LAS VEGAS (AP) - Eitan Chemerinski scored a career-high 19 points off the bench, helping Cornell beat Longwood 84-78 on Saturday in both teams' final game at the Las Vegas Invitational.
Chemerinski, a senior, was 9 of 12 from the field. Errick Peck added 14 points and 10 rebounds, also off the bench, for the Big Red (3-4), who got 14 points from Shonn Miller and 12 from Nolan Cressler. Cornell shot 53 percent from the floor.
Freshman Michael Kessens had a season-high 20 points and 14 rebounds to lead the Lancers (1-5). Nik Brown and Tristan Carey had 19 points apiece and combined for all nine of Longwood's 3-pointers.
Cornell never trailed after the opening minutes, leading 42-30 at halftime and by at least seven for most of the second half. Cressler and Peck hit six free throws in the final minute to secure the win in the first-ever meeting between the schools.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Longwood (0-5) | 30 | 48 | 78 |
| Cornell (2-4) « | 42 | 42 | 84 |
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| Longwood Lancers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Kessens, F | 33 | 8-14 | 4-6 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 20 |
| J. Dublin, F | 26 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| T. Carey, G | 39 | 7-14 | 0-0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 19 |
| N. Brown, G | 35 | 6-15 | 3-6 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 19 |
| D. Robinson, G | 30 | 2-8 | 0-1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| K. Ziegler | 21 | 4-7 | 2-3 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| L. Woodhouse | 10 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| J. Havenstein | 6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Totals | 30-65 | 9-16 | 31 | 14 | 21 | 78 | |
| 46.2% | 56.3% | ||||||
| Cornell Big Red | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| S. Miller, F | 25 | 4-8 | 4-4 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 14 |
| J. Figini, F | 11 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| N. Cressler, G | 24 | 4-7 | 2-2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| M. Asafo-Adjei, G | 22 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| J. Gray, G | 16 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| E. Chemerinski | 29 | 9-12 | 1-2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| E. Peck | 28 | 5-9 | 4-4 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 14 |
| D. Cherry | 20 | 3-5 | 4-4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| G. Cancer | 19 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| D. Tarwater | 6 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals | 31-58 | 15-18 | 37 | 15 | 16 | 84 | |
| 53.4% | 83.3% | ||||||
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