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1952-53 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers Men's Roster and Stats

Record: 25-6 (8-2, 2nd in OVC MBB)

Rank: 17th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: E.A. Diddle

PS/G: 82.2 (10th of 173)

PA/G: 67.1 (58th of 173)

SRS: 10.51 (15th of 158)

SOS: 2.40 (49th of 158)

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Tom Marshall	JR	F	6-4	18.5 Pts, 12.8 Reb
Art Spoelstra	JR	C	6-9	16.4 Pts, 10.1 Reb
Dan King	JR	F	6-6	13.8 Pts, 9.0 Reb
Dick White	SR	G	5-10	12.1 Pts, 3.0 Reb
Lynn Cole	SO	F	6-2	5.2 Pts, 3.2 Reb
Kay Greer	JR	F	6-4	4.4 Pts, 6.0 Reb
Dick Smith	SR	G	6-6	5.0 Pts, 3.3 Reb
Dyke Vest	JR		5-10	4.4 Pts, 1.5 Reb
Jerry Whitsell	SO		6-5	3.8 Pts, 2.1 Reb
Monie Beard		G	6-1	3.3 Pts, 2.2 Reb

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	31		31.6	76.8	.411	19.0	30.1	.633	56.9					22.4	82.2
Opponent	31		22.4	68.2	.328	22.4	33.3	.672	42.2					20.0	67.1

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	10
Opponent	10

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	31		979	2382	.411	590	932	.633	1764					694	2548
Opponent	31		694	2115	.328	693	1032	.672	1308					620	2081

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	10
Opponent	10

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	PF	PTS
1	Tom Marshall	31	7.2	16.5	.439	4.0	5.8	.691	12.8	2.6	18.5
2	Art Spoelstra	29	6.5	12.3	.528	3.5	5.1	.687	10.1	3.5	16.4
3	Dan King	30	5.5	12.9	.427	2.8	4.9	.571	9.0	2.5	13.8
4	Dick White	31	4.9	13.8	.355	2.3	3.4	.667	3.0	2.8	12.1
5	Lynn Cole	25	1.8	5.7	.322	1.6	2.2	.722	3.2	2.4	5.2
6	Dick Smith	24	1.4	3.9	.351	2.3	3.3	.705	3.3	2.5	5.0
7	Kay Greer	29	1.8	4.0	.440	0.9	2.1	.419	6.0	3.4	4.4
8	Dyke Vest	25	1.8	6.4	.288	0.7	1.2	.581	1.5	1.7	4.4
9	Jerry Whitsell	27	1.4	3.1	.435	1.0	1.7	.622	2.1	1.2	3.8
10	Monie Beard	17	1.1	2.9	.367	1.2	1.8	.645	2.2	1.8	3.3

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	PF	PTS
1	Tom Marshall	31	224	510	.439	125	181	.691	397	81	573
2	Art Spoelstra	29	188	356	.528	101	147	.687	292	101	477
3	Dan King	30	165	386	.427	84	147	.571	269	74	414
4	Dick White	31	152	428	.355	70	105	.667	94	86	374
5	Lynn Cole	25	46	143	.322	39	54	.722	79	61	131
6	Kay Greer	29	51	116	.440	26	62	.419	173	98	128
7	Dick Smith	24	33	94	.351	55	78	.705	79	59	121
8	Dyke Vest	25	46	160	.288	18	31	.581	38	42	110
9	Jerry Whitsell	27	37	85	.435	28	45	.622	58	32	102
10	Monie Beard	17	18	49	.367	20	31	.645	37	30	56
	School Totals	31	979	2382	.411	590	932	.633	1764	694	2548

1952-53 Western Kentucky (Men's) Season