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RANKING THE REBELS: 99 – Bob Moon

BOB MOON

Years: 1963-65

Career Highlights:

■ A 6-foot-3-inch forward, he scored 626 points in 49 games for a career scoring average of 12.8 per game.

■ Scored a career-high 38 points in a 100-88 victory over Westmont College on Feb. 20, 1965.

■ In his two seasons, the Rebels compiled a 40-15 record under coach Ed Gregory.

Quotable: "I covered a lot of Bob Moon's games. He was one of the better early players. He played out on the perimeter, and he was a good athlete and a real smooth player." -- Royce Feour, former Review-Journal sports writer

After college: Moon was a world-class lefty fast-pitch softball pitcher. He owned a tuxedo rental business. Moon died in 2006.

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