PURCHASE TICKETS TO IVY MADNESS

PRINCETON, N.J. – Cornell and Yale both earned statement wins on Saturday afternoon — Yale defeating rival Harvard in Cambridge while Cornell took down Princeton in convincing fashion. Columbia and Dartmouth also picked up victories as the jockeying for Ivy Madness berths took its next steps to close out January. 

The Bulldogs and Big Red now sit atop the Ivy League standings at 4-0. Princeton drops to 3-1 while the rest of the league now sits at 1-3 four games into the conference schedule.  

In Ithaca, Cornell raced out to a 19-point halftime lead — which included a 30-5 run — and never looked back on its way to the convincing win. Nazir Williams led the Big Red with 20 points and grabbed eight rebounds. Cornell put four players in double figure scoring and held Princeton to just 18 percent shooting from behind the three-point perimeter. Cornell (15-3, 4-0) heads to Dartmouth and Harvard next weekend while Princeton (15-2, 3-1) travels to Yale and Brown. 

In Cambridge, Yale earned its sixth-straight win moving to 13-6 on the season and 4-0 in Ivy League play. The Bulldogs outscored rival Harvard 45-34 in the second half and were led by August Mahoney and John Poulakidas' 22 points apiece. Yale shot 52% from behind-the-arc and held the Crimson to just 24 percent. 

In New York City, Columbia grabbed its first win of the Ivy League season — a back-and-forth 84-81 victory over Penn. The Lions were led by a season-high 24 points from Geronimo Rubio De La Rosa and shot 56 percent from the field. Columbia now travels to Harvard (Friday) and Dartmouth (Saturday) next weekend while Penn will stay on the road at Brown (Friday) and at Yale (Saturday). 

In Hanover, Brandon Mitchell-Day's 22 points — including an emphatic dunk to put the game away with four seconds remaining — helped Dartmouth earn a 75-71 victory over Brown. Mitchell-Day added 10 rebounds. The Big Green fell behind by 11 at the half but outscored the Bears by 15 (49-34) in the second half. 

The first signature Ivy League back-to-back awaits all eight teams next weekend with action starting on Friday night. 

FINAL SCORES
Cornell 83, Princeton 68
Yale 78, Harvard 65 
Columbia 84, Penn 81
Dartmouth 75, Brown 71