Ohio University's women’s basketball program began its unofficial debut in 1965. It was created by the Women’s Sports and Recreation Department (WRA) chapter of Ohio University. The team, led by Bev Smith, competed for 8 years before they became a part of the Women’s Intercollegiate Athletics (WICA) organization. This marked the beginning of funding from athletics as opposed to education. Upon its official debut, the women’s basketball team played their first game in the 1973–74 season. The Bobcats have won three Mid-American Conference tournament titles in 1986, 1995, and 2015. They have been MAC regular season champions four times, most recently in the 2015–16 season. They have clinched a spot in the
NCAA women's tournament three times, in which they have gone 0–3, most recently appearing in the 2014–15 season. The Bobcats' current head coach is
Bob Boldon. Boldon played college basketball at
Walsh University from 1993–97. After debuting during the
2013–14 season, Boldon's team posted a record of 9–20. During his second season at Ohio University, he led the Bobcats to their first winning season since the 2007–08 season. Boldon led the
team to the MAC championship, clinching a spot in the
2015 NCAA tournament. The team lost in the first round to
Arizona State, by a score of 74–55. In the
2018-19 season the Bobcats won 30 games, being the first basketball team to do so between both Bobcat men's and women's programs. ==Seasonal Results==