Yes. Mount played in 72 games total, and Zach Edey has already played in 118 games. Don't know what the total minutes played are.
Rick Mount's career avg was 32.26 pts per game, amazingly.
Top Six on Purdue's game/average scoring is (games, points, average, years played):
1. Rick Mount 72; 2,323; 32.3 pg; 1968-70
2. Dave Schellhase 72; 2,074; 28.8 pg; 1964-66
3. Terry Dischinger 70; 1,979; 28.3 pg; 1960-62
4. Glenn Robinson 62; 1,706; 27.5 pg; 1993-94
5. John Garrett 82; 1,620; 19.8 pg; 1973-75
6. Carl Landry 64; 1,175; 18.4 pg; 2005-07
Zach Edey is currently @ 16.7 pg
Tex’s excellent numbers posted above say a lot about neglected history. As great as Edey has been, his career scoring average right now is still barely
half of Mount’s … 16.7 to 32.3.
Zach’s career scoring average still hasn’t made the top 10 in Purdue history -- he’s now one-tenth above No. 12 Walter Jordan and three-tenths below No. 10 Bob Ford. In career rebounding average, Zach is currently tied for No. 9 with the under-heralded John Garrett at 9.0.
Those who cite “different eras” are ignoring the greater realities. All-time greats are exactly that, having eclipsed peers in team results, personal records and accolades, and Purdue has had several.
Glenn Robinson averaged 27.5 points per game for his two-year career … 5 points per game behind Mount’s standard and No. 4 on Purdue’s career list. Great, yet Glenn didn’t have to share the ball with two sure pro stars, nor did he lead Purdue all the way into the NCAA championship game.
The national observers of the time voted John Wooden a consensus All-American for all three years he played at Purdue, including when he led Purdue to the only national championship of the day, leading up to his 10 NCAA titles as a coach. His status is unique and unrivaled.
Mount scored at a rate no other Boilermaker has approached and led his team to the NCAA final. Robinson and Joe Barry Carroll played at levels that made each one of them the NBA’s No. 1 pick, with Carroll leading his team to third place in the NCAA. Terry Dischinger and Dave Schellhase each averaged over 28 points for their careers, topped only by Mount, adding rebounding averages of 13.7 for the former and 10.0 for the latter … back in the old days of three-second calls.
Long story short, too many fans undersell our history, just how great Purdue basketball has been. Posting all-time winning records over every Big Ten program and the most Big Ten championships took many great players over many great years to accomplish. Don’t dismiss what you haven’t seen in person. These guys all bested their peers. Learn about them. They earned it. Just as Zach is now.
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