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Posted January 28th, 2006
By Sam McCarthy, Assistant Sports Information Director
Crusaders Fall on the Road to Otterbein
Otterbein 64 , Capital 59 [Box
Score]
(WESTERVILLE, Ohio) - Capital University's men's
basketball team went on the road and dropped a 64-59 decision to Otterbein
College on Saturday evening in an Ohio Athletic Conference matchup at the Rike
Center in Westerville, Ohio.
With the loss, Capital falls to 7-11 on the season and 4-8 in the OAC, while
the Cardinals improve to 9-10, 5-8 in the conference.
With the game knotted at 33 at halftime, the Crusaders came out hot in the
second period, going on a 13-3 run to take a 46-37 lead at the 12:56 mark,
fueled by back-to-back buckets from freshman forward Quintin Mitchell
(Toledo/Libbey).
Otterbein slowly crawled back into the game and eventually took the lead back
from Capital with 7:13 to play. It was a lead they would not give up the rest
of the contest as a Ryan Wood (Pickerington/Pickerington Central)
three-pointer rattled out in the Crusaders last chance to tie the game.
Capital's lone scorer in double-figures was Wood with 13, while
sophomore forward Jake Meisler (Castalia/Margaretta) totaled nine
points, grabbed six boards and dished out three assists.
The Crusaders come back home to host Wilmington College on Wednesday at 7:30
p.m.
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