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STONY BROOK, N.Y. – Cornell rallied from a 20-point first half deficit to send the game to overtime, but unforced turnovers and missed free throws doomed the Big Red in a 68-59 loss at Stony Brook on Wednesday evening at Pritchard Gymnasium. Cornell slipped to 4-7 on the season with the loss, while Stony Brook improved to 4-6.

Senior Drew Ferry hit five 3-pointers for his 15 points and Shonn Miller had 10 points and five rebounds to pace the Big Red, which outscored the Sea Wolves 31-16 in the second half to draw even at the end of regulation. Eitan Chemerinski added nine points and Galal Cancer notched eight points and four rebounds. Chris Wroblewski had five points, seven assists, four rebounds and five steals. Cornell shot just 29 percent from beyond the arc, including 2-of-12 from players other than Ferry.

Stony Brook was led by Bryan Dougher and Ron Bracey with 16 points apiece, while Tommy Brenton had 12 points and eight rebounds and Dave Coley scored 10 for the home team. The Sea Wolves held a 40-32 edge on the backboards and turned the Big Red over 18 times.

Cornell came all the way back to take the lead on a Ferry 3-pointer with 1:18 left in regulation, putting the Big Red up 51-49. It was the team's first lead since 1-0 just 1:24 into the game. Bracey, who entered the contest averaging just 4.8 points per game, was able to break free for a layup to knot the contest up 20 seconds later, and Ferry missed a 3-pointer and Cancer was long on a jumper at the buzzer that would have gave Cornell the victory in the final minute.

Stony Brook scored the first four points of overtime and Cornell would never be able to cut the lead to within three. A three-point play by Wroblewski made it 60-55 with 1:39 left, but that was as close as it would get as Stony Brook took the win.

Few would have guessed Cornell would even be in position to get the game into overtime, trailing by 20 points with over a minute and a half to play in the first half (35-15). Josh Figini hit a 3-pointer, and after getting two great defensive stands, freshman Devin Cherry got on the board with his first collegiate points with a tough 20-foot turnaround jumper at the buzzer to get the visitors back within 35-20 at the break.

The second half was all Cornell, as the Big Red picked up the defensive intensity, limiting Stony Brook to 27 percent shooting and 14 percent from 3-point range. The Sea Wolves also helped the Big Red by missing 7-of-10 from the free-throw line, a number it turned around in the five minute overtime session when it hit 9-of-10.

Cornell had eight steals in the second half to help get back in the game, while Ferry got hot in hitting 5-of-7 shots from beyond the arc in the final 20 minutes of regulation. The Big Red outplayed the home team throughout the second half, but couldn't seem to break through until Ferry drained consecutive 3-pointers to turn an 11-point deficit to five (49-44) at the final media timeout. Dwight Tarwater, who had five points and five rebounds, made an acrobatic tip-in from the right side after Wroblewski was just long on a 3-point attempt to cut the Stony Brook lead to 49-46 with 2:20 to play in regulation.

After a Wroblewski steal turned into a pair of free throws to get within one, Chemerinski stole a pass and got it ahead to Cancer. The freshman found Ferry, who sidestepped a defender and calmly drained a 3-pointer to give the visitors their first lead at 51-49. Stony Brook tied it up on the other end on a layup by Bracey, and Cornell rushed it down the court. Ferry missed a 3-pointer, but Cancer rebounded and the Big Red called timeout with 35.8 seconds left on the clock to set up the potential go-ahead shot. Cancer got off a well-defended shot that hit the back of the iron and was rebounded by the Sea Wolves to send the contest into overtime.

Outside of two thunderous Miller dunks and the final minute flurry, not much went right for Cornell, which turned the ball over seven times in the first 12 minutes in falling behind by 18 points (27-9). The Big Red also missed its first seven shots from 3-point range before Figini's shot late in the first.

Cornell will continue its five-game non-conference road swing when it visits Bucknell on Saturday, Dec. 31 at 2 p.m. in Sojka Pavilion for a New Year's Eve contest. The all-time series between the two teams is tied 23-23.