KENT, Ohio – D.J. Cooper hit the go-ahead free throws with 55 seconds left and the Ohio defense held Kent State on two possessions as the Bobcats remained undefeated in Mid-American Conference play with their seventh straight win, 69-68, at the MAC Center on Saturday night.

Cooper finished with 23 points and five assists, while Reggie Keely scored 20 points for the Bobcats (15-5, 6-0 MAC), off to their first 6-0 MAC start since 1974.

After Cooper’s free throws, Evans traveled with 42 seco...

OXFORD, Ohio – Five 3-pointers during a 22-5 run early in the second half helped Ohio win its sixth straight game, a 74-62 defeat of Miami at Millett Hall on Wednesday night.

Nick Kellogg had two of his five on the night during that span and finished with 15 points on 5-of-9 shooting. D.J. Cooper scored 17 points and added nine assists, seven rebounds and three steals, while Ivo Baltic scored his 1,000th career point during a double-double performance of 13 points and 12 rebounds.

The Bobc...

ATHENS, Ohio – Reggie Keely scored a career-high 24 points on 9-of-9 shooting and Ohio pulled away down the stretch for a 76-67 victory against Toledo on Saturday night at The Convo.

Walter Offutt had 14 points, and for the second straight game, Ricardo Johnson was big off the bench with 13 points and a team-high six rebounds. Ivo Baltic had 13 points, while D.J. Cooper finished with seven points and nine assists.

Matt Smith paced the Rockets (6-9, 2-2 Mid-American Conference) with 16 poin...

ATHENS, Ohio – Ohio scored 20 straight points during a 36-6 run to end the first half and the Bobcats went on to roll to an 81-63 victory against Northern Illinois on Wednesday night at The Convo.

Trailing 12-9 with 11:36 remaining in the first half, the Bobcats turned things around with a spurt fueled by their bench. Stevie Taylor scored all eight of his points during the span.

Walter Offutt led Ohio (12-5, 3-0 Mid-American Conference) with 19 points, while Reggie Keely finished the game...

KALAMAZOO, Mich. – After leading by as much as 12 in the second half, Ohio held on to beat Western Michigan, 61-59, when David Brown’s 3-pointer at the buzzer was way off the mark Saturday at University Arena.

D.J. Cooper scored 16 points and added six assists and five rebounds as the Bobcats (11-5, 2-0 Mid-American Conference) won for the first time in five tries this season on the road.

Ohio held its biggest lead, 43-31, with 12:47 remaining following Nick Kellogg’s three-point play, and...

ATHENS, Ohio – D.J. Cooper and Reggie Keely combined for 40 points despite only playing 23 minutes each as Ohio coasted for the second straight game, beating Buffalo, 86-68, in its Mid-American Conference opener on Wednesday night at The Convo.

Both players subbed out early in the second half with the Bobcats leading by more than 30 points. Cooper was 7 of 9, including 5 of 6 from 3-point range, finishing with 21 points and seven assists, while Keely went 6 of 10 from the field and 7 of 10 at...

ATHENS, Ohio – D.J. Cooper set the single-game school assists record with 17 assists, including 13 of them in the first half when Ohio built a 32-point lead, as the Bobcats blew out rival Marshall, 94-57, at The Convo on Saturday.

Nick Kellogg scored 19 of his 22 points before halftime and the Bobcats made all 14 of their field goal tries inside the arc in the first half, thanks in large part to 19 Marshall turnovers that led to 39 Ohio points and a 56-24 advantage.

Reggie Keely scored 18...

NORMAN, Okla. – Ohio committed 18 turnovers and Oklahoma pulled away in the second half, keeping the Bobcats winless on the road, 74-63, on Saturday at the Lloyd Noble Center.

With the game tied at 29 at the break, the Sooners (8-3) took over with a hot-shooting second half, making 17 of 24 attempts. Steven Pledger scored 14 of his game-high 18 points after halftime. Amath M’Baye and Romero Osby finished with 16 points apiece.

D.J. Cooper paced the Bobcats (8-5) with 14 points and seven as...

ATHENS – Ohio shot 57.4 percent and rolled to a 93-57 victory against winless Maryland-Eastern Shore on Saturday afternoon at The Convo.

Walter Offutt scored 15 points to lead six Ohio players in double figures. D.J. Cooper was just shy of being the seventh, finishing with nine points, while passing out 14 assists, including nine in the first half when the Bobcats (8-4) built a 51-32 lead. He played only 23 minutes.

“We’ve shared the ball all year,” Ohio coach Jim Christian said. “It was j...

AMHERST, Mass. – Jesse Morgan scored 35 points to lead Massachusetts to an 85-76 victory against Ohio at the Mullins Center on Wednesday night.

Morgan scored 24 of those points in the first half, helping the Minutemen (6-3) turn an early 12-point deficit into a lead as large as 11 points. He finished 12 of 18 from the field, including 7 of 10 from 3-point range.

Cady Lalanne added 12 points and 11 rebounds for UMass.

D.J. Cooper scored 23 points, dished out 10 assists and had seven rebo...