# 1965–66 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

The 1965–66 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University as a member of the Mid-American Conference in the college basketball season of 1965–66. The team was coached by Jim Snyder and played their home games at Grover Center. The Bobcats finished with a record of 13–10 and finished third in the MAC regular season with a conference record of 6–6.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record |
| Regular Season ||||||
| 12/1/1965* | DePauw | W 93–71 | 1–0 |
| 12/4/1965* | at Northwestern | L 60–62 | 1–1 |
| 12/6/1965* | Northern Illinois | W 102–64 | 2–1 |
| 12/11/1965* | at Loyola (IL) | L 78–96 | 2–2 |
| 12/13/1965* | at Purdue | W 74–73 | 3–2 (0–1) |
| 12/15/1965* | San Francisco State | W 102–62 | 4–2 |
| 12/18/1966* | at Miami (FL) | L 100–105 | 4–3 |
| 12/21/1965* | at Davidson | L 63–96 | 4–4 |
| 12/30/1965* | Brown | W 90–52 | 5–4 |
| 1/5/1966 | at Western Michigan | L 80–86 | 5–5 (0–1) |
| 1/12/1966 | Miami (OH) | L 56–68 | 5–6 (0–2) |
| 1/15/1966 | at Marshall | L 68–79 | 5–7 (0–3) |
| 1/17/1966* | Seattle | W 84–73 | 6–7 |
| 1/22/1966 | Western Michigan | W 96–86 | 7-7 (1–3) |
| 1/29/1966 | at Kent State | W 67–65 | 8-7 (2–3) |
| 2/1/1966* | at Muskingum | W 70–59 | 9–7 |
| 2/5/1966 | Bowling Green | W 95–87 $^{2OT}$ | 10–7 (3–3) |
| 2/9/1966 | at Miami (OH) | L 55–70 | 10–8 (3–4) |
| 2/12/1966 | at Toledo | L 54–67 | 10–9 (3–5) |
| 2/19/1966 | Kent State | W 88–75 | 11–9 (4–5) |
| 2/22/1966 | Marshall | W 92–78 | 12–9 (5–5) |
| 2/26/1966 | at Bowling Green | L 78–90 | 12–10 (5–6) |
| 3/2/1966 | Toledo | W 77–69 | 13–10 (6–6) |
| *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 1965–66 statistics
| Record | Ohio | OPP |
| Scoring | 1830 | 1733 |
| Scoring Average | 79.57 | 75.35 |
| Field goals – Att | 759–1683 | 665–1564 |
| Free throws – Att | 392–612 | 403–574 |
| Rebounds | 1248 | 1026 |
| 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 Fowlkes | 20 | - | | | 322 | 16.1 | 128 | 263 | 0.487 | 66 | 94 | 0.702 | 210 | 10.5 | | 72 | | | |
| John Schroeder | 23 | - | | | 285 | 12.4 | 109 | 259 | 0.421 | 67 | 135 | 0.496 | 273 | 11.9 | | 71 | | | |
| Dave Brown | | - | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Fred Cluff | | - | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| _ Hamilton | | - | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Mike Hammond | | - | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Marshall Hatcher | | - | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| _ Reichenbach | | - | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| _ Spires | | - | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| _ Williams | | - | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Total | 23 | - | - | - | 1830 | 79.6 | 759 | 1683 | 0.451 | 392 | 612 | 0.641 | 1248 | 54.3 | | 462 | | | |
| Opponents | 23 | - | - | - | 1733 | 75.3 | 665 | 1564 | 0.425 | 403 | 574 | 0.702 | 1026 | 44.6 | | 460 | | | |
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