Cornell edges Pepperdine 86-85

Cornell Big Red held off Pepperdine Waves 86-85 on Monday at Newman Arena.

The first half made the difference: Cornell outscored Pepperdine 46-40.

Cornell shot 52% to 44% and lost the boards 38-32.

For Cornell, Jacob Beccles (G): 19. For Pepperdine, Alex Constanza (F): 25.

Cornell improves to 1-0. Pepperdine falls to 0-1.

Written automatically from the box score. Every number comes straight from the game feed.