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1969-70 Niagara Purple Eagles Men's Roster and Stats

Record: 22-7 (Independent)

Rank: 17th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Frank Layden

PS/G: 84.3 (39th of 203)

PA/G: 77.8 (113th of 203)

SRS: 3.15 (64th of 196)

SOS: 0.15 (101st of 196)

NCAA Tournament:
Won East First Round (79-69) versus Pennsylvania
Lost East Regional Semifinal (98-73) versus Villanova
Lost East Regional Third Place (108-88) versus NC State

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Calvin Murphy	SR	G	5-9	29.4 Pts, 3.6 Reb
Marshall Wingate	SO	G	6-5	11.3 Pts, 4.1 Reb
Bob Churchwell	SR	F	6-6	9.9 Pts, 10.4 Reb
Steve Schafer	SR	F	6-5	11.2 Pts, 8.5 Reb
Mike Samuel	SR	G	6-3	8.8 Pts, 4.7 Reb
Wayne Jones	JR	F	6-4	9.5 Pts, 8.1 Reb
Mike Brown	SR	G	5-10	6.8 Pts, 1.4 Reb
Paul Thornton	SO	G	6-2	1.2 Pts, 0.3 Reb
Joe Adomanis	SR	F	6-6	0.8 Pts, 0.9 Reb
Peter Aiello	SO	G	6-1	0.8 Pts, 0.3 Reb
Mike Whalen	SO	C	6-7	0.5 Pts, 0.7 Reb
Orlander Harrison	SO		6-5	0.4 Pts, 0.7 Reb
Dennis Kachovec	SO		6-7	2.0 Pts, 1.0 Reb
Ed Street	JR	F	6-5	0.4 Pts, 0.8 Reb
Dick Fitzgerald	JR	F	6-5	0.0 Pts, 0.5 Reb
A.Lynn Gray	SO		6-5	0.0 Pts, 0.7 Reb

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	29		33.6	73.0	.460	17.2	23.9	.720	39.3					18.4	84.3
Opponent	29		30.6	67.9	.451	16.6	25.2	.656	46.2					17.6	77.8

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	29		973	2116	.460	499	693	.720	1140					534	2445
Opponent	29		888	1970	.451	480	732	.656	1340					511	2256

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	PF	PTS
1	Calvin Murphy	29	10.9	23.9	.457	7.7	8.7	.881	3.6	3.6	29.4
2	Marshall Wingate	29	4.6	8.0	.580	2.1	3.3	.635	4.1	2.4	11.3
3	Steve Schafer	24	4.7	9.8	.477	1.8	3.4	.537	8.5	3.3	11.2
4	Bob Churchwell	29	4.2	9.8	.432	1.4	2.2	.625	10.4	3.6	9.9
5	Wayne Jones	24	4.3	11.3	.384	0.8	1.3	.613	8.1	1.5	9.5
6	Mike Samuel	29	3.3	6.9	.483	2.1	3.0	.698	4.7	1.6	8.8
7	Mike Brown	24	2.4	5.3	.457	2.0	2.7	.723	1.4	2.5	6.8
8	Dennis Kachovec	2	1.0	1.0	1.000	0.0	0.5	.000	1.0	0.0	2.0
9	Paul Thornton	23	0.6	1.5	.382	0.1	0.3	.286	0.3	0.6	1.2
10	Joe Adomanis	16	0.4	0.8	.462	0.0	0.0		0.9	0.4	0.8
11	Peter Aiello	11	0.4	0.5	.667	0.1	0.3	.333	0.3	0.1	0.8
12	Mike Whalen	10	0.2	0.5	.400	0.1	0.3	.333	0.7	0.3	0.5
13	Orlander Harrison	11	0.1	0.8	.111	0.2	0.2	1.000	0.7	0.6	0.4
14	Ed Street	5	0.2	0.8	.250	0.0	0.2	.000	0.8	1.0	0.4
15	Dick Fitzgerald	2	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0		0.5	0.5	0.0
16	A.Lynn Gray	3	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.7	0.7	0.0

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	PF	PTS
1	Calvin Murphy	29	316	692	.457	222	252	.881	103	103	854
2	Marshall Wingate	29	134	231	.580	61	96	.635	119	71	329
3	Bob Churchwell	29	123	285	.432	40	64	.625	303	103	286
4	Steve Schafer	24	112	235	.477	44	82	.537	203	78	268
5	Mike Samuel	29	97	201	.483	60	86	.698	137	46	254
6	Wayne Jones	24	104	271	.384	19	31	.613	194	35	227
7	Mike Brown	24	58	127	.457	47	65	.723	34	60	163
8	Paul Thornton	23	13	34	.382	2	7	.286	6	13	28
9	Joe Adomanis	16	6	13	.462	0	0		14	6	12
10	Peter Aiello	11	4	6	.667	1	3	.333	3	1	9
11	Mike Whalen	10	2	5	.400	1	3	.333	7	3	5
12	Orlander Harrison	11	1	9	.111	2	2	1.000	8	7	4
13	Dennis Kachovec	2	2	2	1.000	0	1	.000	2	0	4
14	Ed Street	5	1	4	.250	0	1	.000	4	5	2
15	Dick Fitzgerald	2	0	1	.000	0	0		1	1	0
16	A.Lynn Gray	3	0	0		0	0		2	2	0
	School Totals	29	973	2116	.460	499	693	.720	1140	534	2445