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1954-55 La Salle Explorers Men's Roster and Stats

Record: 26-5 (Independent)

Rank: 3rd in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Kenneth Loeffler

PS/G: 80.7 (28th of 175)

PA/G: 63.7 (18th of 175)

SRS: 18.40 (3rd of 162)

SOS: 5.80 (24th of 162)

NCAA Tournament:
Won East First Round (95-61) versus West Virginia
Won East Regional Semifinal (73-46) versus Princeton
Won East Regional Final (99-64) versus Canisius
Won National Semifinal (76-73) versus Iowa
Lost National Final (77-63) versus San Francisco

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Tom Gola	SR	G	6-7	24.2 Pts, 19.9 Reb
Charles Singley	JR		6-3	11.8 Pts, 5.9 Reb
Alonzo Lewis	SO		6-3	11.4 Pts, 7.4 Reb
Frank Blatcher	JR		6-2	9.5 Pts, 3.2 Reb
Charles Greenberg	JR		6-2	8.0 Pts, 3.6 Reb
Bob Maples	JR		6-5	7.0 Pts, 5.0 Reb
Fran O'Malley	JR		6-3	6.2 Pts, 6.7 Reb
Walt Fredericks	SO		6-6	2.0 Pts, 3.2 Reb
Bob Ames	JR		6-3	2.4 Pts, 0.6 Reb
John Gola	SO		0-0	1.2 Pts, 0.9 Reb
Bob Kraemer	SO		6-3	1.2 Pts, 0.7 Reb

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	31		30.9	79.7	.388	18.9	27.3	.691	54.5					16.1	80.7
Opponent	31		23.0	69.8	.330	17.6	27.3	.646	43.9					15.9	63.7

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	31		959	2470	.388	585	846	.691	1688					500	2503
Opponent	31		714	2163	.330	546	845	.646	1362					493	1974

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	PF	PTS
1	Tom Gola	31	8.8	20.1	.439	6.5	8.6	.757	19.9	2.6	24.2
2	Charles Singley	31	4.7	12.3	.381	2.4	3.3	.728	5.9	1.8	11.8
3	Alonzo Lewis	31	4.1	11.5	.355	3.2	4.9	.649	7.4	2.3	11.4
4	Frank Blatcher	30	3.7	10.6	.352	2.0	2.9	.701	3.2	1.4	9.5
5	Charles Greenberg	31	3.6	9.5	.378	0.8	1.6	.531	3.6	1.8	8.0
6	Bob Maples	30	2.8	6.7	.420	1.4	2.3	.609	5.0	2.1	7.0
7	Fran O'Malley	31	2.1	6.0	.349	2.0	2.7	.747	6.7	2.5	6.2
8	Bob Ames	10	0.9	1.5	.600	0.6	0.7	.857	0.6	0.4	2.4
9	Walt Fredericks	15	0.9	2.7	.341	0.1	0.7	.200	3.2	0.9	2.0
10	John Gola	10	0.6	1.7	.353	0.0	0.1	.000	0.9	1.0	1.2
11	Bob Kraemer	10	0.3	0.9	.333	0.6	1.0	.600	0.7	0.8	1.2

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	PF	PTS
1	Tom Gola	31	274	624	.439	202	267	.757	618	82	750
2	Charles Singley	31	145	381	.381	75	103	.728	182	56	365
3	Alonzo Lewis	31	127	358	.355	98	151	.649	228	72	352
4	Frank Blatcher	30	112	318	.352	61	87	.701	97	41	285
5	Charles Greenberg	31	111	294	.378	26	49	.531	113	55	248
6	Bob Maples	30	84	200	.420	42	69	.609	149	62	210
7	Fran O'Malley	31	65	186	.349	62	83	.747	208	78	192
8	Walt Fredericks	15	14	41	.341	2	10	.200	48	14	30
9	Bob Ames	10	9	15	.600	6	7	.857	6	4	24
10	John Gola	10	6	17	.353	0	1	.000	9	10	12
11	Bob Kraemer	10	3	9	.333	6	10	.600	7	8	12
	School Totals	31	959	2470	.388	585	846	.691	1688	500	2503