(BEREA, Ohio) – The 19th-ranked Carnegie Mellon University women's basketball team competed in the Baldwin Wallace University Invitational championship game on Monday, December 30 against 20th-ranked Baldwin Wallace. The hosts rallied in the second half to top the Tartans, 70-51, for the Tartans first loss of the season while the Yellow Jackets moved to 9-1.

Inside the Box Score

• An evenly played first quarter saw the Yellow Jackets lead by two after they scored a layup for the last basket of the frame with 18 seconds to go.
• Senior Isha Nambisan led the Tartans in the first quarter with five points and drained a three-pointer that gave the Tartans their largest lead of the quarter at four points, 9-5, with 6:38 to go.
• In the first five minutes of the second quarter the Tartans went on a scoring streak. This included five points from senior Catherine Or and four from senior Anisha Chintala who scored back-to-back layups to close an 11-0 run. 
• The Yellow Jackets cut the deficit to three in the last minute of the half before a layup at the buzzer by Or gave the Tartans a 29-24 lead.
• Baldwin Wallace found its stroke from distance with the first five made buckets of the third quarter for the home squad being a three-pointer to take a five-point lead, 39-34, that was later made nine points by the end of the frame, 49-40.
• The Yellow Jackets started the fourth quarter with another three-pointer to build their first double-digit lead.
• The Tartans pulled it to eight points after a three-pointer by Or and a layup by Chintala with 6:11 to play.
• A 12-0 run by the Yellow Jackets gave them a 20-point lead with 2:29 to play which closed out the game in their favor.
• Or and Chintala were named to the all-tournament team.

Tartan Stats

• The Tartans shot 22-54 (40.7%) from the floor and converted 4-of-11 from behind the arc.
• Or led the Tartans with 21 points after connecting on 9-of-17 from the floor with three made shots from long range.
• Chintala scored 14 points and had four steals. 
• Nambisan had a team-high eight rebounds and two assists.

Yellow Jacket Stats

• The Yellow Jackets hit 24-of-56 (42.9%) from the floor and converted 12-of-24 from behind the arc for 50.0%.
• Ten of the team's three-pointers came in the second half when they outscored the Tartans 46-22.
• Caely Ressler led the team with 24 points while Bella Vaillant had 13 points and 13 rebounds.
• Emily Irwin dished out six assists.

Up Next

The Tartans will travel to Cleveland, Ohio, to face Case Western Reserve University in the University Athletic Association (UAA) opener on Saturday, January 11 at 3:00 p.m.