1970-71 Carolina Cougars Statistics

American Basketball Association (ABA)
Team Record: 34-50
Finishing 6th in the ABA's Eastern Division
Coach: Jerry Steele (17-25)
Location: Greensboro, North Carolina; Raleigh, North Carolina; Charlotte, North Carolina
Attendance: 241,182, Avg. 5,742 in 42 home dates

1970-71 Carolina Cougars Roster
1970-71 Carolina Cougars Results

The Carolina Cougars of the American Basketball Association ended the 1970-71 season with a record of 34 wins and 50 losses, finishing sixth in the ABA's Eastern Division.

The Cougars netted 9,688 points and yielded 10,026. Joe Caldwell tossed in a team-best 1,678 points for Carolina, and Bob Verga scored 18 or more per game as well. George Peeples accounted for 771 boards. George Lehmann dished out 464 assists for the squad.

Jerry Steele coached the team.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	TO	PF	Pts
Joe Caldwell	F-G	72	3008	1528	685	30	6	541	302	216	273	489	301	249	237	1678
George Lehmann	G	83	2918	1186	535	382	154	256	214	53	150	203	464	309	221	1438
Bob Verga	G	75	2009	1202	550	44	10	419	302	167	113	280	182	164	223	1412
George Peeples	C-F	82	2220	773	377	1	0	335	202	265	506	771	110	193	279	956
Larry Miller	G-F	77	2140	795	364	61	13	272	197	171	286	457	167	130	181	938
Randy Mahaffey	F	83	2353	791	385	8	0	239	156	215	403	618	115	170	304	926
Frank Card	F	63	1795	645	293	5	1	298	194	95	353	448	111	161	210	781
Gene Littles	G	70	1495	501	223	14	4	168	117	81	124	205	173	80	175	567
Ira Harge	C	29	892	289	131	1	0	82	42	120	219	339	57	92	104	304
Dave Newmark	C	31	457	209	100	0	0	60	34	46	111	157	28	41	84	234
Rich Johnson	C	25	395	151	70	0	0	41	29	27	83	110	11	12	65	169
Vann Williford	F	38	295	141	62	9	3	37	21	28	40	68	15	21	34	148
Chuck Lloyd	C-F	14	118	51	23	0	0	30	20	14	11	25	6	2	25	66
Gary Bradds	F	7	114	45	17	1	0	18	10	13	28	41	2	12	15	44
Arvesta Kelly	G	5	45	8	4	0	0	8	6	1	0	1	0	8	8	14
Mack Daughtry	G	4	43	10	4	0	0	5	5	2	3	5	3	0	4	13
Lonnie Kluttz	F	3	8	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	5	0	0	3	0
Totals		761	20305	8329	3823	556	191	2809	1851	1516	2706	4222	1745	1644	2172	9688

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	TO	PF	Pts
Joe Caldwell	F-G	72	41.8	44.8	20.0	55.8	3.0	3.8	6.8	4.2	3.5	3.3	23.3
George Lehmann	G	83	35.2	45.1	40.3	83.6	0.6	1.8	2.4	5.6	3.7	2.7	17.3
Bob Verga	G	75	26.8	45.8	22.7	72.1	2.2	1.5	3.7	2.4	2.2	3.0	18.8
George Peeples	C-F	82	27.1	48.8	0.0	60.3	3.2	6.2	9.4	1.3	2.4	3.4	11.7
Larry Miller	G-F	77	27.8	45.8	21.3	72.4	2.2	3.7	5.9	2.2	1.7	2.4	12.2
Randy Mahaffey	F	83	28.3	48.7	0.0	65.3	2.6	4.9	7.4	1.4	2.0	3.7	11.2
Frank Card	F	63	28.5	45.4	20.0	65.1	1.5	5.6	7.1	1.8	2.6	3.3	12.4
Gene Littles	G	70	21.4	44.5	28.6	69.6	1.2	1.8	2.9	2.5	1.1	2.5	8.1
Ira Harge	C	29	30.8	45.3	0.0	51.2	4.1	7.6	11.7	2.0	3.2	3.6	10.5
Dave Newmark	C	31	14.7	47.8		56.7	1.5	3.6	5.1	0.9	1.3	2.7	7.5
Rich Johnson	C	25	15.8	46.4		70.7	1.1	3.3	4.4	0.4	0.5	2.6	6.8
Vann Williford	F	38	7.8	44.0	33.3	56.8	0.7	1.1	1.8	0.4	0.6	0.9	3.9
Chuck Lloyd	C-F	14	8.4	45.1		66.7	1.0	0.8	1.8	0.4	0.1	1.8	4.7
Gary Bradds	F	7	16.3	37.8	0.0	55.6	1.9	4.0	5.9	0.3	1.7	2.1	6.3
Arvesta Kelly	G	5	9.0	50.0		75.0	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	1.6	1.6	2.8
Mack Daughtry	G	4	10.8	40.0		100.0	0.5	0.8	1.3	0.8	0.0	1.0	3.3
Lonnie Kluttz	F	3	2.7	0.0			0.7	1.0	1.7	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0
Averages		761	26.7	45.9	34.4	65.9	2.0	3.6	5.5	2.3	2.2	2.9	12.7