# 1994–95 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

The 1994–95 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University in the college basketball season of 1994–95. The team was coached by Larry Hunter and played their home games at the Convocation Center. The Bobcats won the 1994 Preseason NIT at Madison Square Garden, downing New Mexico State 84-80 in the championship game, and defeated Ohio State in Columbus in the same tournament.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site city, state |
| Regular Season ||||||
| Nov 16, 1994* | | at Ohio State Preseason NIT | W 78–67 | 1–0 | St. John Arena Columbus, Ohio |
| Nov 17, 1994* | | at No. 14 Virginia Preseason NIT | W 94–83 | 2–0 | University Hall Charlottesville, Virginia |
| Nov 18, 1994* | No. 23 | vs. George Washington Preseason NIT | W 82–76 | 3–0 | Madison Square Garden New York, New York |
| Nov 19, 1994* | No. 23 | vs. New Mexico State Preseason NIT | W 84–80 $^{OT}$ | 4–0 | Madison Square Garden New York, New York |
| Nov 30, 1994* | No. 14 | at No. 3 Kentucky | L 74–79 | 4–1 | Rupp Arena (24,212) Lexington, Kentucky |
| Dec 2, 1994* | No. 14 | vs. UC Irvine Hawkeye Invitational | W 81–72 $^{OT}$ | 5–1 | Carver-Hawkeye Arena (13,045) Iowa City, Iowa |
| Dec 3, 1994* | No. 14 | at Iowa Hawkeye Invitational | L 75–91 | 5–2 | Carver-Hawkeye Arena (14,563) Iowa City, Iowa |
| Dec 7, 1994* | No. 21 | Ohio Dominican | W 87–57 | 6–2 | Convocation Center Athens, Ohio |
| Dec 13, 1994* | No. 19 | Wright State | W 90–56 | 7–2 | Convocation Center Athens, Ohio |
| Dec 17, 1994* | No. 19 | at Xavier | L 71–90 | 7–3 | Cincinnati Gardens Cincinnati, Ohio |
| Dec 20, 1994* | | West Virginia | W 84–70 | 8–3 | Convocation Center Athens, Ohio |
| Dec 30, 1994* | | Duquesne | W 71–58 | 9–3 | Convocation Center Athens, Ohio |
| MAC Regular Season ||||||
| Jan 4, 1995 | | Ball State | W 65–59 | 10–3 (1–0) | Convocation Center Athens, Ohio |
| Jan 7, 1995 | | at Miami (OH) | L 55–64 | 10–4 (1–1) | Millett Hall Oxford, Ohio |
| Jan 11, 1995 | | Kent State | W 85–62 | 11–4 (2–1) | Convocation Center Athens, Ohio |
| Jan 14, 1995 | | Bowling Green | W 70–60 | 12–4 (3–1) | Convocation Center Athens, Ohio |
| Jan 18, 1995 | | at Toledo | W 73–72 | 13–4 (4–1) | Savage Hall Toledo, Ohio |
| Jan 21, 1995 | | Akron | W 81–61 | 14–4 (5–1) | Convocation Center Athens, Ohio |
| Jan 25, 1995 | | at Western Michigan | W 80–68 | 15–4 (6–1) | University Arena Kalamazoo, Michigan |
| Jan 28, 1995 | | Central Michigan | W 96–59 | 16–4 (7–1) | Convocation Center Athens, Ohio |
| Feb 1, 1995 | | at Eastern Michigan | L 79–85 | 16–5 (7–2) | Bowen Field House Ypsilanti, Michigan |
| Feb 4, 1995 | | Miami (OH) | L 69–80 | 16–6 (7–3) | Convocation Center Athens, Ohio |
| Feb 8, 1995 | | at Kent State | W 75–64 | 17–6 (8–3) | Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center Kent, Ohio |
| Feb 11, 1995 | | at Bowling Green | L 68–79 | 17–7 (8–4) | Anderson Arena Bowling Green, Ohio |
| Feb 15, 1995 | | Toledo | W 89–62 | 18–7 (9–4) | Convocation Center Athens, Ohio |
| Feb 18, 1995 | | at Akron | W 75–58 | 19–7 (10–4) | James A. Rhodes Arena Akron, Ohio |
| Feb 22, 1995 | | Western Michigan | W 91–77 | 20–7 (10–4) | Convocation Center Athens, Ohio |
| Feb 25, 1995 | | at Central Michigan | W 78–53 | 21–7 (11–4) | Rose Arena Mount Pleasant, Michigan |
| Mar 1, 1995 | | Eastern Michigan | W 75–60 | 22–7 (12–4) | Convocation Center Athens, Ohio |
| Mar 4, 1995 | | at Ball State | L 85–96 | 22–8 (12–6) | Worthen Arena Muncie, Indiana |
| MAC Tournament ||||||
| Mar 7, 1995* | | Western Michigan MAC Tournament Quarterfinal | W 72–56 | 23–8 | Convocation Center Athens, Ohio |
| Mar 10, 1995* | | vs. Eastern Michigan MAC Tournament Semifinal | L 72–78 | 23–9 | John F. Savage Hall Toledo, Ohio |
| National Invitation Tournament ||||||
| Mar 16, 1995* | | George Washington First Round | W 83–71 | 24–9 | Convocation Center Athens, Ohio |
| Mar 21, 1995* | | at Iowa Second Round | L 62–66 | 24–10 | Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, Iowa |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. ||||||

## Statistics
### Team statistics

    Final 1993–94 statistics
| Record | Ohio | OPP |
| Scoring | 2649 | 2369 |
| Scoring Average | 77.91 | 69.68 |
| Field goals – Att | 945–2017 | 818–2043 |
| 3-pt. Field goals – Att | 178–528 | 188–582 |
| Free throws – Att | 581–876 | 545–805 |
| Rebounds | 1410 | 1187 |
| Assists | 524 | 440 |
| Turnovers | 516 | 447 |
| Steals | 186 | 272 |
| Blocked Shots | 134 | 89 |
Source

### Player statistics

| | | | Minutes | Minutes | Scoring | Scoring | Total FGs | Total FGs | Total FGs | 3-point FGs | 3-point FGs | 3-point FGs | Free-Throws | Free-Throws | Free-Throws | Rebounds | Rebounds | Rebounds | 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 |
| Gary Trent | 33 | - | - | - | 757 | 22.9 | 293 | 556 | 0.527 | 8 | 35 | 0.229 | 163 | 254 | 0.642 | - | - | 423 | 12.8 | 79 | 75 | 115 | 20 | 26 |
| Geno Ford | 33 | - | - | - | 371 | 11.2 | 116 | 279 | 0.416 | 48 | 131 | 0.366 | 91 | 118 | 0.771 | - | - | 68 | 2.1 | 90 | 93 | 60 | 42 | 0 |
| Curtis Simmons | 34 | - | - | - | 365 | 10.7 | 143 | 262 | 0.546 | 10 | 21 | 0.476 | 69 | 100 | 0.69 | - | - | 237 | 7 | 73 | 82 | 0 | 43 | 15 |
| Gus Johnson | 33 | - | - | - | 315 | 9.5 | 91 | 262 | 0.347 | 73 | 216 | 0.338 | 60 | 79 | 0.759 | - | - | 74 | 2.2 | 44 | 72 | 31 | 35 | 3 |
| Jason Terry | 34 | - | - | - | 301 | 8.9 | 109 | 186 | 0.586 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 83 | 129 | 0.643 | - | - | 156 | 4.6 | 21 | 88 | 60 | 1 | 73 |
| Mike Reese | 34 | - | - | - | 145 | 4.3 | 53 | 139 | 0.381 | 12 | 40 | 0.3 | 27 | 36 | 0.75 | - | - | 103 | 3 | 112 | 79 | 59 | 19 | 5 |
| Ed Sears | 34 | - | - | - | 145 | 4.3 | 53 | 108 | 0.491 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 72 | 0.542 | - | - | 82 | 2.4 | 13 | 65 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| Jeff Boals | 20 | - | - | - | 104 | 5.2 | 42 | 100 | 0.42 | 4 | 19 | 0.211 | 16 | 30 | 0.533 | - | - | 88 | 4.4 | 63 | 56 | 45 | 9 | 1 |
| Jim Peterson | 27 | - | - | - | 84 | 3.1 | 27 | 73 | 0.37 | 22 | 57 | 0.386 | 8 | 15 | 0.533 | - | - | 15 | 0.6 | 6 | 20 | 8 | 0 | 1 |
| Ryan Greenwood | 26 | - | - | - | 32 | 1.2 | 10 | 25 | 0.4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 23 | 0.522 | - | - | 46 | 1.8 | 15 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 4 |
| Josh Stivison | 13 | - | - | - | 16 | 1.2 | 6 | 18 | 0.333 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 0.5 | - | - | 8 | 0.6 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Chet Feldman | 18 | - | - | - | 14 | 0.8 | 2 | 9 | 0.222 | 1 | 5 | 0.2 | 9 | 12 | 0.75 | - | - | 9 | 0.5 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 0 |
| Total | 34 | - | - | - | 2649 | 77.9 | 945 | 2017 | 0.469 | 178 | 528 | 0.337 | 581 | 876 | 0.663 | | | 1410 | 41.5 | 524 | 661 | 516 | 186 | 134 |
| Opponents | 33 | - | - | - | 2369 | 71.8 | 818 | 2043 | 0.400 | 188 | 582 | 0.323 | 545 | 805 | 0.667 | | | 1187 | 36.0 | 440 | 745 | 447 | 272 | 89 |
Source

## Awards and honors

* Gary Trent – MAC Player of the Year (3x)

## Team players drafted into the NBA

| Round | Pick | Player | NBA Club |
| 1 | 11 | Gary Trent | Milwaukee Bucks |