1955-56 Houston Cougars Roster and Stats

Record: 19-7 (9-3, 1st in MVC)

PS/G: 73.4 (85th of 162)

PA/G: 64.6 (19th of 160)

SRS: 11.27 (22nd of 166)

SOS: 5.09 (25th of 166)

NCAA Tournament:
Lost West Regional Semifinal (89-74) versus Southern Methodist
Lost West Regional Third Place (89-70) versus Kansas State

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Don Boldebuck		C	7-0	21.8 Pts, 15.8 Reb
Art Helms		F	6-4	13.1 Pts, 10.1 Reb
Dan Dotson			6-3	11.9 Pts, 2.7 Reb
Jack Foster	SR	F	6-2	10.0 Pts, 5.2 Reb
Lupe Lopez	SR	G	5-10	9.5 Pts, 2.6 Reb
Dean Evans		F	6-3	5.6 Pts, 4.3 Reb
Harlow Tucker		C	6-4	3.0 Pts, 2.9 Reb
Andy McElveen	JR	G	6-0	2.4 Pts, 1.1 Reb
Sam Sells	SO	G	5-8	1.4 Pts, 0.9 Reb
Herb Hoskins	SR	G	6-1	1.6 Pts, 0.6 Reb
Jimmie Ash	JR		6-3	1.2 Pts, 1.9 Reb
Larry Byrd	SO		6-2	0.4 Pts, 0.5 Reb

Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	26		26.9	64.7	.415	19.7	29.0	.678	45.2					17.7	73.4
Opponent	26		21.3	61.4	.348	19.2	29.5	.651	38.2					17.5	64.6

Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	26		699	1683	.415	511	754	.678	1176					460	1909
Opponent	26		555	1597	.348	499	766	.651	993					454	1680

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	PF	PTS
1	Don Boldebuck	24	8.0	16.3	.490	5.9	8.5	.696	15.8	3.3	21.8
2	Art Helms	24	5.3	11.8	.445	2.6	4.1	.643	10.1	3.0	13.1
3	Dan Dotson	24	4.8	12.0	.401	2.3	3.3	.684	2.7	2.0	11.9
4	Jack Foster	24	3.2	10.0	.320	3.6	5.2	.702	5.2	3.2	10.0
5	Lupe Lopez	24	3.2	7.6	.415	3.1	4.7	.670	2.6	2.0	9.5
6	Dean Evans	24	2.3	5.4	.415	1.1	1.5	.722	4.3	1.6	5.6
7	Harlow Tucker	22	1.0	2.5	.375	1.1	1.9	.585	2.9	1.1	3.0
8	Andy McElveen	22	0.8	1.7	.447	0.8	1.2	.667	1.1	1.0	2.4
9	Herb Hoskins	14	0.6	2.1	.300	0.4	0.6	.625	0.6	0.5	1.6
10	Sam Sells	18	0.3	1.2	.286	0.7	1.2	.619	0.9	1.4	1.4
11	Jimmie Ash	10	0.5	1.4	.357	0.2	0.2	1.000	1.9	0.5	1.2
12	Larry Byrd	11	0.1	0.7	.125	0.2	0.2	1.000	0.5	0.6	0.4

1955-56 Houston Season