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1952-53 BYU Cougars Men's Roster and Stats

Record: 22-8 (11-3, 2nd in MSAC MBB)

Coach: Stan Watts

PS/G: 68.4 (94th of 173)

PA/G: 56.5 (7th of 173)

SRS: 9.24 (20th of 158)

SOS: -0.80 (85th of 158)

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Joe Richey	SR	F	6-1	17.6 Pts, 7.5 Reb
Nick Mateljan	JR	C	6-4	11.2 Pts, 9.7 Reb
Hal Christensen	SR	G	6-1	9.4 Pts, 5.1 Reb
Boyd Jarman	SR	C	6-5	7.3 Pts, 7.0 Reb
Dean Larsen	JR	F	6-1	6.9 Pts, 5.1 Reb
Tom Karren	JR	F	6-2	4.6 Pts, 3.7 Reb
Van Burgess	SO	G	6-1	3.6 Pts, 1.9 Reb
Sherman Crump	JR	G	6-2	3.0 Pts, 2.6 Reb
John Taylor		F	6-2	2.9 Pts, 1.6 Reb
Loren Dunn	SR		6-6	2.0 Pts, 1.9 Reb
Neil Stephens				2.1 Pts, 0.4 Reb

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	30		24.8	74.3	.333	18.9	28.3	.667	46.4					18.2	68.4
Opponent	30		18.8	69.8	.270	18.9	29.0	.650	33.1					19.3	56.5

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	14														67.6
Opponent	14														53.4

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	30		743	2229	.333	566	849	.667	1392					546	2052
Opponent	30		565	2093	.270	566	871	.650	992					578	1696

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	14														946
Opponent	14														747

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	PF	PTS
1	Joe Richey	29	6.7	19.1	.350	4.2	5.4	.788	7.5	2.5	17.6
2	Nick Mateljan	30	4.0	12.1	.333	3.1	4.6	.679	9.7	3.4	11.2
3	Hal Christensen	30	3.6	12.0	.300	2.2	3.3	.650	5.1	2.2	9.4
4	Boyd Jarman	29	2.6	8.2	.310	2.2	3.4	.653	7.0	2.6	7.3
5	Dean Larsen	30	2.6	6.9	.370	1.7	2.9	.598	5.1	1.7	6.9
6	Tom Karren	29	2.0	6.1	.330	0.6	1.3	.432	3.7	0.9	4.6
7	Van Burgess	24	0.8	3.3	.250	1.9	2.8	.676	1.9	1.5	3.6
8	Sherman Crump	28	0.9	3.7	.231	1.3	1.7	.750	2.6	1.4	3.0
9	John Taylor	17	1.0	2.4	.425	0.9	1.5	.615	1.6	0.6	2.9
10	Neil Stephens	14	0.8	2.5	.314	0.6	1.3	.444	0.4	0.6	2.1
11	Loren Dunn	18	0.4	2.2	.179	1.2	2.4	.500	1.9	1.2	2.0

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	PF	PTS
1	Joe Richey	29	194	554	.350	123	156	.788	217	72	511
2	Nick Mateljan	30	121	363	.333	93	137	.679	292	102	335
3	Hal Christensen	30	108	360	.300	65	100	.650	152	67	281
4	Boyd Jarman	29	74	239	.310	64	98	.653	204	75	212
5	Dean Larsen	30	77	208	.370	52	87	.598	152	51	206
6	Tom Karren	29	58	176	.330	16	37	.432	106	26	132
7	Van Burgess	24	20	80	.250	46	68	.676	46	37	86
8	Sherman Crump	28	24	104	.231	36	48	.750	74	40	84
9	John Taylor	17	17	40	.425	16	26	.615	28	10	50
10	Loren Dunn	18	7	39	.179	22	44	.500	34	21	36
11	Neil Stephens	14	11	35	.314	8	18	.444	6	8	30
	School Totals	30	743	2229	.333	566	849	.667	1392	546	2052

1952-53 BYU (Men's) Season