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1949-50 Tri-Cities Blackhawks Roster and Statistics

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29-35, Finished 3rd in NBA Western Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Roger Potter (1-6), Red Auerbach (28-29)

PTS/G: 83.0 (5th of 17) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 83.6 (14th of 17)
SRS: -1.43 (10th of 17)
Expected W-L: 30-34 (9th of 17)

Arena: Wharton Field House ▪ Attendance: 101,331 (3rd of 5)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Division Semifinals (2-1) versus Anderson Packers

Roster

No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
Gene Berce G-F 5-11 175 November 22, 1926 R Marquette University
13 John Chaney F-C 6-3 185 February 29, 1920 R Louisiana State University
11 Dike Eddleman F-G 6-3 189 December 27, 1922 R University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
12 Gene Englund F-C 6-5 205 October 21, 1917 R University of Wisconsin
18 Dee Gibson F-G 5-11 175 August 25, 1923 R Western Kentucky University
8 Billy Hassett G 5-11 180 October 21, 1921 R University of Notre Dame
20 Bill Henry C 6-9 215 December 27, 1924 1 Rice University
12 Jack Kerris F-C 6-6 215 January 30, 1925 R Loyola University of Chicago
4 Walt Kirk G-F 6-3 173 September 3, 1924 1 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
12 John Mahnken C 6-8 220 June 16, 1922 3 Georgetown University
15 Jack Nichols C-F 6-7 222 April 9, 1926 1 University of Washington
9 George Nostrand C-F 6-8 195 January 25, 1924 3 University of Wyoming
15 Don Otten C 6-10 240 April 18, 1921 R Bowling Green State University
20 Mac Otten F-C 6-7 220 December 16, 1925 R Bowling Green State University
Red Owens G-F 6-3 185 September 2, 1925 R Baylor University
7 Warren Perkins G-F 6-3 190 February 2, 1924 R Tulane University
96 Don Ray F-C 6-5 190 July 8, 1921 R Western Kentucky University
Dick Schulz F-G 6-2 192 January 3, 1917 3 University of Wisconsin
21 Mike Todorovich F-C 6-5 220 June 11, 1923 R University of Wyoming
8 Gene Vance G-F 6-3 195 February 25, 1923 2 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
6 Whitey Von Nieda G-F 6-1 170 June 19, 1922 R Pennsylvania State University
17 Murray Wier G 5-9 155 December 12, 1926 R University of Iowa

Team and Opponent Statistics

G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS/G
Team 64 1818 5515 .330 1677 2308 .727 1330 2057 5313 83.0
Lg Rank 10 8 13 5 7 6 8 2 10 5
Opponent 64 5351 83.6
Lg Rank 13 14

Totals

Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Dike Eddleman 27 64 332 906 .366 162 260 .623 142 254 826
2 Mike Todorovich 26 51 232 736 .315 231 314 .736 188 183 695
3 Don Otten 28 46 165 451 .366 226 315 .717 73 180 556
4 Murray Wier 23 56 157 480 .327 115 166 .693 107 141 429
5 Warren Perkins 25 60 128 422 .303 115 195 .590 114 260 371
6 Don Ray 28 61 130 403 .323 104 149 .698 60 147 364
7 Gene Vance 26 35 110 325 .338 86 120 .717 121 145 306
8 Dee Gibson 26 44 77 245 .314 127 177 .718 126 113 281
9 Jack Nichols 23 18 82 219 .374 72 90 .800 61 61 236
10 Walt Kirk 25 32 66 236 .280 98 133 .737 60 92 230
11 John Mahnken 27 36 85 319 .266 53 76 .697 64 149 223
12 Gene Englund 32 22 49 126 .389 66 86 .767 24 70 164
13 Billy Hassett 28 18 46 157 .293 69 94 .734 68 54 161
14 Red Owens 24 26 42 137 .307 40 59 .678 32 65 124
15 Whitey Von Nieda 27 26 40 116 .345 29 46 .630 36 48 109
16 Bill Henry 25 19 24 69 .348 34 51 .667 9 23 82
17 Dick Schulz 33 8 13 45 .289 15 21 .714 8 12 41
18 Mac Otten 24 12 12 34 .353 15 22 .682 11 27 39
19 John Chaney 29 6 10 37 .270 8 12 .667 15 13 28
20 Jack Kerris 25 4 8 26 .308 10 12 .833 8 13 26
21 George Nostrand 26 1 5 10 .500 2 5 .400 1 1 12
22 Gene Berce 23 3 5 16 .313 0 5 .000 0 6 10

Per Game

Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Mike Todorovich 26 51 4.5 14.4 .315 4.5 6.2 .736 3.7 3.6 13.6
2 Jack Nichols 23 18 4.6 12.2 .374 4.0 5.0 .800 3.4 3.4 13.1
3 Dike Eddleman 27 64 5.2 14.2 .366 2.5 4.1 .623 2.2 4.0 12.9
4 Don Otten 28 46 3.6 9.8 .366 4.9 6.8 .717 1.6 3.9 12.1
5 George Nostrand 26 1 5.0 10.0 .500 2.0 5.0 .400 1.0 1.0 12.0
6 Billy Hassett 28 18 2.6 8.7 .293 3.8 5.2 .734 3.8 3.0 8.9
7 Gene Vance 26 35 3.1 9.3 .338 2.5 3.4 .717 3.5 4.1 8.7
8 Murray Wier 23 56 2.8 8.6 .327 2.1 3.0 .693 1.9 2.5 7.7
9 Gene Englund 32 22 2.2 5.7 .389 3.0 3.9 .767 1.1 3.2 7.5
10 Walt Kirk 25 32 2.1 7.4 .280 3.1 4.2 .737 1.9 2.9 7.2
11 Jack Kerris 25 4 2.0 6.5 .308 2.5 3.0 .833 2.0 3.3 6.5
12 Dee Gibson 26 44 1.8 5.6 .314 2.9 4.0 .718 2.9 2.6 6.4
13 Warren Perkins 25 60 2.1 7.0 .303 1.9 3.3 .590 1.9 4.3 6.2
14 John Mahnken 27 36 2.4 8.9 .266 1.5 2.1 .697 1.8 4.1 6.2
15 Don Ray 28 61 2.1 6.6 .323 1.7 2.4 .698 1.0 2.4 6.0
16 Dick Schulz 33 8 1.6 5.6 .289 1.9 2.6 .714 1.0 1.5 5.1
17 Red Owens 24 26 1.6 5.3 .307 1.5 2.3 .678 1.2 2.5 4.8
18 John Chaney 29 6 1.7 6.2 .270 1.3 2.0 .667 2.5 2.2 4.7
19 Bill Henry 25 19 1.3 3.6 .348 1.8 2.7 .667 0.5 1.2 4.3
20 Whitey Von Nieda 27 26 1.5 4.5 .345 1.1 1.8 .630 1.4 1.8 4.2
21 Mac Otten 24 12 1.0 2.8 .353 1.3 1.8 .682 0.9 2.3 3.3
22 Gene Berce 23 3 1.7 5.3 .313 0.0 1.7 .000 0.0 2.0 3.3

Per 36 Minutes

Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Dick Schulz 33 8 .289 .714
2 Jack Kerris 25 4 .308 .833
3 Bill Henry 25 19 .348 .667
4 Billy Hassett 28 18 .293 .734
5 Whitey Von Nieda 27 26 .345 .630
6 Dee Gibson 26 44 .314 .718
7 Gene Englund 32 22 .389 .767
8 Mike Todorovich 26 51 .315 .736
9 Dike Eddleman 27 64 .366 .623
10 John Chaney 29 6 .270 .667
11 Walt Kirk 25 32 .280 .737
12 Gene Vance 26 35 .338 .717
13 Don Ray 28 61 .323 .698
14 Warren Perkins 25 60 .303 .590
15 Don Otten 28 46 .366 .717
16 Mac Otten 24 12 .353 .682
17 Red Owens 24 26 .307 .678
18 Murray Wier 23 56 .327 .693
19 George Nostrand 26 1 .500 .400
20 Jack Nichols 23 18 .374 .800
21 John Mahnken 27 36 .266 .697
22 Gene Berce 23 3 .313 .000

Advanced

Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1 Don Otten 28 46 .472 .366 4.0 1.3 5.2
2 Dike Eddleman 27 64 .405 .366 1.6 2.1 3.7
3 Mike Todorovich 26 51 .398 .315 1.4 1.8 3.3
4 Dee Gibson 26 44 .435 .314 1.7 1.0 2.7
5 Gene Vance 26 35 .405 .338 1.0 1.2 2.2
6 Jack Nichols 23 18 .456 .374 1.5 0.6 2.1
7 Gene Englund 32 22 .500 .389 1.5 0.4 1.9
8 Murray Wier 23 56 .388 .327 0.4 1.2 1.6
9 Warren Perkins 25 60 .365 .303 -0.4 1.7 1.3
10 Don Ray 28 61 .388 .323 0.2 1.1 1.3
11 Billy Hassett 28 18 .406 .293 0.6 0.5 1.1
12 Walt Kirk 25 32 .390 .280 0.3 0.7 1.1
13 Bill Henry 25 19 .448 .348 0.4 0.2 0.6
14 Whitey Von Nieda 27 26 .400 .345 0.3 0.4 0.6
15 Red Owens 24 26 .380 .307 0.0 0.5 0.5
16 Mac Otten 24 12 .446 .353 0.2 0.2 0.4
17 Jack Kerris 25 4 .416 .308 0.1 0.1 0.2
18 Dick Schulz 33 8 .378 .289 0.0 0.1 0.1
19 George Nostrand 26 1 .492 .500 0.1 0.0 0.1
20 John Chaney 29 6 .331 .270 -0.1 0.1 0.0
21 Gene Berce 23 3 .275 .313 -0.2 0.0 -0.1
22 John Mahnken 27 36 .316 .266 -1.6 1.0 -0.6

Playoffs

Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Age G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1 Jack Nichols 23 3 18 60 23 31 11 11 59 .300 .742 19.7 3.7
2 Dike Eddleman 27 3 17 45 15 25 7 17 49 .378 .600 16.3 2.3
3 Mike Todorovich 26 3 6 31 19 24 8 14 31 .194 .792 10.3 2.7
4 Gene Vance 26 3 7 31 5 10 9 17 19 .226 .500 6.3 3.0
5 Don Ray 28 3 4 13 10 11 0 7 18 .308 .909 6.0 0.0
6 Gene Englund 32 2 1 5 9 11 1 6 11 .200 .818 5.5 0.5
7 Dee Gibson 26 3 4 11 3 5 2 11 11 .364 .600 3.7 0.7
8 Murray Wier 23 3 3 9 4 8 0 4 10 .333 .500 3.3 0.0
9 Bill Henry 25 3 2 17 5 9 5 14 9 .118 .556 3.0 1.7
10 Walt Kirk 25 3 2 7 1 6 1 8 5 .286 .167 1.7 0.3
11 Warren Perkins 25 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 1.000 1.0 0.0

Playoffs Advanced

Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1 Don Ray 28 3 .504 .308 0.1 0.0 0.2
2 Dike Eddleman 27 3 .438 .378 0.2 0.1 0.2
3 Jack Nichols 23 3 .401 .300 0.0 0.1 0.1
4 Gene Englund 32 2 .559 .200 0.1 0.0 0.1
5 Dee Gibson 26 3 .417 .364 0.0 0.0 0.1
6 Murray Wier 23 3 .399 .333 0.0 0.0 0.0
7 Mike Todorovich 26 3 .373 .194 0.0 0.1 0.0
8 Warren Perkins 25 2 1.000 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0
9 Walt Kirk 25 3 .259 .286 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
10 Bill Henry 25 3 .215 .118 -0.3 0.0 -0.2
11 Gene Vance 26 3 .268 .226 -0.3 0.1 -0.3