News Release

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Capital University's men's basketball team lost the battle of first place teams in the Ohio Athletic Conference as they fell 73-69 to No. 15 John Carroll University Wednesday at The Capital Center.

With the loss the Crusaders (14-7, 10-5 OAC) fall one game out of first place in the OAC. With the win John Carroll (17-4, 11-4) remains in first place with Otterbein College.

Capital started the game on a 10-2 run as sophomore point guard David Johnson hit a the three-pointer at the 17:03 mark of the first half.

The Blue Streaks would cut into the Crusaders' lead but Capital would push the lead back to eight points at the 10:27 mark when senior forward Eric Rosenbeck hit a jumper. John Carroll would then close the first half out on an 18-9 run to lead, 32-31 at halftime.

Capital's biggest lead in the second half was seven points on two occasions and the last time came with 11:45 left in the game as Rosenbeck hit another jumper. John Carroll responded the game was back and forth the rest of the way and John Carroll hit 9-of-12 free-throws in the final minute.

Senior guard David Kalb paced three Crusaders in double-figures with 12 points as Rosenbeck matched a season-high with 11 points and freshman post Jake Meisler finished with 10 points.

Brandon Mimes and Andrew Salata led the Blue Streaks with game-highs of 12 points.