1954–55 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

The 1954–55 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University as a member of the Mid-American Conference in the college basketball season of 1954–55. 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 16–5 and finished third in the MAC regular season with a conference record of 9–5.[2]

1954–55 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball
ConferenceMid-American Conference
Record16–5 (9–5 MAC)
Head coach
Home arenaMen's Gymnasium
Seasons
1954–55 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Miami (Ohio) 11 3   .786 14 9   .609
Marshall 10 4   .714 17 4   .810
Ohio 9 5   .643 16 5   .762
Western Michigan 9 5   .643 12 10   .545
Kent State 5 9   .357 8 14   .364
Bowling Green 5 9   .357 6 16   .273
Toledo 4 10   .286 5 17   .227
Western Reserve 3 11   .214 8 14   .364
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Regular Season
12/4/1954*
Marietta W 81–75  1–0
 
 
12/9/1954*
Charleston (WV) W 88–81  2–0
 
 
12/11/1954*
at Ohio Wesleyan W 95–78  3–0
 
 
12/14/1954
Marshall L 85–105  3–1
(0–1)
 
 
12/17/1954
at Kent State W 75–72  4–1
(1–1)
 
 
12/18/1954
at Western Reserve W 88–74  5–1
(2–1)
 
 
12/20/1954*
at Loyola (IL) W 72–70  6–1
 
 
1/7/1955
Western Michigan W 97–84  7–1
(3–1)
 
 
1/15/1955
Kent State W 80–65  8–1
(4–1)
 
 
1/17/1955
Toledo L 69–79  8–2
(4–2)
 
 
1/22/1955
at Bowling Green L 69–77  8–3
(4–3)
 
 
1/29/1955
Miami (OH) W 75–71  9–3
(5–3)
 
 
2/5/1955*
at Case Tech W 77–69  10–3
 
 
2/9/1955
at Marshall L 73–84  10–4
(5–4)
 
 
2/11/1955
Western Reserve W 86–68  11–4
(6–4)
 
 
2/15/1955
at Miami (OH) L 79–91  11–5
(6–5)
 
 
2/18/1955
Bowling Green W 81–70  12–5
(7–5)
 
 
2/21/1955*
Morehead State W 90–82  13–5
 
 
2/26/1955
at Western Michigan W 95–87  14–5
(8–5)
 
 
2/28/1955
at Toledo W 67–59  15–5
(9–5)
 
 
3/3/1955*
at Marietta W 93–90  16–5
 
 
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.

Source:[3][2]

Statistics

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Team statistics

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Final 1954–55 statistics
Record Ohio OPP
Scoring 1715 1631
Scoring Average 81.67 77.67
Field goals – Att 650–1631 570–1536
Free throws – Att 415–624 491–705
Rebounds 991 965
Assists
Turnovers
Steals
Blocked Shots

Source[4]

Player statistics

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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 21 - 327 15.6 140 342 0.409 47 66 0.712 469 22.3 58
Dick Garrison 21 - 312 14.9 91 210 0.433 130 177 0.734 208 9.9 67
Larry Morrison 21 - 220 10.5 84 236 0.356 52 72 0.722 78 3.7 47
Bob Strawser 20 - 180 9.0 69 129 0.535 42 77 0.545 58 2.9 38
Henry Pell 21 - 166 7.9 65 179 0.363 36 70 0.514 118 5.6 57
Bob Evans 13 - 139 10.7 56 136 0.412 27 41 0.659 404 31.1 41
Don Sifft 21 - 128 6.1 54 154 0.351 20 31 0.645 87 4.1 29
Harry Weinbrecht 15 - 113 7.5 53 129 0.411 7 17 0.412 38 2.5 27
Bill Oppenheimer 21 - 85 4.0 24 73 0.329 37 53 0.698 34 1.6 33
Dick Miller 15 - 43 2.9 13 37 0.351 17 20 0.850 12 0.8 11
Roger Melick 2 - 2 1.0 1 3 0.333 0 0 0.000 1 0.5 0
Fred Arand 3 - 0 0.0 0 3 0.000 0 0 0.000 0 0.0 0
Fred Lowe 3 - 0 0.0 0 0 0.000 0 0 0.000 0 0.0 1
Total 21 - - - 1715 81.7 650 1631 0.399 415 624 0.665 991 47.2 409
Opponents 21 - - - 1631 77.7 570 1536 0.371 491 705 0.696 965 46.0 381
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

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  1. ^ "James Snyder". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 17, 2022.
  2. ^ a b "1954-55 Ohio Bobcats Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 17, 2022.
  3. ^ "Ohio Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Ohio University Athletics.
  4. ^ a b "1954-55 Ohio Bobcats Roster and Stats". Sports Reference.