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1953-54 Niagara Purple Eagles Men's Roster and Stats

Record: 24-6 (3-1, 1st in WNY3 MBB)

Rank: 16th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Taps Gallagher

PS/G: 74.1 (42nd of 173)

PA/G: 58.7 (12th of 173)

SRS: 12.54 (15th of 160)

SOS: 3.93 (31st of 160)

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Larry Costello	SR	G	6-1	15.3 Pts, 2.2 Reb
Ed Fleming	JR	C	6-3	14.2 Pts, 8.0 Reb
Charles Hoxie	JR	F	6-4	12.6 Pts, 9.3 Reb
Baltico Bo Erias	SR	F	6-3	10.2 Pts, 5.8 Reb
Jim McConnell	JR		6-0	7.1 Pts, 2.3 Reb
Tom Hemans	SO	F	6-6	5.0 Pts
Hubie Brown	JR		6-0	2.8 Pts
John Donohue	SO		6-0	2.2 Pts
Jim McDonald	JR		6-4	2.2 Pts
_ Trumpfeller				2.3 Pts
Nelson Osa	SO		6-2	1.9 Pts
Gerard Kennedy			6-3	2.1 Pts
_ Wolfe				2.1 Pts
_ DeBerry				2.2 Pts
_ Balen				1.2 Pts

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	30		25.9	60.6	.428	22.2	31.0	.718	36.6					13.7	74.1
Opponent	30		22.4	59.7	.375	13.9	20.5	.681	24.8					20.6	58.7

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	4														70.3
Opponent	4														57.5

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	30		778	1817	.428	667	929	.718	1097					412	2223
Opponent	30		672	1791	.375	418	614	.681	744					617	1762

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	4														281
Opponent	4														230

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Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Pos	G	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	PF	PTS
1	Larry Costello	G	29	5.5	13.6	.407	5.5	13.6	4.3	5.2	.822	2.2	1.9	15.3
2	Ed Fleming	C	30	5.2	11.1	.468	5.2	11.1	3.8	4.9	.782	8.0	1.8	14.2
3	Charles Hoxie	F	28	4.1	7.5	.545	4.1	7.5	4.4	6.3	.703	9.3	2.1	12.6
4	Baltico Bo Erias	F	30	3.9	9.6	.404	3.9	9.6	2.5	3.9	.647	5.8	1.5	10.2
5	Jim McConnell		30	2.4	6.3	.388	2.4	6.3	2.2	2.9	.761	2.3	2.1	7.1
6	Tom Hemans	F	29	0.0			0.0		0.0					5.0
7	Hubie Brown		30	0.0			0.0		0.0					2.8
8	_ Trumpfeller		15	0.0			0.0		0.0					2.3
9	Jim McDonald		17	0.0			0.0		0.0					2.2
10	John Donohue		20	0.0			0.0		0.0					2.2
11	_ DeBerry		11	0.0			0.0		0.0					2.2
12	Gerard Kennedy		14	0.0			0.0		0.0					2.1
13	_ Wolfe		12	0.0			0.0		0.0					2.1
14	Nelson Osa		16	0.0			0.0		0.0					1.9
15	_ Balen		11	0.0			0.0		0.0					1.2
	Team Totals		30	25.9	60.6	.428	25.9	60.6	22.2	31.0	.718	36.6	13.7	74.1