NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- Yale scored the game's first 12 points, made a blistering 11-of-15 3-pointers in the first half and cruised to an 88-65 victory over Cornell on Friday evening at John J. Lee Amphitheater. The Bulldogs improved to 19-5, while the Big Red fell to 13-14 (5-6 Ivy).

Yale's Miye Oni hit 7-of-9 first half 3-pointers and rang up 25 points before the break as Yale had 18 assists and just two turnovers in the first 20 minutes, playing nearly perfect basketball. Oni hit a 3-pointer 15 seconds in and Yale never allowed Cornell back in. When Alex Copeland beat the buzzer with a long 3-pointer in front of Cornell's bench, the visitors surpassed 60 points - becoming the first Cornell opponent to score 60 points in a half since Lehigh netted 68 second half points in a 105-89 win on Nov. 26, 1994.

The loss overshadowed a strong effort by junior big man Josh Warren, who scored 13 of his 15 points in the first half. Matt Morgan extended his streak of consecutive games in double figures to 78 - and moved into a tie for 12th place on the NCAA all-time list. Jimmy Boeheim and Jack Gordon each scored eight points. 

Oni ended the night with 30 points, seven rebounds, four assists and two steals, while Paul Atkinson had 14 points and six boards off the bench. Both Copeland and Bruner chipped in 11 points. The Bulldogs shot 52 percent overall and 55 percent from beyond the arc. Yale was credited with 25 assists to just nine turnovers, held a 38-35 rebounding advantage and remained a game ahead of Harvard with the victory.

NOTES TO KNOW
• Morgan's 78th straight double figure scoring game ties the senior guard with Ricky Pierce of Rice (1979-82) and Byron Larkin of Xavier (1986-88) at 78 games. He'll need postseason to reach No. 11, which is Wofford's Noah Dahlman at 82 games.
• Morgan also became the second player to reach 600 points in a season, ending the night with 610 - joining his record 630 points scored last season.
• It was Morgan's 108th career start, matching Louis Dale '10 for second on Cornell's career list.
• Cornell remains tied for fourth despite the loss, as Brown (80-77 vs. Columbia) and Penn (59-53 at Harvard) also dropped contests.

NEXT UP
• Cornell will look for the season sweep of Brown and a leg up in the race for the fourth and final Ivy League playoff spot when it heads to Providence, R.I. on Saturday, March 2 at 6 p.m.
• The Big Red topped the Bears 70-66 in overtime on Feb. 15 at Newman Arena behind 21 points from Jimmy Boeheim.