Cornell-Stanford halftime

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Scratch that last remark. It is as bad as it could be, because it couldn't be much worse than being down 38-17 at halftime. Cornell missed three key shots in the last minute and a half, and Stanford pounced to stretch their lead from around 14 to 21 in a matter of moments.

Steve Donahue's club has problems. Cornell shot just 5-for-32 from the field, compared with 16-for-32 for Stanford. The Big Red were supposed to have the advantage from deep, but they've only hit 2 of 14 three-point shots. Louis Dale, who was on a hot streak coming into this game, has been playing out of control and has had trouble finishing over the Cardinal's big men. He hasn't scored yet after 8 shot attempts. Jeff Foote has 3 fouls, and Adam Gore hasn't gotten open enough to take quality shots.

Cornell is on pace to break the Tournament record for lowest shooting percentage in the shot-clock era. They're at 15.6 percent right now; the lowest ever was when Prarie View A&M shot 23 percent against Kansas.