ITHACA, N.Y. -- On a night full of momentum swings and big plays, August Mahoney's layup with two seconds to play was the difference as Yale pulled out an 81-80 double overtime victory over Cornell on Friday evening at Newman Arena. The loss spoiled a heroic effort by the Big Red (5-17, 2-7 Ivy), particularly junior Terrance McBride who had 17 of his career high 27 points in the two overtimes.

McBride, whose career high entering the game was 17 points, matched that in the two overtimes alone. He added five rebounds and five assists to lead three double figure scorers. Greg Dolan chipped in 14 points and Bryan Knapp posted a career-best 13 in the loss. The Big Red had 17 assists while shooting 51 percent from the floor against one of the Ivy League's stingiest defenses while turning it over just 11 times. Marcus Filien had a career night off the bench with eight points, five rebounds and three steals, Kobe Dickson notched six points and six rebounds in his first career start and Riley Voss chipped in five points, five rebounds and two steals.



Yale's Jordan Bruner had the first triple-double in Newman Arena history by a men's player with 14 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists as four Bulldogs reached double figures. Paul Atkinson had a team-high 16 points and added nine rebounds, Eric Monroe had 15 points, seven assists and five boards and Azar Swain was credited with 12 points and six rebounds. The Bulldogs made 7-of-10 shots form the floor in the overtime sessions and held a 39-29 edge on the backboards. Yale assisted on 21 of its 30 baskets and drilled 10 3-pointers,

Neither team led by more than a possession over the final 12 minutes of game play. Yale's Swain knotted the game at 60-60 with a 3-pointer with 1:01 left in regulation and neither team got off a shot in the final minute. The Bulldogs sent the game into a second overtime thanks to a Jalen Gabbidon triple with 1:35 remaining, and the lead traded nine times over the second extra session before Mahoney's layup after a feed from Eric Monroe. That came immediately following a McBride layup on a blind cutter feed by Kobe Dickson to put Cornell ahead.
 

First Half

• Cornell raced out to an 8-2 lead behind four quick points by DIckson, making his first career start in place of the injured Jimmy Boeheim.
• The Big Red maintained its lead throughout, going up as many as nine at 20-11 after Knapp's pull-up jumper with a little more than nine minutes before halftime.
• A 13-0 Yale run turned that deficit into a four-point lead at 26-22, its biggest advantage of the night.
• Mahoney converted on a four-point play and drained another trey to highlight the spurt.
• After the lead was traded twice, a Knapp 3-pointer put the home team up 33-31 entering the final media timeout.
• A pair of McBride buckets in the final 90 seconds of the half put Cornell in the lead 37-32 at the break.
• Knapp had nine points and McBride scored eight in the first 20 minutes as Cornell shot 57 percent from the floor.
• Cornell held a 22-12 advantage in the paint against a bigger Bulldog squad.
 

Second Half

• A perfectly drawn up play on Cornell's first possession resulted in Warren scoring on a backdoor feed from Riley Voss to go up seven and the Big Red defense held Yale scoreless over the first 3:15 of the second half.
• The Bulldogs knotted the score at 39-39 on a driving bucket by Bruner, but Marcus Filien answered for the Big Red.
• Filien drained a 3-pointer, then connected on a three-point play to put the Big Red up six at the under-12 timeout.
• The Big Red maintained its lead, going up by eight (60-52) with 3:30 left in regulation after a bucket by McBride on a sharp feed by Warren.
• The Bulldogs ended regulation on an 8-0 run, though Cornell got a huge defensive stop in the final seconds, forcing a Yale travel on a potential go-ahead possession.
 

Overtimes

• Yale scored first in both overtimes, only to see the Big Red go into the lead after 3-pointers - the first by McBride, the second by Dolan.
• McBride scored nine points in the first overtime and eight more in the second, including five baskets that turned a Yale lead into a Cornell advantage over that span.
• Gabiddon's trey with 95 seconds left sent the game into a second extra session to mark the Big Red's first double overtime contest since 2018 at Harvard.
• The ending flourish marked one of the best basketball games Newman Arena has ever seen.
• McBride's three-point play with 1:33 left turned a one-point Yale deficit into a two-point lead (78-76), but Swain answered with a 3-pointer 21 seconds later to allow Yale to regain the edge.
• After a Cornell miss, Filien forced a Yale turnover and Dickson found a cutting McBride to put the home team up 80-79 with 13 ticks remaining.
• That play set up Mahoney's game-winning play.
• Cornell had one final chance and McBride got a shot up from just inside  of halfcourt, but the shot fell short.
• McBride scored 17 of Cornell's 20 overtime points on 6-of-8 shooting as Cornell hit 64 percent from the floor overall.
 

Up Next

• In the chase for a spot in the Ivy League Tournament, the Big Red will welcome Brown to Newman Arena on Saturday, Feb. 22 at 6 p.m. 
• The contest will be broadcast on ESPN+ with Dave Kudgus and Eric Taylor '05 on the call. 
• Cornell leads the all-time series 80-54 after the Bears topped the Big Red 74-63 on Jan. 31 in Providence, R.I. despite 17 points from Josh Warren.