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THE BASICS
Score: Ohio 94, Buffalo 75
Location: Alumni Arena -- Amherst, N.Y.
The Short Story: The Ohio men's basketball team (16-8, 7-5 MAC) put on an offensive clinic in a 94-75 blowout win over Mid-American Conference East Division rival Buffalo (14-11, 7-5 MAC) in a nationally televised contest on Friday (Feb. 12) at Alumni Arena in Amherst, N.Y.

OHIO STARTERS: #0 Treg Setty, #2 Jaaron Simmons, #13 Kenny Kaminski, #33 Antonio Campbell, #35 Jordan Dartis

BUFFALO STARTERS: #0 Blake Hamilton, #2 Willie Conner, #10 Jarryn Skeete, #33 Nick Perkins, #34 Ikeena Smart



HOW IT HAPPENED
• The Bobcats scored a season-high 94 points and shot 53.7 percent (second-best this season) on a season-high 35 field goals made and 67 attempts. Ohio converted a season-best 56.0 percent from three-point range and tied its season high with 14 made treys. The Bobcats won the battle of the boards, 31-23 and also led the way in points in the paint (44-34).
• Junior forward Antonio Campbell (Cincinnati, Ohio) matched his career high with a team-high 28 points off of 11-of-16 shooting -- including 4-of-5 from three point range. His 11 made field goals and four made treys matched his career highs. He also hauled in a game-high 15 rebounds and a team-high two blocks to go along with an assist and a steal over 27 minutes.
• Freshman guard Jordan Dartis (Newark, Ohio) knocked down a career-high seven treys en route to scoring 23 points. He also dished out three assists in 37 minutes.
• Redshirt sophomore guard Jaaron Simmons (Dayton, Ohio) racked up 13 points on 5-of-12 shooting and handed out six assists to go along with six boards and a steal in 36 minutes.
• Redshirt senior forward Treg Setty (Maysville, Ky.) went 5-of-6 from the field to finish with 10 points. He also handed out three assists to match his season high and grabbed two rebounds in 17 minutes.
• Freshman guard/forward Gavin Block (Lincoln, Ill.) tallied seven points, six rebounds, a career and team-high three steals and a career and game-high seven assists in 34 minutes.
• Freshman guard CJ Massinburg put together a big performance to lead Buffalo, scoring a game-high 36 points off of 11-of-18 shooting from the field and 10-of-13 shooting from the free throw line. He also swiped a game-high four steals and totaled five rebounds, three assists and a game-high two blocks in 29 minutes.
• Junior wing Willie Connor chipped in 10 points, two rebounds, two assists and a steal in 30 minutes for the Bulls.
• Junior forward David Kadiri logged nine points, four rebounds and a block over 21 minutes off of the bench for Buffalo.
• Junior wing Blake Hamilton recorded seven points, a team-high six rebounds and four assists as well as a steal in 27 minutes for the Bulls.
• The Bobcats jumped out to a 15-5 advantage over the first four-plus minutes of the game as Campbell sank two threes en route to piling up eight points before the first media timeout. Setty and Simmons also chipped in baskets while redshirt junior forward Kenny Kaminski (Medina, Ohio) drained a trey.
• The Bulls made it a five-point contest thanks to a pair of free throws by senior guard/forward Rodell Wigginton and a conventional three-point play by Hamilton, but Ohio countered with a pair of treys by Dartis and a jumper by Simmons to up its lead back to nine at 23-14 with just under 12 minutes left in the half.
• A pair of free throws by Massinburg made it a seven-point affair with just over 11 minutes to go, but Ohio responded with a 18-4 run courtesy of a layup by sophomore guard Mike Laster (Detroit, Mich.) and a pair of free throws and a layup by Simmons, a layup by Campbell and a pair of freebies and two treys by Dartis and another layup by Campbell to extend its edge to a half-high 21 points at 41-20 with 4:38 to go in the first half.
• Buffalo outscored Ohio by an 8-3 count down the final stretch of the half, but the Bobcats still took a 16-point advantage into halftime with the score at 44-28. Ohio limited the Bulls to just 9-of-26 (34.6 percent) from the field in the first half -- including just 1-of-9 (11.1 percent) from beyond the arc. On the offensive end, Campbell scored 14 of his points on 6-of-10 shooting in addition to grabbing 11 boards. Dartis also scored 14 points thanks in large part to draining four treys.
• The Bobcats continued their domination in the second half, scoring 50 points and shooting a scorching 62.5 percent (20-of-32) from the field over the final 20 minutes of play. Campbell added 14 more in the second half while Dartis sank three shots from beyond the arc. Ohio led by as many as 30 when Setty made a layup with 9:20 to play.

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE
• Ohio's 16 wins -- including seven MAC victories -- are its most under second-year head coach Saul Phillips. The Bobcats finished with 10 wins overall and five in conference play in 2014-15.
• The Bobcats have won three in a row and five of their last six games. Ohio is on its longest MAC winning streak since posting four-straight league wins in 2014 when the Bobcats won at Bowling Green (March 4, 72-61) and at Miami (March 8, 82-76), beat Ball State (March 10, 76-64) at home in a MAC Tournament First Round game and eliminated Miami (March 12, 63-55) in a MAC Tournament Second Round game at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland.
• Ohio picked up its third MAC road win and fourth overall away from home of the year. The Bobcats won just one MAC road game in 2014-15.
• The Bobcats are now 30-10 (.750) all-time against Buffalo. Ohio picked up its first victory at Alumni Arena since a 73-70 triumph on Feb. 15, 2014. The Bobcats and the Bulls will square off again on Saturday, Feb. 27 at the Convocation Center in a 4 p.m. ET Senior Day contest will be televised on Time Warner Cable Sports/Buckeye Cable Sports Network and ESPN3.
• Ohio surpassed the 90-point mark for the third time this year. The Bobcats have eclipsed the 80-point mark 12 times in their first 24 games in 2015-16. Ohio reached the 80-point mark just five times in 30 games last season.
• Ohio led by 16 points at halftime of a MAC game for the second time this season. The Bobcats led Northern Illinois, 49-33, on Feb. 6 at the Convo and went on to win, 80-69.
• Campbell achieved his team-high 12th double-double and 21st of his career. He has notched two-straight double-doubles and three in his last four games. Campbell recorded his team-high eighth game of the year with at least 20 points and ninth of his career. He scored at least 26 points for the second game in a row and third time in the last five games. He reached double figures in scoring for the 11th game in a row and team-high 21st time this year. He has achieved the feat 41 times in his career. Campbell has totaled double digits in rebounds a team-high 12 times this season and 23 times in his career. He led the team in scoring for a team-high 10th time this year and in rebounding for a team-high 19th time this season.
• Dartis finished in double figures in scoring for the ninth time this year. He tallied at least 20 points for the second time this season.
• Simmons recorded double figures in scoring for the 16th time his year. He has recorded at least five assists in all but two games this year. His 189 assists in 2015-16 gives him the seventh-most in a single season in program history, as he surpassed the 185 dished out by Dennis Whitaker in 1989-90.
• Setty totaled double digits in points for the 13th time this season and 16th time in his career.
• Block led the Bobcats in assists for the first time this year.

QUOTABLE
Second-year head coach Saul Phillips on the performance by freshman guard Jordan Dartis
"I'm surprised at how composed he is at all times. The moment never seems too big for him. He just went out there and played."

Junior forward Antonio Campbell on his performance
"I just felt pretty good. I played good last game against Ball State, and I think it carried over into practice and carried over into this game."

UP NEXT
Ohio will play three of its next four games at the Convocation Center, beginning with a matchup against MAC West Division foe Eastern Michigan next Tuesday (Feb. 16). Tip time is slated for 7 p.m. ET. The Eagles (12-12, 4-7 MAC) host Kent State on Saturday (Feb. 13) at noon ET.

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