By Cole Skuse
Men’s Basketball
On Sunday, Feb. 4, the Carnegie Mellon men’s basketball team hosted the University of Chicago, who the Tartans had fallen to the previous weekend, 84-75.
Though the Tartans started out behind, senior Jack Stone sank a three-pointer and was able to tie the score at 22-22 with 11:21 left in the first half. However, the Maroons pulled ahead with an 11-0 run, putting the Tartans back 33-22. With 3:30 left in the first half, a jump shot from sophomore Justin Allen brough the Tartans back within six of UChicago, but the Maroons continued to score on the Tartans. Heading into the half, the Tartans were behind 56-37.
Coming back from the half, a layup from junior Nolan Casey made the Tartans the first on the board. Though the Maroons went on a brief scoring run with 17 minutes left, the Tartans continued to answer any points UChicago put on the board. With 8:19 left in the second half, the Tartans were still behind 78-59. While both teams would continue to put points on the board, the Tartans were outscored from the rest of the game, and lost 99-69.
On Friday, Feb. 9, the Tartans were back on the road, traveling to Waltham, Mass. take on Brandeis University.
The Tartans started behind and Brandeis held a 14-10 advantage only 5:41 into the game. Carnegie Mellon, however, put seven of the next eight points on the board and took a 17-15 lead over the Judges. Though Carnegie Mellon briefly lost the lead after this, they took it back following a three-pointer from junior Aidan Murphy. Brandeis would take the lead back, 28-27, with 5:05 left in the first half, and held that lead through the rest of the half, leading the Tartans 40-30 at the half.
Coming back onto the court, the Tartans took the first seven points of the second half, and took a 46-45 lead with 15:24 left in the game. The Judges quickly took the lead back, but the Tartans reclaimed it a minute later, 51-50. Carnegie Mellon wouldn’t give up this lead for the next five minutes, when Brandeis scored a three-pointer and pulled ahead 61-59. The Tartans wouldn’t take the lead back until there was 3:06 left in the game, and a three-pointer from Allen gave the Tartans a 71-69 edge. The lead exchanged hands several times in the last three minutes, but the Tartans ended up on top, 80-77.
The Tartans are now 13-8 for the season and 5-5 in conference play. Their Sunday, Feb. 11 game against 11th-ranked New York University will be covered in next week’s Tartan. The men’s basketball team will return to the court on Friday, Feb. 16 when they host Rochester University for a 7:30 p.m. tipoff.
Women’s Basketball
The Carnegie Mellon women’s basketball team hosted the University of Chicago Maroons on Feb. 4.
The Tartans were the first on the board after a made free throw and layup, but the Maroons outscored Carnegie Mellon 17-12 in the first quarter. A three-pointer from first-year Kayla Delmore and a layup from junior Anisha Chintala tied up the score at the beginning of the second quarter, but the Tartans weren’t able to take advantage of this, and fell behind 25-18 with 7:45 left in the first half. The Tartans were able to make up some lost ground in the second quarter, and ended the half just behind, 34-31.
Back on the court after halftime, Carnegie Mellon tied it up at 34-all after Delmore sunk another three-pointer. There was a brief struggle for the lead, but the Maroons pulled out ahead and held the lead for the rest of the half. The Tartans were outscored 25-12 in the third quarter. The Tartans still tried to find an edge in the fourth quarter, but were unable to generate enough momentum to make a comeback, and ultimately fell 70-57.
For their next game, the Tartans traveled to Waltham, Mass. to take on the Brandeis Judges on Friday, Feb. 9.
The Tartans started out strong and outscored the Judges 21-16 in the first quarter, including eight points from Chintala and six points from sophomore Savannah Gibbs. Play was much more even in the second quarter, where each team scored 14 points, leaving Carnegie Mellon with a five-point lead heading into the half, 35-30.
The Tartans had a strong start coming out of halftime, and took a nine-point lead over Brandeis. However, the Judges brought that gap to three after a pair of three-pointers. The Tartans responded with an 18-10 run to close out the quarter, putting them up 57-46. The Tartans, however, lost their momentum in the fourth quarter. Starting off the fourth quarter, the Judges went on a 15-4 run, tying the game up at 61-all. Brandeis would pull ahead of the Tartans 71-65 with 29 seconds to go. While Tartan sophomore Ava Arias was able to sink two three-pointers in that time, the Tartans found themselves behind when the clock hit zero for the last time, losing 72-70.
These losses extended the Tartans’ losing streak to eight and have put the Tartans at 10-11 for the season and 2-8 in conference play; this was also Brandeis’ first conference victory this season. The women’s Sunday, Feb. 11 game against first-ranked New York University will be in next week’s edition of The Tartans. Their next game will be on Friday, Feb. 16 when they host Rochester University for a 5:30 p.m. tipoff.
Men’s Track and Field
The Carnegie Mellon men’s track and field team competed twice this weekend: at the David Hemery Valentine Invitational at Boston University and the Marshall Invitational at Marshall University on Friday, Feb. 9 and Saturday, Feb. 10.
At the David Hemery Valentine Invitational, the team of first-year Matthew Short, graduate student Leland Davies, senior Andrew McGovern, and junior Colin McLaughlin placed ninth with a time of 9:54.39, the second-best in Carnegie Mellon history. McLaughlin also earned a new school record in the 3,000-meter run with a time of 8:10.30, placing 69th in the event. Graduate Student Matthew Porter placed 24th in the 5,000-meter run with a time of 14:21.78. Senior Jacob Hsu placed 46th out of 82 in the 3,000-meter run with a time of 8:29.68.
At the Marshall Invitational, first-year Matthew Yu placed third in the 60-meter dash with a time of 7.09 while sophomore Jacob Kelly placed fourth with a time of 7.12. Sophomore Saaketh Nandakumar took fourth in the 800-meter run with a time of 1:59.09. In the 4×400-meter relay, the team of first-years Jeremy Ocloo, Luke Cerwin, sophomore Tyler Williams, and junior Alexander Palmer took third with a time of 3:32.89.
On the field, junior Sebastian Sanso took first in the high jump after clearing 1.98 meters. Sophomore Morgan Johnson won the long jump with a mark of 6.75 meters. Johnson also took first in the triple jump with a mark of 13.23 meters. First-year Ryan Handron took first in the pole vault, setting a new school record of 4.62 meters. Sophomore Christian Duckworth followed in second after clearing 4.50 meters and first-year Solomon Glavach took third after clearing 4.40 meters.
The men’s track and field team will be back in action on Friday, Feb. 16 when they compete in the Penn State Last Chance. They will also travel to the University of Mount Union on Saturday, Feb. 17 for the Mount Union Tune-Up.
Women’s Track and Field
Members of the Carnegie Mellon women’s track and field team competed in the Marshall University Marshall Invitational and the David Hemery Valentine Invitational at Boston University on Friday, Feb. 9 and Saturday, Feb 10.
At Boston University, sophomore Orit Shiang finished the 5,000-meter run with a career-best time of 17:27.08 and senior Isabella Rhee finished the 800-meter run in 2:17.11, also a career-best. At Marshall, junior Kayla Rountree took second in the weight throw with a toss of 12.51 meters. Senior JoJo Juczko placed third in the pole vault, clearing 3.20 meters. Sophomore Iniyaa Mohanraj took third in the triple jump with a mark of 10.95 meters.
The women’s track and field team will be back in action on Friday, Feb. 16 when they compete in the Penn State Last Chance. They will also travel to the University of Mount Union on Saturday, Feb. 17 for the Mount Union Tune-Up.
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