Spokesman-Review
National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Ohio 99, DePaul 78
When: 2:30 PM ET, Tuesday, December 23, 2014
Where: Stan Sheriff Center, Honolulu, Hawaii
Officials: # Jose Carrion, # Tommy Short, # Ryan Wells
Attendance: 1913

Ohio 99, DePaul 78: Javarez Willis set career highs with seven 3-pointers and 31 points as the Bobcats routed the Blue Demons in the consolation round of the Diamond Head Classic in Honolulu.

Treg Setty shot 7-of-9 from the field and finished with a career-high 17 points and nine rebounds while Ryan Taylor also scored 17 for Ohio (4-5), which will face Loyola Marymount or Nebraska in Thursday’s fifth-place game. Maurice Ndour chipped in with 15 points and 10 rebounds while Antonio Campbell added 10 points and 10 rebounds as the Bobcats put five players in double figures and shot a season-high 59.4 percent from the field.

Darrick Wood led the way with 15 points while Billy Garrett Jr. and Tommy Hamilton IV tallied 13 points apiece for DePaul (6-6), which has dropped five straight and will take on the loser of Loyola Marymount-Nebraska in Thursday's seventh-place game. Forrest Robinson and Aaron Simpson contributed 12 and 10 points, respectively, off the bench for the Blue Demons.

Willis scored 10 of his team’s first 15 points as Ohio raced out to a nine-point advantage 5:34 into the contest and hit his third 3-pointer of the first half to give the Bobcats a 24-12 edge. Garrett sparked a rally with four free throws and capped it with a triple to close the gap to two, but Ohio used five straight buckets inside the paint over the final 3:08 – three from Setty – to take a 14-point lead into the break.

A pair of early free throws from Garrett and a 3-pointer by Simpson allowed DePaul to trim its deficit to 11 before another triple from Willis and a dunk from Campbell forced a timeout from the Blue Demons. Setty and Willis each drained a 3-pointer within 20 seconds of each other as Ohio stretched its advantage to 63-41 with a little more than 13 minutes remaining.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Ohio’s point total was its highest since scoring 107 in a quadruple-overtime loss to St. Bonaventure on Dec. 18, 2010, while its field-goal percentage was its best since a 65.3-percent effort against Marshall on Jan. 15, 2013. … DePaul’s five-game non-conference losing streak matches its longest since 2007-08. … The Bobcats drained a season-high 10 3-pointers.
Top Game Performances
 
Ohio   DePaul
Javarez Willis 31 Scoring Darrick Wood 15
Javarez Willis 6 Assists Billy Garrett Jr. 4
Antonio Campbell 10 Rebounds Forrest Robinson 6
Maurice Ndour 5 Free Throws Made Billy Garrett Jr. 8
Maurice Ndour 3 Steals Forrest Robinson 3
Maurice Ndour 1 Blocks Jamee Crockett 1
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Ohio 99 59.4 10-24 13-18 14 36 2 7 10
DePaul 78 41.0 8-26 20-24 7 26 2 4 15