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1953-54 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers Men's Roster and Stats

Record: 29-3 (9-1, 1st in OVC MBB)

Rank: 8th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: E.A. Diddle

PS/G: 85.3 (3rd of 173)

PA/G: 69.4 (87th of 173)

SRS: 15.60 (7th of 160)

SOS: 2.83 (46th of 160)

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Tom Marshall	SR	F	6-4	25.9 Pts, 14.9 Reb
Art Spoelstra	SR	C	6-9	17.2 Pts, 12.1 Reb
Jack Turner	SR	F	6-4	13.2 Pts, 5.9 Reb
Forest Able	SO	F	6-2	11.0 Pts, 3.5 Reb
Lynn Cole	JR	F	6-2	9.1 Pts, 3.8 Reb
Dan King	SR	F	6-6	5.2 Pts, 3.3 Reb
Kay Greer	SR	F	6-4	3.3 Pts, 4.1 Reb
Jerry Whitsell	JR		6-5	2.7 Pts, 1.7 Reb
James Callison	JR			1.3 Pts
Bob Daniels	FR	F	6-6	0.6 Pts
Ronnie Clark	FR	G	5-11

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	32		30.8	66.7	.462	23.8	33.7	.706	51.4					20.2	85.3
Opponent	32		24.9	65.8	.379	19.5	31.0	.630	37.9					22.3	69.4

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	32		985	2133	.462	760	1077	.706	1644					647	2730
Opponent	32		798	2106	.379	625	992	.630	1212					714	2221

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	32	8.8	21.6	.408	8.3	11.2	.738	14.9	2.6	25.9
2	Art Spoelstra	32	6.3	10.9	.577	4.5	6.5	.697	12.1	2.9	17.2
3	Jack Turner	27	4.1	9.5	.434	5.0	6.3	.784	5.9	2.7	13.2
4	Forest Able	32	4.5	11.8	.384	1.9	2.7	.713	3.5	3.6	11.0
5	Lynn Cole	31	3.5	7.9	.447	2.0	2.7	.759	3.8	3.1	9.1
6	Dan King	27	1.8	4.7	.389	1.6	2.7	.568	3.3	1.2	5.2
7	Kay Greer	25	1.3	1.8	.696	0.7	1.9	.375	4.1	2.5	3.3
8	Jerry Whitsell	23	1.0	2.0	.489	0.7	0.9	.800	1.7	1.0	2.7
9	James Callison	16	0.5			0.3					1.3
10	Bob Daniels	17	0.2			0.2	0.2	1.000			0.6
11	Ronnie Clark

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	PF	PTS
1	Tom Marshall	32	282	692	.408	265	359	.738	477	84	829
2	Art Spoelstra	32	202	350	.577	145	208	.697	387	93	549
3	Jack Turner	27	111	256	.434	134	171	.784	159	72	356
4	Forest Able	32	145	378	.384	62	87	.713	112	114	352
5	Lynn Cole	31	110	246	.447	63	83	.759	117	96	283
6	Dan King	27	49	126	.389	42	74	.568	88	32	140
7	Kay Greer	25	32	46	.696	18	48	.375	103	62	82
8	Jerry Whitsell	23	23	47	.489	16	20	.800	40	24	62
9	James Callison	16	8			5					21
10	Bob Daniels	17	4			3	3	1.000			11
11	Ronnie Clark
	School Totals	32	985	2133	.462	760	1077	.706	1644	647	2730

1953-54 Western Kentucky (Men's) Season