PAW PRINTS: The Week Forward in Ohio Athletics

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ATHENS, Ohio – It’s the final week of courses Bobcats! Ohio males’s and girls’s basketball are again within the Convo this week, whereas swim and dive and wrestling are on the highway for main invitationals and observe and area kicks off the outside season. Check out every part that is forward for Ohio Athletics on this week’s Paw Prints, offered by Memorial Health System. 

MEN’S BASKETBALL

Dec. 3 / vs. Maine / Athens, Ohio. / Convocation Center / 7 p.m. ET / ESPN+ / Watch / Live Stats  / Listen / Ohio Notes / Maine Notes / Digital Guide / Roster Card / Tickets 

Dec. 6 / vs. Maine / Athens, Ohio. / Convocation Center / 4 p.m. ET / ESPN+ / Watch / Live Stats  / Listen / Ohio Notes / Marshall Notes / Digital Guide / Roster Card / Tickets 

The Ohio males’s basketball staff (1-6) is again in Athens this week for 2 house matchups. The week begins on Wednesday, Dec. 3 when the Bobcats host Maine (0-9). Tip-off is about for 7 p.m. ET contained in the Convocation Center and may be seen on ESPN+. Ohio returns to the Convo on Saturday, Dec. 6 when Marshall (5-2) involves city. Tip-off is about for 4 p.m. ET and may be seen on ESPN+. Marty Bannister, Rob Cornelius and Gabe Genovesi can have the decision for each of these matchups. 

The Bobcats’ matchup will also be heard on the Ohio Sports Network from Learfield, offered by Holzer Health System. Jason Toy begins his second season on the mic for the Bobcats, whereas Dave Cecutti joins him in his first season on the airwaves. WXTQ (Power 105) in Athens returns because the 11-station net- work’s flagship and may be heard on the Varsity Network App

Ohio is 1-6 general after dropping two video games on the Sunshine Slam in Daytona Beach, Fla. final week, falling to George Mason and LMU. Senior ahead Aidan Hadaway led the Bobcats, averaging 14.0 factors and 5.0 rebounds a recreation, whereas going 5-of-12 from three and 5-of-7 from the road. 

Maine is 0-9 to begin the season and is coming off losses to American, Longwood and Siena on the American MTE Nov. 28-30. Maine is led by TJ Biel with 12.7 factors a recreation, whereas taking pictures 44.9 % from the sector and 35.3 % from three, whereas including 5.0 rebounds a recreation. This is the primary ever assembly between Ohio and Maine. 

Marshall is at present 5-2 general and is coming off a loss in opposition to Lipscomb on Nov. 26 in Huntington. The Herd will tackle UNCW in Wilmington, N.C. on Dec. 3 earlier than heading to Athens on Saturday. The Herd is led by Wyatt Fricks with 15.0 factors a recreation, whereas taking pictures 54.2 % from the sector, 42.4 % from three and 81.3 % from the road, whereas averaging 5.0 rebounds a recreation. This is the 109th assembly between Ohio and Marshall, with the Bobcats main the all-time sequence 57-52. Marshall has gained the final three conferences between the 2 groups and the final 4 out of 5 matchups. 

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Dec. 5 / vs UIC / Athens, Ohio / Convocation Center / 7 p.m. ET / ESPN+ / Watch /  Live Stats / Ohio Notes / UIC Notes / Digital Guide / Roster Card / Tickets

The Ohio girls’s basketball staff (3-3) is again in Athens for one recreation this week on Friday, Dec. 5 when the Bobcats host UIC (4-4). Tip-off is about for 7 p.m. ET contained in the Convocation Center and may be seen on ESPN+. 

Ohio is coming off a 1-1 week that noticed the Bobcats defeat Wright State on Athens on Monday earlier than falling on the highway to Davidson on Sunday. Junior guard Bailey Tabeling helped lead the Ohio girls’s basketball staff to a 1-1 week this previous week. Overall, Tabeling averaged 13.5 factors and 4 rebounds, whereas taking pictures .500 from the sector and going 6-of-13 from three. She additionally went 5-of-6 from the road, whereas recording 4 steals and meting out two assists. In the Bobcats 80-66 victory over Wright State on Nov. 24, Tabeling scored a game-high 19 factors, going 5-of-9 from the sector, 4-of-8 from three and 5-of-6 from the road, she additionally added six rebounds, one help and two steals. 

UIC is 4-4 general and is coming off a 1-1 week on the 2025 Iona Turkey Tip-Off the place they defeated Maine earlier than falling to Iona on Nov. 29. UIC is led by Jessica Carrothers who averages 17.2 factors a recreation, whereas taking pictures 50 % from the sector and 80 % from the road. 

SWIM AND DIVE

Dec. 3-6 / at Toyota US Open / Austin, Texas / Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swim Center / 11 a.m. ET / Meet Information / Event Website / Pre-Scratch Heat Sheets

Four members of the Ohio swim staff head to Austin, Texas Dec. 3-6 for the 2025 Toyota US Open. The four-day occasion is about to start at 11 a.m. ET every day contained in the Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swim Center. 

Heading to Austin is sophomore Juliana Slaninka who will take part within the 200 again, junior Zita Szoke within the 100 and 200 freestyle, senior Casadie DiBetta within the 100 and 200 breaststroke and sophomore Jordan Claypoole within the 50 fly. 

At final yr’s occasion, Szoke positioned sixth within the 50 free, fifth within the 200 free and third within the 100 free, whereas DiBetta completed third within the third within the 100 breaststroke. 

The Bobcats are coming off a first-place end on the 2025 TYR’ 85 Invite Nov. 21-23. The Bobcats concluded the three-day occasion with 2,768 complete factors, sufficient to carry off host Liberty, and declare first place at this yr’s occasion. Liberty completed second with 2,410 factors, adopted by Campbell in third with 1,427.5 factors. Szoke was then named MAC Swimmer of the Week for the second time this season for her efforts on the occasion. Szoke positioned first in all of her particular person occasions over the weekend, together with breaking a college file within the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 52.48 within the preliminary spherical. Overall, Szoke claimed 5 first-place finishes over the weekend with two second-place finishes, serving to the Bobcats to a first-place victory on the TYR 85′ Invite.

WRESTLING

Dec. 5-6 / at Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational / Las Vegas, Nev. / Westgate Las Vegas Resort and Casino / 12 p.m. ET / FloWrestling / Watch ($) / Event Information 

Ohio wrestling is again in motion Dec. 5-6 once they head to Las Vegas, Nev. for th 2025 Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational. The two-day occasion is about to start at 12 p.m. ET on the Westgate Las Vegas Resort and Casino. The occasion may be streamed on FloWrestling. 

At least yr’s occasion, redshirt senior Garrett Thompson positioned third general within the 174-pound bracket. 

Ohio is coming off a visit to the Mountaineer Invitational Nov. 23 in Boone, N.C. at App State. 

Leading the way in which for the Bobcats was redshirt sophomore Derek Raike, who took house the title within the 157 lb. bracket. Raike started his day by defeating UT-Chattanooga’s Alex Hutchcraft by first interval forfeit. Raike moved by way of the quarterfinals with a 9-3 determination victory over NC State’s Latrell Shaffer, recording two takedowns within the match. Raike took house one other victory by determination within the semifinals, recording three takedowns on his method to a 11-5 defeat of Appalachian State’s Kai O’Dell. Raike dominated the championship match, recording 5 takedowns to defeat Appalachian State’s Jeremiah Price by main determination, 17-6. Raike was named the MAC West Wrestler of the Week for his efforts.  

OUTDOOR TRACK AND FIELD

Dec. 5 / at GVSU Holiday Open / Allendale, Mich. / Kelly Family Sports Center / 12 p.m. ET / FloTrack / Watch ($) / Live Results /  Meet Information 

The Ohio observe and area staff opens the 205-26 season on Friday, Dec. 5 once they head to Allendale, Mich. to participate within the 2025 GVSU Holiday Open. The occasion will start at 12 p.m. ET on the Kelly Family Sports Center on the campus of Grand Valley State University. The meet might be streamed on FlorTrack. 

The Bobcats completed eighth finally yr’s MAC Outdoor Track and Field Championships. Junior Ellie Greenwell positioned fourth within the 800m finals with a time of two:11.11. Seniors Allie Martin and Leila Boussedra earned their second podium finishes of the meet within the girls’s 3000 meters. Martin positioned fifth (9:43.35) and Boussedra positioned seventh (9:44.58). Graduate scholar Kelsi Harris and senior  Alyssa Mason additionally competed within the occasion. Harris completed ninth (9:48.00) and Mason completed 12^th (9:57.32). Martin additionally positioned third within the 5,000m occasion, ending with a time of 16:43.11. 

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