1957–58 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

1957–58 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball
1957–58 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball
Conference	Mid-American Conference
Record	16–8 (7–5 MAC)
Head coach	Jim Snyder (9th season);
Home arena	Men's Gymnasium
	Seasons ← 1956–57 1958–59 →

1957–58 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Miami	12	–	0	1.000	18	–	9	.667
Marshall	9	–	3	.750	17	–	7	.708
Ohio	7	–	5	.583	16	–	8	.667
Bowling Green	6	–	6	.500	15	–	8	.652
Toledo	4	–	8	.333	9	–	14	.391
Kent State	3	–	9	.250	9	–	14	.391
Western Michigan	1	–	11	.083	5	–	19	.208

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1957–58 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University as a member of the Mid-American Conference in the college basketball season of 1957–58. 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 16–8 and finished third in the MAC regular season with a conference record of 7–5.^[2]

Schedule[edit]

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record
Regular Season
12/2/1957*	at Indiana	W 76–68	1–0
12/5/1957*	Marietta	W 92–71	2–0
12/7/1957*	at Morehead State	L 60–78	2–1
12/14/1957	at Bowling Green	L 60–65	2–2 (0–1)
12/17/1957*	at Dayton	L 41–58	2–3
12/19/1957*	at Nebraska	L 53–61	2–4
12/30/1957*	vs. Washington & Lee All-American City Tournament	W 65–64	3–4
12/31/1957*	vs. Kentucky Wesleyan All-American City Tournament	W 83–70	4–4
1/4/1958*	Wittenberg	W 70–56	5–4
1/10/1958	Kent State	W 58–54	6–4 (1–1)
1/14/1958	at Miami (OH)	L 66–75	6–5 (1–2)
1/18/1958	at Western Michigan	W 76–66	7–5 (2–2)
1/20/1958	at Toledo	W 69–66	8–5 (3–2)
1/23/1958*	Morehead State	W 71–57	9–5
1/25/1958	Marshall	L 78–81 ^OT	9–6 (3–3)
2/1/1958	at Kent State	W 65–58	10–-6 (4–3)
2/3/1958*	Florida State	W 86–66	11–6 (4–3)
2/5/1958	at Marshall	L 89–98	11–7 (4–4)
2/8/1958	Western Michigan	W 116–87	12–7 (5–4)
2/12/1958*	Xavier	W 87–74	13–7
2/15/1958	Bowling Green	W 84–82 ^OT	14–7 (6–4)
2/17/1958	Toledo	W 82–61	15–7 (7–4)
2/19/1958	Miami (OH)	L 72–86	15–8 (7–5)
3/1/1958*	at Marietta	W 80–76	16–8
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

Source:^[3]^[2]

Statistics[edit]

Team statistics[edit]

Final 1957–58 statistics

Record	Ohio	OPP
Scoring	1779	1678
Scoring Average	74.13	69.92
Field goals – Att	667–1671	622–1651
Free throws – Att	445–662	434–637
Rebounds	1166	1066
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
Bob Peterson	24	-			298	12.4	116	265	0.438	66	85	0.776	216	9.0		76
Dave Scott	24	-			291	12.1	118	310	0.381	55	87	0.632	287	12.0		63
Larry Williams	24	-			263	11.0	95	211	0.450	73	101	0.723	82	3.4		53
Bob Anderson	24	-			254	10.6	91	253	0.360	72	106	0.679	99	4.1		71
Jerry Wolf	24	-			216	9.0	91	229	0.397	34	50	0.680	134	5.6		45
Dick Norman	24	-			155	6.5	50	121	0.413	55	71	0.775	38	1.6		20
John Tudor	23	-			138	6.0	47	118	0.398	44	74	0.595	115	5.0		42
Dale Bandy	18	-			77	4.3	25	60	0.417	27	47	0.574	26	1.4		28
Verlynn Witte	15	-			38	2.5	16	42	0.381	6	14	0.429	49	3.3		29
Russ Grooms	19	-			19	1.0	7	30	0.233	5	12	0.417	25	1.3		17
Bruce Johnson	15	-			16	1.3	7	12	0.583	2	5	0.400	4	2.3		7
Bob Gaunt	11	-			14	1.1	4	19	0.211	6	10	0.600	25	0.3		10
Total	24	-	-	-	1779	74.1	667	1671	0.399	445	662	0.672	1166	48.6		451
Opponents	24	-	-	-	1678	69.9	622	1651	0.377	434	637	0.681	1066	44.4		466

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 16, 2022.
^ ^a ^b "1957-58 Ohio Bobcats Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
^ "Ohio Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Ohio University Athletics.
^ ^a ^b "1957-58 Ohio Bobcats Roster and Stats". Sports Reference.

[1] "James Snyder". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 16, 2022.

[SR-2] "1957-58 Ohio Bobcats Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 16, 2022.

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

[stats-4] "1957-58 Ohio Bobcats Roster and Stats". Sports Reference.

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