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1952-53 Wichita State Shockers Men's Roster and Stats

Record: 16-11 (3-7, 6th in MVC MBB)

Coach: Ralph Miller

PS/G: 75.0 (47th of 173)

SRS: 2.48 (61st of 158)

SOS: 1.78 (55th of 158)

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Height	Summary
Cleo Littleton	SO	6-3	18.3 Pts, 7.3 Reb
Jim McNerney	SO	6-2	12.0 Pts, 7.4 Reb
Gary Thompson	JR	5-10	10.7 Pts, 2.4 Reb
Paul Scheer	JR	6-2	12.2 Pts, 2.5 Reb
Mervin Carman	SO	6-8	7.8 Pts, 7.9 Reb
Don Laketa	SO	6-5	9.6 Pts, 5.2 Reb
Curt Hightower			4.9 Pts, 0.8 Reb
Verlyn Anderson	SO	6-2	3.2 Pts, 1.4 Reb
Tippy Tucker	SO	6-4	2.8 Pts, 1.5 Reb
Carlos Taylor			1.1 Pts, 0.4 Reb
Alex Chuk			1.0 Pts, 0.9 Reb
Sherrill Compton			0.9 Pts, 0.2 Reb
Sidney Gates			0.5 Pts, 0.5 Reb
Dean Sutcliffe			0.2 Pts, 0.7 Reb
Jim Burris			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	27		26.6	71.1	.374	21.8	34.5	.632	34.1					23.6	75.0
Opponent	27

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	10														71.0
Opponent	10														74.3

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	27		718	1920	.374	589	932	.632	921					638	2025
Opponent	27

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	10														710
Opponent	10														743

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	PF	PTS
1	Cleo Littleton	27	6.3	15.9	.397	5.7	8.0	.721	7.3	3.3	18.3
2	Paul Scheer	22	5.2	14.6	.358	1.7	2.6	.655	2.5	3.3	12.2
3	Jim McNerney	25	4.6	10.5	.443	2.7	3.6	.736	7.4	2.8	12.0
4	Gary Thompson	27	3.3	10.2	.326	4.0	6.2	.649	2.4	4.1	10.7
5	Don Laketa	14	2.9	6.5	.440	3.9	5.7	.688	5.2	3.6	9.6
6	Mervin Carman	27	2.3	6.7	.346	3.1	5.5	.564	7.9	2.9	7.8
7	Curt Hightower	25	2.2	4.9	.443	0.6	1.4	.400	0.8	1.5	4.9
8	Verlyn Anderson	25	1.2	3.4	.353	0.8	1.5	.500	1.4	1.8	3.2
9	Tippy Tucker	26	0.8	2.2	.375	1.2	2.2	.536	1.5	1.7	2.8
10	Carlos Taylor	19	0.4	2.1	.179	0.4	0.6	.636	0.4	0.7	1.1
11	Alex Chuk	15	0.3	1.5	.174	0.5	1.2	.389	0.9	0.6	1.0
12	Sherrill Compton	9	0.4	1.3	.333	0.0	0.0		0.2	0.4	0.9
13	Sidney Gates	6	0.2	0.8	.200	0.2	0.3	.500	0.5	0.7	0.5
14	Dean Sutcliffe	9	0.0	0.8	.000	0.2	0.6	.400	0.7	0.4	0.2
15	Jim Burris	5	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.4	0.0

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	PF	PTS
1	Cleo Littleton	27	170	428	.397	155	215	.721	196	89	495
2	Jim McNerney	25	116	262	.443	67	91	.736	184	70	299
3	Gary Thompson	27	90	276	.326	109	168	.649	66	111	289
4	Paul Scheer	22	115	321	.358	38	58	.655	56	73	268
5	Mervin Carman	27	63	182	.346	84	149	.564	213	79	210
6	Don Laketa	14	40	91	.440	55	80	.688	73	50	135
7	Curt Hightower	25	54	122	.443	14	35	.400	21	37	122
8	Verlyn Anderson	25	30	85	.353	19	38	.500	35	46	79
9	Tippy Tucker	26	21	56	.375	30	56	.536	40	43	72
10	Carlos Taylor	19	7	39	.179	7	11	.636	7	14	21
11	Alex Chuk	15	4	23	.174	7	18	.389	13	9	15
12	Sherrill Compton	9	4	12	.333	0	0		2	4	8
13	Sidney Gates	6	1	5	.200	1	2	.500	3	4	3
14	Dean Sutcliffe	9	0	7	.000	2	5	.400	6	4	2
15	Jim Burris	5	0	0		0	0		0	2	0
	School Totals	27	718	1920	.374	589	932	.632	921	638	2025

1952-53 Wichita State (Men's) Season