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BROWN • COLUMBIA • CORNELL • DARTMOUTH • HARVARD • PENN • PRINCETON • YALE 2012-13 Ivy League MEN’S BASKETBALL Week 13 • January 28, 2013 Contact: Scottie Rodgers • [email protected] • 609-258-2999 2012-13 STANDINGS THIS WEEK The heart of “The 14-Game Tournament” Ivy League Overall comes this weekend for Ivy League men’s GP Record Win% Home Away GP Record Win% Home Away Neutral Streak basketball with the first of the Friday-Saturday Harvard 2 2-0 1.000 1-0 1-0 16 10-6 0.625 7-1 3-5 0-0 W 1 back-to-backs after a thrilling trio of games Princeton 1 1-0 1.000 1-0 0-0 15 8-7 0.533 4-3 4-3 0-1 W 3 served as the appetizer going into the meat Columbia 2 1-1 0.500 0-1 1-0 16 9-7 0.562 3-4 5-3 1-0 L 1 of conference play. Coming off overtime wins, Cornell 2 1-1 0.500 0-1 1-0 19 9-10 0.474 3-5 4-5 2-0 W 1 Harvard and Yale renew their rivalry Friday Brown 2 1-1 0.500 1-0 0-1 16 7-9 0.438 5-2 2-7 0-0 L 1 night before the Crimson hosts Brown and the Yale 2 1-1 0.500 1-0 0-1 19 7-12 0.368 4-2 2-8 1-2 W 1 Bulldogs play at Dartmouth on Saturday night. Penn 1 0-1 0.000 0-0 0-1 18 3-15 0.167 2-3 1-9 0-3 L 2 It is the “C”s against the “P”s as Penn and Dartmouth 2 0-2 0.000 0-1 0-1 16 4-12 0.250 3-4 1-8 0-0 L 1 Princeton play host to Columbia and Cornell. Saturday’s Columbia-Princeton battle sets up to be a defensive struggle as the League’s top CO-PLAYERS OF THE WEEK two teams in terms of scoring defense meet Harvard senior guard Christian Webster (Washington, D.C.) came up big in the at Jadwin Gym on the NBC Sports Network. Crimson’s 82-77 overtime win over Dartmouth, making three three-pointers in the final Conversely, Saturday’s Brown-Harvard two minutes to drive a 10-point comeback. Webster finished with 13 points, going 4-of- game projects to be packed with offense with 9 from long distance, and had two rebounds, two assists, two steals and two blocks in three of the conference’s top four scorers on 41 minutes of action. the hardwood at the same time -- Wesley Saunders (16.3 points per game, 1st) of Webster’s Statistics for the Week Harvard and Matthew Sullivan (14.8 ppg, MIN FG-A PCT 3FG-A PCT FT-A PCT REB A B S PTS 3rd) and Sean McGonagill (14.6 ppg, 4th) of vs. Dartmouth 41 4-9 .444 4-9 .444 1-2 .500 2 2 2 2 13 Brown. Yale senior guard Austin Morgan (Reno, Nev.) scored seven of the Bulldogs’ 16 points UPCOMING SCHEDULE in overtime in a crucial 76-64 victory over Brown. Morgan opened the extra period with Friday, February 1 a three-pointer and Yale never relinquished the lead. He then added four free throws *Brown at Dartmouth, 7 pm in the final 1:34 to help seal the win. Morgan was particularly accurate from three-point *Columbia at Penn, 7 pm range where he connected on 4-of-6 from downtown. *Cornell at Princeton, 7 pm *Yale at Harvard, 7 pm Morgan’s Statistics for the Week MIN FG-A PCT 3FG-A PCT FT-A PCT REB A B S PTS Saturday, February 2 vs. Brown 38 4-9 .444 4-6 .667 4-4 1.000 4 2 0 1 16 *Columbia at Princeton, 6 pm [NBCSN] *Brown at Harvard, 7 pm *Cornell at Penn, 7 pm CO-ROOKIE OF THE WEEK *Yale at Dartmouth, 7 pm Harvard freshman guard Siyani Chambers (Golden Valley, Minn.) scored 21 points, going 6-of-14 from the field and 9-of-12 from the foul line, in the Crimson’s overtime *Ivy League Contests win over Dartmouth. Chambers helped drive Harvard’s 10-point comeback in the final minutes and tied the game with a layup with 18 seconds left. He also had seven assists, four rebounds and two steals in 43 minutes. Chambers’ Statistics for the Week MIN FG-A PCT 3FG-A PCT FT-A PCT REB A B S PTS at Harvard 43 6-14 .429 0-4 .000 9-12 .750 4 7 0 2 21 2012-13 Ivy League MEN’S BASKETBALL Week 13 CO-ROOKIE OF THE WEEK WEEKLY AWARD WINNERS Yale freshman forward Justin Sears (Plainfield, N.J.) was a key factor on both ends of the floor in the Bulldogs’ PLAYERS OF THE WEEK overtime victory over Brown. Eleven of Sears’ team- November 12 .....................................Gabas Maldunas, Dartmouth (So., F) high 18 points came in the second half, including five in Will Barrett, Princeton (Jr., F) the final 5:18 as the two teams went back and forth. In November 19 .................................................Fran Dougherty, Penn (Jr., F) addition, he grabbed a team-high eight rebounds, four of which came on the offensive end. Defensively, he was November 26 ................................................. Shonn Miller, Cornell (So., F) only credited with one block, but he altered a number of other shots and was a big December 3 ......................................Wesley Saunders, Harvard (So., G/F) presence in the paint. December 10 ....................................Wesley Saunders, Harvard (So., G/F) Ian Hummer, Princeton (Sr., F) Sears’ Statistics for the Week December 17 ...............................................Ian Hummer, Princeton (Sr., F) MIN FG-A PCT 3FG-A PCT FT-A PCT REB A B S PTS vs. Brown 27 6-12 .500 0-0 .000 6-12 .500 8 2 1 3 18 December 24 ...............................................Ian Hummer, Princeton (Sr., F) December 31 ............................................... Tucker Halpern, Brown (Jr., F) January 7 .....................................................Ian Hummer, Princeton (Sr., F) HONOR ROLL January 14 ........................................Wesley Saunders, Harvard (So., G/F) Connor Boehm, Dartmouth (Fr., F - Lisle, Ill.) T.J. Bray, Princeton (Jr., G) 14 points, 11 rebounds, 2 assists, 5 steals at Harvard January 21 ................................................Sean McGonagill, Brown (Jr., G) Hans Brase, Princeton (Fr., F - Clover, S.C.) Mark Cisco, Columbia (Sr., C) 11 points, 15 rebounds, 2 assists vs. The College of New Jersey January 28 ............................................Christian Webster, Harvard (Sr., G) Austin Morgan, Yale (Sr., G) Galal Cancer, Cornell (So., G - Albany, N.Y.) February 4 .................................................................................................... 19 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists at Columbia February 11 .................................................................................................. Miles Cartwright, Penn (Jr., G - Van Nuys, Calif.) February 18 .................................................................................................. 21 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals at Temple February 25 .................................................................................................. March 4 ........................................................................................................ Darien Nelson-Henry, Penn (Fr., C - Kirkland, Wash.) March 11 ...................................................................................................... 17 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists at Temple ROOKIES OF THE WEEK Matthew Sullivan, Brown (Sr., G - Wilmette, Ill.) 13 points, 7 rebounds, 3 steals at Yale November 12 ..............................................Nolan Cressler, Cornell (Fr., G) November 19 ...................................................Rafael Maia, Brown (So., C) AWARD HISTORY November 26 .............................................Grant Mullins, Columbia (Fr., G) December 3 ...........................................Siyani Chambers, Harvard (Fr., G) PLAYER OF THE WEEK December 10 .............................................Grant Mullins, Columbia (Fr., G) School Last Occurrence Player Brown January 21, 2013* Sean McGonagill December 17 .........................................Siyani Chambers, Harvard (Fr., G) Columbia January 21, 2013* Mark Cisco December 24 ................................................Hans Brase, Princeton (Fr., F) Cornell November 26, 2012 Shonn Miller December 31 .....................................................Jamal Lewis, Penn (Fr., G) Dartmouth November 12, 2012* Gabas Maldunas January 7 ...............................................Siyani Chambers, Harvard (Fr., G) Harvard January 28, 2013* Christian Webster January 14 .............................................Siyani Chambers, Harvard (Fr., G) Penn November 19, 2012 Fran Dougherty January 21 ........................................... Darien Nelson-Henry, Penn (Fr., C) Princeton January 14, 2013* T.J. Bray Yale January 28, 2013* Austin Morgan January 28 .............................................Siyani Chambers, Harvard (Fr., G) Justin Sears, Yale (Fr., F) ROOKIE OF THE WEEK February 4 .................................................................................................... School Last Occurrence Player February 11 .................................................................................................. Brown November 19, 2012 Rafael Maia February 18 .................................................................................................. Columbia December 10, 2012 Grant Mullins Cornell November 12, 2012 Nolan Cressler February 25 .................................................................................................. Dartmouth March 5, 2012 Jvonte Brooks March 4 ........................................................................................................ Harvard January 28, 2013* Siyani Chambers March 11 ...................................................................................................... Penn January 21, 2013 Darien Nelson-Henry Princeton December 24, 2012 Hans Brase Yale January 28, 2013* Justin Sears *Shared honor www.ivyleaguesports.com • @Ivy_Athletics • #IvyBasketball Page 2 2012-13 Ivy League MEN’S BASKETBALL Week 13 TEAM-BY-TEAM NOTES BROWN ASSOCIATED PRESS POLL January 28 Senior G Matthew Sullivan enters