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1953-54 NC State Wolfpack Men's Roster and Stats

Record: 26-7 (5-3, 4th in ACC MBB)

Coach: Everett Case

PS/G: 81.1 (12th of 173)

PA/G: 68.4 (82nd of 173)

SRS: 10.68 (21st of 160)

SOS: -1.94 (107th of 160)

NCAA Tournament:
Won East First Round (75-73) versus George Washington
Lost East Regional Semifinal (88-81) versus La Salle
Won East Regional Third Place (65-54) versus Cornell

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Mel Thompson	SR	F-C	6-3	18.6 Pts, 9.6 Reb
Ronnie Shavlik	SO	F	6-8	15.8 Pts, 13.4 Reb
Vic Molodet	SO	G	5-11	13.6 Pts, 4.4 Reb
Dick Tyler	SR		6-3	8.5 Pts, 6.8 Reb
Herb Applebaum	SR		6-3	5.9 Pts, 4.5 Reb
Dave Gotkin	JR		6-1	5.7 Pts, 0.9 Reb
Whitey Bell	SO		6-0	5.0 Pts, 2.0 Reb
Phil DiNardo	SO		6-4	3.0 Pts, 3.0 Reb
Cliff Dwyer	JR		6-10	4.1 Pts, 3.9 Reb
Ronnie Scheffel	JR		6-0	2.5 Pts, 2.0 Reb
Lou Dickman	SO		6-3	1.2 Pts, 1.6 Reb
Bob Adams	SR		6-0	1.6 Pts, 1.1 Reb
Doug Kincaid	SR		6-0	1.4 Pts, 1.0 Reb
John Stevenson	SR		6-3	0.7 Pts, 1.5 Reb
Dave Kelley	SO		6-2	0.4 Pts, 1.2 Reb

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	33		29.0	79.2	.367	23.1	36.0	.640	58.7					20.7	81.1
Opponent	33		23.9	66.5	.360	20.5	31.8	.646	34.9					23.7	68.4

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	8														82.0
Opponent	8														72.5

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	33		958	2613	.367	761	1189	.640	1938					683	2677
Opponent	33		790	2196	.360	678	1050	.646	1153					783	2258

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	8														656
Opponent	8														580

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Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Pos	G	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	PF	PTS
1	Mel Thompson	F-C	33	6.3	15.2	.412	6.3	15.2	6.1	9.3	.655	9.6	1.9	18.6
2	Ronnie Shavlik	F	33	6.2	16.2	.381	6.2	16.2	3.5	6.2	.567	13.4	3.2	15.8
3	Vic Molodet	G	33	5.0	17.0	.296	5.0	17.0	3.5	5.5	.646	4.4	3.0	13.6
4	Dick Tyler		33	3.1	8.4	.370	3.1	8.4	2.3	3.3	.700	6.8	3.7	8.5
5	Herb Applebaum		33	1.7	4.6	.371	1.7	4.6	2.5	3.4	.726	4.5	2.4	5.9
6	Dave Gotkin		32	2.0	5.7	.350	2.0	5.7	1.7	2.6	.639	0.9	0.8	5.7
7	Whitey Bell		31	2.1	6.4	.322	2.1	6.4	0.9	1.2	.757	2.0	1.6	5.0
8	Cliff Dwyer		20	1.7	4.5	.382	1.7	4.5	0.7	1.5	.467	3.9	1.5	4.1
9	Phil DiNardo		28	1.2	3.4	.362	1.2	3.4	0.6	1.2	.500	3.0	1.4	3.0
10	Ronnie Scheffel		26	0.5	1.8	.292	0.5	1.8	1.4	2.4	.597	2.0	1.5	2.5
11	Bob Adams		8	0.5	1.6	.308	0.5	1.6	0.6	1.0	.625	1.1	0.5	1.6
12	Doug Kincaid		5	0.4	1.6	.250	0.4	1.6	0.6	0.8	.750	1.0	0.4	1.4
13	Lou Dickman		19	0.3	2.2	.143	0.3	2.2	0.6	0.9	.647	1.6	0.8	1.2
14	John Stevenson		6	0.0	1.3	.000	0.0	1.3	0.7	0.8	.800	1.5	0.5	0.7
15	Dave Kelley		5	0.2	1.4	.143	0.2	1.4	0.0	0.0		1.2	0.2	0.4
	Team Totals		33	29.0	79.2	.367	29.0	79.2	23.1	36.0	.640	58.7	20.7	81.1

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	PF	PTS
1	Mel Thompson	33	207	502	.412	201	307	.655	316	64	615
2	Ronnie Shavlik	33	204	536	.381	115	203	.567	441	105	523
3	Vic Molodet	33	166	561	.296	117	181	.646	146	98	449
4	Dick Tyler	33	102	276	.370	77	110	.700	224	122	281
5	Herb Applebaum	33	56	151	.371	82	113	.726	150	80	194
6	Dave Gotkin	32	64	183	.350	53	83	.639	28	27	181
7	Whitey Bell	31	64	199	.322	28	37	.757	61	51	156
8	Phil DiNardo	28	34	94	.362	17	34	.500	85	40	85
9	Cliff Dwyer	20	34	89	.382	14	30	.467	78	29	82
10	Ronnie Scheffel	26	14	48	.292	37	62	.597	51	39	65
11	Lou Dickman	19	6	42	.143	11	17	.647	30	16	23
12	Bob Adams	8	4	13	.308	5	8	.625	9	4	13
13	Doug Kincaid	5	2	8	.250	3	4	.750	5	2	7
14	John Stevenson	6	0	8	.000	4	5	.800	9	3	4
15	Dave Kelley	5	1	7	.143	0	0		6	1	2
	School Totals	33	958	2613	.367	761	1189	.640	1938	683	2677