BUFFALO, N.Y. – Seniors Devin Cherry and Shonn Miller combined for 43 points, but Buffalo's second half spurt was too much to overcome as the Bulls topped Cornell 92-73 on Saturday afternoon at Alumni Arena. The Big Red fell to 6-8, while Buffalo improved to 9-3.

Cherry posted a season-high 23 points, including a career-best five 3-pointers, and added six assists, while Miller posted 20 points and 10 rebounds for his third double-double in the last five games. He added three assists and three blocked shots in the loss. Freshman Wil Bathurst established a new high with his eight points. Cornell shot 44 percent from the floor, made 10 3-pointers and outrebounded the Bulls 36-32.

Shannon Evans torched Cornell with an explosive display, pouring in 33 points, including eight 3-pointers, and added five assists and four rebounds in the victory. Buffalo became the first team to hit 50 percent of its shots against the Big Red (.509), placing four in double figures and a fifth with nine. Lamonte Bearden and Rodell Wiggington each had 14 points and Justin Moss notched 11 points and four boards.

After Cornell tied the game on its first possession of the second half with a driving layup by Miller, but Buffalo almost immediately pulled away afterwards. By the third media timeout, Buffalo led by 19 after a 22-8 run and all but had the game in hand.

Evans scored 22 points in the second half after beating the buzzer in the first half with a 3-pointer. He hit a pair of tough 3-pointers in the span of three possessions to make it a 14-point Buffalo lead, then hit another to push it to 17. A moment later he drove the right baseline and threw down a jam to make it 19. The Big Red clawed to within 11, but couldn't get any closer in the final minutes.

The score didn't indicate how competitive the first 20 minutes were, as Cornell went toe-to-toe with Buffalo's powerful offense. Cherry made all four of his 3-point and the Big Red led by as many as nine (33-24) after Miller was fouled on a reverse layup and converted the three-point play. Evans hit two 3-pointers in the final 2:10 of the half to start heating up, and his second with four ticks left on the first half clock sent the home team into the break leading 41-39.

 Cornell begins a stretch of seven of its next eight games at home at Newman Arena when the Big Red plays host to Howard on Thursday, Jan. 8 at 7 p.m.