1954–55 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

1954–55 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball
1954–55 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball
Conference	Mid-American Conference
Record	16–5 (9–5 MAC)
Head coach	Jim Snyder (6th season);
Home arena	Men's Gymnasium
	Seasons ← 1953–54 1955–56 →

1954–55 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Miami	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

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]

Schedule[edit]

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

Team statistics[edit]

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[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
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[edit]

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

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

[SR-2] "1954-55 Ohio Bobcats Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 17, 2022.

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

[stats-4] "1954-55 Ohio Bobcats Roster and Stats". Sports Reference.

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