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1st |
2nd |
Final |
| Cornell (12-5, 4-0 Ivy) |
39 |
27 |
45 |
| Yale (7-11, 1-3 Ivy) |
21 |
24 |
45 |
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Boxscore |
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| Keys to the Game |
| Key sequence |
Cornell scored the first 10 points of the contest and led 25-17 with just over eight minutes to play before halftime. Jason Hartford struck from long range to give the Big Red a double-digit lead, then put back Alex Tyler’s miss a minute later. Ryan Wittman did the same a few minutes later, draining a three and adding a layup on the next possession to more than double up Yale at 35-17. Jeff Foote capped off an 11-0 run for Cornell with a free throw, as the Bulldogs found themselves down 19 shortly before halftime.
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| Key sign it was over |
The Big Red turned an uncompetitive game into a laugher with an 8-0 run just before the midpoint of the second half. Geoff Reaves made it 47-28 with a jumper at the 14:22 mark, then Louis Dale added a pair of free throws two minutes later. Dale then got inside for a layup, and Foote followed suit with 10:42 to play, as Cornell opened up a dominating 53-28 lead.
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| Key performance |
Wittman led all scorers with 18 points on 6-for-11 shooting, and also pulled down five rebounds and dished out three assists, to go with a pair of steals in 37 minutes.
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| Key statistic |
The Big Red defense harassed the Bulldogs into abysmal 15-for-58 shooting (25.9 percent), including 3 of 17 (17.6 percent) from three.
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| Notes
– Hartford tallied 13 points for Cornell, while Foote (11 points) and Dale (10 points) were the other visiting players in double figures.
– Yale was led by Alex Zampier’s 12 points — albeit on 4-for-12 shooting — while Ross Morin added a double-double with 10 points and 11 rebounds.
– The win was Cornell’s first victory in New Haven since the 2000-01 season — Steve Donahue’s first season at the helm of the program.
– Cornell held Eric Flato to just two points, as the All-Ivy point guard missed all four of his field goal attempts.
– Matt Kyle returned to action, coming off the bench for 17 scoreless minutes.
– Cornell returns home to host Princeton, while Yale welcomes ancient rival Harvard to Lee Amphitheater on Friday, February 8, at 7:00 pm ET.
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