1988-89 Illinois Fighting Illini Roster and Stats

Record: 31-5 (14-4, 2nd in Big Ten)

PS/G: 86.4 (26th of 291)

PA/G: 73.6 (116th of 291)

SRS: 24.68 (4th of 293)

SOS: 12.42 (4th of 293)

NCAA Tournament: (#1 seed in Midwest)
Won Midwest First Round (77-71) versus #16 McNeese State
Won Midwest Second Round (72-60) versus #9 Ball State
Won Midwest Regional Semifinal (83-69) versus #4 Louisville
Won Midwest Regional Final (89-86) versus #2 Syracuse
Lost National Semifinal (83-81) versus #3 Michigan

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Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Nick Anderson	JR	G	6-6	18.0 Pts, 7.9 Reb, 2.0 Ast
Kenny Battle		F	6-6	16.6 Pts, 4.8 Reb, 1.8 Ast
Lowell Hamilton	SR	F	6-7	13.6 Pts, 5.7 Reb, 0.7 Ast
Kendall Gill	JR	G	6-5	15.4 Pts, 2.9 Reb, 3.8 Ast
Marcus Liberty	SO	F	6-8	8.4 Pts, 3.9 Reb, 1.2 Ast
Steve Bardo	JR	G	6-5	8.1 Pts, 4.0 Reb, 4.1 Ast
Larry Smith	JR	G	6-4	4.9 Pts, 2.0 Reb, 4.4 Ast
P.J. Bowman		G	5-10	3.0 Pts, 1.0 Reb, 0.9 Ast
Ervin Small		C	6-7	2.1 Pts, 2.1 Reb, 0.1 Ast
Andy Kaufmann		F	6-6	4.3 Pts, 1.7 Reb, 0.7 Ast
Mike Macdonald				0.7 Pts, 0.4 Reb, 0.0 Ast
Brian O'Connell		G		1.0 Pts, 0.8 Reb, 0.0 Ast
Eddie Manzke		G	6-2	0.1 Pts, 0.1 Reb, 0.0 Ast
Tyler Cottingham				0.0 Pts, 0.0 Reb, 0.0 Ast
Tom Sloan				0.0 Pts, 1.0 Reb, 0.0 Ast
Travis Smith				0.0 Pts, 0.0 Reb, 0.0 Ast
Mark Steinberg				0.0 Pts, 0.3 Reb, 0.1 Ast
Mark Shapland

Team and Opponent Stats

Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	PTS/G
Team	36		1200	2340	.513	1064	2020	.527	136	320	.425	574	817	.703			1343	639	341	107	470	627	3110	86.4
Opponent	36		1027	2228	.461	869	1778	.489	158	450	.351	438	614	.713			1188	526	213	68	611	726	2650	73.6

Per Game

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Nick Anderson	36	32	31.3	7.3	13.5	.538	6.6	11.7	.565	0.7	1.8	.364	2.8	4.1	.669	7.9	2.0	1.6	0.9	1.6	1.9	18.0
2	Kenny Battle	36	34	30.7	6.1	10.0	.604	5.8	9.6	.608	0.3	0.5	.529	4.2	5.6	.755	4.8	1.8	2.5	0.4	1.8	2.0	16.6
3	Kendall Gill	24	18	28.4	6.0	11.0	.542	4.4	7.5	.580	1.6	3.5	.458	1.9	2.4	.793	2.9	3.8	2.1	0.3	1.8	1.5	15.4
4	Lowell Hamilton	36	33	26.2	6.1	11.8	.517	6.1	11.8	.518	0.0	0.0	.000	1.4	2.5	.562	5.7	0.7	0.6	0.9	1.5	2.6	13.6
5	Marcus Liberty	36	24	20.8	3.3	7.0	.476	3.2	6.7	.475	0.2	0.3	.500	1.6	2.0	.781	3.9	1.2	1.1	0.3	1.6	1.8	8.4
6	Steve Bardo	36	30	27.8	2.6	5.9	.443	1.8	4.3	.425	0.8	1.6	.492	2.1	2.7	.792	4.0	4.1	0.9	0.2	1.7	2.5	8.1
7	Larry Smith	36	9	19.3	1.8	3.6	.516	1.8	3.3	.525	0.1	0.2	.375	1.1	1.6	.690	2.0	4.4	0.8	0.1	1.9	1.9	4.9
8	Andy Kaufmann	12	0	11.3	1.3	3.7	.364	0.9	2.3	.407	0.4	1.4	.294	1.2	1.7	.700	1.7	0.7	0.4	0.1	1.3	1.8	4.3
9	P.J. Bowman	29	0	9.8	1.0	2.7	.364	0.2	0.7	.300	0.8	2.0	.386	0.3	0.8	.391	1.0	0.9	0.2	0.0	0.4	1.0	3.0
10	Ervin Small	36	0	10.9	0.7	1.9	.388	0.7	1.9	.388	0.0	0.0		0.8	1.2	.643	2.1	0.1	0.3	0.0	0.6	1.9	2.1
11	Brian O'Connell	4	0	1.3	0.3	0.5	.500	0.3	0.5	.500	0.0	0.0		0.5	0.8	.667	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	1.0
12	Mike Macdonald	23	0	2.6	0.3	0.5	.583	0.3	0.5	.583	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	1.000	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.3	0.7
13	Eddie Manzke	18	0	1.4	0.0	0.2	.000	0.0	0.2	.000	0.0	0.0		0.1	0.2	.333	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.1	0.1
14	Tyler Cottingham	2	0	1.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
15	Tom Sloan	2	0	1.0	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0
16	Travis Smith	3	0	1.0	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
17	Mark Steinberg	7	0	1.4	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.3	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0
18	Mark Shapland

Totals

Per 40 Minutes

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