The 1953–54 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University as a member of the Mid-American Conference in the college basketball season of 1953–54. 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 12–10 and finished sixth in the MAC regular season with a conference record of 5–7.[2]
1953–54 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball | |
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Conference | Mid-American Conference |
Record | 12–10 (5–7 MAC) |
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Home arena | Men's Gymnasium |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Toledo | 10 | – | 2 | .833 | 13 | – | 10 | .565 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling Green | 10 | – | 3 | .769 | 17 | – | 7 | .708 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Miami (Ohio) | 7 | – | 5 | .583 | 12 | – | 10 | .545 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Marshall | 6 | – | 7 | .462 | 12 | – | 9 | .571 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western Michigan | 4 | – | 5 | .444 | 10 | – | 11 | .476 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ohio | 5 | – | 7 | .417 | 12 | – | 10 | .545 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kent State | 3 | – | 9 | .250 | 8 | – | 13 | .381 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western Reserve | 2 | – | 9 | .182 | 7 | – | 17 | .292 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rankings from AP Poll |
Schedule
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Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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12/1/1953* |
at Illinois | L 54–85 | 0–1 |
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12/5/1953* |
Marietta | W 83–72 | 1–1 |
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12/8/1953* |
Ohio Wesleyan | W 85–67 | 2–1 |
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12/12/1953* |
Washington & Jefferson | W 65–57 | 3–1 |
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12/15/1953 |
at Marshall | L 67–71 | 3–2 (0–1) |
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12/19/1953 |
at Kent State | W 70–57 | 4–2 (1–1) |
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12/21/1953* |
at Gannon | W 69–65 | 5–2 |
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12/22/1953* |
at Buffalo | W 62–58 | 6–2 |
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1/9/1954 |
at Miami (OH) | L 80–92 | 6–3 (1–2) |
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1/11/1954 |
Kent State | W 89–77 | 7–3 (2–2) |
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1/13/1954* |
at Denison | L 66–72 | 7–4 |
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1/15/1954 |
Toledo | L 80–84 | 7–5 (2–3) |
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1/22/1954 |
Bowling Green | L 72–78 | 7–6 (2–4) |
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1/30/1954 |
Miami (OH) | W 80–72 | 8–6 (3–4) |
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2/6/1954 |
Western Michigan | W 67–59 | 9–6 (4–4) |
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2/10/1954* |
Muskingum | W 90–50 | 10–6 |
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2/13/1954 |
at Bowling Green | L 74–78 | 10–7 (4–5) |
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2/19/1954 |
at Toledo | L 66–71 | 10–8 (4–6) |
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2/20/1954 |
at Western Michigan | L 72–79 | 10–9 (4–7) |
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2/25/1954 |
Marshall | W 81–63 | 11–9 (5–7) |
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2/27/1954* |
Akron | W 80–75 | 12–9 |
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3/2/1954* |
at Marietta | L 93–116 | 12–10 |
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*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time. |
Statistics
editTeam statistics
edit- Final 1953–54 statistics
Record | Ohio | OPP |
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Scoring | 1615 | 1598 |
Scoring Average | 73.41 | 72.64 |
Field goals – Att | 597–1672 | 529–1562 |
Free throws – Att | 451–697 | 540–851 |
Rebounds | 1200 | 910 |
Assists | ||
Turnovers | ||
Steals | ||
Blocked Shots |
Source[4]
Player statistics
editMinutes | Scoring | Total FGs | Free-Throws | Rebounds | |||||||||||||||
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Player | GP | GS | Tot | Avg | Pts | Avg | FG | FGA | Pct | FT | FTA | Pct | Tot | Avg | A | PF | TO | Stl | Blk |
Lou Sawchik | 22 | - | 381 | 17.3 | 133 | 341 | 0.390 | 115 | 181 | 0.635 | 306 | 13.9 | 69 | ||||||
Jim Betts | 22 | - | 329 | 15.0 | 125 | 352 | 0.355 | 79 | 134 | 0.590 | 252 | 11.5 | 83 | ||||||
Dick Murphy | 22 | - | 236 | 10.7 | 86 | 246 | 0.350 | 64 | 94 | 0.681 | 138 | 6.3 | 75 | ||||||
Dick Garrison | 22 | - | 181 | 8.2 | 63 | 157 | 0.401 | 55 | 82 | 0.671 | 147 | 6.7 | 81 | ||||||
Bob Strawser | 22 | - | 154 | 7.0 | 55 | 155 | 0.355 | 44 | 61 | 0.721 | 77 | 3.5 | 63 | ||||||
Larry Morrison | 21 | - | 139 | 6.6 | 57 | 157 | 0.363 | 25 | 48 | 0.521 | 36 | 1.7 | 55 | ||||||
Dick Miller | 19 | - | 69 | 3.6 | 23 | 53 | 0.434 | 23 | 30 | 0.767 | 23 | 1.2 | 32 | ||||||
Ralph Nuzum | 16 | - | 48 | 3.0 | 14 | 58 | 0.241 | 20 | 25 | 0.800 | 32 | 2.0 | 21 | ||||||
Lemuel Nixon | 14 | - | 38 | 2.7 | 15 | 58 | 0.259 | 8 | 13 | 0.615 | 49 | 3.5 | 23 | ||||||
Glenn Randall | 11 | - | 33 | 3.0 | 10 | 41 | 0.244 | 13 | 14 | 0.929 | 11 | 1.0 | 15 | ||||||
Harry Weinbrecht | 11 | - | 18 | 1.6 | 8 | 26 | 0.308 | 2 | 5 | 0.400 | 13 | 1.2 | 18 | ||||||
Don Del Corso | 5 | - | 10 | 2.0 | 4 | 8 | 0.500 | 2 | 6 | 0.333 | 2 | 0.4 | 4 | ||||||
Jack Duschinski | 2 | - | 3 | 1.5 | 1 | 4 | 0.250 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | ||||||
Roger Melick | 2 | - | 2 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | ||||||
Nate Reynard | 4 | - | 2 | 0.5 | 1 | 2 | 0.500 | 0 | 2 | 0.000 | 3 | 0.8 | 2 | ||||||
John Dunnette | 2 | - | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 1 | 0.5 | 3 | ||||||
Total | 22 | - | - | - | 1615 | 73.4 | 597 | 1672 | 0.357 | 451 | 697 | 0.647 | 1200 | 54.5 | 549 | ||||
Opponents | 22 | - | - | - | 1598 | 72.6 | 529 | 1562 | 0.339 | 540 | 851 | 0.635 | 910 | 41.4 | 471 |
Legend | |||||
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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.
- ^ a b "1953-54 Ohio Bobcats Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 17, 2022.
- ^ "Ohio Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Ohio University Athletics.
- ^ a b "1953-54 Ohio Bobcats Roster and Stats". Sports Reference.