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ITHACA, N.Y. -- Seniors Jeff Foote, Jon Jaques and Alex Tyler have been named team tri-captains for the 2009-10 Cornell men's basketball team it was announced today by Steve Donahue, the Robert E. Gallagher '61 Head Coach of Men's Basketball. The trio will lead a team that returns all five starters and 12 total letter winners. Foote, Jaques and Tyler are among nine seniors on the roster for the coming season.
Foote, a 7-0, 265-pound center, is a two-time second-team All-Ivy League selection and the reigning Ancient Eight Defensive Player of the Year, but is also a fiery leader on the practice court and in the paint. An NABC second-team all-district selection a year ago, Foote was the Ivy League's leading rebounder (7.2) and shot-blocker (2.1 bpg.) in 2008-09. Foote was also among the team leaders in scoring (third, 11.8 ppg.) and assists (fourth, 2.3 apg.) while starting 30 contests for the Big Red. The two-time Ivy League Player of the Week's 64 blocked shots ranked second on the school's single-season list and 38th in Division I. Foote ranked in the top 10 in six statistical categories among Ivy League players. He had three double-doubles and was second on the team with 20 double-figure scoring efforts. He enters his final season fifth in career blocked shots with 94 and is just outside the top 10 in field goal percentage (.537).
Jaques is a versatile forward and vocal leader on the team and will press for additional playing in his final season. He saw action in 13 contests as a junior, averaging 0.8 points and 0.8 rebounds per game off the bench. Jaques registered two points and four rebounds in eight minutes vs. Yale and had five points, two assists, a rebound and a block vs. Ursinus. For his career, the three-year letter winner has seen action in 34 career games and has accumulated 33 points and 22 rebounds.
Tyler has been a steady, consistent contributor and a three-year starter at power forward for the two-time defending Ivy champs. He averaged 6.9 points and a career-high 4.6 rebounds and 1.0 blocks in 31 games as a junior with 30 starts. He reached double figures in scoring on eight occasions and had 12 games with at least six boards. Tyler shot 50 percent from the floor and 72 percent from the free-throw line for the year. He matched a career high with 19 points and added seven rebounds in a win over Columbia. He enters his final season ranked ninth on the school's career blocked shots list (52) and is in the top 20 in field goal percentage (.518). Tyler has played in 82 career games with 57 starts and has scored 545 points with 315 rebounds.
The men's basketball team returns the core of players that have directed the Big Red to consecutive Ivy League championships with a combined 25-3 conference record. Two-time first-team all-league selections Louis Dale and Ryan Wittman, senior starter Geoff Reeves and 2008-09 Ivy League Rookie of the Year Chris Wroblewski join Foote and Tyler returning from a team coming off a 21-10 campaign in 2008-09.
Foote, a 7-0, 265-pound center, is a two-time second-team All-Ivy League selection and the reigning Ancient Eight Defensive Player of the Year, but is also a fiery leader on the practice court and in the paint. An NABC second-team all-district selection a year ago, Foote was the Ivy League's leading rebounder (7.2) and shot-blocker (2.1 bpg.) in 2008-09. Foote was also among the team leaders in scoring (third, 11.8 ppg.) and assists (fourth, 2.3 apg.) while starting 30 contests for the Big Red. The two-time Ivy League Player of the Week's 64 blocked shots ranked second on the school's single-season list and 38th in Division I. Foote ranked in the top 10 in six statistical categories among Ivy League players. He had three double-doubles and was second on the team with 20 double-figure scoring efforts. He enters his final season fifth in career blocked shots with 94 and is just outside the top 10 in field goal percentage (.537).
Jaques is a versatile forward and vocal leader on the team and will press for additional playing in his final season. He saw action in 13 contests as a junior, averaging 0.8 points and 0.8 rebounds per game off the bench. Jaques registered two points and four rebounds in eight minutes vs. Yale and had five points, two assists, a rebound and a block vs. Ursinus. For his career, the three-year letter winner has seen action in 34 career games and has accumulated 33 points and 22 rebounds.
Tyler has been a steady, consistent contributor and a three-year starter at power forward for the two-time defending Ivy champs. He averaged 6.9 points and a career-high 4.6 rebounds and 1.0 blocks in 31 games as a junior with 30 starts. He reached double figures in scoring on eight occasions and had 12 games with at least six boards. Tyler shot 50 percent from the floor and 72 percent from the free-throw line for the year. He matched a career high with 19 points and added seven rebounds in a win over Columbia. He enters his final season ranked ninth on the school's career blocked shots list (52) and is in the top 20 in field goal percentage (.518). Tyler has played in 82 career games with 57 starts and has scored 545 points with 315 rebounds.
The men's basketball team returns the core of players that have directed the Big Red to consecutive Ivy League championships with a combined 25-3 conference record. Two-time first-team all-league selections Louis Dale and Ryan Wittman, senior starter Geoff Reeves and 2008-09 Ivy League Rookie of the Year Chris Wroblewski join Foote and Tyler returning from a team coming off a 21-10 campaign in 2008-09.
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