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1956-57 Rice Owls Men's Roster and Stats

Record: 16-8 (8-4, 2nd in SWC MBB)

Coach: Don Suman

PS/G: 69.5 (109th of 176)

PA/G: 65.1 (32nd of 176)

SRS: 4.06 (44th of 167)

SOS: 0.92 (74th of 167)

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Temple Tucker	JR	C	6-10	15.2 Pts, 10.5 Reb
Tom Robitaille	SO		6-9	13.8 Pts, 8.7 Reb
Gerry Thomas	JR	G	6-3	12.6 Pts, 4.9 Reb
Fred Woods	JR	F	6-3	7.2 Pts, 3.7 Reb
Gary Griffin	SO		6-5	6.2 Pts, 4.4 Reb
King Hill		F	6-3	5.4 Pts, 2.6 Reb
Bob Higgins			5-11	4.0 Pts, 1.7 Reb
W.A. Preston			6-6	3.4 Pts, 2.6 Reb
E. Jay McIlvain			6-3	2.5 Pts, 2.0 Reb
Glenn Fields		F	6-2	3.4 Pts, 2.4 Reb
Tinker Wilson			6-5	1.3 Pts, 1.2 Reb
Gene Prater			6-2	1.7 Pts, 2.0 Reb
Dave Bagett			6-2	1.0 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	24		23.9	65.2	.366	21.8	32.9	.661	46.6					18.5	69.5
Opponent	24		22.2	61.6	.360	20.8	30.7	.678	43.0					20.9	65.1

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	12
Opponent	12

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	24		573	1565	.366	522	790	.661	1118					443	1668
Opponent	24		532	1479	.360	500	737	.678	1033					502	1562

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	12
Opponent	12

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	PF	PTS
1	Temple Tucker	24	4.7	12.1	.388	5.8	8.6	.667	10.5	3.8	15.2
2	Tom Robitaille	24	5.3	11.0	.477	3.3	5.2	.624	8.7	2.5	13.8
3	Gerry Thomas	24	4.0	12.2	.329	4.6	6.7	.688	4.9	1.9	12.6
4	Fred Woods	24	3.0	8.3	.359	1.3	1.5	.833	3.7	2.0	7.2
5	Gary Griffin	22	2.0	6.2	.331	2.1	3.5	.603	4.4	2.7	6.2
6	King Hill	18	1.8	5.2	.340	1.8	2.8	.660	2.6	0.9	5.4
7	Bob Higgins	24	1.3	3.8	.348	1.3	2.6	.492	1.7	2.1	4.0
8	Glenn Fields	14	1.2	4.4	.279	1.0	1.2	.824	2.4	0.4	3.4
9	W.A. Preston	16	1.1	3.8	.283	1.3	1.9	.667	2.6	1.7	3.4
10	E. Jay McIlvain	20	0.8	2.9	.281	0.9	1.4	.643	2.0	1.3	2.5
11	Gene Prater	3	0.7	1.7	.400	0.3	0.7	.500	2.0	1.3	1.7
12	Tinker Wilson	10	0.5	1.8	.278	0.3	0.8	.375	1.2	0.8	1.3
13	Dave Bagett	3	0.3	1.0	.333	0.3	0.7	.500	0.7	0.0	1.0

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	PF	PTS
1	Temple Tucker	24	113	291	.388	138	207	.667	252	90	364
2	Tom Robitaille	24	126	264	.477	78	125	.624	208	59	330
3	Gerry Thomas	24	96	292	.329	110	160	.688	117	46	302
4	Fred Woods	24	71	198	.359	30	36	.833	89	49	172
5	Gary Griffin	22	45	136	.331	47	78	.603	97	60	137
6	King Hill	18	32	94	.340	33	50	.660	47	17	97
7	Bob Higgins	24	32	92	.348	31	63	.492	40	51	95
8	W.A. Preston	16	17	60	.283	20	30	.667	41	27	54
9	E. Jay McIlvain	20	16	57	.281	18	28	.643	40	26	50
10	Glenn Fields	14	17	61	.279	14	17	.824	33	5	48
11	Tinker Wilson	10	5	18	.278	3	8	.375	12	8	13
12	Gene Prater	3	2	5	.400	1	2	.500	6	4	5
13	Dave Bagett	3	1	3	.333	1	2	.500	2	0	3
	School Totals	24	573	1565	.366	522	790	.661	1118	443	1668