1953-54 La Salle Explorers Roster and Stats

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 North Carolina 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

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

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

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 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