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1955-56 Mississippi State Bulldogs Men's Roster and Stats

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Record: 12-12 (6-8, 6th in SEC MBB)

Coach: Babe McCarthy

PS/G: 77.0 (64th of 175)

PA/G: 78.8 (135th of 175)

SRS: -11.60 (147th of 166)

SOS: -4.54 (130th of 166)

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Jim Ashmore	JR		6-0	22.3 Pts, 5.4 Reb
Wayne Duncan	SR		6-2	13.9 Pts, 8.3 Reb
Wayne Lemon			6-5	10.3 Pts, 11.0 Reb
Jerry Ritchey			5-11	10.4 Pts, 2.8 Reb
Billy Ethridge	JR		6-2	6.5 Pts, 4.8 Reb
Lloyd Johnson			6-4	4.9 Pts, 5.6 Reb
Shellie Bailey	SO		6-2	4.6 Pts, 2.4 Reb
John Heiden	SO		6-3	3.1 Pts, 3.6 Reb
Dudley Nash	SR		6-3	2.2 Pts, 3.0 Reb
Tony Byrne			5-10	2.0 Pts, 0.4 Reb
Wayne Pounds			6-2	1.5 Pts, 2.0 Reb
Louie Brown			6-2	1.5 Pts, 1.5 Reb
Jerry Kimbrell			6-3	0.7 Pts, 2.0 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	24		28.9	81.9	.353	19.3	30.0	.643	46.2					21.5	77.0
Opponent	24														78.8

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	14														74.9
Opponent	14														79.7

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	24		693	1965	.353	463	720	.643	1108					515	1849
Opponent	24														1891

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	14														1048
Opponent	14														1116

Per Game

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Jim Ashmore	24			7.8	19.0	.409	6.8	8.9	.766	5.4					2.5	22.3
2	Wayne Duncan	24			5.5	15.0	.363	3.0	4.1	.727	8.3					4.5	13.9
3	Jerry Ritchey	23			4.3	10.8	.403	1.7	2.5	.684	2.8					1.7	10.4
4	Wayne Lemon	24			3.3	10.0	.335	3.6	6.1	.589	11.0					3.8	10.3
5	Billy Ethridge	24			2.7	7.8	.349	1.0	1.8	.568	4.8					1.8	6.5
6	Lloyd Johnson	24			2.0	6.7	.304	0.8	2.3	.345	5.6					2.4	4.9
7	Shellie Bailey	19			1.6	5.3	.310	1.4	2.3	.591	2.4					3.0	4.6
8	John Heiden	19			1.2	4.9	.247	0.7	1.1	.619	3.6					1.1	3.1
9	Dudley Nash	18			1.0	4.2	.237	0.2	0.8	.286	3.0					0.9	2.2
10	Tony Byrne	12			0.8	2.3	.321	0.5	1.0	.500	0.4					0.8	2.0
11	Louie Brown	2			0.0	0.5	.000	1.5	2.0	.750	1.5					0.5	1.5
12	Wayne Pounds	4			0.0	3.3	.000	1.5	2.0	.750	2.0					1.3	1.5
13	Jerry Kimbrell	3			0.3	1.3	.250	0.0	0.7	.000	2.0					1.3	0.7

Totals

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Jim Ashmore	24			186	455	.409	164	214	.766	129					60	536
2	Wayne Duncan	24			131	361	.363	72	99	.727	198					108	334
3	Wayne Lemon	24			80	239	.335	86	146	.589	263					91	246
4	Jerry Ritchey	23			100	248	.403	39	57	.684	64					40	239
5	Billy Ethridge	24			65	186	.349	25	44	.568	114					44	155
6	Lloyd Johnson	24			49	161	.304	19	55	.345	134					57	117
7	Shellie Bailey	19			31	100	.310	26	44	.591	46					57	88
8	John Heiden	19			23	93	.247	13	21	.619	69					21	59
9	Dudley Nash	18			18	76	.237	4	14	.286	54					17	40
10	Tony Byrne	12			9	28	.321	6	12	.500	5					10	24
11	Wayne Pounds	4			0	13	.000	6	8	.750	8					5	6
12	Louie Brown	2			0	1	.000	3	4	.750	3					1	3
13	Jerry Kimbrell	3			1	4	.250	0	2	.000	6					4	2
	School Totals	24			693	1965	.353	463	720	.643	1108					515	1849

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