The Bobcats basketball squad has received a verbal commitment from 6-9, 250-pound center Kenneth van Kempen of the Netherlands. Ohio faced van Kempen's Upstairs Weert team on their European tour prior to last season. On a team coached by his dad, van Kempen scored 6 points in that contest. For the season, he averaged 2.1 points and 2.2 rebounds in 8.2 minutes per game.

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