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Week 12 2017-18 Ivy League Men’s Basketball January 22, 2018 STANDINGS UPCOMING SCHEDULE FRIDAY, JANUARY 26 Ivy League Overall *Dartmouth at Brown, 7 p.m. Eleven Sports/ILN Record Pct. Home Away Record Pct. Home Away Neutral Streak *Harvard at Yale, 7 p.m. ILN Penn 3-0 1.000 3-0 0-0 12-6 .667 6-3 4-2 2-1 L 1 Harvard 2-0 1.000 1-0 1-0 7-10 .412 4-1 2-8 1-1 W 1 SATURDAY, JANUARY 27 *Columbia at Cornell, 4 p.m. ILN Princeton 2-1 .667 3-0 0-0 9-8 .529 4-2 4-4 1-2 W 2 *Harvard at Brown, 6 p.m. NESN Plus / ILN Brown 1-1 .500 1-0 0-1 8-7 .533 6-1 2-6 0-0 W 1 *Dartmouth at Yale, 7 p.m. ILN Yale 1-1 .500 1-0 0-1 8-10 .444 4-2 4-8 0-0 L 1 3Saint Joe’s at Penn, 7 p.m. NBC Sports Philly/ILN Columbia 1-2 .333 1-0 0-2 4-12 .250 3-3 1-9 0-0 W 1 Dartmouth 0-2 .000 0-1 0-1 4-11 .267 3-3 1-8 0-0 L 5 SUNDAY, JANUARY 28 Cornell 0-3 .000 0-0 0-3 6-10 .375 4-1 2-9 0-0 L 3 Rowan at Princeton, 1 p.m. ILN 2018 IVY BASKETBALL TOURNAMENTS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2 The Ivy League men’s and women’s basketball tournaments return to Philadelphia, March 10-11, 2018. The top four teams *Brown at Penn, 7 p.m. ILN will earn berths to the tournament, with the semifinals on Saturday and the championships on Sunday. A variety of ticket *Yale at Princeton, 7 p.m. NBC Sports Philly/ILN offerings—including multi-session passes ranging from $30 - $295 and single-session tickets ranging from $20 - $160—are *Harvard at Columbia, 7 p.m. SNY/ILN on sale online at IvyMadness.com/Tickets or by calling the Ivy League Box Office at (215) 703-3231. *Dartmouth at Cornell, 7 p.m. ESPN3/ILN THE #ROADTOIVYMADNESS SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3 • Columbia earned its first Ivy League win of the season over Cornell.The Lions tied a program record for the second *Brown at Princeton, 6 p.m. ESPN3/ILN time this season with 16 made 3-pointers and converted at a season-best 57.1 percent from deep. The Lions’ 10.4 *Harvard at Cornell, 7 p.m. Eleven Sports/ILN 3-pointers rank 20th among the nation’s best. Junior guard Quinton Adlesh is shooting 46.0 percent from deep, which *Yale at Penn, 7 p.m. NBC Sports Philly/ILN is good for 19th nationally. *Dartmouth at Columbia, 7 p.m. SNY / ILN • Cornell has now given up 179 points in its last two road losses to Princeton and Columbia, respectively. Princeton’s 37-point victory was its most in regulation since scoring 97 against Brown on Jan. 13, 2017. Columbia’s 26-point win marked the Lions’ largest Ivy League victory since a 93-65 win at Penn on February 27, 2016. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 6 • Yale failed to sweep Brown for the first time since 2014. The Bears, which avenged a road loss to the Bulldogs from *Penn at Princeton, 6 p.m. ESPNU a week earlier, pace the Ivy League in scoring offense (77.9 points per game) and had four players reach double figures. Brown is now 6-0 when four or more players eclipse double digits. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9 • Penn, which ranks second among League leaders in scoring offense (76.9 points per game), was held to a season- *Cornell at Brown, 7 p.m. ESPN3 / ILN low 51 points against Temple. *Penn at Dartmouth, 7 p.m. ESPN3 / ILN CULTURE OF WINNING *Columbia at Yale, 7 p.m. ILN *Princeton at Harvard, 7 p.m. ESPNU • With Harvard’s overtime win at Dartmouth, head coach Tommy Amaker became the fifth head coach in Ivy League history to record 200 wins at an Ancient Eight institution. Amaker, who was already Harvard’s all-time wins leader, was the second-fastest to record the milestone in Ivy history behind Princeton’s Pete Carril. SATURDAY FEBRUARY 10 *Penn at Harvard, 4 p.m. NESN / ILN PACING THE IVIES *Columbia at Brown, 6 p.m. myRITV / ILN • Cornell’s Matt Morgan ranks seventh in the nation with 23.3 points per game. Morgan, the league’s top-scorer for *Princeton at Dartmouth, 7 p.m. Eleven Sports / ILN the past two seasons, tied a program record with his 36th career 20-point game, matching Cornell’s all-time leading scorer and 2018 Legend of Ivy League Basketball honoree Ryan Wittman ’10. *Cornell at Yale, 7 p.m. ILN RECENT RESULTS YOUTH MOVEMENT FRIDAY, JANUARY 12 • 60 percent of the league’s top 15 scorers are underclassmen with a trio of sophomores – Brown’s Brandon Anderson Princeton 72, Columbia 56 (18.7 PPG), Columbia’s Mike Smith (17.8) and Yale’s Miye Oni (16.4 PPG) currently ranked in the top five. Yale 78, Brown 72 Penn 69, Cornell 61 DROPPING DIMES • Yale ranks 14th nationally in assists per game, dishing out 17.7 helpers each contest. Guard Miye Oni leads the SATURDAY, JANUARY 13 Bulldogs with 3.3 assists per game. Boston College 86, Dartmouth 72 Penn 77, Columbia 71 MIND THE NET Princeton 91, Cornell 54 • Harvard continues to lead the league defensively, allowing just 66.3 points per game. The Crimson has the 15th best defense efficiency in the nation and has held eighth-straight opponents to fewer than 65 points. FRIDAY, JANUARY 19 Brown 81, Yale 80 ON THE BOARD • Penn is 13th in the country in defensive rebounds per game, pulling down 29.11 boards per game. Junior Max SATURDAY, JANUARY 20 Rothschild and sophomore AJ Brodeur pace the Ancient Eight on the glass, pulling down 6.6 and 6.5 rebounds per Temple 60, Penn 51 game, respectively. Penn has outrebounded 11 opponents in this season, including a season-high 56 boards versus Harvard 62, Dartmouth 57 (OT) Monmouth. Columbia 88, Cornell 62 Web: IvyLeague.com | Ivy League Network: IvyLeague.tv Facebook: TheIvyLeague | Instagram: IvyLeague | Twitter: @IvyLeague 2017-18 Ivy League Men’s Basketball Week 12 2 WEEKLY AWARD WINNERS PLAYER OF THE WEEK Harvard’s Seth Town scored a career-high 26 points with six rebounds and two blocks in a 62-57 overtime victory at Dartmouth. With the win, Harvard head coach Tommy Amaker earned his 200th win with the Crimson. Towns made nine field goals, including a 5-for-8 mark from 3-point range as Harvard earned a season sweep of Dartmouth for the seventh time in the last nine years. Harvard jumped out to a 17-point lead during the second frame, but a Dartmouth run closed the gap in the final minutes. Towns hit a pair of clutch free throws with 2.8 seconds left to send the game to overtime. The Crimson outscored the Big Green, 14-9, in the extra frame to earn the victory. Harvard notched the first two buckets of the frame, including a deep 3-pointer from Towns to gain control. This marks the first weekly award for Towns in 2017-18 and the third overall weekly award for Harvard this season. Towns’ Weekly Statistics 26 pts., 9-15 FG-FGA, 60.0 FG%, 5-8 3FG-FGA, 62.0 3FG%, 3-4 FT-FTA, 75.0 FT%, 6 Rebounds, 1 A, 2 B at Dartmouth ROOKIE OF THE WEEK Brown’s Desmond Cambridge earned his fifth Ivy League Rookie of the Week award after registering 16 points, three rebounds, a block and a steal in an exciting 81-80 win over Yale. Cambridge scored 11 of his team high 16 points in the second half to lead to the Bears to its first Ivy League win of the season. In the second half, Cambridge connected 3-of-4 field goals, including 2-of-2 from deep and 3-of-4 from the charity strip. The Nashville, Tenn., native becomes the first Brown student-athlete to win the Rookie of the Week award five times in a season since Sean McGonagill ‘14 did so during the 2010-11 season. Cambridge’s Weekly Statistics 16 pts., 5-12 FG-FGA, 41.0 FG%, 3-6 3FG-FGA, 50.0 3FG%, 3-4 FT-FTA, 75.0 FT%, 3 Rebounds, 1 B, 1 S vs. Yale HONOR ROLL Ryan Betley, Penn (So., G – Downingtown, Pa.) Matt Morgan, Cornell (Jr., G – Concord, N.C.) 12 pts., 5-15 FG-FGA, 33.3 FG%, 2-9 3FG-FGA, 22.0 3FG%, 6 Rebounds, 1 B, 2 S 20 pts., 5-9 FG-FGA, 55.0 FG%, 2-5 3FG-FGA, 40.0 3FG%, 8-11 FT-FTA, 72.0 FT%, vs. Temple 3 Rebounds, 4 A, 2 S at Columbia Tamenang Choh, Brown (Fr., F – Lowell, Mass.) Taylor Johnson, Dartmouth (Sr., G – Fort Worth, Texas) 12 pts., 5-8 FG-FGA, 62.0 FG%, 0-1 3FG-FGA, 0.00 3FG%, 2-3 FT-FTA, 66.6 FT%, 5 19 pts., 6-13 FG-FGA, 46.0 FG%, 3-5 3FG-FGA, 50.0 3FG%, 4-5 FT-FTA, 80.0 FT%, Rebounds, 2 A, 1 B, 1 S vs. Yale 9 Rebounds, 4 A, 2 S vs. Harvard Alex Copeland, Yale (Jr., G – Los Angeles, California) Gabe Stefanini, Columbia (Fr., G – Bologna, Italy) 26 pts., 10-13 FG-FGA, 76.0 FG%, 2-2 3FG-FGA, 1.00 3FG%, 4-5 FT-FTA, 80.0 FT%, 11 pts., 4-7 FG-FGA, 57.0 FG%, 2-2 3FG-FGA, 1.00 3FG%, 1-1 FT-FTA, 1.00 FT%, 3 Rebounds, 1 A, 1 S at Brown 3 Rebounds vs.