Pittsburgh, Pa. (Dec. 6, 2025) - Carnegie Mellon University (4-3) jumped out to a 35-17 lead through the first half and never looked back in a 74-44 win over Alvernia University (3-4) on Saturday afternoon in non-conference women's basketball action at Carnegie Mellon.

The Tartans took a 17-9 lead through the first quarter and outscored Alvernia 18-8 in the second quarter to take an 18 point advantage into the half. Carnegie Mellon pushed its lead throughout the second half to secure the 74-44 win in the first ever meeting between the two programs.

How it Happened

• Carnegie Mellon jumped out to a 3-0 lead with an opening possession 3-pointer and led 5-1 through the first 30 seconds of action. A Jennah DeGout jumper made it a 5-3 game through the first minute. A 5-0 run by CMU over the next two minutes made it a 10-3 game, but a Jordyn Ingelido layup cut Carnegie's lead in half, 10-5, through four minutes.
• Carnegie Mellon pushed its lead to ten, 15-5, with 3:20 to play and continued to hold a ten point lead, 17-7, with 90 seconds to play in the quarter. A DeGout layup with 1:15 brought Alvernia within eight, 17-9, with 1:15 to play in the quarter. But, both teams went scoreless in the final minute of the quarter as Carnegie Mellon took the 17-9 lead into the second quarter. DeGout finished with six of Alvernia's nine first quarter points. 
• DeGout stayed hot for the Golden Wolves to open the second quarter and brought Alvernia within six, 17-11, with a layup a minute into the quarter. But, that marked Alvernia's only points through the first four and a half minutes  of the quarter as Carnegie Mellon took a 22-11 lead.
• Paige Garner put a brief end to Alvernia's scoreless stretch with a 3-pointer, but Alvernia went scoreless again for another two and a half minutes as CMU took a 28-14 lead. Alvernia was then held to four points the rest of the quarter as Carnegie Mellon took a 35-17 lead into the half.
• Alvernia opened the scoring in the second half with six straight points by Olivia Burke to cut Carnegie's lead down to 12, 35-23, through the first two minutes of the third quarter. But, Carnegie responded with a 15-2 run over the next five minutes to take a 50-25 lead with 2:39 to play in the quarter. Carnegie went on to take a 52-29 lead into the final frame.
• Carnegie did not allow Alvernia to get back into the game in the fourth quarter. The Tartans built their lead up to 27 with back-to-back layups to open the quarter. CMU then pushed it to a 32 point lead late with two minutes to play in the game. Alvernia marked the final points of the game with a Mya Whittington 3-pointer, but the Tartans took the game, 74-44. 

Inside the Box Score

• Jennah DeGout led Alvernia with 13 points in 17 minutes of action. She also had four rebounds and a steal.
• Olivia Burke finished with six points and four rebounds as well as two steals.
• Carnegie Mellon scored 24 points off of Alvernia turnovers and the Tartans had 20 second-chance points.

Up Next

• Alvernia has off for finals this week and will return to action on Saturday, December 13th hosting Muhlenberg College at 1:00 PM