Carnegie Mellon defeats Brandeis 53-52 as Brandeis holds the ball for the last shot and it is blocked as time expires.

CMU loses a heartbreaker to John Carroll, 76-74.  Down 10 halfway through the 2nd half, CMU fought back to tie with 18 seconds left, but Chris Zajac for John Carroll hit a falling-down jumper with 0.3 seconds left on the clock to win.

Great season Tartans.  And congrats to the Seniors, who earn 2 NCAA Tournament berths, with the first win in school history, as well as an ECAC South championship.


Brandeis also loses by 2, leaving Wash U (up 11 at half) as the only remaining UAA representative.

Carnegie Mellon picks up their first NCAA Tournament win ever, with a 75-70 win over Brockport State in Double OT.

Ryan Einwag played all 50 minutes.

It was a sloppy game, with 15 turnovers in regulation (and 1 more in overtime), but hopefully they got the jitters out sometime during the game.  They play John Carroll tomorrow.

Go Tartans!

And congrats to all three UAA teams who move on to play again tomorrow.

Carnegie Mellon Tartans   
Rank in last d3hoops poll: NR (#26)       
Pool C qualifier from the University Athletic Association
19-6 Overall; 9-5 UAA (3rd); 10-2 home; 7-4 road; 2-0 neutral     
Head Coach - Tony Wingen (19th season)         

Key Wins         
11-25 vs. Wooster, 11-29 vs. John Carroll, 1-2 at Averett, 2-28 at Rochester

Record Against NCAA Tourney Teams - (3-5) W-Wooster, John Caroll, Averett; L-Brandeis (twice), Wash U (twice), Richard Stockton       

Starters         
12 Corey O' Rourke, Point Guard            6'2," Sr    7.8 PPG, 5.1 APG, 5.2 RPG, 27 STL; All-UAA Honorable Mention
22 Jack Anderson, Shooting Guard         6'3" Jr     14.5 PPG; 23 STL; All-UAA 2nd Team
10 Ryan Einwag, Small Forward             6'5", Sr    17.7 PPG (54.5% FG); 4.8 RPG; All-UAA First Team
41 Shane Rife, Power Forward              6'6", So    8.9 PPG; 3.7 RPG; 23 STL
52 Terrance Bouldin-Johnson, Center     6'7", Sr     6.4 PPG; 5.6 RPG; 62 BLK (Leads UAA); All-UAA Honorable Mention

Key Reserves         
45 Rob Pearson, center   6'8", Sr   2.4 PPG, 3.2 RPG
24 Jon Wolleben, forward   6'5"  Sr   5.4 PPG, 2.8 RPG, 77.8% FT%
5 Elliot Curtis, guard   5'11" Sr   1.1 APG

Statistics         
Points/Game: Carnegie Mellon (70.8) Opponent (65.1)         
Rebounds/Game: Carnegie Mellon (37.6) Opponent (33.0)         
FG%: Carnegie Mellon (44.5) Opponent (41.1)         
3PT%: (33.7); FT% (66.8)         

Notes         
-This is Carnegie Mellon's third trip to the NCAA Tournament, and 2nd in 4 years.  They have yet to win a tournament game.

-Carnegie Mellon achieved a D3Hoops ranking of #11 after opening the season 8-0.

-Corey O'Rourke is Carnegie Mellon's all-time leading Passer; Terrance Bouldin-Johnson is 3rd all-time in Blocked Shots and has the highest single-season total (62) in team history; Ryan Einwag is the 16th Tartan to cross 1,000 points, and is now 2nd all-time with 1,322 points scored.