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Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Freebies carry Cornell over Army
(Originally posted Tues. at 10:52 p.m, links added at 7:35 a.m.)
It was a tie game with 11:49 to play. Then Army fouls put Cornell into the double bonus and it went downhill for the Black Knights from there in the 83-78 setback.

The Big Red reached the double bonbus with 11:07 to play. Army was still close, trailing by just 60-57 with 10:54 to go. Then Cornell went on an 11-1 run to pull away. Eight of Cornell's points in that decisive run came on free throws.

Army, which was led by Jarell Brown's career-high-tying 30 points, actually outscored Cornell from the field, hitting 30 of 60 field goal attempts, including 7 of 18 fronm the three-point arc. Cornell also shot 50 percent from the field, but it only made 26 field goals, including 10 of 23 threes. But with Army being hit with 31 fouls, Cornell went to the line 38 times, making 31. Army was 11 of 13 from the charity stripe.

Josh Miller added 14 for Army, which lost sophomore center Chris Walker after he was hit in the nose just two minutes into the game.

Brian Kreefer, who played just 2 minutes in Cornell's first two games. posted 21 points off the bench for Cornell, two shy of his career-high 23 scored against Army last season.
Box score | Hudson Valley Press | Ithaca Journal | AP

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