1947-48 Tri-Cities Blackhawks Statistics

National Basketball League (NBL)
Team Record: 30-30
Finishing 2nd in the NBL's West Division
Lost conference finals
Location: Moline, Illinois

1947-48 Tri-Cities Blackhawks Roster
1947-48 Tri-Cities Blackhawks Results

The Tri-Cities Blackhawks of the National Basketball League ended the 1947-48 season with a record of 30 wins and 30 losses, finishing second in the NBL's West Division.

The Blackhawks racked up 3,656 points and yielded 3,665. Don Otten netted a team-high 824 points for Tri-Cities, while Billy Hassett and Whitey Von Nieda scored 10 or more per game also. The 1947-48 Tri-Cities Blackhawks lost in the conference finals.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	PF	Pts
Don Otten	C	60	282			392	260	184	824
Whitey Von Nieda	G-F	60	276			287	174	144	726
Billy Hassett	G	56	199			269	203	145	601
Bobby McDermott	G	37	191			93	67	0	449
Joe Camic	F-C	60	129			113	75	187	333
Edmund Lewinski	F-C-G	48	59			67	39	71	157
Howie Rader	G-F	45	44			54	29	90	117
Mel Thurston	G	34	36			61	38	0	110
Luther Harris	F-G	23	26			55	33	0	85
Bob Hubbard	C-F	20	27			26	22	0	76
Dick Triptow	G-F	9	18			19	12	0	48
Roy Hurley	F-G	12	18			16	9	0	45
Wallace Borrevik	C-F	30	14			23	8	0	36
Johnny Ezersky	F-G	5	9			8	5	0	23
Robert Skarda	G-F	8	5			1	0	2	10
Robert Gerber	C-F	7	3			5	0	0	6
Albert Grenert	F-G	3	2			0	0	0	4
Nat Hickey	G-F	3	1			1	1	0	3
Richard Furey	F-G	1	1			0	0	0	2
Jimmy Joyce	F	4	0			1	1	0	1
Paul Anthony	C-F-G	1	0			0	0	0	0
Ray Ramsey	G-F	2	0			0	0	0	0
Totals		528	1340	0	0	1491	976	823	3656

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	FT%	PF	Pts
Don Otten	C	60	66.3	3.1	13.7
Whitey Von Nieda	G-F	60	60.6	2.4	12.1
Billy Hassett	G	56	75.5	2.6	10.7
Bobby McDermott	G	37	72.0	0.0	12.1
Joe Camic	F-C	60	66.4	3.1	5.6
Edmund Lewinski	F-C-G	48	58.2	1.5	3.3
Howie Rader	G-F	45	53.7	2.0	2.6
Mel Thurston	G	34	62.3	0.0	3.2
Luther Harris	F-G	23	60.0	0.0	3.7
Bob Hubbard	C-F	20	84.6	0.0	3.8
Dick Triptow	G-F	9	63.2	0.0	5.3
Roy Hurley	F-G	12	56.3	0.0	3.8
Wallace Borrevik	C-F	30	34.8	0.0	1.2
Johnny Ezersky	F-G	5	62.5	0.0	4.6
Robert Skarda	G-F	8	0.0	0.3	1.3
Robert Gerber	C-F	7	0.0	0.0	0.9
Albert Grenert	F-G	3		0.0	1.3
Nat Hickey	G-F	3	100.0	0.0	1.0
Richard Furey	F-G	1		0.0	2.0
Jimmy Joyce	F	4	100.0	0.0	0.3
Paul Anthony	C-F-G	1		0.0	0.0
Ray Ramsey	G-F	2		0.0	0.0
Averages		528	65.5	1.6	6.9

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Pts
Don Otten	C	6	34			38	30	98
Whitey Von Nieda	G-F	6	41			28	15	97
Bobby McDermott	G	6	26			9	7	59
Billy Hassett	G	6	18			26	17	53
Joe Camic	F-C	6	11			12	9	31
Edmund Lewinski	F-C-G	6	13			3	1	27
Luther Harris	F-G	6	7			14	9	23
Howie Rader	G-F	6	8			12	6	22
Wallace Borrevik	C-F	5	4			7	5	13
Robert Skarda	G-F	6	1			2	1	3
Albert Grenert	F-G	6	1			2	1	3
Totals		65	164	0	0	153	101	429

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	FT%	Pts
Don Otten	C	6	78.9	16.3
Whitey Von Nieda	G-F	6	53.6	16.2
Bobby McDermott	G	6	77.8	9.8
Billy Hassett	G	6	65.4	8.8
Joe Camic	F-C	6	75.0	5.2
Edmund Lewinski	F-C-G	6	33.3	4.5
Luther Harris	F-G	6	64.3	3.8
Howie Rader	G-F	6	50.0	3.7
Wallace Borrevik	C-F	5	71.4	2.6
Robert Skarda	G-F	6	50.0	0.5
Albert Grenert	F-G	6	50.0	0.5
Averages		528	66.0	6.6