Yale vs Cornell Odds and Predictions (Jan. 13)

• Ivy League contenders Yale and Cornell meet on Friday, January 13.
• Cornell is a 1.5-point home favorite over the Elis at Newman Arena.
• Read below for Yale vs Cornell odds, analysis and prediction.

Cornell (12-4, 2-1 Ivy) is a 1.5-point home favorite over Yale in an Ivy League game at 5 pm ET Friday on EPSNU at Newman Arena. The Big Red broke a 16-game losing streak in the series with a 71-65 home victory over the Elis last February.

Yale (11-5, 1-2 Ivy) has won three of its last four games. The Elis broke a two-game league losing streak with a 58-54 victory over Harvard the last time out.

Yale vs Cornell Odds

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Cornell is a 1.5-point home favorite against Yale in a series the Elis have dominated for the better part of a decade. Yale is 17-2 SU and 14-5 ATS in the annual home-and-home series since their second meeting in 2012, and the Elis have been favored in all 19 games. Cornell is 3-1 ATS in the last four meetings. The total has gone over in six of the last seven and 9-2 in the last 11 meetings.

Cornell is 10-4 ATS, 4-2 at home. this season. Yale is 9-5 ATS, 5-3 on the road.

Yale Locks ’em Up

Yale stopped a two-game losing streak the last time out, beating Harvard by doing what it does best — defend. The Elis held Harvard to a season-low points in a 58-54 victory and limited the Crimson to 32.7 percent shooting from the field. Yale has its fingerprints all over the Division I stat sheet. The Elis have given up 58.3 points per game, ninth in Division I. While that stat is a function of pace of play, the Elis are holding teams to 37.7 percent shooting from the field (11th) and have a plus-8.8 rebound margin (seventh).

Matt Knowling has been a big contributor to Yale’s 8-1 start.

According to our WCr statistic, Knowling has created 1.98 wins for the Bulldogs so far this season.

He currently ranks 2nd in college basketball in our wins created statistic. @MattKnowling @YaleMBasketball 🔥 pic.twitter.com/h633prrBwL

— 32 Analytics (@32_Analytics) December 6, 2022

Junior forward 6’5 Matt Knowling leads the team in scoring (15.8 points) and is tied with forwards 6’8 EJ Jarvis (10 points) at 4.9 rebounds per game. Jarvis had 18 points, eight rebounds and two blocked shots against Harvard. Knowling missed three games, including a 10-point loss to Kentucky, with an undisclosed injury in December and has 44 points and 17 rebounds in the three since he returned.

Yale opened league play with two of its least efficient games of the year, shooting 38.3 percent from the floor in a 62-60 loss at Columbia 43.4 percent from the floor in an 81-77 home loss to Dartmouth before recovering last week against Harvard.

Cornell Runs It Up

Cornell has won and covered five of its last six games by relying on an offense that not only is the best in the Ancient Eight (the term of art among Ivy League schools) but also is one of the most efficient in Division I. Cornell leads the conference in scoring (83.3 points per game), assists (19.5 per), field goal percentage (48.3), made three-pointers (10.2 per) and three-point field goal percentage (36.7). Because of their success behind the arc, the. Big Red is sixth in NCAA Division I with a 57.4 effective field percentage, sandwiched between Gonzaga and Marquette.

12/ Chris Manon is a problem. pic.twitter.com/A3MqcWjrXI

— Shields on Hoops (@ShieldsOnHoops) December 16, 2022

Senior guard 6’3 Greg Dolan (13.4 points, 4.4 assists, 4.0 rebounds), the lone returning starter, leads a remarkably balanced attack that features guard 6’3 Nazir Williams (11.6 points) and sixth man forward 6’5 Chris Manon (10.0 points). The Big Red has started the same the same lineup in all 16 games, a rarity, and the each member of the seven-man rotation is averaging at least 7.2 points. Five are shooting at least 50 percent. Dolan has made 30 three-pointers and is 13th in Division I in assist:turnover ratio (3.18:1).

Yale vs Cornell Prediction

Cornell finishes off its meet-the-contenders homestand against Yale here, and early results are mixed. The Big Red snapped a five-game losing streak against preseason favorite Penn with a 19-point home victory on Jan. 6 before a hangover 75-68 loss to defending regular-season champion Princeton the next night. Yale plays well in this series, but this is Cornell’s best team in awhile. The home team is the play.

• Pick: Cornell +1.5 (-110)
• Season CBK: 17-10 ATS