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1952-53 Illinois Fighting Illini Men's Roster and Stats

Record: 18-4 (14-4, 2nd in Big Ten MBB)

Rank: 11th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Harry Combes

PS/G: 80.7 (15th of 173)

PA/G: 66.0 (51st of 173)

SRS: 20.18 (1st of 158)

SOS: 6.90 (15th of 158)

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Red Kerr	JR	C	6-9	17.5 Pts
Irv Bemoras	SR		6-3	14.6 Pts
Jim Bredar	SR		5-11	11.9 Pts
Clive Follmer	SR		6-4	11.4 Pts
Max Hooper	JR		6-5	9.1 Pts
Bob Peterson	SR		6-7	7.3 Pts
Jim Schuldt			6-1	2.1 Pts
Jim Wright	JR		6-0	2.2 Pts
Max Baumgardner			6-6	4.0 Pts
Ed Makovsky			6-5	2.1 Pts
Elmer Plew	SO		6-0	2.3 Pts
Jim Dutcher	SO		6-3	2.3 Pts
Morris Sterneck			6-1	0.7 Pts

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	22		29.9	82.9	.360	21.0	31.3	.669						21.6	80.7
Opponent	22		22.4	72.0	.311	21.2	33.4	.636						20.9	66.0

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	18														80.1
Opponent	18														67.9

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	22		657	1823	.360	461	689	.669						475	1775
Opponent	22		493	1585	.311	467	734	.636						459	1453

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	18														1442
Opponent	18														1223

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Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Pos	G	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	FT	FTA	FT%	PF	PTS
1	Red Kerr	C	22	7.0	18.0	.385	7.0	18.0	3.6	5.6	.650	1.8	17.5
2	Irv Bemoras		22	5.4	14.5	.372	5.4	14.5	3.8	5.4	.712	2.5	14.6
3	Jim Bredar		22	4.8	13.9	.346	4.8	13.9	2.3	3.0	.758	2.8	11.9
4	Clive Follmer		22	3.7	9.2	.406	3.7	9.2	3.9	5.6	.694	3.6	11.4
5	Max Hooper		21	3.5	10.3	.336	3.5	10.3	2.1	5.6	.381	2.7	9.1
6	Bob Peterson		22	2.4	6.6	.366	2.4	6.6	2.5	4.8	.514	3.5	7.3
7	Max Baumgardner		9	1.4	4.9	.295	1.4	4.9	1.1	1.7	.667	1.8	4.0
8	Elmer Plew		13	0.9	2.1	.444	0.9	2.1	0.5	0.8	.600	0.7	2.3
9	Jim Dutcher		10	0.7	2.2	.318	0.7	2.2	0.9	1.9	.474	0.8	2.3
10	Jim Wright		17	0.9	2.8	.313	0.9	2.8	0.4	0.5	.778	1.6	2.2
11	Ed Makovsky		16	0.6	2.8	.200	0.6	2.8	0.9	1.6	.600	1.4	2.1
12	Jim Schuldt		19	0.7	2.3	.326	0.7	2.3	0.6	0.7	.786	1.1	2.1
13	Morris Sterneck		9	0.1	0.8	.143	0.1	0.8	0.4	0.4	1.000	0.3	0.7
	Team Totals		22	29.9	82.9	.360	29.9	82.9	21.0	31.3	.669	21.6	80.7

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	PF	PTS
1	Red Kerr	22	153	397	.385	80	123	.650	39	386
2	Irv Bemoras	22	119	320	.372	84	118	.712	55	322
3	Jim Bredar	22	106	306	.346	50	66	.758	62	262
4	Clive Follmer	22	82	202	.406	86	124	.694	80	250
5	Max Hooper	21	73	217	.336	45	118	.381	56	191
6	Bob Peterson	22	53	145	.366	54	105	.514	78	160
7	Jim Schuldt	19	14	43	.326	11	14	.786	20	39
8	Jim Wright	17	15	48	.313	7	9	.778	27	37
9	Max Baumgardner	9	13	44	.295	10	15	.667	16	36
10	Ed Makovsky	16	9	45	.200	15	25	.600	22	33
11	Elmer Plew	13	12	27	.444	6	10	.600	9	30
12	Jim Dutcher	10	7	22	.318	9	19	.474	8	23
13	Morris Sterneck	9	1	7	.143	4	4	1.000	3	6
	School Totals	22	657	1823	.360	461	689	.669	475	1775