The Bobcats, led by ninth-year head coach Bob Boldon, played their home games at the Convocation Center in Athens, Ohio as a member of the Mid-American Conference (MAC).

During a conference win at Central Michigan on January 15, Cece Hooks passed Caroline Mast as the leading scorer in Ohio basketball history.

[3] Two games later, against Bowling Green, she passed Toledo's Kim Knuth as the leading scorer in MAC basketball history.

They were knocked out of the MAC tournament in the quarterfinals by top-seeded Toledo[6] and in the first round of the WNIT by eventual champion South Dakota State.

[8] Cece Hooks and Erica Johnson were named to the preseason first team all-conference.