CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Ayo Dosunmu’s free throws with 2.3 seconds remaining put Illinois on top and allowed the eighth-ranked team in the country to hold off Ohio 77-75 on Friday at the State Farm Center.

Jason Preston’s floater with seven seconds to go gave Ohio a 75-74 lead, but Dosunmu came back the other way after a timeout, got to the basket and was fouled by Dwight Wilson. He connected twice.

Illinois took advantage of a foul to give after the Bobcats’ inbound pass, leaving them just 1.4...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Ohio had another strong second half effort to pull away with an 84-72 victory against North Carolina A&T on Thursday at the State Farm Center at the University of Illinois.

The teams were knotted at 35 at halftime and at 38 early in the second half before the Bobcats outscored the Aggies 34-12 over the next 11 minutes to take a 22-point lead with 7:06 remaining.

Jason Preston approached a triple-double with 21 points, nine rebounds and seven assists, while Ben Roderick kn...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Ohio began the second half with a huge run to run away with an 84-61 victory against Chicago State to open the men’s basketball season Wednesday at the State Farm Center at the University of Illinois.

The Cougars hung close for one half, trailing 41-29 at the break, before the Bobcats blew open a huge lead with an 18-2 advantage over the first six minutes of the second half.

Lunden McDay led five Ohio players in double figures with 15 points. Jason Preston scored 11 point...

CLEVELAND – Though there was a limited crowd, Ohio players warmed up on the court as usual before what was supposed to be the first game of the Mid-American Conference quarterfinals against Akron on Thursday morning.

Players were called off the floor and issued fever checks to see if anyone exhibiting any symptoms of the COVID-19 coronavirus, and shortly before the scheduled tip time of noon, players were allowed back on the floor to resume preparations for the game that then was pushed back...

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.

The No. 8 B...

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...