ITHACA, N.Y. -- Princeton pulled away over the final eight minutes to remain unbeaten, knocking off Cornell 75-60 on Senior Day at Newman Arena. The loss knocked the Big Red (7-20, 3-9 Ivy) out of the Ivy League Tournament race, while the Tigers (19-6, 12-0 Ivy) won their 15th consecutive game overall.

Playing his final game in front of the Newman Arena crowd, senior Robert Hatter had a team-high 18 points and added four rebounds, two assists and a steal. He jumped up to 12th on the school's all-time scoring list with 1,213 points, surpassing Chris Wroblewski '12 (1,202) and Lenny Collins '06 (1,212). Sophomore Matt Morgan chipped in 14 points and four rebounds, while freshman Josh Warren scored nine and sophomore Stone Gettings netted seven. Junior Wil Bathurst had a game-high nine rebounds as Cornell won the battle of the boards 28-25.

Devin Cannady drilled six 3-pointers on his way to 26 points, while Myles Stephens chipped in 17 and Steven Cook scored14. The Tigers connected on 11-of-29 3-pointers in the win and had 15 steals as part of a defensive effort that forced 23 Big Red turnovers.

The final wasn't indicative of how the game was played, as only a 3-pointer by Amir Bell with five seconds remaining allowed the Tigers to take a halftime lead (35-34). Cornell led by as many as 10 points in the first 20 minutes, the last time on a Morgan 3-pointer to make it 23-13 midway through the half. The Tigers got almost all of it back on a Cannady trey and five consecutive points by Cook. Princeton took its first lead of the night on a Cannady 3-pointer with under four minutes to play in the first and the teams traded the lead back and forth until Bell's shot sent the visitors into the break with the lead.

Cornell never took the lead back in the second half, but cut the lead to one three times and spent nearly the first 12 minutes of the second stanza within two possessions. Princeton finally took control after a Morgan 3-pointer, his fourth of the night, made it 51-50 with nine minutes to go. The Tigers rattled off 11 straight, including an acrobatic tip-in by Cannady and a dunk on a great find from Amir Bell to Myles Stephens, to push the advantage to double figures. Cornell would cut it to six with 4:30 left, but scored just two points the rest of the way as Princeton walked off the court having clinched at least a share of the regular season Ivy title.

NOTES TO KNOW:
• The Big Red honored its four seniors - Braxston Bunce, JoJo Fallas, Desmond Fleming and Robert Hatter - in a pregame ceremony.
• Fleming earned his first career start and had two rebounds and a steal in a career-high 16 minutes of action.
• Princeton, who lead the Ancient Eight in scoring defense, allowed the Big Red to shoot .485 (47-of-97) in its two games.
• Junior Wil Bathurst tied a career high with nine rebounds.
• Cornell's 23 turnovers were a season high, while Princeton's 15 steals were the most by an opponent this year.

NEXT UP:
• The Big Red will close out the 2016-17 regular season when it visits Yale (Friday, March 3) and Brown (Saturday, March 4).
• Cornell will attempt to salvage season splits and sweep the New Haven-Providence road swing for the first time since the 2009-10 campaign.
• Both contests will be available on the Ivy League Digital Network.