Brown Beats Cornell, Martin Becomes Bears Winningest Coach
Saturday, February 11, 2023
It was a double win for the Brown men’s basketball team on Saturday.
Mike Martin '04 became the winningest head coach in the history of Brown men's basketball, and the Bears beat Cornell 80-66 Saturday afternoon at the Pizzitola Sports Center.
The win was the 134th of Martin's career, breaking the 54-year-old record previously held by Stanley Ward.
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLASTThe win pushes Brown to 13-10 on the season and 6-4 in Ivy League play. Cornell falls to 15-8 and 5-5.
Big Picture - Game Recap
With Saturday's result, Brown is tied for third in the Ivy standings with Penn, just one game behind first-place Princeton at 7-3.
"We're really happy for our players with how hard they've worked all week long," Martin said. "I thought our offense and defense complimented each other really well for pretty much the whole game. We shared the ball offensively and got great shots, we took what the defense gave us. Defensively, I thought our physicality and ball pressure disrupted them a little bit.
Kino Lilly Jr. had his third straight game of 21+ points as he dropped 25 on a 76.9% (10-for-13) shooting performance. Wojcik recorded his fourth double-double of the season with 13 points and 11 rebounds, while adding six assists. Friday contributed 16 points, five rebounds, and a career-high seven assists. Nana Owusu-Anane had eight points, seven boards, and three assists.
The Bears started the game hot from deep as they connected on all four of their first attempts to open up a 12-4 lead five minutes into the game. Brown stayed aggressive from there to eventually lead by 20 following a layup by Friday with 2:51 remaining in the half to lead 40-20. The Bears would eventually settle into an 18-point halftime lead, 42-24.
Brown opened the second half on a 17-5 run to open up its largest lead of the contest, a 30-point advantage at 59-29 with 14:28 to go in the game.
The Bears shot 53.7% on the game and were 10-for-24 (41.7%) from three. Brown is 6-1 on the season when the team shoots at least 50% from the field.
The win gives the Bears just their third three-game Ivy League winning streak in the last eight years. Their sixth conference victory also surpasses last year's total of five with four games remaining.
"I really just want to focus on what we have ahead of us," Martin said. "We're in the thick of a championship hunt, hopefully. We've got a lot of work to do. It's one day at a time, one game at a time. I really just want to focus on that and we'll have time in the offseason, or way down the road, to reflect.
The Bears head back out on the road for their final back-to-back Ivy League weekend of the season next week. Brown will play at Princeton on Friday, Feb. 17 at 7 p.m. before heading to Penn for a 6 p.m. matchup on Saturday, Feb. 18.
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