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Thursday, Dec. 10 vs. Purdue Northwest, 2 pm ET | Athens, Ohio| Convocation Center | TuneIn | Live Stats
ATHENS, Ohio – The Ohio men's basketball team has made two changes to the current 2020-21 non-conference schedule. The Bobcats have added a home game with Purdue Northwest on Thursday, Dec. 10 inside the Convocation Center. Ohio's Dec. 18 home game against Mississippi Valley State has been cancelled.
The Bobcats are set to take on Purdue Northwest inside the Convo on Thursday (Dec. 10), Tip-off is set for 2 p.m. General public will not be permitted until further notice. A maximum of four tickets per student-athlete will be available for family members.
The game can be heard on the Ohio Sports Network from Learfield IMG College. Russ Eisenstein returns for his 13th season as the "Voice of the Bobcats." WXTQ (Power 105) in Athens returns as the 11-station network's flagship. The broadcasts are also available online through TuneIn.com/OhioBobcats and on the TuneIn app.
Ohio is coming off of a dominating 101-46 victory against Cleveland State on Dec. 6, where the Bobcats set the NCAA record for scoring run against a Division I opponent when they went on a 40-0 run.
In that game, sophomore guard Lunden McDay (Akron, Ohio) finished with 20 points, shooting 7-of-10 from the field, 3-of-5 from three-point range and going 3-4 from the line. Senior forward Dwight Wilson III (Tallahassee, Fla.) posted a double-double in the first half, ending the day with 18 points and 14 rebounds. Junior guard Jason Preston (Orlando, Fla.) scored 12 points, grabbed seven rebounds and dished out eight assists. Off the bench, junior forward Rifen Miguel (Luanda, Angola) scored a career-high 10 points going 7-of-8 from the free-throw line while freshman guard Mark Sears (Muscle Shoals, Ala.) had a career-high nine points.
On the season, the Bobcats are led by Preston who is averaging 18.8 points, 7.0 rebounds and 7.7 assists per game. He is also shooting 60.8 percent from the field and 53.8 percent from three-point range. Wilson III is next, adding 13.5 points and a team-leading 8.8 rebounds per game. He is also shooting 60.5 percent from the field. Redshirt junior Ben Vander Plas (Ripon Wis.) is averaging 13.0 points and 5.5 rebounds a game, while McDay adds 10.5 points per game.
Purdue Northwest finished 10-18 (5-15 GLIAC) overall a year ago and increased the program's win total for the second straight season. PNW enters its second season as a full-fledged member of NCAA Division II in 2020-21.
PNW returns its top three scorers including all-conference performer Jyrus Freels. Freels led the Pride in scoring (14.3 ppg) and rebounding (6.1 rpg) while producing four double-doubles in his junior campaign.
Leading a group of newcomers is 6-foot-7 sophomore transfer Vincent Miszkiewicz, who started all but two games last season at University of the Incarnate Word. Additionally, junior transfer Mikell Cooper has joined the Pride after finishing fifth in the nation in scoring last season at McHenry County College.
The Pride played an exhibition game with Mid-American Conference foe Bowling Green on Dec. 3, with the Falcons winning, 88-67, inside the Stroh Center.
Ohio's Dec. 18 game with Mississippi Valley State has been cancelled, however, Ohio is looking to fill the open date with another opponent.
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