ATHENS – Ohio locked down Ball State in the first half to build a big lead on the way to a 69-57 victory against Ball State on Tuesday night at The Convo.

The Bobcats led 32-15 at halftime, holding the Cardinals to 25.9% shooting to that point. The Cardinals bounced back to shoot 55.6% in the second half and got as close as seven, but it was not nearly enough.

Jackson Paveletzke and Aidan Hadaway led Ohio (14-13, 8-6 Mid-American Conference) on the offensive end with 18 points each. Hadaway had a team-leading eight rebounds and Paveletke six assists. Ajay Sheldon added 12 points on 3-of-7 3-point shooting.

"We had two really good days of prep coming into this game, and we knew they were going to play hard and compete for 40 minutes," Ohio coach Jeff Boals said. "The last couple of games, I think they've taken Buffalo and Kent State down to the wire. So, give our guys credit. We didn't start the second half ideally, but we bent, and we didn't break."

Devon Barnes scored 17...

OXFORD – No. 23 Miami remained unbeaten with a 90-74 victory against Ohio on Friday night at Millett Hall.

The RedHawks (25-0, 12-0 Mid-American Conference) were hard to stop, shooting 51.7% while putting five players in double figures, led by Brant Byers’ 21 points.

Shooting 46.7% from the field, the Bobcats (13-13, 7-6 MAC) could not keep up despite a game-high 22 points from Jackson Paveletzke.

After leading 43-35 at halftime, Miami scored the first five points of the second half and led by double digits the rest of the way.

Justin Kirby’s 3-pointer sparked a run that began to put it away. Almar Atlason and Peter Suder scored layups, and Miami was up 65-48 with 13:14 remaining. Byers connected on a 3-pointer with 6:56 to go that pushed the lead to 79-59.

The Bobcats played fairly even with the RedHawks for the first 10 minutes of the game, trailing just 19-17 following a Javan Simmons layup. But he was called for a technical foul for interfering with the inbounder whi...

NORFOLK, Va. – Old Dominion capitalized at the foul line and took a 78-72 victory against Ohio as part of the MAC-Sun Belt Challenge on Saturday evening at Chartway Arena.

The Monarchs went 16 of 18 on free throws, consistently drawing fouls and cashing in down the stretch to hold their lead.

Ajay Sheldon scored a season-high 19 points on 5-of-9 3-point shooting, while Javan Simmons had 14 points. Aidan Hadaway scored 12 points and grabbed 13 rebounds but fouled out with nearly five minutes remaining.

Ketron Shaw paced ODU with 17 points, Caelum Swanton-Rodger had 14 points, and Jordan Battle and LJ Thomas scored 13 points each. Thomas went 7 of 7 at the foul line over the last 5:29.

The Monarchs led the entire second half except for a brief stretch midway through, but the Bobcats repeatedly made pushes.

Sheldon drained a 3 that made it 71-69 with 3:32 left, and Jesse Burris had a shot to put Ohio on top, but he was off the mark. Thomas scored a layup on the other end to...