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1956-57 BYU Cougars Men's Roster and Stats

Record: 19-9 (11-3, 1st in MSAC MBB)

Coach: Stan Watts

PS/G: 70.9 (100th of 176)

PA/G: 67.4 (47th of 176)

SRS: 2.99 (55th of 167)

SOS: -0.19 (86th of 167)

NCAA Tournament:
Lost West Regional Semifinal (86-59) versus California
Won West Regional Third Place (65-54) versus Idaho State

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
John Benson	SR		6-4	18.4 Pts, 11.3 Reb
Tom Steinke	SR		5-10	19.7 Pts, 3.8 Reb
Harry Anderson	SR		5-11	10.4 Pts, 5.0 Reb
Lynn Rowe	SR		6-3	8.9 Pts, 7.4 Reb
Roy Thacker	SO	C	6-4	8.0 Pts, 7.0 Reb
John Gustin	SO		6-5	2.8 Pts, 2.9 Reb
Russ Jones	SO		6-5	4.9 Pts, 4.5 Reb
Hal Jensen	SR		6-3	1.9 Pts, 0.9 Reb
Russ Peterson	SO	G	6-1	2.4 Pts, 0.5 Reb
Mel Wilkes	SO		6-0	1.9 Pts, 1.6 Reb
Gary Miles	SO	C	6-5	0.9 Pts, 1.5 Reb
Jack Anderson			6-6	0.6 Pts, 1.0 Reb
Jack Cravens	SO		6-3	0.7 Pts, 0.8 Reb
Bob Ricks			6-5	4.0 Pts, 0.0 Reb

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	28		24.6	69.9	.352	21.8	29.7	.733	43.9					18.1	70.9
Opponent	28		24.3	72.2	.336	18.9	28.5	.662	51.8					17.3	67.4

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	14														74.3
Opponent	14														65.6

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	28		688	1956	.352	609	831	.733	1230					508	1985
Opponent	28		680	2022	.336	528	797	.662	1450					485	1888

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	14														1040
Opponent	14														918

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	PF	PTS
1	Tom Steinke	26	7.8	21.7	.359	4.0	4.8	.847	3.8	1.4	19.7
2	John Benson	28	6.2	15.3	.405	6.1	7.6	.802	11.3	3.5	18.4
3	Harry Anderson	28	3.1	10.3	.307	4.1	6.4	.639	5.0	2.4	10.4
4	Lynn Rowe	28	3.3	9.0	.365	2.4	3.1	.767	7.4	2.0	8.9
5	Roy Thacker	26	2.4	6.7	.362	3.1	4.3	.730	7.0	3.3	8.0
6	Russ Jones	10	1.9	4.0	.475	1.1	1.8	.611	4.5	2.0	4.9
7	Bob Ricks	1	2.0	3.0	.667	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	4.0
8	John Gustin	23	1.0	4.5	.233	0.7	1.0	.708	2.9	2.1	2.8
9	Russ Peterson	10	0.5	1.5	.333	1.4	2.2	.636	0.5	1.2	2.4
10	Hal Jensen	13	0.6	2.2	.286	0.7	1.2	.600	0.9	1.2	1.9
11	Mel Wilkes	12	0.5	1.6	.316	0.9	1.3	.688	1.6	0.8	1.9
12	Gary Miles	13	0.2	1.4	.111	0.6	1.2	.533	1.5	1.2	0.9
13	Jack Cravens	6	0.2	0.7	.250	0.3	0.7	.500	0.8	0.3	0.7
14	Jack Anderson	9	0.2	1.7	.133	0.1	0.8	.143	1.0	1.6	0.6

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	PF	PTS
1	John Benson	28	173	427	.405	170	212	.802	317	98	516
2	Tom Steinke	26	203	565	.359	105	124	.847	100	37	511
3	Harry Anderson	28	88	287	.307	115	180	.639	139	67	291
4	Lynn Rowe	28	92	252	.365	66	86	.767	208	56	250
5	Roy Thacker	26	63	174	.362	81	111	.730	183	86	207
6	John Gustin	23	24	103	.233	17	24	.708	66	48	65
7	Russ Jones	10	19	40	.475	11	18	.611	45	20	49
8	Hal Jensen	13	8	28	.286	9	15	.600	12	15	25
9	Russ Peterson	10	5	15	.333	14	22	.636	5	12	24
10	Mel Wilkes	12	6	19	.316	11	16	.688	19	9	23
11	Gary Miles	13	2	18	.111	8	15	.533	19	15	12
12	Jack Anderson	9	2	15	.133	1	7	.143	9	14	5
13	Jack Cravens	6	1	4	.250	2	4	.500	5	2	4
14	Bob Ricks	1	2	3	.667	0	1	.000	0	0	4
	School Totals	28	688	1956	.352	609	831	.733	1230	508	1985

1956-57 BYU (Men's) Season