FINAL 1996-97 DENISON UNIVERSITY BIG RED MEN'S VARSITY BASKETBALL RESULTS AND STATISTICS
Overall record: 19-7; NCAC record: 13-3, second place
Head Coach: Bill Lee (Cornerstone '88), first year
Assistant Coaches: Dan Kiser
1996-97 SEASON RESULTS (with links to game boxes)
Nov. 22 in Gettysburg, Pa. .................. Lycoming 95 - Denison 72
Nov. 23 in Gettysburg, Pa. .................... Denison 74 - King's 61
Dec. 4 in Richmond, Ind. .................. * Denison 84 - Earlham 75
Dec. 7 in Granville ..................... * Denison 82 - Allegheny 76
Dec. 11 in Gambier, Ohio .................... * Denison 66 - Kenyon 55
Dec. 14 in Granville ......................... Denison 93 - Bethany 66
Dec. 21 in Columbus, Ohio ............. Denison 96 - Ohio Dominican 74
Dec. 28 in Granville ................... Denison 78 - Hiram College 73
Jan. 2 in Bluffton, Ohio ................... Denison 88 - Bluffton 80
Jan. 4 in Granville ................. * Denison 68 - Ohio Wesleyan 65
Jan. 8 in Granville ....................... * Wooster 69 - Denison 65
Jan. 11 in Springfield, Ohio ............ * Wittenberg 92 - Denison 60
Jan. 15 in Oberlin, Ohio ................... * Denison 93 - Oberlin 82
Jan. 18 in Meadville, Pa. ................ * Denison 93 - Allegheny 67
Jan. 22 in Granville ...................... Wilmington 88 - Denison 79
Jan. 25 in Granville ....................... * Denison 98 - Earlham 76
Jan. 31 in Granville ........................ * Denison 83 - Kenyon 59
Feb. 1 in Wooster, Ohio .............. * Denison 63 - Wooster 62 (OT)
Feb. 5 in Delaware, Ohio ............ * Denison 83 - Ohio Wesleyan 72
Feb. 8 in Cleveland, Ohio .... * Case Western Reserve 87 - Denison 79
Feb. 12 in Granville .................... * Denison 55 - Wittenberg 52
Feb. 15 in Granville ....................... * Denison 74 - Oberlin 63
Feb. 22 in Granville .......... * Denison 76 - Case Western Reserve 64
Feb. 25 in Granville ...... NCAC Quarterfinals: Denison 78 - Kenyon 61
Feb. 28 in Wooster, Ohio .... NCAC Semifinals: Wooster 68 - Denison 64
Mar. 6 in Holland, Mich. ..... NCAA First Round: Hope 69 - Denison 66
* denotes North Coast Athletic Conference games
FINAL 1996-97 DENISON UNIVERSITY BIG RED MEN'S VARSITY BASKETBALL INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Overall record: 19-7; NCAC record: 13-3, second place
TOTAL FGs 3-POINT FGs FTs REBOUNDS
No. NAME G GS MIN FGM FGA PCT FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT RPG PF D A APG TO B S PTS PPG
45 Casey Chroust 26 25 756 197 383 .514 0 1 .000 108 157 .688 77 160 237 9.1 83 4 41 1.6 61 28 24 502 19.3
50 Jason Rusnak 24 7 589 107 172 .622 0 2 .000 37 82 .451 45 84 129 5.4 56 1 30 1.3 41 19 30 251 10.5
25 Jeff Travis 25 24 664 71 188 .378 54 142 .380 53 75 .707 5 26 31 1.2 37 0 77 3.1 46 2 33 249 10.0
15 Kyle Pottkotter 2 2 45 6 10 .600 0 0 - 6 6 1.00 1 9 10 5.0 5 0 3 1.5 6 0 3 18 9.0
33 Brian Sommerhauser 26 26 729 79 168 .470 27 59 .458 43 54 .796 19 57 76 2.9 52 2 129 5.0 74 2 29 228 8.8
20 Chris Potts 26 9 429 66 146 .452 51 122 .418 11 18 .611 15 36 51 2.0 40 0 26 1.0 23 0 19 194 7.5
55 Ed Cook 26 3 365 63 123 .512 0 0 - 28 38 .737 44 65 109 4.2 56 1 20 0.8 27 5 8 154 5.9
24 Bryan Nier 26 2 374 49 124 .395 31 86 .360 12 23 .522 21 32 53 2.0 28 0 28 1.1 19 0 12 141 5.4
13 Jason Barger 26 11 609 47 99 .475 18 37 .486 25 34 .735 19 56 75 2.9 55 0 85 3.3 48 9 42 137 5.3
40 Mike Stauff 16 0 103 14 37 .378 7 22 .318 5 10 .500 8 9 17 1.1 17 0 4 0.3 11 2 4 40 2.5
22 Ian Gertmenian 11 0 39 5 16 .313 0 2 .000 8 11 .727 13 10 23 2.1 8 0 3 0.3 1 0 0 18 1.6
53 Bernie Dennison 4 0 26 2 5 .400 0 0 - 2 5 .400 5 4 9 2.3 4 0 1 0.3 3 1 0 6 1.5
42 Eric Endres 25 21 285 9 31 .290 0 1 .000 8 13 .615 11 34 45 1.8 47 0 11 0.4 27 4 7 26 1.0
32 Jim Ciortan 11 0 35 4 11 .364 2 9 .222 1 2 .500 5 4 9 0.8 2 0 4 0.4 1 0 1 11 1.0
52 Chad Sprecher 11 0 39 4 11 .364 0 3 .000 2 4 .500 1 6 7 0.6 3 0 8 0.7 3 0 0 10 0.9
30 Tony Sullivan 5 0 8 1 3 .333 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 2 0 0 2 0.4
14 Ryan Allen 18 0 130 5 16 .313 2 8 .250 11 18 .611 0 6 6 0.3 12 0 12 0.7 11 1 2 4 0.2
DU Team Rebounds 43 51 94
Denison Totals 26 130 5225 729 1543 .472 192 494 .389 360 550 .655 332 649 981 37.7 505 8 482 18.5 404 73 214 2010 77.3
Opponent Totals 26 130 5225 640 1478 .433 179 457 .392 392 567 .691 299 555 854 32.8 476 12 462 17.8 416 69 200 1851 71.2
