# 1956–57 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

The 1956–57 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University as a member of the Mid-American Conference in the college basketball season of 1956–57. 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 15–8 and finished third in the MAC regular season with a conference record of 7–5.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record |
| Regular Season ||||||
| 12/4/1956* | Marietta | W 107–67 | 1–0 |
| 12/8/1956* | Case Tech | W 76–56 | 2–0 |
| 12/12/1956* | at Ohio Wesleyan | W 113–71 | 3–0 |
| 12/15/1956 | at Kent State | W 97–89 | 4–0 (1–0) |
| 12/21/1956* | vs. East Tennessee State Watauga Invitational | L 62–63 | 4–1 |
| 12/22/1956* | vs. Austin Peay Watauga Invitational | W 85–65 | 5–1 |
| 1/2/1957* | Arizona State | W 97–81 | 6–1 |
| 1/5/1957* | at Morehead State | L 88–119 | 6–2 |
| 1/9/1957 | at Marshall | L 71–77 | 6–3 (1–1) |
| 1/12/1957 | at Bowling Green | L 69–80 | 6–4 (1–2) |
| 1/15/1957 | Miami (OH) | L 77–89 | 6–5 (1–3) |
| 1/18/1957 | Kent State | W 85–76 | 7–5 (2–3) |
| 1/19/1957* | at Xavier | L 80–106 | 7–6 |
| 1/26/1957* | Morehead State | W 66–59 | 8–6 |
| 1/30/1957 | Marshall | W 103–74 | 9–6 (3–3) |
| 2/2/1957 | at Western Michigan | L 88–94 | 9–7 (3–4) |
| 2/4/1957 | at Toledo | L 71–74 | 9–8 (3–5) |
| 2/8/1957 | Bowling Green | W 91–80 | 10–8 (4–5) |
| 2/11/1957 | at Miami (OH) | W 89–81 | 11–8 (5–5) |
| 2/16/1957 | Western Michigan | W 88–71 | 6–5 |
| 2/18/1957 | Toledo | W 75–55 | 13–8 (7–5) |
| 2/23/1957* | Baldwin-Wallace | W 114–73 | 14–8 |
| 3/1/1957 | Marietta | W 112–85 | 15–8 |
| *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 1956–57 statistics
| Record | Ohio | OPP |
| Scoring | 2004 | 1785 |
| Scoring Average | 87.13 | 77.61 |
| Field goals – Att | 757–1781 | 664–1763 |
| Free throws – Att | 490–732 | 457–708 |
| Rebounds | 1253 | 1126 |
| 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 |
| Fred Moore | 23 | - | | | 453 | 19.7 | 193 | 432 | 0.447 | 67 | 97 | 0.691 | 240 | 10.4 | | 54 | | | |
| Don Sifft | 23 | - | | | 347 | 15.1 | 144 | 335 | 0.430 | 59 | 83 | 0.711 | 108 | 4.7 | | 47 | | | |
| Dave Scott | 23 | - | | | 306 | 13.3 | 117 | 271 | 0.432 | 72 | 113 | 0.637 | 298 | 13.0 | | 65 | | | |
| Bob Anderson | 23 | - | | | 267 | 11.6 | 84 | 180 | 0.467 | 99 | 131 | 0.756 | 88 | 3.8 | | 61 | | | |
| Dick Norman | 22 | - | | | 163 | 7.4 | 55 | 123 | 0.447 | 53 | 72 | 0.736 | 58 | 2.6 | | 36 | | | |
| _ Williams | 21 | - | | | 126 | 6.0 | 36 | | | 54 | | | | | | | | | |
| Bob Peters | 9 | - | | | 80 | 8.9 | 32 | | | 16 | | | | | | | | | |
| _ Pell | 20 | - | | | 76 | 3.8 | 25 | | | 26 | | | | | | | | | |
| _ Edwards | 21 | - | | | 66 | 3.1 | 25 | | | 16 | | | | | | | | | |
| John Tudor | 16 | - | | | 46 | 2.9 | 15 | | | 16 | | | | | | | | | |
| Jerry Wolf | 16 | - | | | 45 | 2.8 | 19 | | | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| Russ Grooms | 19 | - | | | 27 | 1.4 | 11 | | | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| Total | 23 | - | - | - | 2004 | 87.1 | 757 | 1781 | 0.425 | 490 | 732 | 0.669 | 1253 | 54.5 | | 429 | | | |
| Opponents | 23 | - | - | - | 1785 | 77.6 | 664 | 1763 | 0.377 | 457 | 708 | 0.645 | 1126 | 49.0 | | 434 | | | |
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