Booher's Perfect Night Leads Tartans Over #17 WashU

(PITTSBURGH, Pa.) - The Carnegie Mellon University men's basketball team beat its third nationally-ranked opponent in University Athletic Association (UAA) play to record the program's 1,000th win with a 79-73 victory over 17th-ranked Washington University in St. Louis. The Tartans are now 12-7 overall and 4-4 in the UAA while the Bears are 14-5 and 4-4.

How It Happened

• The Bears held a three-point lead, 27-24, with 7:31 to go in the first half.
• Following a timeout by the Bears, the Tartans rattled off 15 consecutive points with junior Aidan Booher scoring 11 straight to start the run and the Tartans led 41-29 at the break.
• The Bears brought the deficit to five points after 4:11 of the second half but the Tartans answered with a layup by junior Jonathan Milloway and another three-pointer by Booher, his third of the game, to lead by 10 once again.
• With 10:05 to go, the Bears took a two-point lead and stretched it to five on a triple by Kyle Beedon.
• The visitors would hold the lead for more than five minutes before sophomore Justin Allen connected on a three-pointer off an assist by Milloway to give the home team a 70-68 advantage with 4:38 to play.
• The Tartans would score nine of the final 14 points of the game while grabbing two offensive rebounds on one possession to take nearly a minute off the clock while leading by six.
• The Bears took a timeout with six seconds to go and down by four but the ensuing inbounds play by the Tartans was pushed upcourt with a lob pass by senior Jack Stone to sophomore Buckley DeJardin for a slam to put the exclamation point on the game for the Tartans.

For the Tartans

• Four players finished in double figures with Allen leading the team with 20 points, scoring 16 in the second half.
• DeJardin added 17 points while Booher finished with a season-high 16 points after shooting 100% from the field including making a season-high four from behind the arc.
• Milloway finished with 12 points off the bench.
• Senior R.J. Holmes led the team with seven rebounds with junior Nolan Casey, Allen and Milloway each grabbing six rebounds.
• The team shot 51.7% from the field and assisted on 16 of 30 made baskets.

For the Bears

• Beedon finished with 22 points after making 5-of-11 shots from the three-point arc.
• Calvin Kapral finished with 16 points.
• Jake Davis led with eight rebounds.
• The team shot 38.6% from the field.

Notes

• The Tartans shot above 50% for the fourth time this season and the first time since November 12.
• The Tartans were 9-of-19 (47.4%) from three for their highest percentage in UAA play this year.
• The Tartans have topped the Bears three straight times at home with the Bears being nationally ranked each season.

Up Next

The Tartans will host the University of Chicago on Sunday, February 4 at 11:00 a.m.