KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) - D.J. Cooper had 16 points and six assists, leading Ohio to a 61-59 victory over Western Michigan on Saturday.
Reggie Keely added 10 points for the Bobcats (11-5, 2-0 Mid-American), who overcame 17 turnovers and held on after leading by 12 points midway through the second half.
Jared Klein led Western Michigan (8-7, 0-1) with a career-high 18 points. Shayne Whittington added 10 points and 13 rebounds for the Broncos, who shot just 28 percent from the field.
Ohio used a 12-2 run to build a 43-31 lead with 12:47 remaining, and still led by 10 with 8:35 to go.
A 19-6 Broncos run got them within 58-55 with 2:26 left, and a steal and layup by Klein with 7 seconds to go made it 60-59. Cooper hit 1 of 2 free throws for Ohio with 6 seconds left, and a 3-point attempt by Brown at the buzzer missed for Western Michigan.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Ohio (11-5) « | 29 | 32 | 61 |
| Western Michigan (8-7) | 25 | 34 | 59 |
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| Ohio Bobcats | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| I. Baltic, F | 14 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| R. Keely, F | 13 | 4-7 | 2-4 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| W. Offutt, G | 35 | 2-6 | 0-1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| D. Cooper, G | 32 | 5-11 | 4-8 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 16 |
| N. Kellogg, G | 31 | 2-6 | 3-3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Hall | 26 | 3-8 | 1-2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| J. Smith | 16 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| R. Johnson | 11 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| K. Green | 10 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| S. Taylor | 10 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| T. Wilkins | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 21-51 | 13-22 | 38 | 14 | 25 | 61 | |
| 41.2% | 59.1% | ||||||
| Western Michigan Broncos | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| N. Hutcheson, F | 27 | 3-6 | 2-2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| D. Paul, F | 22 | 1-5 | 2-3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| S. Whittington, C | 24 | 2-12 | 6-7 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| B. Pokley, G | 29 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| A. Richie, G | 18 | 1-4 | 0-2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Klein | 22 | 3-9 | 11-12 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 |
| D. Brown | 17 | 1-6 | 3-3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| D. Loney | 15 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| C. Tava | 13 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| T. Perry | 7 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Avery | 6 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals | 15-53 | 26-34 | 40 | 11 | 24 | 59 | |
| 28.3% | 76.5% | ||||||
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