BEREA, Ohio – The Baldwin Wallace University men's basketball team defeated Ohio Athletic Conference opponent Capital University by a score of 90-77 inside the Ursprung Gymnasium to sweep the regular-season series against the Comets.

Trailing at halftime 40-37, the Yellow Jackets came alive in the final 10 minutes of the game and were led by five players scoring north of double-digits to give the Brown and Gold their fourth win of OAC play.

Prior to the game, BW honored their lone senior Myles Reynolds (Cleveland/St. Edward) who spent three years with the program dating back to the 2023-24 season

BW Leaders (7-15, 4-9 OAC)

• Junior Academic All-OAC guard Titus Baskerville IV (Stow/Munroe-Falls) was the offensive leader for the Brown and Gold with 21 points and three assists

• Junior forward Isaac Richardson (Avon Lake) had 20 points and two steals to contribute to the offense

• Junior forward AJ Pestello (Cuyahoga Falls/Stow-Munroe Falls) had 14 points to go along with two steals and a block

• Junior guard Daiyaan Solomon (Cleveland/St Edward) had 13 points and led BW with seven rebounds

• Freshman guard Josh Byers (Strongsville) added 10 points of his own in 24 minutes of action

• Junior Academic All-OAC forward Andrew Griffith (Akron/Archbishop Hoban) had a team-leading four assists for the Yellow Jackets 

Capital Leaders(8-14, 3-10 OAC)

• Sophomore guard Se'Ron Calloway-White had 24 points to lead both teams in scoring

• Junior forward Chris Mitchell pulled down 14 rebounds, which was also the leader for both teams in rebounds

• Senior guard McKane Fickenbine tallied five assists to help the Comets' offense

• Mitchell had three blocks to go along with his rebounding performance

First Half (Capital 40-37)

• Richardson opened up the scoring for BW in the first possession of the afternoon as the Yellow Jackets played from in front to start things off

• The Yellow Jackets were ahead 20-16 with 10:34 to play in the first half, with seven different players on the scoreboard

• From this point, the Brown and Gold increased their lead to as many as nine points, 29-20, with just over six minutes to play in the half

• For the remainder of the half, Capital went on a 20-8 run and gave itself a three-point lead at the halfway point 

• Solomon led the way for BW with 11 points and five rebounds 

• On defense, the Yellow Jackets forced six Capital turnovers, double the number of turnovers BW had throughout the first 20 minutes

Second Half (BW 90-77)

• Both teams came out competitively to start the second half off, and things were all tied at 46 with 15 minutes to play

• The next five minutes saw Capital get in front, going on an 11-5 run to take a 57-51 lead

• After this, both teams traded baskets again, and a Baskerville IV layup with just over eight minutes to go tied the game at 59

• The next three minutes were highlighted by a 17-2 BW run, which saw Pestello make a desperation steal and pass, with Richardson making a layup to give the team a 68-61 lead with five minutes to play

• For the remainder of the contest, the Yellow Jackets held on and led by as many as 13, including the score at the end, 90-77, to get their third-largest margin of victory in a game this season

• Baskerville IV finished the second half with 18 total points, while scoring just three in the first half 

Up Next

BW's next game is against Ohio Athletic Conference opponent Ohio Northern University on Wednesday, February 11. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m., and the game can be streamed on FloCollege.