The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/author/bennettgross/)
Despite the large score differentials at each halftime, the Red improved its performance in the second half against both Harvard and Dartmouth. Against the Crimson, Cornell outscored the home team 48-43 in the second half, and at Dartmouth, the Green only had a 31-28 advantage in the final 20 minutes.
The loss marked the first home defeat for Cornell since Dec. 7 — the Red had won its previous four games in Ithaca. With Penn’s victory, Cornell slipped into sixth place in the Ivy League standings, with eight games still remaining.
The home team got out to a quick 11-2 lead, and the Red never looked back, pulling off a wire-to-wire victory against one of the best teams in the league.
“We played a pretty good game, we just needed to make a couple more shots and a few less mistakes, but they are a very good team and it is always a tough place to play, so I was pretty happy with our effort,” said head coach Brian Earl.
The win came just seven days after losing to the same Columbia team 75-61 in New York City. But in the second edition of the series, the Red was able to outscore the visitors 40-26 in the second half to even its league record at 1-1.
The effort of junior duo Boeheim and McBride was no match for Columbia and certainly not enough to give Cornell its first Ivy League victory of the decade.
Jimmy Boeheim poured in a season-high 27 points, but it wasn’t enough as Cornell fell in yet another non-conference contest.
The defeat marks the Red’s sixth straight loss.
Jimmy Boeheim put up 25 points and a career-high 17 rebounds, but it wasn’t enough as the Red fell to the Eagles.
Jimmy Boeheim put up a game-high 25 points, but Cornell still suffered a 72-53 loss.