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1952-53 LSU Fighting Tigers Men's Roster and Stats

Record: 22-3 (13-0, 1st in SEC MBB)

Rank: 5th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Harry Rabenhorst

PS/G: 80.5 (16th of 173)

PA/G: 63.7 (33rd of 173)

SRS: 7.39 (27th of 158)

SOS: -1.56 (92nd of 158)

NCAA Tournament:
Won East Regional Semifinal (89-76) versus Lebanon Valley
Won East Regional Final (81-73) versus Holy Cross
Lost National Semifinal (80-67) versus Indiana
Lost National Third Place (88-69) versus Washington

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Bob Pettit	JR	F	6-9	24.9 Pts, 12.7 Reb
Norman Magee	SO	G	5-11	13.3 Pts, 3.9 Reb
Don Belcher	SO	F	6-2	12.7 Pts, 5.4 Reb
Ned Clark	SO	C	6-5	9.7 Pts, 10.1 Reb
Benny McArdle	JR	G	5-10	8.1 Pts, 2.9 Reb
Bob Freshley	JR	C	6-6	3.2 Pts, 4.2 Reb
Don Sebastian	FR	G	5-10	3.2 Pts, 1.4 Reb
Leslie Jones		G	6-2	2.5 Pts, 1.2 Reb
Kenny Bridges	SR	G	5-11	1.7 Pts, 0.6 Reb
Don Loughmiller	JR	G	6-0	1.1 Pts, 0.4 Reb
Darrell Schultz	JR	G	5-8	1.3 Pts, 0.4 Reb
Jim McNeily	SO	F	6-5	1.1 Pts, 0.5 Reb
Bobby Wesley		F		3.3 Pts, 1.0 Reb
Charley Robert	JR	F	6-0	1.3 Pts, 0.8 Reb
Paul Brayman		F		0.5 Pts, 0.8 Reb
Bill Lee		F	6-5	0.7 Pts, 1.3 Reb

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	25		30.6	78.3	.391	19.3	31.3	.616	42.8					22.9	80.5
Opponent	25		20.8	67.3	.310	22.0	36.6	.600	35.8					19.9	63.7

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	13														67.6
Opponent	13														52.2

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	25		765	1957	.391	482	783	.616	1069					573	2012
Opponent	25		521	1682	.310	550	916	.600	895					498	1592

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	13														879
Opponent	13														679

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Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Pos	G	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Bob Pettit Jr	F	23	9.3	18.5	.506	9.3	18.5	6.2	10.0	.622	12.7	3.0	24.9	AA-1
2	Norman Magee	G	27	4.8	13.2	.364	4.8	13.2	3.7	5.3	.692	3.9	3.7	13.3
3	Don Belcher	F	27	5.4	14.2	.378	5.4	14.2	2.0	3.1	.643	5.4	2.1	12.7
4	Ned Clark	C	27	3.8	9.4	.406	3.8	9.4	2.1	3.4	.620	10.1	3.6	9.7
5	Benny McArdle	G	27	3.1	10.0	.311	3.1	10.0	1.9	3.3	.562	2.9	4.0	8.1
6	Bobby Wesley	F	3	1.7	2.3	.714	1.7	2.3	0.0	0.0		1.0	0.3	3.3
7	Bob Freshley	C	23	1.1	3.3	.347	1.1	3.3	1.0	2.3	.415	4.2	2.2	3.2
8	Don Sebastian	G	18	0.9	4.3	.221	0.9	4.3	1.3	1.7	.774	1.4	2.0	3.2
9	Leslie Jones	G	14	0.9	2.0	.429	0.9	2.0	0.8	1.1	.688	1.2	0.9	2.5
10	Kenny Bridges	G	18	0.6	1.1	.526	0.6	1.1	0.6	1.5	.407	0.6	1.4	1.7
11	Charley Robert	F	6	0.5	1.3	.375	0.5	1.3	0.3	0.7	.500	0.8	0.0	1.3
12	Darrell Schultz	G	9	0.6	1.4	.385	0.6	1.4	0.2	0.4	.500	0.4	0.2	1.3
13	Don Loughmiller	G	11	0.4	1.7	.211	0.4	1.7	0.4	0.4	1.000	0.4	0.6	1.1
14	Jim McNeily	F	10	0.4	0.7	.571	0.4	0.7	0.3	0.6	.500	0.5	0.3	1.1
15	Bill Lee	F	3	0.3	1.3	.250	0.3	1.3	0.0	0.0		1.3	0.3	0.7
16	Paul Brayman	F	4	0.3	2.5	.100	0.3	2.5	0.0	0.0		0.8	0.5	0.5
	Team Totals		25	30.6	78.3	.391	30.6	78.3	19.3	31.3	.616	42.8	22.9	80.5

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	PF	PTS
1	Bob Pettit	23	215	425	.506	143	230	.622	292	69	573
2	Norman Magee	27	130	357	.364	99	143	.692	105	100	359
3	Don Belcher	27	145	384	.378	54	84	.643	145	56	344
4	Ned Clark	27	103	254	.406	57	92	.620	272	98	263
5	Benny McArdle	27	84	270	.311	50	89	.562	78	109	218
6	Bob Freshley	23	26	75	.347	22	53	.415	96	51	74
7	Don Sebastian	18	17	77	.221	24	31	.774	25	36	58
8	Leslie Jones	14	12	28	.429	11	16	.688	17	13	35
9	Kenny Bridges	18	10	19	.526	11	27	.407	11	25	31
10	Don Loughmiller	11	4	19	.211	4	4	1.000	4	7	12
11	Darrell Schultz	9	5	13	.385	2	4	.500	4	2	12
12	Jim McNeily	10	4	7	.571	3	6	.500	5	3	11
13	Bobby Wesley	3	5	7	.714	0	0		3	1	10
14	Charley Robert	6	3	8	.375	2	4	.500	5	0	8
15	Paul Brayman	4	1	10	.100	0	0		3	2	2
16	Bill Lee	3	1	4	.250	0	0		4	1	2
	School Totals	25	765	1957	.391	482	783	.616	1069	573	2012