PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Cornell scored the game's first 13 points and never trailed, ending its 2016-17 season with a 92-78 victory at Brown on Saturday evening at the Pizzitola Sports Center. The Big Red ended Brian Earl's first season as head coach with an 8-21 record (4-10 Ivy), good for sixth place in the final Ivy League standings.

Playing his final collegiate game, senior guard Robert Hatter had 20 points, three rebounds and three assists, jumping into the school's all-time top 10 scorers in the process. Hatter closed his career with 1,241 points in his four seasons, good for 10th on the Big Red charts. His three assists also gave him 200 for his career. He was part of an offense that shot 59 percent from the floor and assisted on 17 of its 30 baskets on the evening to help snap a four-game losing streak.

Junior Wil Bathurst had his first career double-double with 12 points and 11 rebounds and the sophomore tandem of Stone Gettings (21 points, five rebounds, three assists) and Matt Morgan (16 points, six rebounds, four assists, two steals) combined for 37 points. Fellow sophomores Joel Davis (seven points) and Troy Whiteside (seven points, six rebounds, two assists, two steals, one block) also made major contributions to the win. The Big Red controlled the glass (37-29) and overcame 16 turnovers in the victory.

Brown senior Steven Spieth had a game-high 31 points and added eight rebounds in his final collegiate game, with classmate JR Hobbie connecting on five 3-pointers for 15 points. Obie Okolie was also in double figures with 13 points and chipped in seven boards.

The Bears needed two timeouts in the first 4:06 as the Big Red's 13-0 lead expanded to 19-2 and later to as many as 19 points in the first half. Brown got within nine at the half and to six three minutes into the second half, but Cornell answered with a 7-0 run and never allowed the home team back within single digits.

Spieth singlehandedly kept Brown in the contest in the first half with 20 points, but the Big Red's balance and ball movement allowed the visitors to get any shot they wanted. Cornell hit on 8-of-15 shots from beyond the arc in the first half and on 61 percent of its shots on the night. The second half turned into a free throw contest for the Big Red, connecting on 18-of-25 charity shots to close out the win.

NOTES TO KNOW
• Hatter closed out his career with 1,241 points, good for 10th all-time at Cornell.
• He also goes down ranked 13th in field goals (432) and 12th in 3-point field goals (143), while just outside the top 20 in assists (200), steals (90) and games started (87).
• Morgan's 506 points on the year is the seventh-highest total in school history, while his 86 made 3-pointers is fourth.
• The sophomore shot .857 from the free-throw line on the season, good for 11th all-time.
• As a team, the Big Red ranked high among its top seasons all-time in 3-pointers made (third, 244), points (fourth, 2074), field goals made (eighth, 746) and assists (ninth, 420).
• Wil Bathurst had his first career double-double with 12 points and 11 rebounds and added three assists.
• Sophomore Joel Davis hit two 3-pointers in a game for the first time in his career and had a season-high seven points.

NEXT UP
• The 2016-17 is complete and the team will resume practice for the 2017-18 campaign in October.