Played home games at the Wheaton Fieldhouse in Moline, Illinois – Seating capacity – 6,000
| TRI-CITIES BLACKHAWKS | NBL | 36-28 | BOBBY McDERMOTT | 25-20 | |||||||||||
| ROGER POTTER | 11-8 | ||||||||||||||
| REGULAR SEASON | |||||||||||||||
| PLAYER | POS | AGE | HGT | WGT | COLLEGE | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | PTS | AVG | |||
| Ward Gibson | F | 27 | 6:05 | 210 | Creighton’47 | fr Denver | 20 | 77 | 47 | 73 | .644 | 201 | 10.1 | ||
| Don Ray | F-C | 27 | 6:06 | 200 | W. Kentucky’48 | Injured | 46 | 123 | 80 | 117 | .684 | 326 | 7.1 | ||
| Don Otten | C | 27 | 7:00 | 245 | Bowling Green’46 | 64 | 301 | 297 | 424 | .700 | 899 | 14.0 | |||
| Whitey Von Nieda | G-F | 26 | 6:01 | 175 | Penn State’43 | 64 | 247 | 147 | 226 | .650 | 641 | 10.0 | |||
| Billy Hassett | G | 27 | 6:00 | 180 | Notre Dame’46 | 64 | 125 | 106 | 156 | .679 | 356 | 5.6 | |||
| Bobby McDermott | G | 34 | 5:11 | 185 | None | to Hammond | 45 | 170 | 84 | 113 | .743 | 424 | 9.4 | ||
| Luther Harris | F | 25 | 6:03 | 195 | None | 63 | 118 | 102 | 152 | .671 | 338 | 5.4 | |||
| George Ratkovicz | C-F | 24 | 6:07 | 225 | None | 64 | 109 | 106 | 175 | .606 | 324 | 5.1 | |||
| Dee Gibson | G-F | 25 | 5:11 | 175 | W. Kentucky’48 | 64 | 94 | 113 | 177 | .638 | 301 | 4.7 | |||
| Murray Wier | G | 22 | 5:09 | 155 | Iowa’48 | 60 | 80 | 79 | 113 | .699 | 239 | 4.0 | |||
| Joe Camic | F-C | 26 | 6:05 | 210 | Duquesne’47 | to Hammond | 31 | 32 | 27 | 47 | .574 | 91 | 2.9 | ||
| Bobby Lowther | F-C | 25 | 6:05 | 190 | LSU’48 | fr Waterloo | 15 | 8 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 18 | 1.2 | ||
| Shag Hawkins | F | 27 | 6:04 | 225 | Auburn’42 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 5 | 2.5 | |||
| Ed Lewinski | F | 28 | 6:03 | 190 | LSU’43 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 0.7 | |||
| 3-3 | PLAYOFFS | ||||||||||||||
| PLAYER | POS | AGE | HGT | WGT | COLLEGE | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | PTS | AVG | |||
| Ward Gibson | F | 27 | 6:05 | 210 | Creighton’47 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 9 | .667 | 24 | 4.0 | |||
| Don Ray | F-C | 27 | 6:06 | 200 | W. Kentucky’48 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 21 | .810 | 49 | 8.2 | |||
| Don Otten | C | 27 | 7:00 | 245 | Bowling Green’46 | 6 | 24 | 43 | 55 | .782 | 91 | 15.2 | |||
| Whitey Von Nieda | G-F | 26 | 6:01 | 175 | Penn State’43 | 6 | 20 | 13 | 24 | .542 | 53 | 8.8 | |||
| Billy Hassett | G | 27 | 6:00 | 180 | Notre Dame’46 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 21 | .810 | 39 | 7.8 | |||
| Dee Gibson | G-F | 25 | 5:11 | 175 | W. Kentucky’48 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 30 | .633 | 57 | 9.5 | |||
| George Ratkovicz | C-F | 24 | 6:07 | 225 | None | 6 | 11 | 16 | 22 | .727 | 38 | 6.3 | |||
| Murray Wier | G | 22 | 5:09 | 155 | Iowa’48 | 6 | 13 | 9 | 13 | .692 | 35 | 5.8 | |||
| Luther Harris | F | 25 | 6:03 | 195 | None | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | .400 | 8 | 1.3 | |||
| Bobby Lowther | F-C | 25 | 6:05 | 190 | LSU’48 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 4 | 1.0 | |||