Michigan State basketball was able to fend off an upset bid from Cornell, dominating in the second half to win by the final score of 114-97. The Spartans trailed for most of the first half, but used a strong finish to the half and then dominant start to the second half to pull away for the comfortable victory.

A late second-half surge proved decisive as Columbia rallied past Cornell, 104-98, in the Ivy League opener Monday afternoon at Newman Arena. The Lions improved to 12-3 overall and 1-0 in conference play,

Columnist Graham Couch gives his thoughts on the Spartans' performance in a 114-97 win over Cornell on Monday night with three quick takes.

After spending the Christmas holiday with family and friends, Michigan State basketball will look to get back into game shape before the start of Big Ten play.

The Cornell women’s basketball team opened Ivy League play with a 67-60 road victory over Columbia on Saturday afternoon, snapping multiple streaks in the process. The win ended a five-game skid, marked Cornell’s first Ivy League victory of the season and gave the Big Red its first win over the Lions in eight meetings

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The obvious weakness of Cornell is its defense. The Big Red allows 84.8 points per game, which is all the way down at 346th in the country. In their five losses, Cornell is allowing 94.2 points per game, which includes four games of 90+ points allowed and one game of 110 points.

LEWISBURG, Pa. (AP) Cooper Noard scored 17 points as Cornell beat Bucknell 101-72 on Sunday to hand the Bison their seventh straight loss. Noard went 6 of 10 from the field (5 for 6 from 3-point range) for the Big Red (5-2). Jacob Beccles went 5 of 6 from ...