UB men’s basketball drops 74-53 loss to Ohio at Alumni Arena | College Sports

By that point, the Bulls trailed Ohio by 20 points, and couldn’t find any way to build consistency in their offense. In fact, creating any sort of offensive tempo was a problem for UB in a 74-53 loss to Ohio on Friday at Alumni Arena, in a rematch of the 2021 Mid-American Conference tournament championship game.

The rematch became a mismatch. The Bulls trailed by as many as 22 points early in the second half. The closest UB came was within 16, with about eight minutes left in the game.

Jeenathan Williams scored 13 points for the Bulls (10-8, 4-4 Mid-American Conference), who have lost back-to-back games this week.

Mark Sears led the Bobcats (16-3, 7-1) with 27 points, and Jason Carter added 16. The Bobcats thoroughly dominated the Bulls through much of the game, limiting UB to 21-for-55 shooting, including 5 for 21 on 3-pointers.

UB and Ohio shot a combined 1 for 8 from the floor in the first 2:30, but Ronaldo Segu’s 3-pointer tied the game at 9-9 just before the first media timeout at 5:06. Back-to-back shots by Ben Vander Plas (12 points, 11 rebounds) and Tommy Schmock opened Ohio’s lead to 14-9, part of an 8-0 run that gave the Bobcats a 17-9 lead. The Bulls, though, cut the lead to four after a scoring drought of more than three minutes, with the help of a goaltending call against the Bobcats that gave a basket to Jeenathan Williams.