1953-54 La Salle Explorers Men's Roster and Stats

Record: 26-4 (Independent)

Rank: 2nd in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Kenneth Loeffler

PS/G: 75.4 (37th of 173)

PA/G: 63.3 (33rd of 173)

SRS: 14.76 (10th of 160)

SOS: 5.28 (18th of 160)

NCAA Tournament:
Won East First Round (76-74) versus Fordham
Won East Regional Semifinal (88-81) versus NC State
Won East Regional Final (64-48) versus Navy
Won National Semifinal (69-54) versus Penn State
Won National Final (92-76) versus Bradley

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Tom Gola	JR	G	6-7	23.0 Pts, 21.7 Reb
Charles Singley	SO		6-3	10.7 Pts, 5.1 Reb
Francis O'Hara	SR		5-9	9.6 Pts, 3.7 Reb
Frank Blatcher	SO		6-2	10.4 Pts, 4.6 Reb
Fran O'Malley	SO		6-3	7.4 Pts, 4.6 Reb
Bob Maples	SO		6-5	6.9 Pts, 4.7 Reb
Charles Greenberg	SO		6-2	4.7 Pts, 3.0 Reb
John Yodsnukis	SO		6-7	4.6 Pts, 5.7 Reb
Bob Ames	SO		6-3	2.0 Pts, 0.9 Reb
Manuel Gomez	SO		6-5	0.6 Pts, 0.8 Reb
Francis Finegan	JR		6-0	1.0 Pts, 0.3 Reb
Fran McMenamin		G	5-11	0.8 Pts, 0.8 Reb
Bob Ptak				0.7 Pts, 0.7 Reb
Gary Holmes	SO		6-1	0.5 Pts, 0.5 Reb

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	30		28.3	74.7	.379	18.7	28.0	.666	54.8					18.6	75.4
Opponent	30		22.2	68.9	.322	18.9	29.2	.648	45.3					17.7	63.3

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	30		850	2240	.379	560	841	.666	1644					558	2261
Opponent	30		665	2067	.322	568	877	.648	1359					531	1898

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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 Gola	G	30	8.4	20.6	.407	8.4	20.6	6.2	8.5	.732	21.7	3.2	23.0	AA-1
2	Charles Singley		30	4.2	10.9	.382	4.2	10.9	2.3	3.6	.645	5.1	2.2	10.7
3	Frank Blatcher		27	4.3	11.6	.374	4.3	11.6	1.8	2.8	.640	4.6	2.6	10.4
4	Francis O'Hara		30	3.4	8.4	.406	3.4	8.4	2.8	4.0	.708	3.7	2.6	9.6
5	Fran O'Malley		30	2.7	7.7	.345	2.7	7.7	2.1	3.0	.697	4.6	2.6	7.4
6	Bob Maples		30	2.7	6.6	.404	2.7	6.6	1.5	2.8	.554	4.7	2.5	6.9
7	Charles Greenberg		26	1.8	5.7	.311	1.8	5.7	1.2	2.1	.545	3.0	1.5	4.7
8	John Yodsnukis		18	1.9	6.2	.304	1.9	6.2	0.8	1.3	.625	5.7	2.2	4.6
9	Bob Ames		14	0.6	2.1	.300	0.6	2.1	0.7	0.9	.769	0.9	0.4	2.0
10	Francis Finegan		3	0.3	0.3	1.000	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.7	.500	0.3	0.0	1.0
11	Fran McMenamin	G	4	0.3	1.3	.200	0.3	1.3	0.3	1.0	.250	0.8	0.5	0.8
12	Bob Ptak		3	0.3	0.3	1.000	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0		0.7	0.0	0.7
13	Manuel Gomez		16	0.1	0.8	.167	0.1	0.8	0.4	0.8	.462	0.8	0.6	0.6
14	Gary Holmes		2	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.5	0.5	1.0	.500	0.5	0.5	0.5
	Team Totals		30	28.3	74.7	.379	28.3	74.7	18.7	28.0	.666	54.8	18.6	75.4

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Totals Table
Rk	Player	Pos	G	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Tom Gola	G	30	252	619	.407	252	619	186	254	.732	*652*	96	690	AA-1
2	Charles Singley		30	125	327	.382	125	327	69	107	.645	153	66	320
3	Francis O'Hara		30	102	251	.406	102	251	85	120	.708	111	77	289
4	Frank Blatcher		27	117	313	.374	117	313	48	75	.640	124	70	282
5	Fran O'Malley		30	80	232	.345	80	232	62	89	.697	139	79	222
6	Bob Maples		30	80	198	.404	80	198	46	83	.554	141	75	206
7	Charles Greenberg		26	46	148	.311	46	148	30	55	.545	78	38	122
8	John Yodsnukis		18	34	112	.304	34	112	15	24	.625	102	39	83
9	Bob Ames		14	9	30	.300	9	30	10	13	.769	13	5	28
10	Manuel Gomez		16	2	12	.167	2	12	6	13	.462	12	10	10
11	Fran McMenamin	G	4	1	5	.200	1	5	1	4	.250	3	2	3
12	Francis Finegan		3	1	1	1.000	1	1	1	2	.500	1	0	3
13	Bob Ptak		3	1	1	1.000	1	1	0	0		2	0	2
14	Gary Holmes		2	0	1	.000	0	1	1	2	.500	1	1	1
	Team Totals		30	850	2240	.379	850	2240	560	841	.666	1644	558	2261