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1952-53 Wake Forest Demon Deacons Men's Roster and Stats

Record: 19-6 (12-3, 2nd in Southern MBB)

Rank: 15th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Murray Greason

PS/G: 84.0 (6th of 173)

PA/G: 74.2 (115th of 173)

SRS: 7.21 (31st of 158)

SOS: -0.66 (80th of 158)

NCAA Tournament:
Lost East Regional Semifinal (79-71) versus Holy Cross
Won East Regional Third Place (91-71) versus Lebanon Valley

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Dickie Hemric	SO	C	6-6	24.9 Pts, 16.6 Reb
Jack Williams	SO	F	6-3	20.2 Pts, 7.7 Reb
Billy Lyles	JR	G	5-11	10.3 Pts, 3.2 Reb
Al DePorter	JR	F	6-1	8.3 Pts, 4.4 Reb
Maurice George	SO	F	6-1	6.3 Pts, 3.7 Reb
Ray Lipstas	JR	F	6-4	6.0 Pts, 4.2 Reb
Lowell Davis				2.0 Pts, 0.8 Reb
Frank McRen				1.3 Pts, 0.8 Reb
John DeVos	SO	G	6-1	0.9 Pts, 0.4 Reb
Tom Preston	SO	F	6-3	0.9 Pts, 0.6 Reb
Graham Phillips	SO	G	6-2	1.3 Pts, 0.7 Reb
Bill Alheim		F	5-9	0.4 Pts, 0.1 Reb
Joe Koch				0.8 Pts, 0.3 Reb
Tommy Howard				0.0 Pts, 1.0 Reb
_ Howell
Jim Kotecki	SO

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	25		28.8	70.0	.411	26.5	41.2	.643	43.5					20.2	84.0
Opponent	25		27.3	75.0	.364	21.0	32.5	.647	44.3					25.6	74.2

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	15														82.7
Opponent	15														70.2

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	25		719	1751	.411	663	1031	.643	1088					505	2101
Opponent	25		683	1874	.364	526	813	.647	1107					639	1854

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	15														1241
Opponent	15														1053

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Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Pos	G	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	PF	PTS
1	Dickie Hemric	C	25	8.5	18.1	.469	8.5	18.1	8.0	13.4	.592	16.6	3.2	24.9
2	Jack Williams	F	27	6.9	16.6	.417	6.9	16.6	6.3	9.1	.692	7.7	3.3	20.2
3	Billy Lyles	G	27	4.0	10.7	.374	4.0	10.7	2.3	3.5	.649	3.2	2.6	10.3
4	Al DePorter	F	24	2.6	6.8	.384	2.6	6.8	3.0	4.1	.745	4.4	3.5	8.3
5	Maurice George	F	27	2.1	5.7	.368	2.1	5.7	2.1	3.0	.683	3.7	2.6	6.3
6	Ray Lipstas	F	25	2.1	5.4	.388	2.1	5.4	1.8	3.4	.535	4.2	2.5	6.0
7	Lowell Davis		15	0.5	1.5	.348	0.5	1.5	0.9	1.3	.700	0.8	0.4	2.0
8	Frank McRen		15	0.3	1.3	.263	0.3	1.3	0.7	1.4	.476	0.8	0.7	1.3
9	Graham Phillips	G	3	0.7	1.7	.400	0.7	1.7	0.0	0.0		0.7	0.0	1.3
10	John DeVos	G	19	0.4	1.2	.304	0.4	1.2	0.2	0.4	.500	0.4	1.1	0.9
11	Tom Preston	F	14	0.2	1.1	.200	0.2	1.1	0.5	0.9	.583	0.6	0.6	0.9
12	Joe Koch		4	0.3	0.5	.500	0.3	0.5	0.3	0.5	.500	0.3	1.0	0.8
13	Bill Alheim	F	8	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.5	0.4	0.5	.750	0.1	0.3	0.4
14	Tommy Howard		1	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0		1.0	1.0	0.0
15	Jim Kotecki
16	_ Howell
	Team Totals		25	28.8	70.0	.411	28.8	70.0	26.5	41.2	.643	43.5	20.2	84.0

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	PF	PTS
1	Dickie Hemric	25	212	452	.469	199	336	.592	416	80	623
2	Jack Williams	27	187	448	.417	171	247	.692	209	90	545
3	Billy Lyles	27	108	289	.374	61	94	.649	86	69	277
4	Al DePorter	24	63	164	.384	73	98	.745	105	83	199
5	Maurice George	27	57	155	.368	56	82	.683	101	71	170
6	Ray Lipstas	25	52	134	.388	46	86	.535	106	62	150
7	Lowell Davis	15	8	23	.348	14	20	.700	12	6	30
8	Frank McRen	15	5	19	.263	10	21	.476	12	10	20
9	John DeVos	19	7	23	.304	4	8	.500	7	21	18
10	Tom Preston	14	3	15	.200	7	12	.583	8	8	13
11	Graham Phillips	3	2	5	.400	0	0		2	0	4
12	Bill Alheim	8	0	4	.000	3	4	.750	1	2	3
13	Joe Koch	4	1	2	.500	1	2	.500	1	4	3
14	Tommy Howard	1	0	1	.000	0	0		1	1	0
15	_ Howell
16	Jim Kotecki
	School Totals	25	719	1751	.411	663	1031	.643	1088	505	2101