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1960-61 USC Trojans Men's Roster and Stats

Record: 21-8 (9-3, 1st in AAWU MBB)

Rank: 7th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Forrest Twogood

PS/G: 72.5 (83rd of 179)

PA/G: 64.4 (31st of 179)

SRS: 11.26 (13th of 173)

SOS: 4.63 (25th of 173)

NCAA Tournament:
Won West First Round (81-79) versus Oregon
Lost West Regional Semifinal (86-71) versus Arizona State
Lost West Regional Third Place (69-67) versus Loyola Marymount

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
John Rudometkin	JR	C	6-6	23.9 Pts, 12.0 Reb
Chris Appel	JR	G	6-2	13.4 Pts, 5.9 Reb
Ken Stanley	JR	F	6-5	10.8 Pts, 8.0 Reb
Gordon Martin	SO	F	6-7	9.0 Pts, 5.0 Reb
Neil Edwards	JR	G	6-2	8.3 Pts, 2.4 Reb
Verne Ashby	JR	F	6-3	4.4 Pts, 5.2 Reb
Wells Sloniger	SO	G	6-0	2.6 Pts, 1.4 Reb
Bob Benedetti	SO	C	6-7	2.7 Pts, 2.8 Reb
Pete Hillman	SO	F	6-3	1.3 Pts, 1.2 Reb
Bill Parsons	SO	F	6-3	1.4 Pts, 1.2 Reb
Bill Ledger	JR	C		0.8 Pts, 1.3 Reb
Will Carleton	JR	F	6-5	0.2 Pts, 0.8 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		26.7	64.4	.414	19.2	27.8	.690	48.6					18.5	72.5
Opponent	29		23.6	59.7	.395	17.3	25.9	.669	41.0					19.0	64.4

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	12														68.8
Opponent	12														64.2

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	29		773	1868	.414	556	806	.690	1408					536	2102
Opponent	29		683	1730	.395	502	750	.669	1189					552	1868

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	12														826
Opponent	12														770

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	PF	PTS
1	John Rudometkin	27	8.9	18.0	.494	6.1	7.7	.793	12.0	2.9	23.9
2	Chris Appel	29	4.3	11.6	.375	4.7	7.0	.678	5.9	3.4	13.4
3	Ken Stanley	29	3.6	9.7	.374	3.6	4.9	.730	8.0	3.2	10.8
4	Gordon Martin	27	3.6	8.9	.408	1.8	2.6	.696	5.0	2.3	9.0
5	Neil Edwards	27	3.7	9.3	.404	0.8	1.5	.550	2.4	2.2	8.3
6	Verne Ashby	29	1.8	3.9	.455	0.9	1.9	.500	5.2	1.9	4.4
7	Bob Benedetti	13	1.0	1.8	.542	0.7	1.4	.500	2.8	1.2	2.7
8	Wells Sloniger	27	0.7	2.8	.250	1.2	1.7	.711	1.4	1.0	2.6
9	Bill Parsons	16	0.5	1.1	.471	0.4	0.6	.600	1.2	1.3	1.4
10	Pete Hillman	18	0.5	2.1	.237	0.3	0.8	.357	1.2	1.4	1.3
11	Bill Ledger	9	0.3	0.8	.429	0.1	0.3	.333	1.3	0.1	0.8
12	Will Carleton	6	0.0	0.2	.000	0.2	0.3	.500	0.8	0.2	0.2

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	PF	PTS
1	John Rudometkin	27	240	486	.494	165	208	.793	325	77	645
2	Chris Appel	29	126	336	.375	137	202	.678	171	98	389
3	Ken Stanley	29	105	281	.374	103	141	.730	233	93	313
4	Gordon Martin	27	98	240	.408	48	69	.696	135	61	244
5	Neil Edwards	27	101	250	.404	22	40	.550	65	60	224
6	Verne Ashby	29	51	112	.455	27	54	.500	150	56	129
7	Wells Sloniger	27	19	76	.250	32	45	.711	38	28	70
8	Bob Benedetti	13	13	24	.542	9	18	.500	37	16	35
9	Pete Hillman	18	9	38	.237	5	14	.357	21	25	23
10	Bill Parsons	16	8	17	.471	6	10	.600	19	20	22
11	Bill Ledger	9	3	7	.429	1	3	.333	12	1	7
12	Will Carleton	6	0	1	.000	1	2	.500	5	1	1
	School Totals	29	773	1868	.414	556	806	.690	1408	536	2102

1960-61 USC (Men's) Season