Tartans End Road UAA Weekend with a Setback at #22 NYU

(NEW YORK, N.Y.) – The Carnegie Mellon University men's basketball team traveled to the Big Apple on Sunday afternoon to play 22nd-ranked New York University in University Athletic Association (UAA) action.  The Tartans dropped a 74-63 contest and now are 10-7 overall and 2-4 in UAA while the Violets are now 13-5, 4-3.

Game Information
Carnegie Mellon 74, NYU 63
Records: Carnegie Mellon (10-7, 2-4), NYU (13-5, 4-3)
Location: New York, N.Y. (John A. Paulson Center))

How it Happened

• At the 11-minute mark of the first half the Tartans knotted the score at 15-all following a layup by graduate student Nolan Casey.
• Over the next minute of action, NYU scored eight straight points and led 23-15.
• A triple by senior Buckley DeJardin at 8:17 in the first half sparked a 14-0 run for the Tartans over a four-minute span and gave the Cardinal and Gray a 29-23 lead.
• The Violets responded by scoring 15 of the final 19 points of the first twenty minutes and went into the locker room with a 38-33 advantage.
• A tip-in basket by graduate student Nikola Dimitrijevic four minutes into the second half tied the score at 44-all.
• Over the next nine minutes, NYU used a 14-3 run and took a 58-47 lead with 7:29 to play.
• Carnegie Mellon closed the gap to 58-51with 6:16 to play after a layup by DeJardin, but that is as close as the Tarans could pull.
• Over the next three minutes, NYU used a 12-4 run to push its lead back to double figures and went on for the 74-63 victory.

Tartan Stats

• Carnegie Mellon finished shooting 35.5% from the floor and 16.7% (4-24) from behind the arc.
• Dimitrijevic recorded a career-high 24 points and grabbed a career-best 13 rebounds to record his third career doble-double. He also handed out four assists and recorded two block shots.
• Sophomore Evan Mirazimi ended the game with 11 points while DeJardin finished with 10 points.

Violet Stats

• NYU shot 44.1% from the floor and converted 13-of-30 (43.3%) from long range.
• Luke Kolaja led the Violets with 23 points followed by Quinn Clark and Carnegie Johnson who each had 15 points.
• Clark led the home team with eight rebounds while Johnson handed out seven assists.

Game Notes

• DeJardin has 987 points for his career and needs 13 more to become the 23rd Tartan to reach 1,000 points for their career.

Up Next

The Tartans will host Brandeis University on Friday, February 6 at 5:30 p.m. before entertaining NYU at home on Sunday, February 8 at 2:00 p.m.