It's pretty obvious what Dunphy told the Owls at the intermission:
Take the ball to the goal.
With Fernandez getting three baskets, and Eric two, the Owls scored on seven of their first eight possessions to pull within 51-44 with 14:33 left. All of those points came challenging the big man.
At the same time the Owls withstood the bombing of Cornell. Wittman drilled a pair of treys, Chris Wroblewski another to keep Red in front.