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2nd |
Final |
| Cornell (10-12, 5-3 Ivy) |
36 |
29 |
65 |
| Yale (13-10, 5-3 Ivy) |
31 |
43 |
74 |
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| Lee Amphitheater – New Haven, CT |
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| Keys to the Game |
| Key sequence |
Cornell’s Adam Gore drilled a three-pointer with 4:21 left to give the Big Red a two-point lead. Yale’s Casey Hughes fouled him on the play, but the freshman couldn’t complete the four-point play. Hughes missed a jumper at the other end, but Dominick Martin collected the rebound. Martin eventually found Eric Flato open on the perimeter for a three-pointer to put the Bulldogs back in front by one point at the 3:44 mark. At the other end, Lenny Collins missed a jumper that would have given Cornell the lead. Andrew Naeve got the offensive board, but couldn’t get a shot to fall from point blank range. Jason Hartford was whistled for a foul on the rebound, and Caleb Holmes sank a pair of free throws to put Yale up three. Holmes then stole the ball from Collins and found Flato, who was fouled and hit both free throws for a five-point Bulldog lead with 2:44 remaining. |
| Key sign it was over |
Cornell’s Adam Gore missed a three-pointer with 1:10 left and Cornell trailing by five. The shot clock was down inside 10 seconds before the Big Red eventually fouled Ross Morin, who hit both free throws to give Yale a commanding seven-point lead with 41 seconds left. When Graham Dow couldn’t get a three-pointer to fall at the other end, it was truly over. |
| Key performance |
Yale’s Eric Flato. The sophomore point guard was having a rough first half, going 1-for-4 from the field, until he hit a three-pointer with nine seconds left in the half that pulled the Bulldogs to within five at intermission. After halftime Flato picked up where he left off, scoring 12 points to finish with a team-high 17, as Yale rallied for the win. |
| Key statistic |
Yale’s 8-for-8 free throw shooting down the stretch. The Bulldogs scored the game’s final 11 points, and the last eight of those all came at the free throw line. |
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| Notes |
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With the win, Yale is 5-0 at home in Ivy play and 0-3 on the road. The two teams are tied for third in the league at 5-3. |
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Cornell led 36-31 at halftime, but was outscored 43-29 in the second half. |
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Jason Hartford led the Big Red with 21 points in 30 minutes off the bench. The junior big man hit 7 of his 8 field goal attempts, including both three-point attempts. |
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Two freshmen had big nights, with Gore tallying 18 points on 6-of-11 shooting from three-point range. Yale’s Ross Morin started in place of the injured Sam Kaplan and scored a career-high 15 points. |
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Neither team scored a field goal in the final 3:44. |
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Ryan Rourke was held without a field goal for just the third time this season, scoring three points at the line in 24 minutes. |
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