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ITHACA, N.Y. -- Senior guard Chris Wroblewski found some space and hit a 3-pointer with 5.6 seconds remaining in overtime to give Cornell a thrilling 85-82 victory over Albany on Saturday afternoon at Newman Arena. The Big Red evened its record at 4-4 with a second straight overtime victory at home, while the Great Danes slipped to 5-5.

Wroblewski's big shot put an exclamation point on a wild game that included Cornell rally from a 10-point deficit with nine minutes to play only to take a six-point lead with less than two minutes to play in regulation. Albany then fought back to force overtime on a basket by Blake Metcalf with five seconds left. The lead traded hands twoce with three times in the five minute extra session before the Big Red senior juked a defender on the left wing. With the Albany player on the ground, Wroblewski stepped back and confidently nailed a trey with three ticks left. Albany got a great shot at the tying basket, but Mike Black's 3-pointer was just long.

Wroblewski had a solid floor game with six points, eight assists and three rebounds, while backcourt mate Drew Ferry had a game-high 26 points, including seven 3-pointers. Josh Figini added 14 points, five rebounds and three steals and Albany native Galal Cancer notched 11 points, seven assists, five rebounds and four steals. Johnathan Gray rounded out the four double figure scorers with 10 points, while Eitan Chemerinski had nine points in just 15 minutes.

Cornell hit 10 3-pointers and was credited with 25 assists with 15 steals, both numbers ranking among the top 10 single-game marks in Cornell history. The 25 assists is the third-most in school history, while the 15 steals ranks seventh. The Big Red also shot 58 percent (21-of-36) from the floor in the second half and overtime.

Albany got 22 points and five assists from Gerardo Suero, one of two Great Danes to foul out. Blake Metcalf also fouled out after registering a double-double with 12 points and 11 rebounds. Logan Aronhalt (19 points), Mike Black (15 points) and Luke Devlin (10 points) rounded out the Great Danes' five double figure scorers. Albany was hounded into 25 turnovers and was just 2-of-8 from 3-point range after halftime, though it outrebounded Cornell 42-30.

Cornell and Albany each looked as though they were teams playing their first games after lengthy breaks, though the Big Red brought the energy early. Cornell opened the game by scoring the first five points, including a thunderous dunk by Shonn Miller on a feed from Miles Asafo-Adjei to open the game. Ferry then hit the first of his seven treys after a steal by Wroblewski in the backcourt to force an Albany timeout.

The Great Danes reponded with a 16-3 run to take go up eight points (16-8) seven minutes into the contest and later extended the advantage to as much as 12 (33-21) on a Suero jumper with 2:27 left. Cornell raced down the other end and quickly triggered a quick 6-0 run to end the half, with a trey by Ferry closing out the scoring. After 20 minutes, Cornell trailed just 33-27 in a game in which it had looked thoroughly beaten.

The second half was a different story, as Gray converted a conventional three-point play to get within 33-30 on the first possession. The team traded baskets until consecutive baskets by the Big Red, a layup underneath by Eitan Chemerinski and another 3-pointer by Ferry gave Cornell a short-lived 45-44 lead. Albany went back up 48-47 two minutes later as part of a 12-0 run. Suero had four points and Aronhalt nailed a 3-pointer on an inbounds play to put the great Danes up 57-47 withy just 8:50 to play.

Ferry started the comeback with a 3-pointer, then converted a three-point play on the break on consecutive possessions to make it a four-point game, but Albany answered again with four straight free throws by Suero to push it back to eight. The Big Red then started a run of its own, scoring 17 of the next 19 points to turn the deficit into a 70-63 lead with 3:25 left when Cancer hit a twisting layup on a feed from Asafo-Adjei.

Albany wasn't to be put down yet, getting back within four on a jumper by Black with 1:37 left. Figini answered with a dunk on a pass from Cancer to put the home team back up 75-69 with 34 seconds left, but that still wasn't enough cushion. Black got a driving layup, and after a steal and 3-point basket by Aronhalt, Wroblewski missed the first and made the second free throw to put Cornell up 76-74 with 17 seconds remaining. Albany, holding for the final shot to tie, finally got a driving Suero to open up Metcalf underneath. His great find gave Metcalf an easy layup to knot the game with five seconds left. Cornell's inbounds pass was long, into the hands or Suero, but his wild shot at the buzzer was off and the teams readied for overtime.

Overtime was another back and forth affair, with both Suero and Metcalf fouling out in the first four minutes of a tie game. A layup by Black with 30 seconds left knotted the game at 82-82, and Cornell decided to hold for the last shot. The ball was in Wroblewski's hands much of the possession, and he finally lifted off for the eventual game winner with just over five seconds to play.

Cornell will return to action on Monday, Dec. 19, when it faces Illinois at 7 p.m. CT. The game will be broadcast on ESPN3.com.