Seton Hall Athletics Previews Pirates at Cornell

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Men's Basketball Looks for Second Straight Road Win at Cornell, Friday

GAME NOTES - SETON HALL at CORNELL (Nov. 20, 2009) (PDF)

SETON HALL (2-0) at CORNELL (2-0)

Friday, November 20, 2009

Newman Arena - Ithaca, N.Y.

7:00 p.m.

SETON HALL STATUS

The Pirates offense showed its mettle Sunday at Monmouth. Seton Hall defeated the Hawks, 87-72, to improve to 2-0 on the early season. Junior Jeremy Hazell broke out of his shooting slump with a game-high 26 points, while newcomer Herb Pope scored 15 points and grabbed a game-high 17 rebounds. Seton Hall improved to 2-0 for a third straight season and will now travel to Cornell before the start of nine straight games at Prudential Center.

CORNELL'S STATUS

Cornell returns all five starters from a team that won the Ivy League championship and earned a berth in the 2009 NCAA Tournament. The Big Red also enter Friday's game with Seton Hall with a perfect 2-0 record including road victories at Alabama and at Massachusetts. A senior dominated squad, Cornell starts three front court players that are 6-foot-7 or taller including 7-foot, center Jeff Foote. Also among Big Red returnees is senior Ryan Wittman who is a two-time unanimous Ivy League First Teamer and one of the elite three-point specialists in the nation.

PIRATES vs. IVY LEAGUE

Seton Hall has an all-time record of 34-20 against current teams from the Ivy League. Since a 61-59 loss at Princeton in 1987, the Pirates have gone 10-0 against Ivy League teams. Last season, Seton Hall defeated Columbia, 71-50. The only team Seton Hall has a losing record against all-time is Columbia, 8-11. This is Seton Hall's third game all-time against Cornell.

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SETON HALL - CORNELL SERIES

This is will be only the third time in history that Seton Hall and Cornell have played. It will mark the first time that the Pirates have ever played at Cornell's Ithaca campus. Seton Hall has won both of the prior meetings, but the teams haven't matched up since Dec. 29, 1992. Prior to that meeting, it was 50 years since the teams have played (Dec. 21, 1942).

LAST 2 GAMES (Seton Hall 2-0)

Date - Score - Location

Dec. 29, 1992 - Seton Hall 75, Cornell 59 - East Rutherford, N.J.

Dec. 21, 1942 - Seton Hall 29, Cornell 28 - South Orange, N.J.