ATHENS, Ohio -- The 'Saul Phillips Show' is back at Latitude 39 on Monday (Feb. 9) on the Ohio IMG Sports Network and online on OhioBobcats.com. The first-year head coach of Bobcat men's basketball will join the seventh-year 'Voice of the Bobcats' Russ Eisenstein from 6-7 p.m. ET at the restaurant at Baker Center.

 

Tonight's special guest is senior forward Maurice Ndour (Mbour, Senegal).

 

Ndour is the only player on the team to start all 21 games this season for Ohio, ranking second on the squad with 15.2 points per game (eighth in the MAC; 319) while leading the Bobcats with averages of 8.5 rebounds (second in the MAC; 179), 2.3 blocks (second in the MAC; 48), 5.4 free throw attempts (114), 4.2 free throws made (88) and 34.1 minutes played (716). He also ranks second on the team with 11.2 field goal attempts (236), 5.2 field goals made (110), 1.0 steals (21) and a .772 free throw percentage (88-of-114) and ranks third with 1.7 assists per game (35).

 

Ndour leads the team with 15.3 points per game (153), 8.8 rebounds per game (88) and 2.8 blocks per game (28) in conference play.

 

Ndour has recorded a team-high 18 double-figure scoring outings -- including four 20-point efforts. He has tallied a team-high eight double-doubles and a team-high nine double-digit rebounding efforts. Ndour has led the team in scoring seven times and in rebounds a team-high 13 times.

 

Ndour helped the Bobcats (9-12, 4-6 MAC) pick up back-to-back Mid-American Conference wins last week, averaging 16.0 points (32) and 6.5 rebounds (13) to rank second on the squad while leading Ohio with 7.5 blocks. He totaled 16 points on 6-of-12 shooting in addition to hauling in four boards, blocking a game-high three shots, dishing out an assist and collecting a steal in 40 minutes in a heart-pounding 83-82 win over Akron last Wednesday (Feb. 4). He followed that performance up by adding 16 points, nine rebounds, a game-high four blocks, three assists and a steal in a 76-74 victory over Eastern Michigan last Saturday (Feb. 7).

 

The Bobcats have won four of their last six games since starting MAC play 0-4 and have earned three straight wins at the friendly confines of the Convo.

 

Ohio concludes its three-game homestand next Tuesday (Feb. 10), playing host to Central Michigan in a 7 p.m. ET battle at the Convocation Center.

 

Six stations on the radio network will carry the show:

Athens: WXTQ-105.5 FM

Columbus: WYTS-1230 AM

Middleport: WMPO 1390 AM

Ravenswood, WV: WMOV 1360 AM 

St. Mary's WV: WJAW 630 AM

Wellston: WYPC 1330 AM