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ITHACA, N.Y. – The UMass Lowell men's basketball team (6-3) faced a 71-60 setback at Cornell University (5-4) on Saturday afternoon, ending a six-game win streak for the River Hawks.
 
"Cornell is a very tough team on their home floor," said Head Coach Pat Duquette. "They have some really experienced guards. Shonn Miller might have been the toughest kid we've played all season. He can score in a variety of ways. I don't think we played our best game tonight, but we gave ourselves chances and did a good job defensively in the first half to keep ourselves in the game. We couldn't really find our rhythm offensively in the second half, but credit to Cornell, they played a good game."
 
Graduate student Marco Banegas-Flores (Boston, Mass.) tallied 18 points, while senior Chad Holley (New York, N.Y.) added a season-high 12 to pace the River Hawks.
 
The teams traded baskets in the opening minutes and were tied on two occasions, until sophomore Tyler Livingston (Hudson, N.H.) drained a three from the corner to give the River Hawks their first lead of the day at 7-4. Although the Big Red would regain the upper hand by as many as four, a layup from redshirt-senior Kerry Weldon (New York, N.Y.) and a free throw from freshman Lance Crawford (Davie, Fla.) forced two more stalemates, including at 13-13 with 9:39 remaining in the first half.
 
Banegas-Flores found Holley open for a jumper from beyond the arc to put the visitors on top once more, but Cornell answered with an 8-2 run, pulling away, 23-18, at 5:19. The River Hawks fought back with buckets from Livingston and redshirt-freshman Jahad Thomas (Williamsport, Pa.) in the last minute of the half, tying the score at 25-25, however the home squad notched the last points of the period to take a slim, 27-25 edge into the break.
 
UMass Lowell scored first in the second half before the Big Red tallied 10 in a row to extend its lead to double-digits at 40-30 with 14:42 left in the outing. Banegas-Flores broke the silence for the River Hawks with a fast-break layup, but the home squad would make it a 14-point game with just over 12 minutes to go.
 
The River Hawks battled to cut the difference back to 10 at 50-40 thanks to a pair of threes from Holley, but the team would not come any closer, as Cornell used  three more three-point field goals to seal the 71-60 decision.
 
Holley knocked down a season-best four threes en route to his 12 points. Weldon and Thomas led the team on the boards with four rebounds apiece. UMass Lowell shot 39.6% (21-53) from the floor overall, including 37.5% (9-24) from beyond the arc, and 90.0% (9-10) on free throws.  
 
Shonn Miller and Robert Hatter posted 18 points each to lead the Big Red. As a whole, Cornell shot 50.0% (24-48) from the field, 47.6% (10-21) from three-point territory and 100.0% (13-13) from the line.
 
Saturday's contest marked the first meeting ever between UMass Lowell and Cornell in the sport of men's basketball. The River Hawks return to action on Wednesday, December 10 when they square off against another Ivy League member, Dartmouth College, in the second game of a doubleheader at Costello Athletic Center at 8 p.m.