COLUMBUS - The Ohio Dominican Panthers men's basketball team opens the 2022-23 season on the road against the GLVC favorite, the Indianapolis Greyhounds on Friday (Nov. 11) at Nicoson Hall. 

The Panthers and Greyhounds will tip off at 7:30 PM in a battle of Midwest Region opponents on opening weekend. 

GAME NOTES (Game 1 - UIndy) (PDF)

• The Panthers will be under the direction of Kelly Winter, in his fourth year.
• Ohio Dominican finished the 2021-22 season with a 7-21 overall mark and 4-16 in conference play. The Panthers dropped their last five games of 2022 and have lost six straight games on the road, dating back to last February.
• Winter will return ten players that saw time on the court and 13 players total with Ohio Dominican playing experience.
• Zach Szul (Waterville, Ohio) (13.5 PPG) and Sean Marks (Delaware, Ohio) (13.2 PPG) are both back after scoring in double figures.
• The team brings back four of the top five rebounders and three of the top six shooters in terms of field goal percentage.
• Others returning include Brandon Gibson II (Dayton, Ohio), Matt Hall (Evanston, Illinois), and Mitch Wilkinson (Grand Rapids, Michigan), who all saw time in the starting lineup.
• Keshawn Heard (Newark, Ohio) joins the Panthers after playing at West Georgia the last two years.
• Ohio Dominican were picked tenth in the 2022-23 Great Midwest Preseason Coaches Poll as voted on by the conference's 12 head coaches, compiling 33 points.
• The lone All-Conference (Second Team) performer from the 2021-22 season, Alek West, departs after leading the Panthers with 16.0 PPG, 6.1 RPG and 5.7 APG.
• UIndy and Ohio Dominican have met once in the program history in the 2019-20 season opener. The Greyhounds were victorious 71-69 at Cedarville.
• ODU is 6-6 in season openers in the Division II era.

ABOUT THE GREYHOUNDS

• The Indianapolis Greyhounds are hosting two Great Midwest teams at Nicoson Hall for the 2022-23 opening weekend. 
• In the 2021-22 season, UIndy went 19-11 overall and 10-8 in the GLVC. The Hounds played in the GLVC Championship game against Missouri-St. Louis, who made a run to the Sweet 16 last March. 
• As voted on by the head coaches of the GLVC, the Greyhounds were voted as the preseason favorite. UIndy received 136 points and seven first-place votes of the 13 head coaches. 
• UIndy will return All-GLVC Second Team honoree Jesse Bingham, who was also named All-Defensive Team last season as he averaged 14.7 points, 4.7 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game. 
• Overall, the Hounds have seven players from the 2021-22 squad back that played and ten overall. 
• The Greyhounds bring back two of the top three scorers from the 2021-22 team along with four of the top five rebounders and three of the top five assist leaders. Kendrick Tchoua was in double-figures with 10.2 points and 6.6 rebounds while shooting 61.3% from the floor. 
• The incoming class for the Greyhounds include three transfers. Jarvis Walker (Purdue Fort Wayne), Bruno Williams (Lewis) and David Ejah (Saint Francis)
• Williams averaged 12.1 points at Lewis last season as an All-GLVC Second Team selection before joining the Hounds. 
• Ejah was an All-America Honorable Mention candidate last season after averaging 19.9 points per game and 9.2 rebounds per game at Saint Francis. 
• UIndy was receiving votes in the preseason NABC poll along with Midwest Region schools Ferris State, Hillsdale, Findlay, Missouri-St. Louis and Wayne State.
• The Greyhounds were tabbed 23rd in the inaugural D2SIDA national poll along with second in the Midwest Region. 
• Paul Corsaro is in his third season as head coach, compiling a 30-23 record. 

UP NEXT

The Panthers will host Wilberforce on Sunday (Nov. 13), starting a four-game November homestand at 3:00 PM. 

Contact: Tyler Stotsky
stotskyt@ohiodominican.edu