March Madness Record Book
1954 Boys Box Scores
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Mt. Vernon (H.S.) 61, Danville (H.S.) 54
First Round Game at Champaign [UI, Huff Gym]
Wednesday, March 17, 1954
MT. VERNON (H.S.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Al Avant 6 15 7 7 19 3
Jerry Clark 2 6 0 0 4 0
Fred Deichman 1 6 1 1 3 1
Kim Driggers 0 0 0 0 0 1
Don Richards 3 12 1 3 7 3
Goff Thompson 5 7 1 1 11 3
Larry Whitlock 6 15 5 6 17 1
TOTAL 23 61 15 18 61 12
DANVILLE (H.S.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Frank Estes 7 24 4 5 18 3
Larry Farley 3 4 0 0 6 1
Bill Hannah 2 3 0 1 4 2
Jerome Jones 3 11 0 0 6 1
Bill McMains 1 8 2 2 4 4
James Righter 5 10 5 6 15 3
John Stevenson 0 0 0 0 0 0
James West 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ray Wurtsbaugh 0 0 1 2 1 0
TOTAL 21 60 12 16 54 14
Mt. Vernon (H.S.) 18 16 (34) 12 15 (27) -- 61
Danville (H.S.) 16 19 (35) 6 13 (19) -- 54
Moline (H.S.) 70, Rockford (East) 53
First Round Game at Champaign [UI, Huff Gym]
Wednesday, March 17, 1954
MOLINE (H.S.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Ken Anderson 0 0 0 0 0 2
Dick Dhabalt 5 8 4 4 14 3
Bob Gunter 4 12 3 3 11 1
John Meyers 3 10 1 1 7 5
Don Trull 0 1 2 4 2 3
Don "Whitey" Verstrae 8 13 6 7 22 3
Adrian Winters 3 4 8 10 14 2
TOTAL 23 48 24 29 70 19
ROCKFORD (EAST)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Lee Anderson 0 1 0 0 0 0
Roger Davidson 0 4 2 2 2 5
Ronnie Johnson 10 22 7 7 27 4
Paul Larson 2 7 2 2 6 2
Bill Laude 3 13 5 7 11 1
Robert Pellant 1 4 1 4 3 5
Tom Seger 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ron Young 0 0 0 0 0 0
Frank Zeras 2 4 0 0 4 2
Jim Zordan 0 0 0 0 0 3
TOTAL 18 55 17 22 53 22
Moline (H.S.) 9 20 (29) 21 20 (41) -- 70
Rockford (East) 15 15 (30) 12 11 (23) -- 53
Harvey (Thornton) 83, Toledo (Cumberland) 59
First Round Game at Champaign [UI, Huff Gym]
Wednesday, March 17, 1954
HARVEY (THORNTON)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Verne Allison 6 14 1 1 13 5
Ed Creach 3 7 3 3 9 3
Jack Foster 1 2 1 2 3 0
Rod Hanson 6 11 1 2 13 0
Al Lowery 4 12 1 1 9 4
Larry Malm 0 0 0 0 0 2
Russ McKibben 14 26 4 5 32 3
Fred Roettiger 1 1 0 0 2 0
Phil Schmidt 1 2 0 0 2 0
Brooks Young 0 1 0 0 0 1
TOTAL 36 76 11 14 83 18
TOLEDO (CUMBERLAND)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Dick Bancroft 0 1 0 0 0 0
Charles Cordes 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lloyd Eggers 7 16 4 6 18 4
Howard Ewart 9 22 2 2 20 3
John Ewart 0 2 0 0 0 1
Chuck Ingram 0 5 1 3 1 3
Howard McClain 1 8 1 2 3 0
Richard Redfern 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Strain 1 5 10 10 12 2
Terry Strain 2 4 1 1 5 0
TOTAL 20 63 19 24 59 13
Harvey (Thornton) 15 19 (34) 25 24 (49) -- 83
Toledo (Cumberland) 16 11 (27) 17 15 (32) -- 59
Pinckneyville 43, Springfield (H.S.) 37
First Round Game at Champaign [UI, Huff Gym]
Wednesday, March 17, 1954
PINCKNEYVILLE
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Bill Edwards 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arlen Hill 3 10 4 6 10 2
Dallas Hill 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Lazenby 6 11 5 6 17 1
Don Margenthaler 3 7 2 2 8 4
Gene Pursell 1 10 0 0 2 1
Marion Rushing 2 7 2 3 6 0
TOTAL 15 45 13 17 43 8
SPRINGFIELD (H.S.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Pete Beardsley 5 10 2 2 12 2
Bob Bradford 0 1 0 0 0 0
Craig Davis 0 2 1 1 1 2
George Kenney 7 12 2 2 16 3
Bob Malkus 2 8 1 1 5 3
Gordon Post 0 4 1 2 1 1
Keith Schroeder 1 1 0 0 2 2
TOTAL 15 38 7 8 37 13
Pinckneyville 13 9 (22) 10 11 (21) -- 43
Springfield (H.S.) 9 7 (16) 7 14 (21) -- 37
Quincy (Sr.) 64, Princeton 60
First Round Game at Champaign [UI, Huff Gym]
Thursday, March 18, 1954
QUINCY (SR.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Ronald Brown 0 0 0 0 0 0
Don Harvey 0 0 1 1 1 0
Ronald Hellhake 1 5 0 0 2 1
Gene Holler 9 17 5 6 23 5
Dick Moore 0 0 0 0 0 2
Tom Payne 9 20 7 8 25 3
Bill Rineberg 3 7 2 2 8 4
Art Robbins 0 2 0 0 0 2
Rodney Rogers 0 1 0 0 0 1
Alan Zengel 2 6 1 1 5 0
TOTAL 24 58 16 18 64 18
PRINCETON
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Fred Boher 3 4 1 3 7 3
Lewis Flinn 2 10 1 2 5 3
Richard Hult 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stan Peterson 5 14 1 3 11 2
Joe Ruklick 10 17 4 8 24 2
Dennis Sharick 1 1 1 3 3 0
Dick Swan 2 4 1 1 5 3
Jim Zurliene 1 2 3 4 5 3
TOTAL 24 52 12 24 60 16
Quincy (Sr.) 18 14 (32) 19 13 (32) -- 64
Princeton 20 19 (39) 13 8 (21) -- 60
Chicago (DuSable) 87, Bowen 64
First Round Game at Champaign [UI, Huff Gym]
Thursday, March 18, 1954
CHICAGO (DUSABLE)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Charlie Brown 10 34 3 3 23 3
McKinley Cowsen 5 14 3 5 13 4
Brian Dennis 0 3 0 0 0 4
Karl Dennis 4 12 1 1 9 2
Jesse Dixon 0 1 0 0 0 1
Paxton Lumpkin 8 28 0 0 16 1
Shellie McMillon 11 16 2 7 24 4
Sterling Webb 1 2 0 0 2 2
TOTAL 39 110 9 16 87 21
BOWEN
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Robert Bilderback 4 16 8 10 16 3
John Henson 3 20 4 4 10 4
Roger McMahan 4 6 3 6 11 2
John Sowder 3 6 1 2 7 0
Don Totsch 8 19 4 10 20 4
Robert Wills 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 22 67 20 32 64 13
Chicago (DuSable) 17 20 (37) 19 31 (50) -- 87
Bowen 12 19 (31) 18 15 (33) -- 64
Barrington 57, Litchfield 38
First Round Game at Champaign [UI, Huff Gym]
Thursday, March 18, 1954
BARRINGTON
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Jerry Babb 3 6 4 4 10 4
Roy Dewitz 6 14 3 4 15 2
Thomas Folleth 1 1 0 0 2 3
Wayne Miller 0 0 0 0 0 1
Rodney Napier 0 0 0 0 0 0
Craig Oberst 5 9 5 7 15 0
Dick Popp 1 5 0 1 2 5
Elmer Saveley 5 11 3 5 13 1
Dick Schwemm 0 0 0 2 0 0
Vance Stayner 0 3 0 0 0 1
TOTAL 21 49 15 23 57 17
LITCHFIELD
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Dennis Billiter 0 0 0 2 0 0
Leland Boehme 0 0 0 2 0 0
Dan Flynn 0 1 1 1 1 3
Marshall Hudson 4 9 2 2 10 1
Jarrell Jarrard 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim McLaughlan 2 4 1 1 5 3
Ron Pursell 6 16 4 5 16 4
Larry Roach 2 9 0 4 4 4
Wayne Sawyer 0 14 2 3 2 3
Paul Stephenson 0 2 0 0 0 1
TOTAL 14 55 10 20 38 19
Barrington 17 8 (25) 15 17 (32) -- 57
Litchfield 14 8 (22) 6 10 (16) -- 38
Edwardsville (H.S.) 60, Peoria (H.S.) 54
First Round Game at Champaign [UI, Huff Gym]
Thursday, March 18, 1954
EDWARDSVILLE (H.S.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Don Dudacek 2 6 0 0 4 2
Bob Gregor 5 14 8 9 18 4
Jim Herren 1 8 2 3 4 4
Mannie Jackson 0 0 0 0 0 0
Don Ohl 10 20 6 8 26 1
Harold Patton 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bill Penelton 0 3 7 10 7 0
Richard Sasek 0 0 0 0 0 0
Govoner Vaughn 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ted Werner 0 0 1 1 1 2
TOTAL 18 51 24 31 60 13
PEORIA (H.S.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Alan Anderson 1 3 0 0 2 2
Gerald Ashby 2 5 2 2 6 0
Hal Douglas 1 4 4 5 6 5
Jerry Green 1 3 0 0 2 5
Leon Hurst 6 9 3 3 15 4
Dave Lancaster 2 6 2 3 6 2
Jerry Lewis 1 7 1 2 3 2
Al Swanson 6 21 2 3 14 5
Gene Toms 0 1 0 0 0 0
Chet Ziegler 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 20 59 14 18 54 25
Edwardsville (H.S.) 10 15 (25) 12 23 (35) -- 60
Peoria (H.S.) 6 16 (22) 11 21 (32) -- 54
Mt. Vernon (H.S.) 73, Moline (H.S.) 59
Quarterfinal Game at Champaign [UI, Huff Gym]
Friday, March 19, 1954
MT. VERNON (H.S.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Al Avant 9 15 9 11 27 2
Jerry Clark 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fred Deichman 5 6 4 4 14 5
Don Richards 4 10 3 3 11 0
Goff Thompson 3 7 3 5 9 2
Larry Whitlock 2 6 8 12 12 3
TOTAL 23 44 27 35 73 12
MOLINE (H.S.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Ken Anderson 1 7 0 0 2 3
Dick Dhabalt 5 21 5 5 15 4
Ralph Efflandt 0 0 0 0 0 1
Bob Gunter 4 18 2 3 10 2
John Meyers 0 7 1 2 1 3
Tom Reiners 0 0 0 0 0 1
Dale Schweinberger 1 3 0 0 2 1
Don Trull 1 1 2 2 4 3
Don "Whitey" Verstrae 7 22 3 3 17 5
Adrian Winters 4 11 0 0 8 4
TOTAL 23 90 13 15 59 27
Mt. Vernon (H.S.) 21 17 (38) 18 17 (35) -- 73
Moline (H.S.) 15 16 (31) 12 16 (28) -- 59
Pinckneyville 61, Harvey (Thornton) 47
Quarterfinal Game at Champaign [UI, Huff Gym]
Friday, March 19, 1954
PINCKNEYVILLE
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
John Daffron 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bill Edwards 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arlen Hill 3 10 3 3 9 3
Dallas Hill 0 0 1 2 1 0
Jim Lazenby 2 5 1 2 5 5
Don Margenthaler 3 8 3 4 9 4
Gene Pursell 12 21 2 3 26 2
Marion Rushing 4 7 3 4 11 3
Alex Singer 0 0 0 0 0 0
Roger Thomas 0 1 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 24 52 13 18 61 17
HARVEY (THORNTON)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Verne Allison 4 12 2 2 10 5
Ed Creach 4 10 5 7 13 1
Jack Foster 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rod Hanson 1 9 3 4 5 3
Al Lowery 5 13 4 4 14 4
Russ McKibben 1 7 3 4 5 1
TOTAL 15 51 17 21 47 14
Pinckneyville 17 15 (32) 18 11 (29) -- 61
Harvey (Thornton) 8 15 (23) 13 11 (24) -- 47
Chicago (DuSable) 80, Quincy (Sr.) 66
Quarterfinal Game at Champaign [UI, Huff Gym]
Friday, March 19, 1954
CHICAGO (DUSABLE)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Charlie Brown 10 15 4 4 24 3
McKinley Cowsen 5 7 3 7 13 1
Karl Dennis 1 3 0 0 2 3
Paxton Lumpkin 7 16 2 4 16 2
Shellie McMillon 10 15 5 8 25 4
TOTAL 33 56 14 23 80 13
QUINCY (SR.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Don Harvey 0 2 1 2 1 0
Gene Holler 3 15 1 1 7 3
Dick Moore 3 5 0 0 6 4
Tom Payne 13 17 5 7 31 0
Bill Rineberg 3 8 4 5 10 3
Art Robbins 2 4 0 0 4 2
Rodney Rogers 2 3 1 1 5 1
Alan Zengel 1 5 0 0 2 4
TOTAL 27 59 12 16 66 17
Chicago (DuSable) 15 21 (36) 18 26 (44) -- 80
Quincy (Sr.) 16 13 (29) 20 17 (37) -- 66
Edwardsville (H.S.) 59, Barrington 57 (OT)
Quarterfinal Game at Champaign [UI, Huff Gym]
Friday, March 19, 1954
EDWARDSVILLE (H.S.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Don Dudacek 2 12 3 4 7 3
Bob Gregor 8 20 3 4 19 5
Jim Herren 1 3 1 1 3 3
Mannie Jackson 0 1 2 2 2 0
Don Ohl 6 20 9 11 21 5
Harold Patton 1 1 2 3 4 0
Bill Penelton 0 1 0 0 0 1
Govoner Vaughn 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ted Werner 1 3 1 1 3 1
TOTAL 19 61 21 26 59 18
BARRINGTON
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Jerry Babb 5 17 3 3 13 1
Roy Dewitz 5 17 2 4 12 5
Thomas Folleth 0 0 0 0 0 0
Craig Oberst 2 8 2 2 6 3
Dick Popp 3 9 6 8 12 1
Elmer Saveley 4 12 3 3 11 4
Dick Schwemm 0 0 0 0 0 1
Vance Stayner 0 2 3 4 3 3
TOTAL 19 65 19 24 57 18
Edwardsville (H.S.) 13 11 (24) 13 16 (29) 6 -- 59
Barrington 11 13 (24) 15 14 (29) 4 -- 57
Mt. Vernon (H.S.) 70, Pinckneyville 44
Semifinal Game at Champaign [UI, Huff Gym]
Saturday, March 20, 1954
MT. VERNON (H.S.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Al Avant 4 14 6 8 14 5
Gene Brookman 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jerry Clark 1 1 0 0 2 1
Fred Deichman 2 4 2 2 6 2
Kim Driggers 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gale Fruend 0 0 5 6 5 0
George Mendenhall 0 0 0 0 0 0
Don Richards 6 11 3 3 15 1
Goff Thompson 4 9 5 5 13 2
Larry Whitlock 5 6 5 7 15 2
TOTAL 22 45 26 31 70 13
PINCKNEYVILLE
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
John Daffron 0 1 0 0 0 0
Bill Edwards 0 1 0 2 0 0
Arlen Hill 3 12 3 3 9 5
Dallas Hill 0 2 0 0 0 1
Jim Lazenby 3 11 1 1 7 3
Don Margenthaler 1 7 3 3 5 5
Gene Pursell 8 23 1 1 17 5
Marion Rushing 0 4 5 8 5 3
Alex Singer 0 0 1 2 1 0
Roger Thomas 0 1 0 0 0 1
TOTAL 15 62 14 20 44 23
Mt. Vernon (H.S.) 11 17 (28) 15 27 (42) -- 70
Pinckneyville 13 8 (21) 8 15 (23) -- 44
Chicago (DuSable) 89, Edwardsville (H.S.) 73
Semifinal Game at Champaign [UI, Huff Gym]
Saturday, March 20, 1954
CHICAGO (DUSABLE)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Charlie Brown 9 18 5 5 23 5
McKinley Cowsen 6 16 1 1 13 3
Karl Dennis 0 3 0 0 0 4
Jesse Dixon 0 1 0 0 0 0
Paxton Lumpkin 13 27 5 5 31 3
Shellie McMillon 10 22 2 4 22 4
TOTAL 38 87 13 15 89 19
EDWARDSVILLE (H.S.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Don Dudacek 5 8 1 2 11 1
Bob Gregor 11 23 6 7 28 3
Jim Herren 6 12 4 5 16 2
Mannie Jackson 0 3 0 0 0 1
Don Ohl 2 13 5 6 9 3
Harold Patton 1 1 1 1 3 1
Bill Penelton 2 5 1 1 5 1
Richard Sasek 0 0 0 0 0 0
Govoner Vaughn 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ted Werner 0 0 1 1 1 1
TOTAL 27 65 19 23 73 13
Chicago (DuSable) 23 25 (48) 20 21 (41) -- 89
Edwardsville (H.S.) 17 25 (42) 15 16 (31) -- 73
Pinckneyville 54, Edwardsville (H.S.) 42
Third Place Game at Champaign [UI, Huff Gym]
Saturday, March 20, 1954
PINCKNEYVILLE
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Arlen Hill 3 12 0 3 6 0
Dallas Hill 0 1 0 0 0 0
Jim Lazenby 4 10 0 2 8 0
Don Margenthaler 3 10 5 7 11 0
Gene Pursell 4 13 4 4 12 2
Marion Rushing 7 9 3 3 17 3
TOTAL 21 55 12 19 54 5
EDWARDSVILLE (H.S.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Don Dudacek 1 4 1 2 3 0
Bob Gregor 6 14 2 3 14 2
Jim Herren 4 11 1 1 9 1
Mannie Jackson 0 3 0 0 0 1
Don Ohl 6 16 0 0 12 3
Harold Patton 0 0 0 0 0 1
Bill Penelton 1 2 0 0 2 3
Richard Sasek 0 0 0 0 0 1
Govoner Vaughn 0 2 0 0 0 0
Ted Werner 1 1 0 0 2 1
TOTAL 19 53 4 6 42 13
Pinckneyville 16 11 (27) 12 15 (27) -- 54
Edwardsville (H.S.) 10 11 (21) 13 8 (21) -- 42
Mt. Vernon (H.S.) 76, Chicago (DuSable) 70
Final Game at Champaign [UI, Huff Gym]
Saturday, March 20, 1954
MT. VERNON (H.S.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Al Avant 9 22 5 6 23 2
Jerry Clark 1 4 1 1 3 3
Fred Deichman 1 4 1 2 3 1
Don Richards 9 19 7 8 25 2
Goff Thompson 3 8 5 7 11 2
Larry Whitlock 5 11 1 1 11 2
TOTAL 28 68 20 25 76 12
CHICAGO (DUSABLE)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Charlie Brown 11 20 1 1 23 5
McKinley Cowsen 3 7 1 1 7 1
Brian Dennis 0 1 1 1 1 0
Karl Dennis 1 4 0 0 2 5
Eugene Howard 0 0 0 0 0 0
Paxton Lumpkin 5 21 3 5 13 5
Shellie McMillon 10 15 4 9 24 3
Sterling Webb 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 30 68 10 17 70 19
Mt. Vernon (H.S.) 18 17 (35) 22 19 (41) -- 76
Chicago (DuSable) 20 15 (35) 22 13 (35) -- 70