DeKALB, Ill. – Ohio led with seven minutes to go but Northern Illinois closed strong to take a 71-60 victory Tuesday night at The Convocation Center in DeKalb.

With the Huskies trailing 50-49, Dante Thorpe’s 3-pointer with 6:52 remaining gave his team the lead for good by sparking a 10-1 run.

Jason Carter led the Bobcats (11-9, 3-5 Mid-American Conference) with 15 points but he did not score only took one shot in the final 11 minutes. Teyvion Kirk finished with 10 points.

Thrope went 4...

ATHENS - Gavin Block knocked down the go-ahead 3-pointer with 39 seconds remaining as Ohio topped Ball State 78-74 on Saturday at The Convo.

The Bobcats (11-8, 3-4 Mid-American Conference) held the Cardinals (11-9, 2-5 MAC) scoreless for the final two and a half minutes and won their second straight game. Jason Carter led four Ohio players in double figures with 16 points, while Block finished with 15. Antonio Cowart Jr. scored 11 points, and Jason Preston tallied 10 points.

"That was just...

ATHENS – Ohio found its outside touch and a win but lost one of the key players who helped it find them.

James Gollon knocked down three 3-pointers and scored 13 points in the first half but tore his Achilles’ tendon just before halftime in Ohio’s 81-76 victory against Western Michigan on Tuesday night at The Convo.

Gollon was a huge spark off the bench in just eight minutes of play before the injury, which will cause him to miss the rest of the season. He was 3 of 4 from long range and ad...

TOLEDO - Ohio's offensive struggles continued in a 75-52 loss to Toledo on Friday night at Savage Arena.

The Bobcats shot just 32.2 percent in the game despite decent success from the outside. Ohio was 9 of 27 (33.3 percent) on 3-pointers but just 10 of 32 (31.3 percent) inside the arc.

Gavin Block was the only Ohio player in double figures, finishing with 12 points. Top scorers Jason Carter (8 points) and Teyvion Kirk (7 points) combined to go 6 of 25 from the field.

Luke Knapke scored...

ATHENS – Ohio erased one deficit but could not come back from a second one in a 66-52 loss to Kent State on Tuesday night at The Convo.

The Bobcats trailed 37-26 at halftime, came back to tie the score eight minutes into the second half but had no answer for the Golden Flashes’ run that followed. Kent State scored nine straight points, and Ohio got no closer than six after that.

Jaylin Walker led the Golden Flashes (13-4, 2-2 Mid-American Conference) with 21 points, while Jalen Avery score...

MUNCIE, Ind. – Ohio scored the first 10 points and shut down one of the Mid-American Conference’s best offenses, picking up its first league win in dominating fashion on the road, 70-52 over ball State on Saturday at Worthen Arena.

The Cardinals shot below 40 percent for the first time this season, finishing at just 35.4 percent, including only 27.3 percent in the first half as the Bobcats ran out to a 39-18 lead at the break. Ball State came in averaging 81.9 points per game.

Teyvion Kirk...

BOWLING GREEN - Bowling Green dominated the final nine minutes and ran away with an 82-63 victory against Ohio on Tuesday night at the Stroh Center.

Leading just 55-52, the Falcons outscored the Bobcats 27-11 the rest of the way, beginning with an 11-0 run.

Jason Carter's hot shooting from the outside was not nearly enough for Ohio. He was 5 for 7 from long range and scored 22 points. Teyvion Kirk had 17 points and just two turnovers.

It was no match for the Falcons, who shot 53.4 perce...

ATHENS – Ohio made just 11 of 25 free throws and dropped its Mid-American Conference opener to Northern Illinois 72-66 on Saturday at The Convo.

Ben Vander Plas connected on a 3-pointer with 8 seconds left but he missed on a free throw chance for a go-ahead four-point play, and Northern Illinois prevailed in overtime.

Teyvion Kirk’s putback of his own miss tied the game at 66 with 1:28 left in the extra period before Lacey James made two free throws to put the Huskies up for good. Northern...

ATHENS – Jason Carter put back a Teyvion Kirk air ball with 2.3 seconds left to lift Ohio past Florida International 68-66 on Sunday at The Convo.

Kirk’s step-back jumper from the top of the key was short and wide left of the rim. It was deflected to the right side of the basket to Carter, who put it up and in. After two times, FIU then fired a long air ball 3-pointer at the buzzer.

"I crashed and I saw that Doug had his guy pinned," Carter said. "I knew one of us was going to get a hand o...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Ohio withstood one big run by Purdue to stay in the game but could not weather a second as the Boilermakers ran away with a 95-67 victory against the Bobcats on Thursday at Mackey Arena.

Purdue (7-5) opened up a 34-13 lead with 6:43 left in the first half, but Ohio (7-4) responded to cut its deficit to 43-34 less than five minutes later and trailed 49-39 in the opening minute of the second half. The Boilermakers, though, put away the Bobcats with a 15-2 run and led by a...