Mohen's Career Night Leads Tartans Past Gators on the Road

(MEADVILLE, Pa.) - The Carnegie Mellon University men's basketball team recorded its first victory of the season, as they traveled to Meadville, Pa. and defeated the Gators of Allegheny College 57-53.  Behind junior Rob Mohen's (Stamford, Conn./Regis (NY)) career night, the Tartans improved to 1-2 overall while the Gators dropped their first of the season moving to 2-1.

Carnegie Mellon opened the game on a 12-2 run over the first 4:26 of play as senior Andre Moore (Bowie, Md./Archbishop Spalding) scored the first eight points for the visitor's.  Allegheny scored the next nine points to pull within one at 12-11 before taking its first lead (18-16) on a put back layup by Marco Corona.  Corona's go ahead bucket came in the midst of a Gator 13-0 run that pushed their lead to 26-16 with 3:49 to play in the half.

The Tartans cut the lead in half before the break as junior Asad Meghani (Dallas, Texas/The Greenhill School) drained a trey and Mohen scored a bucket making the score 26-21.

Meghani scored the first five points of the second to extend Carnegie Mellon's run to 10 straight points and knotted the score at 26-26.  After a made jumper by Allegheny, Moore connected on another long ball giving the Tartans their first lead since the midway point of the first half at 29-28 with 16 minutes to play.  

The Gators then used a 12-4 run to reclaim the lead 40-33 with 10 minutes to play.  The Tartans did not go away as they chipped into the lead.  Mohen tied the score at 46-46 at the 3:16 mark and on the Tartans next possession down the court the junior converted the traditional three-point play to give Carnegie Mellon the lead 49-46, one they never surrendered. Meghani made sure of it by draining a three-pointer the next trip down the court for the Tartans.

Moore also played a part in sealing the victory for the Tartans as he converted all four of his foul shots in the closing minute, as the Tartans held on for the 57-53 victory.

Moore led all scorers with 20 points and dished out a career-high four assists. The senior also tied a career-high with seven rebounds. Meghani ended with 14 points while Mohen tallied career highs of 12 points and seven rebounds.  Junior Sean Brophy (Blue Bell, Pa./St. Joseph's Prep) had a game-high 10 rebounds.

The Gators were led by Devon McLeod's 19 points and Clark Tritto's 12.  

The Tartans will open their home season, as they host the Carnegie Mellon DoubleTree Tournament on Saturday, November 24, with a game against St. Vincent at 3:00 p.m. #19 St. Mary's (Md.) and Capital play at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday with the winners of each contest playing at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday and the consolation game set prior at 1:00 p.m.