2018–19 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

2018–19 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball
ConferenceMid-American Conference
DivisionEast Division
Record14–17 (6–12 MAC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaConvocation Center
Seasons
2018–19 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
East
No. 15 Buffalo † 16 – 2   .889 32 – 4   .889
Bowling Green 12 – 6   .667 22 – 12   .647
Kent State 11 – 7   .611 22 – 11   .667
Akron 8 – 10   .444 17 – 16   .515
Miami (OH) 7 – 11   .389 15 – 17   .469
Ohio 6 – 12   .333 14 – 17   .452
West
Toledo 13 – 5   .722 25 – 8   .758
Central Michigan 10 – 8   .556 23 – 12   .657
Eastern Michigan 9 – 9   .500 15 – 17   .469
Northern Illinois 8 – 10   .444 17 – 17   .500
Ball State 6 – 12   .333 16 – 17   .485
Western Michigan 2 – 16   .111 8 – 24   .250
† 2019 MAC tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2018–19 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bobcats, led by fifth-year head coach Saul Phillips, played their home games at the Convocation Center in Athens, Ohio as a member of the East Division of the Mid-American Conference.[1][2] In non-conference play they had wins over eventual MAAC champion Iona, and both co-champions of the Big South in Radford and Campbell as well as a win over their rival and eventual CIT champion Marshall. They finished the season 14–17 overall, 6–12 in MAC play to finish in last place in the East Division. As the No. 10 seed in the MAC tournament, they were defeated in the first round by Northern Illinois.

On March 13, 2019, head coach Saul Phillips was fired.[3] He finished his five-year tenure at Ohio with an 81–77 overall record. Five days later, the school named Ohio alum Jeff Boals, head coach at Stony Brook, as their new head coach.[4]

Previous season

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Main article: 2017–18 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

The Bobcats finished the 2017–18 season 14–17, 7–11 in MAC play to finish in a tie for fourth place in the East Division. They lost in the first round of the MAC tournament to Miami (OH).

Offseason

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Departures

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Departures
Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason
Zach Butler 0 G 6'3" 193 Freshman Spartanburg, SC Transferred to Florida SouthWestern State College
Antonio Bisutti 10 G 6'2" 192 Senior Dublin, OH Graduated

Roster

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2018–19 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown
G 0 Jason Preston 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 187 lb (85 kg) Fr Believe Sports Academy Orlando, FL
F 1 Jason Carter 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 227 lb (103 kg) RS So Johnstown-Monroe Johnstown, OH
F 2 Nate Springs 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
—
 RS Fr United Faith Christian Academy Charlotte, NC
G 3 James Gollon 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
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 RS Jr Pacelli Stevens Point, WI
G 4 Teyvion Kirk 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) So Joliet West HS Joliet, IL
F 5 Ben Vander Plas 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 232 lb (105 kg) RS Fr Ripon Ripon, WI
G 10 Connor Murrell 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) RS So Sioux City East Sioux City, IA
G 11 Torey James 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
—
 Fr Hickory Hickory, NC
G 12 John Tenerowicz (W) 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Fr St. Ignatius Cleveland, OH
F 14 Chris McGraw (W) 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)
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 Fr Bishop Watterson Columbus, OH
F 21 Jarrell Reeves (W) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
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 RS So Blackman Murfreesboro, TN
G/F 22 Gavin Block 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 209 lb (95 kg) Sr Lincoln Community High School Lincoln, IL
G 23 Antonio Cowart Jr. 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
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 Jr McComb McComb, MS
F 24 Mason McMurray 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Fr Stow-Munroe Falls Stow, OH
G 35 Jordan Dartis 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
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 Sr Northland High School Newark, OH
F 45 Doug Taylor 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 258 lb (117 kg) So Northland High School Columbus, OH
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Preseason

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The preseason poll and league awards were announced by the league office on October 30, 2019. Ohio was picked to finish fourth and had no members of the preseason All-MAC team[5]

Preseason men's basketball poll

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(First place votes in parentheses)

East Division

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  1. Buffalo 210 (35)
  2. Miami 127
  3. Kent State 122
  4. Ohio 121
  5. Akron 97
  6. Bowling Green 58

West Division

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  1. Eastern Michigan 183 (17)
  2. Ball State 175 (11)
  3. Toledo 156 (5)
  4. Western Michigan 81 (1)
  5. Northern Illinois 73
  6. Central Michigan 67 (1)

Tournament Champs

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Buffalo (25), Eastern Michigan (3), Toledo (3), Central Michigan (1), Miami (1), Northern Illinois (1), Western Michigan (1)

Schedule and results

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Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
November 3, 2018
3:30 pm 		Rio Grande W 93–58 
Convocation Center 
Athens, OH
Non-conference regular season
November 7, 2018*
7:00 pm, ESPN3 		Wilberforce W 97–61  1–0
 Convocation Center (4,032)
Athens, OH
November 12, 2018*
7:00 pm, ESPN3 		Campbell
Jamaica Classic campus game 		W 81–73  2–0
 Convocation Center (4,312)
Athens, OH
November 16, 2017*
4:30 pm 		vs. South Florida
Jamaica Classic 		L 46–73  2–1
 Montego Bay Convention Centre 
Montego Bay, Jamaica
November 18, 2018*
6:30 pm 		vs. Loyola Marymount
Jamaica Classic 		L 56–65  2–2
 Montego Bay Convention Centre 
Montego Bay, Jamaica
November 24, 2018*
2:00 pm 		Austin Peay
Jamaica Classic campus game 		W 85–82 OT 3–2
 Convocation Center (3,474)
Athens, OH
November 27, 2018*
7:00 pm, ESPN+ 		Iona W 89–65  4–2
 Convocation Center (5,227)
Athens, OH
December 1, 2018*
3:30 pm, ESPN+ 		Marshall W 101-84  5–2
 Convocation Center (6,301)
Athens, OH
December 5, 2018*
6:30 pm, FS1 		at Xavier L 61–82  5–3
 Cintas Center (10,405)
Cincinnati, OH
December 8, 2018*
3:30 pm, ESPN3 		Radford W 78–69  6–3
 Convocation Center (5,974)
Athens, OH
December 15, 2018*
1:00 pm 		at Detroit Mercy W 63–61  7–3
 Calihan Hall (1,656)
Detroit, MI
December 20, 2018*
7:00 pm, BTN 		at Purdue L 67–95  7–4
 Mackey Arena (13,840)
West Lafayette, IN
December 30, 2018*
2:00 pm 		Florida International W 68-66  8-4
 Convocation Center (3,451)
Athens, OH
MAC regular season
January 5, 2019
2:00 pm, ESPN3 		Northern Illinois L 66-72 OT 8-5
(0-1) 		Convocation Center (5,121)
Athens, OH
January 8, 2019
7:00 pm, ESPN+ 		at Bowling Green L 63-82  8-6
(0-2) 		Stroh Center (1,442)
Bowling Green, OH
January 12, 2019
7:00 pm, ESPN+ 		at Ball State W 70-52  9-6
(1-2) 		Worthen Arena (4,076)
Muncie, IN
January 15, 2019
7:00 pm, ESPN+ 		Kent State L 52-66  9-7
(1-3) 		Convocation Center (6,560)
Athens, OH
January 18, 2019
7:00 pm, CBSSN 		at Toledo L 52-75  9-8
(1-4) 		Savage Arena (5,037)
Toledo, OH
January 22, 2019
7:00 pm, ESPN+ 		Western Michigan W 81-76  10-8
(2-4) 		Convocation Center (6,029)
Athens, OH
January 26, 2019
7:00 pm, ESPN3 		Ball State W 78-74  11-8
(3-4) 		Convocation Center (6,556)
Athens, OH
January 29, 2019
6:00 pm 		Northern Illinois L 60-71  11-9
(3-5) 		NIU Convocation Center (737)
Athens, OH
February 2, 2019
3:30 pm, ESPN+ 		Akron L 53-65  11-10
(3-6) 		Convocation Center (7,887)
Athens, OH
February 9, 2019
7:00 pm, ESPN+ 		at Miami (OH) L 59-79  11-11
(3-7) 		Millett Hall (2,319)
Oxford, OH
February 12, 2019
7:00 pm, ESPN+ 		Kent State L 57-66  11-12
(3-8) 		Convocation Center (5,522)
Athens, OH
February 16, 2019
4:30 pm, ESPN+ 		at Central Michigan L 80-87  11-13
(3-9) 		McGuirk Arena (2,466)
Mount Pleasant, MI
February 19, 2019
7:00 pm, ESPN+ 		No. 25 Buffalo L 67-114  11-14
(3-10) 		Alumni Arena 
Amherst, NY
February 22, 2019
6:30 pm, CBSSN 		Bowling Green W 92-87 OT 12-14
(4-10) 		Convocation Center (6,008)
Athens, OH
February 26, 2019
4:30 pm, ESPN+ 		at Kent State L 73-78  12-15
(4-11) 		Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center (2,891)
Kent, OH
March 2, 2019
2:00 pm, ESPN+ 		at Akron W 73-49  13-15
(5-11) 		James A. Rhodes Arena (2,714)
Akron, OH
March 5, 2019
7:00 pm, ESPN+ 		No. 19 Buffalo L 79-82  13-16
(5-12) 		Convocation Center (5,834)
Athens, OH
March 8, 2019
7:00 pm, ESPN+ 		Miami (OH) W 66–57  14–16
(6–12) 		Convocation Center 
Athens, OH
MAC Tournament
March 11, 2019
9:00 pm, ESPN+ 		(10) at (7) Northern Illinois
First round 		L 61–80  14–17
 Convocation Center (1,070)
DeKalb, IL
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.

Statistics

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Team statistics

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Final 2018–19 statistics
Record Ohio OPP
Scoring 2174 2288
Scoring Average 70.13 73.81
Field goals – Att 803–1838 812–1861
3-pt. Field goals – Att 187–633 260–727
Free throws – Att 381–602 404–572
Rebounds 1152 1114
Assists 451 417
Turnovers 448 416
Steals 200 238
Blocked Shots 115 73

Source[6]

Player statistics

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Minutes Scoring Total FGs 3-point FGs Free-Throws Rebounds
Player GP GS Tot Avg Pts Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG 3FA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg A PF TO Stl Blk
Jason Carter 31 31 962 31 510 16.5 180 374 0.481 23 67 0.343 127 177 0.718 65 143 208 6.7 61 77 55 20 21
Teyvion Kirk 31 30 945 30.5 436 14.1 174 415 0.419 10 47 0.213 78 148 0.527 47 125 172 5.5 76 84 137 41 5
Doug Taylor 31 31 779 25.1 267 8.6 105 169 0.621 1 4 0.25 56 98 0.571 82 128 210 6.8 15 98 46 25 56
Ben Vander Plas 31 2 719 23.2 267 8.6 94 231 0.407 50 162 0.309 29 41 0.707 40 122 162 5.2 48 55 33 28 15
Gavin Block 31 15 724 23.4 194 6.3 62 167 0.371 46 130 0.354 24 41 0.585 13 51 64 2.1 68 50 40 25 5
Jason Preston 30 21 886 29.5 180 6 72 166 0.434 10 48 0.208 26 34 0.765 21 86 107 3.6 103 31 37 25 3
Antonio Cowart Jr 31 24 812 26.2 173 5.6 64 173 0.37 30 104 0.288 15 22 0.682 20 84 104 3.4 51 62 60 25 4
Connor Murrell 25 0 234 9.4 78 3.1 29 80 0.363 8 33 0.242 12 21 0.571 6 19 25 1 13 22 16 6 2
James Gollon 6 0 72 12 35 5.8 10 20 0.5 6 13 0.462 9 11 0.818 0 6 6 1 5 6 8 3 1
Mason McMurray 9 0 53 5.9 13 1.4 5 14 0.357 1 9 0.111 2 2 1 3 6 9 1 5 9 4 1 1
Torey James 14 0 67 4.8 11 0.8 4 22 0.182 2 15 0.133 1 3 0.333 2 7 9 0.6 5 9 4 1 0
Jarrell Reeves 6 0 9 1.5 8 1.3 4 5 0.8 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 2 5 0.8 0 1 0 0 2
John Tenerowicz 4 0 6 1.5 2 0.5 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 1 0.3 1 0 0 0 0
Chris McGraw 4 0 6 1.5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Total 31 - 6275 - 2174 70.1 803 1838 0.437 187 633 0.295 381 602 0.633 332 820 1152 37.2 451 504 448 200 115
Opponents 31 - 6275 - 2288 73.8 812 1861 0.436 260 727 0.358 404 572 0.706 300 814 1114 35.9 417 558 416 238 73
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[6]

Awards and honors

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All-MAC Awards

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Postseason All-MAC teams
Team Player Position Year
All-MAC Third Team Jason Carter F RS-So.
All-MAC Freshman Team Ben Vander Plas F RS-Fr.
All-MAC Freshman Team Jason Preston G Fr.

Source[7]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Convocation Center". Ohio University. Retrieved September 29, 2022.
  2. ^ "Saul Phillips". Sports Reference. Retrieved September 29, 2022.
  3. ^ "Ohio Athletics Announces Change In Men's Basketball Leadership - Ohio University". www.ohiobobcats.com. Archived from the original on March 16, 2019.
  4. ^ "Ohio Athletics Officially Introduces Boals As Men's Basketball Head Coach - Ohio University". www.ohiobobcats.com. Archived from the original on March 28, 2019.
  5. ^ "2018-19 MEN'S BASKETBALL PRESEASON POLL & ALL-MAC TEAMS RELEASED". Mid-American Conference. Retrieved October 26, 2022.
  6. ^ a b "2018-19 Ohio Bobcats Roster and Stats". Sports Reference.
  7. ^ "MAC ANNOUNCES MEN'S ALL-MAC, ALL-FRESHMAN & ALL-DEFENSIVE TEAMS". Mid-American Conference. Retrieved May 21, 2022.
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