1953-54 La Salle Explorers Roster and Stats

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Record: 26-4 (Independent)

Rank: 2nd in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Kenneth Loeffler

PS/G: 75.4 (37th of 153)

PA/G: 63.3 (33rd of 150)

SRS: 14.76 (10th of 160)

SOS: 5.28 (18th of 160)

NCAA Tournament:
Won East First Round (76-74) versus Fordham
Won East Regional Semifinal (88-81) versus NC State
Won East Regional Final (64-48) versus Navy
Won East National Semifinal (69-54) versus Penn State
Won National Final (92-76) versus Bradley

NCAA Champion

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Tom Gola	JR	G	6-7	23.0 Pts, 21.7 Reb
Charles Singley			6-3	10.7 Pts, 5.1 Reb
Francis O'Hara			5-9	9.6 Pts, 3.7 Reb
Frank Blatcher			6-2	10.4 Pts, 4.6 Reb
Fran O'Malley			6-3	7.4 Pts, 4.6 Reb
Bob Maples			6-5	6.9 Pts, 4.7 Reb
Charles Greenberg			6-2	4.7 Pts, 3.0 Reb
John Yodsnukis			6-7	4.6 Pts, 5.7 Reb
Bob Ames			6-3	2.0 Pts, 0.9 Reb
Manuel Gomez			6-5	0.6 Pts, 0.8 Reb
Francis Finegan			6-0	1.0 Pts, 0.3 Reb
Fran McMenamin		G		0.8 Pts, 0.8 Reb
Bob Ptak				0.7 Pts, 0.7 Reb
Gary Holmes			6-1	0.5 Pts, 0.5 Reb

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	30		28.3	74.7	.379	18.7	28.0	.666	54.8					18.6	75.4
Opponent	30		22.2	68.9	.322	18.9	29.2	.648	45.3					17.7	63.3

Total Team and Opponent Stats

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	30		850	2240	.379	560	841	.666	1644					558	2261
Opponent	30		665	2067	.322	568	877	.648	1359					531	1898

Per Game

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	PF	PTS
1	Tom Gola	30	8.4	20.6	.407	6.2	8.5	.732	21.7	3.2	23.0
2	Charles Singley	30	4.2	10.9	.382	2.3	3.6	.645	5.1	2.2	10.7
3	Frank Blatcher	27	4.3	11.6	.374	1.8	2.8	.640	4.6	2.6	10.4
4	Francis O'Hara	30	3.4	8.4	.406	2.8	4.0	.708	3.7	2.6	9.6
5	Fran O'Malley	30	2.7	7.7	.345	2.1	3.0	.697	4.6	2.6	7.4
6	Bob Maples	30	2.7	6.6	.404	1.5	2.8	.554	4.7	2.5	6.9
7	Charles Greenberg	26	1.8	5.7	.311	1.2	2.1	.545	3.0	1.5	4.7
8	John Yodsnukis	18	1.9	6.2	.304	0.8	1.3	.625	5.7	2.2	4.6
9	Bob Ames	14	0.6	2.1	.300	0.7	0.9	.769	0.9	0.4	2.0
10	Francis Finegan	3	0.3	0.3	1.000	0.3	0.7	.500	0.3	0.0	1.0
11	Fran McMenamin	4	0.3	1.3	.200	0.3	1.0	.250	0.8	0.5	0.8
12	Bob Ptak	3	0.3	0.3	1.000	0.0	0.0		0.7	0.0	0.7
13	Manuel Gomez	16	0.1	0.8	.167	0.4	0.8	.462	0.8	0.6	0.6
14	Gary Holmes	2	0.0	0.5	.000	0.5	1.0	.500	0.5	0.5	0.5

Totals

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	PF	PTS
1	Tom Gola	30	252	619	.407	186	254	.732	652	96	690
2	Charles Singley	30	125	327	.382	69	107	.645	153	66	320
3	Francis O'Hara	30	102	251	.406	85	120	.708	111	77	289
4	Frank Blatcher	27	117	313	.374	48	75	.640	124	70	282
5	Fran O'Malley	30	80	232	.345	62	89	.697	139	79	222
6	Bob Maples	30	80	198	.404	46	83	.554	141	75	206
7	Charles Greenberg	26	46	148	.311	30	55	.545	78	38	122
8	John Yodsnukis	18	34	112	.304	15	24	.625	102	39	83
9	Bob Ames	14	9	30	.300	10	13	.769	13	5	28
10	Manuel Gomez	16	2	12	.167	6	13	.462	12	10	10
11	Francis Finegan	3	1	1	1.000	1	2	.500	1	0	3
12	Fran McMenamin	4	1	5	.200	1	4	.250	3	2	3
13	Bob Ptak	3	1	1	1.000	0	0		2	0	2
14	Gary Holmes	2	0	1	.000	1	2	.500	1	1	1
	School Totals	30	850	2240	.379	560	841	.666	1644	558	2261

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