1952–53 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

The 1952–53 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University in the college basketball season of 1952–53. The team was coached by Jim Snyder in his fourth season as Ohio's head coach. They played their home games at the Men's Gymnasium.[1] They finished the season 9–13. They finished fifth in the Mid-American Conference with a conference record of 4–8.

1952–53 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball
Record9–13 (4–8 )
Head coach
Home arenaMen's Gymnasium
1952–53 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Miami10–2 .83317–6  .739
Toledo9–3 .75016–7  .696
Cincinnati9–3 .75011–13  .458
Western Michigan6–6 .50012–9  .571
Ohio4–8 .3339–13  .409
Kent State3–9 .2507–15  .318
Western Reserve1–11 .0835–17  .227
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule
Date
time, TV		 Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Regular Season
*
 Marietta L 67–68  0–1
  
 
*
 Ohio Wesleyan L 64–65  0–2
  
 

 Kent State W 85–68  1–2
(1–0)		  
 
*
 at Pittsburgh L 66–68  1–3
  
 
*
 at Washington & Jefferson L 59–74  1–4
  
 

 at Western Reserve W 99–70  2–4
(2–0)		  
 

 at Kent State W 90–89  3–4
(3–0)		  
 

 Miami L 66–89  3–5
(3–1)		  
 
*
 Denison W 90–74  4–5
  
 
*
 at Muskingum W 67–59  5–5
  
 

 Toledo W 74–63  6–5
(4–1)		  
 
*
 Bowling Green W 71–58  7–5
  
 

 at Cincinnati L 64–78  7–6
(4–2)		  
 

 at Miami (OH) L 56–82  7–7
(4–3)		  
 

 Western Reserve L 77–78  7–8
(4–4)		  
 

 Western Michigan L 63–70  7–9
(4–5)		  
 
*
 Marshall W 91–87  8–9
  
 

 at Toledo L 68–94  8–10
(4–6)		  
 

 Cincinnati L 73–75  8–11
(4–7)		  
 

 at Western Michigan L 55–62  8–12
(4–8)		  
 
*
 at Marietta W 79–77  9–12
  
 
*
 at Marshall L 75–77  9–13
  
 
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.

Source:[2][3]

Statistics

Team Statistics
Final 1952–53 Statistics
Record Ohio OPP
Scoring15991625
Scoring Average72.6873.86
Field goals – Att577–1616587–1685
Free throws – Att445–701451–760
Rebounds1174969
Assists
Turnovers
Steals
Blocked Shots

Source[4]

Player statistics
Minutes Scoring Total FGs Free-Throws Rebounds
Player GP GS Tot Avg Pts Avg FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Tot Avg A PF TO Stl Blk
Jim Betts 22 - 400 18.2 137 369 0.371 126 188 0.670 310 14.1 75
Lou Sawchik 22 - 304 13.8 119 300 0.397 66 98 0.673 297 13.5 72
Dick Murphy 22 - 239 10.9 94 279 0.337 51 73 0.699 146 6.6 83
Ray Griesheimer 11 - 157 14.3 60 140 0.429 37 63 0.587 99 9.0 42
Ralph Readout 18 - 157 8.7 51 141 0.362 55 88 0.625 72 4.0 35
Bob Strawser 22 - 125 5.7 42 136 0.309 41 67 0.612 61 2.8 46
Dan Lechner 14 - 56 4.0 22 62 0.355 12 26 0.462 28 2.0 17
Harold Daugherty 21 - 52 2.5 16 54 0.296 20 38 0.526 29 1.4 45
Jerry Barry 16 - 43 2.7 15 51 0.294 13 26 0.500 29 1.8 29
John Kornick 8 - 24 3.0 8 31 0.258 8 10 0.800 15 1.9 11
Dick Seiple 8 - 19 2.4 6 20 0.300 7 8 0.875 6 0.8 19
John Dunnette 4 - 8 2.0 2 4 0.500 4 5 0.800 7 1.8 6
Carl Racketa 5 - 7 1.4 2 9 0.222 3 6 0.500 3 0.6 2
Bob Buell 3 - 6 2.0 3 10 0.300 0 2 0.000 3 1.0 4
Nate Reynard 4 - 2 0.5 0 0 0.000 2 3 0.667 1 0.3 1
Total 22 - - - 1599 72.7 577 1616 0.357 445 701 0.635 1174 53.4 487
Opponents 22 - - - 1625 73.9 587 1685 0.348 451 760 0.593 969 44.0 458
Legend
  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
  1. "James Snyder". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 17, 2022.
  2. "Ohio Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Ohio University Athletics.
  3. "1952-53 Ohio Bobcats Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
  4. "1952-53 Ohio Bobcats Roster and Stats". Sports Reference.
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