Box Score
BEXLEY, Ohio – The Otterbein men's basketball team dropped an Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) road game Saturday afternoon, watching host Capital pull away in the second half en route to dropping an 89-56 decision.

The Cardinals, now 2-5 overall and 0-2 within league play, will have the middle of next week off for final exams before getting back on the court Saturday at Heidelberg. Tip time for that contest is set for 3 p.m.

Capital (4-2, 1-0 OAC) never trailed in the game, opening a 15-7 lead just five minutes in and pushing the gap to 28-16 by the midway point of the first half. The Cards traded baskets from that moment and went into the locker room for halftime trailing 47-39.

Otterbein trailed by only 11, at 57-46, with 14:09 left in regulation before the host Crusaders went on a lopsided run. The Cards unfortunately went scoreless for an entire 10-minute stretch, as Capital ultimately strung together a 28-0 run that spanned down to the 4:11 mark and blew things wide open.

Sophomore guard Kobe Long-Weber led the Cardinals with 14 points while Jay Joseph and Austin Springer each added nine. Otterbein went 11 of 12 from the free-throw line but just 33 percent from the floor.

Caleb Cox scored 17 to pace four Capital players in double figures. The Crusaders went 59 percent from the field, finishing with a 45-24 rebounding advantage and 50-26 edge on points in the paint.