AKRON, Ohio — With just more than six minutes remaining in Ohio’s 86-72 loss to Akron on Saturday, senior guard D.J. Cooper hit a three-pointer to bring the Bobcats within 11 of their rival.
In four minutes, a person could run a mile, recite the lyrics to Outkast’s “Hey Ya” or microwave a Lean Cuisine meal.
Pregame
Ahead four points with 30 seconds to play, it appeared Ohio would win its first Mid-American Conference game of the season Sunday against Kent State.
When U2’s “Beautiful Day” sounded through the Aquatic Center after Saturday’s meet against Toledo, Ohio coach Greg Werner walked up and down the pool deck with a smile on his face. He couldn’t have picked a better song — it was a perfect day.
As All-Star Weekend gets closer and closer, fans of the NBA and super-humans alike are anxiously awaiting the announcement of the 2013 NBA Slam Dunk Contest roster. For years, fans have been calling for LeBron
Ohio fell to Akron Saturday on the road by a score of 86-72 to move to 15-6 on the year and 6-1 in Mid-American Conference play. Follow our chronological coverage of the game below.
Freshman Haley Clark perfectly described Ohio’s meet against Xavier.
From 1995-2004, only two schools could claim American Collegiate Hockey Association championships.
The last time the Aquatic Center had a functioning cold water fountain on the pool deck was four years ago when Ohio won against Toledo. Then the water fountain broke, and the Bobcats have lost against the Rockets ever since.
An exclamation point will be put on Mid-American Conference play Saturday when time ticks down and the final buzzer sounds at Akron’s James A. Rhodes Arena, as this season’s conference slate has been a crash course in anticipation of the first of two matchups between the Bobcats and Zips.
It’s more than a four-hour drive from Ypsilanti, Mich., home of Eastern Michigan University, to Athens — one that the Eagles will take again next month in order to square off against Ohio in the wake of Wednesday’s game cancellation.
History and Ohio’s current season won’t be on the Bobcats’ side when they lace up their sneakers for a midweek tilt with Toledo.
“His performance made the golf summer suddenly look much more interesting.”
The perils of playing on the road have gotten to Eastern Michigan so far this season, as it has posted a goose egg in games away from its home Convocation Center.
A “grinder” in hockey is a player more known for throwing around his body and less apt to put the puck in the back of the net.
Ohio coach Dan Morris said hockey is a generational game for many families in Canada and the United States. It’s a game where a boy could learn more from talking about the sport on the long car rides to games than on the ice.
The Chicago Bulls are 27-17 and they currently own the third-best record in the Eastern Conference. That’s without Derrick Rose.
When being asked about the number of her South African national team appearances, Bianca Hauzer had to think for a long time.
The D.J. Cooper and Reggie Keely show was operating at full force on Saturday when the pair of seniors combined for more than 60 percent of Ohio’s offense.
Solutions by The State News