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THE BASICS
Score: Ohio 93, Norfolk State 71
Location: U.S. Virgin Islands Sports and Fitness Center - St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
The Short Story: The Ohio men’s basketball team (3-1) utilized the first career double-double by redshirt sophomore guard Jaaron Simmons (Dayton, Ohio) and double-digit scoring efforts from four other players to posts its most decisive win of the young 2015-16 -- a 93-71 victory over Norfolk State (1-3) at the 2015 U.S. Virgin Islands Paradise Jam on Saturday (Nov. 21) at the U.S. Virgin Islands Sports and Fitness Center in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands.

OHIO STARTERS: #0 Treg Setty, #2 Jaaron Simmons, #11 Khari Harley, #13 Kenny Kaminski, #33 Antonio Campbell

NORFOLK STATE STARTERS: #1 Patrick Bungei, #2 D’Shon Taylor, #10 Jeff Short, #15 Devonte Banner, #22 Alex Long

HOW IT HAPPENED
• Ohio recorded its first wire-to-wire win of the year by virtue of a 50.9 percent (28-of-55) shooting performance â€" including a season-best 53.8 percent (14-of-26) effort from beyond the arc. The Bobcats also notched a season-best 25 assists and nine blocks and outrebounded the Spartans, 37-24. Ohio led the way in points off turnovers (11-3), fastbreak points (19-4) and bench points (17-8).
• Simmons recorded his first career double-double with 11 points and a career-high 13 assists in addition to a career-high three steals over 36 minutes of work. He went a perfect 9-for-9 from the charity stripe. Simmons recorded 10 of his 13 assists in the first half.
• Freshman guard/forward Gavin Block (Lincoln, Ill.) came off the bench to score a career-high 19 points off of a career-best 6-of-9 shooting performance -- including a career-best 3-of-5 from three-point range. He also converted 4-of-6 free throw attempts. Block scored 11 of his points in the second half. He also added a career-high six rebounds, six assists and two steals in 25 minutes of work.
• Redshirt senior forward Treg Setty (Maysville, Ky.) finished with a season-best 16 points courtesy of a 6-of-10 shooting effort that included a 4-of-7 performance from three-point range. He also tallied five rebounds and a steal in 30 minutes of work.
• Junior forward Antonio Campbell (Cincinnati, Ohio) posted his first double-double of the season with a season-high 13 points and 10 rebounds to go along with a career-high four blocks in 25 minutes. He went 5-of-9 from the field -- including a perfect 2-for-2 from beyond the arc.
• Redshirt junior forward Kenny Kaminski (Medina, Ohio) shot 4-of-8 -- including three treys â€" in 21 minutes. He also hauled in four rebounds.
• Junior forward Wadly Mompremier (Miami, Fla.) contributed eight points and five rebounds and matched his career high with four blocks in 12 minutes of work off of the bench.
• Senior guard D’Shon Taylor totaled a game-high 24 points off of 9-of-16 shooting from the field to lead Norfolk State. He also pulled down a team-high seven boards to go along with two assists over 35 minutes.
• Redshirt senior guard Jeff Short added 19 points and two rebounds in 33 minutes for the Spartans.
• Ohio raced out to a 12-2 lead over the first four-plus minutes of the contest thanks to treys by Kaminski, Campbell and Block and a conventional three-point play by Simmons.
• The Spartans responded with a 19-10 stretch that cut the Bobcats’ lead down to one at 22-21 with just under eight minutes to play in the first half.
• The Bobcats answered the challenge by closing the half out on a 25-6 run to build its largest halftime lead of the season at 20 points. Campbell tallied six points during the surge while Setty and Block each chipped in five points.
• Norfolk State came out of the halftime break with a 25-10 run that trimmed Ohio’s lead back down to five with 11 minutes to play.
• That’s as close as the Bobcats let the Spartans get, though, as a layup by Block and a three by Setty built Ohio’s lead back up to 10. The Bobcats never led by less than double figures again as eleven second-half points from Block, seven from Kaminski and six apiece from Setty and Simmons helped Ohio roll to a 22-point victory.

BEYOND THE BOX
• Ohio is now 1-1 in the 2015 U.S. Virgin Islands Paradise Jam. The Bobcats fell to Tulsa, 90-88, on Friday (Nov. 20), in the opener.
• The Bobcats are now 2-0 (1.000) all-time against Norfolk State.
• Ohio has scored at least 85 points in three of its first four games in 2015-16. It took the Bobcats 16 games to score at least 80 in 2014-15.
• Block led Ohio in scoring for the first time in his career and posted double-digit points for the second time in the last three games.
• Setty finished in double figures in scoring for the fourth time in his Ohio career.
• Simmons led Ohio in assists for the third game in a row -- his third-straight with at least five helpers. He became the first Bobcat to record at least 13 helpers in a game since D.J. Cooper did so on Dec. 8, 2012, in a 78-61 victory over Oakland at the Convocation Center. Simmons had double-digit points for the fourth-straight game.
• Campbell led Ohio in rebounding for the third game in a row. He’s totaled double-digit points 24 times in his career and double-digit rebounds 12 times. Campbell has recorded 10 career double-doubles.
• Kaminski posted double-digit points for the third time in four games and second in a row.
• Freshman guard James Gollon (Stevens Point, Wis.) hit his first career three at the end of the first half for his first career points. He also tallied an assist in four minutes of work.
• Junior guard Drew Crabtree (Marysville, Ohio) knocked down his first three of the season in his first action off of the bench. Freshman forward Jaylin McDonald (Streetsboro, Ohio) tallied three points in his first career action off the bench. Sophomore forward Sam Frayer (Cincinnati, Ohio) saw his first playing time of the year.

QUOTABLE
Freshman guard/forward Gavin Block on redshirt sophomore guard Jaaron Simmons:
"He's just a special player to play with. I just have to find the open spot; Jaaron is doing the hard work."

UP NEXT
The Bobcats will take on either Florida State or DePaul on Monday (Nov. 23) in the fifth-place game of the 2015 U.S. Virgin Islands Paradise Jam. The opening tip is slated for 4 p.m. ET.

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