Cornell's Shonn Miller is Player of the Week

Cornell's Shonn Miller takes home Ivy League Player of the Week...


Below, the release from the Ivy League Office.

PRINCETON, N.J. -- Ivy League men’s basketball closes out the first month of the season and moves into the second with another full schedule this week.

All eight teams are in action among the 15 games spanning a five-day stretch. Six of eight teams play at least one game at home while Dartmouth heads out on its eight-game road trip and Princeton finishes off its four-game road swing.

The League is back on the NBC Sports Network this week with Harvard hosting Vermont on Tuesday night. Brown travels north to take on New Hampshire in its first television game of the season to be carried live by WBIN-TV and FOX College Sports.

Columbia grabbed the national spotlight last week with its 75-57 win at Villanova. It was the Lions' first win against a Big East Conference team since Nov. 30, 1985 (a 85-65 win at Seton Hall) and was just their second victory over Villanova since a 76-64 road triumph on Dec. 29, 1969, at the Spectrum.

PLAYER OF THE WEEK

Cornell sophomore forward Shonn Miller (Euclid, Ohio) averaged 12.3 points, 8.0 rebounds, 1.3 assists and 2.0 steals while shooting 62 percent from the field and 78 percent from the free-throw line in helping the Big Ref to a 2-1 week while earning all-tournament honors at the 2012 Continental Tire Las Vegas Invitational. Miller opened the week with a 13-point, 12-rebound effort against then-unbeaten Arizona State in Tempe, adding three steals while making 4-of-6 shots. He was again in double figures with 10 points, five rebounds and three steals in an easy victory over Presbyterian before connecting for 14 points, seven rebounds, two assists and a block in 25 minutes against Longwood. He hit both three-pointers and 4-of-4 free throws, all in the final 30 seconds of a six-point win.

Miller's Statistics for the Week:

	MIN	FG-A	PCT	3FG-A	PCT	FT-A	PCT	REB	A	B	S	PTS
at Arizona State	34	4-6	.667	1-2	.500	4-5	.800	12	1	0	3	13
vs. Presbyterian	27	5-7	.714	0-1	.000	0-0	.000	5	1	0	3	10
vs. Longwood	25	4-8	.500	2-2	1.000	4-4	1.000	7	2	1	0	14
TOTALS	28.7	13-21	.619	3-5	.600	8-9	.889	8.0	1.3	0.3	2.0	12.3

Cornell Athletics also issued the following release:

ITHACA, N.Y. – Cornell sophomore Shonn Miller has been named the Ivy League Player of the Week after helping the Big Red to a 2-1 record on the week, including a tournament title in the Upper Bracket of the 2012 Continental Tire Las Vegas Invitational. Miller, the Ivy League Rookie of the Year in 2011-12, picked up his first Player of the Week honor of his career.

An all-tournament selection, Miller averaged 12.3 points, 8.0 rebounds, 1.3 assists and 2.0 steals while shooting 62 percent from the field, 60 percent from 3-point range and 89 percent from the free-throw line. He opened the week with a 13-point, 12-rebound effort against then-unbeaten Arizona State in Tempe, adding three steals while making 4-of-6 shots. He was again in double figures with 10 points, five rebounds and three steals in an easy victory over Presbyterian before connecting for 14 points, seven rebounds, two assists and a block in 25 minutes against Longwood. He hit both three-pointers as well as 4-of-4 free throws against the Lancers in the Upper Bracket championship game.

For the season, Miller is averaging 9.6 points, 6.9 rebounds, 2.0 steals, 1.9 blocks and 1.4 assists per game while connecting on 46 percent of his shots overall and 90 percent from the free-throw line. He ranks in the top 10 in the Ivy League in rebounding (seventh), field goal percentage (10th), free-throw percentage (fifth), steals (fifth), blocks (fourth) and defensive rebounds (third, 5.6).

Miller and the Big Red face defending America East champion Stony Brook on Wednesday, Nov. 28 at 7 p.m. at Newman Arena in Bartels Hall.

IVY LEAGUE AWARD WINNERS 2012-2013

PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
Week 1 November 12-Gabas Maldunas, Dartmouth/Will Barrett, Princeton
Week 2 November 19-Fran Dougherty, Penn
Week 3 November 26-Shonn Miller, Cornell

ROOKIES OF THE WEEK
Week 1 November 12-Nolan Cressler, Cornell
Week 2 November 19-Rafael Maia, Brown
Week 3 November 26-Grant Mullins, Columbia