1997–98 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team
American college basketball season
The 1997–98 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University in the college basketball season of 1997–98 . The team was coached by Larry Hunter and played their home games at the Convocation Center .[1] [2] They finished the season 5–21 and finished tied for last in the MAC regular season with a conference record of 3–15. 21 losses is the most in Ohio history .[3]
Roster
1997–98 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team
Players
Coaches
Pos.
#
Name
Height
Weight
Year
Hometown
G/F
30
Sanjay Adell
6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
230 lb (104 kg)
Fr
Milwaukee, WI
F
44
Jason Bundy
6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
220 lb (100 kg)
So
Heath, OH
F
54
Ryan Connolly
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
215 lb (98 kg)
Fr
F
33
Basra Fakhir
6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
240 lb (109 kg)
So
East Cleveland, OH
G
12
Chet Feldman
6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
190 lb (86 kg)
Fr
Munroe Falls, OH
F
32
Diante Flenorl
6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
215 lb (98 kg)
So
Milwaukee, WI
G
4
Dustin Ford
5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
180 lb (82 kg)
Fr
Cambridge, OH
F
34
Seth Martin
6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
230 lb (104 kg)
Fr
Zanesville, OH
F
45
Chris Maul
6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
190 lb (86 kg)
Fr
Hilliard, OH
G
22
Jim Peterson
6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
215 lb (98 kg)
So
Beaver Falls, PA
G
10
Corey Reed
5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
175 lb (79 kg)
Jr
Milwaukee, WI
G
21
Steve Spears
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
210 lb (95 kg)
Fr
Galloway, OH
C
52
Nick Terry
6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)
260 lb (118 kg)
Fr
Mount Gilead, OH
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Mike Elfers
James Jones
Kevin Eckert
Legend
(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on
Roster Last update: July 4, 2014
Schedule
Date time, TV
Rank#
Opponent#
Result
Record
Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
11/29/1997 *
at Wright State
W 57–56 OT
1–0
12/2/1997 *
at Radford
L 63–72 OT
1–1
Dedmon Center Radford, VA
12/5/1997 *
vs. St. Bonaventure Marquette Tournament
L 46–59
1–2
12/6/1997 *
vs. Montana State Marquette Tournament
L 66–82
1–3
12/10/1997
at Kent State
L 52–63
1–4 (0–1)
Memorial Gym Kent, OH
12/13/1997 *
at West Virginia
L 63–89
1–5
WVU Coliseum Morgantown, WV
12/17/1997 *
Cal State Northridge
W 79–77
2–5
Convocation Center Athens, OH
12/20/1997
Akron
L 55–69
2–6 (0–2)
Convocation Center Athens, OH
12/23/1997 *
at No. 22 Rhode Island
L 72–85
2–7
Keaney Gymnasium Kingston, RI
12/30/1997 *7:00 pm, BBSN
No. 6 Kentucky
L 58–95
2–8
Convocation Center (13,083)Athens, OH
1/3/1998
at Eastern Michigan
L 64–85
2–9 (0–3)
Bowen Field House Ypsilanti, MI
1/5/1998
at Toledo
L 46–57
2–10 (0–4)
Savage Hall Toledo, OH
1/8/1998
Ball State
L 69–75
2–11 (0–5)
Convocation Center Athens, OH
1/10/1998
Northern Illinois
W 73–57
3–11 (1–5)
Convocation Center Athens, OH
1/17/1998
at Marshall
L 73–78
3-12 (1–6)
Cam Henderson Center Huntington, WV
1/21/1998
Bowling Green
L 58–71
3-13 (1–7)
Convocation Center Athens, OH
1/24/1998
at Miami (OH)
L 58–73
3–14 (1–8)
Millett Hall Oxford, OH
1/29/1998
at Northern Illinois
L 47–85
3–15 (1–9)
Chick Evans Field House DeKalb, IL
1/31/1998
at Ball State
L 57–106
3–16 (1–10)
University Arena Muncie, IN
2/5/1998
Central Michigan
W 122–121 2OT
4–16 (2–10)
Convocation Center Athens, OH
2/7/1998 3:00 pm
Western Michigan
L 68–86
4–17 (2–11)
Convocation Center Athens, OH
2/14/1998
Marshall
L 63–72
4–18 (2–12)
Convocation Center Athens, OH
2/18/1998
Miami (OH)
L 53–85
4–19 (2–13)
Convocation Center Athens, OH
2/21/1998
at Bowling Green
L 60–69
4–20 (2–14)
Anderson Arena Bowling Green, OH
2/23/1998
at Akron
L 65–86
4–21 (2–15)
Rhodes Arena Akron, OH
2/25/1998
Kent State
W 76–61
5–21 (3–15)
Convocation Center Athens, OH
*Non-conference game.
# Rankings from
AP Poll . (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in
Eastern Time .
Source:[4] [3]
Statistics
Team statistics
Final 1997–98 statistics
Record
Ohio
OPP
Scoring
1663
2014
Scoring Average
63.96
77.46
Field goals – Att
596–1452
681–1507
3-pt. Field goals – Att
117–399
160–420
Free throws – Att
354–558
492–687
Rebounds
961
938
Assists
326
356
Turnovers
509
348
Steals
122
254
Blocked Shots
60
79
Source[5]
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
Sanjay Adell
25
-
-
-
403
16.1
140
326
0.429
15
57
0.263
108
166
0.651
0
0
151
6
54
0
0
19
11
Jim Peterson
26
-
-
-
284
10.9
90
257
0.35
71
209
0.34
33
44
0.75
0
0
58
2.2
15
0
0
10
0
Diante Flenorl
25
-
-
-
280
11.2
117
261
0.448
3
14
0.214
43
80
0.538
0
0
197
7.9
50
0
0
14
19
Basra Fakhir
26
-
-
-
219
8.4
90
170
0.529
0
1
0
39
64
0.609
0
0
205
7.9
31
0
0
10
5
Dustin Ford
26
-
-
-
216
8.3
66
214
0.308
22
83
0.265
62
79
0.785
0
0
77
3
85
0
0
31
2
Seth Martin
26
-
-
-
117
4.5
48
95
0.505
0
0
0
21
45
0.467
0
0
73
2.8
16
0
0
9
5
Nick Terry
25
-
-
-
70
2.8
24
42
0.571
0
0
0
22
39
0.564
0
0
42
1.7
9
0
0
1
17
Chet Feldman
26
-
-
-
40
1.5
12
49
0.245
6
33
0.182
10
17
0.588
0
0
46
1.8
44
0
0
15
1
Corey Reed
5
-
-
-
27
5.4
7
27
0.259
0
1
0
13
20
0.65
0
0
17
3.4
22
0
0
12
0
Jason Bundy
8
-
-
-
5
0.6
1
5
0.2
0
0
0
3
4
0.75
0
0
4
0.5
0
0
0
1
0
Steve Spears
7
-
-
-
2
0.3
1
4
0.25
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
0.7
0
0
0
0
0
Ryan Connolly
2
-
-
-
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0.5
0
0
0
0
0
Chris Maul
3
-
-
-
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0.3
0
0
0
0
0
Total
26
-
-
-
1663
64.0
596
1452
0.410
117
399
0.293
354
558
0.634
378
583
961
37.0
326
556
509
122
60
Opponents
26
-
-
-
2014
77.5
681
1507
0.452
160
420
0.381
492
687
0.716
338
600
938
36.1
356
530
348
254
79
Source[5]
References