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men_s_basketball:1956
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Table of Contents
1956/1957
Record: 10-15
Postseason: None
Coach: Jack Nagle
Captain: Dennis Carroll
Leading Scorer: Mike Moran (20.4 ppg)
Leading Rebounder: John Glaser (14.0 rpg)
Schedule and Results
| Date | Opponent | Result | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12/3/56 | St Norbert | W 77-53 | 1-0 |
| 12/5/56 | DePaul | W 61-60 (OT) | 2-0 |
| 12/8/56 | @ Kansas | L 61-78 | 2-1 |
| 12/10/56 | North Dakota St | W 78-49 | 3-1 |
| 12/15/56 | #4 Louisville | L 68-75 | 3-2 |
| 12/17/56 | Drake | W 100-84 | 4-2 |
| 12/19/56 | St Francis (Pa) | L 72-79 | 4-3 |
| 12/22/56 | @ Michigan St | L 65-92 | 4-4 |
| 12/27/56 | vs Georgia Tech (All-College Tourn't) | W 102-78 | 5-4 |
| 12/28/56 | @ #11 OK City (All-College Tourn't) | L 58-63 | 5-5 |
| 12/29/56 | vs Memphis St (All-College Tourn't) | L 76-77 | 5-6 |
| 1/5/57 | Loyola (Ill) | L 69-71 | 5-7 |
| 1/7/57 | Detroit | W 69-64 | 6-7 |
| 1/21/57 | @ Minnesota | L 78-99 | 6-8 |
| 1/22/57 | @ St Thomas (MN) | L 63-69 | 6-9 |
| 1/24/57 | @ North Dakota | W 72-57 | 7-9 |
| 1/30/57 | Creighton | W 67-56 | 8-9 |
| 2/2/57 | Bowling Greeen | W 70-67 | 9-9 |
| 2/6/57 | #14 Canisius | W 81-80 | 10-9 |
| 2/9/57 | @ #8 Bradley | L 65-85 | 10-10 |
| 2/13/57 | @ #8 Louisville | L 79-99 | 10-11 |
| 2/18/57 | @ Missouri | L 76-98 | 10-12 |
| 2/23/57 | @ Loyla (IL) | L 79-81 (OT) | 10-13 |
| 2/26/57 | Notre Dame | L 56-76 | 10-14 |
| 3/6/57 | @ Notre Dame | L 55-94 | 10-15 |
- John Haaven of North Dakota took it upon himself to do most of the shooting for his team against Marquette in their game on December 10th. His efforts failed, but he did set a Marquette opponent single-game record with 38 shot attempts.
1956-1957 Season Statistics
| name | G | FGM | FGA | FG% | FTM | FTA | FT% | REB | RPG | PF | PTS | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Moran | 23 | 170 | 400 | .425 | 130 | 192 | .677 | 256 | 11.1 | 83 | 470 | 20.4 |
| John Glaser | 25 | 135 | 375 | .360 | 81 | 127 | .638 | 349 | 14.0 | 75 | 351 | 14.0 |
| Jim McCoy | 23 | 127 | 353 | .360 | 87 | 136 | .640 | 140 | 6.1 | 52 | 341 | 14.8 |
| Gerry Hopfensperger | 25 | 70 | 228 | .307 | 84 | 132 | .636 | 194 | 7.8 | 79 | 224 | 9.0 |
| Bob Walczak | 25 | 53 | 132 | .402 | 40 | 52 | .769 | 51 | 2.0 | 56 | 146 | 5.8 |
| Clem Massey | 22 | 46 | 113 | .407 | 13 | 24 | .542 | 34 | 1.5 | 40 | 105 | 4.8 |
| Gene Suppelsa | 19 | 21 | 69 | .304 | 18 | 28 | .643 | 51 | 2,7 | 27 | 60 | 3.2 |
| Jim Benka | 18 | 9 | 48 | .188 | 12 | 18 | .667 | 42 | 2.3 | 23 | 30 | 1.7 |
| Tom Sebastian | 9 | 5 | 18 | .278 | 5 | 7 | .714 | 16 | 1.8 | 4 | 15 | 1.7 |
| Jack Gardner | 5 | 4 | 10 | .400 | 6 | 9 | .667 | 5 | 1.0 | 4 | 14 | 2.8 |
| Tom Gurtler | 10 | 6 | 23 | .261 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 15 | 1.5 | 3 | 13 | 1.3 |
| Bob Hutchinson | 8 | 4 | 19 | .211 | 4 | 5 | .800 | 9 | 1.1 | 4 | 12 | 1.5 |
| Dennis Carroll | 4 | 3 | 9 | .333 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 0.8 | 6 | 6 | 1.5 |
| Tom Fetherston | 6 | 1 | 11 | .091 | 4 | 5 | .800 | 1 | 0.2 | 1 | 6 | 1.0 |
| Mike Haviland | 5 | 1 | 8 | .125 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 1 | 0.2 | 2 | 4 | 0.8 |
| TOTALS | 25 | 655 | 1816 | .361 | 487 | 742 | .656 | 1225 | 49.0 | 459 | 1797 | 71.9 |
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