As Ohio guard Thomas Stephens' shot at the buzzer missed its target, any last hopes Ohio held out for playing host
to a first round Mid-American Conference Tournament game likely evaporated.
Scoring 49 in the second half was not enough for Ohio (9-18 overall, 6-10 MAC) to dig itself out of a 20-point first half deficit as the Bobcats fell against Marshall (10-15, 7-9 MAC), 71-68.
At this point we're pretty much assured of being on the road
Ohio coach Tim O'Shea said. That was our situation a year ago when we won a road game and got to Cleveland.
