NEW HAVEN — Brandon Sherrod scored 25 — and set the Division I single-season record for consecutive field goals made — to help Yale beat Columbia 86-72 Friday and take over sole possession of first place in the Ivy League standings.
Sherrod made his first five field-goal attempts, extending his streak of consecutive field goals made to 30 and breaking the Division I single-season record of 26 straight previously held by Eastern Michigan's James Thompson and Bowling Green's Torian Oglesby.
The Bulldogs made 14 of 16 free throws in the final three minutes to seal it. The team, which has won nine games in a row, is experiencing its longest winning streak since closing the 1961-62 regular season with nine-straight wins.
Sherrod is a multi-talented senior at Yale. He just returned to the team this season after taking a year off of school to travel the world with the Yale Whiffenpoofs a Capella group.
Also this week, Sherrod's sister, Chynna, appeared on "American Idol" for the top 51, but didn't make it through to the top 24. But she was certainly proud of her older brother Friday night: