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1952-53 Detroit Mercy Titans Men's Roster and Stats

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Record: 12-14 (4-6, 5th in MVC MBB)

Coach: Bob Calihan

PS/G: 73.1 (54th of 173)

PA/G: 69.0 (74th of 173)

SRS: 1.29 (65th of 158)

SOS: 1.67 (58th of 158)

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Walter Poff		G	6-2	16.7 Pts, 5.3 Reb
Guy Sparrow	SO		6-5	15.8 Pts, 8.0 Reb
Norm Swanson		C	6-5	17.5 Pts, 10.0 Reb
Ken Timmons		F	6-2	6.9 Pts, 1.6 Reb
Jerry Olesko	SO		5-10	6.5 Pts, 2.3 Reb
Roger Duddleston			6-4	4.8 Pts, 2.4 Reb
George Fefles	SO		6-2	6.4 Pts, 1.2 Reb
Bob Decker	SO		6-6	5.1 Pts, 3.8 Reb
Sam Taub		G	5-8	2.6 Pts, 1.9 Reb
Ken Prather			6-4	2.7 Pts, 0.8 Reb
Jerry Dietz			6-1	1.9 Pts, 1.5 Reb
Bob Eckert			6-7	2.4 Pts, 1.8 Reb
Walter Biporin			6-2	1.5 Pts, 0.8 Reb
George Flynn		F	6-1	0.2 Pts, 0.2 Reb
Len Lefevre			6-1	0.0 Pts, 0.5 Reb

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	26		24.7	63.7	.388	23.8	36.1	.660	31.9					22.2	73.1
Opponent	26		23.8	67.3	.354	21.3	33.5	.637	32.5					24.5	69.0

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	10														68.3
Opponent	10														68.7

Total Team and Opponent Stats

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	26		642	1656	.388	619	938	.660	829					577	1901
Opponent	26		620	1749	.354	554	870	.637	845					636	1794

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	10														683
Opponent	10														687

Per Game

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Norm Swanson	14			5.5	11.6	.475	6.5	9.7	.669	10.0					3.4	17.5
2	Walter Poff	26			5.8	12.8	.455	5.0	7.2	.701	5.3					3.1	16.7
3	Guy Sparrow	26			5.3	13.1	.405	5.2	7.8	.657	8.0					3.3	15.8
4	Ken Timmons	26			2.5	5.3	.474	1.9	2.4	.790	1.6					1.5	6.9
5	Jerry Olesko	24			2.3	7.3	.316	1.9	3.1	.622	2.3					3.2	6.5
6	George Fefles	17			1.8	4.3	.411	2.9	4.5	.658	1.2					3.5	6.4
7	Bob Decker	19			1.7	4.6	.368	1.7	2.8	.611	3.8					2.8	5.1
8	Roger Duddleston	26			1.9	6.4	.299	1.0	1.9	.531	2.4					1.8	4.8
9	Ken Prather	17			0.8	1.6	.464	1.2	1.6	.741	0.8					0.8	2.7
10	Sam Taub	23			0.9	3.3	.267	0.9	1.8	.488	1.9					1.7	2.6
11	Bob Eckert	5			0.6	1.8	.333	1.2	2.0	.600	1.8					1.6	2.4
12	Jerry Dietz	11			0.5	2.2	.208	1.0	1.3	.786	1.5					1.3	1.9
13	Walter Biporin	4			0.5	1.0	.500	0.5	1.0	.500	0.8					0.3	1.5
14	George Flynn	12			0.1	0.4	.200	0.0	0.0		0.2					0.6	0.2
15	Len Lefevre	2			0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0		0.5					2.5	0.0

Totals

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Walter Poff	26			151	332	.455	131	187	.701	139					80	433
2	Guy Sparrow	26			138	341	.405	134	204	.657	209					87	410
3	Norm Swanson	14			77	162	.475	91	136	.669	140					47	245
4	Ken Timmons	26			65	137	.474	49	62	.790	41					40	179
5	Jerry Olesko	24			55	174	.316	46	74	.622	56					76	156
6	Roger Duddleston	26			50	167	.299	26	49	.531	63					47	126
7	George Fefles	17			30	73	.411	50	76	.658	21					59	108
8	Bob Decker	19			32	87	.368	33	54	.611	72					53	97
9	Sam Taub	23			20	75	.267	20	41	.488	43					39	60
10	Ken Prather	17			13	28	.464	20	27	.741	14					14	46
11	Jerry Dietz	11			5	24	.208	11	14	.786	16					14	21
12	Bob Eckert	5			3	9	.333	6	10	.600	9					8	12
13	Walter Biporin	4			2	4	.500	2	4	.500	3					1	6
14	George Flynn	12			1	5	.200	0	0		2					7	2
15	Len Lefevre	2			0	2	.000	0	0		1					5	0
	School Totals	26			642	1656	.388	619	938	.660	829					577	1901

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