ATHENS – After sitting out the last game, Ben Vander Plas nearly putting up a triple-double Monday as Ohio built a huge lead and then held off a late Central Michigan push to win 85-65 in the first round of the Mid-American Conference tournament at The Convo.

Vander Plas finished with 25 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists, and Jason Preston put up big numbers across the board, too, with 21 points, seven assists and six rebounds. Jordan Dartis added 11 points and five boards.

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OXFORD – Ohio rallied from 10 points down with three minutes remaining to beat Miami 67-65 and secure a first-round Mid-American Conference tournament home game Friday night at Millet Hall.

The RedHawks led 63-53 on Isaiah Coleman-Lands’ 3-pointer with 3:47 to go, but the Bobcats (16-15, 8-10 MAC) outscored them 14-2 the rest of the way, going ahead on Miles’ Browns put-back of a missed Jason Preston 3-pointer with 14 seconds left. Bam Bowman missed a contested 3-pointer at the buzzer for Mia...

AKRON – Ohio ran out of gas late, and Akron rallied for a 74-67 victory Tuesday night to clinch the Mid-American Conference regular season title at James R. Rhodes Arena.

The Bobcats led 61-47 with 14:19 remaining on a Miles Brown free throw, but they went ice cold the rest of the way, getting outscored 27-6.

Greg Tribble’s dunk with 4:53 remaining gave Akron (23-7, 13-4 MAC) the lead, and the Zips did not give it up, even with the MAC’s second-leading scorer Loren Cristian Jackson fouling...

ATHENS – Ben Vander Plas had 20 points and six rebounds, and Jason Preston finished with a double-double of 18 points and 10 assists as Ohio won for the fifth time in seven games with a 76-69 victory against Kent State on Friday night at The Convo.

Jordan Dartis added 17 points on senior night and his final home game. Lunden McDay was big off the bench with 16 points.

"No. 1, awesome crowd," Ohio coach Jeff Boals said. "That might have been the biggest crowd of the year, and what a night t...

ATHENS – Ohio scored the game’s first 18 points and carried that to an 80-69 victory that snapped a six-game losing streak to Buffalo on Tuesday night at The Convo.

Ben Roderick had a career game, leading all players with 21 points while making 6 of 8 3-pointers. Jason Preston added 19 points, 10 rebounds and four assists, and Ben Vander Plas had 14 points, eight rebounds and five assists. Jordan Dartis finished with 12 points.

"Ben Roderick, coming off the missed free throw at Bowling Gre...

BOWLING GREEN – Justin Turner hit the game-winning jump shot with two seconds left as first-place Bowling Green rallied from 18 down to beat Ohio 62-61 on Saturday at the Stroh Center.

The Falcons trailed by as much as 32-14 late in the first half, briefly took the lead late in the game, but trailed 61-58 following Ben Vander Plas’ three-point play with 43 seconds remaining. Turner hit two free throws with 30 seconds left, and after Ben Roederick missed on the front end of a one-and-one, Turn...

ATHENS – Jordan Dartis scored 27 points, and Ohio snapped a seven-game losing streak to Central Michigan with a 77-69 victory Tuesday night at The Convo.

Dartis knocked down 7 of 12 3-pointers and got plenty of help from Ben Vander Plas, who had 13 of his 17 points in the second half and added seven rebounds. Jason Preston had 15 points, six rebounds and six assists, and Lunden McDay finished with six points for the Bobcats (13-13, 5-8 Mid-American Conference).

Kevin McKay paced the Chippe...

KENT – Troy Simons and Anthony Roberts combined for 48 points to lead Kent State to an 87-72 victory against Ohio on Saturday at the MAC Center.

Simons finished with 27 points, while Roberts scored 21. Antonio Williams contributed 16 points, and C.J. Williamson had 14 points off the bench for the Golden Flashes (17-8, 7-5 Mid-American Conference), who shot 53.1% for the game, including 17 of 31 (54.8%) from long range.

"There wasn't the disruption that we've had," Ohio coach Jeff Boals sai...

ATHENS – Jason Preston followed up a triple-double performance by nearly nabbing another, finishing three assists shy of the milestone as Ohio won its second game in a row for the first time in Mid-American Conference play with a 73-61 victory against Western Michigan on Tuesday night at The Convo.

Preston tallied 21 points, 11 rebounds and seven assists, and while he had seven turnovers in Saturday’s triple-double against, Miami, he had only one Tuesday. Ben Vander Plas had 19 points and nin...

ATHENS – Miami missed 24 straight shots in the first half, and Ohio rolled to a 77-46 victory against its rival Saturday at The Convo.

Jason Preston posted a triple-double with 15 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists.

"Most importantly we got the win," Preston said. "We were on a four-game losing streak and to come in here and beat our rival, that's what's most important."

Jordan Dartis broke Nick Kellogg’s school 3-point record, finishing with 11 points.

"When it comes down the road...