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It’s hard to imagine Cornell falling apart so spectacularly down the stretch at home, and Penn comes into this contest off an abysmal showing at Yale. The Big Red will be able to keep this one close, but there’s a reason the Quakers are 8-1 in league play, and that should become quite apparent in the closing moments, as Penn ekes out the victory...
...light of last Saturday’s struggle to keep fresh down the stretch, the team has re-evaluated its preparation in practice this week...
...game-high 11 rebounds, and teamed with Rourke to help Cornell outscore Harvard in the paint, 32-14. Porous interior defense was part of a collective Crimson lapse that allowed Cornell to shoot 70 percent and score 45 points after halftime, as Harvard appeared to be fatigued down the stretch...
Trailing from the outset, Harvard used a 17-3 run to take its largest lead, 26-18, with 3:23 left in the first half. Cornell then reeled off a 10-2 stretch spanning intermission, which included three inside buckets, tying the game at 28 with 16:54 to play...
With 9:53 remaining and the score knotted at 40, Rourke scored 16 of Cornell’s final 27 points and went 5-of-5 from the field and 6-of-6 from the free throw line during that stretch. He also hit the biggest shot of the game—a jumper with 52 seconds left that gave the Big Red a two-possession lead for good...