2017-18 Ivy League Men's Basketball
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Week 12 2017-18 Ivy League Men’s Basketball January 22, 2018 STANDINGS UPCOMING SCHEDULE FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2 Ivy League Overall *Brown at Penn, 7 p.m. ILN Record Pct. Home Away Record Pct. Home Away Neutral Streak *Yale at Princeton, 7 p.m. NBC Sports Philly/ILN *Harvard at Columbia, 7 p.m. SNY/ILN Harvard 4-0 1.000 1-0 3-0 9-10 .474 4-1 4-8 1-1 W 3 *Dartmouth at Cornell, 7 p.m. ESPN3/ILN Penn 3-0 1.000 3-0 0-0 13-6 .684 7-3 4-2 2-1 W 1 Princeton 2-1 .667 2-0 0-1 10-8 .556 5-2 4-4 1-2 W 2 SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3 Yale 2-2 .333 2-1 0-1 9-11 .450 5-3 4-8 0-0 W 1 *Brown at Princeton, 6 p.m. ESPN3/ILN Brown 2-2 .667 2-1 0-1 9-8 .529 7-2 2-6 0-0 L 1 *Harvard at Cornell, 7 p.m. Eleven Sports/ILN Cornell 1-3 .000 1-0 0-3 7-10 .412 5-1 2-9 0-0 W 1 *Yale at Penn, 7 p.m. NBC Sports Philly/ILN Columbia 1-3 .333 1-0 0-3 4-13 .235 3-3 1-10 0-0 L 1 *Dartmouth at Columbia, 7 p.m. SNY / ILN Dartmouth 0-4 .000 0-1 0-3 4-13 .235 3-3 1-10 0-0 L 7 TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 6 2018 IVY BASKETBALL TOURNAMENTS *Penn at Princeton, 6 p.m. ESPNU The Ivy League men’s and women’s basketball tournaments return to Philadelphia, March 10-11, 2018. The top four teams will earn berths to the tournament, with the semifinals on Saturday and the championships on Sunday. A variety of ticket FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9 offerings—including multi-session passes ranging from $30 - $295 and single-session tickets ranging from $20 - $160—are *Cornell at Brown, 7 p.m. ESPN3 / ILN on sale online at IvyMadness.com/Tickets or by calling the Ivy League Box Office at (215) 703-3231. *Penn at Dartmouth, 7 p.m. ESPN3 / ILN *Columbia at Yale, 7 p.m. ILN THE #ROADTOIVYMADNESS *Princeton at Harvard, 7 p.m. ESPNU • Five Ivies – Harvard (4-0), Penn (3-0), Princeton (2-1), Brown (2-2) and Yale (2-2) enter the week with above .500 records. • Harvard is 4-0 for the first time since 2013-14, included a 3-0 mark on the road where the Crimson either trailed or led SATURDAY FEBRUARY 10 by just five or fewer points heading into the final minute of regulation.The Crimson, which is in the midst of a six-game *Penn at Harvard, 4 p.m. NESN / ILN road stretch defeated Yale (54-52) and Brown (86-77). *Columbia at Brown, 6 p.m. myRITV / ILN • Cornell’s Matt Morgan (29) and Stone Gettings (25) combined for 54 of Cornell’s 82 points as the Big Red edged Columbia, 82-81 to earn its first Ivy League win of the season. *Princeton at Dartmouth, 7 p.m. Eleven Sports / ILN • Yale and Brown each improved to 2-2 in Ivy League standings as the Bulldogs and Bears split with Harvard and *Cornell at Yale, 7 p.m. ILN Dartmouth. • Princeton, coming out of its finals break, concluded its non-conference portion of the 2017-18 season with an 86-50 win over Rowan. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16 • Penn avoided a Big 5 sweep by beating St. Joseph’s, holding the Hawks to 0.78 points per possession and shutting *Brown at Harvard, 7 p.m. NESN / ILN out their bench entirely (19-0). *Yale at Dartmouth, 7 p.m. ESPN3 / ILN *Princeton at Cornell, 8 p.m. ILN PACING THE IVIES *Penn at Columbia, 7 p.m. SNY / ILN • Cornell junior Matt Morgan, the Ivy League’s leading scorer for the third consecutive year, is averaging 23.6 points per game, which is good for sixth in the country. Against Columbia, Morgan reached double figures in scoring for the 40th SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17 straight contest and moved into fifth on the school’s career list with 1,418 points. *Penn at Cornell, 6:30 p.m. ILN • Princeton junior Devin Cannady ranks third among League leaders averaging 18.2 points per game. Cannady is climbing the Princeton’s all-time career scoring list, now in 25th place with 1,067 points. *Brown at Dartmouth, 7 p.m. ILN *Princeton at Columbia, 7 p.m. SNY / ILN YOUTH MOVEMENT *Yale at Harvard, 9:30 p.m. ESPNU • 53.3 percent of the league’s top 15 scorers are underclassmen with a pair of sophomores – Brown’s Brandon Anderson (18.6 PPG) and Columbia’s Mike Smith (17.3) currently ranked in the top five. • Brown’s Desmond Cambridge is the fifth-best scorer in the League, averaging 15.9 points per game. Cambridge is the sole freshman in the League’s top 15 lead scorers. Cambridge is joined by Dartmouth’s Chris Knight in the top 20 RECENT RESULTS SUNDAY, JANUARY 28 as Knight ranks 17th among Ancient Eight leaders with 10.7 points per game. Princeton 86, Rowan 50 DROPPING DIMES SATURDAY, JANUARY 27 • Yale is dishing out 17.3 assists per game, which ranks 20th in the nation. Sophomore guard Miye Oni ranks sixth *Cornell 82, Columbia 81 among Ancient Eight leaders with 3.3 helpers per game. *Harvard 86, Brown 77 *Yale 74, Dartmouth 64 MIND THE NET Penn 67, Saint Joseph’s 56 • The Crimson continue to lead the league defensively, allowing just 66.1 points per game. Harvard has held nine of its last 10 opponents to fewer than 65 points. Brown scored 1.04 points per possession against Harvard, the best FRIDAY, JANUARY 26 performance against the Crimson since Kentucky scored 1.08 nearly two months ago. Brown 64, Dartmouth 62 Harvard 54, Yale 52 ON THE BOARD • Penn’s dual big lineup has allowed them to dominate on the boards. The Quakers are currently fourth among the SATURDAY, JANUARY 20 nation’s best in defensive rebounds per game. Penn is pulling down 29.84 defensive rebounds per game. Sophomore Temple 60, Penn 51 AJ Brodeur and junior Max Rotherschild pace the Ancient Eight on the glass, pulling down 6.7 and 6.6 rebounds per Harvard 62, Dartmouth 57 (OT) game, respectively. Penn has outrebounded 12 opponents this season, including a season-high 43 defensive boards Columbia 88, Cornell 62 versus Saint Joseph’s. Web: IvyLeague.com | Ivy League Network: IvyLeague.tv Facebook: TheIvyLeague | Instagram: IvyLeague | Twitter: @IvyLeague 2017-18 Ivy League Men’s Basketball Week 13 2 WEEKLY AWARD WINNERS PLAYER OF THE WEEK Junior guard Matt Morgan scored 29 points and added five assists, two rebounds and a steal in an 82-81 victory over Columbia to help pick up Cornell’s first Ivy win of the year. Morgan was an efficient 8-of-11 from the floor, connected on all four 3-point attempts and hit 9-of-10 free throws, including 4-of-4 in the final eight seconds allowing the Big Red to hold on. Morgan’s 4-of-4 effort from beyond the arc ranks as the third-most made 3-pointers in a game without a miss in Cornell history. Morgan had 14 points, three assists and just one turnover in the second half as the Big Red rallied from an 11-point deficit to claim the victory. He scored 11 of his point in the final 5:45 to keep Cornell in the lead. Morgan, the Ivy League’s leading scorer for the third consecutive year, moved from eighth to fifth on the school’s career scoring list with 1,418 points. This marks the third weekly award for the Concord, N.C., native in 2017-18. Morgan’s Weekly Statistics 29 pts., 8-11 FG-FGA, 72.0 FG%, 4-4 3FG-FGA, 1.000 3FG%, 9-10 FT-FTA, 1.000 FT%, 2 Rebounds, 5 A, 1 S vs. Columbia ROOKIE OF THE WEEK Gabe Stefanini nearly willed Columbia to a comeback win Saturday at Cornell, posting 13 of his career-high 19 points in the final 5:05, but it wasn’t enough as the Lions fell to the Big Red, 82-81. Stefanini made several clutch plays to keep the Lions in the game. With Columbia trailing by two, Stefanini picked up his man full- court and applied pressure, forcing a key turnover with 3:52 on the clock to give the Lions a shot to tie the score. Later with the game seemingly out of hand (80-75), his leaning 3-pointer with six seconds remaining forced the Big Red to knock down two critical free throws. This marks the first weekly award for Stefanini and the first for Columbia since Mike Smith took home the honor Jan. 16, 2017. Stefanini’s Weekly Statistics, 19 pts., 7-12 FG-FGA, 58.0 FG%, 3-4 3FG-FGA, 75.0 3FG%, 66.6 FT%, 4 Rebounds, 1 S at Cornell HONOR ROLL AJ Brodeur, Penn (So., F – Northborough, Mass.) Zach Hunsaker, Brown (So., G – Orem, Utah) 13 pts., 6-12 FG-FGA, 50.0 FG%, 1-5 3FG-FGA, 20.0 3FG%, 11 Rebounds, 3 A, 2 B 12 pts., 4-10 FG-FGA, 40.0 FG%, 2-4 3FG-FGA, 50.0 3FG%, 2-2 FT-FTA, 1.000 FT%, vs. Saint Joseph’s 5 Rebounds, 3 A, 1 S vs.