NCAA Tournament: Cornell Lives Up To Hype, Wins Easily Over Temple, 78-65

Jacksonville, FL (Sports Network) - Ryan Wittman and Louis Dale combined for 41 points and paced a menacing Cornell three-point attack as the Big Red earned the Ivy League’s first NCAA Tournament victory in 12 years with a 78-65 first-round win over the Temple Owls.

Dale posted 21 points, hitting 3-of-7 from three-point range, and Wittman scored 20 points after connecting on 4-of-6 from behind the arc. The 12th- seeded Big Red, this year’s Ivy League champions, hit 39.1 percent of their three-pointers as a team and shot 56.3 percent from the floor overall in winning for the first time in six all-time NCAA Tournament games.