ATHENS – D.J. Cooper knocked down a long go-ahead 3-pointer with 38 seconds left and Ohio remained undefeated with a 69-64 victory against St. Bonaventure on Wednesday night at The Convo.

Cooper finished with 16 points and eight assists to lead the Bobcats (6-0). Walter Offutt and Nick Kellogg added 14 and 13 points, respectively.

The Bonnies (3-2) came back from an 11-point deficit, taking a 61-59 lead on an Eric Mosley 3-pointer with 4:07 remaining. A free throw by Charlon Kloof a minute later gave St. Bonaventure a three-point advantage.

Jon Smith hit a pair of free throws with 2:37 to go to make it a one-point game and then threw down a dunk at the 1:16 mark on an assist from Cooper to put Ohio back in the lead.

Chris Johnson answered with a lead-changing basket before Cooper’s long 3-pointer gave Ohio the advantage for good, 66-64. Demitrius Conger missed from beyond the arc and a jump ball on the rebound gave possession to the Bobcats. With the Bonnies forced to foul, Cooper iced the victory with a pair of free throws.

An Offutt 3-pointer early in the second half gave Ohio its biggest lead of the game, 42-31, but the Bobcats did not score for three minutes and the Bonnies chipped away.

Johnson’s jumper with 12:48 made it a three-point game and after Ohio pushed back out to an eight-point lead, St. Bonaventure kept the Bobcats off the scoreboard for four and a half minutes, taking the lead on a Mosley 3-pointer with 9:18 to go. It was back and forth after that.

The majority of the first half was nip and tuck, but Ohio dominated the final five minutes. Kellogg’s 3-pointer gave Ohio a 28-26 advantage and Offutt followed with one of his own. A Kellogg layup with 51 seconds left before the break gave the Bobcats a nine-point lead and they ended up taking a 37-29 lead into the locker room.

Mosley finished the game 6 of 8 from 3-point range, scoring a game-high 19 points. Johnson was 6 of 10, scoring 17 points, and Kloof and Conger tallied 10 points apiece.

St. Bonaventure committed 20 turnovers to 13 by Ohio, but the Bonnies held a 34-27 rebounding advantage. The Bonnies shot 47.7 percent from the floor, including 8 of 14 from beyond the arc, but made just 14 of 25 free throws (56 percent). The Bobcats connected on 46 percent of their field goal tries and were 13 of 20 at the foul line.

In addition to scoring four key points down the stretch, Smith had four rebounds, four blocks and three steals. Ivo Baltic had a team-high six rebounds. Both he and Offutt struggled with foul trouble.

Having lost three straight years to Robert Morris, Ohio will head to Moon Township, Pa., to face the Colonials at 7 p.m. Saturday.