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1950-51 Illinois Fighting Illini Men's Roster and Stats

Record: 22-5 (13-1, 1st in Big Ten MBB)

Rank: 5th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Harry Combes

PS/G: 71.1 (16th of 171)

PA/G: 62.6 (90th of 171)

SRS: 15.51 (6th of 152)

SOS: 6.96 (7th of 152)

NCAA Tournament:
Won East First Round (79-71) versus Columbia
Won East Regional Semifinal (84-70) versus NC State
Lost East Regional Final (76-74) versus Kentucky
Won National Third Place (61-46) versus Oklahoma State

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Don Sunderlage	SR	G	6-0	17.4 Pts
Ted Beach	SR	F	6-2	10.9 Pts
Rod Fletcher	JR	G	6-4	10.7 Pts
Clive Follmer	SO		6-4	8.9 Pts
Bob Peterson	SO		6-7	8.8 Pts
Irv Bemoras	SO		6-3	8.0 Pts
Max Baumgardner	SO		6-6	3.0 Pts
Jim Bredar	SO		5-11	1.7 Pts
Mack Follmer	JR	C	6-4	1.8 Pts
Dick Christiansen			6-3	2.1 Pts
Herb Gerecke	JR	F	6-1	1.4 Pts
John Marks	SR	F	6-2	1.0 Pts
Jim Schuldt	SO		6-1	0.4 Pts
Seymour Gantman		G	5-7	0.6 Pts
Dick Ems				2.0 Pts

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	27		26.5	76.4	.347	18.2	27.9	.651						18.6	71.1
Opponent	27		24.4	77.5	.315	13.9	21.3	.650						23.4	62.6

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	14														70.6
Opponent	14														62.1

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	27		715	2062	.347	491	754	.651						502	1921
Opponent	27		658	2092	.315	374	575	.650						631	1690

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	14														989
Opponent	14														869

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	PF	PTS
1	Don Sunderlage	27	5.6	14.4	.385	6.3	8.1	.784	2.4	17.4
2	Ted Beach	27	4.6	12.3	.372	1.7	2.1	.825	1.5	10.9
3	Rod Fletcher	27	4.3	12.5	.340	2.2	4.1	.541	2.7	10.7
4	Clive Follmer	27	3.3	8.4	.386	2.4	4.0	.587	2.9	8.9
5	Bob Peterson	27	3.1	9.6	.327	2.5	4.4	.558	3.7	8.8
6	Irv Bemoras	27	3.1	9.4	.327	1.8	2.4	.742	1.9	8.0
7	Max Baumgardner	23	1.3	4.7	.266	0.5	0.9	.550	1.8	3.0
8	Dick Christiansen	7	0.9	1.9	.462	0.4	1.1	.375	0.6	2.1
9	Dick Ems	1	1.0	1.0	1.000	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	2.0
10	Mack Follmer	12	0.8	3.1	.243	0.3	1.0	.250	1.2	1.8
11	Jim Bredar	20	0.8	2.4	.313	0.2	0.6	.364	0.8	1.7
12	Herb Gerecke	11	0.5	1.9	.238	0.5	0.8	.556	0.9	1.4
13	John Marks	8	0.5	1.4	.364	0.0	0.1	.000	0.5	1.0
14	Seymour Gantman	5	0.0	0.6	.000	0.6	1.4	.429	0.6	0.6
15	Jim Schuldt	16	0.1	1.0	.063	0.3	0.3	1.000	0.3	0.4

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	PF	PTS
1	Don Sunderlage	27	150	390	.385	171	218	.784	65	471
2	Ted Beach	27	124	333	.372	47	57	.825	41	295
3	Rod Fletcher	27	115	338	.340	60	111	.541	72	290
4	Clive Follmer	27	88	228	.386	64	109	.587	78	240
5	Bob Peterson	27	85	260	.327	67	120	.558	99	237
6	Irv Bemoras	27	83	254	.327	49	66	.742	51	215
7	Max Baumgardner	23	29	109	.266	11	20	.550	42	69
8	Jim Bredar	20	15	48	.313	4	11	.364	15	34
9	Mack Follmer	12	9	37	.243	3	12	.250	14	21
10	Dick Christiansen	7	6	13	.462	3	8	.375	4	15
11	Herb Gerecke	11	5	21	.238	5	9	.556	10	15
12	John Marks	8	4	11	.364	0	1	.000	4	8
13	Jim Schuldt	16	1	16	.063	4	4	1.000	4	6
14	Seymour Gantman	5	0	3	.000	3	7	.429	3	3
15	Dick Ems	1	1	1	1.000	0	1	.000	0	2
	School Totals	27	715	2062	.347	491	754	.651	502	1921

1950-51 Illinois (Men's) Season