1989–90 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

1989–90 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball
1989–90 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball
Conference	Mid-American Conference
Record	12–16 (5–11 MAC)
Head coach	Larry Hunter (1st season);
Home arena	Convocation Center
	Seasons ← 1988–89 1990–91 →

1989–90 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Ball State†	13	–	3	.813	26	–	7	.788
Kent State	12	–	4	.750	21	–	8	.724
Miami	9	–	7	.563	14	–	15	.483
Bowling Green	9	–	7	.563	18	–	11	.621
Eastern Michigan	8	–	8	.500	19	–	13	.594
Toledo	7	–	9	.438	12	–	16	.429
Central Michigan	6	–	10	.375	13	–	17	.433
Ohio	5	–	11	.313	12	–	16	.429
Western Michigan	3	–	13	.188	9	–	18	.333

† 1990 MAC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

The 1989–90 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University in the college basketball season of 1989–90. The team was coached by Larry Hunter in his first season 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
11/25/1989*	Rider	W 79–60	1–0	Convocation Center Athens, OH
11/28/1989*	Kentucky	L 73–76	1–1	Rupp Arena Lexington, KY
12/1/1989*	at Iowa Amanda Hawkeye Classic	L 49–75	1–2	Carver–Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
12/2/1989*	vs. Bradley Amanda Hawkeye Classic	W 72–53	2–2	Carver–Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
12/9/1989*	Marshall	W 72–63	3–2	Convocation Center Athens, OH
12/11/1989*	at Akron	L 60–66	3–3	James A. Rhodes Arena Akron, OH
12/14/1989*	E. Kentucky	W 53–52	4–3	Alumni Coliseum Richmond, KY
12/18/1989*	at Youngstown St.	W 96–95	5–3	Beeghly Center Youngstown, OH
12/21/1989*	Charleston	W 110–81	6–3	Convocation Center Athens, OH
12/29/1989*	vs. Washington St. Volunteer Classic	L 69–72	6–4	Thompson–Boling Arena Knoxville, TN
12/30/1989*	vs. Fordham Volunteer Classic	W 79–73	7–4	Thompson–Boling Arena Knoxville, TN
MAC regular season
1/3/1990	Miami (OH)	L 72–87	7–5	Convocation Center Athens, OH
1/6/1990	W. Michigan	L 72–81	7–6	Read Fieldhouse Kalamazoo, MI
1/10/1990	at Toledo	L 66–86	7–7	Savage Arena Toledo, OH
1/13/1990	C. Michigan	L 88–100	7–8	Convocation Center Athens, OH
1/17/1990	at Bowling Green	W 65–61	8–8	Anderson Arena Bowling Green, OH
1/20/1990	E. Michigan	W 70–52	9–8	Convocation Center Athens, OH
1/27/1990	Kent State	L 63–74	9–9	Convocation Center Athens, OH
1/31/1990	at Ball State	L 61–71	9–10	Irving Gymnasium Muncie, IN
2/3/1990	W. Michigan	W 67–66	10–10	Convocation Center Athens, OH
2/7/1990	Toledo	W 76–71	11–10	Convocation Center Athens, OH
2/10/1990	at C. Michigan	W 60–57	12–10	McGuirk Arena Mount Pleasant, MI
2/14/1990	Bowling Green	L 60–75	12–11	Convocation Center Athens, OH
2/17/1990	at E. Michigan	L 63–79	12–12	Bowen Field House Ypsilanti, MI
2/24/1990	at Kent State	L 78–83	12–13	MAC Center Kent, OH
2/28/1990	Ball State	L 60–77	12–14	Convocation Center Athens, OH
3/3/1990	at Miami (OH)	L 76–93	12–15	Millett Hall Oxford, OH
MAC Tournament
3/9/1990	vs. Ball State	L 70–77	12–16	Cobo Center Detroit, MI
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

Source: [1]

Statistics[edit]

Team statistics[edit]

Final 1989–90 statistics

Record	Ohio	OPP
Scoring	1979	2062
Scoring Average	70.68	73.64
Field goals – Att	712–1689	710–1507
3-pt. Field goals – Att	171–447	149–346
Free throws – Att	384–577	493–692
Rebounds	996	1030
Assists	379	384
Turnovers	308	357
Steals	141	131
Blocked Shots	38	92

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
Dave Jamerson	28	-	-	-	874	31.2	297	647	0.459	131	303	0.432	149	177	0.842	-	-	179	6.4	49	72	64	24	8
Dennis Whitaker	28	-	-	-	279	10.0	96	267	0.360	16	56	0.286	71	115	0.617	-	-	150	5.4	185	0	0	59	5
Nate Craig	28	-	-	-	214	7.6	85	228	0.373	11	39	0.282	33	65	0.508	-	-	135	4.8	62	0	0	30	5
Chad Gill	27	-	-	-	149	5.5	49	141	0.348	2	6	0.333	49	86	0.570	-	-	117	4.3	14	0	0	6	4
Steve Barnes	11	-	-	-	96	8.7	40	77	0.519	0	1	0.000	16	25	0.640	-	-	60	5.5	10	0	0	5	9
Jeff Hoeppner	27	-	-	-	86	3.2	28	64	0.438	4	16	0.250	26	41	0.634	-	-	44	1.6	10	0	0	1	0
Jerry Lebold	26	-	-	-	79	3.0	30	55	0.545	0	0	0.000	19	32	0.594	-	-	76	2.9	19	0	0	6	4
Rick Hoffman	27	-	-	-	70	2.6	30	63	0.476	0	0	0.000	10	18	0.556	-	-	69	2.6	15	0	0	4	2
Reggie Rankin	25	-	-	-	70	2.8	32	97	0.330	6	22	0.273	0	0	0.000	-	-	33	1.3	6	0	0	3	0
Lorenzo Bryant	4	-	-	-	34	8.5	15	26	0.577	0	0	0.000	4	7	0.571	-	-	14	3.5	3	0	0	0	1
Tom Jamerson	10	-	-	-	28	2.8	10	19	0.526	1	4	0.250	7	11	0.636	-	-	12	1.2	6	0	0	3	0
Alonzo Motley	0	-	-	-	0	0.0	0	0	0.000	0	0	0.000	0	0	0.000	-	-	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Martin Scanlon	8	-	-	-	0	0.0	0	5	0.000	0	0	0.000	0	0	0.000	-	-	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
Total	28	-	-	-	1979	70.7	712	1689	0.422	171	447	0.383	384	577	0.666			996	35.6	379	593	308	141	38
Opponents	28	-	-	-	2062	73.6	710	1507	0.471	149	346	0.430	493	692	0.712			1030	36.8	384	556	357	131	92

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[edit]

^ ^a ^b "1989-90 Ohio Bobcats Roster and Stats". Sports Reference.

General

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

[stats-1] "1989-90 Ohio Bobcats Roster and Stats". Sports Reference.

[1]

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