By: Ray Delgado, assistant sports information director
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COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Capital University men's basketball team moved to 2-4 on the season after a 68-61 loss to Wilmington (2-4). The contest featured 11 lead changes and five ties, coming down to the final two minutes before the game was out of reach and the Quakers sealed the victory.

EVENLY MATCHED

• Neither team was firing on all cylinders from the start but they largely found buckets at the same rate as lead changes were aplenty in the first half.
• Tyler Schreck opened the scoring with a layup and Wilmington quickly answered back with one of their own.
• The lead changed seven different times in the first 10 minutes, before Cameron Caldwell knotted things up at 14-all.
• At that point the Quakers started to knock down shots at a higher clip and build out an eight point lead with five to play.
• Capital cut into the lead at several points but could not gain the advantage as a Quakers three with five second left in the half brought the score to 37-30 in favor of Wilmington at the break.

SECOND HALF LIFE

• Combs 3 in first half, 11 early (4 of 5 team buckets to open half) 16:33 43-40
• 5:58 Wilmy 6-0 run ties up game at 56
• Wilmington made the first bucket of the second half but freshman Carter Combs was shot out of a cannon and after hitting four of Capital's first five shots, put the Crusaders up 43-40 at the 16:33 mark.
• Wilmington eventually retook the lead but Reed Bradfield tied it back up with a layup with 13 minutes to play at 45-45.
• After that the Crusaders went on a run to amass a seven point lead but the Quakers quickly dropped that advantage with a 6-0 run to square the contest back up at 56s.
• Bradfield broke the stalemate but the Quakers kept the pressure on and retook the lead which they would hold to the end of the contest.

KEY STATS

• Freshman Carter Combs paced the Crusaders in the points column for the fourth time this season, tallying 14 for the night. Combs had just three points at the half but made three three point shots and a layup to total 11 points in the first four and a half minutes of the second half. He also led the team with four assists.
• Junior Tyler Schreck turned in his first double-double of the season, scoring 12 points and equaling a career-high by reeling in 13 rebounds.
• Senior Reed Bradfield knocked down five of seven shots to contribute 11 points of his own, adding five boards.

UP NEXT

• Capital heads to Berea to take on Baldwin Wallace on February 12 at 7 p.m.