Posted: Dec 09, 2023
By: Athletic Communications Student Assistant Alanna Barnett '27
BEXLEY, Ohio – The Baldwin Wallace University men's basketball team was defeated by Capital University in an Ohio Athletic Conference matchup by a score of 94-63 in Performance Arena inside the Capital Center.
BW Leaders (2-5, 1-2 OAC)
- Sophomore guard Ray Ellington (Westlake) led BW scoring a collective 16 points and grabbed six rebounds
- Freshman forward AJ Pestello (Cuyahoga Falls/Stow-Munroe Falls) totaled 10 points
- Sophomore guard Landon Potopsky (Dover/Strasburg) added nine points for the Yellow Jackets
- Freshman guard Caden Madigan (Wadsworth) had a career-high six points in
- Senior forward Rob Watson III (Nordonia/Sagamore Hills) scored three points in his season debut for the Brown and Gold
Capital Leaders (8-2, 2-1 OAC)
- Sophomore guard McKane Finkenbine was the leading scorer with 19 total points
- Junior forward Ryan Suever added 14 points
- Freshman forward Baden Forup had 10 rebounds along with 14 points
First Half (Capital 44-29)
- Forup had the first points of the game with a layup for the Comets
- Senior Academic All-Ohio Athletic Conference guard Luke Driscoll (Carmel, Calif./Stevenson School) and Pestello gave the Yellow Jackets their last lead of the game going up 5-4
- Ellington led BW with 11 of his 16 on the night
- Freshman forward Andrew Griffith (Akron/Archbishop Hoban) grabbed three of his career-high five rebounds on the day
- Capital shot 61% from beyond the arch
Second Half (Capital 94-63)
- The Yellow Jackets scored seven straight thanks to senior guard Lian Levesque (Brook Park/Berea-Midpark), Potopsky, and Madigan
- Madigan scored all six of his points
- Freshman guard Avery Young (Sheffield Village/Brookside) scored his first collegiate points in the last minute
Up Next
The Yellow Jackets are back in action on Wednesday, December 13 when they travel to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania for a non-conference game against La Roche University on Scott Lang Court inside the Kerr Fitness & Sports Center at 7 p.m.
