1958–59 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

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]

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 State	9	–	3		.750			18	–	8		.692
Miami (Ohio)	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

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
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

Team statistics

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

			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]