1997-98 Illinois Fighting Illini Men's Roster and Stats

Recent Game Results

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1. Nov 17, Illinois (1-0) Win vs. Bradley, 69-59
2. Nov 21, Illinois (2-0) Win vs. Georgia Southern, 82-53
3. Nov 24, Illinois (3-0) Win vs. Illinois-Chicago, 71-70
4. Nov 27 (Neutral), Illinois (4-0) Win vs. Wichita State, 70-57
5. Nov 28 (Neutral), Illinois (4-1) Loss vs. Louisville, 57-58
6. Nov 29 (Neutral), Illinois (4-2) Loss vs. St. John's (NY), 66-83

7. Dec 2, Illinois (5-2) Win vs. Texas-Rio Grande Valley, 88-60
8. Dec 6 @ Saint Louis, Illinois (5-3) Loss vs. Saint Louis, 51-57
9. Dec 8, Illinois (6-3) Win vs. Maine, 88-69
10. Dec 13 (Neutral), Illinois (7-3) Win vs. Clemson, 71-61
11. Dec 20, Illinois (8-3) Win vs. Texas, 105-80
12. Dec 23 (Neutral), Illinois (8-4) Loss vs. Missouri, 69-75
13. Dec 30 @ UCLA, Illinois (8-5) Loss vs. UCLA, 69-74

14. Jan 3, Illinois (9-5) Win vs. Indiana, 74-72
15. Jan 8 @ Iowa, Illinois (10-5) Win vs. Iowa, 76-64
16. Jan 10 @ Northwestern, Illinois (11-5) Win vs. Northwestern, 59-44
17. Jan 13, Illinois (11-6) Loss vs. Purdue, 58-68
18. Jan 17 @ Michigan State, Illinois (11-7) Loss vs. Michigan State, 64-68
19. Jan 21, Illinois (12-7) Win vs. Wisconsin, 62-48
20. Jan 25, Illinois (13-7) Win vs. Michigan, 64-53
21. Jan 28 @ Ohio State, Illinois (14-7) Win vs. Ohio State, 66-62
22. Jan 31 @ Penn State, Illinois (15-7) Win vs. Penn State, 77-71

23. Feb 4, Illinois (16-7) Win vs. Minnesota, 68-56
24. Feb 7 @ Wisconsin, Illinois (17-7) Win vs. Wisconsin, 53-47
25. Feb 12, Illinois (18-7) Win vs. Michigan State, 84-63
26. Feb 14 @ Purdue, Illinois (18-8) Loss vs. Purdue, 72-75
27. Feb 18, Illinois (19-8) Win vs. Northwestern, 69-57
28. Feb 22, Illinois (20-8) Win vs. Iowa, 79-72
29. Feb 24 @ Indiana, Illinois (21-8) Win vs. Indiana, 82-72

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Kevin Turner	SR	G	6-3	17.7 Pts, 3.2 Reb, 2.8 Ast
Jerry Hester	SR	F	6-6	14.7 Pts, 5.3 Reb, 1.5 Ast
Matt Heldman	SR	G	6-0	10.9 Pts, 2.9 Reb, 4.0 Ast
Jarrod Gee	SR	F	6-8	8.5 Pts, 5.3 Reb, 0.7 Ast
Brian Johnson	SR	F	6-6	7.0 Pts, 4.5 Reb, 2.4 Ast
Sergio McClain	FR	F	6-4	3.5 Pts, 3.1 Reb, 1.6 Ast
Arias Davis	JR	G	6-2	3.2 Pts, 0.8 Reb, 0.4 Ast
Victor Chukwudebe	SO	F	6-7	2.0 Pts, 3.3 Reb, 0.2 Ast
Awvee Storey	FR	F	6-6	3.2 Pts, 1.9 Reb, 0.4 Ast
Rich Beyers	FR	F	6-8	0.7 Pts, 0.9 Reb, 0.1 Ast
Jelani Boline	SR	G	5-10	0.3 Pts, 0.4 Reb, 0.6 Ast
David Freeman	SR	G	6-4	0.4 Pts, 0.3 Reb, 0.0 Ast
Jeff Reichardt	SO	G	6-1	6.0 Pts, 0.0 Reb, 0.0 Ast
Cory Bradford	FR	G	6-3	1.0 Pts, 0.0 Reb, 0.0 Ast
Dave Wilkinson			6-0	1.0 Pts, 0.0 Reb, 0.0 Ast
Bryan Campbell	FR	F	6-6	0.0 Pts, 1.0 Reb, 0.0 Ast
Dave Gallagher	FR	F	6-9	0.0 Pts, 0.0 Reb, 0.0 Ast
Nate Mast	FR	G	5-11	0.0 Pts, 0.0 Reb, 0.0 Ast
Luke Williams	FR	G	6-2	0.0 Pts, 0.0 Reb, 0.0 Ast

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats

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Conference

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	33	25.1	56.6	.442	18.5	38.7	.480	6.5	18.0	.363	13.1	19.2	.681	11.2	22.5	33.6	14.2	7.4	2.7	13.4	18.7	69.7
Rank		157th	175th	133rd	193rd	201st	147th	99th	125th	82nd	242nd	250th	129th	252nd	220th	263rd	133rd	167th	194th	29th	111th	180th
Opponent	33	22.3	53.6	.416	17.1	36.9	.463	5.2	16.7	.314	13.6	19.8	.687	11.2	23.2	34.4	12.6	5.4	2.5	16.3	18.5	63.5
Rank		27th	47th	71st	55th	58th	111th	57th	122nd	42nd	101st	94th	225th	40th	161st	93rd	79th	10th	52nd	137th	223rd	24th

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	PTS
Team	16	69.2
Rank		8th
Opponent	16	62.0
Rank		1st

Total Team and Opponent Stats

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Conference

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	33	827	1869	.442	612	1276	.480	215	593	.363	432	634	.681	368	741	1109	469	244	90	443	617	2301
Rank		53rd	46th	133rd	80th	70th	147th	53rd	67th	82nd	142nd	147th	129th	160th	69th	83rd	57th	86th	146th	113th	241st	62nd
Opponent	33	736	1768	.416	563	1217	.463	173	551	.314	450	655	.687	368	767	1135	415	179	84	538	611	2095
Rank		193rd	236th	71st	185th	217th	111th	158th	231st	42nd	200th	187th	225th	160th	270th	249th	195th	41st	123rd	53rd	71st	204th

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	PTS
Team	16	1107
Rank		8th
Opponent	16	992
Rank		1st

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Rk	Player	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Kevin Turner	G	33	33	33.2	6.5	15.5	.420	2.4	6.4	.368	4.2	9.1	.457	.496	2.3	3.2	.717	3.2	2.8	1.3	0.1	2.8	1.8	17.7
2	Jerry Hester	F	33	32	31.6	5.6	12.0	.471	1.2	3.5	.351	4.4	8.5	.520	.522	2.2	2.9	.771	5.3	1.5	0.8	0.2	1.7	2.1	14.7
3	Matt Heldman	G	33	33	36.5	2.9	7.2	.408	2.0	5.0	.406	0.9	2.2	.411	.548	3.0	3.5	.860	2.9	4.0	1.3	0.0	2.5	2.0	10.9
4	Jarrod Gee	F	33	32	24.1	3.5	6.7	.523	0.0	0.0		3.5	6.7	.523	.523	1.5	2.3	.636	5.3	0.7	1.0	0.9	1.2	3.1	8.5
5	Brian Johnson	F	33	33	27.8	2.5	4.3	.589	0.0	0.0		2.5	4.3	.589	.589	2.0	2.9	.695	4.5	2.4	0.9	0.5	1.6	2.6	7.0
6	Jeff Reichardt	G	1	0	2.0	2.0	3.0	.667	2.0	3.0	.667	0.0	0.0		1.000	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	6.0
7	Sergio McClain	F	33	1	16.5	1.3	3.8	.339	0.1	0.7	.167	1.2	3.0	.380	.355	0.8	1.9	.438	3.1	1.6	1.2	0.3	1.6	2.5	3.5
8	Awvee Storey	F	17	0	5.7	1.4	3.4	.421	0.0	0.1	.000	1.4	3.3	.429	.421	0.4	0.9	.375	1.9	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.6	1.6	3.2
9	Arias Davis	G	28	0	7.2	1.1	3.0	.365	0.9	2.5	.338	0.3	0.5	.500	.506	0.1	0.3	.333	0.8	0.4	0.2	0.0	0.4	0.7	3.2
10	Victor Chukwudebe	F	33	0	13.1	0.8	2.1	.368	0.0	0.0	.000	0.8	2.0	.373	.368	0.5	0.7	.696	3.3	0.2	0.4	0.6	0.5	2.2	2.0
11	Dave Wilkinson		1	0	1.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0			1.0	2.0	.500	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0
12	Cory Bradford	G	1	0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0			1.0	2.0	.500	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0			1.0
13	Rich Beyers	F	21	0	3.9	0.2	0.7	.286	0.0	0.0		0.2	0.7	.286	.286	0.3	0.6	.500	0.9	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.6	0.7
14	David Freeman	G	19	0	1.3	0.2	0.3	.600	0.0	0.1	.000	0.2	0.2	.750	.600	0.1	0.2	.250	0.3	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.2	0.4
15	Jelani Boline	G	28	1	4.7	0.0	0.2	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.2	.000	.000	0.3	0.6	.500	0.4	0.6	0.1	0.0	0.5	0.6	0.3
16	Dave Gallagher	F	1		1.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0			0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0		0.0	0.0
17	Luke Williams	G	1	0	1.0	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0		0.0	1.0	.000	.000	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
18	Bryan Campbell	F	1		1.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0			0.0	0.0		1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		1.0	0.0
19	Nate Mast	G	2		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
	Team Totals		33	33	18.7	25.1	56.6	.442	6.5	18.0	.363	18.5	38.7	.480	.500	13.1	19.2	.681	33.6	14.2	7.4	2.7	13.4	18.7	69.7

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Rk	Player	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Kevin Turner	G	33	33	1096	215	512	.420	78	212	.368	137	300	.457	.496	76	106	.717	105	91	44	2	92	58	584
2	Jerry Hester	F	33	32	1043	186	395	.471	40	114	.351	146	281	.520	.522	74	96	.771	175	49	28	8	55	69	486
3	Matt Heldman	G	33	33	1205	97	238	.408	67	165	.406	30	73	.411	.548	98	114	.860	97	131	42	0	81	66	359
4	Jarrod Gee	F	33	32	795	115	220	.523	0	0		115	220	.523	.523	49	77	.636	175	23	32	29	40	102	279
5	Brian Johnson	F	33	33	917	83	141	.589	0	0		83	141	.589	.589	66	95	.695	147	78	29	17	53	87	232
6	Sergio McClain	F	33	1	545	42	124	.339	4	24	.167	38	100	.380	.355	28	64	.438	103	54	40	9	52	84	116
7	Arias Davis	G	28	0	202	31	85	.365	24	71	.338	7	14	.500	.506	3	9	.333	22	10	6	0	12	19	89
8	Victor Chukwudebe	F	33	0	432	25	68	.368	0	1	.000	25	67	.373	.368	16	23	.696	110	8	13	19	17	71	66
9	Awvee Storey	F	17	0	97	24	57	.421	0	1	.000	24	56	.429	.421	6	16	.375	32	6	5	5	10	27	54
10	Rich Beyers	F	21	0	82	4	14	.286	0	0		4	14	.286	.286	6	12	.500	18	3	0	1	5	13	14
11	Jelani Boline	G	28	1	132	0	6	.000	0	1	.000	0	5	.000	.000	8	16	.500	10	16	3	0	14	16	8
12	David Freeman	G	19	0	25	3	5	.600	0	1	.000	3	4	.750	.600	1	4	.250	5	0	1	0	2	4	7
13	Jeff Reichardt	G	1	0	2	2	3	.667	2	3	.667	0	0		1.000	0	0		0	0	0	0	1	0	6
14	Dave Wilkinson		1	0	1	0	0		0	0		0	0			1	2	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
15	Cory Bradford	G	1	0		0	0		0	0		0	0			1	2	.500	0	0	0	0			1
16	Luke Williams	G	1	0	1	0	1	.000	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	Dave Gallagher	F	1		1	0	0		0	0		0	0			0	0		0	0	1	0		0	0
18	Nate Mast	G	2		2	0	0		0	0		0	0			0	0		0	0	0	0		0	0
19	Bryan Campbell	F	1		1	0	0		0	0		0	0			0	0		1	0	0	0		1	0
	Team Totals		33	33	6579	827	1869	.442	215	593	.363	612	1276	.480	.500	433	636	.681	1000	469	244	90	443	617	2302

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Rk	Player	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Matt Heldman	G	33	33	1205	3.2	7.9	.408	2.2	5.5	.406	1.0	2.4	.411	.548	3.3	3.8	.860	3.2	4.3	1.4	0.0	2.7	2.2	11.9
2	Kevin Turner	G	33	33	1096	7.8	18.7	.420	2.8	7.7	.368	5.0	10.9	.457	.496	2.8	3.9	.717	3.8	3.3	1.6	0.1	3.4	2.1	21.3
3	Jerry Hester	F	33	32	1043	7.1	15.1	.471	1.5	4.4	.351	5.6	10.8	.520	.522	2.8	3.7	.771	6.7	1.9	1.1	0.3	2.1	2.6	18.6
4	Brian Johnson	F	33	33	917	3.6	6.2	.589	0.0	0.0		3.6	6.2	.589	.589	2.9	4.1	.695	6.4	3.4	1.3	0.7	2.3	3.8	10.1
5	Jarrod Gee	F	33	32	795	5.8	11.1	.523	0.0	0.0		5.8	11.1	.523	.523	2.5	3.9	.636	8.8	1.2	1.6	1.5	2.0	5.1	14.0
6	Sergio McClain	F	33	1	545	3.1	9.1	.339	0.3	1.8	.167	2.8	7.3	.380	.355	2.1	4.7	.438	7.6	4.0	2.9	0.7	3.8	6.2	8.5
7	Victor Chukwudebe	F	33	0	432	2.3	6.3	.368	0.0	0.1	.000	2.3	6.2	.373	.368	1.5	2.1	.696	10.2	0.7	1.2	1.8	1.6	6.6	6.1
8	Arias Davis	G	28	0	202	6.1	16.8	.365	4.8	14.1	.338	1.4	2.8	.500	.506	0.6	1.8	.333	4.4	2.0	1.2	0.0	2.4	3.8	17.6
9	Jelani Boline	G	28	1	132	0.0	1.8	.000	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	1.5	.000	.000	2.4	4.8	.500	3.0	4.8	0.9	0.0	4.2	4.8	2.4
10	Awvee Storey	F	17	0	97	9.9	23.5	.421	0.0	0.4	.000	9.9	23.1	.429	.421	2.5	6.6	.375	13.2	2.5	2.1	2.1	4.1	11.1	22.3
11	Rich Beyers	F	21	0	82	2.0	6.8	.286	0.0	0.0		2.0	6.8	.286	.286	2.9	5.9	.500	8.8	1.5	0.0	0.5	2.4	6.3	6.8
12	David Freeman	G	19	0	25	4.8	8.0	.600	0.0	1.6	.000	4.8	6.4	.750	.600	1.6	6.4	.250	8.0	0.0	1.6	0.0	3.2	6.4	11.2
13	Jeff Reichardt	G	1	0	2	40.0	60.0	.667	40.0	60.0	.667	0.0	0.0		1.000	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	20.0	0.0	120.0
14	Nate Mast	G	2		2	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	Dave Wilkinson		1	0	1	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0			40.0	80.0	.500	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	40.0
16	Luke Williams	G	1	0	1	0.0	40.0	.000	0.0	0.0		0.0	40.0	.000	.000	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
17	Dave Gallagher	F	1		1	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0			0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	40.0	0.0		0.0	0.0
18	Bryan Campbell	F	1		1	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0			0.0	0.0		40.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		40.0	0.0
19	Cory Bradford	G	1	0														.500