Brown Overcomes 17 Point Deficit, Beat Cornell 57-56 at Buzzer
Sunday, February 22, 2015
The Brown Bears men's basketball team (12-15, 3-7 Ivy) defeated the (12-14, 4-6 Ivy) Cornell Big Red 57-56 on Saturday night at the Pizzitola Center. Brown is now 3-2 in their last five games.
See the five takeaways slideshow below.
Trailing 56-55 with less than five seconds to go, Brown put the ball in the hands of Cedric Kuakumensah out of a time out and he nailed a jump shot with two seconds left on the clock to give the Bears a thriliing 57-56 win.
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLASTBrown trailed by 17, 40-23, with 17 minutes left in the game before making a furious rally. The Bears went on a 14-5 run over the next seven minutes to get themselves back in the game trailing 45-37 with ten minutes left to go. Then trailing 47-37, Brown went on a 9-2 run to pull themselves to within three at 49-46.
Before Kuakumensah's game winner, the Bears led for less than a minute in the game, breifly holding a 16-15 lead.
Brown was led by Tavon Blackmon who netted 17 points in the game while J.R. Hobbie followed up with 12.
Cornell was led by Shonn Miller who netted a game high 27 points and also pulled down eight rebounds.
Brown returns to action on Friday, February 27 when they host Penn at the Pizzitola Center.
For a further look at the Brown win, see the five takeaways slideshow below.
Related Slideshow: Five Takeaways From Brown’s 57-56 Win Over Cornell
The Brown Bears men's basketball team (12-15, 3-7 Ivy) defeated the (12-14, 4-6 Ivy) Cornell Big Red 57-56 on Saturday night at the Pizzitola Center.
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