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1948-49 Illinois Fighting Illini Men's Roster and Stats

Record: 21-4 (10-2, 1st in Big Ten MBB)

Rank: 4th in the Final AP Poll

PS/G: 68.2 (7th of 170)

PA/G: 56.6 (119th of 170)

NCAA Tournament:
Won East Regional Semifinal (71-67) versus Yale
Lost East Regional Final (76-47) versus Kentucky
Won National Third Place (57-53) versus Oregon State

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Dike Eddleman	SR	F	6-2	13.2 Pts
Bill Erickson	JR	F	6-1	10.4 Pts
Walt Osterkorn	JR	C	6-4	10.4 Pts
Fred Green	SR	C	6-7	6.2 Pts
Don Sunderlage	SO	G	6-0	6.1 Pts
Jim Marks	SR	F	6-2	6.7 Pts
Walt Kersulis	JR	F	6-4	5.5 Pts
Burdette Thurlby	JR	G	6-2	5.5 Pts
Van Anderson	JR	G	6-2	3.1 Pts
Dick Foley	SR	G	6-0	2.5 Pts
Ted Beach	SO	F	6-2	2.4 Pts
Roy Gatewood	JR	F	6-2	2.4 Pts
Dick Brogren		G		1.8 Pts
Glen Trugillo		G	5-11	0.6 Pts
Benton Odum		F	6-0	1.7 Pts
Jim Cottrell	SO	G	5-10	0.5 Pts
Bill Boyer			6-4	0.0 Pts

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	25		26.0	86.1	.303	16.1	26.6	.605						20.4	68.2
Opponent	25		20.6	73.3	.281	15.5	23.4	.664						21.3	56.6

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

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	25		651	2152	.303	403	666	.605						509	1705
Opponent	25		514	1832	.281	388	584	.664						533	1416

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

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	PF	PTS
1	Dike Eddleman	25	5.2	18.0	.290	2.8	4.8	.580	2.8	13.2
2	Bill Erickson	25	3.6	10.9	.335	3.2	5.4	.585	2.2	10.4
3	Walt Osterkorn	25	3.6	12.2	.296	3.2	5.3	.614	3.1	10.4
4	Jim Marks	20	2.7	8.4	.317	1.4	2.3	.587	1.2	6.7
5	Fred Green	25	2.6	7.7	.339	1.0	1.6	.600	2.3	6.2
6	Don Sunderlage	25	2.3	7.4	.310	1.6	2.3	.684	2.1	6.1
7	Walt Kersulis	20	2.2	7.0	.307	1.2	1.8	.639	2.4	5.5
8	Burdette Thurlby	17	2.1	7.8	.271	1.2	2.2	.568	1.1	5.5
9	Van Anderson	23	1.4	5.3	.260	0.3	0.7	.533	1.3	3.1
10	Dick Foley	24	1.0	3.3	.300	0.5	0.6	.733	2.0	2.5
11	Ted Beach	14	0.9	3.1	.302	0.6	0.7	.800	0.4	2.4
12	Roy Gatewood	9	1.0	2.3	.429	0.4	1.0	.444	0.7	2.4
13	Dick Brogren	6	0.7	1.7	.400	0.5	0.5	1.000	0.7	1.8
14	Benton Odum	3	0.3	2.7	.125	1.0	2.0	.500	0.7	1.7
15	Glen Trugillo	10	0.2	1.3	.154	0.2	0.3	.667	0.6	0.6
16	Jim Cottrell	6	0.2	1.0	.167	0.2	0.5	.333	0.7	0.5
17	Bill Boyer	2	0.0	3.5	.000	0.0	0.0		0.5	0.0

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	PF	PTS
1	Dike Eddleman	25	130	449	.290	69	119	.580	71	329
2	Bill Erickson	25	91	272	.335	79	135	.585	56	261
3	Walt Osterkorn	25	90	304	.296	81	132	.614	77	261
4	Fred Green	25	65	192	.339	24	40	.600	57	154
5	Don Sunderlage	25	57	184	.310	39	57	.684	53	153
6	Jim Marks	20	53	167	.317	27	46	.587	23	133
7	Walt Kersulis	20	43	140	.307	23	36	.639	47	109
8	Burdette Thurlby	17	36	133	.271	21	37	.568	19	93
9	Van Anderson	23	32	123	.260	8	15	.533	30	72
10	Dick Foley	24	24	80	.300	11	15	.733	48	59
11	Ted Beach	14	13	43	.302	8	10	.800	5	34
12	Roy Gatewood	9	9	21	.429	4	9	.444	6	22
13	Dick Brogren	6	4	10	.400	3	3	1.000	4	11
14	Glen Trugillo	10	2	13	.154	2	3	.667	6	6
15	Benton Odum	3	1	8	.125	3	6	.500	2	5
16	Jim Cottrell	6	1	6	.167	1	3	.333	4	3
17	Bill Boyer	2	0	7	.000	0	0		1	0
	School Totals	25	651	2152	.303	403	666	.605	509	1705