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Cornell Jumps to Big First Half Lead, Defeats Princeton 57-49 in Men's Basketball
January 14, 2006 | Men's Basketball
Jan. 14, 2006
Box Score
Lenny Collins had 15 points and 10 rebounds and Jason Hartford had 10 points, including eight in a decisive 18-5 Cornell run in the final 11 minutes of the first half, as the Big Red defeated Princeton 57-49 in an Ivy League men's basketball game at Jadwin Gym Saturday night.
Cornell (5-10, 1-1 Ivy), which won its first road game in 10 attempts, led 13-11 with 11 minutes left in the first half but then scored seven straight points, taking a 20-11 lead on Hartford's layup with 7:28 left. The Big Red then scored the final five points of the half to take a 31-16 halftime lead, with Hartford's putback concluding that run.
Princeton (3-11, 1-1 Ivy) would fall behind by as many as 20 points early in the second half before making a comeback attempt in the game's final 10 minutes. The Tigers cut the lead to 10 points with 6:58 left on a Kyle Koncz three-pointer and were within six points with 17 seconds left after two Noah Savage free throws, but Ryan Rourke's free throws with 14 seconds left for Cornell finally put the game out of reach.
Savage led Princeton with 10 points, but the Tigers shot just 31% for the game, including 22% (5 for 23) in the decisive first half. Princeton made just six of its 24 three-point attempts.
Collins scored 10 of his 15 points after halftime, including a three-pointer with 17 minutes left that gave the Big Red a 36-18 lead. The senior forward also had four assists in addition to his second career double-double.
Koncz and Harrison Schaen each had nine points for Princeton, which lost to Cornell at Jadwin Gym for the second straight year. Princeton led just once, at 3-2, after a Savage three-point shot 1:47 into the game. Freshman Adam Gore added 11 points and two assists for Cornell, which won its third straight game against the Tigers. Gore shot 3 for 5 from three-point range for the Big Red, which made six of its 10 three-point attempts overall for the game.
Consecutive layups by Edwin Buffmire pulled the Tigers within eight points, 53-45, with 58 seconds left, and two free throws 14 seconds later by Scott Greenman made it 54-47 Cornell. The Big Red didn't score a field goal in the final 5:41 of the game and made just six of 10 free throw attempts in that time, allowing Princeton to pull within single digits.