Chris Bryant’s free throws with 1:41 left to play gave Miami its first lead of the game. Jaaron Simmons was having none of that. Simmons’ go-ahead layup with just over a minute remaining helped earn Ohio its 20th win of the season, 67-65, in thrilling fashion over Miami. The sophomore point guard scored Ohio’s final five…
Ohio fended off a second half Miami surge and emerged with a 76-64 victory in Saturday’s “Battle of the Bricks.” Tony Campbell had a career day rebounding and Jaaron Simmons played a near-perfect game to lead the Bobcats to their fifth consecutive victory in front of a season-high crowd of 9,018. Campbell recorded a double-double…
Ohio women’s basketball (20-4, 12-1) continued their winning ways on Wednesday night with a thrashing of rival Miami (9-15, 3-10), 72-44. The Bobcats’ offense was smooth and efficient once again in route to their 20th victory of the season. Quiera Lampkins led all scorers with 20 points and set the team-high in assists (four), steals…
A 10-2 run by the Eastern Michigan Eagles (13-13, 5-8) gave them a 28-26 lead in the first half after a three-point field goal by Willie Mangum IV. Just 103 seconds later, Ohio’s Antonio Campbell tallied consecutive buckets and the Bobcats (17-8, 8-5) never looked back, controlling the lead until the game’s final buzzer. Campbell’s…
The crowd was quiet, panicking. The Ohio offensive feast in the first half turned to famine in the second and Northern Illinois had recovered from a 18-point deficit to reclaim the lead. Then Jaaron Simmons took over. With his team down one and four minutes remaining, Simmons shouldered the load, scoring or assisting on all…
Rebound tip-ins from Reggie McAdams and Jake Kretzer on consecutive possessions in the final three minutes all but sealed a fifth straight Akron win. For Ohio, the two failed boxouts were microcosms of the evening. Mistakes cost the Bobcats a chance at upsetting the Zips in a 80-68 defeat Tuesday night. “We lost to the…
Ohio forward Tony Campbell scored 22 points in the second half after just six in the first to lead his team to its 13th win of the season. He said the secret was in his soles. “I changed shoes,” Campbell said, starring stoicly through glow stick glasses he received from the student section. “(I changed)…
