Both men and women’s basketball teams for Ohio University continued their winning ways over the weekend, with the men beating arch-rival Miami 51-31 in the Convocation Center Saturday afternoon and the women shellacking Akron 101-73 on the Zips’ home court.
The convincing victories take the men to 18-8 overrall, 9-5 Mid-American Conference, and the women 21-4, 13-1 MAC, with the conference tournaments beginning on March 7.
Saturday’s victory over the RedHawks moved Ohio to 101-91 all-time in men’s basketball against Miami.
The win is the Ohio men’s fifth straight and seventh in eight games. The victory puts the Bobcats in second place, a game behind the first-place Akron Zips in the MAC East with four games to go.