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THE BASICS
Score: Ohio 73, Indiana Tech 57
Location: Convocation Center - Athens, Ohio
The Short Story: With three players in double figures and a defensive performance that held Indiana Tech below 30 percent shooting, the Ohio men's basketball team emerged victorious in an exhibition battle with Indiana Tech, 73-57, on Saturday (Nov. 7) in front of 8,384 fans at the Convocation Center in Athens, Ohio.

OHIO STARTERS: #0 Treg Setty, #2 Jaaron Simmons, #11 Khari Harley, #13 Kenny Kaminsky, #33 Antonio Campbell

INDIANA TECH STARTERS: #3 Miles Robinson, #11 Dominique Walls, #30 Jantzen Goodwin, #32 Tyrece Edwards, #33 Lavonte Davis

HOW IT HAPPENED
• Ohio shot 26-of-59 (44.1 percent) from the field -- including 4-of-18 (22.2 percent) from behind the arc.
• The Bobcats won the turnover battle, turning the ball over just six times versus 16 for the Warriors.
• Ohio limited Indiana Tech to 20-of-67 (29.9 percent) shooting from the field.
• Redshirt senior forward Treg Setty (Maysville, Ky.) led all Ohio scorers with 17 points while grabbing five rebounds, swiping four steals and dishing out two assists.
• Redshirt junior forward Kenny Kaminski (Medina, Ohio) scored 14 points while hauling in eight rebounds and two blocks.
• Redshirt sophomore guard Jaaron Simmons (Dayton, Ohio) scored 11 while dishing out a game-high seven assists.
• Junior forward Antonio Campbell (Cincinnati, Ohio) added nine points for the 'Cats while grabbing a game-high nine boards. Junior forward Wadly Mompremier (Miami, Fla.) also contributed nine points and grabbed five rebounds to go along with a steal. He went a perfect 5-for-5 from the charity stripe.
• Freshman forward Jalen Huff led Indiana Tech with a game-high 18 points and four assists off of the bench. He also grabbed five boards and collected a steal. He shot 4-of-7 from three-point land.
• Junior guard Tanner Watkins contributed 14 points, three assists, two rebounds and a steal off of a bench for the Warriors. He also went 4-of-7 from beyond the arc.
• Senior forward Dominique Walls hauled in a game-13 rebounds for Indiana Tech and also tallied four points and a block.
• Campbell opened the scoring for the Bobcats with a triple.
• After Indiana Tech pulled within one at the 8:04 mark of the first half, the Bobcats went on a 14-3 run, with contributions from Setty, Simmons, Mompremier and freshman guard Gavin Block (Lincoln, Ill.) to take a 28-16 advantage.
• Ohio went into halftime with a 30-26 edge. Setty led the Bobcats with six first half points while Indiana Tech's Jalen Huff led all scorers with nine points.
• The Warriors were held to 8-of-29 (27.6 percent) shooting from the field and 2-of-12 (16.7 percent) from behind the arc.
• After the Warriors cut Ohio's lead to three at 35-32, the Bobcats went on a 13-3 run to bump their lead to 48-35 at the 7:19 mark of the second half. The stretch was highlighted by an and-one dunk by Mompremier off an assist from Simmons and a layup and a jumper by Campbell.
• The Warriors countered with made three-pointers on five of six possessions to cut the Ohio lead to 55-50 with 4:10 remaining in the game -- including two by Watkins, one by Huff and another by junior guard Jantzen Goodwin.
• Ohio answered Indiana Tech with a 13-3 run to give the 'Cats a 69-52 lead with just over a minute remaining. Threes by Kaminski and Setty and layups by Simmons and redshirt sophomore guard/forward Khari Harley (Egg Harbor Township, N.J.) helped power Ohio down the closing stretch.
• The Bobcats closed out the Warriors with a Setty layup to give Ohio the 73-57 victory.

QUOTABLE
Second-Year Head Coach Saul Phillips
• "It's a 40 minute game for a reason. We had our chances to blow it open, and we missed our shots. But, we stayed resilient. I've been on both sides of things like that, and as that scoreboard refuses to separate, it's easy to hit the panic button and start to try and do things you can't do. What we didn't do is panic on the defensive end."

Redshirt Senior Forward Treg Setty
• "We knew as a team the expectation coming in was for us to beat a team by 25, 30 points. But, a lot of times when you play teams that play one Division I team all year, this is kind of their Super Bowl. You've got guys who give it every single thing they have, and that's kudos to them for doing so. But, we finally got into a little rhythm and coach preached to us all preseason that we're going to be a streaky team. We're going to go on big streaks where we hit a lot of shots, and we're going to go on bad streaks where we don't hit a lot of shots. But, the main thing is just staying consistent."

Redshirt Junior Forward Kenny Kaminski
• "First game nerves played a little factor. We did get a lot of shots we wanted, and that's great. I'm not worried about offense at all. We're not worried as a team. We got all the shots we wanted, and we got those first-game nerves out."

UP NEXT
The Bobcats open up the 2015-16 regular season at the Convocation Center against Florida Gulf Coast next Saturday (Nov. 7). Tip-off is set for 2 pm ET.

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