# 1955–56 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

The 1955–56 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University as a member of the Mid-American Conference in the college basketball season of 1955–56. The team was coached by Jim Snyder and played their home games at the Men's Gymnasium. The Bobcats finished the regular season with a record of 13–11 and finished fifth in the MAC regular season with a conference record of 5–7.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record |
| Regular Season ||||||
| 12/3/1955* | at Indiana | L 74–93 | 0–1 |
| 12/8/1955* | at Morris Harvey | W 91–71 | 1–1 |
| 12/10/1955* | Ohio Wesleyan | W 94–85 | 2–1 |
| 12/13/1955* | Marietta | W 85–54 | 3–1 |
| 12/15/1955 | at Marshall | L 71–87 | 3–2 (0–1) |
| 12/27/1955* | vs. Western Kentucky Kentucky Invitational | L 60–76 | 3–3 |
| 12/28/1955* | vs. Arizona Kentucky Invitational | W 90–76 | 4–3 |
| 12/29/1955* | vs. Morehead State Kentucky Invitational | W 97–91 | 5–3 |
| 1/5/1956* | at Georgetown (KY) | W 98–79 | 6–3 |
| 1/7/1956 | at Kent State | W 80–72 | 7–3 (1–1) |
| 1/9/1956 | Western Michigan | L 74–86 | 7–4 (1–2) |
| 1/12/1956 | Marshall | L 63–72 | 7–5 (1–3) |
| 1/17/1956 | at Miami (OH) | L 70–93 | 7–6 (1–4) |
| 1/21/1956 | at Bowling Green | W 83–81 | 8–6 (2–4) |
| 1/25/1956 | Toledo | W 89–79 | 9–6 (3–4) |
| 1/27/1956 | Kent State | W 90–71 | 10–6 (4–4) |
| 2/4/1956* | at Baldwin-Wallace | L 84–85 | 10–7 |
| 2/10/1956* | at Morehead State | L 67–110 | 10–8 |
| 2/14/1956 | Miami (OH) | L 84–85 | 10–9 (4–5) |
| 2/18/1956 | Bowling Green | W 78–74 | 11–9 (5–5) |
| 2/22/1956 | at Western Michigan | L 63–70 | 11–10 (5–6) |
| 2/25/1956* | Morehead State | W 113–99 | 12–10 |
| 2/27/1956 | at Toledo | L 67–77 | 12–11 (5–7) |
| 3/1/1956* | at Marietta | W 105–89 | 13–11 |
| *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 1955–56 statistics
| Record | Ohio | OPP |
| Scoring | 1970 | 1955 |
| Scoring Average | 82.08 | 81.46 |
| Field goals – Att | 705–1822 | 692–1858 |
| Free throws – Att | 560–819 | 571–825 |
| Rebounds | 1188 | 1188 |
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| 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 |
| Scotty Griesheimer | 23 | - | | | 327 | 14.2 | 128 | 267 | 0.479 | 71 | 117 | 0.607 | 194 | 8.4 | | 60 | | | |
| Fred Moore | 24 | - | | | 308 | 12.8 | 133 | 346 | 0.384 | 42 | 68 | 0.618 | 135 | 5.6 | | 47 | | | |
| Bob Evans | 24 | - | | | 283 | 11.8 | 81 | 200 | 0.405 | 121 | 154 | 0.786 | 171 | 7.1 | | 76 | | | |
| Dick Garrison | 24 | - | | | 275 | 11.5 | 82 | 189 | 0.434 | 111 | 148 | 0.750 | 183 | 7.6 | | 75 | | | |
| Bob Peters | 24 | - | | | 190 | 7.9 | 69 | 155 | 0.445 | 52 | 77 | 0.675 | 101 | 4.2 | | 58 | | | |
| Harry Weinbrecht | 24 | - | | | 177 | 7.4 | 58 | 191 | 0.304 | 61 | 85 | 0.718 | 67 | 2.8 | | 43 | | | |
| Don Sifft | 23 | - | | | 153 | 6.7 | 63 | 176 | 0.358 | 27 | 41 | 0.659 | 74 | 3.2 | | 32 | | | |
| Larry Morrison | 22 | - | | | 92 | 4.2 | 31 | 109 | 0.284 | 30 | 47 | 0.638 | 42 | 1.9 | | 27 | | | |
| Henry Pell | 21 | - | | | 90 | 4.3 | 36 | 111 | 0.324 | 18 | 30 | 0.600 | 53 | 2.5 | | 34 | | | |
| John Tudor | 13 | - | | | 33 | 2.5 | 10 | 29 | 0.345 | 13 | 29 | 0.448 | 35 | 2.7 | | 13 | | | |
| Larry Williams | 11 | - | | | 24 | 2.2 | 8 | 21 | 0.381 | 8 | 13 | 0.615 | 7 | 0.6 | | 8 | | | |
| Russ Grooms | 8 | - | | | 14 | 1.8 | 5 | 19 | 0.263 | 4 | 8 | 0.500 | 11 | 1.4 | | 12 | | | |
| Bill Oppenheimer | 7 | - | | | 2 | 0.3 | 1 | 7 | 0.143 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 2 | 0.3 | | 3 | | | |
| John Paulette | 3 | - | | | 2 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 0 | 0.0 | | 0 | | | |
| Duane Baker | 3 | - | | | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0.0 | | 2 | | | |
| Total | 24 | - | - | - | 1970 | 82.1 | 705 | 1822 | 0.387 | 560 | 819 | 0.684 | 1188 | 49.5 | | 490 | | | |
| Opponents | 24 | - | - | - | 1955 | 81.5 | 692 | 1858 | 0.372 | 571 | 825 | 0.692 | 1188 | 49.5 | | 478 | | | |
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