PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Brown led for all of 32 seconds in a game controlled by the Big Red throughout, but it was the last 1.8 seconds that mattered the most as the Bears rallied past Cornell 57-56 on Saturday evening at the Pizzitola Sports Center. The loss dropped Cornell to 12-14 (4-6 Ivy) on the season, while Brown improved to 12-15 (3-7 Ivy).

Brown rallied from a 17-point second half deficit to take its first and only lead on a circus shot by Cedric Kuakumensah with 1.8 seconds left. His off-balanced runner in the lane hit every part of the rim before dropping in for the game-winner. He ended the night with 11 points, seven rebounds and five blocked shots to overcome a dominant 27point, eight-rebound effort from Cornell's Shonn Miller.

Miller hit 10-of-17 shots from the floor, including 2-of-3 from 3-point range, and added the eight rebounds, two assists, a block and a steal. With his effort, he moved within 18 points of becoming the school's 25th 1,000-point scorer.

Senior Galal Cancer had 13 points and sophomore David Onuorah had three of Cornell's four blocked shots, helping Cornell establish a new single-season record for swats with 129.

Tavon Blackmon had 17 points to lead four Brown double figure scorers, with JR Hobbie scoring 12 and both Steven Spieth and Kuakumensah notching 11. Rafael Maia had 11 rebounds for the Bears, who held a 36-28 edge on the backboards.

Cornell scored the game's first six points and led virtually the entire game, only allowing the Bears to take a short-lived lead on a 3-pointer by JR Hobbie to make it 16-15 with 11:25 left before halftime. The Big Red answered with a 17-1 run to go up 32-17 after Cancer hit a deep 3-pointer with 3:02 remaining in the first half. The Bears chipped four points off the lead before the break, but a basket by Miller, then a last-second blocked shot by the senior, sent the visitors into halftime leading 34-23.

The Big Red opened the second half with six straight points to extend the advantage to 40-23 three minutes in, but Brown wouldn't go away. The Bears embarked on a 12-0 run over the next 4:21 to get within five (40-35) with more than 12 minutes left.

Cornell got the lead back to 10 with a 7-2 run that included another Cancer 3-pointer and a vicious putback dunk by Onuorah. Again, Brown responded.

The Bears got back within three on a 3-pointer by Blackmon, then later to two after Blackmon hit one in the lane. Three straight Big Red misses, including what proved to be a game-saving block by Kuakumensah after an offensive putback attempt by the Big Red with 18 seconds left, led to the driving game-winner. Miller caught a full-length pass on the right wing after a Big Red timeout with 1.8 seconds left, but his off-balanced shot fell short as the Brown comeback was complete.

Cornell will play its final regular season home games next week beginning with a CBS College Sports game against first-place Harvard on Friday, Feb. 27 at 6:30 p.m. from Newman Arena.