MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. ?Six players scored in double figures, and Ohio picked up its first road win at Central Michigan in eight years with an 83-69 victory Tuesday night at McGuirk Arena.

Jason Preston led the Bobcats in their fourth straight win with 17 pounds, 11 rebounds and six assists, and Dwight Wilson III had a double-double of 14 pounds and 10 boards.

Ohio (11-6, 7-4 Mid-American Conference) led 32-20 late in the first half, saw that advantage shrink to four points by halftime and then trailed 44-42 early in the second half. The Bobcats scored 10 consecutive points after that and eventually pulled away.

"I'm really proud of our guys for their defensive effort," Ohio coach Jeff Boals said. "The way Central plays, they try to speed... <Read More>

AMHERST, N.Y. ?Dwight Wilson III scored on a putback with 25 seconds remaining, and Ohio held off Buffalo 76-75 on Friday night at Alumni Arena.

Wilson, who scored a game-high 21 points, grabbed Ben Vander Plas?miss and put it in off the backboard. Vander Plas blocked Jeenathan Williams?shot, and Wilson recovered and was fouled. He missed on the front end of the one-and-one with 11 seconds to go, and Ronaldo Segu missed a highly contested 3-pointer at the buzzer.

Ben Roderick added 17 points, and Jason Preston had 14 points, nine rebounds and four assists for the Bobcats (10-6, 6-4 Mid-American Conference). Lunden McDay added 10 points.

"I'm super proud of our guys," Ohio coach Jeff Boals. "Last year, we were in a very, very similar... <Read More>

ATHENS ?Freshman Mark Sears continued to impress with a career-high 21 points as Ohio ran away with an easy 81-58 victory against Western Michigan on Tuesday night at The Convo.

Dwight Wilson III had 19 points and eight rebounds, and Ben Vander Plas and Jason Preston each had 11 points. Preston added 10 rebounds, five assists and three steals.

Western Michigan (2-10, 1-8 Mid-American Conference) led for the last time at 19-17, but a Sears jumper tied the score at 19, and a Wilson basket put Ohio (9-6, 5-4 MAC) up for good. The Bobcats closed the first half on a 7-0 run for a 43-31 lead and then scored the first five points of the second half for a 17-point advantage.

The Bobcats?advantage reached 20 points less than five minutes into the... <Read More>

ATHENS ?Jason Preston posted his second career triple-double and the third in program history as Ohio defeated Ball State 85-77 on Saturday afternoon at The Convo.

It was not a good shooting day for Preston, who was 3 of 16, but he finished with 11 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds. He added three steals.

"It's one of those deals you always talk about where if you don't shoot the ball well, you can still do a lot of other things," Ohio coach Jeff Boals said. "(Preston's) impact for us is huge. To do what he did, rebound-wise, assist-wise, playing the whole second half. We were going to get him a break here in the second half during one of the media timeouts, but he didn't want one. Just a special player."

Mark Sears finished with 19... <Read More>

ATHENS - Kent State shot 57.4% and held a 24-rebound advantage in beating Ohio 89-79 on Saturday at The Convo.

The Golden Flashes races out to a 40-26 halftime lead, and even a 53-point second half was not enough to bring the Bobcats close.

Jason Preston had 24 points, 10 assists and five rebounds with no turnovers, and Ben Vander Plas connected on 5 of 10 3-pointers and scored 24 points with five assists but only one rebound.

Danny Pippen led four Kent State players in double figures with 22 points while adding eight rebounds. Tervell Beck had 18 points, Michael Nuga scored 16 points, and Malique Jacobs scored 14 points off the bench.

Preston hit a 3-pointer that got Ohio (7-6, 3-4 Mid-American Conference) to within 29-24, but Kent State... <Read More>