ATHENS – Jordan Dartis and Ben Vander Plas combined for 49 points, and Ohio held off Morehead State 82-76 on Saturday afternoon at The Convo.

Vander Plas had 24 points, 11 rebounds and four assists, while Dartis went 5 of 10 from long range and scored 25 points. Jason Preston added 13 points, six rebounds and eight assists.

It was just enough for Ohio (8-4). Morehead State (5-7) led 39-38 at halftime and stayed in contention until the final minutes.

Lunden McDay’s 3-pointer with 5:16 re...

ATHENS – Down by 20 points at halftime, Ohio made a big second-half run to get as close as six, but Purdue pulled away again and took a 69-51 victory Tuesday night at The Convo.

Coming back from an injury, Jordan Dartis led the Bobcats with 16 points, while Nate Springs made four 3-pointers and scored 12 points off the bench. Lunden McDay added 10 points in Ohio's first home game against a Big Ten opponent since Wisconsin came to visit in 2001.

A Dartis four-point play with 14:59 remaining...

ATHENS – Ben Vander Plas had a double-double with 21 points and 11 rebounds, and Jason Preston was just shy of a triple-double with 20 points, nine rebounds and eight assists as Ohio rolled to an 81-54 victory against Tennessee Tech on Saturday at The Convo.

Sylester Ogbonda added 12 points and nine rebounds for the short-handed Bobcats, who played without Jordan Dartis and Ben Roderick, as well as Miles Brown and Connor Murrell, who have yet to play this season. Freshman center Nolan Foster...

ATHENS – Ohio had seven players score nine or more points and coasted to a 90-51 victory against Rio Grande on Wednesday night at The Convo.

Ben Vander Plas, Sylvester Ogbonda and Marvin Price had 14 points apiece to lead the Bobcats (6-3). Mason McMurray scored 12 points, Jason Preston had 11 points, and Lunden McDay and Nolan Foster scored nine points each.

"We wanted to come out and set the tone for the game," Ohiocoach Jeff Boals said. "We were up one going into the first timeout and t...

ATHENS – For the second straight game, Jordan Dartis was on fire, leading Ohio to a 91-81 victory against Detroit Mercy on Saturday at The Convo.

Dartis went 6 of 9 on 3-pointers and scored 26 points, while Jason Preston was two rebounds shy of a triple-double. He finished with 20 points, 12 assists and eight rebounds.

In the last two games, Dartis has gone a combined 14 of 22 on 3-pointers and has scored 58 points. On Saturday, 22 of his points game in the first half alone on 5-of-7 3-poi...

CONWAY, S.C. – Jordan Dartis knocked down eight 3-pointers and scored 32 points as Ohio rolled past Middle Tennessee 75-63 in the seventh-place game of the Myrtle Beach Invitational on Sunday night at the HTC Center.

Dartis went 8 of 13 from long range and added four assists for the Bobcats (4-3). Jason Preston finished with 15 points, nine assists and five rebounds, and Sylvester Ogbonda had 12 points and four rebounds.

"We knew by the way they played defense that Jordan was going to get...

CONWAY, S.C. – Utah got to the foul line 28 times and converted on all but one attempt as it topped Ohio 80-66 on Saturday in the consolation semifinals of the Myrtle Beach Invitational at the HTC Center.

The Utes (4-1) also shot 48.9% from the floor, including 7 of 15 (46.7%) from 3-point range in the best offensive performance against the Bobcats (3-3) so far this season.

Jason Preston led Ohio with 21 points and four assists, while Ben Vander Plas scored 13 points and added four rebound...

CONWAY, S.C. – No. 24 Baylor used three big runs to pull away from Ohio 76-53 in the opening round of the Myrtle Beach Invitational on Thursday at the HTC Center.

The Bears (3-1) took the lead with 11 straight points early in the first half, scored 12 straight points late in the first half to turn a three-point lead into 15 points, and they scored 15 in a row late in the second half to pull away, turning a nine-point advantage into 24.

"They showed they're a top-20 team in the country," Oh...

PHILADELPHIA – No. 10 Villanova went on a 16-0 late second-half run and pulled away for a 78-54 victory against Ohio on Saturday at the Wells Fargo Center.

The Bobcats (3-1) scored the game’s first five points and led 17-16 on a Jason Preston layup with 6:47 left in the first half, but the Wildcats (2-1) took over in the next four minutes.

Ben Vander Plas led Ohio with a double-double of 19 points and 10 rebounds, and Preston had 16 points and eight assists, but the Bobcats were unable to...

NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. – Jason Preston had a career scoring game, finishing with 27 points to lead Ohio to an 81-72 road victory against Iona on Wednesday night at the Hynes Center.

Preston went 10 of 17 from the field while playing all 40 minutes and added 14 rebounds and five assists. He knocked down 2 of 4 3-pointers and was 5 of 5 at the foul line.

Jordan Dartis and Lunden McDay had 13 points each, and Ben Vander Plas had 12 points for the undefeated Bobcats (3-0).

E.J. Crawford had 21...