Viking_Yearbook_66

->)- NAME john Nelson . . BillWilkerson..:.:.: Mike O'Cara Jim Nelson Ed Corman . . Randy Bethke Walt Hixon )erry Coron BillWahl .... Bill Riesbick . Scharringhausenus . . . C 25 25 25 25 25 21 14 1B 15 17 7 TP AVC. P 644 25.8 3BB 1s.5 284 11.3 250 10.0 222 8.9 32 -1.5 22 1.6 17 0.9 16 1.1 14 0.8 0 0.0 While the Viking's win-loss record was not impressive some individual performances were. Portland State's super-star, John Nelson, still provided much of offensive punch for the Vi- kings with a 25.8 point per game average. Nelson leaves PSC after four years with almost every individual record in the book. His marks include: most points-2 ,123; most field goals-B2B; most free throws-467; and best average points per game-25.8. Nelson's career high for a single game was 45 points. Nelson, who as a junior was selected as an NAIA scholar-athlete, found NCAA competition to his liking as he came on in the second half of the season to average 29 points per game in the last 12 games. ln addition to being a great offensive threat Nelson also handled the ball well and often passed up good shots to pass to a team-mate for the easy s-ore. Another Nelson, Jim, also finished his fourth year for the Vikings this season. This Nelson was probably the most improved player. w ::d + ;. S::. : J: :.:l!iri;i li-