Perry State College Commodores
		Indy Midwest: 14 - 15 (0 - 0)
		Perryville, MO

Season Info
Current Performance
Team Prestige:	27	Record Vs 1-50:	0-1
Season Record:	14-15	Record Vs 51-100:	4-6
Conference Record:	0-0	Record Vs 100-200:	8-6
Home Record:	10-7	Record Vs 200+:	2-2
Current Poll Rank:	NR	Current RPI Rank:	192

Stat Rankings
Points:	49.8		National Rank:	150		Conference Rank:	10
Points Allowed:	50.7		National Rank:	69		Conference Rank:	4
Rebounds:	26.8		National Rank:	191		Conference Rank:	15
Assists:	11.7		National Rank:	82		Conference Rank:	6
Steals:	5.2		National Rank:	44		Conference Rank:	1
Blocks:	1.8		National Rank:	144		Conference Rank:	13
Turnovers:	11.1		National Rank:	112		Conference Rank:	5
Fouls:	16.9		National Rank:	178		Conference Rank:	17
FG%:	.455		National Rank:	56		Conference Rank:	4
FT%:	.635		National Rank:	160		Conference Rank:	15
3P%:	.000		National Rank:	1		Conference Rank:	1

Athletic Director Notes
Current Goal:	Finish with at least a .500 record.
Job Evaluation:	The board of trustees is currently satisfied with your performance.
Total Budget:	$217,500
Staff Salaries:	$102,320
Monthly Recruiting:	$11,518
Training Facilities:	40

Coaching Staff
Position	Name	Age	Rec	Sct	Off	Def	Salary
Head Coach:	Rich Peterson	57	B-	A+	C-	A-
Recruiting Coordinator:	Max Damm	53	C	C-	F+	D+	$34,027
Lead Scout:	Herold Houston	41	F+	C	D+	F	$38,293
Coaching Assistant:	Cot Mecham	33	F	C-	C+	F-	$30,000

Roster

#

Name

Pos

Cls

Ht

Wt

Ins

Jps

Fts

3ps

Hnd

Pas

Orb

Drb

Psd

Prd

Stl

Blk

Qkn

Jmp

Str

Sta

0

Ike Gidley

C

Jr

7-1

280

C

D+

C

F-

C

D-

C

C-

B-

D-

D-

D+

B-

D+

A

C

14

Ira Sharkey

C

Jr

6-7

256

C-

D+

C-

F+

C-

C-

D+

F

C+

C-

C-

D

C

A-

B-

C+

5

Joe Freeman

C

Jr

6-7

233

D+

C

C-

F-

F+

D

C

D+

C-

D+

F+

D

D

C-

A

C+

51

Branch Black

C

So

6-8

203

C

C+

C-

D-

C

C-

D-

C

C

C+

C-

D

C-

C

B-

C

1

Gary Cox

PF

So

6-6

224

C

C-

C

D-

C-

F-

D-

C-

C+

D-

C-

D-

D+

C-

A-

C

42

Eddie Pike

PF

So

6-7

219

B-

F-

C-

F+

C-

F

D

D

A-

F

C

D+

D

C

A-

C-

15

John Mercer

SF

Fr

6-3

235

D+

C

D+

C+

C-

C-

D+

F

C

D

D-

C-

C

B-

C

A+

22

Jimmy Anderson

SF

So

6-5

233

C

D+

C

C+

D

C

D-

C

C-

C

C

B

C

C

C+

A+

23

Steve Bowen

SF

Fr

6-3

203

D-

D+

B-

C+

F

D

C-

C-

C

D

F+

F-

C+

A-

C+

C

43

Jennings Harden

SG

Sr

6-1

202

D-

C

C

C+

D

D+

D-

D-

D+

C-

A-

C

A-

C+

B-

C+

34

Eddie Stewart

SG

Fr

6-1

186

D+

C

C

C+

C-

C-

D

F

F

D+

B

F

B

B+

C

B+

25

Calvin Snyder

SG

Fr

6-0

199

D

C

B+

B-

F

D+

F

C-

D+

C-

B-

F-

B

A

C

B-

12

Norman Plater

PG

Jr

6-1

174

C

D

B-

C

C

A-

C

D+

D

F+

C-

D+

A+

C

C

B-

10

Ben Jones

PG

Jr

6-0

176

D-

C-

C

C

C-

D-

F+

C-

F+

A-

C

C

A-

A-

C

B-

2

Bill Mendel

PG

Jr

5-11

175

C-

C+

C+

D

C+

D

C

C-

C-

D+

D

D+

A-

C

C

B

Unavailable Players
Player	Reason	Length

Season Stats
Name	Pos	G	GS	Min	Pts	Orb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TOs	PFs
Ike Gidley	C	23	23	25.2	6.6	2.1	5.2	1.0	0.3	0.3	1.2	2.6
Ira Sharkey	C	29	0	10.9	1.9	0.5	1.6	0.6	0.3	0.1	0.6	0.8
Joe Freeman	C	2	0	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0
Branch Black	C	29	6	24.1	4.8	0.9	4.1	0.8	0.3	0.3	0.6	2.0
Gary Cox	PF	18	0	3.2	0.5	0.2	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1
Eddie Pike	PF	29	29	26.2	6.7	0.9	3.0	0.9	0.5	0.1	1.0	1.9
John Mercer	SF	29	0	8.0	2.8	0.2	0.7	0.2	0.0	0.1	0.7	0.7
Jimmy Anderson	SF	29	29	28.8	6.5	0.8	4.7	1.7	0.8	0.6	1.2	2.6
Steve Bowen	SF	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jennings Harden	SG	29	29	26.4	6.4	0.6	2.2	1.5	1.2	0.3	2.0	1.9
Eddie Stewart	SG	2	0	3.0	1.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Calvin Snyder	SG	29	0	15.0	3.9	0.3	1.7	0.9	0.8	0.1	1.1	1.5
Norman Plater	PG	29	29	29.7	9.3	0.9	2.9	3.7	0.6	0.1	2.2	2.6
Ben Jones	PG	29	0	7.2	1.6	0.1	0.9	0.5	0.4	0.0	0.7	0.5
Bill Mendel	PG	16	0	2.8	0.9	0.1	0.5	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.3

Season Shooting
Name	Pos	FGM	FGA	Pct	FTM	FTA	Pct	3PM	3PA	Pct
Ike Gidley	C	58	121	.479	35	49	.714	0	0	.000
Ira Sharkey	C	22	52	.423	10	16	.625	0	0	.000
Joe Freeman	C	0	0	.000	0	0	.000	0	0	.000
Branch Black	C	48	113	.425	42	67	.627	0	0	.000
Gary Cox	PF	4	11	.364	1	2	.500	0	0	.000
Eddie Pike	PF	75	169	.444	43	82	.524	0	0	.000
John Mercer	SF	34	71	.479	12	20	.600	0	0	.000
Jimmy Anderson	SF	79	197	.401	30	49	.612	0	0	.000
Steve Bowen	SF	0	0	.000	0	0	.000	0	0	.000
Jennings Harden	SG	81	158	.513	23	38	.605	0	0	.000
Eddie Stewart	SG	1	3	.333	0	0	.000	0	0	.000
Calvin Snyder	SG	45	100	.450	24	30	.800	0	0	.000
Norman Plater	PG	111	221	.502	47	64	.734	0	0	.000
Ben Jones	PG	18	52	.346	10	19	.526	0	0	.000
Bill Mendel	PG	5	9	.556	5	8	.625	0	0	.000

Career Stats
Name	Pos	G	GS	Min	Pts	Orb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TOs	PFs
Ike Gidley	C	52	23	18.6	5.0	1.3	3.3	0.8	0.3	0.2	0.8	1.7
Ira Sharkey	C	59	0	8.9	1.3	0.3	1.1	0.4	0.2	0.1	0.4	0.7
Joe Freeman	C	9	0	2.6	0.4	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0
Branch Black	C	58	6	23.1	4.8	0.8	3.9	0.8	0.2	0.2	0.6	2.2
Gary Cox	PF	35	0	2.6	0.4	0.1	0.5	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.1
Eddie Pike	PF	58	58	23.8	6.3	0.8	2.8	0.7	0.5	0.1	0.9	1.9
John Mercer	SF	29	0	8.0	2.8	0.2	0.7	0.2	0.0	0.1	0.7	0.7
Jimmy Anderson	SF	58	58	30.6	6.7	0.9	4.9	2.1	0.7	0.5	1.6	2.6
Steve Bowen	SF	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jennings Harden	SG	94	29	14.5	3.4	0.4	1.4	0.8	0.7	0.1	1.2	1.1
Eddie Stewart	SG	2	0	3.0	1.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Calvin Snyder	SG	29	0	15.0	3.9	0.3	1.7	0.9	0.8	0.1	1.1	1.5
Norman Plater	PG	87	87	26.9	7.9	0.9	2.7	3.6	0.5	0.1	2.2	2.4
Ben Jones	PG	60	0	6.7	1.4	0.2	1.0	0.5	0.3	0.0	0.6	0.4
Bill Mendel	PG	71	0	4.3	1.2	0.2	0.5	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.2	0.3

Career Shooting
Name	Pos	FGM	FGA	Pct	FTM	FTA	Pct	3PM	3PA	Pct
Ike Gidley	C	100	221	.452	58	80	.725	0	0	.000
Ira Sharkey	C	33	80	.413	13	23	.565	0	0	.000
Joe Freeman	C	2	6	.333	0	1	.000	0	0	.000
Branch Black	C	106	225	.471	65	99	.657	0	0	.000
Gary Cox	PF	6	15	.400	3	4	.750	0	0	.000
Eddie Pike	PF	145	304	.477	75	132	.568	0	0	.000
John Mercer	SF	34	71	.479	12	20	.600	0	0	.000
Jimmy Anderson	SF	171	407	.420	48	78	.615	0	0	.000
Steve Bowen	SF	0	0	.000	0	0	.000	0	0	.000
Jennings Harden	SG	134	287	.467	54	94	.574	0	0	.000
Eddie Stewart	SG	1	3	.333	0	0	.000	0	0	.000
Calvin Snyder	SG	45	100	.450	24	30	.800	0	0	.000
Norman Plater	PG	270	588	.459	150	207	.725	0	0	.000
Ben Jones	PG	34	96	.354	17	33	.515	0	0	.000
Bill Mendel	PG	30	71	.423	25	33	.758	0	0	.000

Season Schedule
Date	Opponent	Result	Score	Record
11/16/72	at Kansas Agricultural	W	44-38	1-0
11/18/72	at Lincoln	L	35-42	1-1
11/24/72	at Topeka State	L	53-59	1-2
11/26/72	at Lambert College	L	56-79	1-3
12/01/72	at Dakota College	L	47-52	1-4
12/09/72	Maumee State	W	58-45	2-4
12/11/72	Maldin	W	56-47	3-4
12/15/72	at St Andrews College	W	50-46	4-4
12/18/72	at Caesar Rodney	L	44-51	4-5
12/23/72	North Shore	W	74-65	5-5
12/28/72	Bliss College	W	47-37	6-5
12/30/72	Central Illinois	L	45-53	6-6
01/02/73	Iowa A&M	L	61-65	6-7
01/06/73	Boston State	W	53-34	7-7
01/08/73	East Missouri Seminary	L	51-62	7-8
01/11/73	Daniel Boone College	L	44-66	7-9
01/15/73	at Eastern Virginia	L	53-59	7-10
01/17/73	Laclede	W	61-52	8-10
01/19/73	Grant (IN)	L	39-47	8-11
01/22/73	NW New York State	L	45-55	8-12
01/27/73	at Plover College	L	28-43	8-13
01/29/73	Oklahoma Bible College	W	51-40	9-13
01/31/73	at Eastern Kansas	W	55-53	10-13
02/05/73	Poweshiek	W	49-43	11-13
02/07/73	at Grange College	W	58-48	12-13
02/13/73	at Capital (MS) University	L	39-51	12-14
02/15/73	Mississippi Tech	W	60-49	13-14
02/17/73	American Atlantic	L	45-54	13-15
02/27/73	Wisconsin Catholic	W	43-35	14-15

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