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1952-53 Niagara Purple Eagles Men's Roster and Stats

Record: 22-6 (4-0, 1st in WNY3 MBB)

Coach: Taps Gallagher

PS/G: 71.9 (64th of 173)

PA/G: 61.7 (16th of 173)

SRS: 6.19 (38th of 158)

SOS: 0.91 (63rd of 158)

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Larry Costello	JR	G	6-1	18.2 Pts, 3.9 Reb
Charles Hoxie	SO	F	6-4	13.3 Pts, 8.9 Reb
Ed Fleming	SO	C	6-3	12.4 Pts, 8.5 Reb
Baltico Bo Erias	JR	F	6-3	9.1 Pts, 5.9 Reb
Gerard Kennedy	JR		6-3	6.8 Pts, 3.0 Reb
Jim McConnell	SO		6-0	4.5 Pts, 1.0 Reb
John McMahon	SR		6-1	3.2 Pts, 1.7 Reb
Jim McDonald	SO		6-4	2.4 Pts, 1.2 Reb
Hubie Brown	SO		6-0	2.1 Pts
Frank Layden	SO			2.5 Pts
_ Amato				2.1 Pts
_ Weisenberg				3.7 Pts

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	28		25.6	58.6	.438	20.6	31.2	.662	34.8					14.9	71.9
Opponent	28		23.5	60.3	.391	14.6	23.9	.612	22.1					20.0	61.7

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	4														59.3
Opponent	4														50.0

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	28		718	1640	.438	578	873	.662	973					417	2014
Opponent	28		659	1687	.391	409	668	.612	619					561	1727

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	4														237
Opponent	4														200

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	PF	PTS
1	Larry Costello	28	6.6	14.4	.459	5.0	6.8	.733	3.9	1.8	18.2
2	Charles Hoxie	28	4.5	8.4	.532	4.4	6.3	.689	8.9	2.8	13.3
3	Ed Fleming	28	4.7	10.3	.456	3.1	4.5	.683	8.5	2.2	12.4
4	Baltico Bo Erias	25	3.2	7.6	.424	2.6	3.4	.767	5.9	2.4	9.1
5	Gerard Kennedy	28	2.5	6.9	.358	1.9	3.5	.546	3.0	1.8	6.8
6	Jim McConnell	23	1.7	4.7	.352	1.2	2.3	.538	1.0	1.1	4.5
7	_ Weisenberg	3	1.0			1.7					3.7
8	John McMahon	27	1.0	3.2	.322	1.1	1.7	.652	1.7	1.4	3.2
9	Frank Layden	13	1.1			0.4					2.5
10	Jim McDonald	23	0.8	1.6	.500	0.9	1.6	.556	1.2	0.9	2.4
11	_ Amato	9	0.7			0.8					2.1
12	Hubie Brown	21	0.7			0.7					2.1

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	PF	PTS
1	Larry Costello	28	185	403	.459	140	191	.733	109	49	510
2	Charles Hoxie	28	125	235	.532	122	177	.689	250	79	372
3	Ed Fleming	28	131	287	.456	86	126	.683	238	61	348
4	Baltico Bo Erias	25	81	191	.424	66	86	.767	148	59	228
5	Gerard Kennedy	28	69	193	.358	53	97	.546	85	49	191
6	Jim McConnell	23	38	108	.352	28	52	.538	23	25	104
7	John McMahon	27	28	87	.322	30	46	.652	46	39	86
8	Jim McDonald	23	18	36	.500	20	36	.556	28	21	56
9	Hubie Brown	21	15			15					45
10	Frank Layden	13	14			5					33
11	_ Amato	9	6			7					19
12	_ Weisenberg	3	3			5					11
	School Totals	28	718	1640	.438	578	873	.662	973	417	2014

1952-53 Niagara (Men's) Season