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1950–51 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

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1950–51 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball
Record13–11 (4–4 )
Head coach
Home arenaMen's Gymnasium
Seasons
1950–51 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 17 Cincinnati 7 1   .875 18 4   .818
Western Michigan 4 4   .500 13 9   .591
Ohio 4 4   .500 13 11   .542
Miami (Ohio) 4 4   .500 10 13   .435
Western Reserve 1 7   .125 3 7   .300
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1950–51 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University in the college basketball season of 1950–51. The team was coached by Jim Snyder in his 2nd season as Ohio's head coach. They played their home games at the Men's Gymnasium.[1] They finished the season 13–11. They finished second in the Mid-American Conference with a conference record of 4–4.

Schedule

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Regular Season
*
Marietta W 57–45  1–0
 
 
*
Kent State W 61–46  2–0
 
 
*
at Ohio Wesleyan W 75–57  3–0
 
 
*
at Akron W 57–52  4–0
 
 
*
at Youngstown State L 64–78  4–1
 
 
*
at Bowling Green L 69–74  4–2
 
 
*
at Kent State W 53–48  5–2
 
 

Western Reserve W 72–60  6–2
(1–0)
 
 
*
at Marshall L 59–69  6–3
 
 

at Miami (OH) L 44–52  6–4
(1–1)
 
 
*
Dayton L 66–75  6–5
 
 

Western Michigan L 58–69  6–6
(1–2)
 
 
*
at Muskingum L 59–77  6–7
 
 
*
Cedarville W 77–60  7–7
 
 
*
at Cedarville W 72–63  8–7
 
 

at Western Reserve W 93–77  9–7
(2–2)
 
 

Miami (OH) W 56–50  10–7
(3–2)
 
 
*
Marshall W 71–63  11–7
 
 

at No. 15 Cincinnati L 50–86  11–8
(3–3)
 
 
*
Bowling Green W 70–66  12–8
 
 

No. 18 Cincinnati W 83–74  13–8
(4–3)
 
 

at Western Michigan L 59–66  13–9
(4–4)
 
 
*
at Marietta L 55–72  13–10
 
 
*
at Washington & Jefferson L 69–92  13–11
 
 
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.

Source:[2][3]

Statistics

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Player statistics

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Final 1950–51 statistics
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
Glen Hursey 22 - 269 12.2 106 346 0.306 57 88 0.648 0 0.0 49
Jack Betts 22 - 246 11.2 107 281 0.381 32 50 0.640 0 0.0 48
Elwood Sparks 22 - 218 9.9 80 269 0.297 58 81 0.716 0 0.0 58
Dave Leightenheimer 22 - 192 8.7 71 260 0.273 50 66 0.758 0 0.0 66
Ralph Readout 22 - 144 6.5 58 171 0.339 28 48 0.583 0 0.0 53
Vic Polosky 19 - 113 5.9 38 119 0.319 37 67 0.552 0 0.0 53
Joe Benich 18 - 77 4.3 26 94 0.277 25 40 0.625 0 0.0 36
Tom Haswell 13 - 36 2.8 13 63 0.206 10 15 0.667 0 0.0 15
Dan Lechner 11 - 33 3.0 16 44 0.364 1 3 0.333 0 0.0 6
Jack Schumacher 13 - 24 1.8 9 42 0.214 6 8 0.750 0 0.0 14
Charles Renner 11 - 22 2.0 6 29 0.207 10 19 0.526 0 0.0 11
Jack Williams 11 - 18 1.6 7 33 0.212 4 15 0.267 0 0.0 17
Harold Daugherty 2 - 17 8.5 7 17 0.412 3 10 0.300 0 0.0 13
Jerry Berry 7 - 16 2.3 6 18 0.333 4 7 0.571 0 0.0 5
Lee Williams 2 - 0 0.0 0 0 0.000 0 0 0.000 0 0.0 1
Total 24 - - - 0 0.0 0 0
  1. DIV/0!
0 0
  1. DIV/0!
0 0.0 0
Opponents 24 - - - 1704 71.0 667 1868 0.357 370 623 0.594 1034 43.1 199 543
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

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  1. ^ "James Snyder". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 17, 2022.
  2. ^ "Ohio Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Ohio University Athletics.
  3. ^ "1950-51 Ohio Bobcats Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
  4. ^ "1950-51 Ohio Bobcats Roster and Stats". Sports Reference.