Jan. 31, 2007

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ATHENS, Ohio (AP) - Sonny Troutman scored 25 points, Jerome Tillman had 23 and three other Ohio players reached double digits as the Bobcats defeated Toledo 91-80 on Wednesday night.

Ohio (14-7, 5-3 Mid-American Conference) trailed 48-47 with 15:17 left, but a 3-pointer by Troutman started a 15-5 run that gave the Bobcats a 62-53 lead with 10:28 remaining. Ohio led by at least six points for the rest of the game.

Bubba Walther scored 18 points, Leon Williams had 11 points and 11 rebounds and Whitney Davis added 10 points for Ohio, which shot nearly 60 percent (31-of-52) overall.

Troutman shot 7-of-12 and made nine of 10 free throw attempts. Tillman added 10 rebounds.

Keonta Howell led Toledo (11-9, 7-1) with 21 points, Kashif Payne added 16 and Florentino Valencia and Justin Ingram each had 15.

Toledo led 37-36 at halftime and shot 50 percent (31-of-62) overall.

Ohio outrebounded the Rockets 31-27.