Poor shooting plagued Ohio as it was routed 78-57 at Boston University Friday night. The Bobcats (1-4) shot just 34% (18-for-53) from the field including a woeful 19% (3-for-16) behind the 3-point arc. Meanwhile, a BU (4-4) squad that came in shooting just under 38%, got healthy at the expense of the Ohio defense. The Terriers were 29-for-57 (51%) from the floor and hit all 15 of their free throw attempts.

Boston U.'s Jason Grochowalski led all scorers with 18 points. Paul Seymour and Billy C...

Turnovers plagued Ohio as it dropped a 73-65 decision to DePaul Tuesday night in Chicago. The Bobcats committed 19 turnovers compared to just 7 for the Blue Demons. Delonte Holland led DePaul scoring with 22 points. Sam Hoskin added 20 and Joe Tulley chipped in with 12. For Ohio, Sonny Johnson led the way with 22 and Brandon Hunter and Delvar Barrett contributed 14 and 10 respectively. The Bobcats end their season-opening 5-game road trip with a trip to Boston University on Friday.

Ohio opened MAC play Saturday night with a 78-71 loss to Toledo at Savage Hall. The Rockets' Kirk Triplett lit up the Bobcats for 31 points on 10-of-11 shooting including 6-for-7 from 3-point land. Brandon Hunter led Ohio with 25 points and 13 rebounds.

The Ohio basketball team looks to get into the win column tonight as it travels to take on Brown University. While it is a road game for the Cats (0-1), they will be playing at the same Dunkin' Donuts Center where they lost to Providence Saturday. After dropping its first four games, Brown won its first game Saturday defeating future Ohio opponent Navy in overtime.

Glen Miller has the Brown program on the rise. His team posted a 17-10 record last season, tying the school record for victories,...

Ohio watched an 18-point halftime lead evaporate but held on to beat Brown 75-71 Monday night in Providence, Rhode Island. Sonny Johnson led the Bobcats (1-1) with 24 points and Brandon Hunter tallied 18. Freshman Jeff Halbert had 15 for Ohio, most of them coming in the final crucial minutes. Pat Powers was the leading scorer for Brown (1-5) with 24 points.

The 2002-03 campaign got off to a rocky start for the Ohio basketball team as it dropped its opener 91-68 against Providence College Saturday night in Rhode Island. Brandon Hunter lived up to pre-season hype with 28 points and 11 rebounds but didn't get much help from his supporting cast. Sonny Johnson was the only other Bobcat in double figures with 10 points.

In his third recruiting class, Tim O'Shea signed four high school seniors to National Letters-of-Intent during the November signing period. BobcatAttack.com proudly presents the 2003-04 recruiting class.

Matt Annen, 6-6, 220, Forward

Annen, attends Elk River High School in Minnesota where he has earned three letters during his career. He averaged 17 points and 11 rebounds as a junior, helping the team to the sectional final. The Elks advance to the state quarterfinals his sophomore season....

Tim O'Shea is realistic.

While he certainly won't complain about the accolades being thrown at his 2002 Ohio Bobcat hoop squad, he knows all the preseason kudos in the world won't help Ohio advance to the NCAA tournament this March.

However, Ohio's head coach does see an opportunity for this year's team, loaded with seniors, to go out on top after several disappointing finishes, including last season's 17-11 mark. He would like nothing better than to send seniors Brandon Hunter, Steve Est...

Brandon Hunter tallied 28 points and 12 rebounds and Steve Esterkamp notched 18 points and 10 boards Saturday to lead Ohio to an 89-77 exhibition victory Saturday at the Convo over a group of college, international and CBA all-stars.

Fellow senior Sonny Johnson also reached double figures for the Bobcats with 16 points.

Former South Florida star and CBA player Brian Taylor led the way for International Select with 20 points, while Joel Bullock and Jordan Kardos tallied 13 apiece.

Aft...

The Ohio men's basketball team was picked to finished first in the MAC's Eastern Division by media members at today's MAC Media Day in Cleveland. The Cats received 22 of 36 first-place votes. Miami was picked to finish second and Kent State third. Ball State is the pick to win the West and the MAC Tourney at Gund Arena. The Cardinals return three starters from a team that advanced to the quarterfinals of the NIT.