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Posted January 25th, 2006
By Sam McCarthy, Assistant Sports Information Director
Meisler's Career-High 28 Paces Capital Past Heidelberg
Capital 80, Heidelberg 68 [Box
Score]
(COLUMBUS, Ohio) - In his first game in over a
month, sophomore forward Jake Meisler (Castalia/Margaretta) poured in
28 points and grabbed 10 rebounds for his third career double-double to lead
Capital University's men's basketball team past Heidelberg College, 80-68, in
an Ohio Athletic Conference matchup in Columbus, Ohio.
With the victory, the Crusaders snap a three-game losing streak and improve to
7-10 on the year, 4-7 in the OAC. Heidelberg falls to 7-11, 3-8 in the
conference.
At the 4:34 mark in the first half, the Student Princes took a 14-point lead
at 32-18 on an Andrew Lemmon foul shot, but the Crusaders crawled back to get
within seven as they went into the locker room.
Capital shot just 30-percent in the first half, but got solid efforts from
Meisler (above) and freshman guard Nate Stahl (St. Henry/St. Henry) who
ended up with 13 and 11 points respectively in the first half.
With a 9-0 run that spanned three minutes of the second half, the Crusaders
took the lead from Heidelberg that was propelled by four markers from
sophomore point guard Pat Stolly (Lima/Lima Central Catholic) and gave
Capital a 51-46 advantage.
The Crusaders would not relinquish the lead from that point on as they
outscored the the Student Princes 51-32 in the second period to win the
contest.
Stolly scored a career-high 15 points and Stahl chipped in with 17 markers and
had two steals.
Capital had a season-low eight turnovers and shot 66 percent from the
free-throw line.
The Crusaders will go for two in a row at Otterbein on Saturday in game two of
a double-header. Tip-off is set for 7:30 p.m.
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