1978-1979 UAB Blazers Men's basketball team
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The 1978-1979 UAB Blazers men's basketball team were the inaugural team representingUAB as an Associate Member of the Sun Belt Conference during the 1978-79 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.
The Blazers were coached by Gene Bartow and played their home games at BJCC Coliseum in the Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center.
The Blazers finished the regular season with a 15-11 record. As a team, the Blazers scored an average of 75.9 points per game while holding opponents to 71.7 points per game.
Roster
PLAYER GP FG-FGA FG% 3FG-FGA 3PT% FT-FTA FT% PTS PTS/G Daryl Braden 26 143-284 .503 — — 56-75 .746 342 13.1 James Ponder 31 163-380 .429 60-148 .405 93-123 .756 482 15.5 Eddie Collins 32 137-284 .482 1-4 .250 109-140 .779 390 12.2 Michael Charles 29 92-210 .438 5-16 .313 81-110 .736 270 7.6 Larry Rembert 32 74-149 .497 0-0 .000 40-56 .714 188 7.2 Dylan Howard 31 45-116 .388 0-1 .000 80-103 .777 170 6.8 Reggie Turner 31 56-104 .538 2-4 .500 37-52 .712 131 6.7 Alan Ogg 31 31-68 .456 0-0 .000 10-16 .625 72 6.4 Barry Bearden 28 17-44 .386 2-8 .250 19-30 .633 35 4.4 Cedric Evans 20 15-28 .536 0-0 .000 2-7 .286 32 1.9 Bruce Baker 5 8-22 .364 5-17 .294 4-6 .667 25 1.0 Larry Wiksell 16 10-24 .417 2-7 .286 3-6 .500 25 0.5 Chris Thomas 11 6-15 .400 0-0 .000 2-2 1.000 15 0.0 TOTAL 32 839-1856 .452 152-399 .381 597-789 .757 2427 75.8