BOWLING GREEN, Ohio (AP) - Reggie Keely scored 21 points and Ohio clinched a top-two seed in the Mid-American Conference tournament by defeating Bowling Green 78-65 Saturday.
The Bobcats (21-8, 12-2) set a new school record for league wins during a 16-game MAC schedule in capturing their first victory at Bowling Green since 2007. Ohio also posted a program-record 50 wins over the past two seasons.
The Bobcats led by 13 in the first half, but the Falcons (12-17, 6-8) surged ahead 40-39 with 17:13 left. Ohio pulled away with a 10-2 run, then maintained a five-point cushion.
Nick Kellogg added 16 points and Walter Offutt 12. D.J. Cooper had 10 points, including two 3-pointers to tie for first all-time at Ohio (259). Cooper's six assists gave him 907 for 12th place on the NCAA Division I list.
A'uston Calhoun's 24 points led Bowling Green, which also lost to the Bobcats 72-63 on Feb. 9.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Ohio (21-8) « | 39 | 39 | 78 |
| Bowling Green (12-17) | 33 | 32 | 65 |
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| Ohio Bobcats | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| R. Keely, F | 33 | 10-15 | 1-4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 21 |
| I. Baltic, F | 22 | 1-8 | 0-0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| W. Offutt, G | 36 | 5-9 | 1-2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 12 |
| D. Cooper, G | 33 | 4-8 | 0-1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 10 |
| N. Kellogg, G | 28 | 6-11 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Smith | 14 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
| R. Johnson | 13 | 2-3 | 4-5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| T. Wilkins | 13 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| S. Taylor | 7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| K. Green | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| N. Goff | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. McKinley | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 32-61 | 6-12 | 26 | 18 | 17 | 78 | |
| 52.5% | 50% | ||||||
| Bowling Green Falcons | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| A. Calhoun, F | 37 | 8-14 | 7-7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 24 |
| C. Orr, F | 29 | 1-5 | 2-2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| C. Black, C | 20 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| J. Crawford, G | 36 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 7 |
| L. Kraus, G | 28 | 2-6 | 2-2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| R. Holmes | 15 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| J. Clarke | 13 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| S. Parker | 7 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| C. Sealey | 7 | 3-4 | 3-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| J. Erger | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Henderson | 3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| D. Lyshe | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 24-50 | 14-16 | 35 | 14 | 12 | 65 | |
| 48% | 87.5% | ||||||
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