LAST TIME OUT: Bryant 82, Cornell 81
GAME STORY I BOX SCORE
• Despite trailing by four points with under five seconds left, junior Jimmy Boeheim’s game-winning 3-point attempt at the buzzer bounded off and Bryant escaped with an 82-81 victory at the Chace Athletic Complex.
• Boeheim scored 20 points, including a 3-pointer with 1.6 seconds to play to cut a four-point deficit to one.
• After an intentional foul by the Big Red on the inbounds, Bryant missed two free throws, then threw an inbounds pass into the rafters for a turnover.
• With the ball under its own basket, Boeheim got a hurried look at the basket off the inbounds but couldn’t connect to help the Bulldogs avoid a second straight buzzer-beating loss to an Ivy team.
• Senior Thurston McCarty (17) and freshman Jordan Jones (14) had career scoring highs, while Terrance McBride finished with 13 points, seven assists, six rebounds, two steals and a blocked shot in the loss.
• Josh Warren narrowly missed a double-double with nine points, 10 rebounds, five assists and two blocks and Bryan Knapp scored eight.
• Adam Grant scored 24 points for Bryant, with Benson Lin (16), Charles Pride (12) and Mikail Simmons (11) also reaching double figures in scoring.
• Patrick Harding notched eight points and 19 rebounds off the bench.
NOTES TO KNOW
• Over the last three seasons, Cornell is 17-8 at home (.680).
• Cornell was 6-0 last season and 13-2 in four years under head coach Brian Earl when holding opponents under 40 percent shooting and were 10-2 in 2018-19 and 31-10 overall when outshooting its foe.
• Cornell has hit a 3-pointer in 862 consecutive games (11th-longest streak in Division I) dating back to a contest against Denison in the 1988-89 season opener (0-for-2). Since the 3-point shot came into effect in NCAA play during the 1986-87 season, the Big Red has hit at least one shot behind the arc in 908 of 912 games (5,939 3-pointers over that span).
MISCELLANEOUS NOTES
• This year marks the 10th anniversary of Cornell’s 2009-10 NCAA Sweet 16 team with a reunion planned the weekend of February 7-8.
• The 1987-88 squad that won an Ivy title will also return to campus that weekend to be honored for their achievements.
• Brian Earl and his brother Dan (VMI) one of five active sets of brothers directing Division I programs, joining Scott (Baylor) and Bryce (Vanderbilt) Drew; Bobby (Arizona State) and Danny (Connecticut) Hurley; Joe (Yale) and James (Boston University) Jones; and Sean (Arizona) and Archie (Dayton) Miller.
• Seventh-year assistant coach Jon Jaques was a starter and senior captain on the 2009-10 Cornell team that advanced to the NCAA Sweet 16.
• Cornell has played in 47 different states, as well as in Cuba, Puerto Rico, Australia, France and Spain. The only states the Big Red has not played in are Alaska, North Dakota and Mississippi.
• Junior Jimmy Boeheim is the oldest son of Syracuse head men’s basketball coach and Naismith Hall of Famer Jim Boeheim.
• The Big Red ranks among the best according to the annual NCAA Division I Academic Progress Report (APR) for 2017-18 that was released this past May. The APR measures semester-by-semester records for every individual team in Division I with regard to each team members’ continuing eligibility, retention and progress toward graduation. The NCAA “commends” teams that have APR scores in the top 10 percent within their sport. Cornell has been recognized 10 times in the 14 years since the APR began, including seven consecutive.
• The Big Red’s 17-man roster represents 11 states and the District of Columbia.
• Freshman Jordan Jones’ father Max played in the NFL (Buffalo Bills) and the USFL (Birmingham Stallions), while his uncle Sean Jones played in the NFL with the Los Angeles Raiders, Houston Oilers and Green Bay Packers, winning a Super Bowl title in 1997 with the Packers and twice capturing All-Pro honors.
• Sophomore Dean Noll helped guide Shawnee HS (N.J.), the alma mater of Cornell head coach Brian Earl, to a state title as a senior, earning MVP honors for the championship game. He broke the school’s single-season scoring record with 737 points - besting the previous mark of 675 set by Dan Earl, Brian’s older brother.
• Junior Sarju Patel will sit out the 2019-20 season as a transfer after averaging 10.2 points, 3.6 rebounds, 1.2 assists and 0.9 steals per game at VMI under head coach Dan Earl.
CAPTAINS
• A trio of first-year captains will lead the Big Red into the 2019-20 campaign.
• Senior Josh Warren and juniors Jimmy Boeheim and Terrance McBride will take the leadership mantle.
NEXT UP
• Cornell and DePaul meet on the hardwood for the first time ever when the two schools square off on Saturday, Nov. 16 at 12 p.m. CT (1:00 p.m. ET).
• The Big Red is 6-11 all-time against current members of the Big East, with its last victory coming against St. John’s during the 2009-10 season (71-66 on Dec. 21, 2009 at Madison Square Garden).
