Statistics Summary for 1976-77

SCORING TOTAL 3-PTS F-THROWS REBOUNDS MINUTES
Player GP GS Pts Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Tot Avg
Nate Granger   34  0  700  20.6  288  465  .619  0  0  .000  124  187  .663  304  0  304  8.9  0  0  47  0  0  0  0  0.0 
Larry McGhee   34  0  550  16.2  208  425  .489  0  0  .000  134  163  .822  81  0  81  2.4  0  0  176  0  0  0  0  0.0 
Johnny Guilford   34  0  359  10.6  161  285  .565  0  0  .000  37  54  .685  245  0  245  7.2  0  0  32  0  0  0  0  0.0 
Jeff Granger   34  0  221  6.5  94  141  .667  0  0  .000  33  49  .673  119  0  119  3.5  0  0  47  0  0  0  0  0.0 
Pat Laue   30  0  202  6.7  84  179  .469  0  0  .000  34  48  .708  105  0  105  3.5  0  0  73  0  0  0  0  0.0 
Don Page   28  0  188  6.7  82  171  .480  0  0  .000  24  34  .706  111  0  111  4.0  0  0  40  0  0  0  0  0.0 
Mark Austin   34  0  164  4.8  78  101  .772  0  0  .000  8  17  .471  62  0  62  1.8  0  0  64  0  0  0  0  0.0 
Mike Williams   25  0  80  3.2  33  77  .429  0  0  .000  14  29  .483  79  0  79  3.2  0  0  12  0  0  0  0  0.0 
Lyle Medlock   32  0  72  2.3  26  51  .510  0  0  .000  20  29  .690  72  0  72  2.3  0  0  10  0  0  0  0  0.0 
Warren Miller   21  0  43  2.0  14  32  .438  0  0  .000  15  20  .750  23  0  23  1.1  0  0  13  0  0  0  0  0.0 
Paul Lemons   13  0  21  1.6  8  15  .533  0  0  .000  5  6  .833  11  0  11  0.8  0  0  8  0  0  0  0  0.0 
Brian Burks   8  0  17  2.1  7  10  .700  0  0  .000  3  5  .600  5  0  5  0.6  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0.0 
Other Players   6  0  12  2.0  6  18  .333  0  0  .000  0  1  .000  8  0  8  1.3  0  0  4  0  0  0  0  0.0 
Lonnie Cunigan   4  0  5  1.3  1  2  .500  0  0  .000  3  3  1.000  3  0  3  0.8  0  0  1  0  0  0  0  0.0 
Team totals   34  0  0  0.0  0  0  .000  0  0  .000  0  0  .000  173  0  173  5.1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0   
Opp totals   0  0  0  0.0  0  0  .000  0  0  .000  0  0  .000  0  0  0  0.0  0  -  0  0  0  0  0   

Results for 1976-77

  Date Opponent   Score   Attend   Site Notes
11/20/76 at East Texas Baptist L 88-101 ot - Marshall, TX
11/22/76 TEXAS COLLEGE W 94-61 - Commerce, TX
11/24/76 EAST CENTRAL W 82-63 - Commerce, TX
11/27/76 at Louisiana College L 70-72 - Pineville, LA
11/29/76 at Southern Ark. L 78-89 - Magnolia, AR
12/01/76 WILEY W 86-67 - Commerce, TX
12/02/76 at East Central L 61-65 ot - Ada, OK
12/17/76 DALLAS BAPTIST W 109-73 - Commerce, TX
01/05/77 SOUTHWESTERN W 53-48 - Commerce, TX
01/06/77 LETOURNEAU W 114-57 - Commerce, TX
01/08/77 EAST TEXAS BAPTIST W 80-73 - Commerce, TX
* 01/10/77 at Texas A&I W 62-51 - Kingsville, TX
* 01/12/77 at Sam Houston St. W 62-55 - Huntsville, TX
* 01/17/77 SOUTHWEST TEXAS ST. W 71-61 - Commerce, TX
01/19/77 TARLETON ST. W 93-62 - Commerce, TX
* 01/22/77 at Stephen F. Austin W 79-74 - Nacogdoches, TX
01/27/77 PAUL QUINN W 131-79 - Commerce, TX
* 01/29/77 TEXAS A&I W 80-59 - Commerce, TX
* 01/31/77 SAM HOUSTON ST. W 95-79 - Commerce, TX
* 02/03/77 HOWARD PAYNE L 64-66 ot - Commerce, TX
* 02/05/77 ANGELO ST. L 49-50 - Commerce, TX
* 02/07/77 ABILENE CHRISTIAN W 70-67 - Commerce, TX
* 02/10/77 at Angelo St. W 57-51 - San Angelo, TX
* 02/12/77 at Abilene Christian L 63-79 - Abilene, TX
02/16/77 at Tarleton St. W 69-53 - Stephenville, TX
* 02/17/77 at Howard Payne L 67-69 - Brownwood, TX
+p 02/20/77 vs Sam Houston St. W 91-66 - Brownwood, TX
+p 02/21/77 vs Stephen F. Austin W 74-71 ot - Brownwood, TX
+p* 02/22/77 at Howard Payne W 77-66 - Brownwood, TX
^p 02/26/77 TEXAS LUTHERAN W 64-54 - Commerce, TX
^p 03/01/77 ST. MARY'S W 72-56 - Commerce, TX
#p 03/08/77 vs Briar Cliff W 70-59 - Kansas City, MO
#p 03/09/77 vs Emporia St. W 92-89 - Kansas City, MO
#p 03/10/77 vs Texas Southern L 68-87 - Kansas City, MO
 
NAIA Quarterfinalist
First in the Lone Star Conference
20 win Seson
Head Coach: Jim Gudger (8th Season)
Overall Record: 114-105, 70-63 LSC

Associated Press Second Team All-American
Nate Granger

NAIA Second Team All-American
Nate Granger

NAIA Honorable Mention All-American
Larry McGhee

First Team All-LSC
Nate Granger
Larry McGhee

LSC All-Tournament Team
Nate Granger
Larry McGhee (MVP)
Don Page (Sportsmanship)

Gudger took the Lions to the NAIA Quarterfinals for the first time in 19 years. A&M-Commerce won 25 games, and tied the record for most LSC wins. They also won their sixteenth LSC Championship.

The Lions put together several win streaks, including a twelve-game win streak and a five-game win streak. The Lions also dominated the conference tournament, winning their first game 91-66, the second one 74-71 in overtime, and their third game 71-64. After winning the LSC tournament the Lions then headed to the NAIA District Playoffs, winning against Texas Lutheran and St. Mary's. In the NAIA National Tournament A&M-Commerce took down Briar Cliff (Iowa) and Emporia State, and then lost against Texas Sou
thern in the quarterfinals.

Nate Granger set the school record for points in a season with 700 points in 1976. The Lions also set the record for most points scored in a single game with a 131-79 beat down of Paul Quinn, in which Granger scored 55 points. Granger also led in rebounds with 304.

Granger became the school?s 17th All-American, and Larry McGhee became the 18th. Both also made the First Team All-LSC and the LSC Tournament Team, where McGhee won MVP of the tournament. Don Page also made it on to the Tournament team, winning the sportsmanship award.

* - Lone Star Conference Game
+ - Lone Star Conference Tournament
^ - NAIA District Four Playoffs
# - NAIA National Tournament

Overall: 25-9
Conference: 9-4
Home: 15-2
Away: 6-6
Neutral: 4-1