1978-1979 NHS Season Statistics -- 2nd Consecutive Sectional Champions
KIWANIS AWARD WINNER
Jim Johnson, Senior
ALL-CITY/ALL-METRO SELECTIONS
Jim Johnson, Sr. 6'7" Center, 1st Team Sunday Courier & Press All-City
Bob Walker, Coach, Sunday Courier & Press All-City Coach of the Year
Robert Farmer, Jr. 6'3" Forward, 2nd Team Sunday Courier & Press All-City
Mike Pendleton, Jr. 6'1" Forward, 2nd Team Sunday Courier & Press All-City
Kent Walker, Sr. 6'3" Guard, 2nd Team Sunday Courier & Press All-City
RESULTS
| 1978-1979 | |||||
| Won 15, Lost 9 | |||||
| OA 68.5, DA 60.0, AM 8.5 | |||||
| Dec. 1 | New Harmony | W | 87 | 47 | |
| Dec. 5 | Castle | W | 74 | 55 | |
| Dec. 14 | Tell City | L | 61 | 66 | ot |
| Dec. 19 | Reitz | W | 100 | 47 | |
| Harrison (Holiday Tourney) | W | 67 | 46 | ||
| Central (Holiday Tourney) | L | 76 | 81 | ||
| Jan. 3 | Memorial | W | 60 | 58 | |
| Jan. 9 | Bosse | L | 58 | 67 | |
| Jan. 12 | Mater Dei | L | 54 | 57 | |
| Jan. 20 | Princeton | W | 43 | 37 | |
| Jan. 23 | Central | L | 64 | 71 | |
| Jan. 26 | Henderson County | L | 83 | 86 | |
| Jan. 31 | Harrison | W | 66 | 59 | |
| Feb. 2 | Washington | W | 62 | 61 | |
| Feb. 3 | Terre Haute North | W | 83 | 57 | |
| Feb. 6 | Mt. Vernon | W | 86 | 69 | |
| Feb. 13 | Boonville | W | 72 | 52 | |
| Feb. 16 | Sullivan | W | 82 | 57 | |
| Feb. 20 | Jasper | L | 64 | 65 | |
| Feb. 24 | Indianapolis Crispus Attucks | L | 61 | 66 | |
| Memorial | W | 58 | 56 | sect | |
| Bosse | W | 64 | 61 | sect | |
| Central | W | 70 | 67 | sect | |
| South Spencer | L | 48 | 51 | reg | |
STATISTICS
| Last | First | Pos | Cl | GP | Avg Pts | Total Pts | FG Att | FG M | FG % | 3pt Att | 3 pt M | 3pt % | Tot % | FT Att | FT M | FT % | Reb | Reb Avg | Asst | Asst Avg | Steal | Stl Avg | Blk | Blk Avg | T'Over | Fouls |
| Farmer | Robert | C | Jr | 24 | 14.5 | 349 | 311 | 156 | 50% | -- | 50.2% | 70 | 37 | 53% | 215 | 9.0 | 27 | 1.1 | 32 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 54 | 57 | |||
| Johnson | Jim | F | Sr | 24 | 14.5 | 347 | 250 | 138 | 55% | -- | 55.2% | 106 | 71 | 67% | 216 | 9.0 | 23 | 1.0 | 40 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 35 | 72 | |||
| Pendleton | Mike | F | Jr | 24 | 13.3 | 319 | 271 | 138 | 51% | -- | 50.9% | 76 | 43 | 57% | 212 | 8.8 | 20 | 0.8 | 27 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 51 | 53 | |||
| Walker | Kent | G | Sr | 24 | 12.1 | 291 | 295 | 121 | 41% | -- | 41.0% | 70 | 49 | 70% | 118 | 4.9 | 80 | 3.3 | 63 | 2.6 | 0.0 | 94 | 77 | |||
| Andress | Jeff | G | Sr | 24 | 6.1 | 147 | 122 | 60 | 49% | -- | 49.2% | 42 | 27 | 64% | 36 | 1.5 | 51 | 2.1 | 38 | 1.6 | 0.0 | 60 | 60 | |||
| Fraser | Brad | G | Jr | 19 | 4.5 | 86 | 98 | 36 | 37% | -- | 36.7% | 25 | 14 | 56% | 17 | 0.9 | 25 | 1.3 | 18 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 19 | 18 | |||
| Summers | Thaddeus | G | So | 22 | 2.3 | 51 | 54 | 22 | 41% | -- | 40.7% | 13 | 7 | 54% | 29 | 1.3 | 5 | 0.2 | 17 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 22 | 22 | |||
| Walker | Carl | F | Jr | 13 | 1.8 | 24 | 17 | 8 | 47% | -- | 47.1% | 14 | 8 | 57% | 7 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.1 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 4 | 5 | |||
| Linenburg | Mark | G | Jr | 7 | 1.4 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 50% | -- | 50.0% | 6 | 2 | 33% | 8 | 1.1 | 3 | 0.4 | 2 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 5 | 1 | |||
| Hazelwood | Tom | C | Jr | 6 | 1.2 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 33% | -- | 33.3% | 3 | 1 | 33% | 6 | 1.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 2 | 11 |