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1949-50 Illinois Fighting Illini Men's Roster and Stats

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Record: 14-8 (7-5, 3rd in Big Ten MBB)

Coach: Harry Combes

PS/G: 62.9 (38th of 169)

PA/G: 59.0 (94th of 169)

SRS: 11.31 (13th of 143)

SOS: 7.45 (3rd of 143)

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Walt Osterkorn	SR	C	6-4	15.1 Pts
Bill Erickson	SR	F	6-1	10.4 Pts
Burdette Thurlby	SR	G	6-2	7.9 Pts
Don Sunderlage	JR	G	6-0	7.0 Pts
Rod Fletcher	SO	G	6-4	5.4 Pts
Roy Gatewood	SR	F	6-2	5.5 Pts
Mack Follmer		C	6-4	3.7 Pts
Van Anderson	SR	G	6-2	3.4 Pts
Walt Kersulis	SR	F	6-4	3.2 Pts
Ted Beach	JR	F	6-2	2.8 Pts
Cliff Fulton		G	6-2	1.2 Pts
Herb Gerecke		F	6-1	1.8 Pts
Seymour Gantman		G	5-7	1.3 Pts
Jim Cottrell	JR	G	5-10	1.0 Pts
John Marks		F	6-2	2.0 Pts
Glen Trugillo		G	5-11	1.0 Pts
Ron Alde		G	6-3	0.0 Pts

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	22		23.1	74.3	.312	16.6	28.7	.579						23.1	62.9
Opponent	22		21.3	70.0	.304	16.5	27.7	.596						23.3	59.0

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	12														66.5
Opponent	12														63.0

Total Team and Opponent Stats

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	22		509	1634	.312	366	632	.579						509	1384
Opponent	22		468	1539	.304	363	609	.596						513	1299

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	12														798
Opponent	12														756

Per Game

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Walt Osterkorn	22			5.7	14.0	.406	3.8	7.7	.491						4.0	15.1
2	Bill Erickson	22			3.5	11.7	.304	3.3	4.7	.709						3.3	10.4
3	Burdette Thurlby	21			2.7	10.6	.257	2.5	3.4	.722						2.2	7.9
4	Don Sunderlage	22			2.5	8.1	.302	2.0	3.1	.652						2.4	7.0
5	Roy Gatewood	17			2.2	6.4	.352	1.1	1.9	.545						2.4	5.5
6	Rod Fletcher	19			2.1	9.3	.222	1.3	2.5	.500						2.7	5.4
7	Mack Follmer	22			1.5	4.1	.378	0.6	1.3	.448						1.6	3.7
8	Van Anderson	19			1.3	4.4	.298	0.7	1.7	.438						1.8	3.4
9	Walt Kersulis	19			1.2	4.0	.303	0.7	1.4	.519						2.0	3.2
10	Ted Beach	19			1.1	4.3	.244	0.7	0.9	.722						0.5	2.8
11	John Marks	1			1.0	2.0	.500	0.0	1.0	.000						1.0	2.0
12	Herb Gerecke	6			0.5	1.3	.375	0.8	1.2	.714						0.3	1.8
13	Seymour Gantman	7			0.4	1.6	.273	0.4	0.9	.500						0.9	1.3
14	Cliff Fulton	17			0.4	1.6	.250	0.4	0.8	.538						1.6	1.2
15	Jim Cottrell	4			0.3	0.5	.500	0.5	1.0	.500						0.0	1.0
16	Glen Trugillo	2			0.5	0.5	1.000	0.0	0.0							0.5	1.0
17	Ron Alde	1			0.0	0.0		0.0	1.0	.000						2.0	0.0

Totals

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Walt Osterkorn	22			125	308	.406	83	169	.491						87	333
2	Bill Erickson	22			78	257	.304	73	103	.709						73	229
3	Burdette Thurlby	21			57	222	.257	52	72	.722						47	166
4	Don Sunderlage	22			54	179	.302	45	69	.652						53	153
5	Rod Fletcher	19			39	176	.222	24	48	.500						51	102
6	Roy Gatewood	17			38	108	.352	18	33	.545						40	94
7	Mack Follmer	22			34	90	.378	13	29	.448						35	81
8	Van Anderson	19			25	84	.298	14	32	.438						35	64
9	Walt Kersulis	19			23	76	.303	14	27	.519						38	60
10	Ted Beach	19			20	82	.244	13	18	.722						10	53
11	Cliff Fulton	17			7	28	.250	7	13	.538						28	21
12	Herb Gerecke	6			3	8	.375	5	7	.714						2	11
13	Seymour Gantman	7			3	11	.273	3	6	.500						6	9
14	Jim Cottrell	4			1	2	.500	2	4	.500						0	4
15	John Marks	1			1	2	.500	0	1	.000						1	2
16	Glen Trugillo	2			1	1	1.000	0	0							1	2
17	Ron Alde	1			0	0		0	1	.000						2	0
	School Totals	22			509	1634	.312	366	632	.579						509	1384

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