Ohio put the clamps on Butler shooters on the way to a 64-58 win Thursday night at the Convocation Center. The Bulldogs (3-1) shot just 35% for the game, including 28% in the second half, and hit just 7 of 29 3-point attempts. Freshman point guard Jeremy Fears led the Bobcats (2-0) with 16 points. Mychal Green added 13 and Terren Harbut chipped in with 10. The win avenged last year's one-point loss at Butler in the Bracket Buster.

Ohio opened the season on the right note in posting an 81-66 win over San Francisco Monday night at the Convocation Center. Sophomore Sonny Troutman led five Bobcats in double figures with 15 points. Newcomers Leon Williams and Mychal Green finished with 14 and 11 points respectively. John Cox led USF with 26 points but was just 8-for-23 shooting.

Ohio (1-0), the last team in Division I-A to start play, showed no ill effects in shooting its way to a 40-24 halftime edge. The 'Cats pushed the l...

The Ohio men's basketball team begins play tonight as it plays host to the University of San Francisco. The Bobcats are the last Division I-A team to start this season. The Dons come in with a 1-1 mark. They took 25th-ranked Stanford to overtime before losing in the Pete Newell Challenge. On Saturday, USF posted a 72-56 win over UC-Santa Barbara. Ohio will debut three new starters, including two newcomers. Senior Diamond Gladney takes over the point guard spot, JUCO transfer Mychal Green is at s...

The Ohio basketball team tips off 2004-05 play Monday against the San Francisco Dons. One of the keys to the Bobcats success this season will be the play of versatile, sophomore forward Sonny Troutman. BobcatAttack.com's Rollie Merriman spoke with Troutman about the upcoming season.

Rollie also caught with head coach Tim O'Shea's thoughts on his team, on the eve of a new season.

The Ohio basketball team downed St. Michael's 86-57 in exhibition play Saturday night at the Convocation Center. It was a night of impressive Bobcat debuts as newcomers Leon Williams and Mychal Green led Ohio scoring with 18 points each. Williams, the freshman forward from Baltimore, hit 8 of his 9 shots and also pulled down 8 rebounds. Green, the junior college transfer originally from Columbus, was 7 of 9 shooting in 20 minutes of action. The 2004-05 campaign officially tips off for Ohio when...

The 2004-05 men's basketball schedule has been announced.

While dates and times are still to be determined, BobcatAttack.com has obtained the list of opponents that will make up the Ohio basketball team's 2004-05 non-conference schedule. Home games include San Francisco, Duquesne, Navy, and Butler. The Bobcats will travel to play at American, St. Francis (PA) and will participate in the 2-day Florida International/Hampton Inn Classic to be held in late December. The Bracket Buster game will be played at a to-be-determined location in February. The exhi...

Former Ohio basketball star Brandon Hunter will again be a Bobcat. This time, a Charlotte Bobcat. Charlotte selected him as one of its 19 picks in the 2004 Expansion Draft. Hunter just completed his rookie campaign after being drafted by the Boston Celtics in the second round of last year's draft. Former MAC standouts Theron Smith (Ball St.) and Tamar Slay (Marshall) join Hunter as Bobcat expansion picks.

Boston College forward Johnnie Jackson has decided to transfer and play basketball for Ohio University. The 6-6, 200-pounder will play for former BC assistant and now Bobcat head coach Tim O'Shea. Jackson signed with BC after being named All-State at Memphis Fairley High School where he averaged 21.0 points and 8.0 rebounds in both his junior and senior seasons. But his playing time was limited at Boston College, appearing in just 12 games as a freshman and 7 as a sophomore.

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The Ohio basketball team has received a commitment from 6-4, 205-pound guard Mychal Green from Ohlone Junior College in Fremont, California. He will be a junior eligibility-wise for the 2004-05 Bobcats. Green, who played prep ball at Columbus Northland High School, was a scoresheet stuffer last season in leading the Renegades to a 24-2 record. He averaged 22.2 points per game, 5.3 rebounds, 2 assists, and 2 steals while shooting 52% on 3-pointers and 79% from the line.