# 1978–79 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

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. They played their home games at Convocation Center. The Bobcats finished with a record of 16–11 and third in the MAC regular season with a conference record of 10–6.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record |
| 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. ||||||
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## 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 |
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### Player statistics

| | | | Minutes | Minutes | Scoring | Scoring | Total FGs | Total FGs | Total FGs | Free-Throws | Free-Throws | Free-Throws | Rebounds | 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 |
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