Ryan Wood scored the first 11 points of the second half and 18 of the first 21 as Capital expanded an eight-point halftime lead to as many as 23 before settling for a 99-90 win against Heidelberg in Wednesday night's action.
The win gave the No. 13 Crusaders (12-2, 6-0) a two-game lead on the rest of the Ohio Athletic Conference, including Heidelberg (11-2, 5-2). Wednesday's men's scores.
Roanoke limited Guilford center Ben Strong to 13 points and 3-for-11 shooting as the Maroons knocked off the No. 17 Quakers 68-56. A.J. Dowell scored 21 points and Curtis Peery added 17 as Roanoke improved to 10-2, 4-1 in the ODAC.
Matt Pelton scored all 11 of his points in the final four minutes as No. 9 Augustana won at home against No. 18 Wheaton (Ill.), 66-61. Steve Djurikovic scored 19 points as Carthage dropped No. 12 Elmhurst on the road, 79-68, while homestanding UW-Eau Claire moved to 9-6 by knocking off No. 16 UW-Oshkosh 57-54.
&&g-boxr&&In women's action, Lee Jennings scored 28 points as John Carroll won at No. 17 Baldwin-Wallace, 80-73. Jennings shot 10-for-13 from the line as the Blue Streaks overcame a 47-37 rebounding disadvantage in the win. Wednesday's women's scores.
No. 5 Mary Washington led by as many as 20 in the second half en route to beating 12-2 Marymount 68-56 (photo gallery). Melissa Beyruti hit six three-pointers as No. 11 Kean beat 11-4 TCNJ 60-44. Junior Krystin Hickey's reverse left-handed bank shot from the middle of the key with 2.3 seconds left pushed Wheaton (Mass.) to a 70-68 win against Worcester Tech. Hanover beat Transylvania 66-65 to improve to 10-5 after going 3-21 last season.
The Johns Hopkins men beat Muhlenberg 100-91 in triple overtime, the first three-OT game for the Blue Jays since 1967 against Loyola (Md.). Alma remained winless, falling to Tri-State in a conference game 59-58.