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1956-57 Wake Forest Demon Deacons Men's Roster and Stats

Record: 19-9 (7-7, 4th in ACC MBB)

Rank: 18th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Murray Greason

PS/G: 68.4 (120th of 176)

PA/G: 62.6 (17th of 176)

SRS: 7.11 (31st of 167)

SOS: 1.40 (63rd of 167)

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Jack Murdock	SR		5-10	15.3 Pts, 3.8 Reb
Jack Williams	SR		6-3	16.2 Pts, 8.2 Reb
Jim Gilley	SR		6-6	13.1 Pts, 8.0 Reb
Ernie Wiggins	SR		6-0	12.8 Pts, 3.3 Reb
Wendell Carr	JR		6-5	6.1 Pts, 5.8 Reb
Joe Ladd	SO		6-6	2.6 Pts, 2.3 Reb
Olin Broadway	SO	F	6-3	2.5 Pts, 1.8 Reb
Dickie Odom	SO	F	6-5	2.2 Pts, 2.0 Reb
Bill Tucker	SR		5-10	1.0 Pts, 1.1 Reb
Bill Greene	SO	G	6-1	2.2 Pts, 0.0 Reb
Henry Bowers	JR		6-3	0.9 Pts, 1.3 Reb
Ken Cox	JR		6-3	0.3 Pts, 0.9 Reb
Don Scalf	JR		5-10	0.7 Pts, 1.0 Reb
Jon Gerdes	JR		6-4	0.0 Pts, 0.7 Reb
John Reed	JR		6-8	0.0 Pts, 0.0 Reb
Joe Stepusin	SR		6-3	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	28		23.3	53.4	.436	21.8	29.5	.738	37.2					16.5	68.4
Opponent	28		22.0	56.6	.388	18.7	27.5	.681	34.9					17.0	62.6

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	14
Opponent	14

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	28		653	1496	.436	610	827	.738	1041					461	1916
Opponent	28		616	1586	.388	524	769	.681	976					477	1754

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	14
Opponent	14

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	PF	PTS
1	Jack Williams	25	6.2	13.7	.452	3.8	5.3	.720	8.2	2.4	16.2
2	Jack Murdock	28	4.8	10.6	.453	5.8	6.6	.875	3.8	2.5	15.3
3	Jim Gilley	28	3.9	8.6	.452	5.4	7.4	.725	8.0	2.8	13.1
4	Ernie Wiggins	28	4.8	10.8	.440	3.3	3.8	.877	3.3	1.9	12.8
5	Wendell Carr	28	2.0	4.7	.424	2.1	3.6	.590	5.8	3.5	6.1
6	Joe Ladd	22	0.9	2.6	.345	0.8	1.8	.436	2.3	1.1	2.6
7	Olin Broadway	19	0.9	2.1	.462	0.6	1.2	.545	1.8	1.2	2.5
8	Bill Greene	5	0.6	1.4	.429	1.0	1.2	.833	0.0	0.6	2.2
9	Dickie Odom	20	0.9	2.2	.386	0.5	0.8	.563	2.0	1.1	2.2
10	Bill Tucker	15	0.3	1.1	.294	0.3	0.5	.714	1.1	0.7	1.0
11	Henry Bowers	7	0.3	1.3	.222	0.3	0.6	.500	1.3	0.7	0.9
12	Don Scalf	3	0.0	0.0		0.7	1.0	.667	1.0	1.3	0.7
13	Ken Cox	8	0.1	0.8	.167	0.0	0.1	.000	0.9	0.6	0.3
14	Jon Gerdes	3	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.7	0.3	0.0
15	John Reed	2	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0
16	Joe Stepusin	2	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	1.0	0.0

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	PF	PTS
1	Jack Murdock	28	134	296	.453	161	184	.875	105	71	429
2	Jack Williams	25	155	343	.452	95	132	.720	206	59	405
3	Jim Gilley	28	109	241	.452	150	207	.725	225	79	368
4	Ernie Wiggins	28	133	302	.440	93	106	.877	93	54	359
5	Wendell Carr	28	56	132	.424	59	100	.590	161	98	171
6	Joe Ladd	22	20	58	.345	17	39	.436	51	25	57
7	Olin Broadway	19	18	39	.462	12	22	.545	35	22	48
8	Dickie Odom	20	17	44	.386	9	16	.563	40	22	43
9	Bill Tucker	15	5	17	.294	5	7	.714	17	11	15
10	Bill Greene	5	3	7	.429	5	6	.833	0	3	11
11	Henry Bowers	7	2	9	.222	2	4	.500	9	5	6
12	Ken Cox	8	1	6	.167	0	1	.000	7	5	2
13	Don Scalf	3	0	0		2	3	.667	3	4	2
14	Jon Gerdes	3	0	0		0	0		2	1	0
15	John Reed	2	0	2	.000	0	0		0	0	0
16	Joe Stepusin	2	0	0		0	0		0	2	0
	School Totals	28	653	1496	.436	610	827	.738	1041	461	1916

1956-57 Wake Forest (Men's) Season