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1959-60 Niagara Purple Eagles Men's Roster and Stats

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Record: 13-12 (Independent)

Coach: Taps Gallagher

PS/G: 75.1 (42nd of 181)

PA/G: 70.2 (89th of 181)

SRS: -1.61 (88th of 175)

SOS: -1.94 (108th of 175)

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Al Butler	JR	G	6-2	28.6 Pts, 5.9 Reb
Don Jones	JR	C	6-6	10.0 Pts, 15.3 Reb
Len Whelan	JR	G	6-0	9.0 Pts, 1.8 Reb
Sal Vergopia		F	6-4	8.4 Pts, 7.2 Reb
Bob Johnston		F	6-2	6.6 Pts, 4.8 Reb
Buddy Salamone		G	5-10	3.9 Pts, 1.6 Reb
Ed Ladley		F	6-4	3.5 Pts, 3.3 Reb
Bill Roberts		G	6-0	3.1 Pts, 1.4 Reb
George Kerner		F	6-3	1.2 Pts, 1.3 Reb
Crawford Weistling				1.3 Pts, 1.3 Reb
Dan McKendry		G	6-2	1.0 Pts, 0.1 Reb
Bob O'Brien				1.5 Pts, 0.3 Reb
Leo Nejaim				1.0 Pts, 0.5 Reb

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	25		29.2	71.8	.406	16.8	23.7	.708	44.9					16.2	75.1
Opponent	25		27.6	65.7	.420	15.0	22.2	.673	36.7					136.8	70.2

Total Team and Opponent Stats

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	25		730	1796	.406	420	593	.708	1123					405	1878
Opponent	25		690	1642	.420	374	556	.673	918					3419	1756

Per Game

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Al Butler	25			11.1	24.9	.447	6.3	7.5	.845	5.9					1.9	28.6
2	Don Jones	25			4.1	10.8	.376	1.9	3.0	.618	15.3					3.1	10.0
3	Len Whelan	25			3.4	8.1	.426	2.2	3.8	.568	1.8					1.9	9.0
4	Sal Vergopia	25			3.1	7.4	.422	2.5	3.4	.738	7.2					2.9	8.4
5	Bob Johnston	23			2.7	7.5	.366	1.0	1.7	.632	4.8					1.5	6.6
6	Buddy Salamone	25			1.6	4.0	.404	0.8	1.1	.679	1.6					0.8	3.9
7	Ed Ladley	19			1.2	3.1	.397	0.9	1.6	.581	3.3					2.2	3.5
8	Bill Roberts	21			1.2	3.8	.329	0.6	1.0	.619	1.4					1.0	3.1
9	Bob O'Brien	4			0.8	1.0	.750	0.0	0.0		0.3					0.3	1.5
10	Crawford Weistling	12			0.5	1.1	.462	0.3	0.4	.800	1.3					0.7	1.3
11	George Kerner	17			0.4	1.1	.368	0.4	0.6	.700	1.3					0.6	1.2
12	Dan McKendry	7			0.1	0.7	.200	0.7	1.1	.625	0.1					0.3	1.0
13	Leo Nejaim	2			0.5	1.0	.500	0.0	0.0		0.5					0.5	1.0

Totals

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Al Butler	25			278	622	.447	158	187	.845	148					48	714
2	Don Jones	25			102	271	.376	47	76	.618	383					78	251
3	Len Whelan	25			86	202	.426	54	95	.568	45					47	226
4	Sal Vergopia	25			78	185	.422	62	84	.738	181					73	211
5	Bob Johnston	23			63	172	.366	24	38	.632	111					35	152
6	Buddy Salamone	25			40	99	.404	19	28	.679	41					19	97
7	Ed Ladley	19			23	58	.397	18	31	.581	63					42	66
8	Bill Roberts	21			26	79	.329	13	21	.619	30					21	65
9	George Kerner	17			7	19	.368	7	10	.700	22					11	21
10	Crawford Weistling	12			6	13	.462	4	5	.800	16					8	16
11	Dan McKendry	7			1	5	.200	5	8	.625	1					2	7
12	Bob O'Brien	4			3	4	.750	0	0		1					1	6
13	Leo Nejaim	2			1	2	.500	0	0		1					1	2
	School Totals	25			730	1796	.406	420	593	.708	1123					405	1878

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