American college basketball season
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
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
Source[ 5]
References