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BROTHER OF BLUE TIGER HONORED BY ARKANSAS
Martin Terry, brother of Lincoln University men’s basketball head coach Charles Terry is scheduled to be inducted into the University Of Arkansas Hall Of Honor on Sept. 1 in Fayetteville, Ark.
Terry, a 6-4 shooting guard transferred to Arkansas after playing two years for the Blue Dragons of Hutchinson Community College in Hutchinson, Kan. He was able to produce astounding scoring performances before the adoption of the three-point field goal in 1986. In head coach Lanny Van Eman’s second season at Arkansas, Terry’s first as a Razorback, he helped increase the overall record of the team from 5-21 (1-13 Southwest Conference, 8th) in 1970-71 to 8-18 (5-9 SWC, 6th). Terry averaged 24.3 points-per-game and 5.4 rebounds-per-game in that 1971-72 season and was named first-team All-Southwest Conference and third-team by the Arkansas’ National Association of Basketball Coaches. The Razorbacks ended the 1972-73 season 16-10 (9-5 SWC, t-2nd). It was the first winning season in seven years (1965-66, coach Glen Rose, 13-10, 7-7 SWC, t-4th) for the Razorbacks. The offensive output by Terry (28.3 ppg, 3.7 rpg) led to being selected first-team by both the Southwest Conference and Arkansas’ National Association of Basketball Coaches. Indeed being a scoring machine for Coach Van Eman aided his visibility to prospective National Basketball Association teams.
Terry was taken by the Chicago Bulls in the third round (pick No. 4, No. 39 overall) of the 1973 NBA draft. The task of making the Bulls roster was a monumental one as Chicago featured guards Norm Van Lier, Rick Adelman (former Sacramento Kings head coach) and Jerry Sloan (current head coach of the Utah Jazz).
Named an honorable mention All-America by the Helms Foundation in 1973, Terry was a two-year letterman for the Razorbacks. Terry is the only two-year player in the history of the Razorback basketball program to score more than 1,000 points in his career. He is No. 17 on the all-time scoring list at Arkansas with 1,368 points. For his career, Terry averaged 26.3 ppg, shot 49.6 percent from the field, 82.3 percent from the free-throw line, and grabbed 4.5 rebounds-per-game. He still holds the all-time high scoring marks for Arkansas, dropping 47 on Southern Methodist in 1973 and 46 on Texas A&M in 1972, both Southwest Conference games. Terry’s season point totals are good for No. 4 (735 points, 1973) and No. 9 (633, 1972). His single season(s) (71-72, 72-73) and career scoring averages are still the highest in Razorbacks history.
Martin Terry is the son of the late Paul James Terry of Emporia, Kan., who was recently inducted into the Kansas Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame.
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