1968-69 Kentucky Colonels Statistics
Team Record: 42-36
Finishing 3rd in the ABA's Eastern Division
Postseason: 3-4 Lost division semifinals
Division Semifinals - Lost to Indiana Pacers 4-3
Coach: Gene Rhodes (42-36)
Location: Louisville, Kentucky
1968-69 Kentucky Colonels Results
The Kentucky Colonels of the American Basketball Association ended the 1968-69 season with a record of 42 wins and 36 losses, finishing third in the ABA's Eastern Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 3-4.
The Colonels topped the circuit with just 8,659 points allowed. Kentucky scored 8,672 points. Lou Dampier scored a team-best 1,933 points for the team, while Darel Carrier netted 18 or more per game, too. Goose Ligon contributed 819 rebounds. Lou Dampier doled out 456 assists for the squad.
Gene Rhodes coached the team. The 1968-69 Kentucky Colonels lost in the division semifinals.
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Player Totals:
Player | Pos | GP | Min | FGA | FGM | 3PA | 3PM | FTA | FTM | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lou Dampier | G | 78 | 3326 | 1696 | 713 | 552 | 199 | 380 | 308 | 76 | 223 | 299 | 456 | 0 | 0 | 251 | 156 | 1933 |
Darel Carrier | G | 73 | 2858 | 1376 | 559 | 330 | 125 | 545 | 447 | 75 | 208 | 283 | 214 | 0 | 0 | 213 | 227 | 1690 |
Goose Ligon | F-C | 75 | 2815 | 879 | 391 | 5 | 1 | 510 | 337 | 328 | 491 | 819 | 172 | 0 | 0 | 193 | 312 | 1120 |
Gene Moore | C-F | 76 | 2026 | 920 | 417 | 2 | 0 | 290 | 204 | 318 | 499 | 817 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 160 | 311 | 1038 |
Bobby Rascoe | G-F | 78 | 1247 | 477 | 201 | 15 | 3 | 167 | 129 | 56 | 94 | 150 | 105 | 0 | 0 | 93 | 131 | 534 |
Oliver Darden | F-C | 47 | 1221 | 435 | 185 | 5 | 1 | 130 | 100 | 143 | 237 | 380 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 167 | 471 |
Sam Smith | F | 62 | 1421 | 437 | 173 | 10 | 1 | 172 | 114 | 169 | 221 | 390 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 143 | 461 |
Jim Caldwell | C | 65 | 1235 | 381 | 167 | 9 | 1 | 129 | 87 | 133 | 290 | 423 | 130 | 0 | 0 | 97 | 211 | 422 |
Randy Mahaffey | F | 31 | 759 | 251 | 102 | 1 | 0 | 101 | 68 | 57 | 127 | 184 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 94 | 99 | 272 |
Manny Leaks | C-F | 31 | 674 | 238 | 88 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 46 | 87 | 147 | 234 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 103 | 222 |
Johnny Jones | F | 29 | 449 | 213 | 81 | 3 | 0 | 71 | 41 | 54 | 63 | 117 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 53 | 203 |
Wayne Chapman | G-F | 48 | 458 | 202 | 68 | 13 | 4 | 72 | 54 | 29 | 45 | 74 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 95 | 194 |
Paul Long | G | 9 | 82 | 40 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 21 | 35 |
Elton McGriff | C | 9 | 107 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 15 | 13 | 17 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 20 | 29 |
Reggie Lacefield | G-F | 8 | 48 | 22 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 24 |
Dan W. Anderson | C | 8 | 94 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 19 | 20 |
Henry Akin | C-F | 2 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
Penny Early (Hill) | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 730 | 18845 | 7613 | 3180 | 948 | 335 | 2690 | 1977 | 1555 | 2694 | 4249 | 1453 | 0 | 0 | 1383 | 2077 | 8672 |
Player Averages:
Player | Pos | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lou Dampier | G | 78 | 42.6 | 42.0 | 36.1 | 81.1 | 1.0 | 2.9 | 3.8 | 5.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.2 | 2.0 | 24.8 |
Darel Carrier | G | 73 | 39.2 | 40.6 | 37.9 | 82.0 | 1.0 | 2.8 | 3.9 | 2.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 23.2 |
Goose Ligon | F-C | 75 | 37.5 | 44.5 | 20.0 | 66.1 | 4.4 | 6.5 | 10.9 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 4.2 | 14.9 |
Gene Moore | C-F | 76 | 26.7 | 45.3 | 0.0 | 70.3 | 4.2 | 6.6 | 10.8 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.1 | 4.1 | 13.7 |
Bobby Rascoe | G-F | 78 | 16.0 | 42.1 | 20.0 | 77.2 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 6.8 |
Oliver Darden | F-C | 47 | 26.0 | 42.5 | 20.0 | 76.9 | 3.0 | 5.0 | 8.1 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 3.6 | 10.0 |
Sam Smith | F | 62 | 22.9 | 39.6 | 10.0 | 66.3 | 2.7 | 3.6 | 6.3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 2.3 | 7.4 |
Jim Caldwell | C | 65 | 19.0 | 43.8 | 11.1 | 67.4 | 2.0 | 4.5 | 6.5 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 3.2 | 6.5 |
Randy Mahaffey | F | 31 | 24.5 | 40.6 | 0.0 | 67.3 | 1.8 | 4.1 | 5.9 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 8.8 |
Manny Leaks | C-F | 31 | 21.7 | 37.0 | 68.7 | 2.8 | 4.7 | 7.5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 3.3 | 7.2 | |
Johnny Jones | F | 29 | 15.5 | 38.0 | 0.0 | 57.7 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 4.0 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 7.0 |
Wayne Chapman | G-F | 48 | 9.5 | 33.7 | 30.8 | 75.0 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 2.0 | 4.0 |
Paul Long | G | 9 | 9.1 | 22.5 | 81.0 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 2.3 | 3.9 | |
Elton McGriff | C | 9 | 11.9 | 35.0 | 75.0 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 3.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 2.2 | 3.2 | |
Reggie Lacefield | G-F | 8 | 6.0 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 3.0 |
Dan W. Anderson | C | 8 | 11.8 | 31.8 | 75.0 | 1.0 | 2.1 | 3.1 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.4 | 2.5 | |
Henry Akin | C-F | 2 | 12.5 | 25.0 | 0.0 | 66.7 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 |
Penny Early (Hill) | G | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||
Averages | 730 | 25.8 | 41.8 | 35.3 | 73.5 | 2.1 | 3.7 | 5.8 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 2.8 | 11.9 |
Postseason - Player Totals:
Player | Pos | GP | Min | FGA | FGM | 3PA | 3PM | FTA | FTM | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Darel Carrier | G | 7 | 303 | 117 | 51 | 28 | 14 | 64 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 28 | 168 |
Lou Dampier | G | 7 | 326 | 140 | 50 | 55 | 16 | 46 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 17 | 156 |
Gene Moore | C-F | 7 | 204 | 100 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 101 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 37 | 114 |
Goose Ligon | F-C | 7 | 260 | 78 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 25 | 98 |
Bobby Rascoe | G-F | 7 | 200 | 63 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 25 | 90 |
Oliver Darden | F-C | 7 | 102 | 49 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 19 | 63 |
Sam Smith | F | 7 | 157 | 57 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 24 | 45 |
Elton McGriff | C | 5 | 61 | 22 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 23 |
Jim Caldwell | C | 7 | 63 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 11 |
Wayne Chapman | G-F | 5 | 29 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 7 |
Totals | 66 | 1705 | 649 | 269 | 88 | 31 | 267 | 206 | 0 | 0 | 386 | 104 | 0 | 0 | 107 | 216 | 775 |
Postseason Player Averages:
Player | Pos | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Darel Carrier | G | 7 | 43.3 | 43.6 | 50.0 | 81.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 4.0 | 24.0 |
Lou Dampier | G | 7 | 46.6 | 35.7 | 29.1 | 87.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.1 | 2.4 | 22.3 |
Gene Moore | C-F | 7 | 29.1 | 44.0 | 76.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 14.4 | 2.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 5.3 | 16.3 | |
Goose Ligon | F-C | 7 | 37.1 | 43.6 | 0.0 | 73.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 12.7 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.6 | 14.0 |
Bobby Rascoe | G-F | 7 | 28.6 | 47.6 | 93.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.9 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 3.6 | 12.9 | |
Oliver Darden | F-C | 7 | 14.6 | 53.1 | 50.0 | 66.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.4 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.7 | 9.0 |
Sam Smith | F | 7 | 22.4 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 43.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.0 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 3.4 | 6.4 |
Elton McGriff | C | 5 | 12.2 | 36.4 | 70.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 3.4 | 4.6 | |
Jim Caldwell | C | 7 | 9.0 | 26.7 | 42.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 1.6 | 1.6 | |
Wayne Chapman | G-F | 5 | 5.8 | 37.5 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 1.4 | |
Averages | 730 | 25.8 | 41.4 | 35.2 | 77.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.8 | 1.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 3.3 | 11.7 |