BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – Ohio tied the game with two minutes left after trailing by 13 in the second half but Bowling Green made the final run to take a 67-57 victory in a Mid-American Conference opener at the Stroh Center on Saturday evening.

Bowling Green used a 9-0 run to go up 52-39 with less than eight minutes remaining, and after Walter Offutt tied the game on a putback, the Falcons closed out the game by scoring 10 of the final 11 points.

Jordon Crawford finished with 16 points to lead...

ATHENS, Ohio – Ohio forced three of its Robert Morris’ 31 turnovers in the final minute, giving it a chance in the end, but the Bobcats missed a trio of 3-pointers that could have tied it in a 70-67 loss to Robert Morris at The Convo on Monday night.

Ohio (12-2) made just 3 of 26 3-point attempts on the night and lost to the Colonials for the third year in a row, failing to become the first Bobcats team ever to win 13 of their first 14 games.

“I thought their execution was better than ours...

ATHENS, Ohio – Walter Offutt led four Ohio players with 14 or more points by scoring 17 to lead Ohio to its ninth straight victory, 71-63, against Kennesaw State on Friday night at The Convo.

Ivo Baltic tallied 15 points and D.J. Cooper and Nick Kellogg each finished with 14 points to account for all but 11 of the Bobcats’ points in the game.

Markeith Cummings and Delbert Love had 19 points each to lead Kennesaw State (3-10). Spencer Dixon finished with 14 points.

The Bobcats (12-1) led...

ATHENS, Ohio – Freshman Stevie Taylor scored a career-high 19 points and Ohio pulled away in the second half for an 82-66 victory against North Carolina A&T at The Convo on Friday night.

The Bobcats (11-1) led by just three at halftime but outscored the Aggies(4-10) by 13 points in the second half.

Walter Offutt and Nick Kellogg each scored 14 points, Ivo Baltic finished with 12 points and Reggie Keely netted 11 points.

North Carolina A&T shot 55.8 percent, including 69.6 percent in the...

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa – Ohio led from start to finish, getting 22 points from Ivo Baltic in a dominating 76-59 victory against Northern Iowa at the McLeod Center.

The Bobcats (10-1) led 44-32 at halftime and had the game nearly put away midway through the second half with a 22-point advantage in a battle of RPI top-20 teams.

D.J. Cooper scored 13 points and had four rebounds and four assists, Nick Kellogg scored 11 points and dished out five assists and T.J. Hall totaled 10 points.

Ohio sho...

FAIRBORN, Ohio – Ohio shot 61.7 percent and rolled to an 82-54 victory against Wright State at the Nutter Center on Saturday.

D.J. Cooper scored 20 points, grabbed nine rebounds and dished out five assists, while Ivo Baltic scored 15 points in just 19 minutes. Reggie Keely had 11 points off the bench.

The Bobcats (9-1) led 42-22 at halftime and opened the second half with an 11-1 run to further pull away from the Raiders (4-8).

Cole Darling had 11 points and seven rebounds to lead Wrigh...

ATHENS, Ohio – Ohio got off to a quick start and blew away Marietta on Wednesday night, 88-54.

The Bobcats ran out to a 28-3 lead, led 56-26 at halftime and dominated the Pioneers.

D.J. Cooper scored 15 points and dished out seven assists in just 20 minutes to lead five Ohio players in double figures and six with at least eight points.

“I think the biggest thing that stood out was how mentally ready we were to play,” Ohio coach John Groce said. “Coming off a road trip, you’re dealing wi...

PORTLAND, Ore. – D.J. Cooper posted a triple-double and the Ohio men’s basketball team pulled away in the second half for a 72-54 victory against Portland at the Chiles Center on Saturday night.

Cooper finished with 14 points, 10 rebounds, 10 assists and five steals, while Jon Smith came up just shy of a double-double with 11 points and nine boards. Walter Offutt scored 12 points and Ricardo Johnson finished with 10.

Ryan Nicholas and Kevin Bailey scored 13 points apiece to lead the Pilots...

ROCHESTER, Mich. – Travis Bader missed a shot in the final seconds and Ohio held on to defeat Oakland, 84-82, on Wednesday night.

T.J. Hall challenged the shot and came up with the rebound to help the Bobcats (6-1) hold on after it led by as many as 14 points, including by eight with one minute remaining. It was just the Grizzlies' third loss in their last 43 home games.

D.J. Cooper had 18 points, five rebounds, four assists and three steals, while Stevie Taylor led a bench effort that out...

ATHENS, Ohio – Winless Morgan State led against Ohio in the final four minutes, but the Bobcats outscored the Bears 11-2 the rest of the way to capture a 61-53 victory Saturday afternoon at The Convo.

Kevin Thompson’s layup with 3:56 remaining put Morgan State on top 51-50, but Ohio never trailed again after Walter Offutt answered back with a layup of his own.

Offutt led all scorers with 17 points and he added six assists. Ivo Baltic had his highest-scoring game of the year with 14 points...