Cornell Big Red face the Lafayette Leopards, seek 4th straight victory

Fri, Dec 1, 2023
NCAAB News (AP)

Cornell Big Red (6-1) at Lafayette Leopards (1-7)

Easton, Pennsylvania; Saturday, 2 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Cornell will attempt to continue its three-game win streak with a victory over Lafayette.

The Leopards have gone 1-1 at home. Lafayette has a 1-7 record against teams over .500.

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The Big Red are 2-1 in road games. Cornell is 1-0 when it turns the ball over less than its opponents and averages 14.9 turnovers per game.

Lafayette is shooting 37.8% from the field this season, 8.9 percentage points lower than the 46.7% Cornell allows to opponents. Cornell has shot at a 51.8% clip from the field this season, 8.9 percentage points above the 42.9% shooting opponents of Lafayette have averaged.

TOP PERFORMERS: Eric Sondberg is shooting 50.0% from beyond the arc with 2.1 made 3-pointers per game for the Leopards, while averaging 8.5 points. Justin Vander Baan is shooting 38.8% and averaging 9.9 points for Lafayette.

Cooper Noard is scoring 12.7 points per game and averaging 4.4 rebounds for the Big Red. Sean Hansen is averaging 11.4 points for Cornell.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.