1951–52 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

1951–52 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball
Record12–12 (6–6 )
Head coach
Home arenaMen's Gymnasium
Seasons
1951–52 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
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
Rankings from AP Poll

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.

Schedule

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Regular Season
*
 Marshall W 71–61  1–0
  
 

vs. Miami (OH) L 59–79  1–1
(0–1) 		 
 
*
 Marietta W 73–63  2–1
  
 
*
 Ohio Wesleyan W 87–57  3–1
  
 

at Kent State L 73–75  3–2
(1–1) 		 
 
*
 at Lake Forest L 57–62  3–3
  
 
*
 at Beloit L 62–69  3–4
  
 

Western Reserve W 67–48  4–4
(2–1) 		 
 

Kent State W 65–55  5–4
(3–1) 		 
 
*
 at No. 20 Dayton L 71–101  5–5
  
 

Miami W 74–72  6–5
(4–1) 		 
 

Cincinnati W 78–66  7–5
(5–1) 		 
 
*
 at Bowling Green L 74–90  7–6
  
 

at Toledo W 71–66  8–6
(6–1) 		 
 

Western Michigan L 60–65  8–7
(6–2) 		 
 

at Cincinnati L 66–82  8–8
(6–3) 		 
 

at Miami (OH) L 82–87  8–9
(6–4) 		 
 

at Western Reserve W 79–56  9–9
  
 
*
 Washington & Jefferson W 89–80  10–9
  
 

Toledo L 56–62  10–10
(6–5) 		 
 
*
 Muskingum W 97–55  11–10
  
 

at Western Michigan L 74–85  11–11
(6–6) 		 
 
*
 at Marietta W 81–74  12–11
  
 
*
 at Marshall L 91–94  12–12
  
 
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.

Source:[2][3]

Statistics

Team statistics

Final 1951–52 statistics
Record Ohio OPP
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

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
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
  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. ^ "1951-52 Ohio Bobcats Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
  4. ^ a b "1951-52 Ohio Bobcats Roster and Stats". Sports Reference.