Ohio routs Rio Grande; Herd falls
Published 1:32 am Thursday, December 5, 2019
ATHENS, Ohio (AP) — Marvin Price came off the bench to score 14 points to lift Ohio to a 90-51 win over Rio Grande on Wednesday night.
Ben Vander Plas had 14 points for Ohio (6-3). Sylvester Ogbonda added 14 points and eight rebounds and Mason McMurray had 12 points and seven rebounds for the Bobcats.
Ohio’s Jordan Dartis, the team’s third-leading scorer at 12.9 ppg, injured a knee in the first half and played only four minutes.
There was no immediate announcement regarding his status.
Gunner Short had 17 points for the RedStorm, a NAIA program in Ohio.
Ohio plays Tennessee Tech at home on Sunday. Rio Grande visits Ohio Christian at 3 p.m. Saturday.
OHIO 90, RIO GRANDE 51
RIO GRANDE (0-1)
Blevins 0-0 0-0 0, Geldenhuys 3-8 0-0 6, Lamotte 2-4 0-0 4, Short 7-18 1-2 17, Tiggs 2-6 1-2 5, Simmons 1-4 0-0 2, Landis 1-1 0-0 2, McCarley 1-2 0-0 3, Mack 0-1 0-0 0, Anderson 1-5 0-0 3, Anthony 0-5 0-0 0, Wallace 1-1 1-1 3, Kelley 2-5 0-0 6. Totals 21-60 3-5 51.
OHIO (6-3)
Ogbonda 6-7 1-1 14, Vander Plas 7-9 0-0 14, McDay 3-5 3-4 9, Dartis 0-3 0-0 0, Preston 5-5 0-0 11, Springs 2-7 0-0 4, McMurray 5-8 0-0 12, Price 4-6 4-6 14, Foster 4-6 0-0 9, Tenerowicz 0-4 0-0 0, Mic.Brown 1-3 0-0 3. Totals 37-63 8-11 90.
Halftime—Ohio 51-20. 3-Point Goals—Rio Grande 6-26 (Kelley 2-5, Short 2-6, McCarley 1-2, Anderson 1-5, Simmons 0-1, Mack 0-1, Lamotte 0-1, Geldenhuys 0-1, Anthony 0-4), Ohio 8-21 (Price 2-2, McMurray 2-5, Foster 1-1, Ogbonda 1-1, Mic.Brown 1-1, Preston 1-1, McDay 0-1, Vander Plas 0-1, Tenerowicz 0-2, Dartis 0-2, Springs 0-4). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Rio Grande 24 (Geldenhuys 6), Ohio 34 (Ogbonda 8). Assists—Rio Grande 6 (Anthony, Short, Geldenhuys 2), Ohio 23 (Preston 13). Total Fouls—Rio Grande 16, Ohio 9. A—3,333 (13,080).
Akron 85, Marshall 73
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) — Loren Cristian Jackson scored 28 points and Xeyrius Williams added a career-high 25 points and Akron beat Marshall 85-73 on Wednesday night.
Camron Reece had 13 points for Akron (6-2), which pulled ahead early and led by as many as 19.
Jarrod West had 17 points for the Thundering Herd (2-5). Taevion Kinsey added 15 points and Iran Bennett had 13 points.
Akron plays Southern at home on Sunday. Marshall matches up against Toledo on the road on Sunday.