The 1952–53 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University in the college basketball season of 1952–53. The team was coached by Jim Snyder in his fourth season as Ohio's head coach. They played their home games at the Men's Gymnasium. They finished the season 9–13. They finished fifth in the Mid-American Conference with a conference record of 4–8.

Schedule

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Statistics Team statistics Final 1952–53 statistics

Scoring 1599 1625 Scoring Average 72.68 73.86 Field goals – Att 577–1616 587–1685 Free throws – Att 445–701 451–760 Rebounds 1174 969 Assists Turnovers Steals Blocked Shots Source

Player statistics MinutesScoringTotal FGsFree-ThrowsReboundsPlayerGPGSTotAvgPtsAvgFGFGAPctFTFTAPctTotAvgAPFTO StlBlkJim Betts22-40018.21373690.3711261880.67031014.175Lou Sawchik22-30413.81193000.39766980.67329713.572Dick Murphy22-23910.9942790.33751730.6991466.683Ray Griesheimer11-15714.3601400.42937630.587999.042Ralph Readout18-1578.7511410.36255880.625724.035Bob Strawser22-1255.7421360.30941670.612612.846Dan Lechner14-564.022620.35512260.462282.017Harold Daugherty21-522.516540.29620380.526291.445Jerry Barry16-432.715510.29413260.500291.829John Kornick8-243.08310.2588100.800151.911Dick Seiple8-192.46200.300780.87560.819John Dunnette4-82.0240.500450.80071.86Carl Racketa5-71.4290.222360.50030.62Bob Buell3-62.03100.300020.00031.04Nate Reynard4-20.5000.000230.66710.31Total22---159972.757716160.3574457010.635117453.4487Opponents22---162573.958716850.3484517600.59396944.0458 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

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