PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Johnathan Gray scored 10 of his 18 points during a key first-half run as Cornell defeated Ivy League-foe Brown 69-66 Saturday.
Shonn Miller added 13 points for Cornell, which won its third straight game and took sole possession of third place in the league.
Cornell (13-12, 5-3) led 24-22 before Gray hit a 3-pointer to spark an 11-2 run for the Big Red. Gray hit 3 treys during the run as Cornell took a 40-29 lead into halftime.
Brown (9-13, 3-5) made six 3-pointers in the second half and cut the deficit to 68-66 with 25 seconds left, but Stephen Albrecht missed a trey with 4 seconds showing.
The Bears outrebounded Cornell 41-31 but committed 16 turnovers, compared to nine for the Big Red.
Sean McGonagill paced Brown with 19 points and Cedric Kuakumensah chipped in 13 points and a career-high 19 rebounds.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Cornell (13-12) « | 40 | 29 | 69 |
| Brown (9-13) | 29 | 37 | 66 |
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| Cornell Big Red | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| S. Miller, F | 31 | 4-9 | 5-5 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 13 |
| E. Peck, F | 25 | 2-7 | 3-6 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| J. Gray, G | 33 | 6-12 | 2-7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 18 |
| M. Asafo-Adjei, G | 15 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| D. Scelfo, G | 10 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| G. Cancer | 27 | 3-8 | 1-2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| E. Chemerinski | 22 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| N. Cressler | 20 | 3-6 | 2-3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| D. Cherry | 13 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| J. Figini | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 23-54 | 15-25 | 31 | 12 | 14 | 69 | |
| 42.6% | 60% | ||||||
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| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Kuakumensah, F | 38 | 4-9 | 5-5 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 13 |
| T. Halpern, F | 34 | 1-8 | 0-0 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 |
| R. Maia, F | 15 | 3-6 | 3-3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| S. McGonagill, G | 39 | 8-14 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 19 |
| M. Sullivan, G | 27 | 3-6 | 2-2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Ponticelli | 27 | 2-4 | 2-5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| S. Albrecht | 19 | 2-8 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| J. Sharkey | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 23-55 | 12-15 | 41 | 15 | 21 | 66 | |
| 41.8% | 80% | ||||||
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