Yale coasts to win over Cornell, 83-52

Sherrod can now sing his way into the record books, and no one can take that away from him.

Maodo Lo had 21 points and a career-high seven steals for Columbia (15-7, 4-1), which had its six-game win streak snapped. He scored a season-high 24 points on 9-of-9 shooting and missed only two free throws against Brown. With 16 points and 10 rebounds, Justin Sears recorded his second double-double this season.

If Yale’s Ivy League rivals were hoping for a letdown the day after a hard-fought win over Columbia on national television at Lee Amphitheater Saturday night, they didn’t get it. “We got one of the games back a year ago that we lost yesterday because we got beat by Columbia in our building”.

Yale forward Brandon Sherrod shattered an NCAA record on Friday night by sinking his 30th-consecutive field goal, which he accomplished over a five-game span. The previous record, 26, was held by Torian Oglesby back in the 2011-12. Mason rattled off 11 of his 17 points in the first half, including 3-4 shooting from deep.

Columbia entered the game leading the league in successful three-pointers, but the Lions went just 9-31 from beyond the arc. Cornell’s double-teams in the paint opened up the perimeter for the Elis, who made 12 shots from deep – the third consecutive game in which Yale has made more than 10 three-pointers. While Yale only committed 14 team fouls, the Columbia amassed 30, including a late-game flagrant foul committed by senior forward Alex Rosenberg. If these are the top teams in the Ivy I will side with the points…

Yale made 14 of its first 18 shots en route to the 83-52 destruction, and the stat sheet shows that the carnage was much worse than the final score would indicate.

Matt Morgan scored 20 points to lead Cornell (9-11, 2-4).

Tipoff is set for 7 p.m.in Hanover, where Yale lost in its season finale a year ago, missing out on sole possession of the Ivy League championship and an automatic NCAA Tournament berth.