Leon Williams scored 24 points and grabbed 11 rebounds to lead Ohio to a 72-63 exhibition win over Christian Brothers Saturday night at the Convocation Center.

The 2006-07 season is the 100th in the history of Ohio basketball. The previous 99 seasons have yielded 67 winning seasons, nine regular season Mid-American Conference championships and four league tourney titles. Coach Tim O'Shea is preparing this year's squad to add to those numbers. BobcatAttack.com's Rollie Merriman talked with the coach as practice gets set to start.

The Ohio basketball team has received a verbal commitment from Muncie Central (IN) shooting guard Tommy Freeman. The 6-6 Freeman averaged 10.2 points and 5.0 rebounds last season. Known as an outstanding outside shooter, he connected on 39 of his 87 (44.8%) three-point attempts.

Freeman's Muncie Central squad advanced to the Finals of the Indiana 4A State Championship. He had 12 points in an 80-56 loss to a Lawrence North team led by Ohio State recruits Greg Oden and Mike Conley. This summer,...

The Bobcats basketball squad has received a verbal commitment from 6-9, 250-pound center Kenneth van Kempen of the Netherlands. Ohio faced van Kempen's Upstairs Weert team on their European tour prior to last season. On a team coached by his dad, van Kempen scored 6 points in that contest. For the season, he averaged 2.1 points and 2.2 rebounds in 8.2 minutes per game.

An official announcement from Ohio Athletics must wait until compliance hurdles have been cleared.

Ohio basketball added to its roster today as Murray State forward Justin Orr has decided to transfer and play for the Bobcats. The 6-6 Orr will sit out next season and have two years of eligibility remaining starting in 2007-08.

Orr started 26 of 31 games for Murray St. last season. He averaged 8.9 points and 3.2 rebounds while shooting 44% from the field and 31% from the 3-point line. The Racers finished 24-7 and dropped a hard-fought 69-65 decision to North Carolina in the first round of th...

Kent St. snapped Ohio's 6-game MAC Tournament win streak with a 72-59 semifinal win Friday night at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland.

Ohio avenged two regular season losses to Miami with a 73-58 win over the RedHawks in the Quarterfinals of the MAC Tournament at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland Thursday night.

Mychal Green tied a career-high with 25 points to lead Ohio to an 82-53 win in the first round of the MAC Tournament at the Convocation Center Monday night. The Bobcats (18-10) will face Miami in a quarterfinal matchup 9:00 Thursday night at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland. Ohio put the Chippewas (4-24) away early as it bolted out to a 28-7 lead. Green (19 points) and fellow senior Jeff Halbert (14) combined to outscore CMU in the first half as Ohio enjoyed a 50-32 halftime edge. Central would...

An apparent revival in the Bobcats' game has them headed to the MAC Tourney in Cleveland once again hopeful. Many Ohio players have rounded into form as the regular season closed. Case in point is forward Sonny Troutman. The junior weathered a 6-game stretch in mid-season that saw him score a total of 12 points. But Troutman has averaged 11.5 points over the last 11 contests including a career-high 28 vs. Samford. He continues to act as a catalyst for the Bobcats. He's tied with point guard Tony...

Ohio closed its regular season with an 85-48 drubbing of Bowling Green Saturday afternoon at the Convocation Center. Seniors Mychal Green (16 points) and Jeff Halbert (10) were two of the four Bobcats scoring in double figures. Ohio (17-10, 10-8 MAC) shot a sizzling 63% from the floor inluding 50% from th 3-point line. Sophomore Jerome Tillman was a perfect 4-for-4 from the field and 7-for-7 from the line for 15 points. Martin Samarco led BG (9-20, 5-13) with 15 points.

Ohio's 10-8 conferenc...