News Release

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Capital University's men's basketball team, led by a game-high 22 points from Jake Meisler, clinched a spot in the upcoming Ohio Athletic Conference tournament with a 66-58 win over Mount Union College this afternoon at The Capital Center in Columbus, Ohio.

With a Capital victory over Mount Union and a Heidelberg loss the Crusaders earn a spot in the eight-team OAC tournament which starts February 22nd.

The Crusaders have now won two games in a row and improve to 10-12 on the season, 7-9 in the OAC. Mount Union falls to 5-18 on the year after losing their eighth game in a row and drops to 4-12 in the conference.

A low-scoring first half showed a 9-9 score on the board with ten minutes left on the clock before both teams started finding the bottom of the net. Capital would go into the locker room with a 27-24 lead as freshman guard Nate Stahl drilled a three to break the tie.

Meisler scored 13 points in the first period on 6-of-7 shooting.

Mount Union would lead once in the second half, but only by a point, as Capital distanced themselves from the Purple Raiders with an 8-0 run over a two-minute span and would hold the advantage from that point on.

Stahl and sophomore forward Steve Kyser each tallied 14 points as Meisler led with six boards. Sophomore guard Pat Stolly had a career-high five steals.

Capital will play its final regular season road game at Marietta on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. The Crusaders won the first matchup of the season against the Pioneers by a score of 108-75.