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1953-54 Navy Midshipmen Men's Roster and Stats

Record: 18-8 (Independent)

Coach: Ben Carnevale

PS/G: 76.8 (23rd of 173)

PA/G: 70.0 (93rd of 173)

SRS: 5.01 (46th of 160)

SOS: 1.42 (68th of 160)

NCAA Tournament:
Won East First Round (85-80) versus Connecticut
Won East Regional Semifinal (69-67) versus Cornell
Lost East Regional Final (64-48) versus La Salle

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Height	Summary
John Clune	SR	6-3	24.4 Pts, 6.0 Reb
Don Lange	SR	6-4	23.6 Pts, 13.0 Reb
Larry Wigley	JR	6-1	7.7 Pts, 9.3 Reb
Ed Hogan	SR	6-1	6.7 Pts, 5.3 Reb
Bill Slattery	JR	6-1	4.2 Pts, 2.0 Reb
Ken McCally	JR	6-2	4.0 Pts, 3.4 Reb
Doral Sandlin	SR	6-0	4.0 Pts, 1.6 Reb
Bill Hoover	SR	6-4	2.6 Pts, 1.7 Reb
John McDonnell	JR	6-4	1.6 Pts, 2.1 Reb
Tom Wells	SR	5-11	1.4 Pts, 1.6 Reb
Ben Thompson	SO	6-4	1.6 Pts, 1.6 Reb
Jim DeGroff	JR	5-11	1.1 Pts, 0.8 Reb
Mel Fisher		6-4	1.0 Pts, 0.5 Reb
Charles Rutherford			0.0 Pts, 1.0 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		27.6	70.0	.394	21.6	32.3	.669	45.4					20.6	76.8
Opponent	26		25.0	74.7	.334	20.1	31.7	.634	42.7					21.2	70.0

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	26		717	1819	.394	562	840	.669	1181					536	1996
Opponent	26		649	1943	.334	522	823	.634	1110					550	1820

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	PF	PTS
1	John Clune	26	8.9	21.5	.414	6.6	9.8	.672	6.0	2.6	24.4
2	Don Lange	23	9.2	19.9	.464	5.1	7.2	.711	13.0	3.1	23.6
3	Larry Wigley	26	1.9	6.2	.309	3.9	4.8	.802	9.3	2.6	7.7
4	Ed Hogan	26	2.7	6.8	.401	1.2	2.0	.604	5.3	3.2	6.7
5	Bill Slattery	25	1.3	3.6	.371	1.5	2.4	.644	2.0	1.7	4.2
6	Ken McCally	25	1.5	5.7	.268	1.0	1.6	.641	3.4	2.8	4.0
7	Doral Sandlin	25	1.6	4.4	.376	0.8	1.3	.594	1.6	1.0	4.0
8	Bill Hoover	20	0.9	2.2	.386	0.9	1.3	.720	1.7	1.2	2.6
9	John McDonnell	18	0.5	1.6	.310	0.6	1.1	.526	2.1	1.2	1.6
10	Ben Thompson	10	0.3	0.9	.333	1.0	1.5	.667	1.6	1.0	1.6
11	Tom Wells	20	0.4	1.5	.241	0.7	1.9	.378	1.6	1.7	1.4
12	Jim DeGroff	12	0.3	1.1	.308	0.4	1.1	.385	0.8	1.3	1.1
13	Mel Fisher	2	0.5	0.5	1.000	0.0	0.0		0.5	2.0	1.0
14	Charles Rutherford	1	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		1.0	1.0	0.0

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	PF	PTS
1	John Clune	26	231	558	.414	172	256	.672	156	68	634
2	Don Lange	23	212	457	.464	118	166	.711	300	71	542
3	Larry Wigley	26	50	162	.309	101	126	.802	242	68	201
4	Ed Hogan	26	71	177	.401	32	53	.604	137	82	174
5	Bill Slattery	25	33	89	.371	38	59	.644	51	42	104
6	Ken McCally	25	38	142	.268	25	39	.641	85	69	101
7	Doral Sandlin	25	41	109	.376	19	32	.594	39	26	101
8	Bill Hoover	20	17	44	.386	18	25	.720	33	23	52
9	John McDonnell	18	9	29	.310	10	19	.526	38	22	28
10	Tom Wells	20	7	29	.241	14	37	.378	32	34	28
11	Ben Thompson	10	3	9	.333	10	15	.667	16	10	16
12	Jim DeGroff	12	4	13	.308	5	13	.385	9	16	13
13	Mel Fisher	2	1	1	1.000	0	0		1	4	2
14	Charles Rutherford	1	0	0		0	0		1	1	0
	School Totals	26	717	1819	.394	562	840	.669	1181	536	1996