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1952-53 Men's Missouri Valley Conference Player Stats

1951-52 MVC 1953-54 MVC

Record: 91-66, .580 W-L% (4th of 17) (Records do not reflect forfeits and vacated games)

SRS: 3.48 (5th of 17)

SOS: 2.43 (5th of 17)

Regular Season Champion: Oklahoma State

Coach of the Year: Hank Iba

Conference Tournament Champion: None

NCAA Tournament: 1 teams (Oklahoma State)

Ranked in First AP Poll: 3 teams (Oklahoma State, Saint Louis and Tulsa)

Ranked in Final AP Poll: 1 teams (Oklahoma State)

91 Players

91 Players Table
					Totals									Shooting				Per Game					Advanced
Rk	Player	Class	Pos	School	G	MP	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	FG%	2P%	3P%	FT%	PTS	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PER	WS	BPM
1	Verlyn Anderson	SO		Wichita State	25		35					46	79	.353			.500	3.2	1.4
2	Jerry Andress	JR		Tulsa	25		25					29	67	.413			.426	2.7	1.0
3	Charles Archambo			Tulsa	3		1					1	0	.000			.000	0.0	0.3
4	Marcus Arrington			Tulsa	24		112					53	220	.394			.701	9.2	4.7
5	Fred Babb			Oklahoma State	9		0					7	8	.125			.462	0.9	0.0
6	Jackie Bell	SO		Houston	10								71					7.1
7	Walter Biporin			Detroit Mercy	4		3					1	6	.500			.500	1.5	0.8
8	Wilburn Booher			Houston	17								33					1.9
9	Dick Boushka	SO		Saint Louis	27		178					83	494	.416			.768	18.3	6.6
10	Connie Burdick			Oklahoma State	16		1					10	14	.313			.800	0.9	0.1
11	Jim Burris			Wichita State	5		0					2	0					0.0	0.0
12	Mervin Carman	SO		Wichita State	27		213					79	210	.346			.564	7.8	7.9
13	Jack Carpenter			Oklahoma State	4		0					1	0	.000			.000	0.0	0.0
14	Bud Carter			Oklahoma State	6		0					6	2	.250				0.3	0.0
15	Alex Chuk			Wichita State	15		13					9	15	.174			.389	1.0	0.9
16	Sherrill Compton			Wichita State	9		2					4	8	.333				0.9	0.2
17	Dick Courter	SO		Tulsa	25		118					65	173	.379			.531	6.9	4.7
18	Bob Decker	SO		Detroit Mercy	19		72					53	97	.368			.611	5.1	3.8
19	Joe Devich			Saint Louis	3		1					2	0					0.0	0.3
20	Jerry Dietz			Detroit Mercy	11		16					14	21	.208			.786	1.9	1.5
					Totals									Shooting				Per Game					Advanced
Rk	Player	Class	Pos	School	G	MP	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	FG%	2P%	3P%	FT%	PTS	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PER	WS	BPM
21	Glenn Dille	SR		Tulsa	17		105					34	160	.399			.565	9.4	6.2
22	Bob Dubinick	SO		Saint Louis	27		80					54	248	.381			.667	9.2	3.0
23	Roger Duddleston			Detroit Mercy	26		63					47	126	.299			.531	4.8	2.4
24	Bob Eckert			Detroit Mercy	5		9					8	12	.333			.600	2.4	1.8
25	Bill Elliott			Tulsa	2		0					0	0					0.0	0.0
26	George Fefles	SO		Detroit Mercy	17		21					59	108	.411			.658	6.4	1.2
27	George Flynn		F	Detroit Mercy	12		2					7	2	.200				0.2	0.2
28	Tom Fuller	JR		Oklahoma State	30		22					66	162	.343			.667	5.4	0.7
29	Sidney Gates			Wichita State	6		3					4	3	.200			.500	0.5	0.5
30	Don Gore		G	Tulsa	16		7					10	14	.111			.800	0.9	0.4
31	Jerry Hacker			Tulsa	1		2					1	1				.500	1.0	2.0
32	Kevin Harrington			Saint Louis	6		3					3	0	.000			.000	0.0	0.5
33	Don Haskins	SR		Oklahoma State	27		6					23	118	.365			.722	4.4	0.2
34	Jim Hatton	SO		Houston	22								117					5.3
35	Jack Hemsley			Tulsa	25		0					0	7	.375			.200	0.3	0.0
36	Bob Hendrick	JR		Oklahoma State	27		1					46	109	.533			.556	4.0	0.0
37	Ken Hicks	SR		Oklahoma State	27		3					48	102	.407			.593	3.8	0.1
38	Curt Hightower			Wichita State	25		21					37	122	.443			.400	4.9	0.8
39	Tom Holliday	SR		Tulsa	12		4					10	4	.000			.400	0.3	0.3
40	Ellis Jenkins	JR		Tulsa	20		8					17	21	.500			.455	1.1	0.4
					Totals									Shooting				Per Game					Advanced
Rk	Player	Class	Pos	School	G	MP	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	FG%	2P%	3P%	FT%	PTS	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PER	WS	BPM
41	John Jobe			Tulsa	9		1					0	0	.000				0.0	0.1
42	Dean Kittman	SO	F	Houston	22								191					8.7
43	Bob Klostermeyer	JR		Saint Louis	27		71					91	198	.347			.522	7.3	2.6
44	Jerry Koch	SO		Saint Louis	27		405					92	296	.419			.671	11.0	15.0
45	Don Laketa	SO		Wichita State	14		73					50	135	.440			.688	9.6	5.2
46	Len Lefevre			Detroit Mercy	2		1					5	0	.000				0.0	0.5
47	Helm Lillis	JR		Saint Louis	21		21					17	46	.293			.522	2.2	1.0
48	Tom Lillis	SR		Saint Louis	27		224					92	391	.445			.598	14.5	8.3
49	Cleo Littleton	SO		Wichita State	27		196					89	495	.397			.721	18.3	7.3
50	John Malone			Oklahoma State	1		0					1	0					0.0	0.0
51	Tom Maloney	SO		Oklahoma State	22		1					25	28	.423			.316	1.3	0.0
52	Bob Mattick	JR		Oklahoma State	30							125	522	.474			.669	17.4
53	Jim McNerney	SO		Wichita State	25		184					70	299	.443			.736	12.0	7.4
54	Bob Mesec	JR		Tulsa	11		7					10	11	.273			.667	1.0	0.6
55	Jack Mosher	JR	G	Houston	22								283					12.9
56	John Neumann	JR		Saint Louis	14		4					7	23	.368			.750	1.6	0.3
57	Jack Nolen			Tulsa	10		1					9	3	.000			.500	0.3	0.1
58	Dick Nunneley	JR		Tulsa	22		114					88	327	.353			.596	14.9	5.2
59	Jerry Olesko	SO		Detroit Mercy	24		56					76	156	.316			.622	6.5	2.3
60	Pat Partington	JR		Saint Louis	21		27					13	63	.307			.750	3.0	1.3
					Totals									Shooting				Per Game					Advanced
Rk	Player	Class	Pos	School	G	MP	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	FG%	2P%	3P%	FT%	PTS	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PER	WS	BPM
61	Bob Patterson	SO	F	Tulsa	25		150					51	184	.317			.602	7.4	6.0
62	Ron Pearson			Oklahoma State	11		0					15	9	.286			.333	0.8	0.0
63	Jerry Pettiette			Houston	18								77					4.3
64	Walter Poff		G	Detroit Mercy	26		139					80	433	.455			.701	16.7	5.3
65	Ken Prather			Detroit Mercy	17		14					14	46	.464			.741	2.7	0.8
66	Chester Reams	JR		Oklahoma State	8		0					6	4	.286			.000	0.5	0.0
67	Dale Roark	JR		Oklahoma State	30		8					92	119	.333			.584	4.0	0.3
68	Harold Rogers	SR		Oklahoma State	30		10					90	317	.392			.764	10.6	0.3
69	Jerry Rosendahl			Tulsa	16		12					18	26	.280			.632	1.6	0.8
70	Tom Russell	SR		Saint Louis	24		25					23	38	.240			.636	1.6	1.0
71	Paul Scheer	JR		Wichita State	22		56					73	268	.358			.655	12.2	2.5
72	Warren Shackelford	SR		Tulsa	25		161					75	251	.361			.645	10.0	6.4
73	Carl Shafer			Oklahoma State	9		0					5	5	.200			1.000	0.6	0.0
74	Dan Sheehan			Saint Louis	8		3					2	9	.600			.750	1.1	0.4
75	Kendall Sheets	SR		Oklahoma State	30		11					80	213	.310			.813	7.1	0.4
76	Gary Shivers	JR	C	Houston	22								189					8.6
77	Jack Shockley	JR		Saint Louis	27		95					42	72	.366			.690	2.7	3.5
78	Bill Slattery	SO		Saint Louis	15		7					17	14	.308			.750	0.9	0.5
79	Guy Sparrow	SO		Detroit Mercy	26		209					87	410	.405			.657	15.8	8.0
80	Don Stanton			Saint Louis	24		11					31	55	.359			.600	2.3	0.5
					Totals									Shooting				Per Game					Advanced
Rk	Player	Class	Pos	School	G	MP	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	FG%	2P%	3P%	FT%	PTS	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PER	WS	BPM
81	Ernie Stewart			Tulsa	5		1					2	1	.000			.500	0.2	0.2
82	Gerald Stockton	SR		Oklahoma State	30		14					67	145	.311			.714	4.8	0.5
83	Dean Sutcliffe			Wichita State	9		6					4	2	.000			.400	0.2	0.7
84	Norm Swanson		C	Detroit Mercy	14		140					47	245	.475			.669	17.5	10.0
85	Larry Sykes	SO		Saint Louis	12		4					7	10	.250			.667	0.8	0.3
86	Sam Taub		G	Detroit Mercy	23		43					39	60	.267			.488	2.6	1.9
87	Carlos Taylor			Wichita State	19		7					14	21	.179			.636	1.1	0.4
88	Gary Thompson	JR		Wichita State	27		66					111	289	.326			.649	10.7	2.4
89	Ken Timmons		F	Detroit Mercy	26		41					40	179	.474			.790	6.9	1.6
90	Tippy Tucker	SO		Wichita State	26		40					43	72	.375			.536	2.8	1.5
91	Larry Whiteley	SR		Tulsa	26		80					73	197	.426			.687	7.6	3.1

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