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1948-49 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers Men's Roster and Stats

Record: 25-4 (8-2, 1st in OVC MBB)

Rank: 5th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: E.A. Diddle

PS/G: 69.9 (3rd of 170)

PA/G: 54.4 (99th of 170)

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Bob Lavoy	SO	C	6-7	12.8 Pts
John Oldham	SR	G	6-2	11.0 Pts
Charley Parsley	SR	G	6-2	9.2 Pts
Buddy Cate	JR	F	6-5	8.6 Pts
John Givens	JR	G	6-0	8.4 Pts
Rip Gish	SO	F	6-5	6.0 Pts
Eddie Diddle	SO	G	6-2	4.4 Pts
Gene Rhodes	SO	G	6-0	4.9 Pts
Jack Turner		F	6-4	4.1 Pts
Roy Mann		F	6-5	3.0 Pts
Jimmy Bazzell		F	6-2	0.6 Pts

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	29		27.6	80.0	.345	14.7	24.7	.595						21.1	69.9
Opponent	29		20.3	72.7	.280	13.7	23.8	.577						20.5	54.4

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	10
Opponent	10

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	29		801	2319	.345	426	716	.595						613	2028
Opponent	29		590	2107	.280	398	690	.577						595	1578

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	10
Opponent	10

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	PF	PTS
1	Bob Lavoy	29	5.1	14.8	.348	2.5	4.0	.629	3.6	12.8
2	John Oldham	28	4.0	10.4	.390	2.9	4.6	.623	2.7	11.0
3	Charley Parsley	29	3.8	12.2	.311	1.7	2.4	.686	2.2	9.2
4	Buddy Cate	29	3.4	9.2	.368	1.9	2.8	.667	2.2	8.6
5	John Givens	27	3.2	8.3	.386	2.0	3.2	.632	2.0	8.4
6	Rip Gish	29	2.4	7.3	.332	1.2	2.8	.432	2.3	6.0
7	Gene Rhodes	24	2.0	5.5	.353	1.0	1.7	.585	2.0	4.9
8	Eddie Diddle	29	1.8	6.7	.269	0.8	1.6	.511	1.3	4.4
9	Jack Turner	23	1.7	4.1	.400	0.8	1.3	.600	1.6	4.1
10	Roy Mann	22	1.2	3.5	.333	0.6	1.2	.481	1.6	3.0
11	Jimmy Bazzell	14	0.3	1.4	.200	0.0	0.1	.000	0.6	0.6

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	PF	PTS
1	Bob Lavoy	29	149	428	.348	73	116	.629	105	371
2	John Oldham	28	113	290	.390	81	130	.623	75	307
3	Charley Parsley	29	110	354	.311	48	70	.686	65	268
4	Buddy Cate	29	98	266	.368	54	81	.667	63	250
5	John Givens	27	86	223	.386	55	87	.632	54	227
6	Rip Gish	29	70	211	.332	35	81	.432	67	175
7	Eddie Diddle	29	52	193	.269	24	47	.511	39	128
8	Gene Rhodes	24	47	133	.353	24	41	.585	47	118
9	Jack Turner	23	38	95	.400	18	30	.600	36	94
10	Roy Mann	22	26	78	.333	13	27	.481	35	65
11	Jimmy Bazzell	14	4	20	.200	0	2	.000	9	8
	School Totals	29	801	2319	.345	426	716	.595	613	2028

1948-49 Western Kentucky (Men's) Season