# 1998–99 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

The 1998–99 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University in the college basketball season of 1998–99. The team was coached by Larry Hunter and played their home games at the Convocation Center.

## Schedule and results

Source:
| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Regular Season ||||||
| 11/28/98* 3:00 pm | Wilmington | W 107–56 | 1–0 | Convocation Center (2,912) Athens, OH |
| 12/2/98 7:00 pm | Bowling Green | W 64–57 | 2–0 (1–0) | Convocation Center (4,415) Athens, OH |
| 12/4/98* 8:00 pm | at No. 12 Syracuse Carrier Classic 1st Round | W 61–55 | 3–0 (1–0) | Carrier Dome (19,327) Syracuse, NY |
| 12/5/98* 8:00 pm | vs. Illinois-Chicago Carrier Classic Championship Game | W 78–69 | 4–0 (1–0) | Carrier Dome (19,903) Syracuse, NY |
| 12/8/98* 7:55 pm | at Cleveland State | L 61–64 | 4–1 (1–0) | Wolstein Center (5,327) Cleveland, OH |
| 12/12/98* 3:00 pm | Rhode Island | L 73–85 | 4–2 (1–0) | Convocation Center (7,486) Athens, OH |
| 12/15/98 8:05 pm | at Northern Illinois | W 86–58 | 5–2 (2–0) | Convocation Center (7,486) DeKalb, IL |
| 12/17/98* 7:00 pm | West Virginia | W 90–72 | 6–2 (2–0) | Convocation Center (7,862) Athens, OH |
| 12/22/98 7:00 pm | Ball State | W 76–64 | 7–2 (3–0) | Convocation Center (4,096) Athens, OH |
| 12/28/98* 7:30 pm | at Central Florida | W 94–66 | 8–2 (3–0) | UCF Arena (1,191) Orlando, FL |
| 12/30/98* 7:30 pm | at George Washington | L 65–76 | 8–3 (3–0) | Charles E. Smith Center (3,123) Washington, DC |
| 1/2/99 3:00 pm | Central Michigan | W 78–72 | 9–3 (4–0) | Convocation Center (4,861) Athens, OH |
| 1/6/99 8:00 pm | at Western Michigan | W 96–76 | 10–3 (5–0) | University Arena (1,886) Kalamazoo, MI |
| 1/9/99 2:00 pm | at Toledo | L 60–74 | 10–4 (5–1) | Savage Arena (6,131) Toledo, OH |
| 1/13/99 7:00 pm | Eastern Michigan | W 79–67 | 11–4 (6–1) | Convocation Center (7,231) Athens, OH |
| 1/16/99 12:00 pm | Buffalo | W 90–50 | 12–4 (7–1) | Convocation Center (7,768) Athens, OH |
| 1/20/99 8:00 pm | at Akron | L 87–94 | 12–5 (7–2) | Rhodes Arena (3,403) Akron, OH |
| 1/23/99 1:00 pm | at Bowling Green | W 75–68 | 13–5 (8–2) | Anderson Arena (4,182) Bowling Green, OH |
| 1/27/99 7:00 pm | at Kent State | L 70–71 | 13–6 (8–3) | MAC Center (3,175) Kent, OH |
| 1/30/99 7:00 pm | Marshall | W 86–73 | 14–6 (9–3) | Convocation Center (10,189) Athens, OH |
| 2/3/99 7:00 pm | at Miami (OH) | L 54–69 | 14–7 (9–4) | Millett Hall (7,675) Oxford, OH |
| 2/6/99 3:30 pm | at Central Michigan | L 67–70 | 14–8 (9–5) | McGuirk Arena (3,873) Mount Pleasant, MI |
| 2/13/99 12:00 pm | Western Michigan | W 74–55 | 15–8 (10–5) | Convocation Center (5,516) Athens, OH |
| 2/17/99 7:05 pm | at Eastern Michigan | W 67–57 | 16–8 (11–5) | Convocation Center (1,501) Ypsilanti, Michigan |
| 2/20/99 3:00 pm | Kent State | L 77–86 | 16–9 (11–6) | Convocation Center (12,128) Athens, OH |
| 2/24/99 7:00 pm | Akron | W 85–64 | 17–9 (12–6) | Convocation Center (5,593) Athens, OH |
| MAC Tournament ||||||
| 2/27/99 7:00 pm | Toledo | W 70–60 | 18–9 (12–6) | Convocation Center (5,319) Athens, OH |
| 3/2/99 9:00 pm | vs. Kent State | L 57–68 | 18–10 (12–6) | SeaGate Convention Centre (4,520) Toledo, OH |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern. ||||||

## Statistics
### Team statistics

    Final 1998–99 statistics
| Record | Ohio | OPP |
| Scoring | 2127 | 1897 |
| Scoring Average | 75.96 | 67.75 |
| Field goals – Att | 732–1564 | 643–1584 |
| 3-pt. Field goals – Att | 159–474 | 148–437 |
| Free throws – Att | 504–731 | 463–643 |
| Rebounds | 1096 | 914 |
| Assists | 448 | 314 |
| Turnovers | 473 | 438 |
| Steals | 215 | 246 |
| Blocked Shots | 103 | 67 |
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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 |
| Ladrell Whitehead | 28 | - | - | - | 529 | 18.9 | 171 | 427 | 0.4 | 67 | 204 | 0.328 | 120 | 149 | 0.805 | 0 | 0 | 94 | 3.4 | 88 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 2 |
| Sanjay Adell | 28 | - | - | - | 446 | 15.9 | 148 | 300 | 0.493 | 38 | 91 | 0.418 | 112 | 163 | 0.687 | 0 | 0 | 172 | 6.1 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 12 |
| Shaun Stonerook | 28 | - | - | - | 380 | 13.6 | 119 | 217 | 0.548 | 14 | 49 | 0.286 | 128 | 190 | 0.674 | 0 | 0 | 256 | 9.1 | 101 | 0 | 100 | 59 | 17 |
| Diante Flenorl | 28 | - | - | - | 276 | 9.9 | 121 | 250 | 0.484 | 2 | 8 | 0.25 | 32 | 64 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 174 | 6.2 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 23 |
| Dustin Ford | 28 | - | - | - | 154 | 5.5 | 44 | 122 | 0.361 | 31 | 92 | 0.337 | 35 | 44 | 0.795 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 2.4 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 3 |
| Patrick Flomo | 28 | - | - | - | 150 | 5.4 | 60 | 90 | 0.667 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 49 | 0.612 | 0 | 0 | 118 | 4.2 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 27 |
| Corey Reed | 27 | - | - | - | 99 | 3.7 | 37 | 86 | 0.43 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 25 | 37 | 0.676 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 1.9 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 7 |
| Nick Terry | 22 | - | - | - | 40 | 1.8 | 13 | 21 | 0.619 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 19 | 0.737 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 1.4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| Jason Crawford | 28 | - | - | - | 39 | 1.4 | 13 | 36 | 0.361 | 5 | 18 | 0.278 | 8 | 16 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0.8 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| Jeremy Thrapp | 11 | - | - | - | 14 | 1.3 | 6 | 15 | 0.4 | 2 | 6 | 0.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 28 | - | - | - | 2127 | 76.0 | 732 | 1564 | 0.468 | 159 | 474 | 0.335 | 504 | 731 | 0.689 | 374 | 722 | 1096 | 39.1 | 448 | 567 | 473 | 215 | 103 |
| Opponents | 28 | - | - | - | 1897 | 67.8 | 643 | 1584 | 0.406 | 148 | 437 | 0.339 | 463 | 643 | 0.720 | 336 | 578 | 914 | 32.6 | 314 | 592 | 438 | 246 | 67 |
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