“[His play] was tremendous,” Webster said. “Keith did a great job getting on the backboard.”

Wright’s 10 points mark his lowest offensive output in conference play. Heading into Friday’s contest, Wright was averaging 17.9 points per game in Ivy League play.

Casey—Wright’s frontcourt counterpart—also had a relatively quiet offensive night, finishing with 11 points on eight shot attempts.

But Casey drew attention to himself on one play in particular. With just 1:39 remaining and the Crimson sporting a 73-56 lead, Casey threw down a ferocious one-handed tip slam off a missed layup from classmate Brandyn Curry.

The dunk gave Casey his 11th point on the night, marking the seventh straight game in which the forward has scored in double figures.

NOW BOARDING

While the Crimson dominated most facets of the game against Cornell, Harvard struggled in one area in particular: defensive rebounding.

The Big Red pulled down 15 offensive boards and outrebounded the Crimson, 32-29.

Senior forward Mark Coury led the charge for Cornell, grabbing five offensive and two defensive rebounds. Three other players—Miles Asafo-Adjei, Drew Ferry, and Adam Wire—added five boards apiece.

“In order to beat us, they had to get on the backboards,” Webster said. “They were just ferocious trying to get offensive rebounds.”

The Big Red made the most of the added opportunities, finishing with 15 second-chance points.

While Wright and Casey led the Crimson with 11 and seven rebounds, respectively, the duo did not receive much help from its teammates on the glass. The rest of the Harvard squad combined for just 10 rebounds.

“We weren’t blocking out,” Amaker said. “I think we were just turning to rebound, and that ball takes a funny bounce...and you’re not going to be in position to rebound.”

—Staff writer Martin Kessler can be reached at martin.kessler@college.harvard.edu.