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1956-57 Canisius Golden Griffins Men's Roster and Stats

Record: 22-6 (3-1, 1st in WNY3 MBB)

Rank: 20th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Joseph Curran

PS/G: 76.7 (50th of 176)

PA/G: 71.8 (87th of 176)

SRS: 8.52 (24th of 167)

SOS: 3.65 (24th of 167)

NCAA Tournament:
Won East First Round (64-56) versus West Virginia
Lost East Regional Semifinal (87-75) versus North Carolina
Won East Regional Third Place (82-76) versus Lafayette

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Hank Nowak	SR	F	6-3	20.1 Pts, 10.7 Reb
Greg Britz	JR		6-0	14.6 Pts, 5.6 Reb
Dave Markey	SR		5-10	14.6 Pts, 5.8 Reb
Joe Leone	SR		6-5	11.9 Pts, 10.5 Reb
Jim Springer	SO		6-1	7.0 Pts, 3.6 Reb
Jim MacKinnon	SO		5-10	4.0 Pts, 1.5 Reb
Jack Coogan	SR		6-1	3.0 Pts, 2.4 Reb
Jim McMillan			6-0	2.6 Pts, 0.5 Reb
Tom Rojek	SO		6-3	0.9 Pts, 0.8 Reb
Jim Shea	JR		6-1	0.8 Pts, 0.8 Reb
John Ruska	SO		6-4	0.3 Pts, 0.9 Reb
Tom Piechowiak				0.0 Pts, 0.5 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		27.2	70.6	.385	22.3	33.0	.676	41.6					18.8	76.7
Opponent	28		25.5	66.3	.384	20.9	31.8	.658	45.7						71.8

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	4														68.0
Opponent	4														63.0

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	28		761	1976	.385	625	925	.676	1166					526	2147
Opponent	28		713	1856	.384	585	889	.658	1280						2011

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	4														272
Opponent	4														252

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	PF	PTS
1	Hank Nowak	28	5.9	13.5	.433	8.4	12.7	.663	10.7	3.0	20.1
2	Greg Britz	28	5.9	15.5	.381	2.8	4.1	.672	5.6	3.3	14.6
3	Dave Markey	28	4.3	10.4	.414	5.9	8.2	.722	5.8	2.8	14.6
4	Joe Leone	28	5.0	12.9	.387	1.9	3.0	.651	10.5	3.6	11.9
5	Jim Springer	28	2.8	7.8	.356	1.5	2.3	.651	3.6	2.6	7.0
6	Jim MacKinnon	25	1.8	5.2	.341	0.5	1.0	.500	1.5	1.2	4.0
7	Jack Coogan	21	1.4	4.3	.333	0.2	0.4	.500	2.4	0.9	3.0
8	Jim McMillan	11	0.8	2.2	.375	1.0	1.4	.733	0.5	1.3	2.6
9	Tom Rojek	26	0.2	1.0	.200	0.5	0.7	.778	0.8	0.5	0.9
10	Jim Shea	18	0.2	0.8	.267	0.3	0.4	.857	0.8	0.5	0.8
11	John Ruska	16	0.1	0.3	.250	0.2	0.3	.600	0.9	0.4	0.3
12	Tom Piechowiak	6	0.0	0.7	.000	0.0	0.0		0.5	1.2	0.0

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	PF	PTS
1	Hank Nowak	28	164	379	.433	236	356	.663	300	85	564
2	Greg Britz	28	165	433	.381	78	116	.672	157	92	408
3	Dave Markey	28	121	292	.414	166	230	.722	163	77	408
4	Joe Leone	28	140	362	.387	54	83	.651	295	101	334
5	Jim Springer	28	78	219	.356	41	63	.651	102	73	197
6	Jim MacKinnon	25	44	129	.341	12	24	.500	37	29	100
7	Jack Coogan	21	30	90	.333	4	8	.500	51	19	64
8	Jim McMillan	11	9	24	.375	11	15	.733	6	14	29
9	Tom Rojek	26	5	25	.200	14	18	.778	22	14	24
10	Jim Shea	18	4	15	.267	6	7	.857	15	9	14
11	John Ruska	16	1	4	.250	3	5	.600	15	6	5
12	Tom Piechowiak	6	0	4	.000	0	0		3	7	0
	School Totals	28	761	1976	.385	625	925	.676	1166	526	2147

1956-57 Canisius (Men's) Season