Notes
– All of Cornell’s starters reached double figures, led by Wittman’s 16 points.
– DeVon Mosley led all scorers with 18 points, and Dartmouth got a big boost from sophomore center Elgin Fitzgerald, who scored a career-
high 17 points.
– The Big Green played without leading scorer and rebounder Alex Barnett, on the bench but out of uniform. The Dartmouth sports information office was unable to offer an explanation for his absence although there was speculation that he turned an ankle against Columbia. Freshman Clive Weeden started in his place.
– The Big Red shot 68.0 percent from the field in the first half (17-of-25) but led by just one point, 36-35, thanks to four three-pointers (in five attempts) by Mosley, including a banked-in heave at the buzzer after a Cornell turnover.
– Cornell is now 8-0 in the Ivies for the first time since the 1964-65 season and the Big Red’s 10-game winning streak is its longest since the
1987-88 Ivy champions won 11 in a row. Cornell’s six-game road win streak is the school’s longest since the 1967-68 team took seven straight.
– John Marciano, Dartmouth’s seven-foot freshman center, broke either a finger or his hand — reports vary — and is expected to miss the rest of the season.
– Cornell returns home next week to face Yale on Friday, February 22, while Dartmouth’s home stand continues with Penn that same night, with both games scheduled for 7:00 pm ET starts.
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