1988–89 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

1988–89 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball
1988–89 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball
Conference	Mid-American Conference
Record	12–17 (6–10 MAC)
Head coach	Billy Hahn (3rd season);
Home arena	Convocation Center
	Seasons ← 1987–88 1989–90 →

1988–89 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 18 Ball State †	14	–	2	.875	29	–	3	.906
Kent State	12	–	4	.750	21	–	10	.677
Toledo	11	–	5	.688	18	–	13	.581
Eastern Michigan	8	–	8	.500	17	–	12	.586
Central Michigan	7	–	9	.438	13	–	15	.464
Bowling Green	7	–	9	.438	13	–	15	.464
Western Michigan	6	–	10	.375	12	–	16	.429
Ohio	6	–	10	.375	13	–	16	.448
Miami (OH)	1	–	15	.063	5	–	23	.179

† 1989 MAC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

The 1988–89 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University in the college basketball season of 1988–89. The team was coached by Billy Hahn and played their home games at the Convocation Center.

Schedule[edit]

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
11/26/1988*	Capital	W 81–67	1–0	Convocation Center Athens, OH
11/29/1988*	at UNC Wilmington	L 68–75	1–1	Trask Coliseum Wilmington, NC
12/3/1988*	at Boston University	L 74–80	1–2	Case Gym Boston, MA
12/7/1988*	Morehead State	W 87–72	2–2	Convocation Center Athens, OH
12/14/1988*	at Marshall	L 93–104	2–3	Cam Henderson Center Huntington, WV
12/16/1988*	vs. Drexel Walsworth Show-Me Classic	W 90–78	3–3	Hearnes Center (12,408) Columbia, MO
12/17/1988*	at No. 10 Missouri Walsworth Show-Me Classic	L 85–113	3–4	Hearnes Center Columbia, MO
12/19/1988*	at Youngstown St.	W 90–86	4–4	Convocation Center Athens, OH
12/31/1988*	E. Kentucky	W 96–77	5–4	Convocation Center Athens, OH
MAC regular season
1/4/1989	at Kent State	L 86–95	5–5	MAC Center Kent, OH
1/7/1989*	Ball State	W 71–57	6–5	Convocation Center Athens, OH
1/11/1989	at Miami (OH)	W 80–74	7–5	Millett Hall Oxford, OH
1/14/1989	W. Michigan	L 90–91	7–6	Convocation Center Athens, OH
1/18/1989	E. Michigan	W 86–80	8–6	Convocation Center Athens, OH
1/21/1989	at C. Michigan	L 69–79	8–7	McGuirk Arena Mount Pleasant, MI
1/25/1989	Bowling Green	L 50–56	8–8	Convocation Center Athens, OH
1/28/1989	at Toledo	L 67–71	8–9	Savage Arena Toledo, OH
1/31/1989	Akron	W 76–72	9–9	Convocation Center Athens, OH
2/4/1989	at Ball State	L 70–80	9–10	Irving Gymnasium Muncie, IN
2/8/1989	Miami (OH)	W Forfeit	10–10	Convocation Center Athens, OH
2/11/1989	W. Michigan	L 81–85	10–11	University Arena Kalamazoo, MI
2/15/1989	at E. Michigan	W 81–68	11–11	Bowen Field House Ypsilanti, MI
2/18/1989	C. Michigan	L 60–62	11–12	Convocation Center Athens, OH
2/22/1989	at Bowling Green	L 68–73 ^OT	11–13	Anderson Arena Bowling Green, OH
2/25/1989	Toledo	W 77–74	12–13	Convocation Center Athens, OH
2/27/1989*	Evansville	L 68–95	12–14	Roberts Municipal Stadium Evansville, IN
3/4/1989	at Kent State	L 70–86	12–15	Convocation Center Athens, OH
MAC Tournament
3/10/1989	vs. W. Michigan	W 61–55	13–15	Centennial Hall Toledo, OH
3/10/1989	vs. No. 19 Ball State	L 46–62	13–16	Centennial Hall Toledo, OH
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

Statistics[edit]

Team statistics[edit]

Final 1988–89 statistics

Record	Ohio	OPP
Scoring	2201	2250
Scoring Average	75.90	77.59
Field goals – Att	816–1721	781–1636
3-pt. Field goals – Att	127–338	147–369
Free throws – Att	442–600	541–744
Rebounds	1012	970
Assists	434	421
Turnovers	428	387
Steals	179	186
Blocked Shots	88	84

Source^[1]

Player statistics[edit]

			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	29	-	-	-	645	22.2	224	431	0.520	21	46	0.457	176	217	0.811	-	-	203	7.0	98	0	76	60	27
Dave Jamerson	29	-	-	-	551	19.0	200	413	0.484	59	145	0.407	92	107	0.860	-	-	136	4.7	82	77	67	35	3
John Beauford	27	-	-	-	317	11.7	127	282	0.450	8	30	0.267	55	79	0.696	-	-	169	6.3	5	0	52	5	33
Dennis Whitaker	27	-	-	-	186	6.9	66	157	0.420	15	43	0.349	39	55	0.709	-	-	86	3.2	148	0	0	43	13
Nate Craig	29	-	-	-	169	5.8	58	137	0.423	13	49	0.265	40	57	0.702	-	-	76	2.6	37	0	0	17	2
Lorenzo Bryant	26	-	-	-	156	6.0	69	136	0.507	0	1	0.000	18	29	0.621	-	-	95	3.7	16	0	0	1	4
Reggie Rankin	13	-	-	-	58	4.5	25	58	0.431	4	11	0.364	4	8	0.500	-	-	25	1.9	15	0	0	2	0
Rick Hoffman	23	-	-	-	39	1.7	16	34	0.471	0	0	0.000	7	11	0.636	-	-	30	1.3	5	0	0	7	2
Tom Jamerson	22	-	-	-	35	1.6	13	24	0.542	6	12	0.500	3	7	0.429	-	-	32	1.5	19	0	0	5	0
George Reid	24	-	-	-	34	1.4	15	39	0.385	0	0	0.000	4	22	0.182	-	-	45	1.9	5	0	0	3	4
Enrico Rau	13	-	-	-	8	0.6	2	9	0.222	0	0	0.000	4	8	0.500	-	-	11	0.8	3	0	0	1	0
Jerry Hammond	2	-	-	-	3	1.5	1	1	1.000	1	1	1.000	0	0	0.000	-	-	1	0.5	1	0	0	0	0
Total	29	-	-	-	2201	75.9	816	1721	0.474	127	338	0.376	442	600	0.737			1012	34.9	434	639	428	179	88
Opponents	29	-	-	-	2250	77.6	781	1636	0.477	147	369	0.398	541	744	0.727			970	33.4	421	553	387	186	84

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]

Awards and honors[edit]

Paul Graham – MAC Player of the Year

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "1988-89 Ohio Bobcats Roster and Stats". Sports Reference.

General

Ohio Record Book Archived 2015-12-22 at the Wayback Machine

[stats-1] "1988-89 Ohio Bobcats Roster and Stats". Sports Reference.

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