Saturday, February 28, 2009

Cornell Athletics Game Notes for Harvard



Game notes supplement vs. Harvard

Game Information Cornell at Harvard
Tip off: Saturday, Feb. 28, at 7:00 p.m.
Site: Lavietes Pavilion (2,050), Cambridge, Mass.
2008-09 Records: Cornell (19-8, 9-2 Ivy League); Harvard (12-13, 4-7 Ivy League)
Series Record: Cornell leads 88-67
Last Meeting: Cornell won 96-75, February 13, 2009 in Ithaca, N.Y.


Head Coach Steve Donahue Cornell head coach Steve Donahue is in his ninth season at Cornell (115-131, .467) ... Donahue became the fourth Robert E. Gallagher ‘44 Coach of Men’s Basketball at Cornell on Sept. 6, 2000.

ITHACA, N.Y. — The Cornell men’s basketball team will attempt to clinch a share of its second consecutive Ivy League title when it meets Harvard on Saturday, Feb. 28 at 7 p.m. at Lavietes Pavilion. The Big Red (19-8, 9-2 Ivy) face a Crimson team (12-13, 4-7) fresh off a 72-63 win over Columbia on Friday. The contest will have Barry Leonard providing the call locally on 1160 ESPN Radio as well as part of the RedCast subscription service.

The Big Red methodically took apart Dartmouth on Friday evening, capturing a 75-57 victory that eliminated the Big Green from contention. Cornell hit 50 percent of its shots, including 11-of-19 from 3-point range. Ivy League Player of the Year candidate Ryan Wittman netted 20 points and connected on 4-of-5 from beyond the arc in the victory. Louis Dale added 14 points, while both Jeff Foote and Chris Wroblewski each had 11.

WIth a victory over the Crimson on their senior day, the Big Red would guarantee itself no worse than a share of the title and would have a two game lead with two to play vs. the winner of tonight’s Yale-Princeton contest. The loser of that game will be eliminated from contention for the championship. The Big Red could then claim the outright title with either combination of a victory against either Penn on March 6 or Princeton on March 7, or a loss by the winner of tonight’s Yale-Princeton contest.

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