Men's Basketball
Men’s Basketball Loses to Coppin State in Overtime, Drops 5th Straight
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Jimmy Boeheim put up 25 points and a career-high 17 rebounds, but it wasn’t enough as the Red fell to the Eagles.
The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/mens_basketball/page/2/)
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.
NJIT outscored the Red 43-24 in the second half, shooting 57% from the field and limiting Cornell to just one three-pointer out of its final 16 attempts.
Cornell is 1-0 after an 84-64 win over Binghamton.
“It’s just the nature of college basketball, that every four years you will have a completely new team,” said head coach Brian Earl.
A two-time All-Ivy selection, Morgan is Cornell’s all time leading scorer.
Matt Morgan leaves Cornell having shattered many statistical records.
Cornell’s all-time leading scorer has his sights set on the NBA.
The last Ivy League upset in the NCAA tournament came in 2016 from a No. 12 seed Yale. Can this year’s Bulldogs repeat the trick?
Though eliminated from postseason contention, the Red sent off its seniors with wins over Dartmouth and Ivy-leader Harvard.