# 2003–04 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

The 2003–04 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University in the college basketball season of 2003–04. The team was coached by Tim O'Shea and played their home games at the Convocation Center. They finished the season 10–20 and 7–11 in MAC play to finish last in the MAC East.

## Preseason

The preseason poll was announced by the league office on October 23, 2003.

### Preseason men's basketball poll

Northern Illinois was picked by the media to win the West Division while Miami was tabbed as the favorite in the East.

## Schedule and results

Source:
| Date time, TV | Opponent | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Regular Season |||||
| 11/15/03* 2:00 pm, no | vs. Mercer Black Coaches Association Classic | L 64–67 | 0–1 | Cintas Center (651) Cincinnati, Ohio |
| 11/15/03* 2:00 pm, no | vs. Coppin State Black Coaches Association Classic | W 51–47 | 1–1 | Cintas Center (455) Cincinnati, Ohio |
| 11/17/03* 2:00 pm, no | vs. UC Irvine Black Coaches Association Classic | L 60–63 | 1–2 | Cintas Center (408) Cincinnati, Ohio |
| 11/30/03 2:00 pm, no | Toledo | L 66–72 | 1–3 (0–1) | Convocation Center (1,702) Athens, Ohio |
| 12/3/03* 7:00 pm, no | Boston University | L 64–67 $^{2OT}$ | 1–4 (0–1) | Convocation Center (1,431) Athens, Ohio |
| 12/3/03* 2:00 om, no | Brown | W 71–62 | 2–4 (0–1) | Convocation Center (1,314) Athens, Ohio |
| 12/9/03* 7:00 pm, no | DePaul | L 60–63 | 2–5 (0–1) | Convocation Center (2,043) Athens, Ohio |
| 12/13/03* 10:00 pm, no | at San Francisco | L 46–53 | 2–6 (0–1) | War Memorial Gymnasium (2,183) San Francisco, California |
| 12/20/03* 7:30 pm, no | at Navy | W 63–52 | 3–6 (0–1) | Alumni Hall (1,118) Annapolis, Maryland |
| 12/27/03* 8:30 pm, no | vs. No. 19 Wisconsin Rock-N-Roll Shootout | L 48–71 | 3–7 (0–1) | Quicken Loans Arena (4,590) Cleveland, Ohio |
| 1/3/04 4:05 pm, no | at Northern Illinois | L 63–73 | 3–8 (0–2) | Convocation Center (2,816) Dekalb, Illinois |
| 1/7/04* 7:30 pm, no | at Duquesne | L 91–96 | 3–9 (0–2) | A.J. Palumbo Center (3,407) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| 1/10/04 8:00 pm, no | at Kent State | L 71–80 | 3–10 (0–3) | Memorial A&C Center (5,447) Kent, Ohio |
| 1/14/04 7:00 pm, no | Buffalo | W 90–76 | 4–10 (1–3) | Convocation Center (3,465) Athens, Ohio |
| 1/17/o4 2:00 pm, no | Northern Illinois | W 80–59 | 5–10 (2–3) | Convocation Center (9,109) Athens, Ohio |
| 1/20/04 7:00 pm, no | at Akron | L 76–84 | 5–11 (2–4) | James A. Rhodes Arena (2,210) Akron, Ohio |
| 1/24/04 7:00 pm, no | at Marshall | L 60–74 | 5–12 (2–5) | Henderson Center (5,861) Huntington, West Virginia |
| 1/28/04 7:00 pm, no | at Western Michigan | L 73–96 | 5–13 (2–6) | University Arena (3,142) Kalamazoo, Michigan |
| 1/31/04 1:00 pm, no | Central Michigan | W 73–61 | 6–13 (3–6) | Convocation Center (6,896) Athens, Ohio |
| 2/2/04 6:30 pm, no | Miami (OH) | W 67–64 $^{OT}$ | 7–13 (4–6) | Convocation Center (4,926) Athens, Ohio |
| 2/7/04 3:30 pm, no | Ball State | W 88–84 $^{OT}$ | 8–13 (5–6) | Convocation Center (5,444) Athens, Ohio |
| 2/11/04 7:00 pm, no | at Bowling Green | L 71–81 | 8–14 (5–7) | Anderson Arena (2,146) Bowling Green, Ohio |
| 2/14/04 2:00 pm, no | Akron | W 83–79 | 9–14 (6–7) | Convocation Center (6,008) Athens, Ohio |
| 2/18/04 7:00 pm, no | at Miami (OH) | L 63–64 $^{OT}$ | 9–15 (6–8) | Millet Hall (3,625) Oxford, Ohio |
| 2/21/04* 2:00 pm, no | at Butler | L 63–64 $^{OT}$ | 9–16 (6–8) | Hinkle Fieldhouse (5,220) Indianapolis, Indiana |
| 2/25/04 7:00 pm, no | at Eastern Michigan | L 64–75 | 9–17 (6–9) | Convocation Center (2,023) Ypsilanti, Michigan |
| 2/29/04 2:00 pm, no | Marshall | L 68–71 | 9–18 (6–10) | Convocation Center (6,627) Athens, Ohio |
| 3/3/04 7:00 pm, no | at Buffalo | L 49–77 | 9–19 (6–11) | Alumni Arena (4,086) Buffalo, New York |
| 3/6/04 12:00 pm, no | Kent State | W 60–59 | 10–19 (7–11) | Convocation Center (5,206) Athens, Ohio |
| MAC Tournament |||||
| 3/8/04 7:00 pm, no | at Bowling Green First Round | L 54–56 | 10–20 (7–11) | Anderson Arena (1,631) Bowling Green, Ohio |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern. |||||

## Statistics
### Team statistics

    Final 2003–04 statistics
| Record | Ohio | OPP |
| Scoring | 2000 | 2090 |
| Scoring Average | 66.67 | 69.67 |
| Field goals – Att | 643–1602 | 715–1649 |
| 3-pt. Field goals – Att | 215–610 | – |
| Free throws – Att | 499–692 | – |
| Rebounds | 1038 | 1035 |
| Assists | 339 | |
| Turnovers | 450 | |
| Steals | 183 | |
| Blocked Shots | 64 | |
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 |
| Jaivon Harris | 30 | 8 | 930 | 31 | 452 | 15.1 | 137 | 337 | 0.407 | 88 | 222 | 0.396 | 90 | 114 | 0.789 | 23 | 115 | 138 | 4.6 | 51 | 95 | 81 | 29 | 3 |
| Thomas Stephens | 30 | 30 | 930 | 31 | 299 | 10 | 97 | 266 | 0.365 | 52 | 147 | 0.354 | 53 | 63 | 0.841 | 16 | 63 | 79 | 2.6 | 97 | 69 | 75 | 26 | 4 |
| Terren Harbut | 30 | 25 | 808 | 26.9 | 277 | 9.2 | 90 | 204 | 0.441 | 2 | 7 | 0.286 | 95 | 141 | 0.674 | 50 | 68 | 118 | 3.9 | 22 | 101 | 45 | 23 | 13 |
| Delvar Barrett | 30 | 12 | 680 | 22.7 | 251 | 8.4 | 84 | 179 | 0.469 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 119 | 0.697 | 56 | 81 | 137 | 4.6 | 20 | 84 | 41 | 9 | 15 |
| Sonny Troutman | 24 | 16 | 617 | 25.7 | 220 | 9.2 | 71 | 173 | 0.41 | 18 | 57 | 0.316 | 60 | 83 | 0.723 | 32 | 68 | 100 | 4.2 | 59 | 57 | 63 | 47 | 2 |
| Jeff Halbert | 30 | 19 | 778 | 25.9 | 197 | 6.6 | 60 | 163 | 0.368 | 36 | 106 | 0.34 | 41 | 46 | 0.891 | 26 | 79 | 105 | 3.5 | 41 | 38 | 40 | 10 | 4 |
| Diamond Gladney | 29 | 2 | 362 | 12.5 | 102 | 3.5 | 33 | 84 | 0.393 | 11 | 35 | 0.314 | 25 | 44 | 0.568 | 8 | 36 | 44 | 1.5 | 26 | 24 | 33 | 11 | 0 |
| Clay McGowen | 30 | 20 | 475 | 15.8 | 84 | 2.8 | 31 | 68 | 0.456 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 36 | 0.611 | 51 | 64 | 115 | 3.8 | 11 | 73 | 34 | 8 | 18 |
| James Bridgewater | 27 | 8 | 210 | 7.8 | 55 | 2 | 23 | 53 | 0.434 | 2 | 3 | 0.667 | 7 | 12 | 0.583 | 14 | 25 | 39 | 1.4 | 6 | 19 | 14 | 14 | 4 |
| Whitney Davis | 27 | 8 | 208 | 7.7 | 43 | 1.6 | 14 | 53 | 0.264 | 6 | 26 | 0.231 | 9 | 11 | 0.818 | 11 | 13 | 24 | 0.9 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 0 |
| Matt Annen | 20 | 2 | 141 | 7.1 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 0.15 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 23 | 0.609 | 15 | 12 | 27 | 1.4 | 3 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| Marin Bota | 3 | 0 | 11 | 3.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 30 | - | 6150 | - | 2000 | 66.7 | 643 | 1602 | 0.401 | 215 | 610 | 0.352 | 499 | 692 | 0.721 | 353 | 685 | 1038 | 34.6 | 339 | 591 | 450 | 183 | 64 |
| Opponents | 33 | - | - | - | 2090 | 63.3 | 715 | 1649 | 0.434 | | | - | | | - | | | 1035 | 31.4 | | | | | |
Source

## Awards and honors
### All-MAC Awards

Postseason All-MAC teams :
| Team | Player | Position | Year |
| All-MAC Honorable Mention | Jaivon Harris | G | Sr. |
| All-MAC Freshman team | Sonny Troutman | G | Fr. |
Source