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1954-55 Canisius Golden Griffins Men's Roster and Stats

Record: 18-7 (2-2, 2nd in WNY3 MBB)

Coach: Joseph Curran

PS/G: 74.4 (78th of 175)

PA/G: 65.9 (31st of 175)

SRS: 7.29 (32nd of 162)

SOS: 0.57 (71st of 162)

NCAA Tournament:
Won East First Round (73-60) versus Williams
Won East Regional Semifinal (73-71) versus Villanova
Lost East Regional Final (99-64) versus La Salle

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
John McCarthy	JR	G	6-0	18.7 Pts, 7.1 Reb
Hank Nowak	SO	F	6-3	16.7 Pts, 10.4 Reb
Bob Adams	SR		6-4	9.0 Pts, 5.9 Reb
Bob Kelly	JR		6-1	7.9 Pts, 3.6 Reb
Joe Leone	SO		6-5	5.7 Pts, 6.9 Reb
Dave Markey	SO		5-10	6.1 Pts, 2.9 Reb
Fran Corcoran	JR		6-1	4.2 Pts, 2.6 Reb
John Zatorski	SR	F	6-3	2.4 Pts, 3.2 Reb
Jim McCarthy	SO		6-2	2.5 Pts, 1.3 Reb
John Flynn	JR		6-6	2.9 Pts, 1.8 Reb
Jack Coogan	SO		6-1	1.9 Pts, 2.1 Reb
_ Forsythe			5-10	0.6 Pts, 0.4 Reb
_ Brown			6-4	0.7 Pts, 0.6 Reb
Gerald Brennan	SO		6-0	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	25		25.3	74.2	.341	24.0	35.5	.675	45.6					20.0	74.4
Opponent	25		21.4	61.0	.351	22.7	34.5	.658	44.2					18.4	65.9

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

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	25		633	1854	.341	599	887	.675	1141					501	1861
Opponent	25		535	1526	.351	567	862	.658	1105					459	1647

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

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Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Pos	G	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	PF	PTS
1	John McCarthy	G	24	6.3	16.4	.386	6.3	16.4	6.0	7.8	.771	7.1	2.7	18.7
2	Hank Nowak	F	25	5.2	14.8	.350	5.2	14.8	6.4	9.2	.693	10.4	2.7	16.7
3	Bob Adams		25	3.0	9.4	.321	3.0	9.4	3.0	4.3	.685	5.9	3.0	9.0
4	Bob Kelly		25	2.6	8.6	.304	2.6	8.6	2.7	3.7	.728	3.6	3.8	7.9
5	Dave Markey		23	1.7	5.3	.320	1.7	5.3	2.7	3.9	.700	2.9	1.9	6.1
6	Joe Leone		25	2.2	6.1	.368	2.2	6.1	1.2	2.9	.411	6.9	3.3	5.7
7	Fran Corcoran		25	1.8	6.0	.293	1.8	6.0	0.7	0.9	.783	2.6	1.3	4.2
8	John Flynn		12	1.1	2.7	.406	1.1	2.7	0.8	1.1	.692	1.8	1.8	2.9
9	Jim McCarthy		22	1.0	3.3	.301	1.0	3.3	0.5	0.9	.579	1.3	0.7	2.5
10	John Zatorski	F	25	0.9	2.5	.365	0.9	2.5	0.6	1.1	.519	3.2	1.6	2.4
11	Jack Coogan		7	0.9	2.1	.400	0.9	2.1	0.1	0.6	.250	2.1	0.0	1.9
12	_ Brown		9	0.2	1.0	.222	0.2	1.0	0.1	0.3	.333	0.6	0.6	0.7
13	_ Forsythe		14	0.2	0.9	.250	0.2	0.9	0.2	0.4	.500	0.4	0.2	0.6
14	Gerald Brennan		4	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.5	0.0
	Team Totals		25	25.3	74.2	.341	25.3	74.2	24.0	35.5	.675	45.6	20.0	74.4

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	PF	PTS
1	John McCarthy	24	152	394	.386	145	188	.771	171	64	449
2	Hank Nowak	25	129	369	.350	160	231	.693	259	68	418
3	Bob Adams	25	75	234	.321	74	108	.685	148	74	224
4	Bob Kelly	25	65	214	.304	67	92	.728	91	94	197
5	Joe Leone	25	56	152	.368	30	73	.411	173	83	142
6	Dave Markey	23	39	122	.320	63	90	.700	67	43	141
7	Fran Corcoran	25	44	150	.293	18	23	.783	65	32	106
8	John Zatorski	25	23	63	.365	14	27	.519	79	39	60
9	Jim McCarthy	22	22	73	.301	11	19	.579	28	16	55
10	John Flynn	12	13	32	.406	9	13	.692	22	22	35
11	Jack Coogan	7	6	15	.400	1	4	.250	15	0	13
12	_ Forsythe	14	3	12	.250	3	6	.500	5	3	9
13	_ Brown	9	2	9	.222	1	3	.333	5	5	6
14	Gerald Brennan	4	0	4	.000	0	0		0	2	0
	School Totals	25	633	1854	.341	599	887	.675	1141	501	1861