Jan. 8, 2003
ATLANTA (AP) – Chris Bosh scored 20 points and Georgia Tech broke the game open with a 15-0 run early in the second half in an 81-55 win over Cornell Wednesday night.
After leading 38-29 at halftime and seeing the lead cut to seven on Eric Taylor’s basket, Bosh sparked the big run with two baskets inside and a 3-pointer that made it 53-31.
Tech (6-5) scored 18 points off turnovers and collected 23 assists, including nine by freshman point guard Jarrett Jack. The Yellow Jackets out-rebounded the Big Red 45-25.
Marvin Lewis also had 20 for Tech and B.J. Elder and Isma’il Muhammad scored 11 each as Tech snapped a three-game losing streak and remained unbeaten in five home games. The Yellow Jackets improved to 7-6 against Ivy League schools.
Cornell (4-7) scored just three points over a nine-minute first-half stretch and trailed 30-13 after Bosh’s three-point play with 5:09 to go in the half.
The Big Red closed to within eight after Ka’Ron Barnes’ 3-pointer capped a 14-5 run, and Cody Toppert’s 3 to close the half had Cornell within nine.
Taylor scored 19 for as the Big Red, which had won back-to-back games and was bidding for its first three-game winning streak of the year. Barnes added 15, including 4-for-7 shooting from 3-point range.
