# 1997–98 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

The 1997–98 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University in the college basketball season of 1997–98. The team was coached by Larry Hunter and played their home games at the Convocation Center. They finished the season 5–21 and finished tied for last in the MAC regular season with a conference record of 3–15. 21 losses is the most in Ohio history.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/29/1997* | at Wright State | W 57–56 $^{OT}$ | 1–0 | |
| 12/2/1997* | at Radford | L 63–72 $^{OT}$ | 1–1 | Dedmon Center Radford, VA |
| 12/5/1997* | vs. St. Bonaventure Marquette Tournament | L 46–59 | 1–2 | |
| 12/6/1997* | vs. Montana State Marquette Tournament | L 66–82 | 1–3 | |
| 12/10/1997 | at Kent State | L 52–63 | 1–4 (0–1) | Memorial Gym Kent, OH |
| 12/13/1997* | at West Virginia | L 63–89 | 1–5 | WVU Coliseum Morgantown, WV |
| 12/17/1997* | Cal State Northridge | W 79–77 | 2–5 | Convocation Center Athens, OH |
| 12/20/1997 | Akron | L 55–69 | 2–6 (0–2) | Convocation Center Athens, OH |
| 12/23/1997* | at No. 22 Rhode Island | L 72–85 | 2–7 | Keaney Gymnasium Kingston, RI |
| 12/30/1997* 7:00 pm, BBSN | No. 6 Kentucky | L 58–95 | 2–8 | Convocation Center (13,083) Athens, OH |
| 1/3/1998 | at Eastern Michigan | L 64–85 | 2–9 (0–3) | Bowen Field House Ypsilanti, MI |
| 1/5/1998 | at Toledo | L 46–57 | 2–10 (0–4) | Savage Hall Toledo, OH |
| 1/8/1998 | Ball State | L 69–75 | 2–11 (0–5) | Convocation Center Athens, OH |
| 1/10/1998 | Northern Illinois | W 73–57 | 3–11 (1–5) | Convocation Center Athens, OH |
| 1/17/1998 | at Marshall | L 73–78 | 3-12 (1–6) | Cam Henderson Center Huntington, WV |
| 1/21/1998 | Bowling Green | L 58–71 | 3-13 (1–7) | Convocation Center Athens, OH |
| 1/24/1998 | at Miami (OH) | L 58–73 | 3–14 (1–8) | Millett Hall Oxford, OH |
| 1/29/1998 | at Northern Illinois | L 47–85 | 3–15 (1–9) | Chick Evans Field House DeKalb, IL |
| 1/31/1998 | at Ball State | L 57–106 | 3–16 (1–10) | University Arena Muncie, IN |
| 2/5/1998 | Central Michigan | W 122–121 $^{2OT}$ | 4–16 (2–10) | Convocation Center Athens, OH |
| 2/7/1998 3:00 pm | Western Michigan | L 68–86 | 4–17 (2–11) | Convocation Center Athens, OH |
| 2/14/1998 | Marshall | L 63–72 | 4–18 (2–12) | Convocation Center Athens, OH |
| 2/18/1998 | Miami (OH) | L 53–85 | 4–19 (2–13) | Convocation Center Athens, OH |
| 2/21/1998 | at Bowling Green | L 60–69 | 4–20 (2–14) | Anderson Arena Bowling Green, OH |
| 2/23/1998 | at Akron | L 65–86 | 4–21 (2–15) | Rhodes Arena Akron, OH |
| 2/25/1998 | Kent State | W 76–61 | 5–21 (3–15) | Convocation Center Athens, OH |
| *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 1997–98 statistics
| Record | Ohio | OPP |
| Scoring | 1663 | 2014 |
| Scoring Average | 63.96 | 77.46 |
| Field goals – Att | 596–1452 | 681–1507 |
| 3-pt. Field goals – Att | 117–399 | 160–420 |
| Free throws – Att | 354–558 | 492–687 |
| Rebounds | 961 | 938 |
| Assists | 326 | 356 |
| Turnovers | 509 | 348 |
| Steals | 122 | 254 |
| Blocked Shots | 60 | 79 |
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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 |
| Sanjay Adell | 25 | - | - | - | 403 | 16.1 | 140 | 326 | 0.429 | 15 | 57 | 0.263 | 108 | 166 | 0.651 | 0 | 0 | 151 | 6 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 11 |
| Jim Peterson | 26 | - | - | - | 284 | 10.9 | 90 | 257 | 0.35 | 71 | 209 | 0.34 | 33 | 44 | 0.75 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 2.2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Diante Flenorl | 25 | - | - | - | 280 | 11.2 | 117 | 261 | 0.448 | 3 | 14 | 0.214 | 43 | 80 | 0.538 | 0 | 0 | 197 | 7.9 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 19 |
| Basra Fakhir | 26 | - | - | - | 219 | 8.4 | 90 | 170 | 0.529 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 64 | 0.609 | 0 | 0 | 205 | 7.9 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 |
| Dustin Ford | 26 | - | - | - | 216 | 8.3 | 66 | 214 | 0.308 | 22 | 83 | 0.265 | 62 | 79 | 0.785 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 3 | 85 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 2 |
| Seth Martin | 26 | - | - | - | 117 | 4.5 | 48 | 95 | 0.505 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 45 | 0.467 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 2.8 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 |
| Nick Terry | 25 | - | - | - | 70 | 2.8 | 24 | 42 | 0.571 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 39 | 0.564 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 1.7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 |
| Chet Feldman | 26 | - | - | - | 40 | 1.5 | 12 | 49 | 0.245 | 6 | 33 | 0.182 | 10 | 17 | 0.588 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 1.8 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 |
| Corey Reed | 5 | - | - | - | 27 | 5.4 | 7 | 27 | 0.259 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 20 | 0.65 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 3.4 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| Jason Bundy | 8 | - | - | - | 5 | 0.6 | 1 | 5 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0.75 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Steve Spears | 7 | - | - | - | 2 | 0.3 | 1 | 4 | 0.25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Connolly | 2 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Maul | 3 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 26 | - | - | - | 1663 | 64.0 | 596 | 1452 | 0.410 | 117 | 399 | 0.293 | 354 | 558 | 0.634 | 378 | 583 | 961 | 37.0 | 326 | 556 | 509 | 122 | 60 |
| Opponents | 26 | - | - | - | 2014 | 77.5 | 681 | 1507 | 0.452 | 160 | 420 | 0.381 | 492 | 687 | 0.716 | 338 | 600 | 938 | 36.1 | 356 | 530 | 348 | 254 | 79 |
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