Zane Meeder
BEREA, OHIO – Junior guard DJ Frazier scored a game-high 24 points as the Capital University men’s basketball team defeated Ohio Athletic Conference rival Baldwin-Wallace College, 74-60, today (Saturday, February 6, 2010) in the Capital Center in Columbus.
With the win, the Crusaders improve to 13-8 overall and 8-6 in the OAC for a split in the season series. With their loss, the Yellow Jackets drop to 12-9 overall and 7-7 in the OAC.
In addition to Frazier for Capital, junior forward Scott Robertson scored 14 points and grabbed eight rebounds and freshman forward Spencer Niekamp had 10 points. B-W was led by junior guard Zane Meeder (Erie, Pa./ Fairview) with 11 points.
In the first half, the Crusaders jumped out to a 7-0 lead at the 17:29 mark when Robertson made a layup. The Capital lead swelled to a high of 10 points at 13-3 with 14:10 left when freshman forward Spencer Niekamp made a three-pointer. B-W then went on a 22-15 run to close to within three points at 28-25 with 2:27 left before the intermisson when sophomore guard Scott Voiers (Westlake/ Lutheran West) made a layup. Capital led at halftime, 34-31.
In the second half, the Yellow Jackets came out to take their first lead of the game at 35-34 with 18:45 left in the game when senior ESPN THE MAGAZINE Academic All-District IV forward Paul Glass (Medina/ Senior) scored on a fast-break layup. The lead reached three points at 37-34 with 17:39 left when senior All-OAC forward Kyle Brown (Strongsville) made a jumper. Undaunted, Capital then went on an 8-0 run to retake the lead at 42-37 with 15:19 remaining when Frazier made a three-pointer.
The Crusaders continued to built their lead to 12 points at 51-39 with 12:25 left when Frazier canned another three-pointer to complete a 17-2 run. The Yellow Jackets then closed to within 10 points at 59-49 with 7:22 left when Glass made a hook shot, was fouled and then completed the three-point play by making the foul shot. Again undaunted, Capital scored the next four points to regain a 14-point lead at 63-49 with 5:57 left. The Crusader lead then grew to 15 points at 66-51 with 2:47 left when senior guard Ben McGrath made two doul shots.
The Yellow Jackets return to action on Wednesday, February 10 when they travel to Alliance to play OAC-rival Mount Union College in the McPherson Academic and Athletic Complex at 7:30 p.m. Next Saturday, February 13, when B-W hosts Muskingum University, the game is designated as Al Sirat Grotto Day with partial gate proceeds going to the Monarch’s Scholarship fund. Game time is 3:00 p.m.
In addition, the upcoming February 20, 2010 game versus Otterbein College will be taped by S&S Video Productions and telecast on SportsTime Ohio. The Feb. 20 game also is the Second Annual “Take a Kid to the Game” Day. For more information on that game, please call Meg Carney in the B-W Athletic Department at 440-826-2140 or visit the “Take a Kid to the Game” web site at www.bw.edu/athletics/takeakid10.
FOR MORE B-W Sports Information, please contact Sports Information Director Kevin Ruple by telephone at 440-826-2327 and e-mail at kruple@bw.edu or Assistant SID Nick Minerd by phone at 440-826-2780 and e-mail at nminerd@bw.edu. Fans can access the latest B-W athletics information at www.bw.edu/athletics and we invite you to join us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/bwathletics.
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