1971-72 Carolina Cougars Statistics

American Basketball Association (ABA)
Team Record: 35-49
Finishing 5th in the ABA's Eastern Division
Coach: Tom Meschery (35-49)
Location: Raleigh, North Carolina; Charlotte, North Carolina; Greensboro, North Carolina

1971-72 Carolina Cougars Roster
1971-72 Carolina Cougars Results

The Carolina Cougars of the American Basketball Association ended the 1971-72 season with a record of 35 wins and 49 losses, finishing fifth in the ABA's Eastern Division.

The Cougars racked up 9,646 points and surrendered 9,923. Jim McDaniels tossed in a team-best 1,552 points for Carolina, while Larry Miller scored 18 or more per game, too. Jim McDaniels contributed 814 boards. George Lehmann dished out 295 assists for the squad.

Tom Meschery coached the team.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	TO	PF	Pts
Jim McDaniels	C-F	58	2172	1276	659	0	0	324	234	249	565	814	97	167	251	1552
Larry Miller	G-F	83	3199	1228	562	47	12	497	393	177	222	399	235	191	232	1529
Joe Caldwell	F-G	61	2145	922	434	20	5	318	159	157	186	343	259	164	208	1032
Gene Littles	G	69	2006	605	280	26	7	237	178	122	154	276	237	104	180	745
Stew Johnson	F-C	50	1125	658	283	40	13	73	53	90	182	272	73	67	116	632
George Lehmann	G	38	1399	439	219	125	49	136	122	16	55	71	295	168	114	609
Warren Davis	F-C	41	1348	464	223	1	0	163	111	136	234	370	99	114	162	557
Ed Manning	F	77	1648	499	228	3	0	114	95	117	324	441	58	83	227	551
Wendell Ladner	F	43	1183	583	219	139	34	63	51	106	318	424	88	90	180	523
George Carter	F-G	29	738	349	161	2	0	185	157	51	100	151	25	50	72	479
Ted McClain	G	64	900	415	148	53	13	142	110	44	76	120	120	116	144	419
Randy Denton	C-F	39	710	339	147	1	0	55	39	98	162	260	33	50	67	333
Tom Owens	C-F	31	501	193	99	3	1	87	55	77	114	191	21	32	81	254
Bobby Warren	G	37	501	167	73	17	3	49	39	19	35	54	46	34	59	188
George Stone	F	16	239	75	28	5	0	17	16	6	33	39	21	16	23	72
Wayne Hightower	F-C	13	141	64	20	2	0	36	30	17	26	43	11	12	19	70
Bob Verga	G	8	127	59	23	10	3	13	10	5	3	8	10	12	20	59
Frank Card	F	9	141	48	10	1	0	25	18	12	16	28	7	9	16	38
Ron Dorsey	F	1	12	8	2	1	0	2	0	2	3	5	0	1	2	4
Totals		767	20235	8391	3818	496	140	2536	1870	1501	2808	4309	1735	1480	2173	9646

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	TO	PF	Pts
Jim McDaniels	C-F	58	37.4	51.6		72.2	4.3	9.7	14.0	1.7	2.9	4.3	26.8
Larry Miller	G-F	83	38.5	45.8	25.5	79.1	2.1	2.7	4.8	2.8	2.3	2.8	18.4
Joe Caldwell	F-G	61	35.2	47.1	25.0	50.0	2.6	3.0	5.6	4.2	2.7	3.4	16.9
Gene Littles	G	69	29.1	46.3	26.9	75.1	1.8	2.2	4.0	3.4	1.5	2.6	10.8
Stew Johnson	F-C	50	22.5	43.0	32.5	72.6	1.8	3.6	5.4	1.5	1.3	2.3	12.6
George Lehmann	G	38	36.8	49.9	39.2	89.7	0.4	1.4	1.9	7.8	4.4	3.0	16.0
Warren Davis	F-C	41	32.9	48.1	0.0	68.1	3.3	5.7	9.0	2.4	2.8	4.0	13.6
Ed Manning	F	77	21.4	45.7	0.0	83.3	1.5	4.2	5.7	0.8	1.1	2.9	7.2
Wendell Ladner	F	43	27.5	37.6	24.5	81.0	2.5	7.4	9.9	2.0	2.1	4.2	12.2
George Carter	F-G	29	25.4	46.1	0.0	84.9	1.8	3.4	5.2	0.9	1.7	2.5	16.5
Ted McClain	G	64	14.1	35.7	24.5	77.5	0.7	1.2	1.9	1.9	1.8	2.3	6.5
Randy Denton	C-F	39	18.2	43.4	0.0	70.9	2.5	4.2	6.7	0.8	1.3	1.7	8.5
Tom Owens	C-F	31	16.2	51.3	33.3	63.2	2.5	3.7	6.2	0.7	1.0	2.6	8.2
Bobby Warren	G	37	13.5	43.7	17.6	79.6	0.5	0.9	1.5	1.2	0.9	1.6	5.1
George Stone	F	16	14.9	37.3	0.0	94.1	0.4	2.1	2.4	1.3	1.0	1.4	4.5
Wayne Hightower	F-C	13	10.8	31.3	0.0	83.3	1.3	2.0	3.3	0.8	0.9	1.5	5.4
Bob Verga	G	8	15.9	39.0	30.0	76.9	0.6	0.4	1.0	1.3	1.5	2.5	7.4
Frank Card	F	9	15.7	20.8	0.0	72.0	1.3	1.8	3.1	0.8	1.0	1.8	4.2
Ron Dorsey	F	1	12.0	25.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	3.0	5.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	4.0
Averages		767	26.4	45.5	28.2	73.7	2.0	3.7	5.6	2.3	1.9	2.8	12.6