Charlie Fadel

NEWS: Ayden Evans (Ohio) plans to enter the transfer portal, his agent @Ryanmurphhoop tells @TheAthleticCBB He averaged 2.3 points in 11 games played

First transfer news of Ohio’s offseason is guard Elijah Elliott entering the portal. After a great freshman year, he dealt with injuries all throughout this year, which hampered his play when he was available.

Men's Basketball: @OhioMBasketball looks ahead to off season opportunities after falling in the MAC Tournament. thepostathens.com/article/2026/0…

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FINAL: Ohio 75, Kent State 86 The loss tonight makes it back-to-back years with a first-round exit in the MAC Tournament for Ohio. The Bobcats finished tonight 5-22 from deep, capping off a season of poor shooting with yet another poor performance.

It's now a five-point game with a little less than two minutes to go. Ohio needs to string together some stops to make a run at it. Ohio 73 Kent State 78 1:41 H2

The Bobcats are starting to claw back as Kent State calls a timeout. A transition three from Ajay Sheldon and some buckets from Javan Simmons have brought the lead back to single digits. Ohio 68 Kent State 75 4:10 H2

Time is starting to run out on Ohio's season. The Bobcats trail by 15 with over seven minutes remaining. With the way the offense has looked tonight, a slight miracle will be needed to advance. Ohio 56 Kent State 71 7:36 H2

Aidan Hadaway just picked up his fourth foul after a Delrecco Gillespie and-one, and then he was given a technical foul right after for his fifth. The senior's career could have just ended on a tech. He finished with 24 points tonight. Ohio 52 Kent State 67 9:50 H2

Kent State has continued its hot shooting in the second half, and Ohio has been unable to answer so far. Two combined points from senior guards Jackson Paveletzke and Ajay Sheldon have not helped the Bobcat offense so far. Ohio 47 Kent State 61 11:38 H2

Kent State is shooting 5-7 out of the half compared to Ohio's 1-4. The Flashes have come out with more juice, and the Bobcats will need a spark to get some momentum back. Ohio 45 Kent State 53 15:52 H2

HALFTIME: Ohio 38, Kent State 40 Aidan Hadaway hits his fourth triple of the game to beat the buzzer going into halftime. A Kent State run at the end of the half gave the Flashes the lead going into the break.

Jalen Breath has been huge for the Bobcats so far. His defense and rebounding against these Kent State big men have been great. Ohio 32 Kent State 31 2:15 H1

You can tell Aidan Hadaway knows that these games could be his very last, as his energy and production have been huge for the Bobcats so far. He has 15 points and four boards on 6-9 shooting from the field and 3-5 shooting from deep. Ohio 32 Kent State 28 4:21 H1

Aidan Hadaway with a quick trigger to give him back-to-back threes. Those are the only threes of the night so far for Ohio. Ohio 15 Kent State 14 12:54

Javan Simmons with a hard fall on that and-one layup. He looks to be OK and is now 2-2 from the floor to start for Ohio Ohio 6 Kent State 5 15:42 H1

We are here in Cleveland for @OhioMBasketball and the MAC Tournament! We are under 20 minutes away from tip-off as the Bobcats look to advance against Kent State. Follow along for live updates! @ThePost

It will be very interesting to see what the committee does with Miami. They are 100% in, but I think they might have to go through the First Four to get there. Should be a home crowd in UD Arena if they get there though.

Ohio head men’s basketball coach Jeff Boals on the @OhioWBasketball win over Miami today.

Pav has done nothing but give everything he has every time he puts the uniform on. It's a shame he couldn't get the game-winners to fall after his career high.