News and Notes: Wednesday Edition
- Make sure to visit the Charleston Classic website for information Cornell's next three games.
- 843 Sports previews Cornell for the Charleston Classic:
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Cornell Big Red
Coach: Bill Courtney
Last season: 2-26 (1-13 Ivy)
Postseason: None
It’s basically been Harvard and everyone else in the Ivy League for the past several years, but at the other end of the totem pole last season was Cornell. The Big Red fell in all but one of their games against the rest of their Ivy counterparts (Dartmouth was their victim) and saw their only other win come against Division III Cornell. That’s a pretty significant dropoff for a team that went 13-18 (5-9) the season before that but is probably to be expected when your leading scorer and rebounder (Shonn Miller) misses the season with a shoulder injury, your other leading scorer (Johnathan Gray) graduates, and your starting point guard from the year before (Galal Cancer) doesn’t play.
All that aside, things seem to be looking up for the Big Red in 2014-15. Miller and Cancer have returned along with second-leading scorer Devin Cherry to make up a strong senior nucleus. They’re joined by sophomore Robert Hatter, who as a freshman performed nicely with Miller and Cancer out before falling ill in the late stages of the campaign, and big man Robert Onuorah, an immediate contributor on defense in his rookie season. You’d be hard pressed to believe that this go-around shouldn’t turn out much better than last year’s trainwreck of a season.
- Zach Spiker's Army team is looking to start 3-0 and its SID notes it would be, "the first time the Black Knights started 3-0 versus current Division I opponents since Bob Knight opened the 1968-69 season with consecutive wins over Lehigh, Cornell and Temple."
- The Patriot League has notes on last night's win over Colgate.
- Ivy League Hoops Online writes:
A Cornell comeback within a Cornell comeback
After Colgate’s Damon Sherman-Newsome scored the first eight points of the game against Cornell, the Big Red looked a lot like the 2-26 Big Red of 2013-14: sluggish and ineffective. Later, a 23-6 Big Red deficit had them looking like a carbon copy of that 2013-14 squad.
Then Devin Cherry kicked his game into high gear, turning in a career performance and almost single-handedly turning the game around for Cornell. Cherry finished with 21 points, five assists, four boards and three steals while shooting an efficient 8-for-15 from the floor. He scored 20 of Cornell’s first 49 points and made sure the Big Red didn’t fade completely in the first half. He played with passion and he was consistently rewarded for it.
To put Cornell’s win into proper perspective, the Big Red lost to Colgate by 23 last year. Cornell is making sure we all know this is not last year.
Do you believe in the power of transitive property? Cornell beat George Mason, who beat Princeton, who beat Rider, who blew out Penn. The Big Red now look to be a middle-of-the-pack Ivy team whose stock is rising fast. What’s perhaps most encouraging (and intriguing) about Cornell’s comeback victory over Colgate is that Shonn Miller wasn’t the driving force behind it. Miller was just 2-for-9 from the field for seven points and the Big Red still won thanks to timely scoring from JoJo Fallas (!) and offensive efficiency from Galal Cancer (zero turnovers).
This isn’t Shonn Miller and a bunch of guys. It’s a team.
And it’s a suddenly confident team with two very early wins and counting. The upcoming Charleston Classic, in which Cornell will play several power conference schools, including South Carolina, will be very challenging. But at least this program – and coach Bill Courtney – appear to have their legs under them again
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GAME RECAP: Cornell 58, Colgate 52
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ITHACA, N.Y. -- For the second game in a row, the Cornell men's basketball made a comeback after digging itself a hole. This time, the Big Red was able to bring home the win, and in doing so made another early statement about where the season could go.
Cornell rallied from a 17-point first half deficit that was still 13 points with 11 minutes to play and stormed back to earn a 58-52 victory over Central New York rival Colgate on Tuesday evening at Newman Arena. The Big Red matched its win total from a year ago in improving to 2-1 on the season, while the Raiders slipped to 0-2.
Senior Devin Cherry scored 21 points, dished five assists, grabbed four rebounds and had three steals in a dominant performance as the Big Red's ability to defend and get to the free-throw line allowed the home team to complete a spirited rally in front of an energized Newman Arena. Senior Shonn Miller added seven points, six rebounds, two steals and two blocks and both senior Galal Cancer and sophomore JoJo Fallas had eight points. Cornell allowed just 21 second half points and had a 12-4 advantage in points off turnovers, key in a low scoring battle.
Damon Sherman-Newsome had 19 points to lead three double figure scorers for Colgate. Austin Tillotson added 11 and Luke Roh scored 10. The Raiders struggled from the free-throw line (1-of-7) and were held to one offensive rebound as the Big Red dominated the defensive glass against a normally sharp-shooting Colgate squad.
For a significant stretch of the first half, it looked as though Colgate would run away with the win for a second straight season as Cornell struggled offensively. The Raider scored the first eight points of the game before freshman Jordan Abdur-Ra'oof got on the board with his first collegiate points, a layup underneath after a great interior pass from David Onuorah. That didn't quell the Colgate surge as the visitors extended the edge to 15-2 before the Big Red would score again.
3-pointers by Alex Ramon and Sean O'Brien, both hit after nice finds from Tillotson, left Cornell struggling for answers on both sides of the basketball, trailing 23-6 with just 7:33 left in the half.
The home team made a mini-run behind Cherry and Fallas, who scored all of the Big Red's final 16 points of the half to cut the halftime deficit to nine (31-22). Cherry scored 10 during the stretch, while Fallas, who entered the game with six career points, hit a pair of 3-pointers to match that total in one four-minute stretch. In all, the home team hit six of its final eight shots of the half after opening the stanza 2-of-19 in the first 14 minutes of the game.
Unlike Sunday's matinee at Loyola (MD), where the game was lost in the first half, Cornell would hang around until it was in the lead.
Cornell's energy in the second half was apparent right away, but four minutes in the Raiders had actually bumped the lead to 13. Robert Hatter had a steal for the Big Red and Cancer took it and scored on the other end on the team's first defensive and offensive possessions of the second half, but the run started with 11 minutes to play in regulation and the home team trailing by 13.
After Alex Ramon got a layup on a feed from Ethan Jacobs, who was held scoreless on the night, Cancer and Wil Bathurst hit consecutive 3-pointers to nearly cut the deficit in half. Bathurst hit a free throw, followed by two more from Cancer and a Darryl Smith putback and all of a sudden the 11-0 run had Newman Arena rocking.
Tillotson hit a 3-pointer late in the shot clock on Colgate's ensuing possession despite a good Cornell defensive stand, but instead of deflating the Big Red, Cherry answered on the other end by getting into the lane and finishing to make it 46-43.
From there, the Big Red would seize control.
The 11-0 run was extended to 19-3 after consecutive free throws by Miller and Hatter and a steal by Bathurst that led to a run-out by Cherry. All of a sudden, Cornell led 49-46 and Colgate had hit just one field goal in nearly seven minutes.
Damon Sherman-Newsome momentarily got Colgate back within a point on his drive to the buck, but Cherry again bulled his way into the lane and earned two free throws, hitting one. After consecutive Big Red defensive stops, Miller hit a tough pull-up jumper to extend the lead to four with 1:15 left, then Cancer hit a free throw to making it a five-point game. The visitors wouldn't get the ball back within a possession the rest of the way and the Big Red, who opened the game 2-of-10 from the free-throw line, hit 3-of-4 in the final seven seconds to seal the win. After the tough start from the charity stripe, Cornell settled in to hit 12 of its final 18.
Cornell will open play at the 2014 Gildan Charleston Classic on Thursday, Nov. 20 at 7:30 p.m. when it meets South Carolina at TD Arena.
The Cornell men's basketball team has made an early statement to the Ivy League and anyone else who cares to listen: This is not last year's Big Red.
Coach Bill Courtney's squad rallied from a 13-point deficit with 11 minutes to play to stun regional rival Colgate, 58-52, Tuesday evening in its home opener at Newman Arena. The Big Red (2-1) matched its win total from a year ago, when it finished 2-26; the Raiders slipped to 0-2.
Senior Devin Cherry scored 21 points and added five assists, four rebounds and three steals. Classmate Shonn Miller, who earned Ivy League Player of the Week honors for his performances in Cornell's season-opening weekend split, added seven points, six rebounds, two steals and two blocks.
Senior guard Galal Cancer and sophomore guard JoJo Fallas had eight points apiece for Cornell, which outscored Colgate in the second half, 36-21, allowed just 21 second half points and had a 12-4 advantage in points off turnovers, key in a low scoring battle.
Damon Sherman-Newsome had 19 points to lead Colgate, which led by 17 points with 7 1/2 minutes left in the first half. Austin Tillotson added 11 and Luke Roh 10. The Raiders made just one of seven free-throw attempts and were held to one offensive rebound.
The Raiders scored the game's first eight points and took their largest lead, 23-6, with 7:33 left in the first half, but Cornell ended the half on a 16-8 run to pull to within nine at the break. Colgate extended its lead back to 13 points at the first media timeout of the second half, but Cornell outscored the visitors, 13-2, over the next eight minutes to pull to within a basket.
Cornell took its first lead of the night, 47-46, when sophomore guard Robert Hatter hit two free throws with 5:17 left. Freshman guard Wil Bathurst then stole the ball and fed Cherry for a layup to extend the lead to three, and the Big Red pulled away for the six-point victory.
The Big Red won despite shooting just 38.8 percent from the floor (19-for-49) and 30 percent from beyond the arc (6-for-20). Cornell outscored Colgate from the free-throw line by 13 points despite making just 14 of 26 attempts.
Cornell heads south this weekend for the Charleston (S.C.) Classic. The Red will take on the University of South Carolina at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, then will meet either Penn State or UNC-Charlotte on Friday evening and an opponent to be determined on Sunday.
Ithaca, N.Y. — Newman Nation was rocking as the Cornell Big Red overcame a slow first half and a 17-point deficit against Colgate with a furious second half rally to pull ahead and ultimately defeat the rival Raiders 58-52 on Tuesday night.
Led by senior guards Devin Cherry, who tallied 21 points, 5 assists, and 3 steals, and Galal Cancer who added 8 points and 4 rebounds, the Big Red (2-1) claimed their second victory of the year, matching their total number of wins from last season.
Colgate was led by Damon Sherman-Newsome who scored 19 points and had 5 rebounds. Austin Tillotson and Luke Roh also scored in double digits for the Raiders with 11 and 10 points respectively.
Cornell started the game ice cold, shooting only 29.6% in the first half, and Colgate used the Big Red’s inability to score to take a 23-6 lead to start the game. With 7:11 left in the first half, and Cornell shooting only 2-17 from the field, it looked bleak for the Big Red; every time the team looked to get back into the game, inconsistent shooting held them back while Colgate was able to put up points consistently and take a large lead. The lack of offensive prowess can be credited to the Raiders who played a solid defensive game, keeping the lanes closed and making sure Cornell couldn’t drive to the basket for the easy put-ins.
With 4:34 remaining in the first, Cornell sophomore guard JoJo Fallas hit a three-point shot to bring the Big Red within thirteen, and following an Ethan Jacobs missed three for Colgate, Cherry drove in for a layup, marking the first time of the night that Cornell had scored in back-to-back possessions. For the rest of the half, Cornell outscored Colgate 10-6, and by the intermission Cornell was within nine, down only 31-22.
The Big Red came out in the second half looking revitalized and ready to score. Led by guard Robert Hatter’s intensity, Cornell looked like a new team for the first few minutes, keeping Colgate’s offense quiet and making a few key shots, but like the Raiders, the Big Red quickly became unable to make baskets. From 14:39 until 10:53 the score remained 41-30 in favor of Colgate as both teams traded turnovers and missed shots in a show of sound defenses.
As late as 9:20 left in the game, Colgate held a thirteen point lead over the offensively struggling Big Red, but a ten-point rally over the next three minutes brought Cornell within three points of the lead with over six minutes left. At 5:17, a pair of Hatter free throws tied the game and then put Cornell ahead, and the Big Red never looked back, leading for the rest of the game. A once-silent crowd at Newman Arena had been awoken, and for the last ten minutes, Cornell suddenly looked dominant over a very good opponent, outscoring Colgate 22-9 to ultimately win by six.
After being named the Ivy League Men’s Basketball player of the week, Shonn Miller followed up a dominant first two games with a quiet third, shooting only 2-9 from the field. Though he did wind up with 7 points, 6 rebounds, and 2 blocks. Darryl Smith and Will Bathurst also played key roles in the comeback win. With the victory, Cornell moves to 2-1 on the season, good for first in the Ivy League. They next play on Thursday at 7:30PM against South Carolina in the first round of the Charleston Classic.
ITHACA, N.Y. – Damon Sherman-Newsome registered a team-high 19 points but it wasn't enough to spark a Colgate men's basketball victory as they dropped a 58-52 decision to nearby rival Cornell here Tuesday night.
Sherman-Newsome chipped in five boards, while Luke Roh led all scorers with eight rebounds. Roh also added 10 points to go along with junior Austin Tillotson's 11 points, which closed out the Raider scorers in double-figures.
Throughout the game, Colgate led by as many as 17 points when it jumped out to a 23-6 edge to start the game. Sherman-Newsome scored the contest's opening eight points creating the early advantage for the Raiders.
Colgate then held the Big Red to just one layup in the beginning 11 minutes until Shonn Miller hit Cornell's first jumper.
The Big Red closed the deficit down to seven points with a layup from Galal Cancer to open the second half but that would be as close as they would come until midway through the period. Cancer then sparked a 19-3 Cornell rally that saw the Big Red take over the lead for the first time in the contest with a little less than five minutes to play.
Colgate would get to within one at 49-48 with four minutes left but wasn't able to jump-start a rally of its own as it saw Cornell finish 5-of-8 from the free throw line to steal the come-from-behind victory.
The Raiders finished the game hitting 23 of their 51 attempts from the floor for 45 percent shooting on the night. They added 5-of-15 from behind the arc for 33 percent shooting from long. Cornell went 19-for-49 from the floor to go along with its 6-of-20 shooting from the 3-point line.
Colgate is back in action Saturday at Campbell for its first game of the Buckeye Classic. Tip-off is scheduled for 2 p.m.
Bottom Line
• Cornell 58, Colgate 52
Facts & Figures
• Sherman-Newsome continued his double-digit scoring streak, pushing it to five-straight games, dating back to March 1 of last season.
• The senior from Anchorage, Alaska, drained eight of his 14 field goal attempts and added 2-of-4 from long.
• Roh notched his second double-figure scoring night in as many games with 10 points. He also pulled down a team-high eight boards to help the Raiders' total.
• Tillotson went 5-of-12 from the floor and added one trey for his 11 points. The junior also handed out a team-high five assists in the game.
• Cornell slightly won the rebound margin by 36-33, and the Big Red had another advantage at the free throw line (14-of-26 to 1-of-7).
• Alex Ramon posted a personal-best seven points and four rebounds in the game. He did not miss a shot going 3-for-3 from the floor and 1-of-1 from behind after the arc.
• Cornell's Devin Cherry registered a game-high 21 points after finishing the game 8-of-15 from the floor and 2-of-5 from downtown. JoJo Fallas added two 3-pointers for his eight points, while Cancer tallied eight of his own to help lead the Big Red.
Turning Point
• Colgate's Ramon made it a 13-point Raider advantage with 10:53 remaining in the game after Ethan Jacobs found him inside for an easy layup.
• But Cornell held Colgate to just one 3-pointer over a seven-minute span in which they rallied for a 19-3 swing to take over the lead by three with four minutes to play.
Rookie's Career First
• First-year Sean O'Brien hits his first career bucket with 7:33 left on the clock in the opening half.
• The Lafayette Hills, Pennsylvania, native's bucket was a big one as it gave the Raiders their largest lead of the game at 23-6.
From the Sources
• Colgate head coach Matt Langel: (On the game) "It's really tough to stomach. For this group, they've worked really hard and I feel badly. I didn't prepare them to play a small lineup and we had to do that at times tonight. All that being said we were up 13 points with 11 minutes left in the game, in a lower scoring contest, you're in pretty good position."
"Obviously Cornell cranked up the pressure and we didn't respond very well. A couple times we got to the rim we didn't finish the plays and we missed some critical free throws. Cornell started to drive to the basket and I credit them for stepping up. Although they didn't shoot a great free throw percentage for the game, they made them when it mattered. Shonn Miller, their all-league player, even though he didn't have an all-league night, stepped up and got them a big basket late in the game."
"We just didn't respond as the game started to slip away from us like we needed to. This will be a great lesson for us and we will work like crazy in practice before we head down to North Carolina and then over to Virginia. Hopefully we can learn from this and get better. "
Up Next
• Colgate now shifts its attention to Campbell, which is coming off a 86-51 set back to Davidson on Tuesday.
• This away contest with the Camels will be the first game of the Buckeye Classic and is set to tip-off at 2 p.m.
• This will also be the first matchup between these two teams.
Cornell rallied from a 17-point first half deficit that was still 13 points with 11 minutes to play and stormed back to earn a 58-52 victory over Central New York rival Colgate on Tuesday evening at Newman Arena. The Big Red matched its win total from a year ago in improving to 2-1 on the season, while the Raiders slipped to 0-2.
Senior Devin Cherry scored 21 points, dished five assists, grabbed four rebounds and had three steals in a dominant performance as the Big Red's ability to defend and get to the free-throw line allowed the home team to complete a spirited rally in front of an energized Newman Arena. Senior Shonn Miller added seven points, six rebounds, two steals and two blocks and both senior Galal Cancer and sophomore JoJo Fallas had eight points. Cornell allowed just 21 second half points and had a 12-4 advantage in points off turnovers, key in a low scoring battle.
Damon Sherman-Newsome had 19 points to lead three double figure scorers for Colgate. Austin Tillotson added 11 and Luke Roh scored 10. The Raiders struggled from the free-throw line (1-of-7) and were held to one offensive rebound as the Big Red dominated the defensive glass against a normally sharp-shooting Colgate squad.
For a significant stretch of the first half, it looked as though Colgate would run away with the win for a second straight season as Cornell struggled offensively. The Raider scored the first eight points of the game before freshman Jordan Abdur-Ra'oof got on the board with his first collegiate points, a layup underneath after a great interior pass from David Onuorah. That didn't quell the Colgate surge as the visitors extended the edge to 15-2 before the Big Red would score again.
3-pointers by Alex Ramon and Sean O'Brien, both hit after nice finds from Tillotson, left Cornell struggling for answers on both sides of the basketball, trailing 23-6 with just 7:33 left in the half.
The home team made a mini-run behind Cherry and Fallas, who scored all of the Big Red's final 16 points of the half to cut the halftime deficit to nine (31-22). Cherry scored 10 during the stretch, while Fallas, who entered the game with six career points, hit a pair of 3-pointers to match that total in one four-minute stretch. In all, the home team hit six of its final eight shots of the half after opening the stanza 2-of-19 in the first 14 minutes of the game.
Unlike Sunday's matinee at Loyola (MD), where the game was lost in the first half, Cornell would hang around until it was in the lead.
Cornell's energy in the second half was apparent right away, but four minutes in the Raiders had actually bumped the lead to 13. Robert Hatter had a steal for the Big Red and Cancer took it and scored on the other end on the team's first defensive and offensive possessions of the second half, but the run started with 11 minutes to play in regulation and the home team trailing by 13.
After Alex Ramon got a layup on a feed from Ethan Jacobs, who was held scoreless on the night, Cancer and Wil Bathurst hit consecutive 3-pointers to nearly cut the deficit in half. Bathurst hit a free throw, followed by two more from Cancer and a Darryl Smith putback and all of a sudden the 11-0 run had Newman Arena rocking.
Tillotson hit a 3-pointer late in the shot clock on Colgate's ensuing possession despite a good Cornell defensive stand, but instead of deflating the Big Red, Cherry answered on the other end by getting into the lane and finishing to make it 46-43.
From there, the Big Red would seize control.
The 11-0 run was extended to 19-3 after consecutive free throws by Miller and Hatter and a steal by Bathurst that led to a run-out by Cherry. All of a sudden, Cornell led 49-46 and Colgate had hit just one field goal in nearly seven minutes.
Damon Sherman-Newsome momentarily got Colgate back within a point on his drive to the buck, but Cherry again bulled his way into the lane and earned two free throws, hitting one. After consecutive Big Red defensive stops, Miller hit a tough pull-up jumper to extend the lead to four with 1:15 left, then Cancer hit a free throw to making it a five-point game. The visitors wouldn't get the ball back within a possession the rest of the way and the Big Red, who opened the game 2-of-10 from the free-throw line, hit 3-of-4 in the final seven seconds to seal the win. After the tough start from the charity stripe, Cornell settled in to hit 12 of its final 18.
Cornell will open play at the 2014 Gildan Charleston Classic on Thursday, Nov. 20 at 7:30 p.m. when it meets South Carolina at TD Arena.
The Cornell men's basketball team has made an early statement to the Ivy League and anyone else who cares to listen: This is not last year's Big Red.
Coach Bill Courtney's squad rallied from a 13-point deficit with 11 minutes to play to stun regional rival Colgate, 58-52, Tuesday evening in its home opener at Newman Arena. The Big Red (2-1) matched its win total from a year ago, when it finished 2-26; the Raiders slipped to 0-2.
Senior Devin Cherry scored 21 points and added five assists, four rebounds and three steals. Classmate Shonn Miller, who earned Ivy League Player of the Week honors for his performances in Cornell's season-opening weekend split, added seven points, six rebounds, two steals and two blocks.
Senior guard Galal Cancer and sophomore guard JoJo Fallas had eight points apiece for Cornell, which outscored Colgate in the second half, 36-21, allowed just 21 second half points and had a 12-4 advantage in points off turnovers, key in a low scoring battle.
Damon Sherman-Newsome had 19 points to lead Colgate, which led by 17 points with 7 1/2 minutes left in the first half. Austin Tillotson added 11 and Luke Roh 10. The Raiders made just one of seven free-throw attempts and were held to one offensive rebound.
The Raiders scored the game's first eight points and took their largest lead, 23-6, with 7:33 left in the first half, but Cornell ended the half on a 16-8 run to pull to within nine at the break. Colgate extended its lead back to 13 points at the first media timeout of the second half, but Cornell outscored the visitors, 13-2, over the next eight minutes to pull to within a basket.
Cornell took its first lead of the night, 47-46, when sophomore guard Robert Hatter hit two free throws with 5:17 left. Freshman guard Wil Bathurst then stole the ball and fed Cherry for a layup to extend the lead to three, and the Big Red pulled away for the six-point victory.
The Big Red won despite shooting just 38.8 percent from the floor (19-for-49) and 30 percent from beyond the arc (6-for-20). Cornell outscored Colgate from the free-throw line by 13 points despite making just 14 of 26 attempts.
Cornell heads south this weekend for the Charleston (S.C.) Classic. The Red will take on the University of South Carolina at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, then will meet either Penn State or UNC-Charlotte on Friday evening and an opponent to be determined on Sunday.
Ithaca, N.Y. — Newman Nation was rocking as the Cornell Big Red overcame a slow first half and a 17-point deficit against Colgate with a furious second half rally to pull ahead and ultimately defeat the rival Raiders 58-52 on Tuesday night.
Led by senior guards Devin Cherry, who tallied 21 points, 5 assists, and 3 steals, and Galal Cancer who added 8 points and 4 rebounds, the Big Red (2-1) claimed their second victory of the year, matching their total number of wins from last season.
Colgate was led by Damon Sherman-Newsome who scored 19 points and had 5 rebounds. Austin Tillotson and Luke Roh also scored in double digits for the Raiders with 11 and 10 points respectively.
Cornell started the game ice cold, shooting only 29.6% in the first half, and Colgate used the Big Red’s inability to score to take a 23-6 lead to start the game. With 7:11 left in the first half, and Cornell shooting only 2-17 from the field, it looked bleak for the Big Red; every time the team looked to get back into the game, inconsistent shooting held them back while Colgate was able to put up points consistently and take a large lead. The lack of offensive prowess can be credited to the Raiders who played a solid defensive game, keeping the lanes closed and making sure Cornell couldn’t drive to the basket for the easy put-ins.
With 4:34 remaining in the first, Cornell sophomore guard JoJo Fallas hit a three-point shot to bring the Big Red within thirteen, and following an Ethan Jacobs missed three for Colgate, Cherry drove in for a layup, marking the first time of the night that Cornell had scored in back-to-back possessions. For the rest of the half, Cornell outscored Colgate 10-6, and by the intermission Cornell was within nine, down only 31-22.
The Big Red came out in the second half looking revitalized and ready to score. Led by guard Robert Hatter’s intensity, Cornell looked like a new team for the first few minutes, keeping Colgate’s offense quiet and making a few key shots, but like the Raiders, the Big Red quickly became unable to make baskets. From 14:39 until 10:53 the score remained 41-30 in favor of Colgate as both teams traded turnovers and missed shots in a show of sound defenses.
As late as 9:20 left in the game, Colgate held a thirteen point lead over the offensively struggling Big Red, but a ten-point rally over the next three minutes brought Cornell within three points of the lead with over six minutes left. At 5:17, a pair of Hatter free throws tied the game and then put Cornell ahead, and the Big Red never looked back, leading for the rest of the game. A once-silent crowd at Newman Arena had been awoken, and for the last ten minutes, Cornell suddenly looked dominant over a very good opponent, outscoring Colgate 22-9 to ultimately win by six.
After being named the Ivy League Men’s Basketball player of the week, Shonn Miller followed up a dominant first two games with a quiet third, shooting only 2-9 from the field. Though he did wind up with 7 points, 6 rebounds, and 2 blocks. Darryl Smith and Will Bathurst also played key roles in the comeback win. With the victory, Cornell moves to 2-1 on the season, good for first in the Ivy League. They next play on Thursday at 7:30PM against South Carolina in the first round of the Charleston Classic.
ITHACA, N.Y. – Damon Sherman-Newsome registered a team-high 19 points but it wasn't enough to spark a Colgate men's basketball victory as they dropped a 58-52 decision to nearby rival Cornell here Tuesday night.
Sherman-Newsome chipped in five boards, while Luke Roh led all scorers with eight rebounds. Roh also added 10 points to go along with junior Austin Tillotson's 11 points, which closed out the Raider scorers in double-figures.
Throughout the game, Colgate led by as many as 17 points when it jumped out to a 23-6 edge to start the game. Sherman-Newsome scored the contest's opening eight points creating the early advantage for the Raiders.
Colgate then held the Big Red to just one layup in the beginning 11 minutes until Shonn Miller hit Cornell's first jumper.
The Big Red closed the deficit down to seven points with a layup from Galal Cancer to open the second half but that would be as close as they would come until midway through the period. Cancer then sparked a 19-3 Cornell rally that saw the Big Red take over the lead for the first time in the contest with a little less than five minutes to play.
Colgate would get to within one at 49-48 with four minutes left but wasn't able to jump-start a rally of its own as it saw Cornell finish 5-of-8 from the free throw line to steal the come-from-behind victory.
The Raiders finished the game hitting 23 of their 51 attempts from the floor for 45 percent shooting on the night. They added 5-of-15 from behind the arc for 33 percent shooting from long. Cornell went 19-for-49 from the floor to go along with its 6-of-20 shooting from the 3-point line.
Colgate is back in action Saturday at Campbell for its first game of the Buckeye Classic. Tip-off is scheduled for 2 p.m.
Bottom Line
• Cornell 58, Colgate 52
Facts & Figures
• Sherman-Newsome continued his double-digit scoring streak, pushing it to five-straight games, dating back to March 1 of last season.
• The senior from Anchorage, Alaska, drained eight of his 14 field goal attempts and added 2-of-4 from long.
• Roh notched his second double-figure scoring night in as many games with 10 points. He also pulled down a team-high eight boards to help the Raiders' total.
• Tillotson went 5-of-12 from the floor and added one trey for his 11 points. The junior also handed out a team-high five assists in the game.
• Cornell slightly won the rebound margin by 36-33, and the Big Red had another advantage at the free throw line (14-of-26 to 1-of-7).
• Alex Ramon posted a personal-best seven points and four rebounds in the game. He did not miss a shot going 3-for-3 from the floor and 1-of-1 from behind after the arc.
• Cornell's Devin Cherry registered a game-high 21 points after finishing the game 8-of-15 from the floor and 2-of-5 from downtown. JoJo Fallas added two 3-pointers for his eight points, while Cancer tallied eight of his own to help lead the Big Red.
Turning Point
• Colgate's Ramon made it a 13-point Raider advantage with 10:53 remaining in the game after Ethan Jacobs found him inside for an easy layup.
• But Cornell held Colgate to just one 3-pointer over a seven-minute span in which they rallied for a 19-3 swing to take over the lead by three with four minutes to play.
Rookie's Career First
• First-year Sean O'Brien hits his first career bucket with 7:33 left on the clock in the opening half.
• The Lafayette Hills, Pennsylvania, native's bucket was a big one as it gave the Raiders their largest lead of the game at 23-6.
From the Sources
• Colgate head coach Matt Langel: (On the game) "It's really tough to stomach. For this group, they've worked really hard and I feel badly. I didn't prepare them to play a small lineup and we had to do that at times tonight. All that being said we were up 13 points with 11 minutes left in the game, in a lower scoring contest, you're in pretty good position."
"Obviously Cornell cranked up the pressure and we didn't respond very well. A couple times we got to the rim we didn't finish the plays and we missed some critical free throws. Cornell started to drive to the basket and I credit them for stepping up. Although they didn't shoot a great free throw percentage for the game, they made them when it mattered. Shonn Miller, their all-league player, even though he didn't have an all-league night, stepped up and got them a big basket late in the game."
"We just didn't respond as the game started to slip away from us like we needed to. This will be a great lesson for us and we will work like crazy in practice before we head down to North Carolina and then over to Virginia. Hopefully we can learn from this and get better. "
Up Next
• Colgate now shifts its attention to Campbell, which is coming off a 86-51 set back to Davidson on Tuesday.
• This away contest with the Camels will be the first game of the Buckeye Classic and is set to tip-off at 2 p.m.
• This will also be the first matchup between these two teams.
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Cornell head coach Bill Courtney is in his fifth season at Cornell (39-79, .331; 19-37 Ivy, .339) ... Courtney became the fifth Robert E. Gallagher '44 Coach of Men's Basketball at Cornell on April 23, 2010.
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Already having matched its season win total from 2013-14 in a span of five days to start the new campaign, a confident Cornell men's basketball team meets South Carolina on Thursday, Nov. 20 at 7:30 p.m. at TD Arena in Charleston, S.C. The two programs meet in one of four first round contests in the 2014 Gildan Charleston Classic — Akron, Charlotte, Drexel, Miami (FL), Penn State and USC join them in the field. The game will be broadcast live on ESPN3 with Bob Picozzi and Dino Gaudio providing the call, while Barry Leonard can be heard in the Ithaca area on 98.7 FM The Buzzer, as well as the Ivy League Digital Network.
Cornell has already matched its win total against Division I teams from a season ago when it went 2-26 overall, and it did so in five days. The Big Red has the looks of a team on the rebound, playing suffocating defense (.371 field goal percentage defense, .328 3-point percentage defense, 62.7 ppg. allowed, 5.3 blocked shots per game) in all three contests. In its most recent outing, the Big Red rallied from deficits of 17 points in the first half and 13 in the second to knock off Central New York rival Colgate. Cornell limited the Raiders to 21 second half points in completing the comeback.
The biggest difference from last year is the return of first-team All-Ivy selection Shonn Miller, who missed the 2013-14 season with a shoulder injury. The 6-7 forward returned with a bang, recording 21 points and 13 rebounds in the upset of George Mason and collecting 20 points, nine rebounds, two assists, two blocks and two steals at Loyola (MD). His season averages of 16.0 ppg., 9.3 rpg., 2.0 bpg. and 1.3 spg. make him an early contender for Ivy League honors.
Other big differences in Cornell's quick turnaround include the return of senior Galal Cancer (11.3 ppg., 3.3 rpg.) after a year away from basketball, the move of senior Devin Cherry to point guard (12.3 ppg., 6.0 rpg., 5.3 apg., 1.0 spg.) and the maturation of sophomores Robert Hatter (14.0 ppg., 4.0 rpg., 1.0 spg.) and David Onuorah (3.0 ppg., 6.3 rpg., 1.7 bpg.). A number of other players have added key minutes as reserves over the first three contests.
ABOUT SOUTH CAROLINA:
• South Carolina is 1-1 on the young season after falling to Baylor 69-65 at home on Tuesday. It opened the season with a 25-point victory over North Florida (81-56).
• The Gamecocks have been led in the scoring column by guard Tyrone Johnson, who is averaging 16.5 ppg. and is coming off a career-high 21 points against Baylor. Sindarius Thornwell is also in double figures at 11.0 ppg., while four others are sitting between 7.5 and 9.0 ppg.
• South Carolina is limited opponents to 39 percent shooting overall and is outrebounding foes by nine per game, but is also just 9-of-32 (28 percent) from 3-point range so far this year.
• Eleven letter winner and four starters return from last season's 14-20 squad that finished 5-13 in SEC play, including a win over Kentucky.
• Third year coach Frank Martin sports a 29-39 record in two seasons in Columbia, S.C., and 146-93 in eight years overall.
THE CORNELL-SOUTH CAROLINA SERIES:
• The two programs have met only once, with South Carolina topping the Big Red 83-60 on Dec. 26, 1970 in the first game of the ECAC Holiday Festival at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
CORNELL VS. THE SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE (SEC):
• Cornell is 3-9 all-time against current members of the Southeastern Conference, including 0-1 against South Carolina.
• The Big Red has also faced Alabama (1-1), Arkansas (1-0), Georgia (0-1), Kentucky (1-1), Louisiana State (0-3) and Vanderbilt (0-2).
• Cornell has never squared off with Auburn, Florida, Mississippi, Mississippi State or Tennessee.
• The Big Red went 1-1 against SEC teams during the 2009-10 campaign, topping Alabama 71-67 in the season opener in Tuscaloosa before dropping a 62-45 contest to No. 1 Kentucky in the NCAA Regional semifinals in Syracuse.
• The win over Alabama was Cornell's first win over an SEC school in 37 years, previously having defeated Arkansas 78-77 in the first round of the 1972 Razorback Invitational in Fayetteville, Ark.
A WIN OVER SOUTH CAROLINA WOULD:
• advance the Big Red into the winner's bracket semifinals of the Gildan Charleston Classic to meet the winner of Thursday's contest between Charlotte and Penn State.
• improve Cornell's record to 3-1 on the season, surpassing last season's win total and tripling its win total against Division I teams.
• make the Big Red 3-1 to open a season for the first time since the 2007-08 campaign.
• give Cornell a pair of wins over SEC teams in the last five seasons after a span of 37 years without one.
• be the 1,214th in program history (1,213-1,353 in 116 seasons, .473).
LAST TIME VS. SOUTH CAROLINA:
• No. 2 South Carolina rolled to a 83-60 win over Cornell on Dec. 26, 1970 in the first round of the 1970 ECAC Holiday Festival tournament.
• Kenneth Wiens led the Big Red with 15 points, while Thomas Sparks chipped in with 14.
• Jim Roche and Tom Riker combined for 54 of the Gamecocks' 83 points.
• Legendary head coach Frank McGuire's team went 23-6 that season and finished second in the ACC.
• The Gamecocks would go on to win the tournament and later advance to the NCAA tournament, where they dropped a 79-64 decision to Cornell's Ivy League rival Penn before losing to Fordham in the East Regional third-place game (100-90).
NOTES TO KNOW:
• The Big Red is limiting opponents to 37 percent shooting over its first three games. In all, Cornell recorded a .495 field goal percentage defense mark in 2013-14 and allowed opponents to shoot 50 percent or better 15 times in 28 games.
• Cornell allowed only one offensive rebound against Colgate two days after being victimized for 19 offensive rebounds in a five-point loss to Loyola (MD). It was the fewest number of offensive rebounds given up by a Big Red team since it held Princeton without one in a 72-56 win over the Tigers on Feb. 7, 1987.
• The rally from a 17-point deficit was the largest overcome by a Big Red team this century. It is the largest overcome by a Bill Courtney-coached team, besting the 14-point first half deficit it rallied from in a 85-84 win over Yale on Feb. 10, 2012.
• Senior Shonn Miller blocked a pair of shots against George Mason to surpass the 100 career block milestone. He became the fifth player in Cornell history to reach that plateau and now has 103 to his name.
• Twenty seven of Miller's 28 rebounds so far this season have come on the defensive glass.
• With 21 points and 13 rebounds against the Patriots, Miller recorded his eighth career double-double.
• Miller is the first Cornell player with consecutive 20-point games since Nolan Cressler scored 29 points at Yale and 22 at Penn last season. The last Big Red player with three straight 20-point efforts was Ryan Wittman in the 2009-10 regular season finale against Yale, followed by NCAA tournament wins over Temple and Wisconsin.
• Senior Devin Cherry nearly secured a triple-double with nine points, 10 rebounds and seven assists against George Mason. No Cornell player has ever registered a triple-double in the program's history over a total of 2,565 games.
• Cherry has 16 of the team's 24 assists on the season (67 percent).
• In his second collegiate appearance since March 2, 2013, senior Galal Cancer matched a career high with 19 points against Loyola (MD).
• Sophomore Robert Hatter scored 21 points against George Mason, good enough for his third career 20-point outing.
• Cornell's relentless pressure and speed have helped the Big Red outscore its opponents 114-88 in the second half of games so far.
• With the win over George Mason, Cornell snapped a 17-game road losing streak and a seven-game skid overall.
LAST TIME OUT:
• For the second game in a row, the Cornell men's basketball made a comeback after digging itself a hole. This time, the Big Red was able to bring home the win, and in doing so made another early statement about where the season could go.
• Cornell rallied from a 17-point first half deficit that was still 13 points with 11 minutes to play and stormed back to earn a 58-52 victory over Central New York rival Colgate at Newman Arena on Nov. 18.
• The win matched last season's win total after just three contests.
• Senior Devin Cherry scored 21 points, dished five assists, grabbed four rebounds and had three steals in a dominant performance as the Big Red's ability to defend and get to the free-throw line allowed the home team to complete a spirited rally in front of an energized Newman Arena.
• Senior Shonn Miller added seven points, six rebounds, two steals and two blocks and both senior Galal Cancer and sophomore JoJo Fallas had eight points.
• Cornell allowed just 21 second half points and had a 12-4 advantage in points off turnovers, key in a low scoring battle.
• Damon Sherman-Newsome had 19 points to lead three double figure scorers for Colgate.
• Austin Tillotson added 11 and Luke Roh scored 10.
• The Raiders struggled from the free-throw line (1-of-7) and were held to one offensive rebound as the Big Red dominated the defensive glass against a normally sharp-shooting Colgate squad.
NBA SCHEDULE:
• Cornell is in the midst of playing eight games in 16 days, covering four states (New York, Virginia, Maryland, South Carolina).
• The Big Red opened the season with three games in five days, including trips to George Mason (W, 68-60) and Loyola (MD) (L, 71-76), before heading to Charleston, S.C., for three games in four days.
• All told, Cornell will travel 2476 miles roundtrip to play its eight games.
• Though impressive, it doesn't touch what the Big Red did two years ago in November of 2012 when it played six games in 11 days, covering four states (New York, Wisconsin, Arizona and Nevada) and all four continental U.S. time zones (Eastern, Central, Mountain, Pacific).
• All told, Cornell traveled 4,400 miles to play those six games, finishing 2-4.
THE BIG RED AND IN-SEASON TOURNAMENTS:
• Overall, Cornell is 44-96 in tournament play during the regular season.
• The program last won an in-season tournament when it dropped Davidson and St. John's to capture the 2009-10 MSG Holiday Classic.
• The Big Red has also won tournament championships at the 1978-79 and 1967-68 Kodak Classic (both in Rochester, N.Y.) and the 1990-91 USAir-Cornell Classic.
• Cornell was a perfect 4-0 at the Legends Classic in 2009-10, but due to the tournament format, was not considered to be the tournament champion. Florida (4-0) also finished the tournament unbeaten.
• The Big Red won the 2012 Continental Tire Las Vegas Invitational lower bracket with wins over Presbyterian and Longwood.
NEXT UP:
• Following the trip to Charleston, the Big Red will play two of its next three contests at home starting with a matchup against Canisius on Wednesday, Nov. 26 at 7 p.m. in Newman Arena.
Already having matched its season win total from 2013-14 in a span of five days to start the new campaign, a confident Cornell men's basketball team meets South Carolina on Thursday, Nov. 20 at 7:30 p.m. at TD Arena in Charleston, S.C. The two programs meet in one of four first round contests in the 2014 Gildan Charleston Classic — Akron, Charlotte, Drexel, Miami (FL), Penn State and USC join them in the field. The game will be broadcast live on ESPN3 with Bob Picozzi and Dino Gaudio providing the call, while Barry Leonard can be heard in the Ithaca area on 98.7 FM The Buzzer, as well as the Ivy League Digital Network.
Cornell has already matched its win total against Division I teams from a season ago when it went 2-26 overall, and it did so in five days. The Big Red has the looks of a team on the rebound, playing suffocating defense (.371 field goal percentage defense, .328 3-point percentage defense, 62.7 ppg. allowed, 5.3 blocked shots per game) in all three contests. In its most recent outing, the Big Red rallied from deficits of 17 points in the first half and 13 in the second to knock off Central New York rival Colgate. Cornell limited the Raiders to 21 second half points in completing the comeback.
The biggest difference from last year is the return of first-team All-Ivy selection Shonn Miller, who missed the 2013-14 season with a shoulder injury. The 6-7 forward returned with a bang, recording 21 points and 13 rebounds in the upset of George Mason and collecting 20 points, nine rebounds, two assists, two blocks and two steals at Loyola (MD). His season averages of 16.0 ppg., 9.3 rpg., 2.0 bpg. and 1.3 spg. make him an early contender for Ivy League honors.
Other big differences in Cornell's quick turnaround include the return of senior Galal Cancer (11.3 ppg., 3.3 rpg.) after a year away from basketball, the move of senior Devin Cherry to point guard (12.3 ppg., 6.0 rpg., 5.3 apg., 1.0 spg.) and the maturation of sophomores Robert Hatter (14.0 ppg., 4.0 rpg., 1.0 spg.) and David Onuorah (3.0 ppg., 6.3 rpg., 1.7 bpg.). A number of other players have added key minutes as reserves over the first three contests.
ABOUT SOUTH CAROLINA:
• South Carolina is 1-1 on the young season after falling to Baylor 69-65 at home on Tuesday. It opened the season with a 25-point victory over North Florida (81-56).
• The Gamecocks have been led in the scoring column by guard Tyrone Johnson, who is averaging 16.5 ppg. and is coming off a career-high 21 points against Baylor. Sindarius Thornwell is also in double figures at 11.0 ppg., while four others are sitting between 7.5 and 9.0 ppg.
• South Carolina is limited opponents to 39 percent shooting overall and is outrebounding foes by nine per game, but is also just 9-of-32 (28 percent) from 3-point range so far this year.
• Eleven letter winner and four starters return from last season's 14-20 squad that finished 5-13 in SEC play, including a win over Kentucky.
• Third year coach Frank Martin sports a 29-39 record in two seasons in Columbia, S.C., and 146-93 in eight years overall.
THE CORNELL-SOUTH CAROLINA SERIES:
• The two programs have met only once, with South Carolina topping the Big Red 83-60 on Dec. 26, 1970 in the first game of the ECAC Holiday Festival at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
CORNELL VS. THE SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE (SEC):
• Cornell is 3-9 all-time against current members of the Southeastern Conference, including 0-1 against South Carolina.
• The Big Red has also faced Alabama (1-1), Arkansas (1-0), Georgia (0-1), Kentucky (1-1), Louisiana State (0-3) and Vanderbilt (0-2).
• Cornell has never squared off with Auburn, Florida, Mississippi, Mississippi State or Tennessee.
• The Big Red went 1-1 against SEC teams during the 2009-10 campaign, topping Alabama 71-67 in the season opener in Tuscaloosa before dropping a 62-45 contest to No. 1 Kentucky in the NCAA Regional semifinals in Syracuse.
• The win over Alabama was Cornell's first win over an SEC school in 37 years, previously having defeated Arkansas 78-77 in the first round of the 1972 Razorback Invitational in Fayetteville, Ark.
A WIN OVER SOUTH CAROLINA WOULD:
• advance the Big Red into the winner's bracket semifinals of the Gildan Charleston Classic to meet the winner of Thursday's contest between Charlotte and Penn State.
• improve Cornell's record to 3-1 on the season, surpassing last season's win total and tripling its win total against Division I teams.
• make the Big Red 3-1 to open a season for the first time since the 2007-08 campaign.
• give Cornell a pair of wins over SEC teams in the last five seasons after a span of 37 years without one.
• be the 1,214th in program history (1,213-1,353 in 116 seasons, .473).
LAST TIME VS. SOUTH CAROLINA:
• No. 2 South Carolina rolled to a 83-60 win over Cornell on Dec. 26, 1970 in the first round of the 1970 ECAC Holiday Festival tournament.
• Kenneth Wiens led the Big Red with 15 points, while Thomas Sparks chipped in with 14.
• Jim Roche and Tom Riker combined for 54 of the Gamecocks' 83 points.
• Legendary head coach Frank McGuire's team went 23-6 that season and finished second in the ACC.
• The Gamecocks would go on to win the tournament and later advance to the NCAA tournament, where they dropped a 79-64 decision to Cornell's Ivy League rival Penn before losing to Fordham in the East Regional third-place game (100-90).
NOTES TO KNOW:
• The Big Red is limiting opponents to 37 percent shooting over its first three games. In all, Cornell recorded a .495 field goal percentage defense mark in 2013-14 and allowed opponents to shoot 50 percent or better 15 times in 28 games.
• Cornell allowed only one offensive rebound against Colgate two days after being victimized for 19 offensive rebounds in a five-point loss to Loyola (MD). It was the fewest number of offensive rebounds given up by a Big Red team since it held Princeton without one in a 72-56 win over the Tigers on Feb. 7, 1987.
• The rally from a 17-point deficit was the largest overcome by a Big Red team this century. It is the largest overcome by a Bill Courtney-coached team, besting the 14-point first half deficit it rallied from in a 85-84 win over Yale on Feb. 10, 2012.
• Senior Shonn Miller blocked a pair of shots against George Mason to surpass the 100 career block milestone. He became the fifth player in Cornell history to reach that plateau and now has 103 to his name.
• Twenty seven of Miller's 28 rebounds so far this season have come on the defensive glass.
• With 21 points and 13 rebounds against the Patriots, Miller recorded his eighth career double-double.
• Miller is the first Cornell player with consecutive 20-point games since Nolan Cressler scored 29 points at Yale and 22 at Penn last season. The last Big Red player with three straight 20-point efforts was Ryan Wittman in the 2009-10 regular season finale against Yale, followed by NCAA tournament wins over Temple and Wisconsin.
• Senior Devin Cherry nearly secured a triple-double with nine points, 10 rebounds and seven assists against George Mason. No Cornell player has ever registered a triple-double in the program's history over a total of 2,565 games.
• Cherry has 16 of the team's 24 assists on the season (67 percent).
• In his second collegiate appearance since March 2, 2013, senior Galal Cancer matched a career high with 19 points against Loyola (MD).
• Sophomore Robert Hatter scored 21 points against George Mason, good enough for his third career 20-point outing.
• Cornell's relentless pressure and speed have helped the Big Red outscore its opponents 114-88 in the second half of games so far.
• With the win over George Mason, Cornell snapped a 17-game road losing streak and a seven-game skid overall.
LAST TIME OUT:
• For the second game in a row, the Cornell men's basketball made a comeback after digging itself a hole. This time, the Big Red was able to bring home the win, and in doing so made another early statement about where the season could go.
• Cornell rallied from a 17-point first half deficit that was still 13 points with 11 minutes to play and stormed back to earn a 58-52 victory over Central New York rival Colgate at Newman Arena on Nov. 18.
• The win matched last season's win total after just three contests.
• Senior Devin Cherry scored 21 points, dished five assists, grabbed four rebounds and had three steals in a dominant performance as the Big Red's ability to defend and get to the free-throw line allowed the home team to complete a spirited rally in front of an energized Newman Arena.
• Senior Shonn Miller added seven points, six rebounds, two steals and two blocks and both senior Galal Cancer and sophomore JoJo Fallas had eight points.
• Cornell allowed just 21 second half points and had a 12-4 advantage in points off turnovers, key in a low scoring battle.
• Damon Sherman-Newsome had 19 points to lead three double figure scorers for Colgate.
• Austin Tillotson added 11 and Luke Roh scored 10.
• The Raiders struggled from the free-throw line (1-of-7) and were held to one offensive rebound as the Big Red dominated the defensive glass against a normally sharp-shooting Colgate squad.
NBA SCHEDULE:
• Cornell is in the midst of playing eight games in 16 days, covering four states (New York, Virginia, Maryland, South Carolina).
• The Big Red opened the season with three games in five days, including trips to George Mason (W, 68-60) and Loyola (MD) (L, 71-76), before heading to Charleston, S.C., for three games in four days.
• All told, Cornell will travel 2476 miles roundtrip to play its eight games.
• Though impressive, it doesn't touch what the Big Red did two years ago in November of 2012 when it played six games in 11 days, covering four states (New York, Wisconsin, Arizona and Nevada) and all four continental U.S. time zones (Eastern, Central, Mountain, Pacific).
• All told, Cornell traveled 4,400 miles to play those six games, finishing 2-4.
THE BIG RED AND IN-SEASON TOURNAMENTS:
• Overall, Cornell is 44-96 in tournament play during the regular season.
• The program last won an in-season tournament when it dropped Davidson and St. John's to capture the 2009-10 MSG Holiday Classic.
• The Big Red has also won tournament championships at the 1978-79 and 1967-68 Kodak Classic (both in Rochester, N.Y.) and the 1990-91 USAir-Cornell Classic.
• Cornell was a perfect 4-0 at the Legends Classic in 2009-10, but due to the tournament format, was not considered to be the tournament champion. Florida (4-0) also finished the tournament unbeaten.
• The Big Red won the 2012 Continental Tire Las Vegas Invitational lower bracket with wins over Presbyterian and Longwood.
NEXT UP:
• Following the trip to Charleston, the Big Red will play two of its next three contests at home starting with a matchup against Canisius on Wednesday, Nov. 26 at 7 p.m. in Newman Arena.
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Get all the information you need about the Cornell Big Red's game tonight vs. Colgate, Tuesday, November 18, 2014, with The Cornell Basketball Blog's Game Preview Center. Below, some news and notes for Tuesday...
- The Idaho Press reports on the NCAA Tournament's return to Boise and writes, "it has not been back to Idaho since 2009, when Missouri, Cornell, Marquette, Utah State, Florida State, Wisconsin, Xavier and Portland State came to town"
- The Boston Globe discusses some recent games around the country and notes, "George Mason losing to Cornell, 68-60, at home. How are the Patriots going to compete in the Atlantic 10 losing games like this? "
- On week 1 of the season, Big Apple Buckets writes:
What Happened Last Week: What could have been a strong weekend for the Ivy League became a disappointing start to the season, thanks to several close games breaking against the Ancient Eight...The Ivy League went just 4-7 overall, with Cornell(!) providing the most notable win... Before Harvard’s loss, the biggest surprise of the weekend was Cornell’s 68-60 victory at George Mason, a win that looked even better when Princeton fell to the Patriots on Sunday. This isn’t a peak George Mason team — the Patriots went 4-12 in the Atlantic 10 last year — but it’s still an excellent result for a team that beat just one D-I opponent last season. Before the Big Red bandwagon gets too full, however, it’s worth noting that Cornell was hardly dominant: George Mason had a decided edge in turnovers and on the glass, only losing because it shot a woeful 31% from the field (and 11-for-21 from the free throw line). The Big Red’s opponents won’t miss that many shots too often... Weekly Awards:Player of the Week: Shonn Miller, Cornell — After missing all of last season with a shoulder injury, Miller showed no signs of rust in his 2014-15 debut. The forward went right back to being his All-Ivy self, leading the Big Red’s upset at George Mason with 21 points and 13 rebounds (including 4-6 three-point shooting), then scoring 20 points in an attempted comeback at Loyola (MD)...The week ahead: ..Cornell plays South Carolina on Thursday...Power Rankings: (Note: Rankings based on my overall impression of each team, not just what happened this weekend.)... 6. Cornell — Shonn Miller isn’t the only returning player for Big Red fans to be excited about: Galal Cancer scored 19 points against Loyola, and he even did so efficiently (5-7 from the field, 9-12 from the line)...
- The Daily Wildcat mentions Dwight Tarwater (Cornell '14) in its Pac 12 preview.
- On the Big Red's weekend action, the Cornell Daily Sun writes:
It took three months for Cornell men’s basketball to win its first Division I game last year. This season, it took one night.
With last year’s 2-26 season firmly in the past, the Red were victorious over George Mason on opening night. In front of a crowd of 6,000 strong, Cornell (1-1) beat the Patriots (1-1), 68-60, in Fairfax, Virginia, on Friday, setting the tone for what will likely be a much improved season.
“Anytime you can go into someone’s arena and get a road win, it’s huge no matter where you are in the country,” said Head Coach Bill Courtney. “I thought our guys really executed the gameplan to a T and really found a way to hold [George Mason] off whenever they made runs.”
Behind 21 points from both Robert Hatter and Shonn Miller, Cornell led by as many as 15 points late in the second half. Miller, playing for the first time since the 2012-13 season, also added 13 rebounds.
Cornell began the night strong, taking a 16-10 lead by sinking its first four three pointers. The Red finished the half making six of eight from long range. George Mason clawed its way back and took the lead when Patrick Holloway connected on a shot from outside the arc with under six minutes left to play in the half. He would finish with a game-high 22.
After David Onuorah made a free throw to cut the lead to one later, Miller ended the half by scoring the Red’s final 11 points, giving Cornell a three point lead going into halftime.
In the second half, Cornell turned up the defense. Over the final 20 minutes, the Red limited the Patriots to 28.6 percent shooting.
“The guys did a great job of executing defensively,” Courtney said. “They were really locked in on that end of the floor.”
With the defense shutting down the Patriots, Cornell’s offense was able to take control. The Red quickly turned a three point halftime advantage into a 10 point lead. Cornell would remain in charge for the remainder of the game. Robert Hatter lead the second half charge with 11 points on seven shots.
Senior point guard Devin Cherry chipped in nine points in the second half after being held scoreless in the first period. Cherry also finished with 10 rebounds and seven assists, coming close to recording the first triple double in school history. Cherry, however, also notched eight of Cornell’s 16 turnovers. George Mason was able to score 16 points off those turnovers.
Courtney admitted that limiting turnovers had been a struggle for the Red.
“It’s definitely an area that we’ve tried to get better at in the preseason. We know that’s an area of concern for us,” he said. “It something that we’ll continue to work on.”
On Sunday, the Red were down big early against Loyola but battled all the way back before falling flat down the stretch. Cornell lost, 76-71, against the Greyhounds (1-1).
The Red jumped to a quick 6-0 lead, continuing its strong defense. Loyola quickly found its rhythm and went on a 12-0 run midway through the first half, highlighted by five points from Eric Laster, who would finish with 13. The Red continued its turnover woes with nine in the first half including five from Cherry.
“They beat us in loose balls, offensive rebounds, 50-50 balls,” Courtney said. “We didn’t get enough of those and they got a double digit lead.”
Loyola would maintain this solid lead and finished the half with a 38-27 advantage. Going into the half down by such a margin, Courtney credits his team for their determination for getting back into the game.
“They fought back like crazy in the second half — really played with a lot of fire and intensity,” he said. “I was proud of the effort our guys made to come back from a double digit deficit on the road.”
Cornell started the second half strong and cut the lead to five points early on. Eric Laster quickly silenced the rally with a five points of his own to extend the lead back to double figures.
For the next eight minutes, the Red hung with the Greyhounds, staying relatively close but failing to chip away at the lead. With seven minutes remaining in the game, Wil Bathurst made a lay-up to cut the lead to two. Cornell would keep at it and Shonn Miller tied up the game at 60 with a jumper. David Onuorah’s free throw would give the Red its first lead since midway through the second half.
A minute later, with the scored knotted up at 64, Loyola’s Andre Walker missed from beyond the arc. But Cam Gregory secured the offensive rebound, his fourth of the day and the Greyhounds took a two-point lead off a shot from Fritz Rassman.
With 3:34 left to play, Miller sunk two free throws to tie up the game at 66. Eric Laster then made a three and the Greyhounds went on an 8-2 run that effectively put away the Red.
Miller led the Red with 20 points and nine rebounds. He also had a pair of blocks and a pair of steals. Galal Cancer finished with 19 points while taking just seven shots. Robert Hatter had 17. No other player had more than seven.
Cornell takes on Colgate (0-1) at home on Tuesday at 7 p.m. The Raiders dropped their first game of the season this year, 52-57, against La Salle. Colgate presents a balanced attack with strong three point shooting. In the first game of the season, four players scored in double figures for the Raiders.
After facing two big, athletic teams in George Mason and Loyola, Courtney says this game will be entirely different.
“They do a great job with their offensive execution, so we’re going to have to take away their threes,” he said. “We’ll probably be a little more athletic than them, so we’re going to have to use that to our advantage.”
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Game #3: Colgate at Cornell
Tip off: Tuesday, Nov. 18, at 7:00 p.m.
Site: Newman Arena (4,473), Ithaca, N.Y.
2014-15 Records: Colgate (0-1, 0-0 Patriot); Cornell (1-1, 0-0 Ivy)
Series Record: Cornell leads 71-54
Last Meeting: Colgate won 81-58, Nov. 20, 2013 in Hamilton, N.Y.
Radio: 98.7 FM The Buzzer (Barry Leonard, Eric Taylor '05)
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HEAD COACH BILL COURTNEY
Cornell head coach Bill Courtney is in his fifth season at Cornell (38-79, .325; 19-37 Ivy, .339) ... Courtney became the fifth Robert E. Gallagher '44 Coach of Men's Basketball at Cornell on April 23, 2010.
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After a productive first weekend, the Cornell men's basketball team will continue its early season sprint with the home opener against Central New York rival Colgate on Tuesday, Nov. 18 at 7 p.m. at Newman Arena in Ithaca, N.Y. The game will be broadcast live on the Ivy League Digital Network, while Barry Leonard and Eric Taylor '05 will call the game on 98.7 FM The Buzzer.
Cornell pulled one of the biggest upsets of the opening weekend of college basketball season with its 68-60 triumph over George Mason in the season opener before dropping a tight 76-71 contest at Loyola (MD). Cornell has already matched its win total against Division I teams from a season ago when it went 2-26 overall. The Big Red has the looks of a team on the rebound, playing suffocating defense (.339 field goal percentage defense, .326 3-point percentage defense, 68.0 ppg. allowed, 6.0 blocked shots per game) in both contests.
The biggest difference from last year is the return of first-team All-Ivy selection Shonn Miller, who missed the 2013-14 season with a shoulder injury. The 6-7 forward returned with a bang, recording 21 points and 13 rebounds in the upset of George Mason and collecting 20 points, nine rebounds, two assists, two blocks and two steals at Loyola (MD). His averages of 20.5 ppg., 11.0 rpg. and 2.0 bpg. earned him the Ivy League's initial Player of the Week award.
Other big differences include the return of senior Galal Cancer (13.0 ppg., 3.0 rpg.) after a year away from basketball, the move of senior Devin Cherry to point guard (8.0 ppg., 7.0 rpg., 5.5 apg.) and the maturation of sophomores Robert Hatter (19.0 ppg., 4.5 rpg.) and David Onuorah (4.5 ppg., 6.5 rpg., 2.0 bpg.). Sophomore guard Darryl Smith (3.0 ppg., 1.5 rpg.) has also provided key minutes in the backcourt, while senior Deion Giddens (1.5 rpg., 1.0 bpg.) and freshman swingman Wil Bathurst (1.5 ppg., 1.5 rpg.) have also played important minutes. In all, head coach Bill Courtney has used a 12-man rotation in each of the first two games, though only six players are averaging double figure minutes.
The home opener features a familiar foe — Central New York rival Colgate. It will be the 126th all-time meeting between the programs located just 70 miles apart. The Raiders, coming off a 13-18 season under fourth-year head coach Matt Langel, return six of their top seven scorers from a season ago, though lost is the man who topped the charts, Murphy Burnatowski (14.2 ppg.). Three double figure scorers from a season ago — Austin Tillotson (13.3 ppg, 4.4 apg.), Ethan Jacobs (11.5 ppg.) and Damon Sherman-Newsome (11.3 ppg.) — are back for Colgate, which was picked to finish eighth in the Patriot League's preseason poll. Colgate brings an 0-1 record into the contest after a 57-52 loss at La Salle on Nov. 15.
ABOUT COLGATE:
• The Raiders bring an 0-1 record into the contest after a 57-52 defeat at the hands of La Salle.
• Four players reached double figures in scoring with Ethan Jacobs leading the way with a game-high 12 points.
• Colgate went 13-18 (6-12 Patriot) a season ago despite a hot finish, winning four of their final five contests with the only loss a nine-point defeat at eventual conference champ American in the conference tournament.
• Colgate returns four starters and 14 letter winners from last season's squad, including six of the team's top seven scorers.
• A veteran team, Colgate returns three senior starters and another entering his junior campaign.
• Double figure scorers Austin Tillotson (13.3 ppg, 4.4 apg.), Jacobs (11.5 ppg.) and Damon Sherman-Newsome (11.3 ppg.) will have plenty of opportunities to pick up the slack with the loss of leading scorer Murphy Burnatowski (14.2 ppg.) to graduation.
• Fourth-year head coach Matt Langel brings a career record of 32-62 into the contest, but has improved Colgate's win total overall and in Patriot League play each season in his tenure.
THE CORNELL-COLGATE SERIES:
• The Big Red leads the all-time series 71-54 dating back to the first meeting in the 1901-02 campaign.
• Cornell won 16 straight contests between 1961-69 and 11 more in a row from 1981-91.
• The Raiders have had the best of the recent series, winning six of the last nine meetings.
• A year ago, Colgate earned an 81-53 victory over the Big Red a year ago in Hamilton, N.Y. despite 12 points from Devin Cherry and 10 from Deion Gidddens.
CORNELL VS. PATRIOT LEAGUE:
• Cornell is 142-121 all-time against current members of the Patriot League, including 71-54 against Colgate.
• The Big Red has also played American (1-1), Army (20-13), Boston University (2-2), Bucknell (23-25), Holy Cross (2-3), Lafayette (7-11), Lehigh (13-9), Loyola (MD) (1-2) and Navy (2-1).
• This is the second of two scheduled contests with Patriot League opponents this season. Cornell dropped a 76-71 contest at Loyola (MD) on Sunday, Nov. 16.
A WIN OVER COLGATE WOULD:
• improve Cornell's record to 2-1 on the season, matching last season's win total and doubling its win total against Division I teams.
• snap a five-game home losing skid overall.
• avenge last season's 23-point loss in Hamilton, N.Y., and extend the Big Red's lead in the all-time series to 72-54.
• be the 1,213th in program history (1,212-1,353 in 116 seasons, .473).
LAST TIME VS. COLGATE:
• Nolan Cressler scored a game-high 19 points to pace three double figure scorers, but Colgate opened the second half on a 9-0 run and never looked back in an 81-58 win over Cornell on Nov. 20, 2013 at Cotterell Court.
• Cressler added four rebounds and a steal to his 8-of-18 shooting night and has now reached double figures in the scoring column in nine consecutive games.
• Devin Cherry scored 12 points, dished three assists, grabbed two rebounds and collected two steals, while Deion Giddens hit all five of his field goals en route to a career-best 10 points.
• The Big Red shot 41 percent from the floor, but was just 4-of-20 from 3-point range and committed 14 turnovers.
• Murphy Burnatowski scored 19 points to lead Colgate.
• Ethan Jacobs scored 15 and added four rebounds, two assists and two blocks. The big man hit 3-of-4 from 3-point range for the Raiders, who connected on 11-of-23 from beyond the arc as a team.
NOTES TO KNOW:
• The Big Red is limiting opponents to 34 percent shooting over its first two games. In all, Cornell recorded a .495 field goal percentage defense mark in 2013-14 and allowed opponents to shoot 50 percent or better 15 times in 28 games.
• Senior Shonn Miller blocked a pair of shots against George Mason to surpass the 100 career block milestone. He became the fifth player in Cornell history to reach that plateau.
• Twenty one of Miller's 22 rebounds so far this season have come on the defensive glass.
• With 21 points and 13 rebounds against the Patriots, Miller recorded his eighth career double-double.
• Miller is the first Cornell player with consecutive 20-point games since Nolan Cressler scored 29 points at Yale and 22 at Penn last season. The last Big Red player with three straight 20-point efforts was Ryan Wittman in the 2009-10 regular season finale against Yale, followed by NCAA tournament wins over Temple and Wisconsin.
• Senior Devin Cherry nearly secured a triple-double with nine points, 10 rebounds and seven assists against George Mason. No Cornell player has ever registered a triple-double in the program's history over a total of 2,565 games.
• Cherry has 11 of the team's 16 assists on the season (69 percent).
• In his second collegiate appearance since March 2, 2013, senior Galal Cancer matched a career high with 19 points.
• Sophomore Robert Hatter scored 21 points, good enough for his third career 20-point outing.
• Cornell's relentless pressure and speed have helped the Big Red outscore its opponents 78-67 in the second half of games so far.
• With the win over George Mason, Cornell snapped a 17-game road losing strea and a seven-game skid overall.
LAST TIME OUT:
• Cornell rallied from a 14-point deficit to take a second half lead, but Loyola (MD) closed strong for a 76-71 victory on Nov. 16, 2014, at Reitz Arena.
• Senior Shonn Miller had 20 points, nine rebounds, two assists, two blocked shots and two steals.
• Classmate Galal Cancer matched a career high with 19 points and sophomore Robert Hatter chipped in with 17.
• Sophomore David Onuorah had eight rebounds and four of the team's nine blocked shots on the evening.
• Cornell was outrebounded 43-34 and shot just 16 percent from the 3-point line (3-of-19).
• The Greyhounds, meanwhile, connected on 8-of-19 from 3-point range (42 percent) to create some separation.
• Four players scored in double figures, led by 15 points from Tyler Hubbard.
• Eric Laster scored 13, Franz Rassman chipped in 12 and Andre Walker scored 11 in the win.
• Cam Gregory had a game-high 10 boards.
MILLER NAMED IVY LEAGUE ROOKIE OF THE WEEK:
• Shonn Miller was named Ivy League Men's Basketball Player of the Week when the conference office announced awards following the first weekend of action on Nov. 17.
• It is the seventh weekly honor for Miller in his career (two-time Player of the Week, five-time Rookie of the Week).
• Miller showed exactly what the Big Red had been missing in splitting a season-opening road trip after missing the 2013-14 season.
• Miller averaged 20.5 points, 11.0 rebounds, 2.0 blocked shots, 1.0 steals and 1.0 assists in a pair of starts.
• He shot 41 percent from the floor, 46 percent from three-point range and 80 percent from the free-throw line.
• Miller had a monster contest in the win over George Mason in his first game in nearly a year and a half, scoring 21 points, including connecting on a career-high four 3-pointers, to go along with 13 rebounds and two blocks.
• In a five-point loss to Loyola (Md.), he scored 20 points, grabbed nine rebounds, blocked two shots, stole two passes and dished two assists.
NEXT UP:
• The Big Red heads to the Gildan Charleston Classic for three games beginning with a matchup against South Carolina of the Southeastern Conference on Thursday, Nov. 20 at 7:30 p.m.
• Following the trip to Charleston, the Big Red will play two of its next three contests at home starting with a matchup against Canisius on Wednesday, Nov. 26 at 7 p.m. in Newman Arena.
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Game #3: Colgate at Cornell
Tip off: Tuesday, Nov. 18, at 7:00 p.m.
Site: Newman Arena (4,473), Ithaca, N.Y.
2014-15 Records: Colgate (0-1, 0-0 Patriot); Cornell (1-1, 0-0 Ivy)
Series Record: Cornell leads 71-54
Last Meeting: Colgate won 81-58, Nov. 20, 2013 in Hamilton, N.Y.
Radio: 98.7 FM The Buzzer (Barry Leonard, Eric Taylor '05)
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HEAD COACH BILL COURTNEY
Cornell head coach Bill Courtney is in his fifth season at Cornell (38-79, .325; 19-37 Ivy, .339) ... Courtney became the fifth Robert E. Gallagher '44 Coach of Men's Basketball at Cornell on April 23, 2010.
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After a productive first weekend, the Cornell men's basketball team will continue its early season sprint with the home opener against Central New York rival Colgate on Tuesday, Nov. 18 at 7 p.m. at Newman Arena in Ithaca, N.Y. The game will be broadcast live on the Ivy League Digital Network, while Barry Leonard and Eric Taylor '05 will call the game on 98.7 FM The Buzzer.
Cornell pulled one of the biggest upsets of the opening weekend of college basketball season with its 68-60 triumph over George Mason in the season opener before dropping a tight 76-71 contest at Loyola (MD). Cornell has already matched its win total against Division I teams from a season ago when it went 2-26 overall. The Big Red has the looks of a team on the rebound, playing suffocating defense (.339 field goal percentage defense, .326 3-point percentage defense, 68.0 ppg. allowed, 6.0 blocked shots per game) in both contests.
The biggest difference from last year is the return of first-team All-Ivy selection Shonn Miller, who missed the 2013-14 season with a shoulder injury. The 6-7 forward returned with a bang, recording 21 points and 13 rebounds in the upset of George Mason and collecting 20 points, nine rebounds, two assists, two blocks and two steals at Loyola (MD). His averages of 20.5 ppg., 11.0 rpg. and 2.0 bpg. earned him the Ivy League's initial Player of the Week award.
Other big differences include the return of senior Galal Cancer (13.0 ppg., 3.0 rpg.) after a year away from basketball, the move of senior Devin Cherry to point guard (8.0 ppg., 7.0 rpg., 5.5 apg.) and the maturation of sophomores Robert Hatter (19.0 ppg., 4.5 rpg.) and David Onuorah (4.5 ppg., 6.5 rpg., 2.0 bpg.). Sophomore guard Darryl Smith (3.0 ppg., 1.5 rpg.) has also provided key minutes in the backcourt, while senior Deion Giddens (1.5 rpg., 1.0 bpg.) and freshman swingman Wil Bathurst (1.5 ppg., 1.5 rpg.) have also played important minutes. In all, head coach Bill Courtney has used a 12-man rotation in each of the first two games, though only six players are averaging double figure minutes.
The home opener features a familiar foe — Central New York rival Colgate. It will be the 126th all-time meeting between the programs located just 70 miles apart. The Raiders, coming off a 13-18 season under fourth-year head coach Matt Langel, return six of their top seven scorers from a season ago, though lost is the man who topped the charts, Murphy Burnatowski (14.2 ppg.). Three double figure scorers from a season ago — Austin Tillotson (13.3 ppg, 4.4 apg.), Ethan Jacobs (11.5 ppg.) and Damon Sherman-Newsome (11.3 ppg.) — are back for Colgate, which was picked to finish eighth in the Patriot League's preseason poll. Colgate brings an 0-1 record into the contest after a 57-52 loss at La Salle on Nov. 15.
ABOUT COLGATE:
• The Raiders bring an 0-1 record into the contest after a 57-52 defeat at the hands of La Salle.
• Four players reached double figures in scoring with Ethan Jacobs leading the way with a game-high 12 points.
• Colgate went 13-18 (6-12 Patriot) a season ago despite a hot finish, winning four of their final five contests with the only loss a nine-point defeat at eventual conference champ American in the conference tournament.
• Colgate returns four starters and 14 letter winners from last season's squad, including six of the team's top seven scorers.
• A veteran team, Colgate returns three senior starters and another entering his junior campaign.
• Double figure scorers Austin Tillotson (13.3 ppg, 4.4 apg.), Jacobs (11.5 ppg.) and Damon Sherman-Newsome (11.3 ppg.) will have plenty of opportunities to pick up the slack with the loss of leading scorer Murphy Burnatowski (14.2 ppg.) to graduation.
• Fourth-year head coach Matt Langel brings a career record of 32-62 into the contest, but has improved Colgate's win total overall and in Patriot League play each season in his tenure.
THE CORNELL-COLGATE SERIES:
• The Big Red leads the all-time series 71-54 dating back to the first meeting in the 1901-02 campaign.
• Cornell won 16 straight contests between 1961-69 and 11 more in a row from 1981-91.
• The Raiders have had the best of the recent series, winning six of the last nine meetings.
• A year ago, Colgate earned an 81-53 victory over the Big Red a year ago in Hamilton, N.Y. despite 12 points from Devin Cherry and 10 from Deion Gidddens.
CORNELL VS. PATRIOT LEAGUE:
• Cornell is 142-121 all-time against current members of the Patriot League, including 71-54 against Colgate.
• The Big Red has also played American (1-1), Army (20-13), Boston University (2-2), Bucknell (23-25), Holy Cross (2-3), Lafayette (7-11), Lehigh (13-9), Loyola (MD) (1-2) and Navy (2-1).
• This is the second of two scheduled contests with Patriot League opponents this season. Cornell dropped a 76-71 contest at Loyola (MD) on Sunday, Nov. 16.
A WIN OVER COLGATE WOULD:
• improve Cornell's record to 2-1 on the season, matching last season's win total and doubling its win total against Division I teams.
• snap a five-game home losing skid overall.
• avenge last season's 23-point loss in Hamilton, N.Y., and extend the Big Red's lead in the all-time series to 72-54.
• be the 1,213th in program history (1,212-1,353 in 116 seasons, .473).
LAST TIME VS. COLGATE:
• Nolan Cressler scored a game-high 19 points to pace three double figure scorers, but Colgate opened the second half on a 9-0 run and never looked back in an 81-58 win over Cornell on Nov. 20, 2013 at Cotterell Court.
• Cressler added four rebounds and a steal to his 8-of-18 shooting night and has now reached double figures in the scoring column in nine consecutive games.
• Devin Cherry scored 12 points, dished three assists, grabbed two rebounds and collected two steals, while Deion Giddens hit all five of his field goals en route to a career-best 10 points.
• The Big Red shot 41 percent from the floor, but was just 4-of-20 from 3-point range and committed 14 turnovers.
• Murphy Burnatowski scored 19 points to lead Colgate.
• Ethan Jacobs scored 15 and added four rebounds, two assists and two blocks. The big man hit 3-of-4 from 3-point range for the Raiders, who connected on 11-of-23 from beyond the arc as a team.
NOTES TO KNOW:
• The Big Red is limiting opponents to 34 percent shooting over its first two games. In all, Cornell recorded a .495 field goal percentage defense mark in 2013-14 and allowed opponents to shoot 50 percent or better 15 times in 28 games.
• Senior Shonn Miller blocked a pair of shots against George Mason to surpass the 100 career block milestone. He became the fifth player in Cornell history to reach that plateau.
• Twenty one of Miller's 22 rebounds so far this season have come on the defensive glass.
• With 21 points and 13 rebounds against the Patriots, Miller recorded his eighth career double-double.
• Miller is the first Cornell player with consecutive 20-point games since Nolan Cressler scored 29 points at Yale and 22 at Penn last season. The last Big Red player with three straight 20-point efforts was Ryan Wittman in the 2009-10 regular season finale against Yale, followed by NCAA tournament wins over Temple and Wisconsin.
• Senior Devin Cherry nearly secured a triple-double with nine points, 10 rebounds and seven assists against George Mason. No Cornell player has ever registered a triple-double in the program's history over a total of 2,565 games.
• Cherry has 11 of the team's 16 assists on the season (69 percent).
• In his second collegiate appearance since March 2, 2013, senior Galal Cancer matched a career high with 19 points.
• Sophomore Robert Hatter scored 21 points, good enough for his third career 20-point outing.
• Cornell's relentless pressure and speed have helped the Big Red outscore its opponents 78-67 in the second half of games so far.
• With the win over George Mason, Cornell snapped a 17-game road losing strea and a seven-game skid overall.
LAST TIME OUT:
• Cornell rallied from a 14-point deficit to take a second half lead, but Loyola (MD) closed strong for a 76-71 victory on Nov. 16, 2014, at Reitz Arena.
• Senior Shonn Miller had 20 points, nine rebounds, two assists, two blocked shots and two steals.
• Classmate Galal Cancer matched a career high with 19 points and sophomore Robert Hatter chipped in with 17.
• Sophomore David Onuorah had eight rebounds and four of the team's nine blocked shots on the evening.
• Cornell was outrebounded 43-34 and shot just 16 percent from the 3-point line (3-of-19).
• The Greyhounds, meanwhile, connected on 8-of-19 from 3-point range (42 percent) to create some separation.
• Four players scored in double figures, led by 15 points from Tyler Hubbard.
• Eric Laster scored 13, Franz Rassman chipped in 12 and Andre Walker scored 11 in the win.
• Cam Gregory had a game-high 10 boards.
MILLER NAMED IVY LEAGUE ROOKIE OF THE WEEK:
• Shonn Miller was named Ivy League Men's Basketball Player of the Week when the conference office announced awards following the first weekend of action on Nov. 17.
• It is the seventh weekly honor for Miller in his career (two-time Player of the Week, five-time Rookie of the Week).
• Miller showed exactly what the Big Red had been missing in splitting a season-opening road trip after missing the 2013-14 season.
• Miller averaged 20.5 points, 11.0 rebounds, 2.0 blocked shots, 1.0 steals and 1.0 assists in a pair of starts.
• He shot 41 percent from the floor, 46 percent from three-point range and 80 percent from the free-throw line.
• Miller had a monster contest in the win over George Mason in his first game in nearly a year and a half, scoring 21 points, including connecting on a career-high four 3-pointers, to go along with 13 rebounds and two blocks.
• In a five-point loss to Loyola (Md.), he scored 20 points, grabbed nine rebounds, blocked two shots, stole two passes and dished two assists.
NEXT UP:
• The Big Red heads to the Gildan Charleston Classic for three games beginning with a matchup against South Carolina of the Southeastern Conference on Thursday, Nov. 20 at 7:30 p.m.
• Following the trip to Charleston, the Big Red will play two of its next three contests at home starting with a matchup against Canisius on Wednesday, Nov. 26 at 7 p.m. in Newman Arena.
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Ivy Awards: Week 1, Miller and Hatter Honored
The Ivy League announced the following weekly awards:
PLAYER OF THE WEEKCornell senior forward Shonn Miller (Euclid, Ohio) showed exactly what the Big Red had been missing in splitting a season-opening road trip after missing the 2013-14 season. Miller averaged 20.5 points, 11.0 rebounds, 2.0 blocked shots, 1.0 steals and 1.0 assists in a pair of starts. He shot 41 percent from the floor, 46 percent from three-point range and 80 percent from the free-throw line. He had a monster contest in the win over George Mason in his first game in nearly a year and a half, scoring 21 points, including connecting on a career-high four threes, to go along with 13 rebounds and two blocks. Miller scored the team’s final 11 points to close out the decisive first half to help Cornell match its win total against Division I schools in his absence. In a five-point loss to Loyola (Md.), he scored 20 points, grabbed nine rebounds, blocked two shots, stole two passes and dished two assists.Miller's Statistics for the Week
MIN FG-A PCT 3FG-A PCT FT-A PCT REB A B S PTS at George Mason 31 7-14 .500 4-6 .667 3-5 .600 13 0 2 0 21 at Loyola (Md.) 34 5-15 .333 1-5 .200 9-10 .900 9 2 2 1 20 TOTALS 32.5 12-29 .600 5-11 .455 12-15 .800 11.0 1.0 2.0 1.0 20.5 HONOR ROLL
***Robert Hatter, Cornell (So., G - Houston)
21 points, 5 rebounds at George Mason
17 points, 4 rebounds at Loyola (Md.)
Cornell Athletics also notes on the award:
ITHACA, N.Y. -- Cornell senior forward Shonn Miller has been named Ivy League Men's Basketball Player of the Week when the conference office announced the awards today following the first weekend of action. It is the seventh weely honor for Miller in his career.
Miller showed exactly what the Big Red had been missing in splitting a season-opening road trip after missing the 2013-14 season. Miller averaged 20.5 points, 11.0 rebounds, 2.0 blocked shots, 1.0 steals and 1.0 assists in a pair of starts. He shot 41 percent from the floor, 46 percent from three-point range and 80 percent from the free-throw line. Miller had a monster contest in the win over George Mason in his first game in nearly a year and a half, scoring 21 points, including connecting on a career-high four 3-pointers, to go along with 13 rebounds and two blocks. Miller scored the team's final 11 points to close out the decisive first half to help Cornell match its win total against Division I schools in his absence in 2012-13. In a five-point loss to Loyola (Md.), he scored 20 points, grabbed nine rebounds, blocked two shots, stole two passes and dished two assists.
Miller and the Big Red open its home schedule against Colgate on Tuesday, Nov. 18 at 7 p.m. at Newman Arena.
Week 1, 11/17/14-Shonn Miller, Cornell
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