LAVANNES SQUIRES
SQUIRES, LAVANNES
Hometown: Wichita, KS
| CATEGORY | TOTAL | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | |
| YEAR | So. | Jr. | Sr. | ||
| POSITION | F/G | F/G | F/G | ||
| HEIGHT | 6'0 | 6'1 | 6'0 | ||
| WEIGHT | 165 | 170 | 169 | ||
| JERSEY | 7 | 7 | 7 | ||
| Games Played/Started | 33/ | 14/ | 10/ | 9/ | |
| Points | 32 | 11 | 12 | 9 | |
| Per Game | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 1.0 | |
| Rebounds | - | - | - | - | |
| Per Game | |||||
| FG: Attempts | |||||
| Made | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | |
| Percent | |||||
| FT: Attempts | 48 | 2 | 36 | 10 | |
| Made | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| Percent | 20.8 | 50.0 | 11.1 | 50.0 | |
| Production Points/Game | |||||
| Production Points/Minute |
1952: Played 1 game in '52 Olympics playoffs.
1953: Lettered. Felled in November with lung ailment.
1954: Lettered.
First black to play at KU.
"Doc Allen used to joke, 'You've got to fight fire with fire. If the other team has a Jewish player, you've got to get a Jewish player...if they've got a Polish player, we've got to get a Polish player... if Kansas State has a black player, we've got to get a black player.' So they went to Wichita and got La Vannes Squires to play at Kansas. He was the first black to play at Kansas. He was a wonderful guy. He went on to become president of a bank in Wichita and may still be for all I know, but he wasn't a great basketball player.