Box Score

 Eliot Goren converted two free throws with 2:28 remaining to put the Tartans (19-6) ahead to stay in their first postseason appearance in 28 years. Michael Divens also keyed the win with 17 points and nine rebounds.

 Mike Spadafora (Richboro, PA/Archbishop Wood) led the Bullets (16-11) with 16 points while Brian Sateja (Morristown, NJ/Delbarton School) added 11 in his first collegiate start. Senior David Glaser (West Chester, PA/Malvern Prep) added eight points in his final collegiate appearance, wrapping up his superlative career with 1,592 points, the fourth-highest total in program history.

 After falling behind by as many as 10 points in the second half, Carnegie Mellon used 86 percent free throw shooting to rally for its first-ever postseason victory.

 A 10-0 run midway through the half turned Gettysburg’s 41-33 lead into a 43-41 Tartan advantage with 10:59 remaining.

 With Spadafora, Sateja and Glaser providing the points, the Bullets took a 57-54 lead into the final four minutes before Carnegie Mellon, the tournament’s No. 2 seed, nosed ahead for good.

 Divens made two free throws with 3:14 left to pull the Tartans within one. Following an empty Gettysburg possession, Goren was fouled and hit both shots to put his team ahead to stay at 58-57.

 After the Bullets misfired on a 3-point attempt, Goren repeated his 2-for-2 showing at the line for a three-point cushion.

 A free throw by Kyle Jakobe (Baltimore, MD/McDonogh/Peddie [NJ]) pulled Gettysburg within 60-58, but Barlow-Wilcox sandwiched four free throws around a Bullet turnover to extend the lead to 64-58 with 19 seconds remaining.

 Nate Maurer’s block led to two more charity tosses by Givens, sealing the victory.

 Despite missing all five of their first-half 3-point attempts, Gettysburg built a 33-27 halftime lead and led 37-27 with 17:30 left after Glaser and Sateja opened the second half with layups on back-to-back trips.

 A layup from Mike Beck (Clearwater, FL/Clearwater) kept the Bullets ahead 41-33 with 13:15 left, but Divens’ 3-point play capped a 10-0 burst that put Carnegie Mellon ahead for the first time since the game’s opening minutes.

 For the second consecutive year, Sateja posted his single-game, season-high point total in the ECAC playoffs. He tallied a career-high 12 in last year’s opening round loss at DeSales, and is 11-for-12 from the floor in two ECAC appearances.

 Glaser added nine rebounds while Spadafora pulled down six boards.

 Maurer finished with 12 points for the Tartans, who were playing their first postseason game since a first-round loss to Wittenberg in the 1977 NCAA tournament. Goren added nine points for Carnegie Mellon, which went 26-for-32 from the free throw line on the night.