ATHENS – Short-handed Ohio withstood a late Northwestern Ohio rally to close non-conference play with a 65-58 victory Friday night at The Convo.

The NAIA Racers used a 12-0 run to get within four in the closing minutes before the Bobcats (7-5) put the game away.

Kevin Mickle scored 15 points, and Teyvion Kirk had 14 points and 14 rebounds to lead Ohio. Mike Laster added 12 points.

Ohio led 60-44 on a Mickle steal and dunk with 7:33 remaining, but Northwestern Ohio (8-9) got back in it,...

ATHENS – Short-handed Ohio pulled away in the second half to defeat Prairie View A&M, 84-65, on Wednesday night at The Convo.

Jordan Dartis led the Bobcats (6-5) with 23 points, while James Gollon provided 17 points off the bench. Kevin Mickle, Teyvion Kirk and Gavin Block scored 14 points apiece.

With Jason Carter reinjured and Mike Laster sitting out with a hamstring issue, Ohio used a seven-man rotation.

Gary Blackston led the Panthers, who led 31-29 at halftime. Zachary Hamilton add...

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Forward Ajdin Penava was a block short of a triple-double with 33 points and 15 rebounds, and Marshall held off Ohio, 99-96, in overtime on Saturday night at the Cam Henderson Center.

Penava’s teammate Jon Elmore did record a triple-double with 20 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists, and C.J. Burks scored 31 points for the Thundering Herd.

After missing the last game with an injury, Jordan Dartis led the Bobcats (5-5) with 27 points, including 7 3-pointers, and Kevin Mic...

ATHENS – Ohio used a big early run to take control and then held on down the stretch to beat Western Kentucky, 89-84, in a non-conference game Sunday afternoon at The Convo.

The Bobcats led by as much as 16 points in the second half before the Hilltoppers closed the gap to three points late.

Mike Laster scored 23 points and grabbed six rebounds, and Teyvion Kirk had 17 points and nine boards. Kevin Mickle added 17 points, James Gollon had 13 points, and Jason Carter had 12 points in 19 min...

COLLEGE PARK, Md. – Maryland gradually pulled away for an 87-62 victory against Ohio on Thursday night at the Xfinity Center.

Kevin Huerter led the Terrapins (8-3) with 17 points, while Michael Cekovsky scored 15 points with eight rebounds. Anthony Cowan had 12 points and eight rebounds.

Mike Laster paced the Bobcats (4-4) with 14 points.

Ohio trailed 41-28 at halftime, and after Maryland extended the lead to 51-31, the Bobcats came back with a 10-2 run to get within 12 at 53-41 with 13...

ATHENS – Ohio recorded its biggest victory in 16 years, blowing out winless Coppin State, 80-37, on Friday night at The Convo.

The Bobcats’ 43-point margin of victory was the biggest since they beat Long Island by 53, 110-57, on Dec. 27, 2001. Ohio held an opponent to less than 40 points for the first time since beating Marietta, 87-31, on Jan. 9, 1973.

Mike Laster led Ohio (4-3) with 18 points on 8-of-12 shooting, while Kevin Mickle had 15 points and five rebounds in just 15 minutes his r...

ATHENS – Ohio erased an 11-point second-half deficit, but free throws down the stretch ultimately were the difference as Iona took a 93-88 victory Tuesday night at The Convo.

Iona (2-4) made all 13 of its free-throw tries in the game, including six in the final 2 minutes, while Ohio (3-3) made 9 of 15 overall but missed 3 of 4 in the final minute.

The Bobcats trailed by double digits as late as the 4:58 mark in the second half on a TK Edogi basket, but hot shooting from the outside got Ohi...

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Khalil Hodge intercepted Nathan Rourke in the end zone on a fourth-and-12 play from the Buffalo 13 with 1:20 remaining, and the Bulls held off Ohio, 31-24, to close out the regular season Friday afternoon.

The Bobcats (8-4, 5-3 Mid-American Conference) rallied from a 24-7 deficit to tie the game at 24, but a short punt into the wind, followed by a K.J. Osborn 38-yard return to the Ohio 6-yard line set up the winning score – a 1-yard Emmanuel Reed run with 8:10 remaining.

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ATHENS – Teyvion Kirk and Mike Laster scored 20 points each to lead five players in double figures as Ohio defeated Mount St. Mary’s, 96-77, on Friday night at The Convo.

Kirk added six assists and five rebounds. Jordan Dartis finished with 15 points, Doug Taylor posted a double-double with 14 points and 11 rebounds, and freshman backup point guard Zach Butler had his best game of the year with 12 points on 4-of-4 shooting. Gavin Block had seven points, six rebounds and six assists.

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CHARLESTON, S.C. – Ohio rallied from 18 down in the second half, from nine down in the second overtime and eventually outlasted Indiana State, 96-94, in four overtimes in the seventh-place game of the Charleston Classic on Sunday at T.D. Arena.

The already short-handed and undersized Bobcats (2-2) lost top reserve forward Kevin Mickle in the first half to an injury and then had two players foul out, but managed to win for the first time in the tournament. Mike Laster led the way with 25 point...