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1955-56 Drake Bulldogs Men's Roster and Stats

Record: 10-14 (Independent)

Coach: Jack McClelland

PS/G: 73.2 (90th of 175)

PA/G: 76.5 (116th of 175)

SRS: 0.29 (73rd of 166)

SOS: 5.53 (22nd of 166)

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Red Murrell	SO	F	6-4	16.7 Pts, 7.8 Reb
Willie Cerf	SR	C	6-6	15.1 Pts, 11.8 Reb
Dave Hutchins	SR		6-2	9.6 Pts, 5.4 Reb
Merlin Peter	SR		6-3	8.6 Pts, 4.0 Reb
George Funk	SR		6-2	8.2 Pts, 3.3 Reb
Jim Carey	JR		6-0	5.0 Pts, 3.0 Reb
Terry Olmstead	SR		6-4	4.9 Pts, 5.3 Reb
Kent Gear	SO		6-0	4.9 Pts, 1.9 Reb
Jim Nelson			5-10	3.3 Pts, 0.9 Reb
Jim Schmidt	SR		6-6	1.0 Pts, 1.4 Reb
Loren Lutz			6-2	0.8 Pts, 0.4 Reb
Bill Linke	SO		6-2	1.3 Pts, 0.3 Reb
Bill Bolen	SO		6-2	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	24		25.4	70.4	.360	22.5	33.4	.672	45.6					17.4	73.2
Opponent	24		28.7	75.9	.378	19.0	29.6	.644	40.6					19.5	76.5

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	24		609	1690	.360	539	802	.672	1094					418	1757
Opponent	24		689	1822	.378	457	710	.644	975					469	1835

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Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Pos	G	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	PF	PTS
1	Red Murrell	F	24	6.4	16.7	.383	6.4	16.7	3.9	6.1	.644	7.8	2.6	16.7
2	Willie Cerf	C	24	5.1	14.4	.353	5.1	14.4	5.0	7.8	.640	11.8	3.3	15.1
3	Dave Hutchins		24	3.0	9.3	.324	3.0	9.3	3.6	4.8	.750	5.4	2.1	9.6
4	Merlin Peter		23	3.5	8.1	.430	3.5	8.1	1.7	3.0	.551	4.0	1.3	8.6
5	George Funk		23	2.6	7.7	.339	2.6	7.7	3.0	3.6	.819	3.3	2.1	8.2
6	Jim Carey		23	1.7	6.1	.284	1.7	6.1	1.6	2.3	.667	3.0	2.1	5.0
7	Kent Gear		17	1.7	4.4	.392	1.7	4.4	1.5	2.1	.714	1.9	1.5	4.9
8	Terry Olmstead		22	1.4	4.0	.345	1.4	4.0	2.1	3.3	.644	5.3	1.8	4.9
9	Jim Nelson		12	1.0	2.3	.429	1.0	2.3	1.3	1.8	.714	0.9	1.1	3.3
10	Bill Linke		4	0.5	0.8	.667	0.5	0.8	0.3	0.5	.500	0.3	0.5	1.3
11	Jim Schmidt		21	0.3	1.0	.300	0.3	1.0	0.4	0.8	.563	1.4	0.8	1.0
12	Loren Lutz		8	0.4	0.8	.500	0.4	0.8	0.0	0.1	.000	0.4	0.1	0.8
13	Bill Bolen		1	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0
	Team Totals		24	25.4	70.4	.360	25.4	70.4	22.5	33.4	.672	45.6	17.4	73.2

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	PF	PTS
1	Red Murrell	24	153	400	.383	94	146	.644	188	62	400
2	Willie Cerf	24	122	346	.353	119	186	.640	284	80	363
3	Dave Hutchins	24	72	222	.324	87	116	.750	130	50	231
4	Merlin Peter	23	80	186	.430	38	69	.551	91	31	198
5	George Funk	23	60	177	.339	68	83	.819	77	49	188
6	Jim Carey	23	40	141	.284	36	54	.667	70	48	116
7	Terry Olmstead	22	30	87	.345	47	73	.644	117	39	107
8	Kent Gear	17	29	74	.392	25	35	.714	33	26	83
9	Jim Nelson	12	12	28	.429	15	21	.714	11	13	39
10	Jim Schmidt	21	6	20	.300	9	16	.563	30	17	21
11	Loren Lutz	8	3	6	.500	0	1	.000	3	1	6
12	Bill Linke	4	2	3	.667	1	2	.500	1	2	5
13	Bill Bolen	1	0	0		0	0		0	0	0
	School Totals	24	609	1690	.360	539	802	.672	1094	418	1757