COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Capital University men's basketball team played their penultimate game of the 2022-23 regular season on Wednesday. The opponent of the night was the Marietta College Pioneers. The Comets fell 82-68 at the final buzzer, forcing a must-win game on Saturday when Baldwin Wallace pays a visit to The Capital Center.
Capital falls to 11-13 on the season and 7-10 in the OAC.
Marietta moves to 15-9 overall and 10-7 in conference play.
The story of the game proved to be the first 10 minutes of the game as Marietta built out a blistering 21-3 lead. From there, Capital was forced to play catch-up the rest of the way, and despite a few good runs just ran out of steam to pull off a comeback.
The Pioneers shot up a blistering 52% while Capital managed just a 40% clip. Control of the glass and fewer turnovers also favored the visitors, making matters more difficult for Cap to make a game of it after the slow start.
THE NUMBERS
Dom Moegerle led the Comets in scoring with 14 points. He had an additional two rebounds, one assist, and one steal.
Nate Gerber also managed double-digits with 10 points as well as three rebounds and two assists.
Griffin Doseck had a solid game with nine points, four rebounds, and two assists.
Carter Combs and
Justin Nixon each had eight points and five rebounds. Combs added five assists and two steals as well. Nixon notched two blocks and one assist.
McKane Finkenbine and
Ryan Suever each scored seven. Finkenbine made his second career start tallying four assists along with three rebounds and one steal. Suever secured four rebounds with two assists.
Ryan Roth rounded out the scoring with five points as well as two assists and one rebound.
THE OPPONENT
Points -
David Sanford (21)
Assists - Jac Alexander (4)
Rebounds - Frank Waganfeald (5)
Blocks - Ethan Andersen (1)
Steals - Jayden Bradshaw (2)
UP NEXT
The Comets will wrap up the regular season with a Senior Day doubleheader on Saturday, February 18 against Baldwin Wallace. The men will play at 2:00 p.m and the women will tip-off at 4:00 p.m. Senior Day ceremonies for both teams will take place before their respective games.
