ITHACA, N.Y. (AP) - Cameron Ayers scored 16 points, Bryson Johnson had 15 and Mike Muscala posted his ninth double-double of the season in Bucknell's 72-56 win over Cornell on Wednesday night.
Muscala finished with 13 points and 11 rebounds and Joe Willman made 4 of 5 shots en route to 10 points for the Bison, who shot a season-high 62 percent (28 of 45) from the field.
Bucknell (13-2) held a 57-52 advantage with 5:53 left before Johnson hit a 3-pointer, sparking a 13-2 run over the next five minutes for the Bison. Johnson made two treys and Ayers had four points during the run.
The Bison, who equaled their best 15-game start in program history with the win, held a 34-24 rebounding advantage and dished out a season-high 20 assists.
Cornell's (6-9) last basket came on a Josh Figini layup with 2:24 remaining.
Figini led the Big Red with 15 points.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Bucknell (13-2) « | 31 | 41 | 72 |
| Cornell (6-9) | 29 | 27 | 56 |
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| Bucknell Bison | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Muscala, F | 36 | 4-5 | 5-5 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 13 |
| J. Willman, F | 17 | 4-5 | 2-2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| C. Ayers, G | 36 | 7-13 | 0-0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 16 |
| B. Johnson, G | 35 | 5-10 | 2-2 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 15 |
| R. Hill, G | 24 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| B. Fitzpatrick | 15 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| S. Kaspar | 15 | 2-2 | 0-4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| R. Frazier | 10 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| D. Hoffman | 7 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| B. Brackney | 5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 28-45 | 9-13 | 34 | 20 | 14 | 72 | |
| 62.2% | 69.2% | ||||||
| Cornell Big Red | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| S. Miller, F | 30 | 5-12 | 3-5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 14 |
| E. Chemerinski, F | 10 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| G. Cancer, G | 35 | 4-11 | 1-4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| J. Gray, G | 28 | 2-6 | 0-2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| M. Asafo-Adjei, G | 20 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Figini | 27 | 5-11 | 2-3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 15 |
| D. Scelfo | 23 | 3-7 | 2-4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| N. Cressler | 17 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| D. Cherry | 10 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals | 20-55 | 8-18 | 24 | 13 | 18 | 56 | |
| 36.4% | 44.4% | ||||||
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