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La Salle Basketball · History

1948–49

13–1 in the Catholic League, 1st. Head coach Obie O'Brien.

League
13–1
1st
Overall
—
Not listed
Top Scorer · PPG
13.2
Tom Checchia

Scoring · Catholic League

Catholic League regular-season scoring, 1948–49
PlayerGPtsAvg
Tom Checchia1418513.2
Tom Gola121149.5
John Kane141097.8
John O'Donnell141027.3
Ed Flynn13594.5
Fred Hess11494.5
Fran "Wacky" O'Hara9394.3
Jim Hughes5234.6
Charlie Mohr4123.0
Gerry McCausland252.5
Tom McGowan122.0
Team1469949.9

Regular-season Catholic League games only.

Catholic League Playoffs

  1. Lossvs. West CatholicSemifinal33–41

Honors

All-Catholic · First Team
Tom Checchia
All-Catholic · Second Team
Tom Gola

Coaches’ All-Catholic teams.

In Memory

Records courtesy of Ted Silary

Championships, standings, records, coaches, honors, playoff results and scoring on these pages come from TedSilary.com, Ted Silary’s archive of Philadelphia high school sports. Standings from 1919–20 and scoring from 1938–39, through 2021–22.