1952–53 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

1952–53 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball
1952–53 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball
Record	9–13 (4–8 )
Head coach	Jim Snyder (4th season);
Home arena	Men's Gymnasium
	Seasons ← 1951–52 1953–54 →

1952–53 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Miami	10	–	2	.833	17	–	6	.739
Toledo	9	–	3	.750	16	–	7	.696
Cincinnati	9	–	3	.750	11	–	13	.458
Western Michigan	6	–	6	.500	12	–	9	.571
Ohio	4	–	8	.333	9	–	13	.409
Kent State	3	–	9	.250	7	–	15	.318
Western Reserve	1	–	11	.083	5	–	17	.227

Rankings from AP Poll

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.

Schedule[edit]

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record
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[edit]

Team statistics[edit]

Final 1952–53 statistics

Record	Ohio	OPP
Scoring	1599	1625
Scoring Average	72.68	73.86
Field goals – Att	577–1616	587–1685
Free throws – Att	445–701	451–760
Rebounds	1174	969
Assists
Turnovers
Steals
Blocked Shots

Source^[4]

Player statistics[edit]

			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[edit]

^ "James Snyder". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 17, 2022.
^ "Ohio Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Ohio University Athletics.
^ "1952-53 Ohio Bobcats Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
^ ^a ^b "1952-53 Ohio Bobcats Roster and Stats". Sports Reference.

[1] "James Snyder". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 17, 2022.

[2] "Ohio Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Ohio University Athletics.

[SR-3] "1952-53 Ohio Bobcats Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 16, 2022.

[stats-4] "1952-53 Ohio Bobcats Roster and Stats". Sports Reference.

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