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Ohio avoids upset; closes out non-conference schedule with 77-50 win over Urbana

A team with the aspirations that Saul Phillips and his Ohio Bobcats have for this season should cruise comfortably against a Division-II team that is 301st in the country in defense and gives up an average of 89.1 points per game.

Well while Ohio (8-3, 0-0) did pull out the 77-50 victory over the Urbana Blue Knights (5-6, 0-4) Friday night in the Convocation Center, it wasn’t as easy as Phillips would have liked. After trailing 34-31 at halftime, the Bobcats opened up the second half on a 19-2 run to regain control of the game and avoid any possibility of an upset.