BOWLING GREEN – Shereef Mitchell hit a go-ahead 3-pointer with 1:47 left as Ohio erased a double-digit second-half deficit and beat Bowling Green 86-81 for its first win at the Stroh Center since 2017.

The Falcons (9-15, 3-8 MAC) held a 10-point lead of 48-38 with 15:29 left, but the Bobcats (13-11, 7-4 MAC) tied the game by the middle of the second half, and it went back and forth for the next several minutes. Mitchell’s 3-pointer made it 77-74 and put Ohio ahead for good.

AJ Clayton add...

BOWLING GREEN – Shereef Mitchell hit a go-ahead 3-pointer with 1:47 left as Ohio erased a double-digit second-half deficit and beat Bowling Green 86-81 for its first win at the Stroh Center since 2017.

The Falcons (9-15, 3-8 MAC) held a 10-point lead of 48-38 with 15:29 left, but the Bobcats (13-11, 7-4 MAC) tied the game by the middle of the second half, and it went back and forth for the next several minutes. Mitchell’s 3-pointer made it 77-74 and put Ohio ahead for good.

AJ Clayton and...

ATHENS – Myles Tate and Appalachian State had a huge second half to run away from Ohio 72-59 in the Mid-American Conference-Sun Belt Conference Challenge on Saturday at The Convo.

The Bobcats (12-11) led 34-28 at halftime, but the Mountaineers (15-9) held a 44-25 advantage in the second half, taking the lead for good with 12:51 remaining and then taking control with a 13-0 run that did not end until 6:25 was left to play.

Myles scored 27 points and dished out seven assists.

AJ Brown led...

ATHENS – AJ Clayton returned to the lineup, knocked down four 3-pointers and scored 18 points as Ohio routed Western Michigan 94-69 on Tuesday night at The Convo.

AJ Brown added 17 points, Shareef Mitchell scored 13 points, and Elijah Elliott and Ajay Sheldon had 11 points each for the Bobcats (12-10, 6-4 Mid-American Conference).

Western Michigan (7-15, 4-6 MAC) scored the game’s first five points, but Ohio answered with the next 12 and never trailed again. The Broncos trailed just 18-15...

OXFORD – Jackson Paveletzke missed a good look at a game-tying layup as Miami held off Ohio 73-69 on Saturday afternoon at Millet Hall.

The Bobcats trailed by as many as 14 points in the second half and were down a dozen with under six minutes to play but rallied to as close as one. Brant Byers split two free throws with 10.2 seconds left, giving Ohio a chance. Paveletzke blew past his defender to an open rim but could not finish.

Byers then sank two free throws with less than two seconds...

ATHENS – Ajay Sheldon missed a 3-pointer at the buzzer as Toledo held off Ohio 86-83 on Tuesday night at The Convo.

The Bobcats (11-9, 5-3 Mid-American Conference) gave themselves a chance after trailing by six with 1:40 left. Shareef Mitchell’s three-point play made it a three-point game, but Sam Lewis answered with a layup for the Rockets (12-8, 6-2 MAC).

Mitchell drained a 3-pointer with 39 seconds left, giving Ohio a shot to get the ball back with a chance to tie or win, but after Sonn...

ATHENS – Down two starters, Ohio turned to its defense to take a 61-59 victory against Kent State on Friday evening at The Convo.

The Bobcats (11-8, 5-2 Mid-American Conference) held the Golden Flashes (12-7, 3-4 MAC) to 35% shooting and mustered just enough offense. Jackson Paveletzke scored 15 points and hit the go-ahead 3-pointer, while AJ Brown also scored 15 points.

"Our guys bent, they didn't break and found a way to win the game," Ohio coach Jeff Boals said.

Down 57-54, Ohio got...

YPSILANTI, Mich. – Short-handed Ohio got a 21-point second-half deficit down to five but came up short in a 94-87 loss to Eastern Michigan on Tuesday night at the George Gervin GameAbove Center.

Aidan Hadaway did not travel with the team because of an ankle injury suffered against Akron, and the Bobcats recently announced Elmore James had stepped away from the team. AJ Clayton scored only three points in 11 minutes in the first half Tuesday and did not play in the second half.

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AKRON – Akron took control early and topped Ohio 92-80 in a battle of Mid-American Conference unbeatens on Friday evening at James A. Rhodes Arena.

The Zips (12-5, 5-0 MAC) took the lead for good at 6-5 in the first few minutes, led 44-29 at halftime and built a lead as big as 22 points in the second half.

Isaiah Gray scored 22 points, while Amani Lyles tallied 17 points and six assists. Nate Johnson posted 14 points and eight rebounds.

Shareef Mitchell’s career-high 27 points were not...

ATHENS – A game after a huge individual performance, Ohio used a balanced team approach to top Ball State 86-71 and win its sixth straight game Tuesday night at The Convo.

Aidan Hadaway and Jackson Paveletzke scored 15 points each for the Bobcats (10-6, 4-0 Mid-American Conference). AJ Brown and Shareef Mitchell had 12 points.

A game after going off for 31 points, AJ Clayton scored only seven points on 3-of-6 shooting, instead deferring to his teammates, who answered the call.

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