Ohio 68, at Eastern Michigan 67

YPSILANTI, Mich. (Interstat) — Jackson Paveletzke’s contested three-pointer at the final horn lifted Ohio to a dramatic 68-67 victory over Eastern Michigan in a Mid-American Conference men’s basketball thriller on Saturday at the Convocation Center. The Bobcats, who trailed for nearly the entire game and by as many as 13 points in the first half, executed a desperate final sequence to perfection. After Eastern Michigan’s Jon Sanders made one of two free throws with 14 seconds left to give the Eagles a 67-65 lead, Ohio raced the ball upcourt without a timeout. The ball found Paveletzke on the left wing,… Read more...