MBB Game Notes
For Immediate Release: February 27, 2019 BROWN (17-9, 5-5 Ivy) vs. COLUMBIA (7-17, 2-8 Ivy) - Friday, March 1, 2019; 5:00 pm (ESPNU) and vs. CORNELL (13-13, 5-5 Ivy) - Saturday, March 2, 2019; 6:00 pm (ESPN+) Pizzitola Sports Center; Providence, R.I. TV: ESPNU (Jon Meterparel and Noah Savage); ESPN+ (Nick Coit and Adam Giardino) RADIO: WPRV-AM 790 (Scott Cordischi and Russ Tyler ’71) Brown’s Probable Starters: Forward 25 Tamenang Choh, sophomore (12.8 ppg, 8.9 rpg) Forward 44 Matt DeWolf, sophomore, (3.0 ppg, 3.1 rpg) Guard 4 Obi Okolie, senior (11.7 ppg, 4.0 rpg) Guard 20 Zach Hunsaker, junior (5.7 ppg, 2.2 rpg) Guard 24 Desmond Cambridge, sophomore (16.1 ppg, 3.6 rpg) Key Reserves: 2 Brandon Anderson, junior, guard (9.0 ppg, 1.9 rpg, 2.5 apg) 5 Joshua Howard, junior, forward (7.8 ppg, 4.2 rpg) 3 George Mawanda-Kalema, sophomore, guard (5.5 ppg, 1.9 rpg) 11 Chris Sullivan, senior, guard (2.7 ppg, 1.5 rpg) 0 David Mitchell, freshman, guard (2.6 ppg, 2.5 rpg) Senior Day on Saturday: Brown will honor its three seniors prior to Saturday’s game against Cornell, recognizing Travis Fuller, Obi Okolie and Chris Sullivan. The Bears: Brown earned its first Ivy weekend sweep since 2014, defeating Harvard, 88-79, and Dartmouth, 68-65, last week. The win over the Crimson, fueled by 30 points by Desmond Cambridge, was Brown’s first over Harvard since 2009. Brandon Anderson came off the bench to score a season high 21 points in the Bears’ win over the Big Green.
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