No. 22 Carnegie Mellon rallied from a 32-29 halftime deficit to build a 42-35 lead, then held off Division I Princeton down the stretch to win 51-46. It's the second win for Division III against a Division I school in the past eight days. Listen to the ending from WRCT's Mike Rossman.

Senior Clayton Barlow-Wilcox scored a team-high 15 points, while Nate Maurer, who was held out of the first half of the game because of an internal matter, recorded 13 points and eight rebounds in the second half as the up-tempo Tartans outlasted the Princeton offense. "That's pretty much what it came down to," Barlow-Wilcox told WRCT after the game. They were going to go slow, we were going to go fast. It's whomever could implement their game plan against the other." The full game story follows below.

The brief respite for Division III basketball is most definitely over.

In other men's action tonight, No. 7 Albion and No. 16 Elmhurst each advanced to the final of Albion's tournament, while No. 11 UW-Stout and No. 13 Augustana did the same and will face off Friday at UW-Stout. Five Top 25 teams are in action on the women's side as well, including No. 9 Messiah, which lost to UW-Stout 62-55 thanks to 24 points and 16 rebounds from Kelsey Duoss. Rutgers-Camden's Megan Rulon had a triple-double with 20 points, 18 rebounds and 10 blocks in a 52-50 loss to Concordia-Austin.

The night's men's and women's scores.

Before the holiday, key games included No. 6 Scranton beating No. 4 Baldwin-Wallace 59-49 in women's action and No. 15 Wartburg beating No. 25 UW-Oshkosh 65-57 in men's action.

Carnegie Mellon defeats Princeton

Carnegie Mellon became the second Division III school to defeat a Division I program this season as the No. 22 Tartans knocked off Princeton 51-46.

Princeton (2-8) jumped out to an early 8-6 lead not before Carnegie Mellon senior A.J. Straub connected from deep behind the three-point arc giving the Tartans the one point lead with 13:22 to play in the first half. Straub’s three-point basket marked his 13th straight game with a three-pointer dating to last season. On Princeton’s ensuing possession sophomore Noah Savage hit two from the charity stripe putting the Tigers back on top by one. 

Carnegie Mellon (10-0) would catch Princeton off guard, when the inbound pass went to freshman Corey O’Rourke who found junior Greg Gonzalez under the basket completing the fast break lay-up putting the Tartans back up 11-10. 

The Tartans maintained the lead until 1:42 left in the half when freshman Alex Okafor hit two free throws for the Tigers making the score 28-27. Carnegie Mellon would go scoreless over the next 2:15, as Princeton would extend its lead to five points, 32-27. Senior Clayton Barlow-Wilcox would pull the Tartans within three (32-29) on a fade away jumper, as the teams headed into the locker room.

In the first half Princeton was perfect (12-12) from the line and shot 42% from the field. The Tartans went 5-for-7 from the line, as they shot 46% from the field.

Carnegie went on a 4-0 run to take a 33-32 lead just under three minutes into the second half. Princeton’s Savage would answer the Tartans run with a deep three-pointer putting the Tigers back up. The Tartans recaptured the lead (36-35) on their next possession down the floor when Barlow-Wilcox converted on a three-point play with 16:09 on the clock. Senior Nate Maurer would keep the Tartans momentum rolling, as he hit a three-pointer with 14:16 on the clock giving Carnegie Mellon a 39-35 lead.

Carnegie Mellon stretched the lead to seven points , 42-35, on junior Brad Matta’s three-pointer. Princeton would put an end to their seven minutes and thirty second scoreless streak when junior Edwin Buffmire stole a Tartan pass and converted on the layup, cutting into the Tartans lead at 42-37.

The Tartans would go on a scoreless streak of their own over a stretch of 5:44 ending on two free throws from Maurer with 6:37 left in regulation giving Carnegie Mellon a 44-40 lead. 

Princeton would knot the score at 46-46 on a layup by Okafor with 2:57. The Tartans turned the ball over on their next possession, but the Tigers could not capitalize as they committed a turnover as well.

Maurer would put the Tartans ahead by two (48-46) on a layup with 1:21. Due in part to four consecutive missed free throws by Princeton, the score remained unchanged until sophomore Geoff Kozak drove in the lane and hit a layup as the shot clock was running out with 14 seconds left. After a Tiger turnover, with 7.6 seconds remaining, Straub sealed the five point victory with a foul shot.

The Tartans finished the game shooting 44% from the field to the Tigers' 28%. Carnegie Mellon had the edge on the glass for the ninth time this season, as they hauled in 33 to the Tigers 27. Barlow-Wilcox led the Tartans with 15 points and nine rebounds and Maurer was the only other Tartans in double figures chipping in with 13.

The loss was the first for Princeton against a Division III opponent in school history, snapping a 27 game winning streak.