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1978–79 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

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1978–79 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball
ConferenceMid-American Conference
Record16–11 (10–6 MAC)
Head coach
Home arenaConvocation Center
Seasons
1978–79 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 19 Toledo 13 3   .813 22 8   .733
Central Michigan 13 3   .813 19 9   .679
Ohio 10 6   .625 16 11   .593
Ball State 9 7   .563 16 11   .593
Northern Illinois 8 8   .500 14 13   .519
Kent State 7 9   .438 13 14   .481
Bowling Green State 6 10   .375 14 13   .519
Miami (Ohio) 6 10   .375 9 18   .333
Eastern Michigan 5 11   .313 9 18   .333
Western Michigan 3 13   .188 7 23   .233
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1978–79 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University as a member of the Mid-American Conference in the college basketball season of 1978–79. The team was coached by Dale Bandy in his fifth season at Ohio.[1] They played their home games at Convocation Center.[2] The Bobcats finished with a record of 16–11 and third in the MAC regular season with a conference record of 10–6.[3]

Schedule

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Regular Season
11/30/1978*
at Florida L 61–96  0–1
 
 
12/2/1978*
at Stetson W 98–95  1–1
 
 
12/6/1978*
Marietta W 92–71  2–1
 
 
12/9/1978
Ball State L 69–70  2–2
(0–1)
 
 
12/16/1978*
at Youngstown State W 86–71  3–2
 
 
12/18/1978*
at Cleveland State W 76–74  4–2
 
 
12/29/1978*
at West Virginia
West Virginia Classic
W 78–76  5–2
 
 
12/30/1978*
vs. Duquesne
West Virginia Classic
L 74–85  5–3
 
 
1/6/1979
Western Michigan W 101–82  6–3
(1–1)
 
 
1/10/1979
at Miami (OH) W 74–68  7–3
(2–1)
 
 
1/13/1979
Eastern Michigan W 76–64  8–3
(3–1)
 
 
1/17/1979
at Central Michigan L 70–71  8–4
(3–2)
 
 
1/20/1979
Bowling Green L 77–79 OT 8–5
(3–3)
 
 
1/22/1979*
St. Bonaventure L 81–84 OT 8-6
 
 
1/24/1979
at Toledo L 67–79  8-7
(3-4)
 
 
1/27/1979
Northern Illinois W 94–78  9–7
(4-4)
 
 
1/31/1979*
at Marshall L 81–94  9–8
 
 
2/3/1979
at Kent State W 85–84 OT 10–8
(5–4)
 
 
2/7/1979
Miami (OH) W 75–60  11–8
(6–4)
 
 
2/10/1979
at Western Michigan W 82–70  12–8
(7–4)
 
 
2/12/1979*
at Loyola (IL) L 75–104  12–9
 
 
2/17/1979
at Eastern Michigan W 86–82  13–9
(8–4)
 
 
2/21/1979
Central Michigan L 62–80  13–10
(8–5)
 
 
2/24/1979
at Bowling Green W 80–71  14–10
(9–5)
 
 
2/26/1979*
Robert Morris W 75–74  15–10
 
 
2/28/1979
Toledo L 70–75  15–11
(10–5)
 
 
3/3/1979
at Ball State W 81–74  16–11
(10–6)
 
 
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.

Source:[4][3]

Statistics

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Team statistics

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Final 1978–79 statistics
Record Ohio OPP
Scoring 2126 2111
Scoring Average 78.74 78.19
Field goals – Att 851–1805 834–1742
Free throws – Att 424–588 443–649
Rebounds 1030 1091
Assists 492 359
Turnovers
Steals 201 162
Blocked Shots 72 60

Source[5]

Player statistics

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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
Tim Joyce 27 - 937 34.7 594 22.0 230 466 0.494 134 163 0.822 140 5.2 117 84 31 6
Steve Skaggs 27 - 949 35.1 472 17.5 196 425 0.461 80 99 0.808 71 2.6 77 73 26 2
Brewer Gray 27 - 723 26.8 208 7.7 90 180 0.500 28 46 0.609 225 8.3 49 81 31 25
Doug Graves 27 - 762 28.2 205 7.6 91 180 0.506 23 38 0.605 157 5.8 21 68 12 16
Kirk Lehman 26 - 519 20.0 184 7.1 69 142 0.486 46 57 0.807 36 1.4 68 55 24 2
Spindle Graves 27 - 548 20.3 142 5.3 51 128 0.398 40 67 0.597 71 2.6 103 107 45 4
Jim Zalenka 26 - 311 12.0 118 4.5 46 103 0.447 26 36 0.722 82 3.2 14 46 11 8
Harold Moore 27 - 308 11.4 94 3.5 39 89 0.438 16 30 0.533 50 1.9 25 24 9 2
Bill Littlefield 20 - 125 6.3 54 2.7 18 41 0.439 18 26 0.692 20 1.0 9 22 5 1
John Patterson 25 - 227 9.1 38 1.5 16 40 0.400 6 12 0.500 38 1.5 4 40 3 4
Total 27 - - - 2126 78.7 851 1805 0.471 424 588 0.721 1030 38.1 492 615 201 72
Opponents 27 - - - 2111 78.2 834 1742 0.479 443 649 0.683 1091 40.4 359 575 162 60
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[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Dale Bandy". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
  2. ^ "Convocation Center". Ohio University. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
  3. ^ a b "1978-79 Ohio Bobcats Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
  4. ^ "Ohio Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Ohio University Athletics.
  5. ^ a b "1978-79 Ohio Bobcats Roster and Stats". Sports Reference.