By Reggie Gatlin-Holt
GAMBIER, Ohio – The Capital University men’s basketball team traveled to Kenyon College on Wednesday night where they defeated the Owls 73-58 to secure the 450th win in the head coaching career of Damon Goodwin. Goodwin, who is in his 30th season on the Capital sidelines, is now 16th among active Division III head coaches in victories, trailing Ken Scalmanini at Claremont-Mudd-Scripps in 15th by two wins.
With the win, Capital improves to 2-0 on the year, while Kenyon drops to 0-2 to start their season.
The Comets faced a back-and-forth battle early on, as they trailed the Owls by four points for much of the first half. With the close game, Cap finally broke through in the final minute of the half as Se’Ron Calloway-White hit a jumper to slash the deficit to one point before Eljae Deas converted an and-one to put Cap ahead 36-34 at the break.
Out of the locker room, the score knotted up at 40-40 at the 16:37 mark of the second half. From there, Capital went on an 8-2 run to create some separation. That lead for Cap would hold steady until they would eventually pull away in the final two minutes thanks to patience and calmness at the free throw line.
THE NUMBERS
Coach Goodwin’s 450th career win, extends his lead atop the all-time Capital coaching records as the winningest head coach in Cap history. The next most is Bill Bernlohr who finished his tenure with 257 wins.
Se’Ron Calloway-White scored a career-high 15 points off the bench thanks to a 6-for-8 shooting performance. He was 3-of-4 from beyond the arc in the effort, while also adding two boards, two blocks, an assist and a steal.
Alex Eyink and Justin Nixon each scored 14 points as well. Eyink netted 10 points from the free throw line, while Nixon also added in six blocks, five rebounds, and two steals.
Eljae Deas was also instrumental off the bench with 13 points. He added a career-best five steals.
Dom Moegerle scored 12 points as well, shooting 5-of-6 from the floor. He added four boards, two assists and three steals.
Daryl Cooper scored two points but added three steals. Tre Hammond accounted for the other three points for Cap.
UP NEXT
Capital will continue their road trip with an away exhibition game at Division I power University of Dayton on Saturday, November 16th. Tipoff in UD Arena is slated for 7 p.m.
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