Bobcat men struggle in MAC opener against CMU

Ohio University’s Jason Carter leaps for a layup during the Bobcats’ loss to Toledo in the Convo from Jan. 2017.

The Ohio Bobcats had their worst performance of the season at the worst time. In Tuesday evening’s Mid-American Conference basketball opener, the Bobcats fell 75-50 to the conference-leading Central Michigan Chippewas.

Fifty points from the Bobcats (7-6, 0-1 MAC) was their lowest point total of the season. The previous low was 61 points scored in the season-opening victory over Alabama A&M on Nov. 11. Ohio shot 35.7 percent from the field against Central Michigan (12-2, 1-0 MAC), which was the second-lowest mark of the year.