| #18 Roy Peters |
| HS: Mont Pleasant | Schenectady, NY |
| Born: |
| Season | Cl | Pos | G | GS | FG | FGA | % | FT | FTA | % | Fls | DQ | Pts | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1942-43 | Fr | G | +3 |
+0 |
11 |
0.0 |
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| 1945-46 | So | G | 14 |
7 |
96 |
6.9 |
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| 1946-47 | Jr | G | 25 |
23 |
193 |
7.7 |
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| Career | +42 |
+30 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0 |
300 |
0.0 |
Roy Peters was the captain of the 1946 team, the first Syracuse team to play in the post season. The Orangemen set a then school record of 23 wins, and played in the NIT Tournament, losing to Muhlenberg College in the first round. Peters was a steady ball handler and a strong ball hawk as a defender.
He was academically ineligible to play his senior season.
Peteres would transfer to Siena College, and play basketball there in the 1948-1949 season. He would help Siena beat LeMoyne College with a desperation shot as time expired, winning the game 41-39 at the Syracuse Coloseum.
Peters was a veteran of World War II, having parachuted into France on D-Day. He spent a portion of the war as a prisoner of war in a German camp, and was liberated on V-E Day.
[Participation missing from ten games in 1942-43, all scoring accounted for]
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