11 156 8.6 .483 .452 12.8 1.7 18.6 11.2 0.0 0.1 0.2
13 Levern Tart 26 6 138 11.0 .488 .444 4.9 13.6 20.1 24.8 0.1 0.1 0.2
14 Tom Hoover 28 4 80 14.3 .539 .500 15.9 9.3 20.7 17.4 0.1 0.1 0.2
15 Willie Porter 26 2 11 41.2 .571 .429 27.0 0.0 10.2 32.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
16 Bill Gaines 22 1 5 7.6 .500 .500 8.5 0.0 33.3 21.7 0.0 0.0 0.0
17 Tom Kondla 22 40 342 11.6 .414 .399 15.4 5.6 12.4 19.5 -0.4 0.4 0.0
18 Hank Whitney 29 18 249 7.1 .406 .333 12.4 9.8 17.1 17.8 -0.3 0.3 0.0
19 Rich Dumas 1 5 -19.4 .200 .200 8.5 0.0 16.7 43.3 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
20 Richard Clark 25 32 723 3.8 .394 .291 5.2 12.5 20.9 17.4 -0.9 0.6 -0.4
21 Guy Manning 24 14 167 6.1 .337 .284 10.7 1.8 9.7 26.6 -0.7 0.1 -0.6
22 Jerry Pettway 24 11 264 2.9 .313 .301 4.7 9.2 11.3 19.4 -1.0 0.2 -0.8