News Release

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Thiel College men's basketball team lost in the second game of Friday's Capital Classic, falling to host Capital University 92-79 at The Capital Center in Columbus, Ohio.

Sophomore guard Ross Watson and senior forward Damien Williams paced the Tomcats with 14 points apiece. Freshman guard Pete Farley totatled 11 points and five assists while sophomore forward Joe Herrmann added 10.

A Williams jumper gave Thiel (0-1) a 16-14 lead with just under 12 minutes to play in the opening half, but Capital (1-0) went on a 22-10 run over the next 6:51 to go up 10 (36-26). The Crusaders went into the half with a 43-37 lead.

A three by sophomore guard Gary Gates trimmed the lead to three (43-30) 42 seconds into the second half, but Capital pulled away and went up by 11 (65-54) with just over 10 minutes to play.

Senior guard Stephen Laird cut the Tomcat deficit to 10 (89-79) with his three with 1:25 to go, but Capital was able close out the win down the stretch.

Nate Stahl and Steve Kyser each had 23 points to lead the Crusaders.

Thiel will meet Kenyon College (0-1) in the consolation game of the Capital Classic at 4 p.m. Saturday afternoon.

Newspaper Box Score
Thiel (Pa.) vs Capital
11/18/05 8 p.m. at Columbus, Ohio - The Capital Center
At Columbus, Ohio - The Capital Center
CAPITAL 92, THIEL (PA.) 79
THIEL (PA.) ((0-1))
Ross Watson 4-6 5-6 14; Damien Williams 5-11 3-4 14; Pete Farley 3-11 5-8
11; Joe Herrmann 5-11 0-0 10; Gary Gates 3-4 1-6 9; Stephen Laird 3-7 1-2 9;
Brad Bowman 2-5 0-0 5; Tony White 1-1 2-2 4; James Beedle 1-2 0-0 2; Andre
Jones 0-1 1-2 1; Bob Reinhard 0-2 0-2 0. Totals 27-61 18-32 79.
CAPITAL ((1-0))
Nate Stahl 6-14 7-12 23; Steve Kyser 10-13 3-3 23; Brian Alge 6-8 2-5 16;
Brad Buckner 3-3 3-9 9; Mark Tinklenberg 1-2 4-4 6; Matty Owens 2-5 2-2 6;
David Johnson 0-1 3-4 3; Zach Hollingsworth 1-2 1-2 3; Ross Niekamp 1-1 0-0
2; Ben Gunn 0-0 1-2 1; Pat Stolly 0-0 0-0 0; Miles Weaver 0-4 0-0 0; Jeff
Hager 0-1 0-0 0; Chris Overbee 0-0 0-0 0; Ryan Wood 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 30-54
26-43 92.
Thiel (Pa.)...................   37   42  -   79
Capital.......................   43   49  -   92
3-point goals-Thiel (Pa.) 7-18 (Gary Gates 2-2; Stephen Laird 2-4; Ross
Watson 1-1; Damien Williams 1-3; Brad Bowman 1-3; Bob Reinhard 0-1; James
Beedle 0-1; Joe Herrmann 0-2; Pete Farley 0-1), Capital 6-18 (Nate Stahl
4-10; Brian Alge 2-3; Mark Tinklenberg 0-1; Matty Owens 0-2; Miles Weaver
0-2). Fouled out--Thiel (Pa.)-Damien Williams; Stephen Laird; Joe Herrmann,
Capital-None. Rebounds-Thiel (Pa.) 31 (Ross Watson 6), Capital 41 (Steve
Kyser 8). Assists-Thiel (Pa.) 13 (Pete Farley 5), Capital 13 (Brian Alge 3;
David Johnson 3). Total fouls-Thiel (Pa.) 28, Capital 26. A-1175
Capital Classic - Game 2