Dimitrijevic Leads All Scorers as Tartans Fall at WashU

(ST. LOUIS, Mo.) – The Carnegie Mellon University men's basketball team traveled to Washington University in St. Louis on Friday for a University Athletic Association (UAA) contest. The Tartans fell to the Bears 73-64 and are now 10-10 overall and 2-7 in UAA play while the Bears are now 14-7, 4-6.

Game Information
Carnegie Mellon 64, WashU 73
Records: Carnegie Mellon (10-10, 2-7), WashU (14-7, 4-6)
Location: St. Louis, Mo. (Washington University Field House)

How it Happened

• Midway through the first half, a triple by graduate student Nolan Casey off an assist by graduate student Nikola Dimitrijevic gave the Tartans a 19-14 advantage.
• A 10-2 run by WashU put the Bears back in the lead 24-21 with 6:27 remaining in the half.
• At the 6:04 mark, Dimitrijevic knotted the score at 24-all with a three-point bucket off an assist by sophomore Ian Brown, but the Bears then closed the half on an 11-4 run and took a 35-28 lead into the locker room.
• The home team started the second half on a 12-2 run and extended the lead to 47-30 with 16:25 to play.
• Carnegie Mellon didn't go away as they used a 14-4 run with five different Tartans scoring in the span and cut the deficit to 60-53 with 7:21 showing on the clock.
• Over the next four minutes, the Bears scored 11 straight points and pushed their lead back to double figures at 71-53.
• The Tartans continued to fight and closed the final 3:38 of the contest with an 11-2 run, including eight points from graduate student Sam Adusei over the final two minutes, but it wasn't enough as WashU held on for the 73-64 victory.

Tartan Stats

• The Tartans ended the game shooting 25-56 (44.6%) from the floor and 6-20 (30%) from behind the arc.
• The Tartans held the lead for 22.7% of the game.
• Dimitrijevic led the Tartans with a total of 19 points. He shot 8-15 from the floor and also had a team-high of seven rebounds.
• Adusei scored 12 points and DeJardin scored nine.
• Sophomore Evan Mirazimi also scored nine points and had a team-high of three steals.

Bear Stats

• The Bears ended the game shooting 27-59 (45.8%) from the floor and 6-19 (31.6) from behind the arc.
• The Bears held the lead for 65.5% of the game.
• Connor May lead his team with a total of 17 points. He also had seven rebounds, two steals, and a block.
• Ryan Cohen and Josh Kim each scored 12 points.

Up Next

Carnegie Mellon will travel to the Windy City to play the University of Chicago on Sunday, February 15. Tip is set for 11:00 a.m. CT.