Athens Messenger · Oct 4, 2018
Bobcats begin 2018-19 with new faces, mending bodies
Ohio sophomore guard James Gollon (3) and the Bobcats opened preseason practice last week. Ohio’s exhibition game opener is on Nov. 3 against Rio Grande in the Convocation Center.
Messenger photo by Louise Fish The Bobcats were never able to work ahead of the curve in 2017-18.
Injuries, one after the other and to seemingly every rotational player on the roster, mired Ohio in a pattern of struggle throughout the entirety of the men’s basketball season last winter.
It wasn’t dissimilar from the struggles of Sisyphus — the guy condemned to push the boulder up the hill forever in Greek mythology. Saul Phillips, Ohio’s fifth-year head coach, didn’t disagree except for one thing.