Tight Defense Stops Tartans at Home

(PITTSBURGH, Pa.) - The Carnegie Mellon University women's basketball team dropped a 51-47 contest to Otterbein University on Tuesday, December 2 at home in the Highmark Center for Health, Wellness and Athletics. The Tartans are now 3-3 for the season while the Cardinals move to 4-2.

Inside the Box Score

• Despite starting the game 0-for-12, the Cardinals held a 7-4 lead after the first period.
• Otterbein led 21-16 at half after shooting 25.0% from the floor while the Tartans shot 29.2% from the floor.
• The teams combined for 16 turnovers in the half.
• The second half saw the Tartans shoot 41.7% but trail by seven points with 3:43 to play in the third quarter.
• A bucket by sophomore Payton Baney and two free throws by freshman Shelby Lewis closed the quarter scoring with the Tartans trailing 33-30.
• With 3:12 to go in the game, the Cardinals held an eight-point lead.
• The Tartans scored seven straight to trail by one with 55 seconds to go before Kyla Irby hit a pair of free throws and Abby Rawlings remained perfect from the charity stripe for the season with four straight in the final 19 seconds.
• Senior Nicole Timko hit a three-pointer, the first of the game for the Tartans, as time expired to end the game at 51-47.

Tartan Stats

• Senior Savannah Gibbs led with 14 points.
• Freshman Aleena Dinker finished with a career-high 12 points.
• Baney led with 11 rebounds while Gibbs finished with nine boards.

Cardinal Stats

• Mattie Walburn led with 14 points off the bench.
• Cameron Sparks had a double-double with 10 points and 13 rebounds.

Up Next

The Tartans host Alvernia University on Saturday, December 6 at 1:00 p.m.