ATHENS, Ohio -- The Ohio women's basketball team released the remainder of their 2021-22 schedule, head coach Bob Boldon announced today (Oct. 4). The Bobcats will play four road non-conference games, three home contests, and will also participate in neutral site event, the FIU Holiday Hoops Showdown, in late December. The Mid-American Conference schedule will consist of 20 games, evenly split between home and away contests. 

The Bobcats will start the season with three games on the road, tipping off the 2021-22 campaign at Notre Dame on Tuesday, Nov. 9 at 7 p.m. Ohio are 1-1 all time against the Fighting Irish, including a 86-85 victory inside the Convocation Center last November. Ohio then travels to Lynchburg, Va., to match up against Liberty on Saturday, Nov. 13, with tip scheduled for 7 p.m. It will be the second all-time meeting between the two teams. In the first meeting between the two teams, Ohio defeated the Lady Flames, 76-72. The third and final game of the opening road trip will take Ohio to Cincinnati, Ohio., with the Bobcats scheduled to play the Cincinnati Bearcats on Tuesday, Nov. 16. Tip-off time is still yet to be determined.

Ohio will then play three straight games at home, starting with welcoming Mercyhurst to the Convo on Saturday, Nov. 20 for the Bobcats regular season home opener. Ohio will then have nine days off before their next game, when they take on Florida A&M on Monday, Nov. 29. The first game in the month of December, and the final home non-conference contest, will take place on Saturday, Dec. 4 as Ohio takes on the Richmond Spiders. 

The Bobcats will play one final road non-conference game on Wednesday, Dec. 15 when they travel to Minneapolis, Minn. to play the Minnesota Golden Gophers, before heading south to participate in the FIU Holiday Hoops Showdown on Dec. 20 and 21. The first game for the Bobcats will be against UMass-Lowell, followed by a matchup with Binghamton University. 

Ohio will then start conference play at Miami on Dec. 29. The MAC home opener will be played on Jan. 1, when the Bobcats take on Eastern Michigan. A previously announced conference schedule release is available here.

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