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Cornell Game Notes at Bucknell • Sojka Pavilion (Lewisburg, Pa.) Dec. 19, 2007 • Page 1 ORNELL CORNELL B IG R ED (4-2) 2007-08 C AT BUCKNELL B ISON (3-5) WEDNESDAY , D EC . 19, 2007 • 7:00 P.M. MEN ’S B ASKETBALL SOJKA P AVILION (4,000) • L EWISBURG , P A. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT C ORNELL MBKB C ONTACT J EREMY H ARTIGAN AT (607) 255-9788 GAME N OTES JH295@C ORNELL .EDU • F AX : (607) 255-9791 • H OME /C ELL : (607) 351-1675 GAME I NFORMATION Big Red Returns From Break With Big Test At Bucknell GAME #7 ...............................................................Cornell vs. Bucknell TIP OFF ........................................Wednesday, Dec. 19, at 7:00 p.m. Cornell returns from 18-day break to face perennial Patriot League challenger SITE ....................................................................Sojka Pavilion (4,000) ITHACA, N.Y. — An 18-day break for ! nal exams Lewisburg, Pa. 2007-08 S CHEDULE /R ESULTS 2007-08 R ECORDS .............................................................Cornell (4-2) comes to an end for Cornell when it visits Bucknell at Bucknell (3-5) (4-2, 0-0 I VY L EAGUE ) SERIES R ECORD ............................................................Series tied 21-21 Sojka Pavilion on Wednesday, Dec. 19 at 7 p.m. The NOVEMBER LAST M EETING .......................................................Bucknell won 70-66 game will be broadcast live on 1160 ESPN Radio with 10 LEHIGH .......................................................W, 87-83 Dec. 16, 2006 in Ithaca, N.Y. 17 at Ohio ...................................................... L, 89-102 RADIO ..1160 ESPN Radio, WPIE (Barry Leonard, Matt Grassie) Barry Leonard providing the call. You can also listen 20 ARMY ..........................................................W, 93-78 TV .................................................................................................... None on the internet as part of the RedCast subscription LIVE S TATS ........................Available at www.Cornell Big Red.com 25 SIENA ..........................................................W, 83-77 LIVE V IDEO .......................Available at www.Cornell Big Red.com service at CornellBigRed.com. 27 BINGHAMTON ......................................... W, 73-68 TICKETS ...................................Available by calling (607) 254-BEAR Cornell enters the contest after nearly three weeks DECEMBER of studying, papers and exams, but also of practicing 1 COLGATE .....................................................L, 73-76 HEAD C OACH S TEVE D ONAHUE Cornell head coach Steve Donahue is in his eighth season and improving after beginning the campaign 4-2, 19 at Bucknell ...............................................7:00 p.m. at Cornell (78-119, .396) ... Donahue became the fourth the team’s best six-game start in 11 years. Despite 22 at Syracuse .............................................. 7:00 p.m. Robert E. Gallagher ‘44 Coach of Men’s Basketball at Cornell 29 at Stony Brook ........................................2:00 p.m. on Sept. 6, 2000. the early success, the Big Red will have had plenty of 31 at Quinnipiac ........................................12:00 p.m. time to stew over a 76-73 loss to Colgate in its ! nal JANUARY MEN ’S B ASKETBALL S TAFF game before break. After going for its best start in HEAD C OACH ...............................................................Steve Donahue 6 at Duke...................................................... 5:30 p.m. ALMA M ATER .................................................................Ursinus ‘84 nearly 40 years, the defeat gave Cornell an oppor- 10 ALVERNIA ................................................. 7:00 p.m. RECORD AT C ORNELL /Y RS . .......................78-119/eighth season tunity to refocus with the start of Ivy League play 15 at NJIT ........................................................8:00 p.m. OVERALL R ECORD /Y RS . ............................78-119/eighth season 19 * COLUMBIA ............................................... 3:00 p.m. ASSISTANT C OACHES ........................................Zach Spiker (Ithaca ‘00) exactly a month away from the Bucknell game. 26 * at Columbia .............................................7:00 p.m. Nat Graham (Penn ‘97) Sophomores Ryan Wittman (15.3 ppg., 5.7 rpg.) Woody Kampmann (Hobart ‘05) FEBRUARY ATHLETIC T RAINER ...................................................Marc Chamberlain and Louis Dale (14.5 ppg., 7.3 apg., 4.8 rpg.) continue 1 * at Brown ................................................... 7:00 p.m. STRENGTH C OACH ..............................................................Tom Howley to lead the Big Red o" ense, which is averaging 83 2 * at Yale ........................................................ 7:00 p.m. STUDENT -A THLETE S ERVICES ..........................................Chris Wlosinski points per game. Junior Collin Robinson has also had 8 * PRINCETON.............................................. 7:00 p.m. 9 * PENN ..........................................................7:00 p.m. ASKETBALL ISTORY B H a major impact o" the bench in his ! rst six games af- 15 * at Harvard ................................................ 7:00 p.m. FIRST Y EAR OF B ASKETBALL ...........................................................1898-99 ALL -T IME R ECORD .....................................................1,106-1,255 (.468) ter transferring from USC. The 6-0 guard is averaging 16 * at Dartmouth ..........................................7:00 p.m. IVY R ECORD .............................................................296-417 (.415) 13.0 points, 5.7 assists and 2.7 rebounds as a reserve, 22 * YALE ........................................................... 7:00 p.m. N EWMAN A RENA .....................................................124-101 (.551) averaging 28 minutes per game. Another transfer, 23 * BROWN ..................................................... 7:00 p.m. IVY T ITLES ...............................................................................1 (1987-88) 29 * DARTMOUTH .......................................... 7:00 p.m. NCAA T OURNAMENTS ........................................ 2 (1953-54, 1987-88) 7-0 center Je" Foote from St. Bonaventure, will also NIT T OURNAMENTS ........................................................................... None MARCH make his collegiate debut against the Bison. 1 * HARVARD ................................................. 7:00 p.m. CORNELL Q UICK F ACTS Bucknell enters the contest with a 3-5 record 7 * at Penn ......................................................8:00 p.m. LOCATION .................................................................Ithaca, N.Y. 14853 after dropping an emotional 72-56 decision over 8 * at Princeton .............................................7:30 p.m. FOUNDED ........................................................................................... 1865 ENROLLMENT ( UNDERGRADUATE ) ......................................................13,700 Wake Forest on Sunday. Bucknell got 16 points from * - Ivy League game PRESIDENT ....................................................................David J. Skorton John Gri# n as assistant coach Mark Prosser returned Home games in CAPS ATHLETIC D IRECTOR ...................................................J. Andrew Noel Jr. All Times Local NICKNAME .....................................................................................Big Red to the school his late father coached at before his COLORS .......................................................Carnelian Red and White untimely passing prior to the 2006-07 season. AFFILIATION /C ONFERENCE .......................NCAA Division I/Ivy League CORNELL ACTIVE ROSTER 2007-08 Statistics Player Notes 1 Je" Foote Jr., C, 7-0, 225 — — — Transfer from St. Bonaventure, eligible 12/19 3 Collin Robinson Jr., G, 6-0, 170 13.0 ppg. 2.7 rpg. 5.7 apg. Averaging 15.0 points in last four games (3-1) 4 Aaron Osgood Fr., F, 6-9, 215 — — — Did postgraduate year in 2006-07 at The Hill School (Pa.) 5 Jason Battle Jr., G/F, 6-4, 200 1.7 ppg. 1.3 rpg. 0.2 apg. Season-best ! ve rebounds vs. Army 12 u Louis Dale So., G, 5-11, 180 14.5 ppg. 4.8 rpg. 7.3 apg. Reigning Ivy POW, 20 pts., 9 rebs., 6 asts. vs. Siena 13 Andre Wilkins So., F, 6-5, 190 3.7 ppg. 2.3 rpg. 0.3 apg. Athletic forward had 9 points, 6 rebounds vs. Lehigh 15 Geo" Reeves So., G, 6-5, 180 2.0 ppg. 0.7 rpg. 0.0 apg. Averaged 16.5 ppg. during Big Red’s trip to France 20 u Ryan Wittman So., F, 6-6, 210 15.3 ppg. 5.7 rpg. 0.7 apg. Shooting 61 percent from 3-point range 22 Conor Mullen Jr., G/F, 6-5, 210 — — — Emerged as valuable reserve over second half of 2006-07 23 u Adam Gore Jr., G, 6-0, 180 8.8 ppg. 2.5 rpg. 1.8 apg. 2005-06 Ivy Rookie of the Year returned after ACL tear 24 Adam Wire Fr., F, 6-5, 205 — — — Runner-up for League Player of the Year as HS senior 25 Jon Jaques So., F, 6-7, 215 — — — 7 points, 4 rebounds in extended action vs. IC as frosh 33 u Alex Tyler So., F, 6-7, 235 8.2 ppg. 4.3 rpg. 0.5 apg. Career-high 16 points on 8-of-11 shooting vs. Colgate 34 Brian Kreefer Jr., F/C, 6-7, 225 9.2 ppg. 1.8 rpg. 2.8 apg. Has made 19-of-27 ! eld goals this season (70 percent) 40 Pete Reynolds So., F/C, 6-8, 210 0.0 ppg. 0.0 rpg. 0.0 apg. Reserve forward blocked a shot vs. Lehigh 44 u Jason Hartford Sr., F/C, 6-9, 245 9.8 ppg. 4.2 rpg. 0.4 apg. Fifth-year senior, had 19 points, 7 rebounds vs. Lehigh u - Probable Starters Cornell Game Notes at Bucknell • Sojka Pavilion (Lewisburg, Pa.) Dec. 19, 2007 • Page 2 ABOUT BUCKNELL: