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1957-58 Temple Owls Men's Roster and Stats

Record: 27-3 (Independent)

Rank: 5th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Harry Litwack

PS/G: 73.2 (50th of 183)

PA/G: 58.4 (12th of 183)

SRS: 15.37 (4th of 173)

SOS: 0.94 (64th of 173)

NCAA Tournament:
Won East Regional Semifinal (71-67) versus Maryland
Won East Regional Final (69-50) versus Dartmouth
Lost National Semifinal (61-60) versus Kentucky
Won National Third Place (67-57) versus Kansas State

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Guy Rodgers	SR	G	6-0	20.1 Pts, 6.6 Reb, 5.2 Ast
Bill Kennedy	SO	G	5-11	13.5 Pts, 3.3 Reb
Jay Norman	SR		6-3	13.0 Pts, 11.9 Reb
Mel Brodsky	SR		6-2	10.9 Pts, 7.5 Reb
Tink Van Patton	SR		6-8	6.6 Pts, 10.5 Reb
Dan Fleming	SR		6-6	5.0 Pts, 4.3 Reb
Ophie Franklin	JR	C	6-4	2.1 Pts, 2.5 Reb
Joe Goldenberg	JR	G	5-7	1.4 Pts, 0.5 Reb
Pete Goss	JR	C	6-7	1.3 Pts, 1.4 Reb
Jack Peepe	JR	G	6-2	1.1 Pts, 1.1 Reb
Erv Abrams		F	6-6	1.5 Pts, 0.8 Reb
Cliff Crispin		G	6-0	0.7 Pts, 0.7 Reb
Gerry Lipson			6-0	0.6 Pts, 1.3 Reb
Al Staines				0.0 Pts, 2.0 Reb

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	30		29.1	69.3	.420	15.0	22.6	.661	48.2					17.5	73.2
Opponent	30		20.9	64.6	.324	16.5	25.6	.645	37.0					16.2	58.4

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	30		874	2080	.420	449	679	.661	1445					524	2197
Opponent	30		628	1937	.324	496	769	.645	1109					485	1752

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	Guy Rodgers	30	8.3	18.8	.441	3.5	5.7	.614	6.6	5.2	2.1	20.1
2	Bill Kennedy	30	4.9	11.1	.440	3.7	4.4	.842	3.3		1.9	13.5
3	Jay Norman	29	5.2	13.0	.398	2.7	4.4	.606	11.9		3.2	13.0
4	Mel Brodsky	29	4.6	10.7	.431	1.6	2.1	.770	7.5		2.4	10.9
5	Tink Van Patton	30	2.7	6.6	.414	1.2	1.9	.625	10.5		3.7	6.6
6	Dan Fleming	30	2.0	4.4	.444	1.1	1.6	.688	4.3		1.5	5.0
7	Ophie Franklin	24	0.7	2.1	.333	0.7	1.5	.459	2.5		1.3	2.1
8	Erv Abrams	12	0.7	1.3	.500	0.2	0.3	.500	0.8		0.9	1.5
9	Joe Goldenberg	19	0.5	1.6	.300	0.5	0.8	.600	0.5		0.7	1.4
10	Pete Goss	17	0.5	1.4	.348	0.4	0.9	.375	1.4		0.8	1.3
11	Jack Peepe	19	0.5	1.7	.313	0.1	0.2	.333	1.1		0.6	1.1
12	Cliff Crispin	7	0.3	0.7	.400	0.1	0.3	.500	0.7		0.0	0.7
13	Gerry Lipson	7	0.0	1.0	.000	0.6	0.9	.667	1.3		0.7	0.6
14	Al Staines	1	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0		2.0		0.0	0.0

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	Guy Rodgers	30	249	564	.441	105	171	.614	199	156	63	603
2	Bill Kennedy	30	146	332	.440	112	133	.842	98		57	404
3	Jay Norman	29	150	377	.398	77	127	.606	346		93	377
4	Mel Brodsky	29	134	311	.431	47	61	.770	218		69	315
5	Tink Van Patton	30	82	198	.414	35	56	.625	314		111	199
6	Dan Fleming	30	59	133	.444	33	48	.688	130		46	151
7	Ophie Franklin	24	17	51	.333	17	37	.459	60		31	51
8	Joe Goldenberg	19	9	30	.300	9	15	.600	10		14	27
9	Pete Goss	17	8	23	.348	6	16	.375	23		13	22
10	Jack Peepe	19	10	32	.313	1	3	.333	21		11	21
11	Erv Abrams	12	8	16	.500	2	4	.500	10		11	18
12	Cliff Crispin	7	2	5	.400	1	2	.500	5		0	5
13	Gerry Lipson	7	0	7	.000	4	6	.667	9		5	4
14	Al Staines	1	0	1	.000	0	0		2		0	0
	School Totals	30	874	2080	.420	449	679	.661	1445		524	2197