The 1951–52 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University in the college basketball season of 1951–52. The team was coached by Jim Snyder in his third season as Ohio's head coach. They played their home games at the Men's Gymnasium.[1] They finished the season 12–12. They finished fourth in the Mid-American Conference with a conference record of 6–6.
1951–52 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball | |
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Record | 12–12 (6–6 ) |
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Home arena | Men's Gymnasium |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Miami (Ohio) | 9 | – | 3 | .750 | 19 | – | 6 | .760 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western Michigan | 9 | – | 3 | .750 | 16 | – | 8 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Toledo | 8 | – | 4 | .667 | 20 | – | 11 | .645 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ohio | 6 | – | 6 | .500 | 12 | – | 12 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cincinnati | 5 | – | 5 | .500 | 11 | – | 16 | .407 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kent State | 3 | – | 7 | .300 | 14 | – | 10 | .583 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western Reserve | 0 | – | 12 | .000 | 1 | – | 23 | .042 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
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Marshall | W 71–61 | 1–0 |
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vs. Miami (OH) | L 59–79 | 1–1 (0–1) |
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Marietta | W 73–63 | 2–1 |
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Ohio Wesleyan | W 87–57 | 3–1 |
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at Kent State | L 73–75 | 3–2 (1–1) |
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at Lake Forest | L 57–62 | 3–3 |
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at Beloit | L 62–69 | 3–4 |
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Western Reserve | W 67–48 | 4–4 (2–1) |
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Kent State | W 65–55 | 5–4 (3–1) |
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at No. 20 Dayton | L 71–101 | 5–5 |
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Miami | W 74–72 | 6–5 (4–1) |
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Cincinnati | W 78–66 | 7–5 (5–1) |
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at Bowling Green | L 74–90 | 7–6 |
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at Toledo | W 71–66 | 8–6 (6–1) |
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Western Michigan | L 60–65 | 8–7 (6–2) |
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at Cincinnati | L 66–82 | 8–8 (6–3) |
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at Miami (OH) | L 82–87 | 8–9 (6–4) |
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at Western Reserve | W 79–56 | 9–9 |
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Washington & Jefferson | W 89–80 | 10–9 |
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Toledo | L 56–62 | 10–10 (6–5) |
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Muskingum | W 97–55 | 11–10 |
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at Western Michigan | L 74–85 | 11–11 (6–6) |
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at Marietta | W 81–74 | 12–11 |
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at Marshall | L 91–94 | 12–12 |
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*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time. |
Statistics
editTeam statistics
edit- Final 1951–52 statistics
Record | Ohio | OPP |
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Scoring | 1742 | 1704 |
Scoring Average | 72.58 | 71.00 |
Field goals – Att | 671–1950 | 667–1868 |
Free throws – Att | 400–623 | 370–623 |
Rebounds | 127 | 1034 |
Assists | 253 | 199 |
Turnovers | ||
Steals | ||
Blocked Shots |
Source[4]
Player statistics
editMinutes | Scoring | Total FGs | Free-Throws | Rebounds | |||||||||||||||
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Player | GP | GS | Tot | Avg | Pts | Avg | FG | FGA | Pct | FT | FTA | Pct | Tot | Avg | A | PF | TO | Stl | Blk |
Glen Hursey | 24 | - | 371 | 15.5 | 134 | 383 | 0.350 | 103 | 143 | 0.720 | 194 | 8.1 | 45 | ||||||
Jim Betts | 24 | - | 279 | 11.6 | 105 | 265 | 0.396 | 69 | 101 | 0.683 | 222 | 9.3 | 69 | ||||||
Elwood Sparks | 24 | - | 272 | 11.3 | 106 | 322 | 0.329 | 60 | 85 | 0.706 | 86 | 3.6 | 70 | ||||||
Dick Murphy | 24 | - | 207 | 8.6 | 87 | 241 | 0.361 | 33 | 57 | 0.579 | 126 | 5.3 | 76 | ||||||
Jack Betts | 24 | - | 163 | 6.8 | 65 | 209 | 0.311 | 33 | 54 | 0.611 | 174 | 7.3 | 57 | ||||||
Dave Leightenheimer | 23 | - | 122 | 5.3 | 45 | 143 | 0.315 | 32 | 46 | 0.696 | 90 | 3.9 | 64 | ||||||
Ralph Readout | 23 | - | 115 | 5.0 | 46 | 126 | 0.365 | 23 | 32 | 0.719 | 71 | 3.1 | 42 | ||||||
Scotty Griesheimer | 18 | - | 55 | 3.1 | 20 | 63 | 0.317 | 15 | 27 | 0.556 | 59 | 3.3 | 27 | ||||||
Joe Benich | 14 | - | 51 | 3.6 | 21 | 48 | 0.438 | 9 | 21 | 0.429 | 30 | 2.1 | 24 | ||||||
Lou Sawchik | 17 | - | 43 | 2.5 | 16 | 57 | 0.281 | 11 | 35 | 0.314 | 58 | 3.4 | 28 | ||||||
Dan Lechner | 16 | - | 30 | 1.9 | 14 | 45 | 0.311 | 2 | 4 | 0.500 | 17 | 1.1 | 15 | ||||||
Tom Haswell | 10 | - | 17 | 1.7 | 6 | 24 | 0.250 | 5 | 8 | 0.625 | 16 | 1.6 | 7 | ||||||
Harold Daugherty | 17 | - | 13 | 0.8 | 5 | 11 | 0.455 | 3 | 7 | 0.429 | 9 | 0.5 | 12 | ||||||
Roger Crabtree | 2 | - | 2 | 1.0 | 1 | 3 | 0.333 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | ||||||
Dick Seiple | 3 | - | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | 10 | 0.000 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 3 | 1.0 | 3 | ||||||
Total | 24 | - | - | - | 1742 | 72.6 | 671 | 1950 | 0.344 | 400 | 623 | 0.642 | 127 | 5.3 | 540 | ||||
Opponents | 24 | - | - | - | 1704 | 71.0 | 667 | 1868 | 0.357 | 370 | 623 | 0.594 | 1034 | 43.1 | 199 | 543 |
Legend | |||||
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GP | Games played | GS | Games started | Avg | Average per game |
FG | Field-goals made | FGA | Field-goal attempts | Off | Offensive rebounds |
Def | Defensive rebounds | A | Assists | TO | Turnovers |
Blk | Blocks | Stl | Steals | High | Team high |
Source[4]
References
edit- ^ "James Snyder". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 17, 2022.
- ^ "Ohio Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Ohio University Athletics.
- ^ "1951-52 Ohio Bobcats Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
- ^ a b "1951-52 Ohio Bobcats Roster and Stats". Sports Reference.