# 1953–54 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

The 1953–54 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University as a member of the Mid-American Conference in the college basketball season of 1953–54. 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 12–10 and finished sixth in the MAC regular season with a conference record of 5–7.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record |
| Regular Season ||||||
| 12/1/1953* | at Illinois | L 54–85 | 0–1 |
| 12/5/1953* | Marietta | W 83–72 | 1–1 |
| 12/8/1953* | Ohio Wesleyan | W 85–67 | 2–1 |
| 12/12/1953* | Washington & Jefferson | W 65–57 | 3–1 |
| 12/15/1953 | at Marshall | L 67–71 | 3–2 (0–1) |
| 12/19/1953 | at Kent State | W 70–57 | 4–2 (1–1) |
| 12/21/1953* | at Gannon | W 69–65 | 5–2 |
| 12/22/1953* | at Buffalo | W 62–58 | 6–2 |
| 1/9/1954 | at Miami (OH) | L 80–92 | 6–3 (1–2) |
| 1/11/1954 | Kent State | W 89–77 | 7–3 (2–2) |
| 1/13/1954* | at Denison | L 66–72 | 7–4 |
| 1/15/1954 | Toledo | L 80–84 | 7–5 (2–3) |
| 1/22/1954 | Bowling Green | L 72–78 | 7–6 (2–4) |
| 1/30/1954 | Miami (OH) | W 80–72 | 8–6 (3–4) |
| 2/6/1954 | Western Michigan | W 67–59 | 9–6 (4–4) |
| 2/10/1954* | Muskingum | W 90–50 | 10–6 |
| 2/13/1954 | at Bowling Green | L 74–78 | 10–7 (4–5) |
| 2/19/1954 | at Toledo | L 66–71 | 10–8 (4–6) |
| 2/20/1954 | at Western Michigan | L 72–79 | 10–9 (4–7) |
| 2/25/1954 | Marshall | W 81–63 | 11–9 (5–7) |
| 2/27/1954* | Akron | W 80–75 | 12–9 |
| 3/2/1954* | at Marietta | L 93–116 | 12–10 |
| *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 1953–54 statistics
| Record | Ohio | OPP |
| Scoring | 1615 | 1598 |
| Scoring Average | 73.41 | 72.64 |
| Field goals – Att | 597–1672 | 529–1562 |
| Free throws – Att | 451–697 | 540–851 |
| Rebounds | 1200 | 910 |
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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 |
| Lou Sawchik | 22 | - | | | 381 | 17.3 | 133 | 341 | 0.390 | 115 | 181 | 0.635 | 306 | 13.9 | | 69 | | | |
| Jim Betts | 22 | - | | | 329 | 15.0 | 125 | 352 | 0.355 | 79 | 134 | 0.590 | 252 | 11.5 | | 83 | | | |
| Dick Murphy | 22 | - | | | 236 | 10.7 | 86 | 246 | 0.350 | 64 | 94 | 0.681 | 138 | 6.3 | | 75 | | | |
| Dick Garrison | 22 | - | | | 181 | 8.2 | 63 | 157 | 0.401 | 55 | 82 | 0.671 | 147 | 6.7 | | 81 | | | |
| Bob Strawser | 22 | - | | | 154 | 7.0 | 55 | 155 | 0.355 | 44 | 61 | 0.721 | 77 | 3.5 | | 63 | | | |
| Larry Morrison | 21 | - | | | 139 | 6.6 | 57 | 157 | 0.363 | 25 | 48 | 0.521 | 36 | 1.7 | | 55 | | | |
| Dick Miller | 19 | - | | | 69 | 3.6 | 23 | 53 | 0.434 | 23 | 30 | 0.767 | 23 | 1.2 | | 32 | | | |
| Ralph Nuzum | 16 | - | | | 48 | 3.0 | 14 | 58 | 0.241 | 20 | 25 | 0.800 | 32 | 2.0 | | 21 | | | |
| Lemuel Nixon | 14 | - | | | 38 | 2.7 | 15 | 58 | 0.259 | 8 | 13 | 0.615 | 49 | 3.5 | | 23 | | | |
| Glenn Randall | 11 | - | | | 33 | 3.0 | 10 | 41 | 0.244 | 13 | 14 | 0.929 | 11 | 1.0 | | 15 | | | |
| Harry Weinbrecht | 11 | - | | | 18 | 1.6 | 8 | 26 | 0.308 | 2 | 5 | 0.400 | 13 | 1.2 | | 18 | | | |
| Don Del Corso | 5 | - | | | 10 | 2.0 | 4 | 8 | 0.500 | 2 | 6 | 0.333 | 2 | 0.4 | | 4 | | | |
| Jack Duschinski | 2 | - | | | 3 | 1.5 | 1 | 4 | 0.250 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 1 | 0.5 | | 1 | | | |
| Roger Melick | 2 | - | | | 2 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 3 | 1.5 | | 3 | | | |
| Nate Reynard | 4 | - | | | 2 | 0.5 | 1 | 2 | 0.500 | 0 | 2 | 0.000 | 3 | 0.8 | | 2 | | | |
| John Dunnette | 2 | - | | | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 1 | 0.5 | | 3 | | | |
| Total | 22 | - | - | - | 1615 | 73.4 | 597 | 1672 | 0.357 | 451 | 697 | 0.647 | 1200 | 54.5 | | 549 | | | |
| Opponents | 22 | - | - | - | 1598 | 72.6 | 529 | 1562 | 0.339 | 540 | 851 | 0.635 | 910 | 41.4 | | 471 | | | |
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