Scouting Reports: Toledo and Cornell

College basketball preview: Toledo vs. Cornell
Toledo Blade

•Where: Legends Classic in Philadelphia
•Time: 2 p.m.
•Records: UT is 0-3; Cornell is 2-2
•Radio: 103.7
•Series: UT leads 5-0
•Notes: Today marks the beginning of “subregional round” play in the Legends Classic. UT will take on host Drexel tomorrow and Vermont on Sunday. … The Rockets are coming off a 75-62 loss at Michigan State in the opening round when redshirt freshman guard Stephen Albrecht led UT with a game-high 20 points. He’s averaging a team best 18.0 points per game. … Cornell returns a veteran squad that has appeared in the NCAA tournament the last two seasons. … The Big Red has already posted road wins over Alabama (71-67) and Massachusetts (74-61). Senior forward Ryan Whitman leads the team with 17.5 points per game.

Scouting Toledo Ithaca Journal

Matchup: Legends Classic consolation, Toledo vs. Cornell, 2 p.m. at Drexel

Coach: Gene Cross (second season)

Record: 0-3

Last time out: Redshirt freshman Stephen Albrecht scored 20 points, but Toledo fell to No. 2 Michigan State, 75-62, on Friday.

Probable starters: Justin Anyijong (6-foot-9, 205 pounds, Jr., forward), Ian Salter (6-10, 220, Soph., C), Larry Bastfield (5-11, 190, Soph., G), Albrecht (6-3, 175, R-Fr., G); Jake Barnett (6-6, 190, Fr., G).

Key reserves: Jordan Dressler (6-8, 255, Fr., F/C), Josh Freelove (6-1, 175, Fr., G), Mouhamed Lo (6-8, 230, Jr., F)

Statistically: Toledo went 7-25 in 2008-09. ... The Rockets' roster includes eight freshmen, four sophomores, a red-shirt freshman and one junior, but no seniors. ... Albrecht is the team's leading scorer (18.0 points per game). Barnett, a tri-captain, also is averaging double figures (12.7). ... Toledo is shooting 45 percent from beyond the three-point line, with Albrecht (13-for-27), Barnett (6-12) and Anyijong (5-12) the team leaders. ... Toledo lost by 10 points to Eastern Illinois, and by 24 at Cincinnati. ... Toledo is 5-0 all-time against Cornell, but the teams last met Dec. 3, 1976.

Outlook: Both Cornell and Toledo are coming off losses against top-10 teams, and both have played tough schedules, but the Big Red should be considered a solid favorite here. Toledo is one of the youngest teams in the country, while Cornell is loaded with seniors that know how to win games in the type of low-key, scrimmage-type environment that awaits both teams.