Missouri Valley Conference Basketball Media Guides 2013-14 Men's Basketball Media Guide | Page 193

Retired Numbers at Valley Schools

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JEFF WILKINS (1974-77)
ILLINOIS STATE

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DOUG COLLINS (1970-73)
ILLINOIS STATE

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“BUBBLES” HAWKINS (1972-75)
ILLINOIS STATE

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LARRY BIRD (1976-79)
INDIANA STATE

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DUANE KLUEH (1946-49)
INDIANA STATE

The three-year basketball letterwinner scored
1,329 points and grabbed 794 rebounds at ISU.
He was the leading scorer and leading rebounder
on the 1976-77 Redbird basketball squad which
ended its season in quarterfinal action of the NIT
in Madison Square Garden.

Collins is the holder of 10 individual school records
at Illinois State. Collins also is the school’s alltime scoring leader with 2,240 points.

Robert “Bubbles” Hawkins was a two-time AllAmerican at Illinois State, earning the honor in
1974 and 1975. Selected in the third round of the
1975 NBA Draft, Hawkins still owns the ISU record
for single-game scoring with his 58 points against
Northern Illinois during the 1973-74 season.

The Conference’s third all-time leading scorer with
2,850 career points, he lead the Sycamores to the
1979 national championship game against Michigan State. The 1979 national collegiate player
of the year, Bird scored over 21,000 points in 13
professional seasons with the Boston Celtics.

A two-sport athlete at Indiana State, Klueh was
a consensus basketball All-American in 1948 and
also competed in tennis. From 1955-80, he spent
stints as men’s basketball coach and tennis coach
at ISU, earning conference Coach of the Year honors in basketball in 1959, 1963, 1966, and 1967.

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NICK KLADIS (1949-52)
LOYOLA

Kladis earned All-America honors in 1952 prior to
being drafted in the third round of the NBA Draft.
Finished his career with 1,046 points. In addition
to being a member of Loyola’s Athletics Hall of
Fame, he also was named to Loyola’s 1950s AllDecade Team in 2006.

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JOHN EGAN (1961-64)
LOYOLA

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JERRY HARKNESS (1960-63)
LOYOLA

Team captain on the 1963 National Championship Team and a two-time All-American. Harkness scored 1,749 career points and then played
3 years in the NBA/ABA. He hit a 92-foot-long
game-winning buzzer beater to lead the Pacers
past the Dallas Chaparrals. It’s still the longest
shot ever made in a basketball game.

LaRUE MARTIN (1969-72)
LOYOLA

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ALFREDRICK HUGHES (1981-85)
LOYOLA

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VIC ROUSE (1961-64)
LOYOLA

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LES HUNTER (1961-64)
LOYOLA

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RON MILLER (1961-64)
LOYOLA

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WINSTON GARLAND (1985-87)
MISSOURI STATE

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DARYEL GARRISON (1971-75)
MISSOURI STATE

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JERRY ANDERSON (1951-55)
MISSOURI STATE

Martin was the No. 1 overall pick in the 1972 NBA
Draft. Martin is one of two Loyola players to accumulate over 1,000 points and 1,000 rebounds as
a Rambler. During his three-year career at Loyola,
Martin averaged 18.2 points and 15.9 rebounds
and he still stands as Loyola’s all-time leader with
1,062 boards.

Hughes is Loyola’s all-time leading scorer with
2,914 points. The 1985 All-American and firstround NBA draft pick owns the school-record for
most points scored in a game with 47 against
Detroit on Feb. 5, 1985. He was a three-time Midwestern Collegiate Conference Player of the Year.

He is best remembered for hitting the gamewinning shot as time expired in the 1963 NCAA
championship game. Rouse scored 1,169 points
and grabbed 982 rebounds in his Loyola career,
and was an honorable-mention All-American his
senior season.

Leslie “Big Game” Hunter was part of the 1963
Loyola National Championship Team and is one
of just two Loyola players to score 1,000 career
points and add 1,000 career rebounds. After a
successful career at Loyola, Hunter scored 5,735
points in his professional career and was a twotime ABA All-Star.

Miller was part of the 1963 NCAA Championship
Team, and finished his Loyola career with 1,299
points. He was selected in the seventh round of
the 1964 NBA Draft by Baltimore.

Two-year standout on Missouri State’s first NIT
team in 1986 and first NCAA team in 1987, he
scored 1,248 points in his career. He spent seven
seasons in the NBA with six teams, including a
three-year stint with the Golden State Warriors.
Garland was inducted into the Missouri State Athletics Hall of Fame in 2002.

Garrison is the leading scorer in Missouri State’s
history, with 1,975 career points. He was a fouryear starter from 1971-75, leading his team his
junior season to the NCAA Division II national
championship game. He still holds five school
records, and was inducted in the Missouri State
Athletics Hall of Fame in 1986.

Leading Missouri State to two NAIA national
championships, Anderson also is a two-time NAIA
tournament MVP. Anderson also was named to
the NAIA all-time all-tournament team in 1971.
Anderson was inducted into the Missouri State
Athletics Hall of Fame in 1975.

Honors

Egan was part of the 1963 Loyola National Championship Team. He finished his Loyola career
with 1,315 points. Egan drained 21 straight free
throws in the 1961-62 season, ending his career
with 407 made attempts.

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