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1955-56 Wake Forest Demon Deacons Men's Roster and Stats

Record: 19-9 (10-4, 3rd in ACC MBB)

Rank: 16th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Murray Greason

PS/G: 80.7 (26th of 175)

PA/G: 75.2 (106th of 175)

SRS: 9.97 (26th of 166)

SOS: 4.47 (33rd of 166)

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Lefty Davis	SR	F	6-2	19.2 Pts, 7.0 Reb
Jack Williams	JR	F	6-3	16.5 Pts, 11.0 Reb
Jack Murdock	JR		5-10	16.1 Pts, 4.5 Reb
Ernie Wiggins	JR		6-0	13.4 Pts, 3.8 Reb
Jim Gilley	JR		6-6	10.8 Pts, 9.3 Reb
Wendell Carr	SO		6-5	2.7 Pts, 2.6 Reb
Bill Tucker	JR		5-10	1.8 Pts, 0.9 Reb
Henry Bowers	SO		6-3	1.6 Pts, 0.3 Reb
Joe Stepusin	JR		6-3	0.7 Pts, 1.1 Reb
Jack Frauson	SO		6-6	3.0 Pts, 2.0 Reb
Ken Cox	SO		6-3	0.7 Pts, 0.7 Reb
Jon Gerdes	SO		6-4	0.8 Pts, 2.0 Reb
Don Scalf	SO		5-10	0.3 Pts, 0.4 Reb
Jim Campbell	SR		5-11	0.5 Pts, 0.8 Reb
George Austin	SO		6-7	0.0 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	28		27.8	62.6	.443	25.2	34.5	.730	43.3					16.1	80.7
Opponent	28		27.5	74.4	.369	20.2	28.1	.717	46.4					20.2	75.2

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	14
Opponent	14

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	28		777	1754	.443	705	966	.730	1211					452	2259
Opponent	28		770	2084	.369	565	788	.717	1300					565	2105

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	14
Opponent	14

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Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Pos	G	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	PF	PTS
1	Lefty Davis	F	28	7.0	15.9	.439	7.0	15.9	5.2	7.1	.737	7.0	2.4	19.2
2	Jack Williams	F	28	6.2	13.9	.445	6.2	13.9	4.1	6.6	.625	11.0	2.9	16.5
3	Jack Murdock		28	4.4	8.9	.500	4.4	8.9	7.3	8.5	.857	4.5	2.4	16.1
4	Ernie Wiggins		28	4.9	9.7	.500	4.9	9.7	3.6	4.6	.797	3.8	2.1	13.4
5	Jim Gilley		28	3.7	9.8	.381	3.7	9.8	3.4	5.1	.657	9.3	1.3	10.8
6	Jack Frauson		3	1.0	2.0	.500	1.0	2.0	1.0	1.3	.750	2.0	1.3	3.0
7	Wendell Carr		24	0.7	2.8	.254	0.7	2.8	1.3	2.0	.612	2.6	2.2	2.7
8	Bill Tucker		12	0.8	1.6	.474	0.8	1.6	0.3	0.7	.500	0.9	0.6	1.8
9	Henry Bowers		9	0.7	1.2	.545	0.7	1.2	0.2	0.3	.667	0.3	0.4	1.6
10	Jon Gerdes		5	0.4	2.0	.200	0.4	2.0	0.0	0.4	.000	2.0	0.4	0.8
11	Joe Stepusin		15	0.2	0.6	.333	0.2	0.6	0.3	0.4	.833	1.1	0.7	0.7
12	Ken Cox		6	0.3	0.3	1.000	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0		0.7	0.5	0.7
13	Jim Campbell		4	0.3	1.3	.200	0.3	1.3	0.0	0.0		0.8	0.3	0.5
14	Don Scalf		11	0.1	0.5	.200	0.1	0.5	0.1	0.2	.500	0.4	0.7	0.3
15	George Austin		3	0.0	0.7	.000	0.0	0.7	0.0	0.7	.000	0.3	0.3	0.0
	Team Totals		28	27.8	62.6	.443	27.8	62.6	25.2	34.5	.730	43.3	16.1	80.7

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	PF	PTS
1	Lefty Davis	28	196	446	.439	146	198	.737	197	67	538
2	Jack Williams	28	173	389	.445	115	184	.625	309	80	461
3	Jack Murdock	28	124	248	.500	203	237	.857	127	66	451
4	Ernie Wiggins	28	136	272	.500	102	128	.797	105	60	374
5	Jim Gilley	28	104	273	.381	94	143	.657	259	37	302
6	Wendell Carr	24	17	67	.254	30	49	.612	63	52	64
7	Bill Tucker	12	9	19	.474	4	8	.500	11	7	22
8	Henry Bowers	9	6	11	.545	2	3	.667	3	4	14
9	Joe Stepusin	15	3	9	.333	5	6	.833	16	10	11
10	Jack Frauson	3	3	6	.500	3	4	.750	6	4	9
11	Ken Cox	6	2	2	1.000	0	0		4	3	4
12	Jon Gerdes	5	2	10	.200	0	2	.000	10	2	4
13	Don Scalf	11	1	5	.200	1	2	.500	4	8	3
14	Jim Campbell	4	1	5	.200	0	0		3	1	2
15	George Austin	3	0	2	.000	0	2	.000	1	1	0
	School Totals	28	777	1754	.443	705	966	.730	1211	452	2259