# 1986–87 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

The 1986–87 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University as a member of the Mid-American Conference in the college basketball season of 1986–87. The team was coached by Billy Hahn in his first season at Ohio. They played their home games at Convocation Center. The Bobcats finished with a record of 14–14 and finished sixth in MAC regular season with a conference record of 7–9.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/29/1986* | Tri-State | W 97–74 | 1–0 | |
| 12/1/1986* | Akron | W 81–79 | 2–0 | |
| 12/3/1986* | at Robert Morris | L 56–58 | 2–1 | |
| 12/6/1986* | at Ohio State | L 75–96 | 2–2 | |
| 12/8/1986* | Hofstra | W 84–70 | 3–2 | |
| 12/10/1986* | at Marshall | L 68–78 | 3–3 | Cam Henderson Center Huntington, WV |
| 12/13/1986 | at Bowling Green | L 63–75 | 3–4 (0–1) | |
| 12/17/1986* | Youngstown State | W 82–63 | 4–4 | |
| 12/19/1986* | at No. 1 UNLV Rebel Round-Up | L 81–105 | 4–5 | Thomas & Mack Center Las Vegas, NV |
| 12/20/1986* | vs. Duquesne Rebel Round-Up | W 87–85 | 5–5 | Thomas & Mack Center Las Vegas, NV |
| 12/29/1986* | Wagner | W 77–72 | 6–5 | |
| 1/3/1987 | Eastern Michigan | W 60–59 | 7–5 (1–1) | |
| 1/7/1987 | at Toledo | W 75–72 | 8–5 (2–1) | |
| 1/14/1987 | at Kent State | W 80–78 | 9–5 (3–1) | |
| 1/17/1987 | Ball State | L 82–86 | 9-6 (3–2) | |
| 1/21/1987 | at Miami (OH) | L 67–77 | 9-7 (3–3) | |
| 1/24/1987 | Western Michigan | L 80–87 | 9–8 (3–4) | |
| 1/28/1987 | Central Michigan | L 61–70 | 9–9 (3–5) | |
| 1/31/1987 | at Eastern Michigan | L 67–81 | 9–10 (3–6) | |
| 2/4/1987 | Toledo | W 72–70 $^{OT}$ | 10–10 (4–6) | |
| 2/7/1987* | Anderson | W 74–67 | 11–10 | |
| 2/11/1987 | Kent State | L 62–63 | 11–11 (4–7) | |
| 2/14/1987 | at Ball State | W 52–49 | 12–11 (5–7) | |
| 2/18/1987 | Miami (OH) | W 60–47 | 13–11 (6–7) | |
| 2/21/1987 | at Western Michigan | W 70–57 | 14–11 (7–7) | |
| 2/25/1987 | at Central Michigan | L 50–75 | 14–12 (7–8) | |
| 2/28/1987 | Bowling Green | L 53–56 | 14–13 (7–9) | |
| MAC Tournament ||||||
| 3/5/1987 | vs. Bowling Green Quarterfinal | L 51–52 | 14–14 (7–10) | |
| *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 1986–87 statistics
| Record | Ohio | OPP |
| Scoring | 1967 | 2001 |
| Scoring Average | 70.25 | 71.46 |
| Field goals – Att | 771–1662 | 762–1634 |
| 3-pt. Field goals – Att | 53–183 | 82–226 |
| Free throws – Att | 372–604 | 395–589 |
| Rebounds | 1033 | 981 |
| Assists | 413 | 373 |
| Turnovers | 454 | 460 |
| Steals | 191 | 206 |
| Blocked Shots | 70 | 58 |
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### 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 |
| Paul Graham | 22 | - | - | - | 465 | 21.1 | 187 | 391 | 0.478 | 10 | 39 | 0.256 | 81 | 109 | 0.743 | - | - | 118 | 5.4 | 54 | 82 | 68 | 55 | 11 |
| Reggie Rankin | 28 | - | - | - | 282 | 10.1 | 124 | 319 | 0.389 | 19 | 59 | 0.322 | 15 | 28 | 0.536 | - | - | 67 | 2.4 | 34 | 33 | 47 | 9 | 0 |
| John Rhodes | 28 | - | - | - | 280 | 10.0 | 114 | 196 | 0.582 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 52 | 97 | 0.536 | - | - | 228 | 8.1 | 34 | 99 | 49 | 13 | 29 |
| Marty Lehmann | 27 | - | - | - | 271 | 10.0 | 104 | 243 | 0.428 | 0 | 3 | 0.000 | 63 | 89 | 0.708 | - | - | 147 | 5.4 | 22 | 57 | 55 | 20 | 8 |
| Rich Stanfel | 28 | - | - | - | 215 | 7.7 | 77 | 132 | 0.583 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 61 | 108 | 0.565 | - | - | 186 | 6.6 | 15 | 74 | 39 | 12 | 13 |
| Roger Smith | 28 | - | - | - | 158 | 5.6 | 56 | 139 | 0.403 | 8 | 30 | 0.267 | 38 | 59 | 0.644 | - | - | 64 | 2.3 | 123 | 66 | 93 | 37 | 4 |
| Dennis Whitaker | 28 | - | - | - | 128 | 4.6 | 44 | 110 | 0.400 | 8 | 31 | 0.258 | 32 | 48 | 0.667 | - | - | 36 | 1.3 | 119 | 57 | 78 | 35 | 2 |
| George Reid | 24 | - | - | - | 81 | 3.4 | 29 | 65 | 0.446 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 23 | 48 | 0.479 | - | - | 49 | 2.0 | 0 | 46 | 13 | 8 | 3 |
| Steve Bruning | 10 | - | - | - | 60 | 6.0 | 24 | 48 | 0.500 | 8 | 20 | 0.400 | 4 | 8 | 0.500 | - | - | 12 | 1.2 | 11 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| Jamie Brock | 14 | - | - | - | 25 | 1.8 | 11 | 16 | 0.688 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 3 | 8 | 0.375 | - | - | 10 | 0.7 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Nick Davis | 5 | - | - | - | 2 | 0.4 | 1 | 3 | 0.333 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 2 | 0.000 | - | - | 2 | 0.4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 28 | - | - | - | 1967 | 70.3 | 771 | 1662 | 0.464 | 53 | 183 | 0.290 | 372 | 604 | 0.616 | | | 1033 | 36.9 | 413 | 543 | 454 | 191 | 70 |
| Opponents | 28 | - | - | - | 2001 | 71.5 | 762 | 1634 | 0.466 | 82 | 226 | 0.363 | 395 | 589 | 0.671 | | | 981 | 35.0 | 373 | 562 | 460 | 206 | 58 |
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