# 1951–52 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

The 1951–52 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University in the college basketball season of 1951–52. The team was coached by Jim Snyder in his third season as Ohio's head coach. They played their home games at the Men's Gymnasium. They finished the season 12–12. They finished fourth in the Mid-American Conference with a conference record of 6–6.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record |
| Regular Season ||||||
| * | Marshall | W 71–61 | 1–0 |
| | vs. Miami (OH) | L 59–79 | 1–1 (0–1) |
| * | Marietta | W 73–63 | 2–1 |
| * | Ohio Wesleyan | W 87–57 | 3–1 |
| | at Kent State | L 73–75 | 3–2 (1–1) |
| * | at Lake Forest | L 57–62 | 3–3 |
| * | at Beloit | L 62–69 | 3–4 |
| | Western Reserve | W 67–48 | 4–4 (2–1) |
| | Kent State | W 65–55 | 5–4 (3–1) |
| * | at No. 20 Dayton | L 71–101 | 5–5 |
| | Miami | W 74–72 | 6–5 (4–1) |
| | Cincinnati | W 78–66 | 7–5 (5–1) |
| * | at Bowling Green | L 74–90 | 7–6 |
| | at Toledo | W 71–66 | 8–6 (6–1) |
| | Western Michigan | L 60–65 | 8–7 (6–2) |
| | at Cincinnati | L 66–82 | 8–8 (6–3) |
| | at Miami (OH) | L 82–87 | 8–9 (6–4) |
| | at Western Reserve | W 79–56 | 9–9 |
| * | Washington & Jefferson | W 89–80 | 10–9 |
| | Toledo | L 56–62 | 10–10 (6–5) |
| * | Muskingum | W 97–55 | 11–10 |
| | at Western Michigan | L 74–85 | 11–11 (6–6) |
| * | at Marietta | W 81–74 | 12–11 |
| * | at Marshall | L 91–94 | 12–12 |
| *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 1951–52 statistics
| Record | Ohio | OPP |
| Scoring | 1742 | 1704 |
| Scoring Average | 72.58 | 71.00 |
| Field goals – Att | 671–1950 | 667–1868 |
| Free throws – Att | 400–623 | 370–623 |
| Rebounds | 127 | 1034 |
| Assists | 253 | 199 |
| 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 |
| Glen Hursey | 24 | - | | | 371 | 15.5 | 134 | 383 | 0.350 | 103 | 143 | 0.720 | 194 | 8.1 | | 45 | | | |
| Jim Betts | 24 | - | | | 279 | 11.6 | 105 | 265 | 0.396 | 69 | 101 | 0.683 | 222 | 9.3 | | 69 | | | |
| Elwood Sparks | 24 | - | | | 272 | 11.3 | 106 | 322 | 0.329 | 60 | 85 | 0.706 | 86 | 3.6 | | 70 | | | |
| Dick Murphy | 24 | - | | | 207 | 8.6 | 87 | 241 | 0.361 | 33 | 57 | 0.579 | 126 | 5.3 | | 76 | | | |
| Jack Betts | 24 | - | | | 163 | 6.8 | 65 | 209 | 0.311 | 33 | 54 | 0.611 | 174 | 7.3 | | 57 | | | |
| Dave Leightenheimer | 23 | - | | | 122 | 5.3 | 45 | 143 | 0.315 | 32 | 46 | 0.696 | 90 | 3.9 | | 64 | | | |
| Ralph Readout | 23 | - | | | 115 | 5.0 | 46 | 126 | 0.365 | 23 | 32 | 0.719 | 71 | 3.1 | | 42 | | | |
| Scotty Griesheimer | 18 | - | | | 55 | 3.1 | 20 | 63 | 0.317 | 15 | 27 | 0.556 | 59 | 3.3 | | 27 | | | |
| Joe Benich | 14 | - | | | 51 | 3.6 | 21 | 48 | 0.438 | 9 | 21 | 0.429 | 30 | 2.1 | | 24 | | | |
| Lou Sawchik | 17 | - | | | 43 | 2.5 | 16 | 57 | 0.281 | 11 | 35 | 0.314 | 58 | 3.4 | | 28 | | | |
| Dan Lechner | 16 | - | | | 30 | 1.9 | 14 | 45 | 0.311 | 2 | 4 | 0.500 | 17 | 1.1 | | 15 | | | |
| Tom Haswell | 10 | - | | | 17 | 1.7 | 6 | 24 | 0.250 | 5 | 8 | 0.625 | 16 | 1.6 | | 7 | | | |
| Harold Daugherty | 17 | - | | | 13 | 0.8 | 5 | 11 | 0.455 | 3 | 7 | 0.429 | 9 | 0.5 | | 12 | | | |
| Roger Crabtree | 2 | - | | | 2 | 1.0 | 1 | 3 | 0.333 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 0 | 0.0 | | 1 | | | |
| Dick Seiple | 3 | - | | | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | 10 | 0.000 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 3 | 1.0 | | 3 | | | |
| Total | 24 | - | - | - | 1742 | 72.6 | 671 | 1950 | 0.344 | 400 | 623 | 0.642 | 127 | 5.3 | | 540 | | | |
| Opponents | 24 | - | - | - | 1704 | 71.0 | 667 | 1868 | 0.357 | 370 | 623 | 0.594 | 1034 | 43.1 | 199 | 543 | | | |
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