Steady Play Leads Tartans Past Brandeis, 49-46
The Carnegie Mellon University women's basketball team improved its record to 11-5 overall and 3-2 in the University Athletic Association (UAA) with a 49-46 victory at Brandeis University on Friday. The Judges move to 11-6 and 1-5.
How it Happened
- Brandeis opened the game with a 9-0 run.
- The Tartans answered with six straight points before the quarter ended with the Judges leading by one, 15-14.
- Brandeis opened the second quarter with a triple by Saviah Shabazz and a layup by Abby Kennedy before a second three-pointer by Shabazz gave the Judges a 23-16 lead.
- The Tartans scored the next 10 points, led by back-to-back field goals by senior Savannah Gibbs, and led 26-23 with two minutes to play in the half.
- A jumper by Gibbs, her eighth point of the game, with five seconds to go closed the half with the Tartans up 28-25.
- The Tartans scored 13 points off 13 turnovers by the Judges in first half.
- Both teams made two three-pointers in the first half.
- The Judges scored the first points of the third quarter and briefly took a 29-28 lead before a jumper by senior Nicole Timko gave the Tartans back the lead they would hold for the remainder of the quarter until the Judges tied the score twice, including the last basket of the quarter that made it 40-all.
- Timko scored seven of the Tartans' nine points of the final quarter while the Judges mustered just six. Timko opened the quarter's scoring with two free throws and ended the game with two free throws.
Tartan Stats
- Timko led all players with 21 points, making 5-of-6 from the free throw line.
- Gibbs finished with 13 points and 11 rebounds for her second double-double of the season and 11th of her career.
Judge Stats
- Shabazz finished with 16 points while Kennedy had nine points.
- K Vaughan was the lead rebounder with seven.