1978–79 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball
ConferenceMid-American Conference
Record16–11 (10–6 MAC)
Head coach
Home arenaConvocation Center
1978–79 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 19 Toledo133 .813228  .733
Central Michigan133 .813199  .679
Ohio106 .6251611  .593
Ball State97 .5631611  .593
Northern Illinois88 .5001413  .519
Kent State79 .4381314  .481
Bowling Green610 .3751413  .519
Miami610 .375918  .333
Eastern Michigan511 .313918  .333
Western Michigan313 .188723  .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

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

Team Statistics

Final 1978–79 Statistics
Record Ohio OPP
Scoring21262111
Scoring Average78.7478.19
Field goals – Att851–1805834–1742
Free throws – Att424–588443–649
Rebounds10301091
Assists492359
Turnovers
Steals201162
Blocked Shots7260

Source[5]

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
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

  1. "Dale Bandy". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
  2. "Convocation Center". Ohio University. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
  3. 1 2 "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. 1 2 "1978-79 Ohio Bobcats Roster and Stats". Sports Reference.
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