1943-44 Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons Statistics

National Basketball League (NBL)
Team Record: 18-4
Finishing 1st in the NBL
Won Championship
Location: Fort Wayne, Indiana

1943-44 Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons Roster
1943-44 Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons Results

The Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons of the National Basketball League ended the 1943-44 season with a record of 18 wins and 4 losses, finishing first in the NBL.

Fort Wayne netted 1,039 points, tops in the circuit. The team yielded 906 points. Bobby McDermott tossed in a team-leading 306 points for the Zollner Pistons, and Buddy Jeannette scored 8 or more per game also. The 1943-44 Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons won the Championship.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	PF	Pts
Bobby McDermott	G	22	123			80	60	62	306
Buddy Jeannette	G	22	68			65	48	46	184
Jake Pelkington	C-F	20	46			0	40	0	132
Jerry Bush	F-C	22	55			36	22	50	132
Blackie Towery	F-C	22	48			0	33	74	129
Chick Reiser	G-F	22	28			0	25	0	81
Paul Birch	F-G-C	22	27			0	17	0	71
Dale Hamilton	G-F	11	2			0	0	0	4
Totals		163	397	0	0	181	245	232	1039

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	FT%	PF	Pts
Bobby McDermott	G	22	75.0	2.8	13.9
Buddy Jeannette	G	22	73.8	2.1	8.4
Jake Pelkington	C-F	20		0.0	6.6
Jerry Bush	F-C	22	61.1	2.3	6.0
Blackie Towery	F-C	22		3.4	5.9
Chick Reiser	G-F	22		0.0	3.7
Paul Birch	F-G-C	22		0.0	3.2
Dale Hamilton	G-F	11		0.0	0.4
Averages		163	135.4	1.4	6.4

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTM	Pts
Bobby McDermott	G	5	27			13	67
Buddy Jeannette	G	5	12			10	34
Chick Reiser	G-F	5	13			8	34
Jake Pelkington	C-F	5	11			10	32
Blackie Towery	F-C	5	14			3	31
Jerry Bush	F-C	5	12			7	31
Paul Birch	F-G-C	5	7			2	16
Dale Hamilton	G-F	5	0			0	0
Totals		40	96	0	0	53	245

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	Pts
Bobby McDermott	G	5	13.4
Buddy Jeannette	G	5	6.8
Chick Reiser	G-F	5	6.8
Jake Pelkington	C-F	5	6.4
Blackie Towery	F-C	5	6.2
Jerry Bush	F-C	5	6.2
Paul Birch	F-G-C	5	3.2
Dale Hamilton	G-F	5	0.0
Averages		163	6.1