Melvin Ayers 
#21 SF | 6-7, 229lbs | Mustangs | Experience: 3 years
Born: 12/5/1948 (26) | College: Travis College | Houston, TX

 Attributes
  INS JPS FT 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA  
 Current: A- C- D- F- F+ F B A- C F+ C+ C- C B- C B+  
 Potential: A D D F F F B B C F B D          
 Health: Good
 Status: Active Roster

 Contract
  1974  1975  1976  1977  1978  1979  1980  1981 
 Value: $0  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0 
 Option: None  None  None  None  None  None  None  None 
 Bird Years: 0                

 Season Averages
 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1974 FBL DET 77 0 9.4 4.9 0.9 2.3 0.6 1.1 0.49 0.7 0.0 0.7 .438 .433 .000  
 1973 FBL DET 73 6 15.4 8.2 1.8 4.0 0.7 2.2 0.32 1.0 0.1 1.3 .379 .481 .000  
 1972 FBL DET 78 0 11.9 5.8 1.2 2.7 0.6 1.6 0.36 0.7 0.1 1.1 .413 .392 .000  
 1971 FBL DET 82 0 22.6 10.2 1.9 4.9 1.0 2.5 0.41 1.6 0.1 1.9 .414 .390 .000  
 Career     310 6 15.0 7.3 1.4 3.5 0.7 1.8 0.39 1.0 0.1 1.2 .408 .420 .000  

 Shooting Averages
 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1974 FBL DET 2.1 4.7 .438 0.8 1.7 .433 1.1 1.7 .664 0.9 3.0 .312 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1973 FBL DET 3.4 9.0 .379 1.4 2.9 .481 2.0 3.7 .543 1.4 5.3 .267 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1972 FBL DET 2.4 5.9 .413 0.9 2.3 .392 1.4 2.2 .616 1.1 3.7 .290 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1971 FBL DET 4.3 10.4 .414 1.6 4.0 .390 2.0 3.3 .601 2.3 7.1 .327 0.0 0.0 .000  
 Career     3.1 7.5 .408 1.2 2.8 .420 1.6 2.7 .596 1.5 4.8 .302 0.0 0.0 .000  

 Season Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1974 77 0 727 160 365 58 134 0 0 378 69 244 43 57 87 57 2 52 -149 
 1973 73 6 1125 249 657 102 212 0 0 600 129 421 50 73 158 73 6 94 -72 
 1972 78 0 927 189 458 71 181 0 0 449 91 299 46 55 127 55 9 84 -210 
 1971 82 0 1856 354 855 128 328 0 0 836 159 564 82 128 201 128 10 157 -46 
 Career 310 6 4635 952 2335 359 855 0 0 2263 448 1528 221 313 573 313 27 387 -477 

 Efficiency
 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1974 FBL DET .446 1.04 7.8 15.7 28.6 7.7 19.6 13.6 16.8 68.8 2.3 -1.9 83.4 93.7  
 1973 FBL DET .400 0.91 5.2 16.5 32.2 8.9 21.1 14.9 14.3 64.6 2.2 -1.0 86.3 90.2  
 1972 FBL DET .416 0.98 6.5 17.9 28.6 7.8 18.6 13.1 13.3 38.5 1.3 -2.7 84.4 94.4  
 1971 FBL DET .418 0.98 6.4 15.7 25.5 6.9 17.3 12.2 13.9 93.0 3.1 -0.6 88.5 91.6  
 Career     .418 0.97 6.3 16.3 28.2 7.7 18.8 13.2 14.3 264.9 8.8 -1.5 86.3 92.2  

 Playoff Averages
 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1973 FBL DET 6 0 6.5 3.2 0.5 1.3 0.3 0.3 1.00 0.5 0.0 0.5 .667 .500 .000  
 1971 FBL DET 9 0 23.0 9.7 1.7 4.7 1.9 2.6 0.74 2.2 0.0 1.7 .407 .464 .000  
 Career     15 0 16.4 7.1 1.2 3.3 1.3 1.7 0.76 1.5 0.0 1.2 .437 .471 .000  

 Playoff Shooting
 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1973 FBL DET 1.3 2.0 .667 0.5 1.0 .500 0.7 1.0 .667 0.7 1.0 .667 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1971 FBL DET 4.1 10.1 .407 1.4 3.1 .464 1.4 2.6 .565 2.7 7.6 .353 0.0 0.0 .000  
 Career     3.0 6.9 .437 1.1 2.3 .471 1.1 1.9 .586 1.9 4.9 .378 0.0 0.0 .000  

 Playoff Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1973 6 0 39 8 12 3 6 0 0 19 3 11 2 3 2 3 0 3 -3 
 1971 9 0 207 37 91 13 28 0 0 87 15 57 17 20 23 20 0 15 -7 
 Career 15 0 246 45 103 16 34 0 0 106 18 68 19 23 25 23 0 18 -10 

 Playoff Efficiency
 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1973 FBL DET .667 1.58 10.5 10.5 17.9 5.6 17.0 10.9 20.5 5.9 0.2 -0.5 83.2 89.3  
 1971 FBL DET .427 0.96 11.9 16.1 25.0 5.7 16.9 11.2 12.7 6.9 0.2 -0.8 85.8 88.5  
 Career     .449 1.03 11.7 15.4 23.9 5.7 16.9 11.1 14.0 12.8 0.4 -0.7 85.4 88.6  

 College Averages
 Season TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1967 TRAV 29 28 27.4 7.8 2.5 3.8 1.0 1.4 0.75 0.7 0.2 2.9 .459 .411 .000  
 1968 TRAV 29 29 30.8 11.3 2.6 5.7 1.4 1.9 0.74 0.6 0.2 2.8 .460 .405 .000  
 1969 TRAV 29 29 30.5 12.9 2.9 5.8 1.7 2.5 0.67 1.0 0.2 2.9 .470 .386 .000  
 1970 TRAV 29 29 31.2 13.5 2.4 5.9 1.8 2.7 0.66 0.9 0.3 2.8 .485 .436 .000  
 Total   116 115 30.0 11.4 2.6 5.3 1.5 2.1 0.70 0.8 0.2 2.8 .470 .407 .000  

 College Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1967 29 28 795 94 205 37 90 0 0 225 73 182 30 21 40 21 7 84 -41 
 1968 29 29 893 134 291 60 148 0 0 328 75 239 40 16 54 16 5 81 -58 
 1969 29 29 884 151 321 73 189 0 0 375 85 253 49 30 73 30 5 85 93 
 1970 29 29 905 167 344 58 133 0 0 392 70 241 51 25 77 25 10 80 114 
 Career 116 115 3477 546 1161 228 560 0 0 1320 303 915 170 92 244 92 27 330 108 

 Career Highs
 Type PTS OREB REB AST STL BLK TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA  
 Season 25 5 13 4 4 1 5 11 18 7 12 0 0  
 Playoff 20 4 10 4 6 0 7 8 18 4 10 0 0  
 Career 33 10 21 4 7 2 10 13 31 7 18 0 0  

 Game Logs
 Date Opp W/L MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS ORB REB AST TO STL BLK PF +/-
 10/24 NOP W 5 1 3 1 2 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -4
 10/29 NOP L 11 1 5 1 2 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 -9
 10/31 NOP L 9 2 4 0 0 0 0 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 5
 11/1 WAS L 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 -5
 11/6 BOS L 9 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 2 0 1 5
 11/11 BOS L 14 2 7 2 2 0 0 6 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 -2
 11/14 NYK L 10 2 3 0 2 0 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 -8
 11/15 TOR L 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 3 2
 11/18 VAN W 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
 11/19 ATL L 9 3 4 0 2 0 0 6 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 -5
 11/21 TOR L 20 3 8 1 2 0 0 7 0 8 4 3 2 0 2 -13
 11/25 LAC L 13 0 2 2 2 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 -11
 11/29 PHI W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
 11/30 CHI L 15 3 10 0 0 0 0 6 1 6 1 2 0 0 1 -9
 12/4 BOS L 8 2 4 0 0 0 0 4 2 3 0 3 2 0 1 -10
 12/5 CLE L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
 12/8 NOP W 12 7 8 1 2 0 0 15 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 4
 12/9 CLE W 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 -3
 12/12 NOP W 11 5 10 0 0 0 0 10 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 -4
 12/14 BOS L 10 2 5 2 6 0 0 6 1 4 0 1 1 0 1 9
 12/15 PHI W 4 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 9
 12/17 MIN L 14 6 12 1 2 0 0 13 2 6 1 2 1 0 0 -5
 12/19 CLE W 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 -2
 12/21 TOR W 6 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 -2
 12/23 CLE W 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 6
 12/24 TOR L 5 4 4 0 0 0 0 8 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 6
 12/27 NYK W 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3
 12/28 CHI W 18 7 12 2 6 0 0 16 3 7 0 0 3 0 0 4
 12/31 NYK W 6 3 5 0 0 0 0 6 2 7 0 1 0 0 0 6
 1/2 SEA W 27 11 18 3 4 0 0 25 3 13 3 2 1 0 2 19
 1/5 STL L 14 2 6 2 6 0 0 6 1 3 2 1 0 0 3 -1
 1/6 CHI W 15 3 6 0 6 0 0 6 2 3 0 3 2 0 1 -15
 1/8 BOS L 13 4 8 0 0 0 0 8 3 6 1 3 1 0 1 4
 1/10 CHI L 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 4
 1/12 WAS L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 1/13 PHI L 24 5 12 2 2 0 0 12 3 7 1 4 2 0 1 -18
 1/15 PHI L 19 4 7 7 12 0 0 15 3 12 0 1 1 0 2 1
 1/17 STL L 13 0 1 2 4 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 1 -12
 1/18 WAS W 5 0 2 3 6 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -6
 1/20 CLE W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -2
 1/21 NOP W 9 4 6 2 2 0 0 10 1 3 1 1 1 0 1 6
 1/25 CHI L 9 2 6 0 0 0 0 4 2 5 1 3 1 0 0 -10
 1/26 TOR W 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 1 -8
 1/30 MIN L 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 4
 1/31 TOR L 13 2 5 0 2 0 0 4 1 3 1 3 1 1 1 -5
 2/3 HOU L 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 6
 2/5 NYK L 26 8 13 3 4 0 0 19 2 11 0 3 1 1 3 -12
 2/6 CLE W 10 4 9 0 0 0 0 8 3 5 1 0 2 0 0 -1
 2/11 NOP W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
 2/13 CHI W 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1
 2/15 ATL W 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -2
 2/17 TOR L 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 -1
 2/22 LAC L 12 3 9 0 2 0 0 6 3 4 0 1 0 0 0 -1
 2/23 PHI L 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7
 2/26 NYK L 9 1 5 0 2 0 0 2 2 6 0 4 1 0 1 -10
 2/27 ATL L 6 1 5 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0
 3/2 ATL L 19 5 9 1 6 0 0 11 1 6 1 1 3 0 2 3
 3/3 VAN W 11 0 2 1 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 4 0 0 3
 3/6 SFM W 2 2 4 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
 3/7 ATL W 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 -1
 3/10 WAS L 14 2 4 4 4 0 0 8 1 4 0 2 1 0 1 -7
 3/14 SFM L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2
 3/15 WAS L 10 2 7 0 0 0 0 4 1 3 4 2 0 0 2 -2
 3/18 NYK W 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
 3/19 ATL W 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -4
 3/23 NOP W 10 0 3 2 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 -1
 3/24 PHI L 23 4 14 2 4 0 0 10 5 9 2 5 0 0 2 -7
 3/26 WAS L 18 3 11 0 2 0 0 6 3 13 0 1 0 0 1 -16
 3/28 NYK L 11 3 3 2 6 0 0 8 0 4 1 0 1 0 1 6
 3/30 MIL L 22 5 9 1 2 0 0 11 2 8 0 4 4 0 2 0
 4/1 MIL L 18 3 7 1 6 0 0 7 2 3 1 2 1 0 0 -5
 4/2 NOP W 4 0 2 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -6
 4/6 CHI L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 4/7 ATL L 13 6 10 0 0 0 0 12 2 6 1 1 0 0 1 -5
 4/11 CLE L 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 -1
 4/12 BOS W 13 6 8 2 6 0 0 14 1 4 2 1 0 0 1 2
 4/16 CLE L 16 3 12 0 0 0 0 6 1 2 2 2 3 0 1 -18
 4/17 ATL L 25 4 11 3 6 0 0 11 2 5 2 1 1 0 0 -9

 Awards & Achievements
 Season Award
 Total Player of the Game: 4
 Total All-Defensive Second Team: 1
 1966 High School: Rated *** and #57 overall by the FBCB scouting service.
 1966 High School: All-State (Texas)
 1966 High School: All-American
 1967 Freshman All-Conference (Southwestern Alliance)
 1967 Conference Freshman of the Year (Southwestern Alliance)
 1969 1st Team All-Conference (Southwestern Alliance)
 1970 1st Team All-Conference (Southwestern Alliance)
 1971 FBL Rookie Game Participant
 1971 FBL All-Rookie Second Team
 1971 FBL All-Defensive Second Team

 Transactions
 Date Action
 6/30/1971 Drafted by the Mustangs with pick #7 of round 2.

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