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1953-54 USC Trojans Men's Roster and Stats

Record: 19-14 (8-4, 1st in PCC MBB South)

Rank: 11th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Forrest Twogood

PS/G: 63.6 (129th of 173)

PA/G: 63.0 (32nd of 173)

SRS: 7.55 (35th of 160)

SOS: 8.51 (6th of 160)

NCAA Tournament:
Won West Regional Semifinal (73-59) versus Idaho State
Won West Regional Final (66-65) versus Santa Clara
Lost National Semifinal (74-72) versus Bradley
Lost National Third Place (70-61) versus Penn State

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Roy Irvin	JR	C	6-5	13.0 Pts, 7.8 Reb
Dick Welsh	JR	F	6-3	9.7 Pts, 4.3 Reb
Tony Psaltis	SO	G	6-3	8.8 Pts, 5.2 Reb
Chet Carr	JR	F	6-4	8.4 Pts, 4.8 Reb
Dick Hammer	SR	G	6-1	6.9 Pts, 3.9 Reb
Jack Dunne	SO	F	6-3	6.6 Pts, 4.6 Reb
Ralph Pausig	SO	F	6-2	4.4 Pts, 2.6 Reb
Dick Nagai	SO	G	6-0	2.8 Pts, 0.7 Reb
Jack Findlay	JR	F	6-3	2.5 Pts, 1.4 Reb
Jack Lovrich	SO	C	6-5	2.1 Pts, 0.9 Reb
Walter Pinky Thompson	SR	F	6-2	1.4 Pts, 0.6 Reb
Art Rimdzius	JR	F	6-6	1.1 Pts, 0.7 Reb
Al Ludecke	SR	C	6-4	1.5 Pts, 1.9 Reb
Al Luer		G	5-11	1.2 Pts, 0.4 Reb
Tom Cooke		C	6-8	1.5 Pts, 1.0 Reb
Denny White		G	6-2	1.3 Pts, 0.3 Reb
Hank D'Antonorio		G		0.7 Pts, 0.7 Reb
Dave DeGrotte		C	6-7	1.0 Pts, 4.0 Reb
Roy Fasparski		G		0.0 Pts, 0.0 Reb

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	33		22.5	65.0	.347	18.6	28.0	.663	36.9					20.2	63.6
Opponent	33		21.4	63.4	.338	20.2	30.9	.655	36.1					18.4	63.0

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	33		743	2144	.347	613	924	.663	1218					667	2099
Opponent	33		706	2091	.338	668	1020	.655	1192					608	2080

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	Roy Irvin	34	4.6	12.7	.363	3.8	5.5	.690	7.8	3.5	13.0
2	Dick Welsh	34	3.1	9.1	.338	3.6	5.8	.621	4.3	3.1	9.7
3	Tony Psaltis	34	3.4	9.7	.348	2.0	2.9	.711	5.2	2.8	8.8
4	Chet Carr	34	3.0	8.2	.364	2.4	3.8	.638	4.8	2.7	8.4
5	Dick Hammer	34	2.2	6.4	.349	2.4	3.3	.726	3.9	2.6	6.9
6	Jack Dunne	27	2.6	7.7	.337	1.4	2.2	.644	4.6	1.1	6.6
7	Ralph Pausig	31	1.7	5.4	.315	0.9	1.5	.644	2.6	1.4	4.4
8	Dick Nagai	15	1.0	2.0	.500	0.8	1.5	.545	0.7	1.1	2.8
9	Jack Findlay	12	0.9	2.5	.367	0.7	1.0	.667	1.4	1.8	2.5
10	Jack Lovrich	14	0.8	2.2	.355	0.5	0.7	.700	0.9	0.6	2.1
11	Tom Cooke	8	0.5	1.3	.400	0.5	0.8	.667	1.0	0.4	1.5
12	Al Ludecke	10	0.6	1.7	.353	0.3	0.9	.333	1.9	0.7	1.5
13	Walter Pinky Thompson	17	0.4	1.5	.280	0.5	0.8	.643	0.6	0.9	1.4
14	Denny White	3	0.7	1.0	.667	0.0	0.0		0.3	1.0	1.3
15	Al Luer	13	0.5	1.7	.273	0.2	0.7	.333	0.4	1.2	1.2
16	Art Rimdzius	18	0.2	0.8	.200	0.7	1.1	.650	0.7	0.4	1.1
17	Dave DeGrotte	1	0.0	3.0	.000	1.0	1.0	1.000	4.0	3.0	1.0
18	Hank D'Antonorio	3	0.3	2.0	.167	0.0			0.7	0.3	0.7
19	Roy Fasparski	2	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.5	0.0

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	PF	PTS
1	Roy Irvin	34	157	433	.363	129	187	.690	265	120	443
2	Dick Welsh	34	104	308	.338	123	198	.621	146	104	331
3	Tony Psaltis	34	115	330	.348	69	97	.711	177	94	299
4	Chet Carr	34	102	280	.364	83	130	.638	163	91	287
5	Dick Hammer	34	76	218	.349	82	113	.726	132	87	234
6	Jack Dunne	27	70	208	.337	38	59	.644	123	31	178
7	Ralph Pausig	31	53	168	.315	29	45	.644	82	44	135
8	Dick Nagai	15	15	30	.500	12	22	.545	11	17	42
9	Jack Findlay	12	11	30	.367	8	12	.667	17	22	30
10	Jack Lovrich	14	11	31	.355	7	10	.700	13	9	29
11	Walter Pinky Thompson	17	7	25	.280	9	14	.643	11	16	23
12	Art Rimdzius	18	3	15	.200	13	20	.650	12	7	19
13	Al Ludecke	10	6	17	.353	3	9	.333	19	7	15
14	Al Luer	13	6	22	.273	3	9	.333	5	15	15
15	Tom Cooke	8	4	10	.400	4	6	.667	8	3	12
16	Denny White	3	2	3	.667	0	0		1	3	4
17	Hank D'Antonorio	3	1	6	.167	0			2	1	2
18	Dave DeGrotte	1	0	3	.000	1	1	1.000	4	3	1
19	Roy Fasparski	2	0	0		0	0		0	1	0
	School Totals	33	743	2144	.347	613	924	.663	1218	667	2099

1953-54 USC (Men's) Season