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ITHACA, N.Y. -- One thing is for sure - the Cornell men's basketball team is going to be exciting.

Two nights after taking a 14-point lead against No. 8/7 Syracuse at the Carrier Dome, the Big Red went toe-to-toe with Loyola (MD), a 23-game winner and postseason tournament team a year ago, before falling late 93-89 in overtime on Sunday afternoon at Newman Arena. The Greyhounds improved to 2-0, while the Big Red slipped to 0-2.

Freshman Robert Hatter scored a career-high 32 points and senior Dwight Tarwater notched a career-best 21 points and 11 rebounds for his first career double-double to lead four double figure scorers for the Big Red. Cornell turned the ball over just nine times in the contest in an up-and-down contest. Hatter added six rebounds and five assists in 41 minutes of court time.

Also hitting for double figures was Nolan Cressler with 14 points and five boards and rookie Darryl Smith with 13 points, including two highlight-reel dunks. The Big Red shot 47 percent from the floor but were undone by a 13-of-27 effort from the free-throw line. Deion Giddens blocked three shots for the Big Red, while Devin Cherry had six rebounds. Along with Hatter and Smith, freshman David Onuorah was also impressive with seven points, six rebounds, three assists, a block and a steal with no turnovers in 36 minutes of action.

Dylon Cormier had 34 points, 11 rebounds and three steals for Loyola, including a backbreaking 3-pointer with 13 seconds left in the extra session. Jarred Jones scored 13 points and grabbed seven rebounds off the bench, while both Jordan Latham and Eric Laster had 10 points apiece.

Hatter and Tarwater were great examples of the Big Red's fight all evening. Hatter, who missed four straight free throws late in regulation, hit two to tie the game with three seconds later to overcome a four-point deficit with 25 seconds to play to force overtime. He also hit a driving lefthanded runner with 17 seconds to get back within a bucket.

Tarwater scored seven of his points in the overtime, including a huge 3-pointer from the right side with 33 seconds to cut a six-point Greyhound lead in half during the overtime. Cornell got a possession with a chance to tie, but Cormier got his hands on and stole the ball with 14 seconds to play.

The game featured 16 ties, the last with two minutes left in the extra session after an athletic tip-in by Jordan Latham tied the game at 85-85. Cormier drew a foul after a good luck on the other end by Cressler and hit both shots from the charity stripe to give the visitors a lead they would never relinquish.

Hatter scored 20 of the team's 44 points before halftime, surpassing the nine points he scored in the opener. The biggest shot came as the hafltime buzzer expired to get the Bgi Red back within one at the break. Cressler held the ball for the final shot and got a good look off with less that five seconds remaining and the ball bounced right off the rim into the waiting hands of Hatter, who took a step back and buried the shot to give Cornell all the momentum going back into the break.

Neither team led by more than seven points all day, with Hatter hitting consecutive shots with five minutes left in regulation to put the home team up 73-66. Cormier scored seven straight in the span of less than a minute to get the Greyhounds back to even.

The Big Red remains at home to face Binghamton on Wednesday, Nov. 13 at 7 p.m. at Newman Arena.