ATHENS – Jason Preston had his second straight double-double as Ohio rolled past Division III Heidelberg 88-50 on Saturday at The Convo.

Preston finished with 16 points, 11 assists and seven rebounds, while Ben Vander Plas finished with 18 points and six rebounds to lead the Bobcats (2-0). Nolan Foster had 12 points and eight rebounds off the bench, and Lunden McDay also reached double figures with 10 points.

Dylan Woods was the only player for the Student Princes (0-1) in double figures,...

OLEAN, N.Y. – Welcome back, Jordan Dartis.

The senior sharpshooter who missed all of last season with a hip injury scored 19 points as Ohio pulled away for a 65-52 victory against St. Bonaventure to open the season Tuesday night at the Reilly Center.

Jason Preston had a double-double of 11 points and 13 assists while adding six rebounds and six steals, and Ben Vander Plas scored 12 points for the Bobcats (1-0).

Ohio, picked to finish last in the Mid-American Conference in virtually ever...

ATHENS – Jason Preston scored 17 points and added seven rebounds, six assists and three steals as the Ohio men’s basketball team opened its season with a 73-49 exhibition victory against Capital on Saturday at The Convo.

Jordan Dartis scored 13 points, while freshman Lunden McDay started and scored 12 points for the Bobcats. Ben Vander Plas had nine points and five rebounds.

It was the first game back on the floor of his alma mater for new coach Jeff Boals.

"It was a surreal feeling," B...

ATHENS – Former Ohio team captain Jeff Boals has been named the men’s basketball coach, the university announced Sunday.

A 1995 graduate of Ohio University, Boals has spent the last three years as the head coach at Stony Brook, leading the Seawolves to a 55-41 record.

"I am incredibly grateful and honored to return home to my alma mater as the head men's basketball at Ohio University," Boals said in a press release. "My family and I are thrilled to see my coaching career come full circle w...

CLEVELAND – Buffalo used a barrage of first-half 3-pointers and pounded the offensive boards throughout to take a 77-61 victory against Ohio in the championship game of the Mid-American Conference women’s basketball tournament Saturday at Quicken Loans Arena.

With both teams on the NCAA Tournament bubble, the Bulls clinched their spot for the second straight year while the Bobcats will sweat out the selection show Monday hoping to earn their first spot since winning the MAC in 2015.

Buffal...

DeKALB, Ill. – Northern Illinois shot 62.1 percent in the first half – including 8 of 10 from 3-point range – to build a 16-point lead and then coast to a 80-61 victory against Ohio in the first round of the Mid-American Conference Tournament on Monday night at The Convocation Center.

The No. 7 seed Huskies (16-16) led 44-28 at halftime and advanced to Cleveland to face No. 2 seed Toledo in the quarterfinals.

Eugene German led Northern Illinois with 23 points and five rebounds, Dante Thorp...

ATHENS – Ohio closed the game on a 19-6 run and closed out the regular season with a 66-57 victory against Miami on Friday night at The Convo.

Miami scored the game’s first seven points, went up by as many as 12 points and led throughout most of the game until Ohio’s strong finish.

Jason Carter nearly outscored the RedHawks by himself in the second half, finishing with 21 of his career-high 26 points after the break. Miami finished with just 25 points in the second half. Doug Taylor had 10...

ATHENS – No. 19 Buffalo used a hot-shooting first half to build a lead and then held off Ohio late 82-79 on Tuesday night at The Convo.

The Bulls made 11 of 20 3-poitners in the first half to take a 41-35 lead at halftime. They game was not locked up until Gavin Block’s three-quarters court shot at the buzzer missed wide off the backboard.

Doug Taylor had a career-high 20 points and six rebounds, while Teyvion Kirk had 17 points, five rebounds and five assists, and Jason Carter finished wi...

AKRON – In a complete turnaround from the earlier meeting, Ohio dominated Akron in a 73-49 rout Saturday at James A. Rhodes Arena.

The Bobcats led 39-19 at halftime and were more than doubling up the Zips near the midway point in the second half 59-29. The lead reached 31 at 66-35 with 8:39 remaining.

Ben Vander Plas had his second breakthrough performance, scoring 20 points on 6-of-10 3-point shooting, falling just shy of his career-high performance of 24 points two weeks ago against Cent...

KENT – After struggling early, Mid-American Conference leading scorer Jaylin Walker caught fire late to help Kent State edge Ohio 78-73 on Tuesday at the MAC Center.

Walker scored 13 of his 23 points in the final six minutes as Kent State erased a four-point deficit. Jalen Avery also made a pair of 3-pointers down the stretch when the Golden Flashes were 5 of 6 from long range after starting 3 of 14.

It all started with a little luck as Walker banked in a 3-pointer to answer one by Connor...