1985-86 La Crosse Catbirds Statistics

Continental Basketball Association (CBA)
Team Record: 24-24
Finishing 4th in the CBA's West Division
Postseason: 9-9 Lost Championship
Finals - Lost to Tampa Bay Thrillers 4-1
Coach: Ron Ekker (24-24)
Location: La Crosse, Wisconsin

1985-86 La Crosse Catbirds Roster

The La Crosse Catbirds of the Continental Basketball Association ended the 1985-86 season with a record of 24 wins and 24 losses, finishing fourth in the CBA's West Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 9-9.

Nigel Miguel scored a team-best 840 points for the Catbirds, while Jewell Crawford netted 16 or more per game also. Earl Harrison contributed 524 rebounds. Eddie Hughes dished out 261 assists for the squad.

On defense, Nigel Miguel added 97 steals.

Ron Ekker coached the team. The 1985-86 La Crosse Catbirds lost in the Championship.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	PF	Pts
Nigel Miguel	F	48	1652	695	332	6	0	240	176	215	165	97	23	124	840
Jewell Crawford	F	45	1276	604	289	4	1	217	163	224	88	27	35	131	742
Earl Harrison	F	47	1709	558	283	3	0	170	115	524	122	57	31	173	681
Eddie Hughes	G	47	1620	507	213	153	50	210	151	120	261	85	11	162	627
George Montgomery	F	48	1420	432	211	5	0	212	137	377	50	60	43	213	559
Paul Thompson	F	25	854	396	174	15	4	134	107	144	110	35	34	75	459
Dennis Nutt	G	48	759	223	101	53	16	27	18	34	102	29	0	61	236
Penny Elliot	C	33	415	68	29	0	0	41	26	77	25	5	31	57	84
Russell Cross	F	13	103	37	15	0	0	16	9	20	2	1	8	26	39
Cory Blackwell	F	8	28	13	1	0	0	0	0	5	5	2	0	8	2
Totals		362	9836	3533	1648	239	71	1267	902	1740	930	398	216	1030	4269

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	PF	Pts
Nigel Miguel	F	48	34.4	47.8	0.0	73.3	4.5	3.4	2.0	0.5	2.6	17.5
Jewell Crawford	F	45	28.4	47.8	25.0	75.1	5.0	2.0	0.6	0.8	2.9	16.5
Earl Harrison	F	47	36.4	50.7	0.0	67.6	11.1	2.6	1.2	0.7	3.7	14.5
Eddie Hughes	G	47	34.5	42.0	32.7	71.9	2.6	5.6	1.8	0.2	3.4	13.3
George Montgomery	F	48	29.6	48.8	0.0	64.6	7.9	1.0	1.3	0.9	4.4	11.6
Paul Thompson	F	25	34.2	43.9	26.7	79.9	5.8	4.4	1.4	1.4	3.0	18.4
Dennis Nutt	G	48	15.8	45.3	30.2	66.7	0.7	2.1	0.6	0.0	1.3	4.9
Penny Elliot	C	33	12.6	42.6		63.4	2.3	0.8	0.2	0.9	1.7	2.5
Russell Cross	F	13	7.9	40.5		56.3	1.5	0.2	0.1	0.6	2.0	3.0
Cory Blackwell	F	8	3.5	7.7			0.6	0.6	0.3	0.0	1.0	0.3
Averages		362	27.2	46.6	29.7	71.2	4.8	2.6	1.1	0.6	2.8	11.8

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	PF	Pts
Paul Thompson	F	17	724	351	162	12	2	90	67	106	65	23	25	58	393
Nigel Miguel	F	15	610	224	113	1	0	115	93	65	58	23	6	41	319
Herb Johnson	F	18	624	214	105	1	0	119	87	156	61	22	18	66	297
Earl Harrison	F	18	576	223	108	0	0	75	51	166	45	20	14	72	267
Eddie Hughes	G	18	738	229	95	63	18	67	44	54	106	37	6	65	252
George Montgomery	F	17	446	125	71	0	0	76	44	125	13	8	12	57	186
Dennis Nutt	G	18	286	75	37	22	11	25	20	14	35	13	0	18	105
Jewell Crawford	F	15	178	41	17	1	0	25	18	27	10	2	2	13	52
Russell Cross	F	14	124	34	16	0	0	29	17	36	4	1	8	17	49
Penny Elliot	C	3	19	3	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	5	2
Totals		153	4325	1519	725	100	31	621	441	752	398	149	91	412	1922

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	PF	Pts
Paul Thompson	F	17	42.6	46.2	16.7	74.4	6.2	3.8	1.4	1.5	3.4	23.1
Nigel Miguel	F	15	40.7	50.4	0.0	80.9	4.3	3.9	1.5	0.4	2.7	21.3
Herb Johnson	F	18	34.7	49.1	0.0	73.1	8.7	3.4	1.2	1.0	3.7	16.5
Earl Harrison	F	18	32.0	48.4		68.0	9.2	2.5	1.1	0.8	4.0	14.8
Eddie Hughes	G	18	41.0	41.5	28.6	65.7	3.0	5.9	2.1	0.3	3.6	14.0
George Montgomery	F	17	26.2	56.8		57.9	7.4	0.8	0.5	0.7	3.4	10.9
Dennis Nutt	G	18	15.9	49.3	50.0	80.0	0.8	1.9	0.7	0.0	1.0	5.8
Jewell Crawford	F	15	11.9	41.5	0.0	72.0	1.8	0.7	0.1	0.1	0.9	3.5
Russell Cross	F	14	8.9	47.1		58.6	2.6	0.3	0.1	0.6	1.2	3.5
Penny Elliot	C	3	6.3	33.3			1.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	1.7	0.7
Averages		153	28.3	47.7	31.0	71.0	4.9	2.6	1.0	0.6	2.7	12.6

1985-86 La Crosse Catbirds Statistics

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