#23 Tartans Return From Break with 69-43 Win at Wooster

(WOOSTER, Ohio) – The 23rd-ranked Carnegie Mellon University women's basketball team defeated The College of Wooster on Friday, December 6 by a 69-43 score. The Tartans move to 8-0 this season, winning their third away game.

Inside the Box Score

• Junior Savannah Gibbs stole the ball in the first thirty seconds of the game and turned it into an assist after senior Anisha Chintala made a layup.
• The Tartans kept the lead through the beginning of the first quarter until 4:46 left on the clock, when Wooster scored a three-pointer to make the score 11-8. The home team would finish the frame with a two-point lead after the lead switched hands twice before Ella Biondi broke a 16-16 tie with a layup.
• The Tartans tied the game within the first minute of the second quarter and went on to win the frame 20-6 to lead 36-24 at halftime.
• Where three long range shots helped the home team in the first quarter, the Tartans' defense and eight free throws helped the visitors in the second quarter. The Tartans forced five turnovers in the frame while Wooster missed all 10 of their field goal attempts.
• Wooster scored the first six points of the third quarter but missed their next 12 attempts while the Tartans scored 18 unanswered points to lead by 24 before the final period.
• Junior Ava Arias opened the scoring in the fourth quarter with a layup assisted by senior Catherine Or ahead of a fast break layup by sophomore Allie Heyer and a layup by Chintala that extended the lead to 30 points.
• Wooster scored 13 points in the final quarter while the Tartans scored 15 to finish with the 69-43 victory.

Tartan Stats

• Or led the team offensively with 20 points, followed by Gibbs with 12 and Chintala with 10.
• Or was also the game playmaker with five assists and 16 rebounds for her fifth double-double of the season.
• Junior Nicole Timko had eight points and eight rebounds off the bench.
• Gibbs, Arias, and Chintala all had one block.

Fighting Scot Stats

• Mackenzie Riccitelli led the team with 15 points.
• Biondi and Tatiyana Sturdivant each had seven rebounds.

Up Next

The Tartans will travel to Duquesne University on Sunday, December 8 at 2:00 p.m. for an exhibition game against the Division I Dukes.