Allen Records 1,000 Point in 69-66 Victory for #22 Tartans

(PITTSBURGH, Pa.) - The 22nd-ranked Carnegie Mellon University men's basketball team pulled out a gritty win at home on Saturday, December 7 against Bowdoin College in the first game of University Athletic Association (UAA) Challenge. The Tartans topped the Polar Bears, 69-66, by breaking a tie in the last nine seconds of the game to move to 6-1 for the year while the Polar Bears drop to 6-2.

Inside the Box Score

• Junior Justin Allen scored nine of the team's first 13 points and the game stood tied at 13-all with 10:05 left in the first half.
• Bowdoin took the lead on the next possession and kept it through the half to lead by five, 32-26, at the break.
• Neither team could find an offensive rhythm in the first period as the Polar Bears shot 31.3% from floor and the Tartans hit 30.3% from the floor.
• The visitors would hold the lead until junior Buckley DeJardin hit a free throw to make it 38-38 with 14:10 to play.
• The teams ended up trading baskets the remainder of the game as there was 13 lead changes with the Tartans scoring the final three points of the game on a driving layup by Allen with nine seconds to play. He was fouled and converted the free throw and a shot at the buzzer fell short for Bowdoin resulting in the win for the Tartans.

Tartan Stats

• Allen led all players with 36 points, scoring 22 in the final half.
• Graduate student R.J. Holmes tallied 12 points.
• Senior Nolan Casey grabbed 11 boards and dished out three assists.

Polar Bear Stats

• James McGowan led with 14 points while Ben Chilson scored 12 off the bench.
• Afamdi Achufusi had 10 points while Kevin Reeves had 10 rebounds and eight points.

Notes

• Allen became the 22nd Tartan to reach 1,000 points scored and now has 1,019.

Up Next

The Tartans will face #21 Middlebury College on Sunday, December 8 at 11:00 a.m. in the second game of the UAA Challenge for both teams. Middlebury fell to #3 Emory, 78-65, on Saturday.