# 1970–71 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

The 1970–71 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University as a member of the Mid-American Conference in the college basketball season of 1970–71. The team was coached by Jim Snyder and played their home games at Convocation Center. The Bobcats finished with a record of 17–7 and finished second in the MAC regular season with a conference record of 6–4.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record |
| Regular Season ||||||
| 12/1/1970* | | West Virginia Wesleyan | W 81–61 | 1–0 |
| 12/5/1970* | | Northwestern | W 77–61 | 2–0 |
| 12/12/1970* | | at Missouri | L 83–91 $^{2OT}$ | 2–1 |
| 12/15/1970* | | Wisconsin | W 81–80 | 3–1 |
| 12/18/1970* | No. 13 | at Indiana | L 88–97 | 3–2 |
| 12/29/1970* | | vs. Rollins Tangerine Bowl | W 81–70 | 4–2 |
| 12/30/1971* | | vs. Seton Hall Tangerine Bowl | W 84–82 | 5–2 |
| 1/2/1971* | | Illinois State | W 97–73 | 6–2 |
| 1/9/1971 | | Bowling Green | W 100–79 | 7–2 (1–0) |
| 1/13/1971 | | at Kent State | L 68–78 | 7–3 (1–1) |
| 1/16/1971 | | at Toledo | W 62–53 | 8–3 (2–1) |
| 1/23/1971 | | at Miami (OH) | L 70–75 | 8–4 (2–2) |
| 1/26/1971* | | Cincinnati | W 92–83 | 9–4 |
| 1/30/1971 | | Kent State | W 86–76 | 10-4 (3–2) |
| 2/3/1971* | | Marshall | W 87–80 | 11-4 |
| 2/6/1971 | | at Western Michigan | L 79–80 | 11–5 (3–3) |
| 2/8/1971* | | at Loyola (IL) | W 77–72 | 12–5 |
| 2/13/1971 | | Miami (OH) | L 73–74 | 12–6 (3–4) |
| 2/16/1971* | | at Marshall | W 86–84 | 13–6 |
| 2/20/1971* | | at Ball State | W 84–82 | 14–6 |
| 2/22/1971* | | at Virginia Tech | L 80–86 | 14–7 |
| 2/27/1971 | | Toledo | W 93–78 | 15–7 (4–4) |
| 3/2/1971 | | Western Michigan | W 100–77 | 16–7 (5–4) |
| 3/6/1971 | | at Bowling Green | W 105–84 | 17–7 (6–4) |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. ||||||
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## Statistics
### Team statistics

    Final 1970–71 statistics
| Record | Ohio | OPP |
| Scoring | 2006 | 1856 |
| Scoring Average | 83.58 | 77.33 |
| Field goals – Att | 752–1653 | 723–1609 |
| Free throws – Att | 502–695 | 410–589 |
| Rebounds | 1128 | 1031 |
| Assists | | |
| Turnovers | | |
| Steals | | |
| Blocked Shots | | |
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### Player statistics

| | | | Minutes | Minutes | Scoring | Scoring | Total FGs | Total FGs | Total FGs | Free-Throws | Free-Throws | Free-Throws | Rebounds | Rebounds | | | | | |
| Player | GP | GS | Tot | Avg | Pts | Avg | FG | FGA | Pct | FT | FTA | Pct | Tot | Avg | A | PF | TO | Stl | Blk |
| Ken Kowall | 24 | - | | | 502 | 20.9 | 186 | 409 | 0.455 | 130 | 175 | 0.743 | 116 | 4.8 | | 52 | | | |
| Craig Love | 24 | - | | | 442 | 18.4 | 182 | 353 | 0.516 | 78 | 124 | 0.629 | 291 | 12.1 | | 84 | | | |
| Bob Lalich | 23 | - | | | 344 | 15.0 | 115 | 263 | 0.437 | 114 | 150 | 0.760 | 194 | 8.4 | | 72 | | | |
| Bob Howell | 24 | - | | | 317 | 13.2 | 119 | 238 | 0.500 | 79 | 101 | 0.782 | 149 | 6.2 | | 71 | | | |
| Tom Corde | 22 | - | | | 226 | 10.3 | 99 | 228 | 0.434 | 38 | 50 | 0.760 | 69 | 3.1 | | 66 | | | |
| Gary Wolf | 22 | - | | | 56 | 2.5 | 17 | 56 | 0.304 | 22 | 26 | 0.846 | 76 | 3.5 | | 36 | | | |
| Mike Miller | 24 | - | | | 43 | 1.8 | 17 | 42 | 0.405 | 9 | 16 | 0.563 | 22 | 0.9 | | 23 | | | |
| Ken Heiby | 13 | - | | | 28 | 2.2 | 7 | 18 | 0.389 | 14 | 16 | 0.875 | 8 | 0.6 | | 16 | | | |
| Jeff Knight | 10 | - | | | 9 | 0.9 | 4 | 17 | 0.235 | 1 | 6 | 0.167 | 17 | 1.7 | | 7 | | | |
| Ralph Rogers | 7 | - | | | 6 | 0.9 | 1 | 7 | 0.143 | 4 | 6 | 0.667 | 12 | 1.7 | | 2 | | | |
| Dan Rumpke | | - | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Total | 24 | - | - | - | 2006 | 83.6 | 752 | 1653 | 0.455 | 502 | 695 | 0.722 | 1128 | 47.0 | | 457 | | | |
| Opponents | 24 | - | - | - | 1856 | 77.3 | 723 | 1609 | 0.449 | 410 | 589 | 0.696 | 1031 | 43.0 | | 508 | | | |
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