WEST LONG BRANCH, N.J. -- An early Monmouth run put Cornell on its heels and the Hawks never relented, evening its record with a 76-61 victory over the Big Red on Tuesday evening at OceanFirst Banks Center. The loss dropped Cornell to 1-4, while Monmouth improved to 2-2.

Sophomores Troy Whiteside and Stone Gettings each scored 14 points, a career-high for the former and the fifth straight double figure game to start the season for the latter. Gettings added eight rebounds and two assists. Senior Darryl Smith, the school's career leader in field goal percentage, made all four shots on his way to 12 points. Smith added eight rebounds and three blocked shots in just 14 minutes of action. Senior Robert Hatter had nine points for the Big Red, who shot just 36 percent overall and 24 percent from 3-point range (8-of-34).

Monmouth outscored the Big Red 16-4 on second chance points and controlled the backboards by a 48-37 margin. Justin Robinson was the lone double figure scorer for the Hawks with 19 points, while eight different scorers had at least five points.

Cornell led 7-6 six minutes into the game before the home team took control with a 25-2 run over 6:07 that the Big Red never recovered from. Robinson hit three successive 3-pointers over the span of 56 seconds that turned an eight-point lead to a 17-point bulge as the visitors missed 8-of-9 shots, a pair of free throws and turned the ball over twice during the stretch.

The Big Red got back within 12 late in the first half, but the Monmouth advantage ballooned to as many as 22 points after halftime.

Notes to Know
• Whiteside's 14 points surpassed his previous high of 11 points scored last season at Columbia.
• Sophomore Joseph Bayless scored his first collegiate points on two free throws with 34 seconds remaining and ended with four points.
• Sophomore Matt Morgan had five points, snapping a 21-game streak of scoring in double figures.
• The guard tandem of Darryl Smith (4-for-4) and Troy Whiteside (6-of-7) shot 11-of-11 from the field.
• Besides Smith and Whiteside, the rest of the Big Red hit on just 12-of-50 shots from the floor.
• Cornell's 34 3-point attempts is tied for the fourth-most in a game in school history.

Next Up
• The Big Red will travel to Houston for a post-Thanksgiving contest with the Cougars on Saturday, Nov. 26.
• Tip-off will be at 4 p.m. CT on ESPN3.
• It will be the first-ever meeting between Cornell and Houston on the hardwoods.
• The game will serve as a homecoming for Big Red senior guards Robert Hatter (Westside HS) and Desmond Fleming (College Park HS), as well as an in-state trip for sophomores Joseph Bayless (Dallas) and Jack Gordon (Dallas).