Tartans Celebrate Seniors Before Entertaining #22 Emory

(PITTSBURGH, Pa.) - The Carnegie Mellon University women's basketball team faced 22nd-ranked Emory University on Sunday, February 18 in a University Athletic Association (UAA) contest. The Tartans dropped the contest by a 72-54 score to fall to 11-13 overall and 3-10 in the UAA. The Eagles are now 19-5 and 9-4.

How It Happened

• Senior Megan Matsko scored the first basket of the game on an assisted layup from senior Anika Prasad one minute into the game.
• The teams would trade baskets with four ties until Emory took the lead at the 2:16 mark with a three-pointer by Lily Kennedy that made it 13-11.
• A triple by freshman Kayla Delmore was the last bucket of the quarter and the Tartans trailed 15-14.
• The second quarter was similar to the first with the team's trading points. Junior Catherine Or gave the Tartans a brief lead again with a jumper outside the paint that made it 24-22 with 4:17 to go.
• Kennedy answered on the next possession with another three-pointer and the Eagles scored the final eight points of the half to lead 30-24 at the break.
• Seven offensive boards for the Eagles in the third quarter led to eight second-chance points and despite the Tartans shooting 50.0% for the frame, the Eagles extended their lead to 13 points.
• Emory had its best shooting quarter in the final frame, hitting 9-of-16 for 56.3%, with two more three-pointers to convert 11-of-33 for the game.
• The Tartans were 4-of-14 from long range for the game and shot 37.7% from the field.

For the Tartans

• Chintala led with 12 points while sophomore Savannah Gibbs and Delmore each scored 10 points.
• Or, the team's leading scorer at 16.6 points per game, was held to six points but grabbed a game-high nine rebounds.
• Gibbs also contributed seven rebounds and four assists.

For the Eagles

• Morgan Laudick led with 19 points, as Daniella Aronsky had 12 and Kennedy finished with 11 points.
• Aronsky tied the UAA record with 13 assists while the Tartans held UAA leading scorer Claire Brock to 1-of-10 from the field for three points in 32 minutes of action.

Up Next

The Tartans will travel to Case Western Reserve University for their final game of the season on Saturday, February 24 at 1:00 p.m.