From Carnegie Mellon University
The Carnegie Mellon University men's basketball team hosted the
Eagles of Juniata College on Wednesday, December 31 and closed out
2014 with a 55-45 victory over the Eagles. Carnegie Mellon is now
9-0 as Juniata moves to 5-5.
With Carnegie Mellon trailing 24-14 with 8:16 to play in the first
half, the home team used a 12-0 run to take its first lead of the
contest. Senior Seth Cordts (Amherst,
N.H./Souhegan) ended the stretch with a three-pointer with 3:43
showing on the clock in the first frame. Juniata scored the
final four points of the half to take a 28-26 edge into the
break.
The Tartans finished the half shooting 26.7% from the floor while
the Eagles started the game shooting 64.3% (9-14) from the floor
over the first eight minutes before cooling off and made 1-of-12 to
end the first twenty minutes of play and shoot 38.5% for the
half.
Juniata continued its drought to start the second half, as the
Eagles missed their seven first shot allowing Carnegie Mellon to
the lead, one the Tartans never lost.
Carnegie Mellon used a 15-1 run to grab a 42-31 with 11 minutes to
play, as five different Tartans scored during the stretch.
Juniata didn't go away cutting the Tartans lead to 45-39 with7:44
to play, but the home team used a 10-2 scamper over the next five
minutes to take its largest lead of the contest and seal the
victory. The run started on a long ball by Jason
Sebak (New Kensington, Pa./Kiski Prep), as the junior scored
five of his career-high 11 points during the stretch.
Besides Sebak, Cordts and Serbin finished in double digits scoring
15 and 10, respectively. Serbin hauled in a game-high 14
rebounds to tally his sixth double-double of the season. The
Tartans continued to control the glass, as they outrebounded their
eight opponent grabbing 42 boards to the Eagles
35.
Juniata was led by Kyle Koehler's 12 points.