# 1950–51 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

The 1950–51 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University in the college basketball season of 1950–51. The team was coached by Jim Snyder in his 2nd season as Ohio's head coach. They played their home games at the Men's Gymnasium. They finished the season 13–11. They finished second in the Mid-American Conference with a conference record of 4–4.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record |
| Regular Season ||||||
| * | Marietta | W 57–45 | 1–0 |
| * | Kent State | W 61–46 | 2–0 |
| * | at Ohio Wesleyan | W 75–57 | 3–0 |
| * | at Akron | W 57–52 | 4–0 |
| * | at Youngstown State | L 64–78 | 4–1 |
| * | at Bowling Green | L 69–74 | 4–2 |
| * | at Kent State | W 53–48 | 5–2 |
| | Western Reserve | W 72–60 | 6–2 (1–0) |
| * | at Marshall | L 59–69 | 6–3 |
| | at Miami (OH) | L 44–52 | 6–4 (1–1) |
| * | Dayton | L 66–75 | 6–5 |
| | Western Michigan | L 58–69 | 6–6 (1–2) |
| * | at Muskingum | L 59–77 | 6–7 |
| * | Cedarville | W 77–60 | 7–7 |
| * | at Cedarville | W 72–63 | 8–7 |
| | at Western Reserve | W 93–77 | 9–7 (2–2) |
| | Miami (OH) | W 56–50 | 10–7 (3–2) |
| * | Marshall | W 71–63 | 11–7 |
| | at No. 15 Cincinnati | L 50–86 | 11–8 (3–3) |
| * | Bowling Green | W 70–66 | 12–8 |
| | No. 18 Cincinnati | W 83–74 | 13–8 (4–3) |
| | at Western Michigan | L 59–66 | 13–9 (4–4) |
| * | at Marietta | L 55–72 | 13–10 |
| * | at Washington & Jefferson | L 69–92 | 13–11 |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. ||||||
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## Statistics
### Player statistics

    Final 1950–51 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 |
| Glen Hursey | 22 | - | | | 269 | 12.2 | 106 | 346 | 0.306 | 57 | 88 | 0.648 | 0 | 0.0 | | 49 | | | |
| Jack Betts | 22 | - | | | 246 | 11.2 | 107 | 281 | 0.381 | 32 | 50 | 0.640 | 0 | 0.0 | | 48 | | | |
| Elwood Sparks | 22 | - | | | 218 | 9.9 | 80 | 269 | 0.297 | 58 | 81 | 0.716 | 0 | 0.0 | | 58 | | | |
| Dave Leightenheimer | 22 | - | | | 192 | 8.7 | 71 | 260 | 0.273 | 50 | 66 | 0.758 | 0 | 0.0 | | 66 | | | |
| Ralph Readout | 22 | - | | | 144 | 6.5 | 58 | 171 | 0.339 | 28 | 48 | 0.583 | 0 | 0.0 | | 53 | | | |
| Vic Polosky | 19 | - | | | 113 | 5.9 | 38 | 119 | 0.319 | 37 | 67 | 0.552 | 0 | 0.0 | | 53 | | | |
| Joe Benich | 18 | - | | | 77 | 4.3 | 26 | 94 | 0.277 | 25 | 40 | 0.625 | 0 | 0.0 | | 36 | | | |
| Tom Haswell | 13 | - | | | 36 | 2.8 | 13 | 63 | 0.206 | 10 | 15 | 0.667 | 0 | 0.0 | | 15 | | | |
| Dan Lechner | 11 | - | | | 33 | 3.0 | 16 | 44 | 0.364 | 1 | 3 | 0.333 | 0 | 0.0 | | 6 | | | |
| Jack Schumacher | 13 | - | | | 24 | 1.8 | 9 | 42 | 0.214 | 6 | 8 | 0.750 | 0 | 0.0 | | 14 | | | |
| Charles Renner | 11 | - | | | 22 | 2.0 | 6 | 29 | 0.207 | 10 | 19 | 0.526 | 0 | 0.0 | | 11 | | | |
| Jack Williams | 11 | - | | | 18 | 1.6 | 7 | 33 | 0.212 | 4 | 15 | 0.267 | 0 | 0.0 | | 17 | | | |
| Harold Daugherty | 2 | - | | | 17 | 8.5 | 7 | 17 | 0.412 | 3 | 10 | 0.300 | 0 | 0.0 | | 13 | | | |
| Jerry Berry | 7 | - | | | 16 | 2.3 | 6 | 18 | 0.333 | 4 | 7 | 0.571 | 0 | 0.0 | | 5 | | | |
| Lee Williams | 2 | - | | | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0.0 | | 1 | | | |
| Total | 24 | - | - | - | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 DIV/0! | 0 | 0 DIV/0! | 0 | 0.0 | | 0 | | | |
| Opponents | 24 | - | - | - | 1704 | 71.0 | 667 | 1868 | 0.357 | 370 | 623 | 0.594 | 1034 | 43.1 | 199 | 543 | | | |
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