ATHENS – Maurice Ndour scored 21 points and added 12 rebounds, and Ohio pulled away late for a 69-60 victory against Arkansas-Pine Bluff on Tuesday night at The Convo.

Pine Bluff (1-5) had the game tied at 54 with 4:22 remaining, but Ohio (2-1) held a 15-6 advantage the rest of the way.

Javarez Willis had 16 points, five rebounds and four assists, Mike Laster scored 10 points and had four boards, and Antonio Campbell finished with nine points and seven rebounds.

Marcel Mosley led the Go...

FORT MYERS, Fla. – Bernard Thompson scored 18 of his 34 points in the first half to lead Florida Gulf Coast to a huge halftime lead that carried it past Ohio, 79-62, on Wednesday night at a soldout Aliko Arena.

The Eagles (3-0) led by as many as 26 and held a 45-20 halftime lead before the Bobcats (1-1) made a run early in the second half to get as close as 10 with still 11 minutes remaining, but they could not continue the momentum beyond that.

Javarez Willis had 14 of his team-high 17 po...

ATHENS – Freshman Ryan Taylor scored 10 of his 21 points during an early second-half 18-0 run and Ohio ran away with a 73-47 regular-season opening victory against Appalachian State on Saturday at The Convo.

Maurice Ndour posted a double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds, and Antonio Campbell reached double-figures with 11 points in just 16 foul-plagued minutes.

Chris Burgess and Tommy Spagnolo led the Mountaineers with 11 points apiece.

“Our length, our ability to apply our defensi...

ATHENS – Ohio had five players score in double-figures and after trailing by as many as 14 early, pulled away to defeat Marietta, 82-69, in an exhibition game before a crowd of more than 11,000 on Saturday at The Convo.

Maurice Ndour had 18 points and nine rebounds, while Treg Setty, Javarez Willis and Stevie Taylor scored 15 each and freshman Mike Laster added 11.

Eddy Gernert’s 3-pointer with 6:52 remaining in the first half gave the Division III Pioneers a 38-24 advantage before the Bob...

Lincoln (IL) High School 2015 shooting guard has given a verbal commitment to Ohio Basketball. The 6-5, 185-pounder held offers from Northern Illinois and Bradley among several others. Block visited Ohio over the weekend and gave his commitment to new Ohio head coach Saul Phillips on Monday. He averaged 15.9 points and 5.7 rebounds as a junior for Lincoln.

Block joins Doug Taylor (Columbus Northland) and Jordan Dartis (Newark) as members of the 2015 recruiting class. With Block's commitment,...

Per his Twitter account, 2015 Newark High School combo guard Jordan Dartis has given a verbal commitment to Ohio. The 6-3, 180-pounder has a 3-star ranking from ESPN. Dartis is the first commitment to Ohio's 2015 class.

Coach Saul Phillips recently announced the addition of Chandler Thomas to the Ohio basketball recruiting class.

Thomas, a 6-6 power forward, is a transfer from Grambling State who has graduated and thus is eligible to play right away this upcoming season. He began his basketball career at UMBC and has two seasons of eligibility remaining, having played just one year at each of the two schools.

This past season for the Tigers, Thomas averaged 8.0 points and 5.9 rebounds in 22.8 minutes per...

St. John's Northwest Military Academy shooting guard Ryan Taylor signed with Ohio today. The 6-5 Taylor played high school basketball at Michigan City HS in Indiana. He chose the Bobcats over late interest from Michigan, Butler, Rode Island, Rutgers and Wisconsin.

Former Kettering Alter HS PG Jaaron Simmons will transfer to Ohio from the University of Houston. Simmons just completed his freshman campaign with the Cougars and will have 3 years of eligibility after sitting out the 2014-15 season. Last season for the Cougars, he played in 32 games averaging 11 minutes per contest. Simmons averaged 2 points per game while shooting 33.9% from the field.

Ohio now has 3 scholarships open for next season and could fill at least 1 more before the season starts.

Ohio Basketball has received a commitment from 2014 6'4" SG Mike Laster from Detroit Cass Tech High School. He had offers from Buffalo and BG among others. Laster becomes the 2nd member of Ohio's 2014 class. The Bobcats will probably look to fill two more scholarships prior to the 2014 season.