News and Notes: Monday Edition

Below, some news and notes for Monday...

• The preseason is officially underway for Cornell Big Red Basketball.

• Illini HQ makes reference to its game against Cornell last season as "soft."  At the time, No. 25 Illinois edged Cornell by just 4 points.

• In Lithuanian LKL action, Jeff Foote's (Cornell '10) Zaligiris team moved to 3-0 with an 80-76 overtime win on Sunday over Triumph.  Foote started the game and finished with 5 points and 2 rebounds in 15 minutes on 2/4 shooting from the floor.

• In Greece A1 action, Louis Dale (Cornell '10) and his KAOD dropped the league opener 64-62 to Panionios.  Dale started the game, played 20 minutes and finished with an unsual stat line: 1 points (0/1 from the floor), 4 turnovers, 4 rebounds, 2 steals, 4 fouls.

• In Mexico's LNBP on Saturday, Jeff Aubry (Cornell '99) finished with a solid 5 points and 6 rebounds off the bench as his Halcones Rojos defeated Huracanes, 88-78 and moved to 10-3 on the season and in 3rd place in the 16 team league.

• Excluding Cornell's recruiting class, below is a list of players committed to Ivy League schools in the class of 2013:
  
  Lealand King (Brentwood School) Los Angeles, CA, 6-6, F, Brown
  Tavon Blackmon (Gonzaga) Washington, DC, 5-11, G, Brown
  Connor Voss (St. Cloud Cathederal HS) St. Cloud, MN, 6-11, C, Columbia
  Mike Flemming (Northfield Mount Hermon, MA) Lincolnshire, IL, 6-1, G, Dartmouth
  Hunter Meyers (Douglas HS) Minden, NV, 6-6, F, Harvard
  Zena Edosomwan (Northfield Mount Hermon, MA) Hollywood, CA, 6-9, F, Harvard
  Dave Winfield (Harvard Westlake HS) Hollywood, CA, 6-8, F, Penn
  Tony Bagtas (Westlake HS) Atlanta, GA, 5-11, G, Penn
  Hashim Moore (Hun School, NJ) Ft. Lauderdale, FL, 6-5, F, Princeton
  Spencer Weisz (Seton Hall Prep) Florham Park, NJ, 6-4, G, Princeton
  Steven Cook (New Trier HS) Winnetka, IL, 6-5, G, Princeton
  Pete Miller (Northfield Mount Hermon, MA) Northfield, MA, 6-10, C, Princeton
  Sam Downy (Lake Forest HS) Lake Forest, IL, 6-9, C, Yale
  Anthony Dallier (Northfield Mount Hermon, MA) Wexford, PA, 6-6, F, Yale
  JT Flowers (Lincoln HS) Portland, OR, 6-5, F, Yale