Columbia Lions vs. Cornell Big Red

Jan 5, 2026

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	T
COLU	56	48	104
COR	56	43	99

Game Recap

Thompson scores 26, Columbia defeats Cornell 104-99. Blair Thompson scored 26 points and Kenny Noland added 23 as Columbia beat Cornell 104-99 on Monday.

Player Stats

COLUMBIA	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
14Mason Ritter	22	3-3	0-0	2-2	4	4	0	0	3	4	8
12Ryan Soulis	25	1-6	0-1	1-2	6	6	0	1	2	4	3
3Blair Thompson	35	6-10	2-5	12-12	3	2	2	0	0	3	26
24Miles Franklin	29	4-11	1-4	4-7	7	2	1	0	0	3	13
2Kenny Noland	38	8-13	3-6	4-5	2	3	2	0	5	1	23
10Connor Igoe	8	1-3	0-0	0-0	3	1	0	0	3	2	2
7Hampton Sanders	15	5-5	3-3	4-4	2	3	0	0	2	2	17
4Gerard O'Keefe	28	5-9	1-4	1-1	3	1	0	0	1	1	12



TOTAL	-	33-6055.0%	10-2343.5%	28-3384.8%	30	22	5	1	16	20	104

CORNELL	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
21Kaspar Sepp	14	0-5	0-1	4-4	7	4	0	0	1	2	4
22Jake Fiegen	29	6-9	3-3	2-2	4	2	3	0	0	4	17
5Jacob Beccles	27	2-5	0-0	6-6	2	5	0	1	4	3	10
31Cooper Noard	32	9-17	2-6	3-4	3	5	1	1	1	3	23
8Adam Hinton	29	4-10	0-2	2-2	3	1	1	0	1	2	10
4Gioacchino Panzini	11	1-2	0-0	0-0	2	0	1	0	0	3	2
2Ian Imegwu	4	5-8	5-8	0-0	1	0	0	0	1	1	15
23DJ Nix	15	0-5	0-3	0-0	4	1	1	3	0	0	0
0DaMaryon Fishburn	7	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0
10Mateen Rafiq	12	1-3	1-2	0-0	0	4	0	0	1	2	3
24Josh Baldwin	20	5-11	4-8	1-2	6	4	0	0	3	2	15
TOTAL	-	33-7544.0%	15-3345.5%	18-2090.0%	32	28	7	5	12	24	99

Play-by-Play

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1st halfCOLUCOR

(20:00) Start game.
(19:58) Jump Ball won by Columbia.
(19:58) Jump Ball lost by Cornell.
+3 (19:48) Miles Franklin makes 24-foot three point jumper (Kenny Noland assists).
30
(19:30) Kaspar Sepp misses 7-foot floating jump shot.
(19:26) Mason Ritter Defensive Rebound.
(19:08) Foul on Kaspar Sepp.
+1 (19:08) Mason Ritter makes free throw 1 of 2.
40
+1 (19:08) Mason Ritter makes free throw 2 of 2.
50
(19:08) Cooper Noard misses layup.
(19:08) Miles Franklin Defensive Rebound.
(19:08) Miles Franklin misses layup.
(19:08) Ryan Soulis Offensive Rebound.
+2 (18:41) Ryan Soulis makes layup (Mason Ritter assists).
70
(18:34) Jacob Beccles misses layup.
(18:30) Mason Ritter Defensive Rebound.
(18:29) Mason Ritter bad pass turnover.
(18:29) Jake Fiegen Steal.
+2 (18:24) Jacob Beccles makes layup (Jake Fiegen assists).
72
(17:59) Foul on Jacob Beccles.
+1 (17:59) Miles Franklin makes free throw 1 of 2.
82
+1 (17:59) Miles Franklin makes free throw 2 of 2.
92
+2 (17:50) Jacob Beccles makes 4-foot floating jump shot (Kaspar Sepp assists).
94
+2 (17:24) Blair Thompson makes driving layup.
114
(17:17) Foul on Miles Franklin.
+1 (17:17) Jacob Beccles makes free throw 1 of 2.
115
+1 (17:17) Jacob Beccles makes free throw 2 of 2.
116
+2 (17:01) Kenny Noland makes driving layup.
136
(16:54) Cooper Noard misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(16:51) Kaspar Sepp Offensive Rebound.
+3 (16:49) Josh Baldwin makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jacob Beccles assists).
139
+2 (16:27) Mason Ritter makes 4-foot dunk.
159
(16:12) DJ Nix misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(16:08) Miles Franklin Defensive Rebound.
(15:54) Kenny Noland misses layup.
(15:54) DJ Nix Block.
(15:53) Cornell Defensive Rebound.
(15:42) Josh Baldwin bad pass turnover.
+2 (15:31) Connor Igoe makes layup.
179
(15:17) Cooper Noard misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(15:15) DJ Nix Offensive Rebound.
(15:09) Foul on Connor Igoe.
+3 (15:06) Josh Baldwin makes 26-foot three point jumper (Mateen Rafiq assists).
1712
(14:49) Kenny Noland bad pass turnover.
(14:34) Josh Baldwin misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(14:30) Blair Thompson Defensive Rebound.
+2 (14:20) Gerard O'Keefe makes 18-foot pullup jump shot (Connor Igoe assists).
1912
(14:06) Foul on Blair Thompson.
+1 (14:06) Cooper Noard makes free throw 1 of 2.
1913
+1 (14:06) Cooper Noard makes free throw 2 of 2.
1914
(13:57) Connor Igoe bad pass turnover.
(13:57) Jake Fiegen Steal.
+3 (13:51) Jake Fiegen makes 26-foot three point jumper (Cooper Noard assists).
1917
(13:38) Hampton Sanders bad pass turnover.
(13:38) Jake Fiegen Steal.
+2 (13:35) Josh Baldwin makes 3-foot dunk (Jake Fiegen assists).
1919
(13:23) Foul on Mason Ritter.
(13:23) Mason Ritter turnover.
(13:08) Josh Baldwin misses layup.
(13:07) Columbia Defensive Rebound.
(12:51) Ryan Soulis traveling turnover.
(12:38) Jacob Beccles misses layup.
(12:36) Kaspar Sepp Offensive Rebound.
(12:32) Kaspar Sepp misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(12:28) Ryan Soulis Defensive Rebound.
(12:15) Blair Thompson misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(12:10) Ryan Soulis Offensive Rebound.
+2 (11:53) Kenny Noland makes layup (Hampton Sanders assists).
2119
(11:46) Jacob Beccles misses layup.
(11:46) Ryan Soulis Block.
(11:44) Kaspar Sepp Offensive Rebound.
(11:44) Foul on Ryan Soulis.
+1 (11:44) Kaspar Sepp makes free throw 1 of 2.
2120
+1 (11:44) Kaspar Sepp makes free throw 2 of 2.
2121
(11:14) Miles Franklin misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(11:12) Kaspar Sepp Defensive Rebound.
(11:12) Foul on Blair Thompson.
(11:03) Kaspar Sepp misses layup.
(11:00) Kenny Noland Defensive Rebound.
+2 (10:56) Kenny Noland makes layup.
2321
(10:56) Foul on Kaspar Sepp.
+1 (10:56) Kenny Noland makes free throw 1 of 1.
2421
(10:48) DJ Nix misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(10:44) Connor Igoe Defensive Rebound.
(10:33) Gerard O'Keefe misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(10:29) Gioacchino Panzini Defensive Rebound.
+3 (10:22) Cooper Noard makes 24-foot three point jumper (DJ Nix assists).
2424
(9:58) Connor Igoe bad pass turnover.
(9:58) Adam Hinton Steal.
+2 (9:54) Gioacchino Panzini makes driving layup (Cooper Noard assists).
2426
(9:23) Ryan Soulis misses layup.
(9:21) DJ Nix Defensive Rebound.
+2 (9:15) Adam Hinton makes driving layup.
2428
(9:04) Miles Franklin misses 15-foot pullup jump shot.
(9:01) Jacob Beccles Defensive Rebound.
+3 (8:59) Jake Fiegen makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jacob Beccles assists).
2431
+3 (8:24) Kenny Noland makes 23-foot three point jumper (Mason Ritter assists).
2731
(8:09) Josh Baldwin misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(8:05) Columbia Deadball Team Rebound.
(8:05) Foul on Jake Fiegen.
(8:01) Gerard O'Keefe bad pass turnover.
(7:38) Jake Fiegen misses layup.
(7:36) Mason Ritter Defensive Rebound.
(7:22) Foul on Hampton Sanders.
(7:22) Hampton Sanders turnover.
+2 (7:07) Adam Hinton makes layup (Josh Baldwin assists).
2733
+3 (6:38) Hampton Sanders makes 24-foot three point jumper.
3033
(6:20) Josh Baldwin misses layup.
(6:18) Blair Thompson Defensive Rebound.
(6:02) Foul on Mason Ritter.
(6:02) Mason Ritter turnover.
+3 (5:58) Ian Imegwu makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jacob Beccles assists).
3036
(5:48) Foul on Jake Fiegen.
+3 (5:35) Gerard O'Keefe makes 23-foot three point jumper (Hampton Sanders assists).
3336
(5:23) Jacob Beccles bad pass turnover.
(5:09) Gerard O'Keefe misses 19-foot jumper.
(5:06) Ian Imegwu Defensive Rebound.
(5:01) Ian Imegwu misses 27-foot three point jumper.
(4:58) Mason Ritter Defensive Rebound.
+2 (4:49) Hampton Sanders makes 8-foot floating jump shot.
3536
(4:49) Foul on Jacob Beccles.
+1 (4:49) Hampton Sanders makes free throw 1 of 1.
3636
+3 (4:38) Ian Imegwu makes 26-foot three point jumper (DaMaryon Fishburn assists).
3639
+2 (4:24) Gerard O'Keefe makes 8-foot floating jump shot (Kenny Noland assists).
3839
(4:24) Foul on Gioacchino Panzini.
+1 (4:24) Gerard O'Keefe makes free throw 1 of 1.
3939
(4:15) Ian Imegwu misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(4:13) Cornell Deadball Team Rebound.
(4:13) Foul on Hampton Sanders.
+1 (4:13) Adam Hinton makes free throw 1 of 2.
3940
+1 (4:13) Adam Hinton makes free throw 2 of 2.
3941
+3 (3:49) Hampton Sanders makes 28-foot three point jumper (Mason Ritter assists).
4241
+2 (3:41) Cooper Noard makes layup (Josh Baldwin assists).
4243
+2 (3:19) Hampton Sanders makes driving layup.
4443
(3:19) Foul on Gioacchino Panzini.
+1 (3:19) Hampton Sanders makes free throw 1 of 1.
4543
+3 (3:11) Cooper Noard makes 24-foot three point jumper (DaMaryon Fishburn assists).
4546
(2:48) Foul on DaMaryon Fishburn.
+1 (2:48) Blair Thompson makes free throw 1 of 2.
4646
+1 (2:48) Blair Thompson makes free throw 2 of 2.
4746
(2:25) Mateen Rafiq misses 9-foot step back jumpshot.
(2:20) Josh Baldwin Offensive Rebound.
(2:20) Cooper Noard misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(2:20) Hampton Sanders Defensive Rebound.
(2:20) Foul on Adam Hinton.
+1 (2:20) Hampton Sanders makes free throw 1 of 2.
4846
+1 (2:20) Hampton Sanders makes free throw 2 of 2.
4946
(2:13) Mateen Rafiq bad pass turnover.
(1:58) Gerard O'Keefe misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(1:55) DJ Nix Defensive Rebound.
+3 (1:49) Mateen Rafiq makes 26-foot three point jumper (Adam Hinton assists).
4949
(1:33) Foul on Mateen Rafiq.
+1 (1:33) Blair Thompson makes free throw 1 of 2.
5049
+1 (1:33) Blair Thompson makes free throw 2 of 2.
5149
+3 (1:17) Josh Baldwin makes 25-foot three point jumper (Cooper Noard assists).
5152
+2 (0:44) Miles Franklin makes 9-foot jumper (Hampton Sanders assists).
5352
+2 (0:31) Cooper Noard makes driving layup (Josh Baldwin assists).
5354
(0:31) Foul on Kenny Noland.
(0:30) Cooper Noard misses free throw 1 of 1.
(0:29) Josh Baldwin Offensive Rebound.
+2 (0:19) Cooper Noard makes layup (Kaspar Sepp assists).
5356
+3 (0:03) Hampton Sanders makes 28-foot three point jumper.
5656

2nd half

Team Stats

COLU

COR

104Points99

33-60(55.0%)Field Goal(%)33-75(44.0%)

10-23(43.5%)3-Point(%)15-33(45.5%)

28-33(84.8%)Free Throw(%)18-20(90.0%)

35(9)Rebounds(Offensive)34(14)

22Assists28

5Steals7

1Blocks5

16Turnovers12

20(0)Fouls(Technical)24(0)

10Largest Lead9

Game Details

Monday, January 5, 2026 · 5:00 PM

Newman Arena · Ithaca, NY

attendance: 1,444 (32.3%)

tv: ESPN+

spread: COR -3.5

over/under: 170.5