ROCHESTER, Mich. – Travis Bader missed a shot in the final seconds and Ohio held on to defeat Oakland, 84-82, on Wednesday night.

T.J. Hall challenged the shot and came up with the rebound to help the Bobcats (6-1) hold on after it led by as many as 14 points, including by eight with one minute remaining. It was just the Grizzlies' third loss in their last 43 home games.

D.J. Cooper had 18 points, five rebounds, four assists and three steals, while Stevie Taylor led a bench effort that outscored Oakland 42-8 with 13 points. Hall added 10 points, while Reggie Keely had nine points and a team-high seven bounds off the bench.

Corey Petros and Reggie Hamilton had 23 points apiece for the Grizzlies (6-3). Petros reeled in 16 boards, while Hamilton had seven assists, but also had seven turnovers and fouled out with 32 seconds remaining.

It was his fourth foul that put Ricardo Johnson at the line with the chance to put the Bobcats up 10, but he missed both shots and Oakland made a push in the last 60 seconds.

Petros had a putback three-point play that made it 82-77, and after a Lucas Perry steal, Hamilton sank three free throws after being fouled by Ivo Baltic on a trey attempt.

Cooper made the second of two free throws after being fouled by Hamilton, and Ohio conceded a layup to Bader with 17 seconds to go. Baltic made the second of two shots to leave the Grizzlies within a bucket.

After Hall’s stop, Ohio called a timeout and was able to inbound deep to run out the final 1.2 seconds.

Oakland led 20-16 in the first half when Ohio went on a big run. The Grizzlies went scoreless for more than four minutes while the Bobcats poured in 16 consecutive points.

After Keely hit a jumper, Hall, Walter Offutt and Taylor hit consecutive triples, Taylor scored a fast break layup off a Cooper steal and Cooper drilled a shot from beyond the arc for a 32-20 advantage at the 9:58 mark.

The Bobcats maintained a lead of at least seven points and put seven straight points on the board to go up 44-30 on a Johnson layup with 3:30 left in the first half.

Oakland cut its deficit to 46-39 by the half, though, and it continued its push early in the first half, going up 49-48 on a Bader jumper with 18:17 to go.

Bader knocked down a 3-pointer with 14:50 remaining for Oakland’s biggest lead, 58-53, but Hall had five points in a 7-0 Ohio run that turned the game in favor of the Bobcats again.

With a Bader free throw at the 3:55 mark, the game was tied at 74, but Ohio dominated the next three minutes. Keely connected on a layup, Cooper hit a free throw and then Keely connected on a three-point play with 2:14 remaining to make it 80-74. Two Cooper free throws gave the Bobcats an eight-point lead.

Both teams shot well, with Ohio hitting on 47.1 percent of its attempts, including 12 of 27 (44.4 percent) of its 3-pointers. Oakland was 28 of 54 (51.9 percent) from the floor. It made just 7 of 23 shots from beyond the arc but was 19 of 23 at the line, while Ohio was 8 of 13.

Oakland was hurt by 22 turnovers, with Ohio committing 16. The Bobcats held a 33-32 rebounding edge with a 13-8 advantage in offensive boards.

Ohio’s 6-1 mark matches its best start since it had the same record to begin the 2005-06 season. The Bobcats have not gone 7-1 since the 1969-70 season when the Bobcats were 7-0 before suffering their first loss.

They can match that start from 42 years ago with a victory at 10 p.m. Saturday at Portland.