ATHENS, Ohio – Ohio built a lead as big as 29 points in the second half and held off Tennessee-Martin down the stretch in a season-opening 74-65 victory at The Convo on Sunday afternoon.

The Bobcats led 60-31 with 14:30 remaining on a Stevie Taylor 3-pointer, but the Skyhawks outscored them 34-14 the rest of the way to make it somewhat close down the stretch.

Ohio State transfer Walter Offutt led the way with 17 points in his first regular season game for Ohio, and Reggie Keely added 16 po...

ATHENS, Ohio – Walter Offutt scored 23 points in his Ohio debut to lead the Bobcats to an 82-63 exhibition victory against Mercyhurst at The Convo on Monday night.

Nick Kellogg added 17 points and Ivo Baltic posted a double-double with 15 points and 10 rebounds for the Bobcats.

Offutt was 6 of 9 from the field, including 4 of 5 from 3-point range, and added four steals. Kellogg knocked down 7 of 9 shots, with 3 of 5 3-pointers included, as Ohio shot 51.9 percent from the floor overall and...

ATHENS, Ohio – The Ohio basketball team has added three players in the last week.

The Bobcats reported have added center Kenny Belton as a walk-on to this fall’s roster and have received verbal commitments from shooting guard Caris LeVert in their 2012 recruiting class and center Anthony Allen in their 2013 class.

Belton, a former scholarship player at Cincinnati, has not played in more than three years because of a spinal injury.

He was last listed as 6-8 and 255 pounds, but his weight...

Ohio has received a verbal commitment from 2013 Jamestown Greeneview High School small forward prospect Evan Bradds. The 6-6, 195-pounder chose Ohio over offers from Miami, Wright St., Albany, James Madison, Akron and Toledo.

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. – Ohio rallied from an 11-point second half deficit, but East Tennessee State scored 12 of the final 14 points in the last two minutes to pull out an 82-73 victory in the quarterfinals of the College Insider.com Postseason Tournament in Johnson City, Tenn.

DeVaughn Washington closed out his career with a 21-point, seven-rebound effort to lead the Bobcats (19-16). Freshman Nick Kellogg knocked down five 3-pointers and finished with 15 points, and Tommy Freeman scored 11 poi...

HUNTINGTON, W. Va. – Senior DeVaughn Washington scored 17 points to lead Ohio to an opening round 65-64 victory against rival Marshall in the College Insider.com Postseason Tournament at the Cam Henderson Center on Tuesday night.

D.J. Cooper, who finished with 10 points and nine assists, scored the go-ahead layup with 1:30 remaining. Reggie Keely posted a double-double with 10 points and 13 rebounds, and in a balanced scoring effort, Ivo Baltic and Tommy Freeman added 10 and nine points, resp...

Ohio has been selected to play in the College Insider.com Postseason Tournament, traveling to Marshall for a first round game at 7 p.m. Tuesday.

It is the Bobcats’ first ever selection to the CIT, and it gives them a chance to avenge a regular season loss to the Thundering Herd. Marshall defeated Ohio, 65-57, on Dec. 4.

Marshall (22-11) tied for fifth in Conference USA, losing in the tournament quarterfinals. Similarly, Ohio (18-15) was fifth in the Mid-American Conference and was defeated...

CLEVELAND – Ball state rallied from nine points down in the final two and a half minutes of regulation and took a 76-73 overtime victory against Ohio in the semifinals of the Mid-American Conference Tournament at Quicken Loans Arena on Thursday night.

Chris Bond completed two three-point plays in the final minutes, including one that ultimately forced overtime, and Tyrae Robinson hit a go-ahead jumper and later the clinching free throw for the No. 4 seed Cardinals, who advance to face top-see...

ATHENS, Ohio – Ohio scored the first 14 points, led by as many as 25 in the first half, and although Toledo cut the deficit to single digits in the second half, the Bobcats managed a relatively easy first-round Mid-American Conference Tournament victory against the Rockets, 74-57, on Tuesday night at The Convo.

Ivo Baltic scored 24 points and grabbed eight rebounds, and DeVaughn Washington posted a double-double with 17 points and 11 boards, and he added four steals to lead the No. 5 seed Bob...

OXFORD, Ohio – Cold shooting plagued Ohio as Miami put an end to the Bobcats’ five-game winning streak by taking the regular season finale, 76-66, at Millet Hall on Friday night.

The Bobcats shot just 37.7 percent, while Julian Mavunga dominated for the RedHawks with 23 points and 13 rebounds. Nick Winbush also had a double-double with 14 points – all of them in the first half – and 10 boards.

Ivo Baltic, with 18 points and nine rebounds, and DeVaughn Washington, with 12 points and nine bo...