NORTHFIELD, Minn. – First year Charlie Haff scored a career-high 17 points off the bench but the St. Olaf College men's basketball team was defeated, 92-82, by crosstown rival Carleton College on Saturday afternoon at West Gym.

In a game that featured a combined 107 points in the second half, Kent Hanson and Jeremy Beckler combined for 47 points for Carleton (10-14, 7-12 MIAC), which kept its playoff hopes alive and reclaimed the Goat with the win. Haff scored 15 of his career-high 17 points in the second half for St. Olaf (11-12, 8-10 MIAC), which remains in the sixth and final spot in the playoff picture with two games remaining.

St. Olaf and Gustavus have identical 8-10 marks in conference play, but the Oles hold the tiebreaker between the two teams after sweeping the Gusties in the regular season. Carleton would need to win its remaining game against Hamline and have St. Olaf and Gustavus both lose their remaining two to get in, as the Knights would hold the tiebreaker in the three-way tie.

Haff shot 7-for-10 from the field and was 3-for-6 from behind the arc on his way to being one of four double-digit scorers for the Oles. Senior Troy Diggins Jr. scored 13 of his 15 after halftime, while junior Dominic Bledsoe and first year Michael Meriggioli each had 11. Bledsoe added five assists to his 11 points.

St. Olaf led 8-6 in the early stages before Carleton went on a 15-2 run to take a 21-10 lead with 11:34 left in the opening half. The Knights made six of their seven shots during the run.

The Oles trimmed their deficit to five, 24-19, on a transition three-pointer by senior Noah Beck with seven minutes remaining in the first half, but that was as close as St. Olaf would get for the duration of the game. The Knights led 39-28 at the half after 13 first-half points from Hanson.

Carleton stretched its lead to 19, 47-28, by scoring the first eight points of the second half and led by double figures the rest of the way. The Knights led by as many as 23 early in the second half and claimed the 10-point win despite the Oles making five three-pointers in the final 3:36.

Hanson went 5-for-7 from three-point range as part of a 9-for-14 shooting afternoon to score a game-high 26 points for Carleton. Beckler was 8-for-13 from the floor with 21 points and six rebounds. Alex Battist (15), Isaac Tessier (12) and Beck Page (12) were also in double figures as the Knights shot 55.2 percent (32-for-58) in the game and were 12-for-21 (57.1 percent) from behind the arc.

St. Olaf hosts St. Thomas on Wednesday, Feb. 19 at 7 p.m. on Youth Basketball Night presented by Schieck Orthodontics. The fourth-ranked Tommies handed second-ranked Saint John's its first MIAC loss of the season in a matchup of top-five teams on Saturday.