1987–88 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

1987–88 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball
ConferenceMid-American Conference
Record16–14 (9–7 MAC)
Head coach
Home arenaConvocation Center
Seasons
1987–88 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Eastern Michigan † 14 – 2   .875 22 – 8   .733
Central Michigan 10 – 6   .625 19 – 13   .594
Ohio 9 – 7   .563 16 – 14   .533
Ball State 8 – 8   .500 14 – 14   .500
Western Michigan 7 – 9   .438 12 – 17   .414
Bowling Green 7 – 9   .438 12 – 16   .429
Kent State 6 – 10   .375 10 – 18   .357
Miami (OH) 6 – 10   .375 9 – 18   .333
Toledo 5 – 11   .313 15 – 12   .556
† 1988 MAC tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1987–88 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University in the college basketball season of 1987–88. The team was coached by Billy Hahn and played their home games at the Convocation Center.

Schedule

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Non-conference regular season
11/28/1987*
 Ohio Wesleyan L 115–122  0–1
 Convocation Center 
Athens, OH
11/30/1987*
 at Morehead State L 92–99  0–2
 Ellis Johnson Arena 
Morehead, KY
12/2/1987*
 Robert Morris W 87–57  1–2
 Convocation Center 
Athens, OH
12/7/1987*
 Marshall L 77–91  1–3
 Convocation Center 
Athens, OH
12/9/1987*
 at Akron L 69–76  1–4
 James A. Rhodes Arena 
Akron, OH
12/12/1987*
 Boston University L 81–89  1–5
 Convocation Center 
Athens, OH
12/15/1987*
 at Youngstown State W 68–60  2–5
 Beeghly Center 
Youngstown, OH
12/19/1987*
 at Vanderbilt L 77–93  2–6
 Memorial Gymnasium 
Nashville, TN
12/21/1987*
 at Tennessee W 72–70  3–6
 Thompson–Boling Arena 
Knoxville, TN
12/30/1987*
 UNC Wilmington W 72–60  4–6
 Convocation Center 
Athens, OH
1/2/1988*
 Bluffton W 79–66  5–6
 Convocation Center 
Athens, OH
MAC regular season
1/6/1988
 Toledo W 79–62  6–6
(1–0) 		Convocation Center 
Athens, OH
1/13/1988
 Kent State W 74–65  7–6
(2–0) 		Convocation Center 
Athens, OH
1/16/1988
 at Ball State W 58–51  8–6
(3–0) 		Irving Gymnasium 
Muncie, IN
1/20/1988
 Miami (OH) W 80–76  9–6
(4–0) 		Convocation Center 
Athens, OH
1/23/1988
 at Western Michigan L 68–71  9–7
(4–1) 		University Arena 
Kalamazoo, MI
1/27/1988
 at Bowling Green L 65–79  9–8
(4–2) 		Anderson Arena 
Bowling Green, OH
1/30/1988
 Central Michigan L 65–67  9–9
(4–3) 		Convocation Center 
Athens, OH
2/3/1988
 at Eastern Michigan L 92–109  9–10
(4–4) 		Bowen Field House 
Ypsilanti, MI
2/10/1988
 at Kent State L 71–72  10–10
(5–4) 		MAC Center 
Kent, OH
2/13/1988
 Ball State W 83–63  11–10
(6–4) 		Convocation Center 
Athens, OH
2/13/1988
 at Miami (OH) L 71–72  11–11
(6–5) 		Millett Hall 
Oxford, OH
2/20/1988
 Western Michigan W 95–87  12–11
(7–5) 		Convocation Center 
Athens, OH
2/24/1988
 Bowling Green W 83–70  13–11
(8–5) 		Convocation Center 
Athens, OH
2/27/1988
 Central Michigan L 61–64  13–12
(8–6) 		McGuirk Arena 
Mount Pleasant, MI
3/2/1988
 Eastern Michigan L 101–102  13–13
(8–7) 		Convocation Center 
Athens, OH
3/5/1988
 at Toledo W 106–95  14–13
(9–7) 		Savage Arena 
Toledo, OH
MAC Tournament
3/8/1988
 Bowling Green W 79–73  15–13
 Convocation Center 
Athens, OH
3/11/1988
 vs. Central Michigan W 64–62  16–13
 Centennial Hall 
Toledo, OH
3/12/1988
 vs. Eastern Michigan
Championship 		L 80–94  16–14
 Centennial Hall 
Toledo, OH
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.

Source: [1]

Statistics

Team statistics

Final 1987–88 statistics
Record Ohio OPP
Scoring 2364 2313
Scoring Average 78.80 77.10
Field goals – Att 893–1774 826–1710
3-pt. Field goals – Att 76–200 132–312
Free throws – Att 502–726 529–743
Rebounds 1109 947
Assists 539 435
Turnovers 467 472
Steals 173 199
Blocked Shots 77 73

Source[1]

Player statistics

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
Paul Graham 30 - - - 599 20.0 227 413 0.550 4 9 0.444 141 183 0.770 - - 153 5.1 80 102 73 40 15
Dave Jamerson 30 - - - 519 17.3 198 416 0.476 49 122 0.402 74 87 0.851 - - 115 3.8 86 68 65 17 2
John Rhodes 30 - - - 333 11.1 134 214 0.626 0 0 0.000 65 125 0.520 - - 281 9.4 47 107 60 18 39
Jamie Brock 30 - - - 171 5.7 71 123 0.577 0 0 0.000 29 58 0.500 - - 72 2.4 15 63 22 5 8
Marty Lehmann 30 - - - 171 5.7 58 133 0.436 0 1 0.000 55 71 0.775 - - 103 3.4 16 68 30 10 2
Reggie Rankin 30 - - - 164 5.5 69 146 0.473 5 12 0.417 21 27 0.778 - - 44 1.5 30 32 32 12 0
Dennis Whitaker 29 - - - 160 5.5 54 140 0.386 10 29 0.345 42 60 0.700 - - 81 2.8 199 70 97 60 6
George Reid 25 - - - 103 4.1 34 64 0.531 0 0 0.000 35 61 0.574 - - 67 2.7 10 69 40 4 4
Sean Jackson 28 - - - 73 2.6 22 65 0.338 8 27 0.296 21 22 0.955 - - 22 0.8 44 29 22 3 0
Ricky Cannon 25 - - - 64 2.6 24 55 0.436 0 0 0.000 16 27 0.593 - - 28 1.1 12 39 20 4 1
Brian Kocher 8 - - - 4 0.5 1 2 0.500 0 0 0.000 2 2 1.000 - - 2 0.3 0 2 2 0 0
John Beauford 2 - - - 3 1.5 1 3 0.333 0 0 0.000 0 1 0.000 - - 1 0.5 0 1 2 0 0
Total 30 - - - 2364 78.8 893 1774 0.503 76 200 0.380 502 726 0.691 1109 37.0 539 650 467 173 77
Opponents 30 - - - 2313 77.1 826 1710 0.483 132 312 0.423 529 743 0.712 947 31.6 435 636 472 199 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[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "1987-88 Ohio Bobcats Roster and Stats". Sports Reference.
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