Gamecenter: Stony Brook 72, Cornell 76

Posted on by Jake Wilson in Cornell, Gamecenter, Ivy League
1st 2nd Final
Stony Brook (1-1) 35 37 72
Cornell (2-0) 44 32 76
Newman Arena – Ithaca, NY Boxscore
 
Keys to the Game
Key sequence With Cornell holding a six-point lead with under two minutes left, Stony Brook’s Mitchell Beauford got inside, drew contact, and got the shot to fall. He hit the free throw to cut the margin to three, and after Big Red freshman Louis Dale was whistled for a five-second violation on the subsequent possession, the Seawolves made it a one-point game with a layup by Brandon Hickson. Brian Kreefer got off a shot just before the shot clock expired, but it wouldn’t fall. However, Stony Brook was whistled for a loose ball foul on the rebound, and Andrew Naeve capped off a big night by hitting both free throws to restore the Big Red lead to three with just 27 seconds left.
Key sign it was over Trailing by three with under 15 secondsn left, Stony Brook had two looks at a game-tying three-pointer, but Mike Popoko and Ricky Lucas couldn’t find the bottom of the net. Cornell’s Jason Battle snagged the defensive rebound and was fouled with just 1.6 seconds left. Battle hit the first free throw to make it a two-possession game and put it on ice.
Key performance Naeve, who led Cornell with a career-high 20 points and added eight rebounds and a block. He shot well from the field (6 of 9) and from the line (8 of 10).
Key statistic Cornell’s 51.0-42.4 edge in field goal percentage. The Big Red knocked down 26 of 51 shots, while Stony Brook was 25-for-49 from the floor.
Notes

– 2005-06 Ivy League Rookie of the Year Adam Gore was injured in the season-opening win at Northwestern and did not suit up.

– Beauford led all scorers with 24 points, while Lucas added 20 for the Seawolves.

– Ryan Wittman had a strong game, netting 18 points, including an important three-pointer at the end of the first half to send the Big Red into the locker room with a 44-35 lead. Wittman finished the game 6-for-11 from three-point range.

– Jason Battle made his season debut, logging 20 minutes off the bench and finishing with one point, two rebounds, three assists, and a block.

– The Big Red shot 18-for-27 (66.7 percent) from the field in the first half, before inverting that field goal percentage in the second half when it hit only 8 of 24 attempts (33.3 percent).

– Pete Reynolds came off the bench and provided some scoring punch. The freshman big man tallied eight points — six of which came consecutively in the first half — and five rebounds in 13 minutes.

– Cornell heads back on the road for its next game at Lehigh on Friday, November 17, at 7:00 pm ET.

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