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1971-72 Niagara Purple Eagles Men's Roster and Stats

Record: 21-9 (Independent)

Coach: Frank Layden

PS/G: 83.8 (47th of 221)

PA/G: 75.7 (93rd of 221)

SRS: 5.85 (53rd of 210)

SOS: 1.31 (79th of 210)

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Marshall Wingate	SR	G	6-5	20.6 Pts, 5.8 Reb
Al Williams	JR	G	5-10	13.9 Pts, 3.6 Reb
Cleve Royster	SO	F	6-6	10.4 Pts, 8.8 Reb
Jim Chassar	JR	F	6-4	9.9 Pts, 4.6 Reb
Ed Street	SR	F	6-5	9.7 Pts, 8.3 Reb
Bob Miller	JR	G	6-3	6.9 Pts, 1.4 Reb
Jim Hegmann	JR	C	6-11	4.8 Pts, 3.2 Reb
Craig Ellis	JR	G	6-1	3.6 Pts, 0.7 Reb
Doug Farrell	JR	G	6-2	2.0 Pts, 2.0 Reb
Kerry Reedy	SO	F	6-5	1.9 Pts, 0.9 Reb
Mike Whalen	SR	C	6-7	1.5 Pts, 1.7 Reb
Leory Taylor	SO	F	6-5	1.6 Pts, 1.1 Reb
Paul Thornton	SR	G	6-2	0.9 Pts, 0.1 Reb
John Karuch				0.9 Pts, 0.4 Reb
Joe Kassler				0.3 Pts, 0.3 Reb

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	30		31.8	70.7	.450	20.2	29.3	.689	48.3					21.3	83.8
Opponent	30		27.8	65.9	.422	20.1	28.4	.710	46.1					22.0	75.7

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	30		954	2122	.450	605	878	.689	1449					639	2513
Opponent	30		833	1976	.422	604	851	.710	1382					661	2270

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Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Pos	G	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	PF	PTS
1	Marshall Wingate	G	30	7.7	16.1	.479	7.7	16.1	5.1	7.3	.699	5.8	2.9	20.6
2	Al Williams	G	30	5.0	10.9	.457	5.0	10.9	3.9	4.6	.855	3.6	3.2	13.9
3	Cleve Royster	F	30	3.9	8.4	.464	3.9	8.4	2.6	4.0	.664	8.8	3.3	10.4
4	Jim Chassar	F	30	4.0	9.8	.405	4.0	9.8	2.0	3.0	.667	4.6	2.8	9.9
5	Ed Street	F	30	3.3	9.3	.358	3.3	9.3	3.0	4.7	.641	8.3	3.3	9.7
6	Bob Miller	G	29	2.9	4.9	.580	2.9	4.9	1.1	1.8	.647	1.4	1.7	6.9
7	Jim Hegmann	C	25	2.1	4.4	.482	2.1	4.4	0.6	1.4	.429	3.2	1.9	4.8
8	Craig Ellis	G	29	1.4	3.1	.456	1.4	3.1	0.8	0.9	.815	0.7	0.8	3.6
9	Doug Farrell	G	25	0.8	2.3	.351	0.8	2.3	0.4	0.6	.625	2.0	1.0	2.0
10	Kerry Reedy	F	17	0.8	1.4	.565	0.8	1.4	0.4	0.6	.700	0.9	0.7	1.9
11	Leory Taylor	F	16	0.6	1.1	.529	0.6	1.1	0.5	0.8	.615	1.1	0.3	1.6
12	Mike Whalen	C	19	0.5	1.4	.385	0.5	1.4	0.4	0.8	.533	1.7	0.4	1.5
13	John Karuch		7	0.4	1.1	.375	0.4	1.1	0.0	0.1	.000	0.4	0.3	0.9
14	Paul Thornton	G	9	0.4	0.9	.500	0.4	0.9	0.0	0.0		0.1	0.2	0.9
15	Joe Kassler		3	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	1.0	0.3	0.7	.500	0.3	0.7	0.3
	Team Totals		30	31.8	70.7	.450	31.8	70.7	20.2	29.3	.689	48.3	21.3	83.8

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	PF	PTS
1	Marshall Wingate	30	232	484	.479	153	219	.699	173	87	617
2	Al Williams	30	150	328	.457	118	138	.855	108	95	418
3	Cleve Royster	30	117	252	.464	79	119	.664	263	98	313
4	Jim Chassar	30	119	294	.405	60	90	.667	138	84	298
5	Ed Street	30	100	279	.358	91	142	.641	248	98	291
6	Bob Miller	29	83	143	.580	33	51	.647	40	49	199
7	Jim Hegmann	25	53	110	.482	15	35	.429	80	47	121
8	Craig Ellis	29	41	90	.456	22	27	.815	21	24	104
9	Doug Farrell	25	20	57	.351	10	16	.625	50	26	50
10	Kerry Reedy	17	13	23	.565	7	10	.700	16	12	33
11	Mike Whalen	19	10	26	.385	8	15	.533	33	8	28
12	Leory Taylor	16	9	17	.529	8	13	.615	17	5	26
13	Paul Thornton	9	4	8	.500	0	0		1	2	8
14	John Karuch	7	3	8	.375	0	1	.000	3	2	6
15	Joe Kassler	3	0	3	.000	1	2	.500	1	2	1
	School Totals	30	954	2122	.450	605	878	.689	1449	639	2513