HUNTINGTON, W. Va. – DeAndre Kane missed a potential game-tying shot and Ohio held on to defeat Marshall, 70-68, on Wednesday night at the Cam Henderson Center.

The Thundering Herd rallied back from a 14-point second-half deficit and could have tied it after gaining possession with less than 9 seconds remaining after an Ohio turnover. Kane, who led all scorers with 17 points, worked one-on-one against Walter Offutt and put up a turnaround shot in the post off the backboard and off the rim....

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Ohio held a six-point lead with less than four minutes remaining, but No. 7 Louisville rallied for a 59-54 victory at the KFC YUM! Center on Friday night.

D.J. Cooper’s three-point play capped off a 9-0 Ohio run that put it on top 49-43 with 3:55 remaining, but Louisville (5-0) closed out the game by scoring 16 of the final 21 points.

T.J. Hall and Cooper both missed potential game-tying trey attempts in the final 10 seconds.

Cooper finished with 16 points but was just...

ATHENS, Ohio – Ohio put five players in double figures, built a 13-point halftime advantage and took a 69-54 victory against Arkansas State on Sunday at The Convo.

D.J. Cooper, Nick Kellogg and Reggie Keely each had 13 points, Walter Offutt scored 12 points and Ivo Baltic scored 10 points for the Bobcats (3-0).

Led by Keely and Kellogg, Ohio held a 29-0 advantage in bench points.

Offutt and Keely each grabbed nine rebounds and Cooper dished out six assists and had three steals.

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ATHENS, Ohio – Walter Offutt’s three-point play with 1:25 left in overtime sparked a run of nine straight Bobcats points in an 85-78 victory Tuesday night at The Convo.

Offutt, who had 13 points and nine rebounds, grabbed a miss off of a Reggie Keely miss and put it up and in with a foul, and his free throw gave the Bobcats a 79-75 lead.

D.J. Cooper iced the game with a 3-pointer for an 82-75 lead with 1:04 remaining, and the Bobcats closed out the game at the foul line.

“We went into t...

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...