1969-70 Kentucky Colonels Statistics

American Basketball Association (ABA)
Team Record: 45-39
Finishing 2nd in the ABA's Eastern Division
Postseason: 5-7 Lost division finals
Division Semifinals - Defeated New York Nets 4-3
Division Finals - Lost to Indiana Pacers 4-1
Coach: Gene Rhodes (45-39)
Location: Louisville, Kentucky

1969-70 Kentucky Colonels Roster
1969-70 Kentucky Colonels Results

The Kentucky Colonels of the American Basketball Association ended the 1969-70 season with a record of 45 wins and 39 losses, finishing second in the ABA's Eastern Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 5-7.

The Colonels racked up 9,536 points and conceded 9,448. Lou Dampier scored a team-best 2,131 points for Kentucky, while Darel Carrier netted 18 or more per game, too. Goose Ligon contributed 1,094 rebounds. Lou Dampier dished out 447 assists for the squad.

Gene Rhodes coached the team. The 1969-70 Kentucky Colonels lost in the division finals.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	TO	PF	Pts
Lou Dampier	G	82	3353	1864	743	548	198	538	447	83	227	310	447	274	235	2131
Darel Carrier	G	77	2805	1458	608	280	105	509	454	44	205	249	212	213	268	1775
Gene Moore	C-F	83	2613	1390	630	4	2	311	209	345	657	1002	188	304	382	1471
Goose Ligon	F-C	84	3130	1000	507	2	0	445	287	399	695	1094	190	206	360	1301
Sam Smith	F	81	2405	724	307	4	1	249	163	301	418	719	109	123	202	778
Wayne Chapman	G-F	82	1519	654	261	37	8	204	134	101	151	252	139	134	250	664
George Tinsley	F	77	1419	400	173	8	1	214	159	146	175	321	76	95	189	506
Bud Olsen	F-C	84	1375	330	158	4	1	73	26	140	234	374	249	113	234	343
Oliver Darden	F-C	43	531	206	79	1	0	64	41	71	99	170	33	57	94	199
Tommy Kron	G	40	493	147	55	19	7	46	41	24	45	69	87	59	80	158
Willie Murrell	F	35	438	118	48	7	4	28	18	47	94	141	10	25	68	118
Steve Chubin	G	15	139	34	10	1	0	33	27	6	7	13	17	19	24	47
John Fairchild	F	7	52	17	6	5	3	8	4	5	3	8	2	7	10	19
Bobby Rascoe	G-F	4	34	21	4	1	0	7	6	1	3	4	1	2	3	14
Keith Swagerty	F	3	30	9	2	1	0	3	3	1	5	6	3	2	4	7
Sam Little	G	3	11	4	2	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	2	1	4	5
Bobby Washington	G	2	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Gene Williams	F	1	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0
Totals		803	20360	8378	3593	923	330	2733	2020	1714	3019	4733	1765	1637	2409	9536

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	TO	PF	Pts
Lou Dampier	G	82	40.9	39.9	36.1	83.1	1.0	2.8	3.8	5.5	3.3	2.9	26.0
Darel Carrier	G	77	36.4	41.7	37.5	89.2	0.6	2.7	3.2	2.8	2.8	3.5	23.1
Gene Moore	C-F	83	31.5	45.3	50.0	67.2	4.2	7.9	12.1	2.3	3.7	4.6	17.7
Goose Ligon	F-C	84	37.3	50.7	0.0	64.5	4.8	8.3	13.0	2.3	2.5	4.3	15.5
Sam Smith	F	81	29.7	42.4	25.0	65.5	3.7	5.2	8.9	1.3	1.5	2.5	9.6
Wayne Chapman	G-F	82	18.5	39.9	21.6	65.7	1.2	1.8	3.1	1.7	1.6	3.0	8.1
George Tinsley	F	77	18.4	43.3	12.5	74.3	1.9	2.3	4.2	1.0	1.2	2.5	6.6
Bud Olsen	F-C	84	16.4	47.9	25.0	35.6	1.7	2.8	4.5	3.0	1.3	2.8	4.1
Oliver Darden	F-C	43	12.3	38.3	0.0	64.1	1.7	2.3	4.0	0.8	1.3	2.2	4.6
Tommy Kron	G	40	12.3	37.4	36.8	89.1	0.6	1.1	1.7	2.2	1.5	2.0	4.0
Willie Murrell	F	35	12.5	40.7	57.1	64.3	1.3	2.7	4.0	0.3	0.7	1.9	3.4
Steve Chubin	G	15	9.3	29.4	0.0	81.8	0.4	0.5	0.9	1.1	1.3	1.6	3.1
John Fairchild	F	7	7.4	35.3	60.0	50.0	0.7	0.4	1.1	0.3	1.0	1.4	2.7
Bobby Rascoe	G-F	4	8.5	19.0	0.0	85.7	0.3	0.8	1.0	0.3	0.5	0.8	3.5
Keith Swagerty	F	3	10.0	22.2	0.0	100.0	0.3	1.7	2.0	1.0	0.7	1.3	2.3
Sam Little	G	3	3.7	50.0	0.0	100.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.7	0.3	1.3	1.7
Bobby Washington	G	2	2.5	0.0			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0
Gene Williams	F	1	8.0	0.0			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	0.0
Averages		803	25.4	42.9	35.8	73.9	2.1	3.8	5.9	2.2	2.0	3.0	11.9

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	TO	PF	Pts
Darel Carrier	G	12	487	228	87	38	14	79	70	46	29	34	45	258
Gene Moore	C-F	12	369	202	97	1	0	49	35	150	26	45	61	229
Goose Ligon	F-C	12	475	134	73	0	0	99	66	144	26	30	50	212
Lou Dampier	G	12	526	198	73	76	25	53	41	45	81	38	37	212
Sam Smith	F	12	354	99	54	0	0	38	28	96	12	25	31	136
George Tinsley	F	12	270	91	41	5	2	44	32	64	16	16	32	116
Wayne Chapman	G-F	10	148	75	37	6	1	36	27	22	12	11	24	102
Bud Olsen	F-C	12	211	43	18	1	0	7	1	61	0	14	45	37
Steve Chubin	G	11	55	17	8	4	0	14	12	3	0	10	18	28
Willie Murrell	F	7	35	11	3	1	0	5	2	11	1	6	11	8
Totals		112	2930	1098	491	132	42	424	314	642	203	229	354	1338

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Reb	Ast	TO	PF	Pts
Darel Carrier	G	12	40.6	38.2	36.8	88.6	3.8	2.4	2.8	3.8	21.5
Gene Moore	C-F	12	30.8	48.0	0.0	71.4	12.5	2.2	3.8	5.1	19.1
Goose Ligon	F-C	12	39.6	54.5		66.7	12.0	2.2	2.5	4.2	17.7
Lou Dampier	G	12	43.8	36.9	32.9	77.4	3.8	6.8	3.2	3.1	17.7
Sam Smith	F	12	29.5	54.5		73.7	8.0	1.0	2.1	2.6	11.3
George Tinsley	F	12	22.5	45.1	40.0	72.7	5.3	1.3	1.3	2.7	9.7
Wayne Chapman	G-F	10	14.8	49.3	16.7	75.0	2.2	1.2	1.1	2.4	10.2
Bud Olsen	F-C	12	17.6	41.9	0.0	14.3	5.1	0.0	1.2	3.8	3.1
Steve Chubin	G	11	5.0	47.1	0.0	85.7	0.3	0.0	0.9	1.6	2.5
Willie Murrell	F	7	5.0	27.3	0.0	40.0	1.6	0.1	0.9	1.6	1.1
Averages		803	26.2	44.7	31.8	74.1	5.7	1.8	2.0	3.2	11.9