When the Bobcats turned the ball over with about two-and-a-half minutes left to play and the score tied, Tim O'Shea had a bad feeling.

"I felt a little sense of doom there," the Bobcats coach said. "It seemed like everything was going against us, like it was just a bad omen."

The Bobcats hadn't held a lead since the 13-minute mark of the first half. They shot a paltry 36.4 percent from the field all game and O'Shea began to think maybe this was the game that would end Ohio's undefeated streak at home.

But in the final 1:19, it was Western Michigan who was unable to connect on open looks as Leon Williams hit five free throws giving the Bobcats a 57-54 win and preserving Ohio's now nine-game winning streak in The Convo.

"Honestly I don't know how we won this game," O'Shea said.

But the answer was easily found in the performance of Ohio's two seniors, Willams and Bubba Walther, who accounted for 39 of the Bobcats 57 total points. Williams led the Bobcats with another double-double, snaring 15 rebounds and scoring 26 points, which included a 14-of-17 free throw performance. He was also able to out-duel rival big man Joe Reitz, who fouled out as the Broncos were trying to force overtime.

"He's a big guy and they were running him off some screens to get him off the block and they started putting him and Bubba Walther on the same side," Reitz said. "If you put those two guys there it's hard to help down off Bubba and he did a good job. He went up strong and really made a living at the free throw line."

Leading scorers:(Ohio) Leon Williams, 26(WMU) David Kool, 17

Leading rebounders:(Ohio) Williams, 15(WMU) Joe Reitz, 9

Leading assists:(Ohio) Bubba Walther and Mike Allen, 3(WMU) Kool, 2