WILMINGTON — It was a tale of two halves Wednesday night at Fred Raizk Arena in college basketball action, as the Capital Crusaders erased a nine-point deficit en route to a 92-87 victory over the Wilmington Quakers in Ohio Athletic Conference action.
With the win, Capital improves to 7-5 overall and 3-2 in the conference. The loss drops WC to 4-8 overall and 2-3 in the OAC.
Wilmington led the entire first half, and took a 51-42 advantage into the locker room at intermission.
Capital steadily chipped away at the deficit and went ahead for the first 60-59 at the 13:00 mark. The teams were tied during the next several possessions — 62-66-68-70-72-74 — before pulling way in the closing minutes.
The Crusaders truly “capitalized” at the free throw line in the second half, connecting on 18 of 22 attempts. Wilmington was six of 10 from the line on the night.
Capital’s front line of 6-7 forwards Reed Bradfield and Joe Hartman combined for 48 points on 18 of 22 shooting.
For Wilmington, leading scorer was Colin Myers with 20. He had four-three-pointers on the night.
DaeShawn Jackson followed with 15 and Jeffrey Mansfield added 14. Coming off the bench, Wilmington High School graduate Matt Smith added 11 points, on the strength of three first-half three-pointers and a second half field goal.
Wilmington travels to John Carroll 3 p.m. Saturday for a battle with the Blue Streaks and then returns to Fred Raizk Arena Jan. 15, hosting Otterbein in OAC action.
SUMMARY
Jan 8, 2020
@Fred Raizk Arena
Capital 92 Wilmington 87
C^42^50^^92
W^51^36^^87
(92) CAPITAL (fg-3fg-ft-tp) Yahaya 6-0-3-15 Bradfield 12-0-4-28 Hartmann 6-0-8-20 Schreck 3-1-0-7 Caldwell 4-0-6-14 Meister 0-0-0-0 Roth 2-1-0-5 Dupler 1-0-0-2 Doseck 0-0-1-1. TOTALS 34-2-22-92
(87) WILMINGTON (fg-3fg-ft-tp) Kanu 4-0-0-8 Myers 6-4-4-20 Mansfield 6-1-1-14 P. Smith 4-2-0-10 Jackson 6-2-1-15 Mullins 1-1-0-3 Horton 1-0-0-2 Hamilton 0-0-0-0 Todd 0-0-0-0 Dado 2-0-0-4 M. Smith 4-3-0-11 TOTALS 34-13-6-87
FIELD GOALS: C (34-60) Bradfield 12-15 Hartmann 6-7; W (34-73) Jackson 7-12 Myers 6-12 M. Smith 4-7)
3 PT FIELD GOALS: C (2-13); W (13-29) Myers 4-10, M. Smith 3-4)
FREE THROWS: C 22-28 (Hartmann 8-8); W 6-10 (Myers 4-4)
REBOUNDS: C-33 (Yahaya 10 Hartmann 7); R-25 (Kanu 10 Myers 5 Mansfield 4 Jackson 2)
ASSISTS: C-13 (Caldwell 4); W-18 (Mansfield 4 P. Smith 4 Kanu 2 Jackson 2)
STEALS: C-8 (Bradfield 3); W-8 (P. Smith 2 Kanu 2)
BLOCKED SHOTS: C-3; W-3
TURNOVERS: C-15; W-13