Cornell Big Red (6-20, 3-10 Ivy) at Princeton Tigers (14-12, 9-4 Ivy)

March 7, 2020 • 6:00 p.m.
Princeton, N.J. • Jadwin Gymnasium (6,854)
Princeton leads the all-time series 148-82
Cornell won the last meeting 73-62 on Feb. 8, 2020 in Ithaca, N.Y.

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STORYLINES
• The Cornell men's basketball team will play its final game of the 2019-20 season when it visits Princeton on Saturday, March 7 at 6 p.m. at Jadwin Gymnasium.
• The contest will be broadcast on ESPN+.
• Cornell will attempt to sweep the season series against Princeton for the first time in a decade and snap a 19-game road skid in the process to head into the offseason with some momentum.
• The Big Red is coming off a 78-64 loss at Penn on Friday night despite 22 points from junior Terrance McBride.
• McBride is one of two double figure scorers at 12.7 ppg. to go along with 3.8 rebounds and 3.1 assists.
• Junior Jimmy Boeheim, who has missed a majority of the last five contests due to an injury, is averaging a team-best 16.8 points and 5.9 rebounds per contest.
• Josh Warren, who will be playing his 115th and final game in a Cornell uniform, is having a strong senior season with averages of 8.4 points, 4.9 rebounds and 3.2 assists.
• The captain ranks among the top 20 all-time at Cornell in games played, field goal percentage, assists and blocked shots.
• Along with Warren, seniors Noah Gear and Thurston McCarty will also be playing their final games. 

ABOUT PRINCETON:
• Princeton enters the weekend on a six-game win streak (8-1 over its last nine games) and is a perfect 4-0 in Ivy League play to bring its overall mark to 9-8.
• After a 1-7 start, the Tigers have turned their season around and sit tied for first place in the Ivy standings.
• Jaelin Llewellyn (14.7 ppg., 4.1 rpg., 2.3 apg., 1.0 spg.), Richmond Ariruguzoh (12.2 ppg., 7.3 rpg.) and Ryan Schwieger (10.7 ppg., 3.1 rpg., 2.7 apg.) are all averaging double figures for a team that is posting 71.1 points per contest.
• The Tigers are shooting a healthy .462 from the floor, including .351 from 3-point range, and are outrebounding foes by 1.1 per outing.
• Princeton is surrendering 68.5 points on .460 shooting this season, though those numbers drop to 61.1 points on .434 shooting in conference action.
• Head coach Mitch Henderson is in his ninth season at his alma mater, winning 20 games four times and advancing to postseason five times with a perfect Ancient Eight team in  2016-17.

SERIES HISTORY VS. PRINCETON:
Overall: Princeton leads 148-82
In Princeton, N.J.: Princeton leads 86-28
Current Streak: Cornell, 1 game
Last Meeting: Cornell won 73-62, 2/8/20 in Ithaca, N.Y.
Earl vs. Princeton: 2-5
Series Notes: Series dates back to the 1901-02 season • the two teams have nearly split the meetings down the middle over the last 16 seasons (Princeton leads 16-15) • the Tigers have the better of the recent meetings, claiming 15 of the last 19 after the Big Red had gone 7-1 in the previous eight matchups • Cornell snapped a six-game Princeton win streak in 2018, a three overtime thriller won by the Big Red at Newman Arena

A WIN OVER PRINCETON WOULD:
• close the Big Red's season with a 7-20 overall record, including 4-10 in Ivy League play.
• cut the Big Red's deficit in the all-time series to 148-83.
• sweep the season series between the teams for the first time since the 2009-10 campaign.
• snap a 19-game road skid, including 10 straight in Ivy play.
• be the 1,276th in program history (1,275-1,460 in 119 seasons, .466).

LAST TIME OUT:
• AJ Brodeur flirted with a triple-double, Penn's offense came alive after halftime and the Big Red couldn't keep pace as the Quakers topped Cornell 78-64 at the Palestra. 
• Brodeur had 22 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists to lead four Penn double figure scorers. 
• Max Martz and Jordan Dingle each had 12 points and Ryan Betley scored 11. 
• Penn shot 52 percent from the floor in the second half, assisting on 11 of its 17 baskets and connected on six 3-pointers. 
• Terrance McBride matched Brodeur's 22 points and added five rebounds in the loss for the Big Red, while both Kobe Dickson and Dean Noll notched 11. 
• Bryan Knapp added eight points and Jimmy Boeheim had seven with both grabbing four boards. 

LAST TIME VS. PRINCETON:
• With the 1988 and 2010 Ivy League title teams in attendance, the Cornell men's basketball team put forth a championship effort. 
• The Big Red scored the first six points of the night and led wire-to-wire, handing Ivy leader Princeton  its first conference loss with a 73-62 victory over the Tigers at Newman Arena.
• Junior Jimmy Boeheim scored 24 points and grabbed nine rebounds, senior Josh Warren registered his fourth career double-double (18 points, 10 rebounds) and Terrance McBride was credited with 14 points and five assists.
• Cornell shot 49 percent from the floor on offense and forced 16 Princeton turnovers with 11 steals on defense. 
• Jaelin Llewellyn led Princeton with 13 points and five rebounds, while both Richmond Aririguzoh and Ethan Wright scored 10 apiece. 
• The loss snapped the Tigers' six-game win streak and was its first since prior to Christmas (Dec. 19 vs. Hofstra).

NOTES TO KNOW:
• Junior Bryan Knapp, who reached double figures in scoring once in his first 53 career games, has now hit for at least 10 points in nine of his last 12 (averaging 10.1 ppg. over that span).
• Knapp is averaging 13.0 points, 2.4 assists, 2.8 rebounds and 1.0 steals over his last five games.
• Junior Terrance McBride is posting 19.7 points, 3.5 rebounds and 2.7 assists on .600 shooting (45-of-75) over the last five games.
• Sophomore Kobe Dickson is posting 9.8 points, 4.8 rebounds and 1.0 blocks while shooting .654 from the floor (17-of-26) over his last four games.
• 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 .453 shooting overall (429-of-946) and .352 beyond the arc (126-of-358), respectively, over the last 17 outings.
• Cornell has hit a 3-pointer in 886 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 932 of 936 games (6,104 3-pointers over that span).
• The Big Red has lost three games by a single point, five by a single possession, six by four points or less and eight by single digits.

UP NEXT: SEASON COMPLETE
• The Big Red closes out the regular season with the always treacherous Penn-Princeton road trip starting with a rematch against the Quakers on Friday, March 6 at 7 p.m. at the Palestra.