# 1957–58 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

The 1957–58 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University as a member of the Mid-American Conference in the college basketball season of 1957–58. 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 16–8 and finished third in the MAC regular season with a conference record of 7–5.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record |
| Regular Season ||||||
| 12/2/1957* | at Indiana | W 76–68 | 1–0 |
| 12/5/1957* | Marietta | W 92–71 | 2–0 |
| 12/7/1957* | at Morehead State | L 60–78 | 2–1 |
| 12/14/1957 | at Bowling Green | L 60–65 | 2–2 (0–1) |
| 12/17/1957* | at Dayton | L 41–58 | 2–3 |
| 12/19/1957* | at Nebraska | L 53–61 | 2–4 |
| 12/30/1957* | vs. Washington & Lee All-American City Tournament | W 65–64 | 3–4 |
| 12/31/1957* | vs. Kentucky Wesleyan All-American City Tournament | W 83–70 | 4–4 |
| 1/4/1958* | Wittenberg | W 70–56 | 5–4 |
| 1/10/1958 | Kent State | W 58–54 | 6–4 (1–1) |
| 1/14/1958 | at Miami (OH) | L 66–75 | 6–5 (1–2) |
| 1/18/1958 | at Western Michigan | W 76–66 | 7–5 (2–2) |
| 1/20/1958 | at Toledo | W 69–66 | 8–5 (3–2) |
| 1/23/1958* | Morehead State | W 71–57 | 9–5 |
| 1/25/1958 | Marshall | L 78–81 $^{OT}$ | 9–6 (3–3) |
| 2/1/1958 | at Kent State | W 65–58 | 10–-6 (4–3) |
| 2/3/1958* | Florida State | W 86–66 | 11–6 (4–3) |
| 2/5/1958 | at Marshall | L 89–98 | 11–7 (4–4) |
| 2/8/1958 | Western Michigan | W 116–87 | 12–7 (5–4) |
| 2/12/1958* | Xavier | W 87–74 | 13–7 |
| 2/15/1958 | Bowling Green | W 84–82 $^{OT}$ | 14–7 (6–4) |
| 2/17/1958 | Toledo | W 82–61 | 15–7 (7–4) |
| 2/19/1958 | Miami (OH) | L 72–86 | 15–8 (7–5) |
| 3/1/1958* | at Marietta | W 80–76 | 16–8 |
| *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 1957–58 statistics
| Record | Ohio | OPP |
| Scoring | 1779 | 1678 |
| Scoring Average | 74.13 | 69.92 |
| Field goals – Att | 667–1671 | 622–1651 |
| Free throws – Att | 445–662 | 434–637 |
| Rebounds | 1166 | 1066 |
| 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 |
| Bob Peterson | 24 | - | | | 298 | 12.4 | 116 | 265 | 0.438 | 66 | 85 | 0.776 | 216 | 9.0 | | 76 | | | |
| Dave Scott | 24 | - | | | 291 | 12.1 | 118 | 310 | 0.381 | 55 | 87 | 0.632 | 287 | 12.0 | | 63 | | | |
| Larry Williams | 24 | - | | | 263 | 11.0 | 95 | 211 | 0.450 | 73 | 101 | 0.723 | 82 | 3.4 | | 53 | | | |
| Bob Anderson | 24 | - | | | 254 | 10.6 | 91 | 253 | 0.360 | 72 | 106 | 0.679 | 99 | 4.1 | | 71 | | | |
| Jerry Wolf | 24 | - | | | 216 | 9.0 | 91 | 229 | 0.397 | 34 | 50 | 0.680 | 134 | 5.6 | | 45 | | | |
| Dick Norman | 24 | - | | | 155 | 6.5 | 50 | 121 | 0.413 | 55 | 71 | 0.775 | 38 | 1.6 | | 20 | | | |
| John Tudor | 23 | - | | | 138 | 6.0 | 47 | 118 | 0.398 | 44 | 74 | 0.595 | 115 | 5.0 | | 42 | | | |
| Dale Bandy | 18 | - | | | 77 | 4.3 | 25 | 60 | 0.417 | 27 | 47 | 0.574 | 26 | 1.4 | | 28 | | | |
| Verlynn Witte | 15 | - | | | 38 | 2.5 | 16 | 42 | 0.381 | 6 | 14 | 0.429 | 49 | 3.3 | | 29 | | | |
| Russ Grooms | 19 | - | | | 19 | 1.0 | 7 | 30 | 0.233 | 5 | 12 | 0.417 | 25 | 1.3 | | 17 | | | |
| Bruce Johnson | 15 | - | | | 16 | 1.3 | 7 | 12 | 0.583 | 2 | 5 | 0.400 | 4 | 2.3 | | 7 | | | |
| Bob Gaunt | 11 | - | | | 14 | 1.1 | 4 | 19 | 0.211 | 6 | 10 | 0.600 | 25 | 0.3 | | 10 | | | |
| Total | 24 | - | - | - | 1779 | 74.1 | 667 | 1671 | 0.399 | 445 | 662 | 0.672 | 1166 | 48.6 | | 451 | | | |
| Opponents | 24 | - | - | - | 1678 | 69.9 | 622 | 1651 | 0.377 | 434 | 637 | 0.681 | 1066 | 44.4 | | 466 | | | |
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