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1955-56 Holy Cross Crusaders Men's Roster and Stats

Record: 22-5 (Independent)

Rank: 14th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Roy Leenig

PS/G: 79.9 (33rd of 175)

PA/G: 65.6 (24th of 175)

SRS: 11.14 (23rd of 166)

SOS: -1.44 (101st of 166)

NCAA Tournament:
Lost East First Round (74-72) versus Temple

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Tom Heinsohn	SR	F	6-7	27.4 Pts, 21.1 Reb
Joe Liebler	SR		6-4	16.1 Pts, 8.0 Reb
George Waddleton	JR	G	5-10	12.7 Pts, 5.3 Reb
Joe Hughes	SO		6-4	8.7 Pts, 9.0 Reb
Don Prohovich	SR		6-1	7.6 Pts, 6.0 Reb
Pete Houston	SO		6-6	2.9 Pts, 4.3 Reb
Dick Santaniello	SR		6-3	2.9 Pts, 2.3 Reb
Tom Ryan	SO		5-11	2.0 Pts, 0.9 Reb
Tom Burke	SR		6-0	2.6 Pts, 1.2 Reb
Dick Lutz	JR		6-2	2.3 Pts, 2.3 Reb
Art Andreoli	SO	G	5-11	1.5 Pts, 1.6 Reb
Ed Cuffe			6-3	2.0 Pts, 1.6 Reb
Frank Foley			6-7	1.0 Pts, 1.0 Reb
John O'Connor			6-0	1.0 Pts, 0.8 Reb
Adrian Burke			6-1	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	27		29.7	75.4	.394	20.4	29.8	.684	61.2					18.3	79.9
Opponent	27		23.4	68.0	.344	20.3	31.3	.649	47.2					17.7	65.6

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	27		803	2036	.394	551	805	.684	1653					494	2157
Opponent	27		631	1835	.344	548	844	.649	1275					478	1770

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Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Pos	G	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Tom Heinsohn	F	27	9.4	23.3	.403	9.4	23.3	8.6	11.3	.763	21.1	3.4	27.4	AA-1
2	Joe Liebler		27	6.6	14.9	.439	6.6	14.9	3.0	4.3	.692	8.0	2.1	16.1
3	George Waddleton	G	26	4.3	12.8	.339	4.3	12.8	4.0	5.6	.719	5.3	2.7	12.7
4	Joe Hughes		27	3.5	8.6	.405	3.5	8.6	1.7	3.4	.500	9.0	2.2	8.7
5	Don Prohovich		27	3.1	7.3	.426	3.1	7.3	1.3	1.8	.735	6.0	3.6	7.6
6	Dick Santaniello		21	1.0	2.7	.375	1.0	2.7	0.9	1.4	.600	2.3	0.7	2.9
7	Pete Houston		26	1.2	3.0	.403	1.2	3.0	0.5	1.2	.419	4.3	1.6	2.9
8	Tom Burke		13	1.0	3.8	.260	1.0	3.8	0.6	0.8	.727	1.2	0.5	2.6
9	Dick Lutz		12	0.8	2.4	.345	0.8	2.4	0.6	0.8	.700	2.3	0.8	2.3
10	Ed Cuffe		5	0.8	1.8	.444	0.8	1.8	0.4	0.8	.500	1.6	1.4	2.0
11	Tom Ryan		22	0.9	2.3	.380	0.9	2.3	0.3	0.5	.583	0.9	1.0	2.0
12	Art Andreoli	G	15	0.5	2.0	.233	0.5	2.0	0.5	1.0	.533	1.6	0.9	1.5
13	Frank Foley		4	0.3	0.8	.333	0.3	0.8	0.5	0.5	1.000	1.0	0.0	1.0
14	John O'Connor		4	0.3	1.0	.250	0.3	1.0	0.5	0.5	1.000	0.8	0.5	1.0
15	Adrian Burke		1	0.0	2.0	.000	0.0	2.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	1.0	0.0
	Team Totals		27	29.7	75.4	.394	29.7	75.4	20.4	29.8	.684	61.2	18.3	79.9

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	PF	PTS
1	Tom Heinsohn	27	254	630	.403	232	304	.763	569	92	740
2	Joe Liebler	27	177	403	.439	81	117	.692	217	56	435
3	George Waddleton	26	113	333	.339	105	146	.719	137	69	331
4	Joe Hughes	27	94	232	.405	46	92	.500	243	59	234
5	Don Prohovich	27	84	197	.426	36	49	.735	163	97	204
6	Pete Houston	26	31	77	.403	13	31	.419	113	42	75
7	Dick Santaniello	21	21	56	.375	18	30	.600	48	15	60
8	Tom Ryan	22	19	50	.380	7	12	.583	19	23	45
9	Tom Burke	13	13	50	.260	8	11	.727	16	7	34
10	Dick Lutz	12	10	29	.345	7	10	.700	28	10	27
11	Art Andreoli	15	7	30	.233	8	15	.533	24	14	22
12	Ed Cuffe	5	4	9	.444	2	4	.500	8	7	10
13	Frank Foley	4	1	3	.333	2	2	1.000	4	0	4
14	John O'Connor	4	1	4	.250	2	2	1.000	3	2	4
15	Adrian Burke	1	0	2	.000	0	0		0	1	0
	School Totals	27	803	2036	.394	551	805	.684	1653	494	2157