1978–79 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

1978–79 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball
1978–79 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball
Conference	Mid-American Conference
Record	16–11 (10–6 MAC)
Head coach	Dale Bandy (5th season);
Home arena	Convocation Center
	Seasons ← 1977–78 1979–80 →

1978–79 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	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

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record
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
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

			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

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

[1] "Dale Bandy". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 9, 2022.

[2] "Convocation Center". Ohio University. Retrieved February 10, 2022.

[SR-3] "1978-79 Ohio Bobcats Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 10, 2022.

[4] "Ohio Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Ohio University Athletics.

[stats-5] "1978-79 Ohio Bobcats Roster and Stats". Sports Reference.

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