1956–57 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

The 1956–57 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University as a member of the Mid-American Conference in the college basketball season of 1956–57. The team was coached by Jim Snyder and played their home games at the Men's Gymnasium.[1] The Bobcats finished the regular season with a record of 15–8 and finished third in the MAC regular season with a conference record of 7–5.[2]

1956–57 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball
ConferenceMid-American Conference
Record15–8 (7–5 MAC)
Head coach
Home arenaMen's Gymnasium
1956–57 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Miami111 .917178  .680
Marshall84 .667159  .625
Ohio75 .583158  .652
Bowling Green75 .583149  .609
Western Michigan48 .333813  .381
Toledo39 .250519  .208
Kent State210 .167518  .217
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Regular Season
12/4/1956*
Marietta W 107–67  1–0
 
 
12/8/1956*
Case Tech W 76–56  2–0
 
 
12/12/1956*
at Ohio Wesleyan W 113–71  3–0
 
 
12/15/1956
at Kent State W 97–89  4–0
(1–0)
 
 
12/21/1956*
vs. East Tennessee State
Watauga Invitational
L 62–63  4–1
 
 
12/22/1956*
vs. Austin Peay
Watauga Invitational
W 85–65  5–1
 
 
1/2/1957*
Arizona State W 97–81  6–1
 
 
1/5/1957*
at Morehead State L 88–119  6–2
 
 
1/9/1957
at Marshall L 71–77  6–3
(1–1)
 
 
1/12/1957
at Bowling Green L 69–80  6–4
(1–2)
 
 
1/15/1957
Miami (OH) L 77–89  6–5
(1–3)
 
 
1/18/1957
Kent State W 85–76  7–5
(2–3)
 
 
1/19/1957*
at Xavier L 80–106  7–6
 
 
1/26/1957*
Morehead State W 66–59  8–6
 
 
1/30/1957
Marshall W 103–74  9–6
(3–3)
 
 
2/2/1957
at Western Michigan L 88–94  9–7
(3–4)
 
 
2/4/1957
at Toledo L 71–74  9–8
(3–5)
 
 
2/8/1957
Bowling Green W 91–80  10–8
(4–5)
 
 
2/11/1957
at Miami (OH) W 89–81  11–8
(5–5)
 
 
2/16/1957
Western Michigan W 88–71  6–5
 
 
2/18/1957
Toledo W 75–55  13–8
(7–5)
 
 
2/23/1957*
Badwin-Wallace W 114–73  14–8
 
 
3/1/1957
Marietta W 112–85  15–8
 
 
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.

Source:[3][2]

Statistics

Team Statistics

Final 1956–57 Statistics
Record Ohio OPP
Scoring20041785
Scoring Average87.1377.61
Field goals – Att757–1781664–1763
Free throws – Att490–732457–708
Rebounds12531126
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
Fred Moore 23 - 453 19.7 193 432 0.447 67 97 0.691 240 10.4 54
Don Sifft 23 - 347 15.1 144 335 0.430 59 83 0.711 108 4.7 47
Dave Scott 23 - 306 13.3 117 271 0.432 72 113 0.637 298 13.0 65
Bob Anderson 23 - 267 11.6 84 180 0.467 99 131 0.756 88 3.8 61
Dick Norman 22 - 163 7.4 55 123 0.447 53 72 0.736 58 2.6 36
_ Williams 21 - 126 6.0 36 54
Bob Peters 9 - 80 8.9 32 16
_ Pell 20 - 76 3.8 25 26
_ Edwards 21 - 66 3.1 25 16
John Tudor 16 - 46 2.9 15 16
Jerry Wolf 16 - 45 2.8 19 7
Russ Grooms 19 - 27 1.4 11 5
Total 23 - - - 2004 87.1 757 1781 0.425 490 732 0.669 1253 54.5 429
Opponents 23 - - - 1785 77.6 664 1763 0.377 457 708 0.645 1126 49.0 434
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. "1956-57 Ohio Bobcats Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 17, 2022.
  3. "Ohio Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Ohio University Athletics.
  4. "1956-57 Ohio Bobcats Roster and Stats". Sports Reference.
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