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Men's Basketball Drops Regular Season Finale In 65-58 Loss To Capital

The Purple Raiders finish the regular season with a record of 11-14 overall and at 9-9 in the OAC ended in a three-way tie for fifth with Heidelberg and Baldwin-Wallace. 

Mount Union will be the No. 7 seed in next week's OAC Tournament and travel to No. 2 seed Wilmington for a quarterfinal matchup next Wednesday (Feb. 24) at 7:30 pm.

Junior Dave Pellerite (Olmsted Falls/Olmsted Falls) also chipped in with eight points and 11 rebounds for the Raiders.

Led by Ben McGrath, who had 12 points and 10 assists, Capital ends its regular season at 15-10 overall, 10-8 in conference play and will be the No. 3 seed and host sixth-seeded Baldwin-Wallace in the OAC Tournament Quarterfinals.

Both teams kept the score close early on as they exchanged the lead seven times throughout the first half.  The Crusdaers eventually pulled away with the lead as they went on a 12-5 run which was capped off by a dunk from Ryan Wood with 53 seconds left in the first half and took a 34-27 lead in halftime.

Capital's Ross Niekamp made a free throw to finish off an 8-2 run to begin the second half and take a 42-29 lead at the 16:43 mark.  Mount Union would fight back and get to within two points on a three pointer from Wood at the 11:30 mark to put the score at 45-43.

The Raiders wouldn't get any closer than that as the Crusaders stretched their lead to as many as eight points and marched on to the 65-58 final.

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Dave Pellerite

#20 Dave Pellerite

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6' 4"
Junior

Players Mentioned

Dave Pellerite

#20 Dave Pellerite

6' 4"
Junior
F