March 9, 2008
March 9, 2008
The
Senior Day
PREGAME:
- If the Bobcats defeat
- Leon Williams, Bubba Walther and Andrew Vroman were honored before the game on Senior Day.
- Leon Williams needs just four boards to become second all-time in
- Leon Williams needs eight made field goals to take over eighth all-time in program history.
- The Bulls defeated Bowling Green 96-50 in their last game.
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- Leon Williams scored the first basket for the Bobcats on a lay-up.
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- After the score was tied 5-5 with 18:30 left in the first half, the Bobcats went on a 16-4 run to take an 18-9 advantage with 11:50 left on the clock.
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- Leon Williams was the first Bobcat with 10 points when he sank both of the above free throws.
- Leon Williams became
- The Bobcats used a 35-24 run during the last 9:22 of the first half to take a 58-44 lead at the break.
HALFTIME:
- Leon Williams led all scorers with 19 points at the break. It was the most points this season by a Bobcat in the first half of a game.
- Williams went a perfect 6-of-6 from the floor in the first half, and shot 7-of-8 from the free throw line.
- The Bobcats had three players in double figures at halftime with Leon Williams, Bubba Walther and Jerome Tillman all scoring 10 or more points in the first half. Walther went 4-of-6 from beyond the 3-point line in the first half.
- Andy Robinson led all Bulls with 12 points.
- Michael Allen had six assists and Bubba Walther chipped in five more in the first half. Allen's total was the highest for a Bobcat in the first half this season.
- The Bobcats shot a blistering 66.7 percent from the field (18-of-27) in the first half, scoring 58 points. The Bobcats came into the game averaging 29.9 points per game in the first half.
- The Bobcats' previous season high for points in the first-half was 44 against Louisiana-Lafayette.
SECOND HALF:
- Leon Williams scored the Bobcats' first two points of the second half on a pair of free throws.
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- Leon Williams made his first eight shot attempts from the floor. His first miss was a falling-down layup attempt with 9:59 left to play in the game.
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- Andrew Vroman scored his first point this season on a free throw with 1.7 seconds left to play. He made the second free throw as well.
POSTGAME:
- Leon Williams scored 30 points against the Bulls, just one point shy of his career-high of 31 set at
- The senior forward made 10-of-11 shots from the field (91 percent) which tied him with Jerome Tillman last season and Curtis Simmons in 1997 for fourth-best all-time shooting percentage in a game. (Min. 7 attempts)
- Williams also went 10-of-11 from the free throw line and the team went 23-of-28 from the charity stripe.
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- Buffalo's edge on the glass snapped a streak of five consecutive games that saw Ohio outrebound its opponents.
- Ohio's six blocked shots against the Bulls equaled its season-high effort in the 71-59 win over Kent State earlier this season.
- Ohio's 24 assists was a season-high.
- For the 21st time this season, the Bobcats shot a higher percentage from the free throw line than did their opponents.
- The Bobcats have been tied or trailing heading into halftime in seven of their last nine games (4-5). However, their 58 points at the half Sunday was the most ever for a Tim O'Shea squad.
