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1955-56 Texas Longhorns Men's Roster and Stats

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Record: 12-10 (5-7, 4th in SWC MBB)

Coach: Thurman Hull

PS/G: 76.3 (67th of 175)

PA/G: 74.8 (101st of 175)

SRS: 1.32 (68th of 166)

SOS: -0.18 (86th of 166)

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Raymond Downs	JR		6-4	26.4 Pts, 9.5 Reb
Norman Hooton	JR		6-2	13.7 Pts, 4.0 Reb
Ellis Olmstead	JR		6-10	9.9 Pts, 10.4 Reb
Kermit Decker	SO		6-0	9.7 Pts, 4.4 Reb
Bill Groogan	JR		6-3	5.3 Pts, 4.9 Reb
Kenneth Cleveland	SO		5-11	4.0 Pts, 1.5 Reb
Wayman Buchanan	SR		6-4	3.6 Pts, 2.6 Reb
John Shaffer	SO		6-5	1.8 Pts, 1.1 Reb
Barry Dowd	SO		6-0	1.8 Pts, 0.9 Reb
Charley Howard	SR		6-5	2.4 Pts, 1.4 Reb
Kenneth Horwitz			5-11	1.4 Pts, 0.3 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	22		28.1	69.7	.404	20.0	27.9	.718	44.5					19.6	76.3
Opponent	22		26.6	67.0	.397	21.5	33.0	.653	41.8					16.5	74.8

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

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	22		619	1533	.404	441	614	.718	979					431	1679
Opponent	22		586	1475	.397	474	726	.653	919					362	1646

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

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Raymond Downs	22			7.6	14.0	.540	11.2	13.6	.823	9.5					3.8	26.4
2	Norman Hooton	22			5.8	13.8	.418	2.2	3.0	.738	4.0					2.7	13.7
3	Ellis Olmstead	22			3.9	10.7	.364	2.1	3.9	.535	10.4					3.4	9.9
4	Kermit Decker	22			4.2	10.4	.404	1.4	2.2	.625	4.4					2.5	9.7
5	Bill Groogan	22			2.0	7.2	.278	1.3	2.4	.528	4.9					2.9	5.3
6	Kenneth Cleveland	17			1.7	3.8	.453	0.6	0.9	.667	1.5					1.3	4.0
7	Wayman Buchanan	16			1.4	4.6	.315	0.7	0.8	.917	2.6					1.2	3.6
8	Charley Howard	13			1.1	3.7	.292	0.2	0.4	.600	1.4					0.7	2.4
9	Barry Dowd	18			0.8	2.6	.298	0.3	0.4	.625	0.9					1.1	1.8
10	John Shaffer	19			0.7	1.9	.389	0.3	0.6	.500	1.1					0.9	1.8
11	Kenneth Horwitz	8			0.5	1.4	.364	0.4	0.4	1.000	0.3					0.5	1.4

Totals

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Raymond Downs	22			167	309	.540	246	299	.823	208					83	580
2	Norman Hooton	22			127	304	.418	48	65	.738	88					59	302
3	Ellis Olmstead	22			86	236	.364	46	86	.535	229					75	218
4	Kermit Decker	22			92	228	.404	30	48	.625	96					54	214
5	Bill Groogan	22			44	158	.278	28	53	.528	107					64	116
6	Kenneth Cleveland	17			29	64	.453	10	15	.667	25					22	68
7	Wayman Buchanan	16			23	73	.315	11	12	.917	42					19	57
8	John Shaffer	19			14	36	.389	6	12	.500	21					18	34
9	Barry Dowd	18			14	47	.298	5	8	.625	16					20	33
10	Charley Howard	13			14	48	.292	3	5	.600	18					9	31
11	Kenneth Horwitz	8			4	11	.364	3	3	1.000	2					4	11
	School Totals	22			619	1533	.404	441	614	.718	979					431	1679

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