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1953-54 Illinois Fighting Illini Men's Roster and Stats

Record: 17-5 (10-4, 3rd in Big Ten MBB)

Rank: 19th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Harry Combes

PS/G: 76.3 (28th of 173)

PA/G: 64.7 (48th of 173)

SRS: 18.81 (2nd of 160)

SOS: 7.22 (11th of 160)

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Red Kerr	SR	C	6-9	25.3 Pts
Paul Judson	SO	G	6-4	11.2 Pts
Bruce Brothers	SO		6-5	8.5 Pts
Max Hooper	SR		6-5	7.6 Pts
Jim Wright	SR		6-0	7.4 Pts
Bill Ridley	SO		5-9	6.0 Pts
Jim Dutcher	JR		6-3	4.8 Pts
Ed Makovsky			6-5	3.0 Pts
Morris Sterneck			6-1	2.7 Pts
Elmer Plew	JR		6-0	1.5 Pts
Phil Judson	SO		6-2	1.4 Pts
Warren Wilkinson			5-11	1.0 Pts
Rob Reitsch			6-3	0.4 Pts
Earl Newman			6-3	0.5 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		27.5	75.9	.362	21.2	31.2	.678						22.2	76.3
Opponent	22		21.1	62.1	.340	22.5	33.3	.676						25.5	64.7

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	14														75.1
Opponent	14														68.1

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	22		605	1670	.362	466	687	.678						488	1678
Opponent	22		464	1366	.340	495	732	.676						562	1423

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	14														1052
Opponent	14														954

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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	9.5	23.6	.404	9.5	23.6	6.2	9.7	.638	2.6	25.3
2	Paul Judson	G	22	4.2	11.1	.377	4.2	11.1	2.8	3.6	.785	3.1	11.2
3	Bruce Brothers		22	2.9	8.5	.342	2.9	8.5	2.7	3.9	.694	3.6	8.5
4	Max Hooper		22	3.0	8.9	.344	3.0	8.9	1.5	1.9	.810	3.3	7.6
5	Jim Wright		22	2.7	7.4	.362	2.7	7.4	2.0	2.9	.714	2.3	7.4
6	Bill Ridley		19	1.6	5.4	.291	1.6	5.4	2.8	3.7	.761	1.9	6.0
7	Jim Dutcher		19	1.6	3.6	.441	1.6	3.6	1.7	2.8	.604	2.1	4.8
8	Ed Makovsky		22	1.0	3.5	.286	1.0	3.5	1.0	1.5	.656	2.2	3.0
9	Morris Sterneck		16	1.1	2.8	.378	1.1	2.8	0.6	1.0	.563	0.8	2.7
10	Elmer Plew		13	0.5	2.6	.206	0.5	2.6	0.5	1.0	.462	1.0	1.5
11	Phil Judson		9	0.4	1.0	.444	0.4	1.0	0.6	0.9	.625	0.6	1.4
12	Warren Wilkinson		5	0.4	1.6	.250	0.4	1.6	0.2	0.4	.500	0.0	1.0
13	Earl Newman		4	0.0	1.8	.000	0.0	1.8	0.5	1.0	.500	0.0	0.5
14	Rob Reitsch		9	0.1	1.1	.100	0.1	1.1	0.2	0.7	.333	0.3	0.4
	Team Totals		22	27.5	75.9	.362	27.5	75.9	21.2	31.2	.678	22.2	76.3

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	PF	PTS
1	Red Kerr	22	210	520	.404	136	213	.638	58	556
2	Paul Judson	22	92	244	.377	62	79	.785	69	246
3	Bruce Brothers	22	64	187	.342	59	85	.694	80	187
4	Max Hooper	22	67	195	.344	34	42	.810	73	168
5	Jim Wright	22	59	163	.362	45	63	.714	50	163
6	Bill Ridley	19	30	103	.291	54	71	.761	36	114
7	Jim Dutcher	19	30	68	.441	32	53	.604	39	92
8	Ed Makovsky	22	22	77	.286	21	32	.656	49	65
9	Morris Sterneck	16	17	45	.378	9	16	.563	13	43
10	Elmer Plew	13	7	34	.206	6	13	.462	13	20
11	Phil Judson	9	4	9	.444	5	8	.625	5	13
12	Warren Wilkinson	5	2	8	.250	1	2	.500	0	5
13	Rob Reitsch	9	1	10	.100	2	6	.333	3	4
14	Earl Newman	4	0	7	.000	2	4	.500	0	2
	School Totals	22	605	1670	.362	466	687	.678	488	1678