Men, women capture wins

The Ohio men's basketball team added a second exhibition victory to its preseason portfolio with a 96-80 win against Premier All-Stars at The Convo on Sunday.

Forward Jon Sanderson paced the Bobcats with 28 points including 5-of-8 shooting from behind the three-point arc. Steve Esterkamp added 20 points while hitting 4-of-5 on threes. Brandon Hunter once again posted a double-double, this time with 15 points and 13 rebounds. Anthony Jones was the fourth Bobcat to score in double figures, netting 14 points.

The Bobcats trailed 8-4 early in the contest, but used a 26-9 run to build a 13-point lead with seven minutes left in the first half, 30-17. Ohio carried a 41-30 advantage into halftime despite shooting just 38 percent from the field.

In the second half, Ohio turned its shooting around to hit 50 percent from the field. The team scored 13-of-29 (.448) three-point attempts in the game, eight coming in the second half.

Ohio will have a Green & White scrimmage at 7 p.m. Wednesday at The Convo. The Bobcats open the regular season with Rio Grande at 7 p.m.� Nov. 22.

**Women win again

Forward Lori Moorman scored 21 points and grabbed seven rebounds, and forward Beckie Fischer added 19 points to lead Ohio to an 87-74 victory over the OGBM Legends in the final exhibition game of the preseason.

The contest featured a top-notch shooting display in the opening period. The teams combined to hit nearly two-thirds (37-of-56) of their shots in the opening stanza as Ohio opened a 48-42 lead. The Bobcats connected on 61.3 percent from the floor (19-of-31), but allowed the Legends to make 72 percent (18-of-25). In the second half, however, Ohio turned up the defensive pressure, limiting OGBM to just 33.3 percent shooting.

Cathy Szall added 18 points, and Jacquie Negrelli chipped in 13 points and a team-best five assists.

The Bobcats used seven-straight points midway through the second half to break open a 62-61 margin. They stretched the lead to 11, 77-66 with 5:14 to play. The final margin of 13 equaled the largest margin for either team.�

The Bobcats open the regular-season at 7 p.m. Nov. 21 at Evansville.