# 1952–53 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

The 1952–53 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University in the college basketball season of 1952–53. The team was coached by Jim Snyder in his fourth season as Ohio's head coach. They played their home games at the Men's Gymnasium. They finished the season 9–13. They finished fifth in the Mid-American Conference with a conference record of 4–8.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record |
| Regular Season ||||||
| * | Marietta | L 67–68 | 0–1 |
| * | Ohio Wesleyan | L 64–65 | 0–2 |
| | Kent State | W 85–68 | 1–2 (1–0) |
| * | at Pittsburgh | L 66–68 | 1–3 |
| * | at Washington & Jefferson | L 59–74 | 1–4 |
| | at Western Reserve | W 99–70 | 2–4 (2–0) |
| | at Kent State | W 90–89 | 3–4 (3–0) |
| | Miami | L 66–89 | 3–5 (3–1) |
| * | Denison | W 90–74 | 4–5 |
| * | at Muskingum | W 67–59 | 5–5 |
| | Toledo | W 74–63 | 6–5 (4–1) |
| * | Bowling Green | W 71–58 | 7–5 |
| | at Cincinnati | L 64–78 | 7–6 (4–2) |
| | at Miami (OH) | L 56–82 | 7–7 (4–3) |
| | Western Reserve | L 77–78 | 7–8 (4–4) |
| | Western Michigan | L 63–70 | 7–9 (4–5) |
| * | Marshall | W 91–87 | 8–9 |
| | at Toledo | L 68–94 | 8–10 (4–6) |
| | Cincinnati | L 73–75 | 8–11 (4–7) |
| | at Western Michigan | L 55–62 | 8–12 (4–8) |
| * | at Marietta | W 79–77 | 9–12 |
| * | at Marshall | L 75–77 | 9–13 |
| *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 1952–53 statistics
| Record | Ohio | OPP |
| Scoring | 1599 | 1625 |
| Scoring Average | 72.68 | 73.86 |
| Field goals – Att | 577–1616 | 587–1685 |
| Free throws – Att | 445–701 | 451–760 |
| Rebounds | 1174 | 969 |
| 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 |
| Jim Betts | 22 | - | | | 400 | 18.2 | 137 | 369 | 0.371 | 126 | 188 | 0.670 | 310 | 14.1 | | 75 | | | |
| Lou Sawchik | 22 | - | | | 304 | 13.8 | 119 | 300 | 0.397 | 66 | 98 | 0.673 | 297 | 13.5 | | 72 | | | |
| Dick Murphy | 22 | - | | | 239 | 10.9 | 94 | 279 | 0.337 | 51 | 73 | 0.699 | 146 | 6.6 | | 83 | | | |
| Ray Griesheimer | 11 | - | | | 157 | 14.3 | 60 | 140 | 0.429 | 37 | 63 | 0.587 | 99 | 9.0 | | 42 | | | |
| Ralph Readout | 18 | - | | | 157 | 8.7 | 51 | 141 | 0.362 | 55 | 88 | 0.625 | 72 | 4.0 | | 35 | | | |
| Bob Strawser | 22 | - | | | 125 | 5.7 | 42 | 136 | 0.309 | 41 | 67 | 0.612 | 61 | 2.8 | | 46 | | | |
| Dan Lechner | 14 | - | | | 56 | 4.0 | 22 | 62 | 0.355 | 12 | 26 | 0.462 | 28 | 2.0 | | 17 | | | |
| Harold Daugherty | 21 | - | | | 52 | 2.5 | 16 | 54 | 0.296 | 20 | 38 | 0.526 | 29 | 1.4 | | 45 | | | |
| Jerry Barry | 16 | - | | | 43 | 2.7 | 15 | 51 | 0.294 | 13 | 26 | 0.500 | 29 | 1.8 | | 29 | | | |
| John Kornick | 8 | - | | | 24 | 3.0 | 8 | 31 | 0.258 | 8 | 10 | 0.800 | 15 | 1.9 | | 11 | | | |
| Dick Seiple | 8 | - | | | 19 | 2.4 | 6 | 20 | 0.300 | 7 | 8 | 0.875 | 6 | 0.8 | | 19 | | | |
| John Dunnette | 4 | - | | | 8 | 2.0 | 2 | 4 | 0.500 | 4 | 5 | 0.800 | 7 | 1.8 | | 6 | | | |
| Carl Racketa | 5 | - | | | 7 | 1.4 | 2 | 9 | 0.222 | 3 | 6 | 0.500 | 3 | 0.6 | | 2 | | | |
| Bob Buell | 3 | - | | | 6 | 2.0 | 3 | 10 | 0.300 | 0 | 2 | 0.000 | 3 | 1.0 | | 4 | | | |
| Nate Reynard | 4 | - | | | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 2 | 3 | 0.667 | 1 | 0.3 | | 1 | | | |
| Total | 22 | - | - | - | 1599 | 72.7 | 577 | 1616 | 0.357 | 445 | 701 | 0.635 | 1174 | 53.4 | | 487 | | | |
| Opponents | 22 | - | - | - | 1625 | 73.9 | 587 | 1685 | 0.348 | 451 | 760 | 0.593 | 969 | 44.0 | | 458 | | | |
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