Replace these every slider sentences with your featured post descriptions.Go to Blogger edit html and find these sentences.Now replace these with your own descriptions.This theme is Bloggerized by Lasantha - Premiumbloggertemplates.com.
Replace these every slider sentences with your featured post descriptions.Go to Blogger edit html and find these sentences.Now replace these with your own descriptions.This theme is Bloggerized by Lasantha - Premiumbloggertemplates.com.
Replace these every slider sentences with your featured post descriptions.Go to Blogger edit html and find these sentences.Now replace these with your own descriptions.This theme is Bloggerized by Lasantha - Premiumbloggertemplates.com.
Five To Avoid On First Weekend• Cornell: With the ability to shoot 3s (especially Ryan Wittman) and a big man in the middle who can finish and pass (Jeff Foote), the Big Red can cause big trouble.
Below, some news notes for Sunday evening... Tuesday, January 5
Yale 69 Lehigh 75 Box Score - Recap
Thursday, January 7
Albertus Magnus 71 Yale 92 Box Score
Friday, January 8
Cornell 71 South Dakota 65 Box Score - Recap
Below, game recaps from Cornell's Ivy League Championship clinching win over Penn. The Big Red have won three consecutive Ivy League titles. (Photos, Ithaca Journal)
(Photo, Cornell Athletics)ITHACA -- With 92 seconds left, a share of the Ivy League title well in hand, Louis Dale penetrated on the right side and kicked a pass back to Ryan Wittman at the top of the key. One last time at Newman Arena, Wittman buried it.
With Dale and Wittman at the forefront, Cornell's eight seniors left its fingerprints all over the 68-48 blowout of Penn, as a sellout crowd of 4,473 thundered its collective thanks to the program's all-time winningest class.
Cornell (25-4, 11-1) can clinch its third consecutive title outright, and an automatic berth to the NCAA tournament, by winning one of its two remaining games. Cornell finishes at Brown on Friday and Yale on Saturday.
"We came out with the energy and passion and determination that I thought we would," Cornell coach Steve Donahue said. "I know it had a lot to do with (senior) night, but I thought it had a lot to do with what happened in Philadelphia (two) weeks ago.
On Feb. 12, Penn stunned then-No. 22 Cornell at the Palestra, 79-64. It was clear early on Saturday that no such repeat was in store.
Penn's best player, sophomore point guard Zack Rosen, was burdened with foul trouble. He picked up his third foul on a charge call with 11:56 left in the first half.
He sat out the next eight minutes, during which Cornell outscored the Quakers 14-5 to take a 29-15 lead. Penn turned it over six times in that stretch, and 21 times overall.
Rosen finished with 23 points, the bulk of which came after Cornell opened a comfortable lead.
"The game kind of got away from us a little bit when he went out of the game," Penn coach Jerome Allen said. "Obviously, he's our best overall player."
Dale scored 13 points in the first half and finished with 16. Wittman, the Ivy League's all-time leader in 3-point field goals, took over after halftime, scoring 15 of his 18 points on a variety of shots. He hit a long 3, then a pull-up jumper, to give Cornell a 53-31 lead with 12:37 remaining.
Penn never seriously threatened.
The Quakers (5-20, 4-7) patiently watched from their bench as Cornell's seniors were honored in an emotional, lengthy pre-game ceremony. In the group's four years, Cornell won 26 of 28 league games at home and 45 of 54 Ivy contests overall.
But just in case that wasn't enough, Big Red coach Steve Donahue only had to remind his players that the Quakers had dealt them their only conference loss of the season thus far, three weeks ago at the Palestra.
With seniors Ryan Wittman and Louis Dale leading the way, Cornell hit a barrage of threes coming out of the gate and rolled to a 68-48 win on senior night at sold-out Newman Arena.
"We were kind of playing with a chip on our shoulder," said Wittman, who led his team with 18 points. Penn's Zack Rosen led all scorers with 23 points.
The Big Red started the game on a 7-0 run and held a 34-21 lead at halftime.
Penn (5-20, 4-7 Ivy League) created its own problems, committing 21 turnovers and shooting 39.5 percent from the field. And Rosen was called for his third foul with 11 minutes, 36 seconds left in the first half.
Cornell's offense was relentless shooting 56 percent from the field for the game.
After the game, Donahue said his senior class "may have turned around this program more than any other in the Ivy League's history."
"You go through so many hard times that I'd probably be lying if I said yeah, I saw this coming," the Delaware County native and former Penn assistant said. "They've exceeded my expectations, this group, for sure."
Despite the beating his team took, Penn coach Jerome Allen praised Donahue afterward for having brought Cornell (25-4, 11-1) to prominence.
"I'm happy for all that he's accomplished and I wish him nothing but the best of luck," said Allen, who played at Penn when Donahue was an assistant coach. "He was so instrumental in the things we were able to implement. I'm appreciative of the fact that I was able to play under him."
Cornell knocks off Penn 68-48 Saturday night in men's college basketball
The Examiner
Sometimes when you beat somebody in men's college basketball they do not forget. The Big Red of Cornell did not forget what Penn did to them on Feb. 12 when the Quakers upset them 79-64 at the Palestra. This time it was Cornell winning the Ivy League contest 68-48 at Cornell Saturday night.
Cornell improved to 25-4 overall and 11-1 in Ivy League play while Penn slipped to 5-20 and 4-7.
It was Cornell's fifth straight win after the earlier loss to Penn on Feb. 12.
Penn trailed the entire game and were down 34-21 at halftime. Cornell's biggest lead came after a Louis Dale free throw put them up 56-33 with 9:49 remaining in the game.
Zack Rosen led Penn with 23 points. He was the only Penn player in double figures in scoring Saturday night.
Cornell will get an automatic berth in the NCAA Tournament if it wins the Ivy League regular season title as the Ivy League does not have a postseason tournament. It maintains a two-game lead in the Ivy League standings over Harvard.
Penn next plays Mar. 5 when it hosts Harvard.
Cornell Clinches Share Of Ivy Crown; Within One Win of Tournament Berth
Well, at least the rest of the Ivy League can have some consolation, the celebration won't take place on Cornell's home court.
On senior night at Newman Arena, the Big Red clinched just a share of the Ivy League crown, they would have needed a Columbia win over Princeton and a Yale win over Harvard in order to win outright.
Cornell needs just one more win, either at Brown on Friday, or Yale on Saturday in order to clinch.
Although this may seem easy, both of those teams are very quality opponents, and Cornell has shown they are not invincible on road games. A Cornell loss in both games, coupled with Princeton winning its final three games at home, and a pair of wins for Harvard on the road would mean a three way tie for the Ivy crown, and a two game playoff.
Last night Cornell took on Penn, the only Ivy team to have a win against the Big Red. Last night was a different story as Cornell to an easy 68-48 victory on their home finale.
Penn's Zack Rosen led all scores with 23. Ryan Wittman had 18 for Cornell in his last game at Newman Arena.
The win came a day after Cornell defeated Princeton 50-47. That win put them two games up in the Ancient Eight, rather than in a first place tie.
Elsewhere in the Ivy League, Princeton defeated Columbia to stay in the Ivy race by a hair. Princeton led most of the way, but had to stave off a furious last minute comeback attempt by the Lions.
Brown beat Dartmouth by 19 to stay hot, and Harvard fought to stay in the NCAA race with a 20 point blowout of Yale.
ITHACA, N.Y. - It was a perfect storm that the Penn men's basketball team walked into on Saturday night at Cornell's Newman Arena. It was enough that the Big Red was looking to clinch its third straight Ivy League title. But add in the fact that it was Senior Night, and the building was crackling.
On the court, the Quakers were facing a Cornell team looking to avenge its only Ivy loss this season, a 79-64 Penn win two weeks ago in Philadelphia.
The ingredients of all those factors made Saturday night's game predictable. Cornell started fast, and while Penn tried to challenge the night was more coronation than anything as the Big Red rolled, 68-48. Cornell improved to 25-4 overall, and is 11-1 in the Ivy League. The Big Red can clinch its NCAA bid next weekend with a win against eithre Brown or Yale, or a Princeton or Harvard loss in the final weekend.
Penn is now 5-20, 4-7 in Ivy play.
From a Cornell perspective, the night was all you could ask for. Senior guard Louis Dale, who did not have a field goal Friday vs. Princeton, knocked down a three-pointer to get things started. Little-used senior Andre Wilkins, a clear fan favorite, got two buckets after that, and the crowd was off and running. In the second half, Ryan Wittman reminded everyone of his explosiveness, scoring every which was for 15 of his team-high 18 points.
On the other side, Penn was behind the 8-ball to start and found the sledding even tougher when Zack Rosen got into foul trouble. He played just 11 minutes in the first half and Cornell took advantage to go up, 43-21, by the break.
Mike Howlett hit a jumper to start the second half, but Jon Jaques got a pair of layups and then Wittman knocked down a trey and got in the lane for another J. The score was 43-23, and the celebration was on.
Rosen did his part to keep Penn from getting completely blown away, scoring 16 of the Quakers' 27 second-half points, but the closer the visitors would get was 15 points with 3:31 to play. Penn then had a chance to draw within 12 points, but Drew Godwin missed a three-point attempt.
Rosen finished the night with 23 points, going 7-of-10 from the field and knocking down four of his six trey attempts. Howlett had nine points and five rebounds. For Cornell, Dale (16 points) and Chris Wroblewski (13) aided Wittman in the scoring chart, while Jeff Foote had 11 rebounds.
Penn will be at home next weekend, hosting Harvard Friday night and Dartmouth Saturday night. Tip time for both games will be 7 p.m.
Get all the information you need about the Cornell Big Red's basketball games this weekend vs Princeton (2/26) and Penn (2/27) with The Cornell Basketball Blog's Game Preview Center (CLICK HERE).
News and notes for Saturday evening... Tuesday, January 5
Yale 69 Lehigh 75 Box Score - Recap
Thursday, January 7
Albertus Magnus 71 Yale 92 Box Score
Friday, January 8
Cornell 71 South Dakota 65 Box Score - Recap
6:48 PM
seo all
