Men's basketball 2018-19

[Ken711]

Cornell wins a close game over Dartmouth 83-80.

[Al DeFlorio]

Morgan hits 9 of 11 threes, scores 41 in 83-80 win.

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

Morgan hits 9 of 11 threes, scores 41 in 83-80 win.

OK, that's impressive.

[mountainred]

Likely to be lost in Morgan's career high is that Warren went 4 for 4 at the line in the closing seconds.

[Al DeFlorio]

Watching the archived game.  Morgan's first points came on a layup 7:21 into the game.  Then he closed the half with 12 points in the last 3:13.

[mountainred]

So, the good guys go into Harvard and win 67-61 on a night where Morgan was off his game.  Did not see that coming, even after Harvard went to 3 OTs yesterday.

[Al DeFlorio]

67-61 win at Harvard after trailing by 13 at halftime.

[mountainred]

Cornell is now in a three way tie for second in the league, two games clear of Brown, Dartmouth and Penn.  Hard to believe this is the same team that lost to Niagara and was pounded by Delaware.  Hats off to them.

Scoop, you may have been right about the reasonable chance for the ILT.

[semsox]

So, the good guys go into Harvard and win 67-61 on a night where Morgan was off his game.  Did not see that coming, even after Harvard went to 3 OTs yesterday.

Having saw the halftime score, I didn't believe this post when I first saw it. Watching the replay now, and still not sure how they did it.

[Al DeFlorio]

So, the good guys go into Harvard and win 67-61 on a night where Morgan was off his game.  Did not see that coming, even after Harvard went to 3 OTs yesterday.

Having saw the halftime score, I didn't believe this post when I first saw it. Watching the replay now, and still not sure how they did it.

Similar reaction watching the replay this morning.  Two thoughts:  (1) Cornell's defense stepped up in the second half; (2) Unlike Cornell, where Boeheim and McBride (his trey was the dagger) stepped up with Morgan in foul trouble, no Harvard player other than Aiken was willing to do the same, so Aiken had to make some poor shot choices in crunch time.

[ugarte]

So, the good guys go into Harvard and win 67-61 on a night where Morgan was off his game.  Did not see that coming, even after Harvard went to 3 OTs yesterday.

Having saw the halftime score, I didn't believe this post when I first saw it. Watching the replay now, and still not sure how they did it.

Similar reaction watching the replay this morning.  Two thoughts:  (1) Cornell's defense stepped up in the second half; (2) Unlike Cornell, where Boeheim and McBride (his trey was the dagger) stepped up with Morgan in foul trouble, no Harvard player other than Aiken was willing to do the same, so Aiken had to make some poor shot choices in crunch time.

Juzang was willing to shoot too, and nailed a few clutch shots, but he got hurt and missed part of the second half. In addition to hitting threes, Cornell played consistent, solid defense, rebounded well and hit their free throws.

[mountainred]

So, the good guys go into Harvard and win 67-61 on a night where Morgan was off his game.  Did not see that coming, even after Harvard went to 3 OTs yesterday.

Having saw the halftime score, I didn't believe this post when I first saw it. Watching the replay now, and still not sure how they did it.

Similar reaction watching the replay this morning.  Two thoughts:  (1) Cornell's defense stepped up in the second half; (2) Unlike Cornell, where Boeheim and McBride (his trey was the dagger) stepped up with Morgan in foul trouble, no Harvard player other than Aiken was willing to do the same, so Aiken had to make some poor shot choices in crunch time.

Juzang was willing to shoot too, and nailed a few clutch shots, but he got hurt and missed part of the second half. In addition to hitting threes, Cornell played consistent, solid defense, rebounded well and hit their free throws.

Don't forget Warren (14p, 5a) -- he's played very well the last two weeks.  Cornell was very opportunistic -- they outscored Harvard in points off turnovers 31-12.

[ugarte]

So, the good guys go into Harvard and win 67-61 on a night where Morgan was off his game.  Did not see that coming, even after Harvard went to 3 OTs yesterday.

Having saw the halftime score, I didn't believe this post when I first saw it. Watching the replay now, and still not sure how they did it.

Similar reaction watching the replay this morning.  Two thoughts:  (1) Cornell's defense stepped up in the second half; (2) Unlike Cornell, where Boeheim and McBride (his trey was the dagger) stepped up with Morgan in foul trouble, no Harvard player other than Aiken was willing to do the same, so Aiken had to make some poor shot choices in crunch time.

Juzang was willing to shoot too, and nailed a few clutch shots, but he got hurt and missed part of the second half. In addition to hitting threes, Cornell played consistent, solid defense, rebounded well and hit their free throws.

Don't forget Warren (14p, 5a) -- he's played very well the last two weeks.  Cornell was very opportunistic -- they outscored Harvard in points off turnovers 31-12.

It's not the focus of our offense but it definitely helps that Warren will hit open looks from 3. Harvard didn't guard him deep and he knocked down a pair and is shooting close to 40% from deep on the season. The more people have to come out to check him, the more it opens up the paint for Morgan to drive.

I'm trying to be restrained because top to bottom the league is very close, so there is going to be a lot of churn in the standings, but I think this team is going to make the ILT . The upcoming Yale game is going to be a real test. Even with Yale's great start, they got blown out by Harvard so they are hardly untouchable.

[upprdeck]

Pulled it out even with a less than stellar Morgan performance.

splitting with Columbia is going to haunt them

[scoop85]

Pulled it out even with a less than stellar Morgan performance.

splitting with Columbia is going to haunt them

We're marginally better than Columbia, so splitting with them—who have lost a lot of close games—is not surprising. We'll likely need to go 3-4 to make the ILT, and that is still a tall order IMO