1949-50 Tri-Cities Blackhawks Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 29-35
Finishing 3rd in the NBA's Western Division
Postseason: 1-2 Lost division semifinals
Division Semifinals - Lost to Anderson Packers 2-1
Coach: Roger Potter (1-6)
Coach: Red Auerbach (28-29)
Location: Moline, Illinois

1949-50 Tri-Cities Blackhawks Roster
1949-50 Tri-Cities Blackhawks Results

The Tri-Cities Blackhawks of the National Basketball Association ended the 1949-50 season with a record of 29 wins and 35 losses, finishing third in the NBA's Western Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-2.

Tri-Cities scored 5,313 points and allowed 5,351. Dike Eddleman netted a team-high 826 points for the Blackhawks, and Mike Todorovich contributed 13 or more per game also. Mike Todorovich dished out 188 assists for the squad.

Roger Potter and Red Auerbach coached the team. The 1949-50 Tri-Cities Blackhawks lost in the division semifinals.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Ast	PF	Pts
Dike Eddleman	F-G	64	906	332			260	162	142	254	826
Mike Todorovich	F-C	51	736	232			314	231	188	183	695
Don Otten	C	46	451	165			315	226	73	180	556
Murray Wier	G	56	480	157			166	115	107	141	429
Warren Perkins	G-F	60	422	128			195	115	114	260	371
Don Ray	F-C	61	403	130			149	104	60	147	364
Gene Vance	G-F	35	325	110			120	86	121	145	306
Dee Gibson	F-G	44	245	77			177	127	126	113	281
Jack Nichols	C-F	18	219	82			90	72	61	61	236
Walt Kirk	G-F	32	236	66			133	98	60	92	230
John Mahnken	C	36	319	85			76	53	64	149	223
Gene Englund	F-C	22	126	49			86	66	24	70	164
Billy Hassett	G	18	157	46			94	69	68	54	161
Red Owens	G-F	26	137	42			59	40	32	65	124
Whitey Von Nieda	G-F	26	116	40			46	29	36	48	109
Bill Henry	C	19	69	24			51	34	9	23	82
Dick Schulz	F-G	8	45	13			21	15	8	12	41
Mac Otten	F-C	12	34	12			22	15	11	27	39
John Chaney	F-C-G	6	37	10			12	8	15	13	28
Jack Kerris	F-C	4	26	8			12	10	8	13	26
George Nostrand	C-F	1	10	5			5	2	1	1	12
Gene Berce	G-F	3	16	5			5	0	0	6	10
Totals		648	5515	1818	0	0	2408	1677	1328	2057	5313

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	FG%	FT%	Ast	PF	Pts
Dike Eddleman	F-G	64	36.6	62.3	2.2	4.0	12.9
Mike Todorovich	F-C	51	31.5	73.6	3.7	3.6	13.6
Don Otten	C	46	36.6	71.7	1.6	3.9	12.1
Murray Wier	G	56	32.7	69.3	1.9	2.5	7.7
Warren Perkins	G-F	60	30.3	59.0	1.9	4.3	6.2
Don Ray	F-C	61	32.3	69.8	1.0	2.4	6.0
Gene Vance	G-F	35	33.8	71.7	3.5	4.1	8.7
Dee Gibson	F-G	44	31.4	71.8	2.9	2.6	6.4
Jack Nichols	C-F	18	37.4	80.0	3.4	3.4	13.1
Walt Kirk	G-F	32	28.0	73.7	1.9	2.9	7.2
John Mahnken	C	36	26.6	69.7	1.8	4.1	6.2
Gene Englund	F-C	22	38.9	76.7	1.1	3.2	7.5
Billy Hassett	G	18	29.3	73.4	3.8	3.0	8.9
Red Owens	G-F	26	30.7	67.8	1.2	2.5	4.8
Whitey Von Nieda	G-F	26	34.5	63.0	1.4	1.8	4.2
Bill Henry	C	19	34.8	66.7	0.5	1.2	4.3
Dick Schulz	F-G	8	28.9	71.4	1.0	1.5	5.1
Mac Otten	F-C	12	35.3	68.2	0.9	2.3	3.3
John Chaney	F-C-G	6	27.0	66.7	2.5	2.2	4.7
Jack Kerris	F-C	4	30.8	83.3	2.0	3.3	6.5
George Nostrand	C-F	1	50.0	40.0	1.0	1.0	12.0
Gene Berce	G-F	3	31.3	0.0	0.0	2.0	3.3
Averages		648	33.0	69.6	2.0	3.2	8.2

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Ast	PF	Pts
Jack Nichols	C-F	3	60	18			31	23	11	11	59
Dike Eddleman	F-G	3	45	17			25	15	7	17	49
Mike Todorovich	F-C	3	31	6			24	19	8	14	31
Gene Vance	G-F	3	31	7			10	5	9	17	19
Don Ray	F-C	3	13	4			11	10	0	7	18
Dee Gibson	F-G	3	11	4			5	3	2	11	11
Gene Englund	F-C	2	5	1			11	9	1	6	11
Murray Wier	G	3	9	3			8	4	0	4	10
Bill Henry	C	3	17	2			9	5	5	14	9
Walt Kirk	G-F	3	7	2			6	1	1	8	5
Warren Perkins	G-F	2	1	1			2	2	0	2	4
Totals		31	230	65	0	0	142	96	44	111	226

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	FG%	FT%	Ast	PF	Pts
Jack Nichols	C-F	3	30.0	74.2	3.7	3.7	19.7
Dike Eddleman	F-G	3	37.8	60.0	2.3	5.7	16.3
Mike Todorovich	F-C	3	19.4	79.2	2.7	4.7	10.3
Gene Vance	G-F	3	22.6	50.0	3.0	5.7	6.3
Don Ray	F-C	3	30.8	90.9	0.0	2.3	6.0
Dee Gibson	F-G	3	36.4	60.0	0.7	3.7	3.7
Gene Englund	F-C	2	20.0	81.8	0.5	3.0	5.5
Murray Wier	G	3	33.3	50.0	0.0	1.3	3.3
Bill Henry	C	3	11.8	55.6	1.7	4.7	3.0
Walt Kirk	G-F	3	28.6	16.7	0.3	2.7	1.7
Warren Perkins	G-F	2	100.0	100.0	0.0	1.0	2.0
Averages		648	28.3	67.6	1.4	3.6	7.3