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2nd |
Final |
| Cornell (15-11, 8-4) |
33 |
46 |
79 |
| Cornell (15-11, 8-4 Ivy) |
22 |
45 |
67 |
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| Pizzitola Center – Providence, RI |
Boxscore |
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| Keys to the Game |
| Key sequence |
Brown closed to within three on a Marcus Becker steal and Steve Gruber fastbreak layup with 8:58 remaining, but Ryan Wittman answered with a three-pointer. Mark McAndrew drew a foul on Ugo Ihekweazu, but Becker was slapped with a technical foul. McAndrew hit his free throws to make it a four-point game, but Wittman also was perfect at the line and Louis Dale sank a three-pointer to restore the Cornell lead to nine. Chris Skrelja got the Bears back to within six with a three-pointer, but after a quick exchange of steals, Dale drilled a three to restore the margin to nine. Dale then came up with a steal from McAndrew and fed Wittman for a three that made it a double-digit game with six minutes left.
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| Key sign it was over |
With his team trailing by 12, Damon Huffman connected from beyond the arc, but a third-straight Cornell three — this one by Dale — made it a 71-59 game. Skrelja misfired on a jumper and Wittman’s layup gave Cornell its largest lead of the game at 14. When McAndrew couldn’t convert a layup, another three-pointer by Wittman finished off a string of nine unanswered points that put the Big Red up 76-59 and all but secured the victory.
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| Key performances |
Dale tied for high-scoring honors for Cornell with 22 points, shooting 8 of 15 from the field — 5 of 9 from three — and grabbed four rebounds, dished out five assists, and nabbed a pair of steals.
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| Key statistic |
After shooting a pedestrian 48.0 percent in the first half, Cornell exploded after halftime, knocking down 16 of 24 (66.7 percent), including 10 of 13 (76.9 percent) from three. The Big Red needed to shoot that well, too, because Brown hit 7 of 9 (77.8 percent) from long range in the second 20 minutes.
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| Notes
– McAndrew led all scorers with a career-high 33 points on 10-for-17 shooting — including 4 of 5 from three.
– Wittman also tallied 22 for Cornell, breaking out of a shooting slump by going 8-for-14 from the floor and 4 of 7 from three-point range.
– The loss snapped a three-game winning streak for the Bears and a two-game skid for the Big Red.
– Cornell’s hot shooting allowed it to overcome 21 turnovers, compared to 14 for Brown. The Bears outscored the Big Red 21-17 in points off turnovers.
– Brown recorded 15 steals.
– Cornell heads home still mathematically alive and will face Harvard (10-15, 4-8 Ivy) on Friday, March 2 at 7:00 pm ET, while Brown embarks on its Penn-Princeton road trip, beginning with the Tigers (11-14, 2-9 Ivy).
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