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1955-56 Canisius Golden Griffins Men's Roster and Stats

Record: 19-7 (4-0, 1st in WNY3 MBB)

Coach: Joseph Curran

PS/G: 79.5 (36th of 175)

PA/G: 70.3 (58th of 175)

SRS: 9.74 (27th of 166)

SOS: 1.66 (64th of 166)

NCAA Tournament:
Won East First Round (79-78) versus NC State
Won East Regional Semifinal (66-58) versus Dartmouth
Lost East Regional Final (60-58) versus Temple

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
John McCarthy	SR	G	6-0	19.8 Pts, 6.7 Reb
Hank Nowak	JR	F	6-3	18.7 Pts, 12.8 Reb
Joe Leone	JR		6-5	9.9 Pts, 10.0 Reb
Bob Kelly	SR		6-1	9.8 Pts, 6.4 Reb
Dave Markey	JR		5-10	9.7 Pts, 5.1 Reb
Fran Corcoran	SR		6-1	5.7 Pts, 3.9 Reb
Jim McCarthy	JR		6-2	2.4 Pts, 2.5 Reb
Dave Vann			6-3	4.1 Pts, 5.0 Reb
Bob Thruston			5-7	2.8 Pts, 0.5 Reb
Greg Britz	SO		6-0	1.7 Pts, 1.4 Reb
Jim McMullen	SO		6-3	1.4 Pts, 0.8 Reb
Gene Bartkowski	SO		6-3	0.6 Pts, 0.6 Reb
Jack Coogan	JR		6-1	0.5 Pts, 1.6 Reb

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	26		27.7	74.3	.372	24.2	35.9	.674	51.0					21.5	79.5
Opponent	26		23.5	71.5	.328	23.3	34.9	.669	46.6					20.8	70.3

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	4
Opponent	4

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	26		719	1933	.372	629	933	.674	1325					560	2067
Opponent	26		611	1860	.328	607	907	.669	1211					540	1829

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	4
Opponent	4

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	PF	PTS
1	John McCarthy	26	6.9	18.6	.373	5.9	8.2	.726	6.7	2.9	19.8
2	Hank Nowak	25	6.1	14.0	.438	6.4	9.8	.654	12.8	2.7	18.7
3	Joe Leone	26	3.6	10.4	.347	2.7	3.8	.704	10.0	4.1	9.9
4	Bob Kelly	26	3.3	9.2	.364	3.1	4.8	.648	6.4	3.3	9.8
5	Dave Markey	26	3.2	8.1	.390	3.3	4.7	.713	5.1	2.9	9.7
6	Fran Corcoran	21	2.4	6.6	.360	0.9	1.4	.633	3.9	1.9	5.7
7	Dave Vann	11	1.6	4.5	.360	0.8	1.3	.643	5.0	2.9	4.1
8	Bob Thruston	12	0.8	1.9	.435	1.2	1.6	.737	0.5	1.4	2.8
9	Jim McCarthy	26	1.0	3.4	.292	0.4	0.8	.550	2.5	1.0	2.4
10	Greg Britz	19	0.4	1.8	.229	0.8	1.4	.615	1.4	0.8	1.7
11	Jim McMullen	12	0.6	1.3	.438	0.3	0.8	.300	0.8	0.8	1.4
12	Gene Bartkowski	11	0.2	0.7	.250	0.3	0.5	.500	0.6	0.3	0.6
13	Jack Coogan	12	0.2	1.8	.095	0.2	0.4	.400	1.6	0.3	0.5

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	PF	PTS
1	John McCarthy	26	180	483	.373	154	212	.726	175	76	514
2	Hank Nowak	25	153	349	.438	161	246	.654	321	68	467
3	Joe Leone	26	94	271	.347	69	98	.704	261	106	257
4	Bob Kelly	26	87	239	.364	81	125	.648	166	87	255
5	Dave Markey	26	82	210	.390	87	122	.713	133	75	251
6	Fran Corcoran	21	50	139	.360	19	30	.633	82	40	119
7	Jim McCarthy	26	26	89	.292	11	20	.550	64	27	63
8	Dave Vann	11	18	50	.360	9	14	.643	55	32	45
9	Bob Thruston	12	10	23	.435	14	19	.737	6	17	34
10	Greg Britz	19	8	35	.229	16	26	.615	26	16	32
11	Jim McMullen	12	7	16	.438	3	10	.300	10	9	17
12	Gene Bartkowski	11	2	8	.250	3	6	.500	7	3	7
13	Jack Coogan	12	2	21	.095	2	5	.400	19	4	6
	School Totals	26	719	1933	.372	629	933	.674	1325	560	2067