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1958-59 West Virginia Mountaineers Men's Roster and Stats

Record: 29-5 (11-0, 1st in Southern MBB)

Rank: 10th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Fred Schaus

PS/G: 84.8 (2nd of 181)

PA/G: 72.4 (128th of 181)

SRS: 13.84 (9th of 173)

SOS: 1.43 (75th of 173)

NCAA Tournament:
Won East First Round (82-68) versus Dartmouth
Won East Regional Semifinal (95-92) versus Saint Joseph's
Won East Regional Final (86-82) versus Boston University
Won National Semifinal (94-79) versus Louisville
Lost National Final (71-70) versus California

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Jerry West	JR	G	6-3	26.6 Pts, 12.3 Reb, 2.5 Ast
Bob Smith	SR	G	6-4	12.6 Pts, 5.3 Reb
Marvin Bucky Bolyard	SR	G	5-11	10.1 Pts, 3.1 Reb
Willie Akers	JR	C	6-5	7.4 Pts, 7.2 Reb
James Ritchie	SO	F	6-4	7.2 Pts, 5.0 Reb
Robert Clousson	SR	C	6-6	7.1 Pts, 5.6 Reb
Lee Patrone	SO	G	5-11	6.2 Pts, 2.3 Reb
Ronald Retton	SR	G	5-7	4.0 Pts, 1.4 Reb
Joe Posch	SO	C	6-7	2.4 Pts, 2.8 Reb
Paul Butch Goode	JR	G	6-2	2.3 Pts, 1.3 Reb
Nick Visnic	SO	G	6-1	1.8 Pts, 1.0 Reb
Howard Schertzinger	SR	F	6-4	0.7 Pts, 1.8 Reb
Jay Jacobs	JR	G	5-9	1.0 Pts, 0.0 Reb
Jim Warren	JR	G	6-2	0.4 Pts, 0.2 Reb
George Davis	SO	C	6-4	0.0 Pts, 0.5 Reb

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	34		31.6	69.3	.456	21.6	31.5	.685	53.2					20.0	84.8
Opponent	34		26.5	67.7	.391	19.4	28.2	.688	44.4					21.6	72.4

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	11														85.8
Opponent	11														68.5

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	34		1075	2355	.456	734	1072	.685	1810					681	2884
Opponent	34		901	2302	.391	660	959	.688	1508					735	2462

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	11														944
Opponent	11														754

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	Jerry West	34	35.6	10.0	19.3	.518	6.6	9.4	.697	12.3	2.5	2.9	26.6
2	Bob Smith	34		4.9	12.0	.404	2.9	4.1	.714	5.3		1.8	12.6
3	Marvin Bucky Bolyard	34		4.0	8.3	.480	2.2	3.1	.712	3.1		2.4	10.1
4	Willie Akers	34		2.7	6.9	.394	2.0	2.8	.698	7.2		2.9	7.4
5	James Ritchie	34		2.5	5.5	.449	2.3	3.6	.636	5.0		2.4	7.2
6	Robert Clousson	34		2.5	5.5	.452	2.1	3.2	.667	5.6		3.1	7.1
7	Lee Patrone	31		2.4	5.2	.457	1.4	2.2	.638	2.3		0.9	6.2
8	Ronald Retton	33		1.3	3.0	.430	1.4	1.8	.738	1.4		1.3	4.0
9	Joe Posch	28		0.8	2.1	.383	0.8	0.9	.880	2.8		1.8	2.4
10	Paul Butch Goode	15		1.1	1.9	.571	0.2	0.7	.273	1.3		0.7	2.3
11	Nick Visnic	13		0.8	1.9	.400	0.3	0.8	.400	1.0		0.8	1.8
12	Jay Jacobs	5		0.4	0.4	1.000	0.2	0.4	.500	0.0		0.2	1.0
13	Howard Schertzinger	14		0.3	1.2	.235	0.1	0.4	.400	1.8		0.4	0.7
14	Jim Warren	5		0.2	0.8	.250	0.0	0.0		0.2		0.4	0.4
15	George Davis	6		0.0	0.2	.000	0.0	0.0		0.5		0.2	0.0

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	Jerry West	34	1210	340	656	.518	223	320	.697	419	86	100	903
2	Bob Smith	34		165	408	.404	100	140	.714	180		60	430
3	Marvin Bucky Bolyard	34		135	281	.480	74	104	.712	105		83	344
4	Willie Akers	34		93	236	.394	67	96	.698	245		98	253
5	James Ritchie	34		84	187	.449	77	121	.636	169		80	245
6	Robert Clousson	34		85	188	.452	72	108	.667	190		106	242
7	Lee Patrone	31		74	162	.457	44	69	.638	70		28	192
8	Ronald Retton	33		43	100	.430	45	61	.738	47		44	131
9	Joe Posch	28		23	60	.383	22	25	.880	77		51	68
10	Paul Butch Goode	15		16	28	.571	3	11	.273	19		11	35
11	Nick Visnic	13		10	25	.400	4	10	.400	13		11	24
12	Howard Schertzinger	14		4	17	.235	2	5	.400	25		5	10
13	Jay Jacobs	5		2	2	1.000	1	2	.500	0		1	5
14	Jim Warren	5		1	4	.250	0	0		1		2	2
15	George Davis	6		0	1	.000	0	0		3		1	0
	School Totals	34		1075	2355	.456	734	1072	.685	1810		681	2884