MONMOUTH, Ill. – Cornell's men's basketball team went to work on the defensive end and earned a 63-52 road win over Midwest Conference foe Monmouth Wednesday night inside Glennie Gymnasium.
 
The Rams (5-10 overall, 2-4 MWC) cooled off a Monmouth squad (9-6 overall, 3-3 MWC) that had won six games in a row. Cornell recorded its ninth straight series win over the Fighting Scots.
 
Jayden Meeker tossed in a game-high 24 points and the Rams used a 12-0 second-half scoring run to notch the comeback win. Cornell outscored the home team, 39-24, during a dominant second half.
 
Meeker also led the Rams in rebounds (seven) and assists (four) while going 7-of-7 from the foul line. The junior topped the 20-point mark for the fifth time in his last eight games.
 
Dylan Hurley and Zach Ingle had 13 points apiece for the Rams, who trailed 28-24 at intermission. Cornell ran off 12 unanswered points to start the second half and built a 41-31 lead on a Meeker jumper with 13:08 remaining.
 
Monmouth managed only one made field goal over the first seven minutes of the second half when the Rams made their move. The Fighting Scots were held to 27.3-percent shooting over the final 20 minutes.
 
Ingle hit three 3-pointers to give him 42 on the season, second-most in the MWC. He and Hurley had six rebounds apiece.   
 
Cornell shot 45.3 percent from the field en route to its third consecutive victory.
 
Coming up – Cornell is on the road Saturday to face Lawrence (3-12 overall, 1-5 MWC) at 1 p.m. Saturday in Appleton, Wis.