1977-78 Long Island Ducks Statistics

Eastern Basketball Association (EBA)
Team Record: 15-15
Finishing 2nd in the EBA's East Division
Lost quarterfinals
Quarterfinals - Lost to Lancaster Red Roses 2-0
Coach: Frank Mulzoff (15-15)
Location: New York, New York

1977-78 Long Island Ducks Roster

The Long Island Ducks of the Eastern Basketball Association ended the 1977-78 season with a record of 15 wins and 15 losses, finishing second in the EBA's East Division.

Mel Utley scored a team-leading 687 points for the Ducks, while Reggie Speights racked up 384 rebounds. Mel Utley dished out 179 assists for the squad.

Frank Mulzoff coached the team. The 1977-78 Long Island Ducks lost in the quarterfinals.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	Pts
Mel Utley	G	29	967	503	264	39	13	167	120	117	179	687
Ken Rood	G	29	901	434	207	74	27	123	101	60	77	596
Reggie Speights	F	29	1087	459	223	1	0	112	58	384	36	504
Pete Davis	G	25	761	316	146	62	15	105	71	88	131	408
Charles Gugliotta		28	764	211	108	2	0	85	58	170	47	274
Mike Buescher	C	29	670	250	109	0	0	69	35	224	21	253
Larry Fogle	F	10	276	148	83	0	0	90	73	127	11	239
Mike Meadows		27	499	208	101	4	1	32	21	111	21	226
Monroe McTaw	F	28	551	158	62	1	0	27	12	181	49	136
Joe DePre	G	16	277	110	45	2	1	17	12	40	42	105
Mel Davis	F	5	153	97	43	0	0	9	7	66	13	93
Shawn Leftwich	F	9	169	70	34	0	0	32	17	68	9	85
Larry Bates	F	9	100	39	13	0	0	25	15	26	5	41
Steve Blackman	G	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0
Totals		274	7176	3003	1438	185	57	893	600	1664	643	3647

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Reb	Ast	Pts
Mel Utley	G	29	33.3	52.5	33.3	71.9	4.0	6.2	23.7
Ken Rood	G	29	31.1	47.7	36.5	82.1	2.1	2.7	20.6
Reggie Speights	F	29	37.5	48.6	0.0	51.8	13.2	1.2	17.4
Pete Davis	G	25	30.4	46.2	24.2	67.6	3.5	5.2	16.3
Charles Gugliotta		28	27.3	51.2	0.0	68.2	6.1	1.7	9.8
Mike Buescher	C	29	23.1	43.6		50.7	7.7	0.7	8.7
Larry Fogle	F	10	27.6	56.1		81.1	12.7	1.1	23.9
Mike Meadows		27	18.5	48.6	25.0	65.6	4.1	0.8	8.4
Monroe McTaw	F	28	19.7	39.2	0.0	44.4	6.5	1.8	4.9
Joe DePre	G	16	17.3	40.9	50.0	70.6	2.5	2.6	6.6
Mel Davis	F	5	30.6	44.3		77.8	13.2	2.6	18.6
Shawn Leftwich	F	9	18.8	48.6		53.1	7.6	1.0	9.4
Larry Bates	F	9	11.1	33.3		60.0	2.9	0.6	4.6
Steve Blackman	G	1	1.0				2.0	2.0	0.0
Averages		274	26.2	47.9	30.8	67.2	6.1	2.3	13.3

1977-78 Long Island Ducks Statistics

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