Ohio U’s Boals earns 100th career victory
Ohio University has opened up Midamerican Conference play with a pair of wins, including a 69-63 win at Akron, which marked the 100th career victory for coach Jeff Boals.
Jason Carter (Johnstown)dunked with 11 seconds remaining in Tuesday's game and added a blocked shot three seconds later to help improve the Bobcats' overall record to 11-2. Carter finished with 19 points on 8-of-17 shooting. Ben Roderick (Olentangy Liberty) and Sam Towns (Pickerington Central) added five and two points, respectively. Mark Sears led the Bobcats with 24 points.
Against Western Michigan, Carter had 17 points and eight rebounds on the way to a 59-47 win.
Boals, who served as an assistant on Thad Matta's staff at Ohio State between 2009-2016, went 55-42 in three seasons at Stony Brook with a pair of CBI Tournament appearances. He is 4525 at OU and won the MAC Tournament last season, earned a 13th seed in the NCAA Tournament and then upset fourth-seeded Virginia before losing to Creighton in the second round.
Penha ascending in the GMAC
CJ Penha (Harvest Prep), a forward for Trevecca Nazarene, was named the Great Midwestern Athletic Conference athlete of the week after posting 29 points and 11 rebounds in a win over Cedarville and 25 points with nine rebounds
in a loss to Kentucky Wesleyan.
Penha combined to shoot 21 of 32 from the field in those games and began this week with a 17-point effort in a loss at Ohio Dominican. He currently leads the conference with 10.3 rebounds per game and is second with 19.8 points per game.
As a senior at Harvest Prep, Penha was a finalist for Ohio Mr. Basketball, named a District 10 All-star and the District 10 Most Valuable Player as well as first-team, All-central District. The Warriors finished 29-1 and made a statesemifinal appearance in 2017.
Ohio State hockey postponed
The Buckeyes' two-game series at Wisconsin scheduled for Friday and Saturday has been postponed due to COVID-19 within Wisconsin's program.
The status of the series will be announced later this week. OSU'S next games are set for Jan. 14-15 against Notre Dame at Value City Arena.
Central Ohio Bowl Watch
Thomas Rush (Minnesota/marysville) - Made two tackles in an 18-8 win over West Virginia in the Guaranteed Rate Bowl.
Camby Goff (Air Force/reynoldsburg) - Had six tackles, including three solo and one tackle for a loss in a 31-28 win over Louisville at the First Responder Bowl.
Kieren Douglas (Purdue/pickerington Central) - Totaled 14 tackles with one pass defended in a 48-45 overtime win over Tennessee in the Music City Bowl.
Xavier Henderson (Michigan State/
Pickerington Central) - Made two tackles in a 31-21 win over Pitt in the Peach Bowl.
Jacob Slade (Michigan State/olentangy) - Had six tackles and 1.5 sacks in the win over Pitt.
Isaiah Mullens (Wisconsin/harvest Prep) - Had one solo tackle in a 20-13 win over Arizona State in the Las Vegas Bowl.
Brandon Chapman (Wake Forest/ Grove City) - Caught two passes, both for touchdowns, totaling five yards in a 38-10 win over Rutgers in the Gator Bowl.
Ty Van Fossen (Cincinnati/desales) - Made eight tackles — two solo — in a 27-6 loss to Alabama in the Cotton Bowl.
Brad Robbins (Michigan/westerville South) - Averaged 44.5 yards on two punts with a long of 47 in a 34-11 loss to Georgia in the Orange Bowl.
Zach Harrison (Ohio State/olentangy Orange) - Totaled five tackles in a 4845 win over Utah in the Rose Bowl.
Jack Sawyer (Ohio State/pickerington North) - Made one tackle in the win over Utah.
Luke Lachey (Iowa/grandview) Had two receptions for 27 yards in a 2017 loss to Kentucky at the Citrus Bowl.
Chris Stoll (Penn State/desales) Made one tackle in a 24-10 loss to Arkansas in the Outback Bowl.
Lorenzo Styles Jr. (Notre Dame/ Pickerington Central) - Led the Irish with 136 yards on eight receptions and scored a touchdown in a 37-35 loss to Oklahoma State in the Fiesta Bowl. aconn@dispatch.com #ajconn95