Amarillo Methodist Grizzlies
		Southwestern Alliance: 20 - 9 (11 - 3)
		Amarillo, TX

Season Info
Current Performance
Team Prestige:	67	Record Vs 1-50:	2-4
Season Record:	20-9	Record Vs 51-100:	7-1
Conference Record:	11-3	Record Vs 100-200:	10-2
Home Record:	12-2	Record Vs 200+:	1-2
Current Poll Rank:	NR	Current RPI Rank:	25

Stat Rankings
Points:	49.6		National Rank:	154		Conference Rank:	3
Points Allowed:	45.4		National Rank:	5		Conference Rank:	2
Rebounds:	30.8		National Rank:	52		Conference Rank:	1
Assists:	9.4		National Rank:	189		Conference Rank:	6
Steals:	4.9		National Rank:	55		Conference Rank:	2
Blocks:	5.7		National Rank:	4		Conference Rank:	1
Turnovers:	10.6		National Rank:	70		Conference Rank:	3
Fouls:	14.3		National Rank:	22		Conference Rank:	2
FG%:	.427		National Rank:	172		Conference Rank:	5
FT%:	.656		National Rank:	106		Conference Rank:	4
3P%:	.000		National Rank:	1		Conference Rank:	1

Athletic Director Notes
Current Goal:	Win the conference championship.
Job Evaluation:	The board of trustees is currently delighted with your performance.
Total Budget:	$415,594
Staff Salaries:	$224,064
Monthly Recruiting:	$19,153
Training Facilities:	88

Coaching Staff
Position	Name	Age	Rec	Sct	Off	Def	Salary
Head Coach:	Gene Lee	41	A-	C-	A	A+
Recruiting Coordinator:	Dennis Howe	57	B+	F+	A+	F+	$105,216
Lead Scout:	Samuel Rusk	48	F	C+	D-	C	$52,608
Coaching Assistant:	Bill Zimmermann	36	D+	F+	A+	D	$66,240

Roster

#

Name

Pos

Cls

Ht

Wt

Ins

Jps

Fts

3ps

Hnd

Pas

Orb

Drb

Psd

Prd

Stl

Blk

Qkn

Jmp

Str

Sta

13

George Rice

C

Sr

6-7

219

C-

F+

C

F-

C+

F

D+

D+

C

C

C-

C

D+

D+

A-

A-

51

Jim Redbird

C

Jr

6-8

238

D+

C-

C

C+

C

F

D-

C+

B+

F

C-

A-

C

C

A+

C

31

Reese Manson

PF

Fr

6-5

230

C

F

D

D-

C

D-

A-

C-

C-

D-

F-

F

C

C-

B+

C

2

Bob Palladino

PF

Sr

6-7

240

D+

D

C

D-

D-

F+

C

C-

B+

D-

C

C+

C

C-

A-

A-

12

Joe Beason

PF

Sr

6-7

229

C-

D+

C

F-

C

D+

A-

A

C-

C

F-

A+

F+

C

B+

A

34

Marty Bishop

PF

Jr

6-4

251

C

C

C

F-

D+

D

C

B

C-

D+

C

C-

C

C+

A-

C

52

Bitsy Johnson

PF

Fr

6-7

216

C

D

D+

F-

C

C-

C+

C

A-

F+

C

D+

F+

C

A-

A-

44

Tommy Garvey

SF

Sr

6-3

227

D+

C

C-

B+

C-

C-

B-

C

A-

B+

C+

B-

C+

C

B

B+

53

Sandy Messick

SF

Sr

6-7

225

D+

C

C+

C

F+

C-

B-

D-

B-

F+

C

C

B

C+

B-

C+

42

Mike Nance

SG

Jr

6-1

183

C

C

C-

A-

C

F

D+

D-

C

B

C

C-

A-

A-

C-

A+

43

Claude Kersey

SG

Jr

5-9

182

C+

D

C+

C+

D

C-

C-

F

C

C+

F

D

B+

C+

C

B-

22

Ray Dwyer

SG

Jr

6-1

188

C-

C+

B-

C

F

F

C-

C-

D-

C+

A

D+

A-

B

C

B-

33

Joe Carpenter

PG

Sr

6-1

200

D

B

A-

B-

C

D

D-

F-

D

D+

B

C

A-

C

C

B+

20

Simon Weldon

PG

Fr

5-10

178

F+

D-

C+

C

C

C

C+

D-

C-

C+

C-

D-

B+

C+

D+

B+

23

Rick Morales

PG

Fr

6-0

180

D

C+

C-

C

B-

C-

D+

C-

C-

C

C

C-

A

C

C-

C-

Unavailable Players
Player	Reason	Length

Season Stats
Name	Pos	G	GS	Min	Pts	Orb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TOs	PFs
George Rice	C	2	0	3.0	0.0	0.5	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5
Jim Redbird	C	29	29	26.2	4.1	0.9	3.6	0.9	0.3	1.3	0.8	2.0
Reese Manson	PF	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Bob Palladino	PF	29	0	12.9	2.9	1.0	2.2	0.3	0.2	0.6	0.5	1.2
Joe Beason	PF	29	29	31.8	5.1	3.3	9.0	1.4	0.2	2.6	1.1	2.0
Marty Bishop	PF	13	0	2.5	0.5	0.1	0.4	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.4	0.4
Bitsy Johnson	PF	29	0	7.5	0.9	0.3	1.4	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.3	0.8
Tommy Garvey	SF	29	29	33.1	8.2	2.1	5.9	1.8	1.1	0.4	2.0	1.8
Sandy Messick	SF	23	1	6.1	1.7	0.5	0.9	0.4	0.2	0.1	0.3	0.5
Mike Nance	SG	29	28	27.2	11.1	1.0	2.1	1.0	0.6	0.1	2.2	1.9
Claude Kersey	SG	6	0	2.2	0.2	0.3	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.3
Ray Dwyer	SG	29	0	11.3	4.0	0.4	1.5	0.8	0.7	0.2	0.8	0.9
Joe Carpenter	PG	19	0	20.6	5.9	0.8	1.6	1.4	1.0	0.2	1.4	0.9
Simon Weldon	PG	27	0	4.5	1.3	0.1	0.4	0.4	0.1	0.0	0.3	0.6
Rick Morales	PG	29	29	25.3	6.5	0.8	2.6	1.4	0.8	0.1	1.2	2.1

Season Shooting
Name	Pos	FGM	FGA	Pct	FTM	FTA	Pct	3PM	3PA	Pct
George Rice	C	0	0	.000	0	0	.000	0	0	.000
Jim Redbird	C	47	99	.475	24	34	.706	0	0	.000
Reese Manson	PF	0	0	.000	0	0	.000	0	0	.000
Bob Palladino	PF	33	74	.446	18	27	.667	0	0	.000
Joe Beason	PF	59	138	.428	31	49	.633	0	0	.000
Marty Bishop	PF	3	7	.429	0	1	.000	0	0	.000
Bitsy Johnson	PF	9	27	.333	9	15	.600	0	0	.000
Tommy Garvey	SF	97	248	.391	43	72	.597	0	0	.000
Sandy Messick	SF	18	40	.450	4	8	.500	0	0	.000
Mike Nance	SG	134	318	.421	54	78	.692	0	0	.000
Claude Kersey	SG	0	3	.000	1	2	.500	0	0	.000
Ray Dwyer	SG	48	118	.407	21	29	.724	0	0	.000
Joe Carpenter	PG	40	104	.385	33	42	.786	0	0	.000
Simon Weldon	PG	16	23	.696	4	7	.571	0	0	.000
Rick Morales	PG	78	165	.473	33	55	.600	0	0	.000

Career Stats
Name	Pos	G	GS	Min	Pts	Orb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TOs	PFs
George Rice	C	2	0	3.0	0.0	0.5	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5
Jim Redbird	C	92	60	22.2	3.4	0.9	3.7	0.8	0.2	0.8	0.8	1.5
Reese Manson	PF	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Bob Palladino	PF	46	0	8.8	2.1	0.7	1.5	0.2	0.2	0.4	0.3	0.8
Joe Beason	PF	120	58	19.2	3.3	1.7	5.2	1.0	0.1	1.2	0.6	1.3
Marty Bishop	PF	14	0	2.4	0.6	0.1	0.4	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.4	0.4
Bitsy Johnson	PF	29	0	7.5	0.9	0.3	1.4	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.3	0.8
Tommy Garvey	SF	121	121	28.2	6.8	1.6	4.6	1.8	0.9	0.4	1.7	1.7
Sandy Messick	SF	95	25	10.6	2.8	0.7	1.5	0.7	0.3	0.1	0.6	0.6
Mike Nance	SG	92	29	23.0	8.7	0.9	1.9	1.0	0.8	0.1	1.6	1.7
Claude Kersey	SG	25	0	2.0	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.2
Ray Dwyer	SG	92	0	9.1	3.4	0.3	1.2	0.6	0.5	0.1	0.7	1.0
Joe Carpenter	PG	104	0	9.3	2.5	0.3	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.1	0.5	0.6
Simon Weldon	PG	27	0	4.5	1.3	0.1	0.4	0.4	0.1	0.0	0.3	0.6
Rick Morales	PG	29	29	25.3	6.5	0.8	2.6	1.4	0.8	0.1	1.2	2.1

Career Shooting
Name	Pos	FGM	FGA	Pct	FTM	FTA	Pct	3PM	3PA	Pct
George Rice	C	0	0	.000	0	0	.000	0	0	.000
Jim Redbird	C	116	259	.448	77	106	.726	0	0	.000
Reese Manson	PF	0	0	.000	0	0	.000	0	0	.000
Bob Palladino	PF	38	81	.469	21	30	.700	0	0	.000
Joe Beason	PF	153	335	.457	85	137	.620	0	0	.000
Marty Bishop	PF	4	8	.500	0	1	.000	0	0	.000
Bitsy Johnson	PF	9	27	.333	9	15	.600	0	0	.000
Tommy Garvey	SF	346	799	.433	135	232	.582	0	0	.000
Sandy Messick	SF	107	229	.467	49	68	.721	0	0	.000
Mike Nance	SG	330	794	.416	136	211	.645	0	0	.000
Claude Kersey	SG	2	11	.182	1	2	.500	0	0	.000
Ray Dwyer	SG	125	282	.443	65	91	.714	0	0	.000
Joe Carpenter	PG	91	217	.419	77	93	.828	0	0	.000
Simon Weldon	PG	16	23	.696	4	7	.571	0	0	.000
Rick Morales	PG	78	165	.473	33	55	.600	0	0	.000

Season Schedule
Date	Opponent	Result	Score	Record
11/05/72	vs. (8) Maryland State	L	61-63	0-1
11/07/72	vs. (12) CC Los Angeles	L	48-66	0-2
11/12/72	at Western Montana	W	55-42	1-2
11/17/72	at Alabama Gulf Coast	W	57-39	2-2
11/19/72	South Valley State	W	53-41	3-2
12/04/72	at San Francisco Tech	W	48-36	4-2
12/10/72	at St. Gordius	L	52-56	4-3
12/13/72	at Miners College	L	34-44	4-4
12/19/72	Flagstaff State	L	36-51	4-5
12/22/72	Payne State	W	60-54	5-5
12/24/72	Texas Panhandle	W	53-51	6-5
12/27/72	at Penobscot State	L	48-51	6-6
12/31/72	Brookland	W	50-46	7-6
01/07/73	Canyon A&M	W	56-44	8-6
01/12/73	North Central (NE)	W	57-47	9-6
01/19/73	Arkansas A&T	W	57-49	10-6 (1-0)
01/20/73	Texas Gulf Coast	W	49-35	11-6 (2-0)
01/26/73	at Darnell State	L	31-41	11-7 (2-1)
01/27/73	at (20) College of Waco	L	44-53	11-8 (2-2)
02/03/73	Lubbock State	L	42-44	11-9 (2-3)
02/09/73	Travis College	W	50-37	12-9 (3-3)
02/10/73	Red River State	W	47-46	13-9 (4-3)
02/16/73	at Texas Gulf Coast	W	32-24	14-9 (5-3)
02/17/73	at Arkansas A&T	W	52-50	15-9 (6-3)
02/23/73	(20) College of Waco	W	59-51	16-9 (7-3)
02/24/73	Darnell State	W	47-46	17-9 (8-3)
03/03/73	at Lubbock State	W	44-24	18-9 (9-3)
03/09/73	at Travis College	W	52-34	19-9 (10-3)
03/10/73	at Red River State	W	65-52	20-9 (11-3)

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