Top Bradley season scoring averages

[tornado]

Dating back beyond Hersey Hawkins'...all the way back 40 years...to the latter Stowell era

Hersey Hawkins 36.3 pp in 1987-88
Roger Phegley 27.6 ppg in 1977-78
Roger Phegley 27.4 ppg in 1976-77
Hersey Hawkins 27.2 ppg in 1986-87
Curtis Stuckey 25.11 in 1990-91
Curtis Stuckey 23.7 ppg in 1989-90
Anthony Manuel 21.1 ppg 1988-89
Mitchell Anderson 21.0 ppg in 1978-79
Voise Winters 20.9 ppg in 2984-85
Mitchell Anderson 20.6 ppg in 1979-80
Mike Davis 20.0 ppg in 1975-76
Mitchell Anderson 19.4 ppg in 1980-81
Danny Granger 19.2 ppg in 2002-03
Phillip Gilbert 18.9 ppg in 2002-03
Adebayo Akinkunle 18.9 ppg in 1995-96
Andrew Warren 18.8 ppg in 2010-11
Hersey Hawkins 18.7 ppg in 1985-86
Deon Thurman 18.1 ppg in 1988-89
Walt Lemon 17.97 ppg in 2013-14
Mike Davis 17.6 ppg in 1974-75
Marcellus Sommerville 17.5 ppg in 2004-05
Bobby Humbles 17.4 ppg in 1976-77
Rob Dye 17.4 ppg in 1998-99
Roger Phegley 17.3 ppg in 1975-76
Jerome Robinson 16.9 ppg in 2000-01
Alex Mazeika 16.8 ppg in 1977-78
Anthony Parker 16.6 ppg in 1996-97
Rob Dye 16.6 ppg in 1999-2000
Mitchell Anderson 16.4 ppg in 1981-82
Paul Wilson 16.3 ppg in 1988-89
Jeremy Crouch 15.8 ppg in 2007-08
Marcellus Sommerville 16.7 ppg in 2005-06
Marcellus Sommerville 15.6 ppg in 2003-04
Walt Lemon 15.6 ppg in 2012-13
Adebayo Akinkunle 15.4 ppg in 1997-98
Voise Winters 15.4 ppg in 1983-84
Voise Winters 15.4 ppg in 1982-83
Barney Mines 15.3 ppg in 1982-83
James Gillingham 15.0 in 2002-03
James Gillingham 15.0 in 2003-04

Some great BU players - some names that kinda surprised me on this list...
Wonder if anyone else will join this list in 2014-15?? Hope so.

[Chico]

Shouldn't Hersey be in there again?

[Da Coach]

Shouldn't Hersey be in there again?

He stated it starts with Hersey's senior season, so that is why he included Hawk only once.
But of course, Hersey would be on that list at least twice more. Here are his averages:

Senior 36.3 ppg
Junior 27.2 ppg
Sophomore 18.7 ppg
Freshman 14.6 ppg

He also averaged 6.1, 5.7, 6.7, and 7.8 rebounds per game his four years- which is outstanding for a guard.
His shooting percentages were also incredible for a perimeter player- 58.1%, 54.2%, 53.3%, and 52.4%... 54% for his career!
By comparison, the best shooting percentage by a guard in the MVC last year was 48.4% by Fred Van Vleet, and since Hersey, few MVC guards have even come close to his shooting percentages.

[tornado]

Shouldn't Hersey be in there again?

of course he should, if you want - but I just arbitrarily stopped digging at a point...
as soon as I get time I will edit and add back to the Joe Stowell era...but it even further STRENGTHENS my point -

Bradley has had a player score 15 ppg or MORE almost every year except the first few Molinari years...then it has also become far less frequent since 2006 - with only three players doing it since we were Sweet Sixteen - and only two since 2008.
I hope we get back to having guys on this list...

[Chico]

Sorry, wasn't nitpicking. Guess I didn't read the whole thing, just started looking at names.

[tornado]

Dating back beyond Hersey Hawkins'...all the way back 40 years...to the latter Stowell era

Hersey Hawkins 36.3 pp in 1987-88
Roger Phegley 27.6 ppg in 1977-78
Roger Phegley 27.4 ppg in 1976-77
Hersey Hawkins 27.2 ppg in 1986-87
Curtis Stuckey 25.11 in 1990-91
Curtis Stuckey 23.7 ppg in 1989-90
Anthony Manuel 21.1 ppg 1988-89
Mitchell Anderson 21.0 ppg in 1978-79
Voise Winters 20.9 ppg in 2984-85
Mitchell Anderson 20.6 ppg in 1979-80
Mike Davis 20.0 ppg in 1975-76
Mitchell Anderson 19.4 ppg in 1980-81
Danny Granger 19.2 ppg in 2002-03
Phillip Gilbert 18.9 ppg in 2002-03
Adebayo Akinkunle 18.9 ppg in 1995-96
Andrew Warren 18.8 ppg in 2010-11
Hersey Hawkins 18.7 ppg in 1985-86
Deon Thurman 18.1 ppg in 1988-89
Walt Lemon 17.97 ppg in 2013-14
Mike Davis 17.6 ppg in 1974-75
Marcellus Sommerville 17.5 ppg in 2004-05
Bobby Humbles 17.4 ppg in 1976-77
Rob Dye 17.4 ppg in 1998-99
Roger Phegley 17.3 ppg in 1975-76
Jerome Robinson 16.9 ppg in 2000-01
Alex Mazeika 16.8 ppg in 1977-78
Anthony Parker 16.6 ppg in 1996-97
Rob Dye 16.6 ppg in 1999-2000
Mitchell Anderson 16.4 ppg in 1981-82
Paul Wilson 16.3 ppg in 1988-89
Jeremy Crouch 15.8 ppg in 2007-08
Marcellus Sommerville 16.7 ppg in 2005-06
Marcellus Sommerville 15.6 ppg in 2003-04
Walt Lemon 15.6 ppg in 2012-13
Adebayo Akinkunle 15.4 ppg in 1997-98
Voise Winters 15.4 ppg in 1983-84
Voise Winters 15.4 ppg in 1982-83
Barney Mines 15.3 ppg in 1982-83
James Gillingham 15.0 in 2002-03
James Gillingham 15.0 in 2003-04

Some great BU players - some names that kinda surprised me on this list...
Wonder if anyone else will join this list in 2014-15?? Hope so.

well, we've played the weakest part of our schedule so far and right at this point
we DO NOT HAVE anyone averaging 15 ppg...

http://www.bradleybraves.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=209766930&DB_OEM_ID=3400

[Vent]

It's interesting to look at figures like this. It's kind of like looking at the Maris vs. Ruth home run debate in 1961. I wonder how many more points Phegley would have scored, if they had the 3 point shot back then, or Hawkins if they had the 3 point shot his freshman and sophomore year. Or you could include Mitchell Anderson, Chet Walker, Bobby Joe Mason, Sam Simmons, Bobby Humbles also, they didn't have the 3 point shot when they played. And as far as career points, I wonder how many more Walker, Joe Allen, Levern Tart, Sam Simmons and many more would have scored if freshman were allowed to play on the varsity when they were on the hilltop.

[tornado]

interesting topic....

In Hersey's freshman & sophomore seasons combined he made 429 FG's,
and we see that when he played during the 3-pt rule (his Jr & Sr seasons) - roughly 20% of all his made baskets were 3-pointers.
Using that for extrapolation - then it would be reasonable to argue that Hersey would have at least 80 to 100 more career points had he played all four years during the 3-pt era. That would put Hersey's career scoring total at 3100 or so.

Using the same argument for Phegley is difficult because he didn't take a lot of long shots so there's not much to gauge by - but I think it's fair to say maybe another 100 pts to his totals, too.

[Vent]

Roger didn't take a lot of shots that would be 3 pointers , because you were only credited for 2 and were discouraged from taking that shot. He was a pure shooter and could have made that shot easily. One of the big advantages he had was the fact he was a 6-5 or 6-6 guard that could easily take his defender to the basket or shoot over the top of him.