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NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- Yale rallied in the final two minutes to pull out a 71-70 victory over Cornell at John J. Lee Amphitheater on Friday evening. The Bulldogs stole the win by overcoming a 10-point in the final 1:58 of the contest to improve to 10-9 (3-2 Ivy), while the Big Red dropped to 4-15 (0-5 Ivy) with the loss.
Drew Ferry scored a game-high 18 points for the Big Red, including hitting on 4-of-5 from beyond the arc, while Errick Peck scored 16 points and added six rebounds, two assists, two steals and two blocked shots. Also in double figures for Cornell was Eitan Chemerinski with a career-best 11 points and six rebounds and Johnathan Gray with 10 on 4-of-4 shooting.
Yale got 18 points from Porter Braswell, while Austin Morgan chipped in with 17 points, including the game-winning three-point play with 12 seconds to play. Greg Mangano had 14 points, nine rebounds and five of Yale's 10 blocked shots on the evening. The Bulldogs shot 49 percent from the field overall and overcame 18 turnovers with 19 team assists.
The Big Red led for the first 19 minutes of the second half, only to see Yale's rally come at the worst time. Cornell committed three turnovers and missed three free throws in the final stretch to drop its fifth straight game to open league play.
Cornell's pressure defense and the play of Chemerinski off the bench sparked the Big Red to one of its finest first halves of basketball this season. Cornell went into the locker room leading 36-32 after scoring 10 points off 10 Bulldog turnovers. Chemerinski had nine points and five rebounds in nine minutes off the bench as Cornell held a 23-5 advantage in bench scoring over the first 20 minutes. He rebounded his own miss three times on one possession before finally getting one to fall for a key three-point play. Freshman Manny Sahota's first college points also made a big splash, as they snapped a 30-30 tie on a driving layup, giving the Big Red its first lead of the contest.
Peck scored 10 points, and his backdoor cut for a reverse layup as time expired in the half gave the visitors a four-point lead at the break. Braswell and Mangano each had eight first half points as Yale shot 52 percent from the floor overall.
Cornell returns to action tomorrow when it visits Brown at 6 p.m. at the Pizzitola Sports Center.
