Brown Bears (13-9, 6-3 Ivy) at Cornell Big Red (5-17, 2-7 Ivy)

Feb. 22, 2020 • 6:00 p.m.
Ithaca, N.Y. • Newman Arena (4,473)
Cornell leads the all-time series 80-54
Brown won the last meeting 74-63 on Jan. 31, 2020 in Providence, R.I.

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STORYLINES
• After a heartbreaking double overtime loss to Ivy leader Yale on Friday, the Cornell men's basketball team will attempt to bounce back when it meets Brown on Saturday, Feb. 22 at 6 p.m. at Newman Arena.
• The contest will be broadcast on ESPN+ with Dave Kudgus and Eric Taylor '05 on the call.
• Junior Jimmy Boeheim, who missed a majority of the last two contests with an injury, is averaging 17.3 points and 5.9 rebounds per contest, while classmate Terrance McBride is the team's only other double figure scorer at 11.6 ppg. to go along with 3.9 rebounds and 3.3 assists.
• McBride scored 17 of his career high 27 points in overtimes against the Bulldogs after entering the day with 17 points as his career high.
• Josh Warren is having a strong senior season with averages of 9.3 points, 5.0 rebounds and 3.1 assists.
• Junior Bryan Knapp, coming off a career-high 13 points against Yale, is averaging 8.8 points per game over his last eight contests with six of his seven career double figure scoring games.
• The Big Red is 4-2 at home since the calendar turned to 2020 with a win over Princeton, and single-digit losses to Penn and Yale.
• The Bears are 6-1 in their last seven Ivy contests after last night's 72-66 win at Columbia.

ABOUT BROWN:
• Brown brings a 13-9 overall record (6-3 Ivy) into the contest after topping Columbia 72-66 last night.
• The Bears opened the season 4-1 and owned non-conference wins over Rhode Island and Merrimack.
• Brown is 6-1 in its last seven conference games, including a 74-63 home win over the Big Red on Jan. 31.
• Guard Brandon Anderson, a 1,000-point scorer for his career, ranks among the Ivy scoring leaders at  18.6 ppg. to go along with 3.7 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 1.4 steals.
• All-Ivy forward Tamenang Choh has added 13.3 ppg., 8.0 rpg. and 3.3 apg. in 22 starts.
• Zach Hunsaker (11.8 ppg., 3.6 rpg., 1.5 spg.) and Jaylen Gainey (6.3 ppg., 5.0 rpg., 2.1 bpg.) are also among the team's leading scorers.
• Brown head coach Mike Martin, one of the Bears' top players on their 2003 NIT team, was named Ivy Coach of the Year last season, guiding the team to its first-ever 20-win season and a berth in the CBI.

SERIES HISTORY VS. BROWN:
Overall: Cornell leads 80-54
In Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell leads 47-20
Current Streak: Brown, 2 games
Last Meeting: Brown won 74-63, 1/31/20 in Providence, R.I.
Earl vs. Brown: 4-3
Series Notes: Cornell holds an 80-54 lead in a series that dates back to the 1949-50 campaign • Cornell has had the best of the series recently, having won 22 of the last 31 meetings • the Bears ended Cornell's 13-game win streak in the series in March 2013 and the series is nearly split right down the middle since (Brown leads 8-6)

A WIN OVER BROWN WOULD:
• make the Big Red's overall record stand at 6-17 on the season.
• improve to 3-7 in Ivy League play.
• give Cornell a 5-2 record at home in 2020.
• extend the Big Red's lead in the all-time series to 81-54.
• split the season series between the teams.
• be the 1,275th in program history (1,274-1,457 in 119 seasons, .466).

LAST TIME OUT:
• 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 at Newman Arena. 
• The loss spoiled a heroic effort by the Big Red, 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. 
• 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. 



LAST TIME VS. BROWN:
• A 32-10 Brown run that spanned the two halves rocketed Brown past Cornell 74-63 at the Pizzitola Sports Center. 
• Josh Warren led four Cornell double figure scorers with 17 points and added five rebounds, while Jimmy Boeheim notched 12 points, eight rebounds and three steals. 
• Terrance McBride was credited with 11 points, five assists and three rebounds and Bryan Knapp had 10 points, four rebounds and two steals while playing lockdown defense on Brown's Brandon Anderson. 
• The league's leading scorer shot just 1-of-16 from the floor for seven points. 
• Brown used its defense and 40-30 rebounding edge, including 14-8 on the offensive glass, to muscle to their first Ivy win of the season. 

NOTES TO KNOW:
• In two games against Yale and it's league-leading scoring defense and field goal percentage defense unit, the Big Red shot .482 (53-of-110) overall and .444 (20-of-45) from 3-point range while scoring 75.5 points.
• The Big Red has now lost three games by a single point, five by a single possession, six by four points or less and eight by single digits.
• Junior Terrance McBride scored a career-high 27 points last night vs. Yale, including 17 in the two overtime sessions — a mark that would have matched his previous career high (reached three times).
• Freshman Marcus Filien set career highs with eight points, five rebounds and three steals.
• Junior Bryan Knapp posted personal bests of 13 points, four assists and two steals.
• Knapp's 49 minutes played are the most by a Cornell player since Matt Morgan played 51 in a triple overtime win over Princeton in 2018.
• After shooting .402 from the floor (209-520) and .257 from 3-point range (57-of-222) over the first nine contests, the Big Red has connected on .451 shooting overall (335-of-743) and .337 beyond the arc (99-of-294), respectively, over the last 13 outings.
• Cornell has hit a 3-pointer in 881 consecutive games (12th-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 927 of 931 games (6,064 3-pointers over that span).

UP NEXT: VS. DARTMOUTH
• Cornell remains home next weekend starting with a meeting with Dartmouth on Friday, Feb. 28 at 7 p.m. at Newman Arena.
• The contest will be broadcast on ESPN+ with Dave Kudgus and Barry Leonard on the call.
• Cornell leads the all-time series 112-107, including winning 26 of the last 33 contests overall.
• The Big Red will attempt to salvage a season split with the Big Green after its six-game win streak in the series was snapped on Feb. 15 in Hanover.