# 1954–55 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

The 1954–55 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University as a member of the Mid-American Conference in the college basketball season of 1954–55. 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 16–5 and finished third in the MAC regular season with a conference record of 9–5.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record |
| Regular Season ||||||
| 12/4/1954* | Marietta | W 81–75 | 1–0 |
| 12/9/1954* | Charleston (WV) | W 88–81 | 2–0 |
| 12/11/1954* | at Ohio Wesleyan | W 95–78 | 3–0 |
| 12/14/1954 | Marshall | L 85–105 | 3–1 (0–1) |
| 12/17/1954 | at Kent State | W 75–72 | 4–1 (1–1) |
| 12/18/1954 | at Western Reserve | W 88–74 | 5–1 (2–1) |
| 12/20/1954* | at Loyola (IL) | W 72–70 | 6–1 |
| 1/7/1955 | Western Michigan | W 97–84 | 7–1 (3–1) |
| 1/15/1955 | Kent State | W 80–65 | 8–1 (4–1) |
| 1/17/1955 | Toledo | L 69–79 | 8–2 (4–2) |
| 1/22/1955 | at Bowling Green | L 69–77 | 8–3 (4–3) |
| 1/29/1955 | Miami (OH) | W 75–71 | 9–3 (5–3) |
| 2/5/1955* | at Case Tech | W 77–69 | 10–3 |
| 2/9/1955 | at Marshall | L 73–84 | 10–4 (5–4) |
| 2/11/1955 | Western Reserve | W 86–68 | 11–4 (6–4) |
| 2/15/1955 | at Miami (OH) | L 79–91 | 11–5 (6–5) |
| 2/18/1955 | Bowling Green | W 81–70 | 12–5 (7–5) |
| 2/21/1955* | Morehead State | W 90–82 | 13–5 |
| 2/26/1955 | at Western Michigan | W 95–87 | 14–5 (8–5) |
| 2/28/1955 | at Toledo | W 67–59 | 15–5 (9–5) |
| 3/3/1955* | at Marietta | W 93–90 | 16–5 |
| *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 1954–55 statistics
| Record | Ohio | OPP |
| Scoring | 1715 | 1631 |
| Scoring Average | 81.67 | 77.67 |
| Field goals – Att | 650–1631 | 570–1536 |
| Free throws – Att | 415–624 | 491–705 |
| Rebounds | 991 | 965 |
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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 |
| Fred Moore | 21 | - | | | 327 | 15.6 | 140 | 342 | 0.409 | 47 | 66 | 0.712 | 469 | 22.3 | | 58 | | | |
| Dick Garrison | 21 | - | | | 312 | 14.9 | 91 | 210 | 0.433 | 130 | 177 | 0.734 | 208 | 9.9 | | 67 | | | |
| Larry Morrison | 21 | - | | | 220 | 10.5 | 84 | 236 | 0.356 | 52 | 72 | 0.722 | 78 | 3.7 | | 47 | | | |
| Bob Strawser | 20 | - | | | 180 | 9.0 | 69 | 129 | 0.535 | 42 | 77 | 0.545 | 58 | 2.9 | | 38 | | | |
| Henry Pell | 21 | - | | | 166 | 7.9 | 65 | 179 | 0.363 | 36 | 70 | 0.514 | 118 | 5.6 | | 57 | | | |
| Bob Evans | 13 | - | | | 139 | 10.7 | 56 | 136 | 0.412 | 27 | 41 | 0.659 | 404 | 31.1 | | 41 | | | |
| Don Sifft | 21 | - | | | 128 | 6.1 | 54 | 154 | 0.351 | 20 | 31 | 0.645 | 87 | 4.1 | | 29 | | | |
| Harry Weinbrecht | 15 | - | | | 113 | 7.5 | 53 | 129 | 0.411 | 7 | 17 | 0.412 | 38 | 2.5 | | 27 | | | |
| Bill Oppenheimer | 21 | - | | | 85 | 4.0 | 24 | 73 | 0.329 | 37 | 53 | 0.698 | 34 | 1.6 | | 33 | | | |
| Dick Miller | 15 | - | | | 43 | 2.9 | 13 | 37 | 0.351 | 17 | 20 | 0.850 | 12 | 0.8 | | 11 | | | |
| Roger Melick | 2 | - | | | 2 | 1.0 | 1 | 3 | 0.333 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 1 | 0.5 | | 0 | | | |
| Fred Arand | 3 | - | | | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 3 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0.0 | | 0 | | | |
| Fred Lowe | 3 | - | | | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0.0 | | 1 | | | |
| Total | 21 | - | - | - | 1715 | 81.7 | 650 | 1631 | 0.399 | 415 | 624 | 0.665 | 991 | 47.2 | | 409 | | | |
| Opponents | 21 | - | - | - | 1631 | 77.7 | 570 | 1536 | 0.371 | 491 | 705 | 0.696 | 965 | 46.0 | | 381 | | | |
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