2021–22 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

The 2021–22 Ohio University Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University for the 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bobcats were led by third-year head coach Jeff Boals, who was a 1995 graduate of Ohio University.[1][2] The team played their home games at the Convocation Center in Athens, Ohio as a member of the Mid-American Conference.[3][4]

2021–22 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball
CBI, Quarterfinals
ConferenceMid-American Conference
Record25–10 (14–6 MAC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Lamar Thornton (3rd season)
  • Kyle Barlow (3rd season)
  • Lee Martin (2nd season)
Home arenaConvocation Center
Seasons
2021–22 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Toledo 17 3   .850 26 8   .765
Kent State 16 4   .800 23 11   .676
Ohio 14 6   .700 25 10   .714
Akron 14 6   .700 24 10   .706
Buffalo 13 6   .684 19 11   .633
Ball State 9 10   .474 14 17   .452
Miami (OH) 8 12   .400 14 18   .438
Central Michigan 6 12   .333 7 23   .233
Bowling Green 6 14   .300 13 18   .419
Northern Illinois 6 14   .300 9 21   .300
Eastern Michigan 5 15   .250 10 21   .323
Western Michigan 4 16   .200 8 23   .258
2022 MAC tournament winner

Ohio completed non-conference play with a record of 9–2 with wins over OVC favorite[5] Belmont,[6] Horizon favorite[7] Cleveland St.,[8] and rival Marshall[9] with losses only to Kentucky[10] and LSU.[11] Ohio opened conference play 5–0 to extend their winning streak to nine games.[12] Ohio lost to Toledo in the next game and fell into second place in the MAC standings.[13] After a win against Western Michigan, Ohio regained first place with a conference record of 10–1. With an overall record of 19–3 they stood alone in Ohio basketball history for the best record after 22 games.[14][15] Their five-game winning streak was snapped in the following game with a second loss to Toledo which left both teams with two losses in MAC conference play.[16] After three consectutive wins following the Toledo loss, the Bobcats then lost 4 out of their last 5 conference games and finished the regular season 23–8 and 14–6 in conference play which was tied for third place in the MAC. During the lone win the that 5 game stretch, starting power forward Ben Vander Plas scored the fourth triple double in program history in a win against Central Michigan.[17][18] After the regular season Vander Plas was named the Division I Academic All-American of the Year[19]

After defeating Ball State in the quarterfinals, the Bobcats lost to Kent State in the semi-finals of the MAC tournament.[20][21] Ohio was the #3 seed in the CBI.[22] They defeated Rice in the first round before losing to Abilene Christian in the second round.[23][24]

Previous season

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In a season limited due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Bobcats finished the 2020–21 season 17–8, 9–5 in MAC play to finish in fourth place. As the No. 5 seed in the MAC tournament, they defeated Kent State, Toledo, and Buffalo to win the tournament championship. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 13 seed in the West region.[25] There they upset No. 4-seeded ACC champion Virginia in the First Round[26] before losing to No. 5-seeded Creighton in the Second Round.[27][28]

Offseason

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During the offseason point guard Jason Preston declared for the NBA draft while 2021 starting forward Dwight Wilson III suffered a season ending injury.[29][30]

2022 NBA draft

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NBA Draft
Round Pick Player Position NBA Team
Jason Preston 2 33 PG Orlando Magic (rights traded to LA Clippers)[31]

Departures

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Departures
Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason
Jason Preston 0 G 6'4" 187 Junior Orlando, Florida Declared for NBA draft[32]
Jalen White 21 G 6'5" 180 Freshman Pasadena, Texas Transferred to Nicholls State[33]
Nolan Foster 22 C 6'10" 222 Sophomore Mattawan, Michigan Transferred to Marian University[34]
Rifen Miguel 23 F 6'8" 240 Junior Luanda, Angola Transferred to Troy[35]
Mason McMurray 24 F 6'7" 220 RS Sophomore Stow, Ohio Transferred to USC-Aiken[36]

[37][38][39]

Incoming transfers

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Incoming Transfers
Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason
Tommy Schmock 22 G 5'11" 180 Senior Cleveland, Ohio Transferred from Findlay. Will have one year of eligibility remaining.[40]
Jason Carter 30 F 6'8" 227 RS Senior Johnstown, Ohio Transferred from Xavier. Will have one year of eligibility remaining.[41]
Luke Frazier* 13 G 6'5" 170 Freshman Mentor, Ohio Transferred from Dayton. Will have four years of eligibility remaining.[42]

* Walk-on in 2021-22 [37][39]

Recruiting class

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US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
AJ Clayton
PF
Duncan Falls, OH Philo 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Jul 26, 2020 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:    RivalsN/A   247Sports:     ESPN grade: 78
IJ Ezuma
PF
Raleigh, NC Hargrave Military Academy 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 240 lb (110 kg)  
Recruiting star ratings: ScoutN/A   RivalsN/A   247SportsN/A    ESPN grade: NR
Olumide Adelodun
SF
Calgary, AB Canada Topflight Academy West 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg)  
Recruiting star ratings: ScoutN/A   RivalsN/A   247SportsN/A    ESPN grade: NR


Overall recruiting rankings:
  • Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight.
  • In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.

Sources:

  • "2021 Team Ranking". Rivals.com.

Preseason

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Prior to the season Ohio was picked second in the MAC preseason poll.[43] Ben Vander Plas was named to the preseason first team all-conference while Jason Carter was on the second team.[44]

Preseason rankings

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MAC preseason poll
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1 Buffalo 143 (11)
2 Ohio 126
3 Toledo 107 (1)
4 Kent State 98
5 Akron 95
6 Bowling Green 93
7 Miami 92
8 Ball State 54
9 Western Michigan 44
10 Central Michigan 34
11 Eastern Michigan 29
12 Northern Illinois 21

MAC Tournament Champions: Buffalo (8), Bowling Green (1), Kent State (1), Miami (1), Toledo (1)

Source[43]

Preseason All-MAC

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Preseason All-MAC teams
Team Player Position Year
1st Ben Vander Plas F Sr.
2nd Jason Carter F GS

Source[43]

Roster

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2021–22 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown
G 1 Mark Sears 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) So Hargrave Muscle Shoals, Alabama
G 2 Miles Brown 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Jr Northstar Christian Rochester, New York
F 3 Ben Roderick 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Jr Olentangy Liberty Powell, Ohio
F 4 Dwight Wilson III     6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 250 lb (113 kg) GS Lincoln Tallahassee, Florida
F 5 Ben Vander Plas 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 232 lb (105 kg) RS Sr Ripon Ripon, Wisconsin
G 10 Olumide Adelodun 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Fr Canada Topflight Academy West Calgary, Alberta
F 11 Sam Towns 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 190 lb (86 kg) So Pickerington Central Columbus, Ohio
G 12 John Tenerowicz (W) 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Sr St. Ignatius Cleveland, Ohio
G 13 Luke Frazier (W) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 170 lb (77 kg) So Lake Catholic Mentor, Ohio
G 14 Michael Brown, Jr. (W) 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 156 lb (71 kg) Jr Northstar Christian Rochester, New York
G 15 Lunden McDay 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Jr St. Vincent–St. Mary Akron, Ohio
F 21 IJ Ezuma 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Fr Hargrave Military Academy Raleigh, North Carolina
G 22 Tommy Schmock 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Sr St. Edward Cleveland, Ohio
F 23 AJ Clayton 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Fr Philo Duncan Falls, Ohio
G 24 Josh McDaniel (W) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Sr Westerville Central Westerville, Ohio
F 30 Jason Carter 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 227 lb (103 kg) GS Johnstown-Monroe Johnstown, Ohio
F 32 Colin Granger 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 230 lb (104 kg) So Lambert Suwanee, Georgia
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Support Staff

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2021-22 Ohio Bobcats Support Staff
  • Jake Ness - Director of Basketball Operations
  • Mike Cifliku - Graduate Assistant

Source:[45]

Schedule and results

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record High points High rebounds High assists Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
November 6, 2021*
2:00 pm
Capital W 92–66[46] 
 17  Schmock   7  Towns   4  Sears  Convocation Center (6,362)
Athens, OH
Non-conference regular season
November 9, 2021*
7:00 pm, ESPN+
Belmont W 92–80[47]  1–0
 27  Sears   10  Carter   7  Vander Plas  Convocation Center (6,123)
Athens, OH
November 13, 2021*
7:00 pm, ESPN+
at Cleveland State W 67–56[48]  2–0
 15  Sears   9  Vander Plas   5  2 Tied  Wolstein Center (3,166)
Cleveland, OH
November 15, 2021*
7:00 pm, ESPN3
Robert Morris
Kentucky Classic
W 85–72[49]  3–0
 18  Carter   11  2 Tied   3  Carter  Convocation Center (6,180)
Athens, OH
November 19, 2021*
7:00 pm, SECN
at No. 13 Kentucky
Kentucky Classic
L 59–77[50]  3–1
 19  Vander Plas   6  Vander Plas   5  Sears  Rupp Arena (19,045)
Lexington, KY
November 22, 2021*
7:00 pm, ESPN+
Mount St. Mary's
Kentucky Classic
W 73–59[51]  4–1
 15  Sears   7  Carter   7  Sears  Convocation Center (5,178)
Athens, OH
November 26, 2021*
4:00 pm, ESPN3
Concordia (MI) W 88–68[52]  5–1
 19  Brown   7  Carter   4  Tied  Convocation Center (4,350)
Athens, OH
December 1, 2021*
7:00 pm, SECN+/ESPN+
at LSU L 51–66[53]  5–2
 12  Vander Plas   9  Carter   3  Carter  Pete Maravich Assembly Center (11,328)
Baton Rouge, LA
December 4, 2021*
3:30 pm, ESPN3
Saint Francis (PA) W 78–75[54]  6–2
 24  Sears   8  Sears   6  Schmock  Convocation Center (4,371)
Athens, OH
December 11, 2021*
3:00 pm, ESPN+
at Stetson W 55–45[55]  7–2
 13  Sears   9  Vander Plas   2  2 Tied  Edmunds Center (473)
DeLand, FL
December 15, 2021*
7:00 pm, ESPN+
Marshall W 75–65[56]  8–2
 24  Sears   9  Carter   4  Vander Plas  Convocation Center (6,227)
Athens, OH
December 21, 2021*
12:00 pm
USC Upstate W 85–70[57]  9–2
 33  Sears   8  Sears   4  Vander Plas  Convocation Center (2,517)
Athens, OH
MAC regular season
December 28, 2021
7:00 pm, ESPN3
Eastern Michigan Postponed due to COVID-19 issues[58] Convocation Center 
Athens, OH
January 1, 2022
3:30 pm, ESPN3
at Western Michigan W 59–47[59]  10–2
(1–0)
 21  Sears   8  Carter   2  Sears  University Arena (1,353)
Kalamazoo, MI
January 4, 2022
6:00 pm, CBSSN
at Akron W 69–63[60]  11–2
(2–0)
 24  Sears   8  Sears   5  Sears  James A. Rhodes Arena (1,750)
Akron, OH
January 7, 2022
6:30 pm, CBSSN
Kent State W 80–72[61]  12–2
(3–0)
 28  Sears   8  Carter   5  Vander Plas  Convocation Center (4,576)
Athens, OH
January 11, 2022
7:00 pm, ESPN3
Bowling Green W 85–78[62]  13–2
(4–0)
 22  Carter   8  Carter   4  Vander Plas  Convocation Center (6,811)
Athens, OH
January 15, 2022
4:30 pm, ESPN3
at Central Michigan Postponed due to COVID-19 issues[63] McGuirk Arena 
Mount Pleasant, MI
January 18, 2022
7:00 pm, ESPN3
at Miami (OH) W 86–63[64]  14–2
(5–0)
 23  Vander Plas   9  Towns   9  Sears  Millett Hall (1,311)
Oxford, OH
January 21, 2022
6:00 pm, CBSSN
Toledo L 69–87[65]  14–3
(5–1)
 19  Carter   7  Tied   4  Brown  Convocation Center (8,069)
Athens, OH
January 25, 2022
7:00 pm, ESPN+
Northern Illinois W 74–62[66]  15–3
(6–1)
 25  Sears   8  Carter   6  Sears  Convocation Center (4,783)
Athens, OH
January 29, 2022
7:00 pm, ESPNU
at Buffalo W 74–53[67]  16–3
(7–1)
 27  Sears   11  Vander Plas   4  Sears  Alumni Arena (2,131)
Buffalo, NY
February 1, 2022
7:00 pm, ESPN3
Ball State W 87–63[68]  17–3
(8–1)
 18  2 Tied   7  Vander Plas   6  Sears  Convocation Center (4,721)
Athens, OH
February 3, 2022
2:00 pm[70], ESPN3
Eastern Michigan
Resched. from Dec. 28[71]
W 81–68[69]  18–3
(9–1)
 20  Sears   8  Carter   5  Sears  Convocation Center (3,121)
Athens, OH
February 5, 2022
2:00 pm, ESPN3
Western Michigan W 77-64[72]  19–3
(10–1)
 27  Carter   11  Vander Plas   6  Sears  Convocation Center (7,588)
Athens, OH
February 8, 2022
7:00 pm, ESPN3
at Toledo L 62–77[73]  19–4
(10–2)
 17  Schmock   8  Vander Plas   6  Vander Plas  Savage Arena (5,881)
Toledo, OH
February 10, 2022
7:00 pm, ESPN+
at Central Michigan
Resched. from Jan. 15[75]
W 81–72[74]  20–4
(11–2)
 24  Vander Plas   7  Roderick   6  Vander Plas  McGuirk Arena (1,286)
Mount Pleasant, MI
February 12, 2022
3:30 pm, ESPN3
at Eastern Michigan W 74-56[76]  21–4
(12–2)
 27  Sears   12  Brown   5  Sears  George Gervin GameAbove Center (1,208)
Ypsilanti, MI
February 15, 2022
7:00 pm, ESPN3
Miami (OH) W 91–78[77]  22–4
(13–2)
 30  Vander Plas   11  Sears   6  Tied  Convocation Center (7,990)
Athens, OH
February 18, 2022[75]
7:00 pm, CBSSN
at Kent State L 52–75[78]  22–5
(13–3)
 12  Carter   8  Vander Plas   3  Roderick  MAC Center (4,875)
Kent, OH
February 22, 2022
7:00 pm, ESPN3
Central Michigan W 76–50[79]  23–5
(14–3)
 23  Schmock   10  Vander Plas   10  Vander Plas  Convocation Center (5,861)
Athens, OH
February 25, 2022[81]
6:00 pm, CBSSN
Akron L 83–91[80]  23–6
(14–4)
 20  Sears   7  Sears   7  Sears  Convocation Center (8,896)
Athens, OH
March 1, 2022
7:00 pm, ESPN+
at Bowling Green L 77–80[82]  23–7
(14–5)
 25  Vander Plas   13  Sears   5  Sears  Stroh Center (2,068)
Bowling Green, OH
March 4, 2022
8:00 pm, ESPN+
at Northern Illinois L 57–58[83]  23–8
(14–6)
 19  Sears   8  Sears   8  Sears  Convocation Center (794)
DeKalb, IL
MAC Tournament
March 10, 2022
6:30 p.m., ESPN+
(3) vs. (6) Ball State
Quarterfinals
W 77–67[84]  24–8
 24  Sears   18  Carter   5  Sears  Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 
Cleveland, OH
March 11, 2022
6:30 p.m., CBSSN
(3) vs. (2) Kent State
Semi-finals
L 61–67[85]  24–9
 20  Vander Plas   7  Carter   2  Vander Plas  Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 
Cleveland, OH
College Basketball Invitational
March 19, 2022
7:30 p.m., FloHoops
(3) vs. (14) Rice
First Round
W 65–64[86]  25–9
 26  Carter   12  Carter   3  Vander Plas  Ocean Center (799)
Daytona Beach, FL
March 21, 2022
8:30 p.m., FloHoops
(3) vs. (6) Abilene Christian
Quarterfinals
L 86–91[87]  25–10
 35  Sears   11  Vander Plas   4  Vander Plas  Ocean Center (706)
Daytona Beach, FL
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.

Source[88]

Statistics

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Team statistics

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Final 2021–22 statistics
Record Ohio OPP
Scoring 2591 2378
Scoring Average 74.03 67.94
Field goals – Att 898–2084 868–1958
3-pt. Field goals – Att 316–942 231–734
Free throws – Att 479–657 411–540
Rebounds 1194 1225
Assists 441 397
Turnovers 368 498
Steals 263 199
Blocked Shots 91 114

Source[89]

Player statistics

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Minutes Scoring Total FGs 3-point FGs Free-Throws Rebounds
Player GP GS Tot Avg Pts Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG 3FA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg A PF TO Stl Blk
Mark Sears 35 35 1250 35.7 686 19.6 218 491 0.444 60 147 0.408 190 215 0.884 69 141 210 6 144 66 112 59 4
Ben Vander Plas 35 35 1237 35.3 499 14.3 166 363 0.457 67 198 0.338 100 138 0.725 40 197 237 6.8 107 81 63 62 16
Jason Carter 34 34 975 28.7 464 13.6 190 405 0.469 23 95 0.242 61 101 0.604 74 153 227 6.7 39 67 42 41 36
Tommy Schmock 35 2 762 21.8 232 6.6 77 199 0.387 60 159 0.377 18 26 0.692 5 63 68 1.9 54 57 27 27 2
Ben Roderick 33 33 812 24.6 224 6.8 77 224 0.344 28 126 0.222 42 67 0.627 30 71 101 3.1 27 67 26 21 3
Miles Brown 31 30 917 29.6 218 7 72 171 0.421 41 106 0.387 33 44 0.75 12 67 79 2.5 47 53 32 32 7
AJ Clayton 34 0 340 10 113 3.3 40 94 0.426 26 68 0.382 7 14 0.5 24 45 69 2 10 35 10 4 10
Sam Towns 27 2 278 10.3 56 2.1 23 57 0.404 3 18 0.167 7 14 0.5 27 41 68 2.5 6 25 18 12 3
IJ Ezuma 28 1 188 6.7 44 1.6 17 38 0.447 0 1 0 10 21 0.476 15 18 33 1.2 4 36 10 2 9
Lunden McDay 5 0 96 19.2 28 5.6 9 20 0.45 5 11 0.455 5 6 0.833 3 3 6 1.2 1 5 1 2 0
Michael Brown 3 2 68 22.7 10 3.3 3 6 0.5 1 4 0.25 3 4 0.75 1 2 3 1 0 2 1 0 0
Olumide Adelodun 13 0 39 3 8 0.6 3 11 0.273 2 8 0.25 0 0 0 1 3 4 0.3 2 5 4 1 1
Luke Frazier 5 0 11 2.2 4 0.8 2 3 0.667 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
John Tenerowicz 3 0 9 3 4 1.3 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 1 1 0.3 0 2 1 0 0
Josh McDaniel 2 0 6 3 1 0.5 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 0.333 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Colin Granger 3 0 12 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0.7 0 2 2 0 0
Total 35 - 7000 - 2591 74.0 898 2084 0.431 316 942 0.335 479 657 0.729 351 843 1194 34.1 441 505 368 263 91
Opponents 35 - 7000 - 2378 67.9 868 1958 0.443 231 734 0.315 411 540 0.761 295 930 1225 35.0 397 641 498 199 114
Legend
  GP  Games played   GS  Games started  Avg  Average per game
  FG  Field-goals made  FGA  Field-goal attempts  Off  Offensive rebounds
 Def  Defensive rebounds   A  Assists   TO Turnovers
 Blk  Blocks  Stl  Steals  High  Team high

Source[89]

Team and individual highs

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Team Game Highs

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Team Game Highs
Stat High Opponent Date
Points 92 Belmont November 9, 2021
Field goals Made 33 Belmont November 9, 2021
Field Goal Attempts 75 Bowling Green March 1, 2022
3 Points Made 16 Belmont November 9, 2021
3 Points Attempted 41 Bowling Green March 1, 2022
Free throws Made 26 USC Upstate December 21, 2021
Free Throw Attempts 33 USC Upstate \ Kent State December 21, 2021 \ February 22, 2022
Rebounds 43 Bowling Green \ Central Michigan January 1, 2020 \ February 22, 2022
Assists 22 Central Michigan February 22, 2022
Steals 13 Concordia November 26, 2021
Blocked Shots 7 Saint Francis (PA) December 4, 2021
Turnovers 20 Saint Francis (PA) December 4, 2021
Fouls 24 Akron February 25, 2022

Individual Game Highs

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Individual Game Highs
Stat High Player Opponent Date
Points 35 Mark Sears Abilene Christian March 21, 2022
Field goals Made 12 Jason Carter Western Michigan February 5, 2021
Field Goal Attempts 20 Mark Sears Miami (OH) February 15, 2022
3 Points Made 7 Tommy Schmock Central Michigan February 22, 2022
3 Points Attempted 14 Tommy Schmock Central Michigan February 22, 2022
Free throws Made 14 Mark Sears Abilene Christian March 21, 2022
Free Throw Attempts 19 Mark Sears Abilene Christian March 21, 2022
Rebounds 18 Jason Carter Ball State March 10, 2022
Assists 10 Ben Vander Plas Central Michigan February 22, 2022
Steals 5 Mark Sears Concordia November 26, 2021
Blocked Shots 3 Jason Carter 3 games
Turnovers 8 Mark Sears Saint Francis (PA) December 4, 2021
Fouls 5 Various

Source[90]

Awards and honors

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Weekly Awards

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Weekly Award Honors
Honors Player Position Date Awarded Source
MAC player of the week Mark Sears G November 15 [91]
MAC player of the week Mark Sears G December 20 [92]
MAC player of the week Mark Sears G December 27 [93]
MAC player of the week Mark Sears G January 10 [94]
MAC player of the week Mark Sears G January 31 [95]
MAC player of the week Jason Carter F February 7 [96]

Midseason awards watchlists

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Midseason award honors
Honors Player Position Year Source
Lou Henson National Player of the Year Mark Sears G So. [97]

All-MAC Awards

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Postseason All-MAC teams
Team Player Position Year
1st Mark Sears G So.
1st Ben Vander Plas F Sr.
3rd Jason Carter F GS

Source[98]

National Awards

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National Award Honors
Honors Player Position Ref.
Division I Academic All-American of the Year Ben Vander Plas F [99][19]

Rankings

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Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre12345678910111213141516171819Final
APRVRVRVRVNot released
Coaches—^

*AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings.
^Coaches do not release a Week 1 poll.

Source[100]

References

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