1958–59 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

1958–59 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball
1958–59 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball
Conference	Mid-American Conference
Record	14–10 (6–6 MAC)
Head coach	Jim Snyder (10th season);
Home arena	Men's Gymnasium
	Seasons ← 1957–58 1959–60 →

1958–59 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Bowling Green	9	–	3	.750	18	–	8	.692
Miami	9	–	3	.750	14	–	11	.560
Ohio	6	–	6	.500	14	–	10	.583
Marshall	6	–	6	.500	12	–	12	.500
Kent State	6	–	6	.500	11	–	13	.458
Toledo	5	–	7	.417	11	–	13	.458
Western Michigan	1	–	11	.083	2	–	20	.091

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1958–59 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University as a member of the Mid-American Conference in the college basketball season of 1958–59. The team was coached by Jim Snyder and played their home games at the Men's Gymnasium.^[1] The Bobcats finished the regular season with a record of 14–10 and finished third in the MAC regular season with a conference record of 6–6.^[2]

Schedule[edit]

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record
Regular Season
12/4/1958*	Marietta	W 86–53	1–0
12/6/1958*	Chareleston (WV)	W 118–69	2–0
12/13/1958*	Southern Illinois	W 101–83	3–0
12/15/1958*	at Morehead State	L 73–75	3–1
12/18/1958*	at Niagara	L 65–72	3–2
12/20/1958*	at Cornell	W 58–54 ^OT	4–2
12/29/1958*	vs. Middle Tennessee Statel All-American City Tournament	W 77–66	5–2
12/30/1958*	vs. Utah State All-American City Tournament	W 80–72	6–2
1/3/1959*	at Wittenberg	L 44–45	6–3
1/7/1959	at Marshall	W 88–84	7–3 (1–0)
1/10/1959	at Kent State	L 58–73	7–4 (1–1)
1/13/1959	at Miami (OH)	L 54–56 ^OT	7–5 (1–2)
1/16/1959	Western Michigan	W 83–61	8–5 (2–2)
1/24/1959*	Morehead State	W 88–77	9–5
1/26/1959	Kent State	W 87–68	10–-5 (3–2)
1/31/1959	at Western Michigan	W 85–69	11–-5 (4–2)
2/2/1959	at Toledo	L 67–79 ^OT	11–6 (4–3)
2/11/1959	Marshall	L 73–74	11–7 (4–4)
2/14/1959	Bowling Green	W 89–67	12–7 (5–4)
2/16/1959	Toledo	W 67–56	13–7 (6–4)
2/21/1959	at Bowling Green	L 67–80	13–8 (6–5)
2/24/1959	Miami (OH)	L 71–84	13–9 (6–6)
2/28/1959*	at Louisville	L 70–72	13–10
3/2/1959*	at Marietta	W 112–92	14–10
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

Source:^[3]^[2]

Statistics[edit]

Team statistics[edit]

Final 1958–59 statistics

Record	Ohio	OPP
Scoring	1861	1681
Scoring Average	77.54	70.04
Field goals – Att	728–1713	655–1667
Free throws – Att	405–636	371–557
Rebounds	1385	1020
Assists
Turnovers
Steals
Blocked Shots

Source^[4]

Player statistics[edit]

			Minutes		Scoring		Total FGs			Free-Throws			Rebounds
Player	GP	GS	Tot	Avg	Pts	Avg	FG	FGA	Pct	FT	FTA	Pct	Tot	Avg	A	PF	TO	Stl	Blk
Bunk Adams	24	-			347	14.5	135	321	0.421	77	146	0.527	272	11.3		49
Jerry Wolf	24	-			315	13.1	128	281	0.456	59	97	0.608	199	8.3		60
Dave Scott	24	-			302	12.6	120	277	0.433	62	90	0.689	319	13.3		71
Bob Anderson	24	-			298	12.4	114	274	0.416	70	99	0.707	96	4.0		62
Dick Norman	24	-			213	8.9	85	195	0.436	43	54	0.796	75	3.1		30
Dale Bandy	21	-			136	6.5	42			52
_ Johnson	21	-			85	4.0	38			9
Howie Jolliff	7	-			56	8.0	24			8
Bob Gaunt	18	-			47	2.6	18			11
Total	24	-	-	-	1861	77.5	728	1713	0.425	405	636	0.637	1385	57.7		409
Opponents	24	-	-	-	1681	70.0	655	1667	0.393	371	557	0.666	1020	42.5		443

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	Avg	Average per game
FG	Field-goals made	FGA	Field-goal attempts	Off	Offensive rebounds
Def	Defensive rebounds	A	Assists	TO	Turnovers
Blk	Blocks	Stl	Steals	High	Team high

Source^[4]

References[edit]

^ "James Snyder". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
^ ^a ^b "1958-59 Ohio Bobcats Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
^ "Ohio Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Ohio University Athletics.
^ ^a ^b "1958-59 Ohio Bobcats Roster and Stats". Sports Reference.

[1] "James Snyder". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 16, 2022.

[SR-2] "1958-59 Ohio Bobcats Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 16, 2022.

[3] "Ohio Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Ohio University Athletics.

[stats-4] "1958-59 Ohio Bobcats Roster and Stats". Sports Reference.

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