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HANOVER, N.H. -- After 10 games of near-misses on the road, the Cornell men's basketball team turned the tide with its defense and picked up its first victory away from Ithaca this season, knocking off Dartmouth 68-59. The Big Red improved to 8-12 (3-3 Ivy), while the Big Green fell to 4-18 (0-6 Ivy).
Cornell limited the Big Green to 35 percent shooting overall and 18 percent from 3-point range and outrebounded Dartmouth 40-35 while forcing 15 turnovers. The Big Red scored the first 10 points of the game and never trailed and never let the home team tie the score in going wire-to-wire for the win.
Freshman
Shonn Miller had 15 points and 10 rebounds for his second career double-double, while
Chris Wroblewski notched 14 points, grabbed four rebounds, dished three assists and collected three steals.
Johnathan Gray was the third double figure scorer with 13 points.
Dwight Tarwater notched six points and grabbed a career high nine rebounds, while
Eitan Chemerinski scored eight.
Dartmouth's Kirk Crecco had 15 points to lead the Big Green, while Gabas Maldunas notched 10 points, five rebounds and three blocks. Jvonte Brooks scored nine points and grabbed eight boards in the loss.
Cornell set the frenetic tone, scoring the game's first 10 points just 1:22 in and didn't allow the Big Green to get on the board until Jabari Trotter's layup with 16:36 left in the half. Dartmouth was able to cut into the lead, drawing within two (17-15) on a free throw by Maldunas, but the Big Red answered immediately with a 12-2 run to extend it back to 12 after Miller's dunk made it 29-17 with just over four minutes left in the half. A R.J. Griffin trey in the final minute sent the home team into halftime trailing 33-26.
The Big Green cut the deficit to four two times in the first 12 minutes, only to have the Big Red answer each time. Four straight points by Brooks late got the home team back within two (59-57) with less than two minutes to play, but Cornell sealed the game away at the free throw line by making 9-of-10 free throws in the last 1:27, with both Wroblewski and Gray hitting four each.
Cornell returns to action on Friday, Feb. 10 at 7 p.m. when Yale visits Newman Arena.
