Men's Hoops Eyes First Win Streak Of 2022-23 When It Visits Saint Francis

STREAKS, STORYLINES & SIDEBARS 
• The Cornell men’s basketball team will attempt to start its first winning streak of the season when it heads to Loretto, Pa. for a matchup against Saint Francis on Monday, Nov. 14 at 7 p.m. at DeGol Arena.
• Pat Farabaugh and Bernie Jubeck will be on the call on NEC Front Row.
• Cornell is fresh off a near-miss at Boston College and a record-breaking home win over Division III foe SUNY-Delhi to open the season 1-1.
• BC's Prince Aligbe scored 16 points, including the game-winning basket with 0.9 seconds remaining, to clip the Big Red.
• The loss ruined a performance that saw Cornell hit 13 3-pointers, dish out 18 assists and register 13 steals.
• Cornell bounced back by hitting a school-record 22 3-pointers in a 114-57 win over its local foe, registering the third-most points and second-most assists (31) in a game in school history in the process.
• Four players are averaging double figures and 11 are scoring at least 5.0 points per game for an offense humming along at 94.5 ppg. on 52-43-77 shooting.
• Saint Francis was scheduled to play a Saturday evening game against Hartford after dropping its opener at St. Bonaventure, 71-58, on Nov. 7.
• Junior forward Josh Cohen scored 21 points with seven rebounds in the opener, while junior swingman Maxwell Land had 11 points and 10 rebounds vs. the Bonnies.

THE SERIES 
Overall: Cornell leads 5-4
In Loretto, Pa.: Saint Francis (Pa.) leads 2-1
Current Streak: Cornell, 1 game
Last Meeting: Cornell won 93-80, 11/24/21 in Ithaca, N.Y.
Earl vs. Saint Francis (Pa.): 1-0
Series Notes: The Red Flash won three of the first four meetings between the programs, while Cornell has won four of the past five • Cornell is 11-11 all-time against Northeast Conference opponents • the Big Red holds a 2-1 leads over Bryant and Robert Morris and a 1-0 edge over Wagner • it trails series against LIU Brooklyn (0-2), and St. Francis (N.Y.) • Cornell and Sacred Heart (1-1) are tied • the Big Red has never met Central Connecticut State, Fairleigh Dickinson or Mount St. Mary’s. 

A WIN OVER SAINT FRANCIS WOULD ... 
• push Cornell's record to 2-1 on the season.
• give the Big Red a 6-4 lead in the all-time series.
• be Cornell's second consecutive over the Red Flash and fifth in the past six meetings.
• make the Big Red 12-11 all-time against members of the Northeast Conference.
• up Cornell’s non-conference record to 12-4 over its past 16 contests.
• be the 1,294th in program history (1,293-1,471 in 121 seasons, .468).

LAST TIME OUT: Cornell 114, SUNY-Delhi 57
GAME STORY I BOX SCORE I GALLERY I HIGHLIGHTS
• The Cornell men's basketball team hit a school record 22 3-pointers to open its home schedule with a 114-57 victory over SUNY-Delhi at Newman Arena. 
• Five players reached double figures for the Big Red, who evened its record at 1-1 on the season.
• Chris Manon scored 17 points, grabbed six rebounds, dished three assists, had two steals and blocked a shot in 13 minutes off the bench, while Greg Dolan notched 16 points, six rebounds and six assists without a turnover. 
• Nazir Williams chipped in 12 points, Keller Boothby had 11 with four assists and Isaiah Gray scored 10. 
• No Cornell player saw more than 18 minutes of action and 14 of the 16 dressed scored. 
• Cornell assisted on 31 of its 39 buckets as the home team shot 57 percent from the floor overall and connected on 48 percent of its 46 3-point attempts, matching a school record for most shots attempted beyond the arc. 
• The 31 assists is tied for second in a game in school history.
• Marven Louissaint and Fauzi Cizmesija-Ulmer each scored 10 points for the Broncos, who won their season opener against Sage 95-60 on Wednesday evening. 
• Delhi was credited with 13 steals while forcing 20 Big Red miscues, with Louissaint and Mavenson Therneus each picking up three. 
• SUNY-Delhi shot 31 percent from the floor in the loss and outscored Cornell 15-11 on second chance points.

NOTES FROM THE SUNY-DELHI GAME
• The Big Red's 22 3-pointers broke the school record of 20 at Brown on March 5, 2010, a game where the 2009-10 Big Red clinched the Ivy League title in Providence, R.I. 
• Cornell's 114 points is the third-most in a game in school history and marks the 26th time that the Big Red has surpassed the 100-point mark.
• Six of those 26 contests have come with Brian Earl as head coach, including three in the past 25 games.
• Cornell's 31 assists is tied for the second-most in a game in school history, with three of the top four marks coming in the past 25 contests.
• The 46 3-point attempts matches a school record set last winter at Syracuse.
• Freshmen Josh Baldwin, Adam Tsang Hinton, DJ Nix, AK Okereke and sophomore Ryan Kiachian all saw their first collegiate action, with Baldwin, Hinton and Nix all scoring their first career points.
• With 16 points, six rebounds, six assists and zero turnovers in 16 minutes, senior Greg Dolan became the first player to match those numbers without a turnover since Chris Wroblewski had 18 points, 10 assists and eight rebounds in an 85-84 overtime win over Yale on Feb. 10, 2021.
• No Cornell player saw more than 18 minutes of action.
• The Big Red has posted double figure steals in consecutive games.

NOTES TO KNOW
• Cornell has hit a 3-pointer in 914 consecutive games 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 960 of 964 games (6,393 3-pointers over that span).
• The Big Red’s five-game win streak to start the 2021-22 was its longest since walking off the floor victorious in nine consecutive contests late in 2009-10.
• Its six-game non-conference roll was its longest since winning 10 consecutive during the 2009-10 season when it advanced to the NCAA Sweet 16.
• Brian Earl and his brother Dan (Chattanooga) one of three active sets of brothers directing Division I programs, joining Bobby (Arizona State) and Danny (Connecticut) Hurley and Joe (Boston University) and James (Yale) Jones.
• Tenth-year assistant coach Jon Jaques was a starter and senior captain on the 2009-10 Cornell team that advanced to the NCAA Sweet 16.
• After the Ivy League didn’t compete during the 2019-20 season, Cornell’s first game of the 2021-22 season against Binghamton, a 76-67 Big Red victory, was its first in 612 days.
• The Big Red’s home win over Colgate on Nov. 16, 2021 was its first contest at Newman Arena since a 67-58 defeat at the hand of Harvard on Feb. 29, 2020 - a span of 627 days.
• 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.
• The Big Red continues to be ranked among the best according to the annual NCAA Division I Academic Progress Report (APR). 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 since the APR began in 2005, including seven consecutive (2009-16).
• Dating back to the first overtime game against Penn way back in 1922, Cornell is 41-51 in games that go an extra period. Cornell is 7-10 in multiple overtime games, with the longest game for the Big Red being a five overtime contest against Princeton, won by the Tigers 66-61 on Feb. 24, 1979 at Barton Hall. Cornell is 30-19 in home overtime games, 2-2 in neutral contests and 10-29 in road games.
• Are Cornell Student-Athletes on Scholarship? The easy answer is no. Cornell student-athletes are awarded need-based financial aid, just as any other student who applies to the school. That package can come in the form of student loans and grants. The basic intent of the original Ivy League agreement of 1954 was to improve and foster intercollegiate athletics while keeping the emphasis on such competition in harmony with the educational purpose of the institutions. The Ivy League is nationally recognized for its level of success — absent of athletic scholarships — while rigorously maintaining its self-imposed high academic standards. The Ivy League has demonstrated a rare willingness and ability, given the current national pressures on intercollegiate success, to abide by these rules and still compete successfully in Division I athletics.

Photos by Dave Burbank, Madison Epperson, Eldon Lindsay, Patrick Shanahan and Darl Zehr