GENE ALEXANDER Center 1937 / 1940 Roscoe, IL

Alexander played both football and basketball for the Gamecocks and was team captain of the basketball team his final two seasons. He started at end against Wake Forest and Davidson in 1939. After graduation he coached at Gordon Military in Georgia before serving three and a half years in the Navy during World War II. After WWII he was head basketball coach and also coached the defensive line in football at Erskine. He served in Korea as well, then was athletic director at Erskine until they dropped football, at which point he left for Wofford where he was defensive line coach for 13 years while also coaching the Terriers’ basketball team until 1976. He won 487 games as a basketball coach. He passed away in February 1986 while living in Due West, S.C.

Awards & Honors
Season	Award/Honor

Roster Listings
Season	#	Pos	Ht	Wt	Yr
1937-38		C	6-5		So
1938-39		C			Jr
1939-40	28	C			Sr

Stats
Player	Pos	Gms	GS	MPG	FGA	FGM	FG%	3FGA	3FGM	3FG%	FTA	FTM	FT%	PTS	PPG	REB	RPG	OREB	DREB	PF	FO	AST	APG	TO	A/TO	BLK	STL	Rtg
1937-38	C														5.2
1938-39	C														4.8
1939-40	C														4.1
Totals					0	0		0	0	0.0	0	0				0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.00	0	0

Game by Game Stats
Game Date	Opponent	Pos	Min	FGA	FGM	FG3A	FG3M	FTA	FTM	PTS	PF	REB	OREB	DREB	AST	TO	BLK	STL
1937-12-11	College of Charleston	C			1			0	0	2	1
1937-12-15	Duke				1			2	2	4	0
1937-12-18	Tennessee				0			2	1	1	0
1938-01-04	Georgia				1				1	3	1
1938-01-11	Davidson				4			1	1	9	3
1938-01-12	Duke				6			2	1	13	2
1938-01-14	N.C. State				2			1	1	5	0
1938-01-29	Presbyterian				1			3	2	4	2
1938-02-02	Marshall				2			0	0	4	2
1938-02-05	N.C. State				5			2	0	10	4
1938-02-11	Clemson				2			0	0	4	4
1938-02-14	Presbyterian	C			3			3	1	7	3
1938-02-15	Citadel				0			2	1	1	0
1938-02-17	Wake Forest				3				1	7	1
1938-02-21	Furman				1			0	0	2	3
1938-02-24	Davidson				2			3	1	5	4
1938-02-26	Georgia Tech				3				0	6
1939-01-03	Georgia				4				1	9
1939-01-05	Wake Forest				1				2	4	2
1939-01-09	Tennessee				0				3	3	4
1939-01-10	Davidson				2			1	0	4	2
1939-01-12	Erskine				1				0	2	3
1939-01-13	Citadel				2				0	4	4
1939-01-17	Furman				2			1	0	4	3
1939-01-31	Georgia				2				2	6	2
1939-02-02	Georgia Tech				2			1	1	5	2
1939-02-10	Clemson				0			1	1	1	0
1939-02-11	Furman				1			1	0	2	3
1939-02-14	Citadel				6			0	0	12	1
1939-02-16	Erskine				1				0	2	2
1939-02-17	Wofford				1			0	0	2	2
1939-02-18	Clemson				2			1	1	5	1
1939-02-23	Davidson				6			1	0	12	3
1939-02-27	Wofford				1				2	4	1
1940-01-12	N.C. State				2			2	0	4	0
1940-01-13	Citadel				1			2	1	3	1
1940-01-16	Georgia				5			2	0	10	4
1940-01-17	Presbyterian				2			0	0	4	2
1940-01-27	Presbyterian				1			2	1	3	2
1940-01-29	Maryland				2			1	1	5	3
1940-02-02	Citadel	C			1			0	0	2	2
1940-02-09	Clemson				2			1	0	4	4
1940-02-13	Furman				2			1	0	4	2
1940-02-17	Clemson				2			2	0	4	3
1940-02-22	N.C. State				0			1	0	0	1
1940-02-23	Wake Forest				2				0	4	3

Points Per Game by Opponent
Opponent	Gms	PPG
Clemson	5	3.6
College of Charleston	1	2.0
Davidson	4	7.5
Duke	2	8.5
Erskine	2	2.0
Furman	4	3.0
Georgia	4	7.0
Georgia Tech	2	5.5
Marshall	1	4.0
Maryland	1	5.0
North Carolina State	4	4.8
Presbyterian	4	4.5
Tennessee	2	2.0
The Citadel	5	4.4
Wake Forest	3	5.0
Wofford	2	3.0