JUCO Junction is reporting that Monroe College (New Rochelle, NY) 6'6" wing Nehemias Morillo-Lajara has committed to Ohio. He was a teammate with current Bobcat Maurice Ndour at Monroe last year where he averaged 6 points and 3.2 rebounds in 16.1 minutes per game. A native of the Dominican Republic, Morilla-Lajara played high school ball at Notre Dame Prep (Fitchburg, MA). Morillo-Lajara visited Ohio Homecoming weekend and becomes the 4th commitment to Ohio's 2014 class. The Bobcats now have one...

Ohio Basketball has made a late change to its roster with the addition of Egg Harbor Township (NJ) High School small forward Khari Harley. The 6-8 Harley averaged 18.4 points and 5 rebounds as a senior shooting 44% from the field (50% on two-point attempts) and 84% at the FT line. As a junior, he averaged 11 points and 4.1 rebounds and shot 48% from the floor (50% on two-point attempts).

The scholarship opened up when Ohio parted ways with Kansas transfer Anrio Adams who never enrolled for th...

Multiple news outlets are reporting that Ohio has received a verbal commitment from 2014 power forward prospect Tariq Owens from St. Vincent Pallotti (Laurel, MD) High School. The 6-9, 190-pounder chose the Bobcats over offers from Miami (FL), VCU, Temple, South Florida, Richmond, Florida Gulf Coast and heavy interest from Georgetown. Owens is rated a 3-star recruit by Rivals and Scout and becomes the first commitment to Ohio's 2014 signing class.

DENVER – Ohio missed two chances to tie or take the lead in the final 30 seconds and the Bobcats’ season came to an end with a 61-57 loss to Denver in the first round of the National Invitation Tournament on Tuesday night at Magness Arena.

With Ohio trailing by one, D.J. Cooper’s layup try was short with 21 seconds left, and after Chase Hallam made one free throw, Reggie Keely could not convert in the paint. The Pioneers got a dunk in the final second for the final margin.

In his final gam...

ATHENS, Ohio - The Ohio men's basketball team was selected Sunday to play in the National Invitation Tournament.

As a No. 6 seed, the Bobcats (24-9) travel to take on No. 3 Denver (21-9) at 9:15 p.m. Tuesday.

Ohio is 4-4 in four all-time NIT appearances, having last taken part in the tournament in 1995.

The Bobcats were regular season Mid-American Conference co-champions and runners-up in the MAC Tournament. The Pioneers shared the Western Athletic League regular season title but were u...

CLEVELAND – As he so often has, D.J. Cooper made big plays when Ohio needed it most.

Cooper finished with 21 points and 10 assists, helping the Bobcats build a big lead and then hold off Western Michigan, 74-63, in the Mid-American Conference Tournament semifinals at Quicken Loans Arena on Friday night.

Ohio (24-8) advance to finals of the MAC Tournament opposite Akron for the third time in four years.

Western Michigan (20-12) trailed by 17 at the break but made a run in the first 10 mi...

CLEVELAND – Ohio scored only 17 points in the second half, going nearly 10 minutes without a field goal, and connected on just 1 of 20 3-pointers in the game as Akron pulled away for a 65-46 victory Saturday night in the Mid-American Conference Tournament title game at Quicken Loans Arena.

For the third time this season, the Bobcats held a first-half lead, only to have the Zips take the momentum in the second half, and for the first time in three title games between the schools in the last fo...

CLEVELAND – Senior D.J. Cooper was named Ohio’s first Mid-American Player of the Year since Gary Trent in 1995.

The league made the announcement Wednesday, reporting that he won by a wide margin, collecting 16 of 27 votes from a media panel. Akron senior center Zeke Marshall was second with seven votes, while Buffalo junior forward Javon McCrea earned two votes. Ball State senior guard Juwan Scaife and Toledo junior forward Rian Pierson had one vote apiece.

On Monday, it was announced Coop...

ATHENS, Ohio – Mid-American Conference regular season championships do not come often – or easy.

Stevie Taylor and Jon Smith came off the bench to spark a 15-0 run that rallied the Bobcats from a 12-point second-half deficit and to a 58-54 victory Saturday against last-place rival Miami to clinch Ohio’s first regular season MAC title since 1994.

On the Bobcats’ Senior Day at The Convo, D.J. Cooper had 17 points, but only two assists while shifting over to shooting guard for much of the sec...

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Ohio scored the game’s final nine points, getting a go-ahead D.J. Cooper 3-pointer with 1:34 remaining, and the Bobcats rallied in the closing minutes for a 72-69 victory against Buffalo at Alumni Arena.

Cooper scored 24 points and added five assists, helping Ohio (22-8, 13-2 Mid-American Conference) to come back from a six-point deficit with less than four minutes remaining. Cooper eclipsed the 2,000-point mark in his career, becoming just the third player, along with Gary Pa...