American college basketball season
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
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
Source[ 4]
References