Week 12 2016-17 Ivy League Men’s Basketball January 23, 2017 STANDINGS #IVYMADNESS The inaugural Ivy League men’s and women’s basketball Ivy League Overall tournaments will take place Saturday and Sunday, March Record Pct. Home Away Record Pct. Home Away Neutral Streak 11-12, 2017, at the Palestra in Philadelphia. The top Princeton 3-0 1.000 3-0 0-0 10-6 .625 6-1 3-4 1-1 W 6 four teams will earn berths in the tournament. For more Harvard 2-0 1.000 1-0 1-0 10-5 .667 6-2 4-2 0-1 W 4 information, visit www.IvyMadness.com Yale 2-1 .667 0-0 2-1 10-6 .625 6-0 4-6 0-0 W 1 Columbia 1-1 .500 0-1 1-0 7-8 .467 3-4 4-4 0-0 L 1 LEAGUE NOTES Cornell 1-1 .500 0-1 1-0 5-12 .294 2-3 2-8 1-1 W 1 • The Ivy League finished the non-conference Brown 1-2 .333 0-1 1-1 10-9 .526 8-2 2-5 0-2 L 1 portion of the season with a 52-57 record (.477), Dartmouth 0-2 .000 0-1 0-1 3-12 .200 1-5 2-7 0-0 L 3 marking the first time in three seasons the League Penn 0-3 .000 0-2 0-1 7-9 .438 3-4 4-5 0-0 W1 finished under .500 in non-conference play. • Princeton (3-0) and Harvard (2-0) sit atop League standings with umblemished marks. CO-PLAYER OF THE WEEK • Harvard’s Tommy Amaker is one win Ivy League Yale’s Sam Downey (Lake Forest, Illinois) registered a career-high 26 points as win away from tying Jack McCloskey (Penn) for No. the Bulldogs downed Ivy League rival Brown, 75-74. Downey scored 19 of his 26 7 all-time. points in the second half as Yale rallied from a 12-point deficit to edge Brown. Six • Brown has made 392 free throws to ranks seventh of those 19 points came during a 13-0 run to open the second half that got the in the nation. The Bears led the League at 76.0 Bulldogs back in the game. The senior forward also grabbed 13 rebounds to post percentage from the charity stripe, which is good for his second double-double of the season. He finished the game 11-of-16 from the 24th nationally. field. • Cornell’s Matt Morgan averages 3.44 triples per game, 13th in the country. Morgan has hit a trey in Downey’s Statistics for the Week 17 straight games. MIN FG-A PCT 3FG-A PCT FT-A PCT REB A S B PTS • Harvard’s Siyani Chambers is fifth all-time in at Brown 32 11-16 .688 0-0 .000 4-7 .571 13 1 0 1 26 Harvard history with 527 career assists. He ranks TOTALS 32 11-14 .688 0-0 .000 4-7 .571 13 1 0 1 26 sixth nationally in assists-to-turnover ratio (3.63), while his 6.2 assists per game is good for 12th in the country. Brown senior Steven Spieth (Dallas, Texas) finished the game with a career-high • Yale’s Jordan Bruner is averaging a league-best 33 points on 9-of-16 shooting as the Bears fell to Ivy League rival Yale, 75-74. The 2.33 blocks per game, which ranks 27th nationally. senior forward connected on a career-best 7-of-10 from behind the arc, while also • Princeton averages 10.1 triples per game, tops chipping in four rebounds, two assists, two steals and a block. The senior helped in the League and 11th nationally. Devin Cannady the Bears stay close down the stretch, scoring Brown’s final 13 points, including a ranks third in the league with 2.6 treys per game. game-tying three with seven seconds remaining. • The impact of freshmen is being felt across the Ancient Eight this season. Entering the week, seven teams have freshmen among their top scorers. Spieth’s Statistics for the Week Penn’s AJ Brodeur (14.0 ppg.) and Harvard’s MIN FG-A PCT 3FG-A PCT FT-A PCT REB A S B PTS Bryce Aiken (13.3) are among the League’s top-11 vs. Yale 36 9-16 .563 7-10 .700 8-9 .889 4 2 2 1 33 scorers. TOTALS 36 9-16 .563 7-10 .700 8-9 .889 4 2 2 1 33 • This week features six games, five of which are available on the Ivy League Digital Network. ILDN is ROOKIE OF THE WEEK now available on Apple TV and Roku. Freshman Miye Oni (Porter Ranch, Calif.) was huge down the stretch as Yale rallied for a 75-74 victory at Brown. Oni finished with 16 points, 12 of which came in UPCOMING SCHEDULE the second half, shooting 57.1 from behind the arc. Oni drilled four three-pointers in WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25 the final 3:29 and the Bulldogs needed every one. After Brown’s Tavon Blackmon 5-Penn at La Salle, 7 pm missed a jumper, Oni made his fourth trey with 29 seconds left to give Yale a four- point lead. Oni had eight rebounds and one block to go along with his hot three- FRIDAY, JANUARY 27 point shooting. *Dartmouth at Columbia, 7pm [ILDN] *Harvard at Cornell, 7 pm [ILDN] Oni’s Statistics for the Week *Brown at Yale, 8 pm [ILDN] MIN FG-A PCT 3FG-A PCT FT-A PCT REB A S B PTS at Brown 29 5-9 .556 4-7 .571 2-2 1.000 8 0 0 1 16 SATURDAY, JANUARY 28 TOTALS 38 7-15 .467 1-2 .571 2-2 1.000 8 0 0 1 16 *Dartmouth at Cornell, 6 pm [ESPN3|ILDN] *Harvard at Columbia, 7 pm [|ILDN] Key ILDN-Ivy League Digital Network 5-Big 5 Contest (Philadelphia) 2016-17 Ivy League Men’s Basketball Week 12 2 HONOR ROLL WEEKLY AWARD WINNERS Brendan Barry, Dartmouth (Fr., G – Red Bank, N.J.) PLAYERS OF THE WEEK 10 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists, 50.0 FG%, 1.000 3FG% at Harvard November 14 ............................Sam Downey, Yale (Sr., F - Lake Forest, Ill.) Zena Edosomwan, Harvard (Sr., F – Los Angeles, Calif.) November 21 ......................................Steven Spieth, Brown (Sr., G - Dallas) 2 points, 2 rebounds, 1 block, 25.0 FG% at Bryant 15 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 steals, 3 blocks, 87.5 FG% vs. Dartmouth November 28 .......................Nate Hickman, Columbia (Jr., G - Newark, Del.) December 5 ........................................Steven Spieth, Brown (Sr., G - Dallas) Matt Howard, Penn (Sr., G – Columbia, South Carolina) ............................................... Matt Morgan, Cornell (So., G - Concord, N.C.) 19 points, 12 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals, 50.0 FG%, 25.0 3FG% vs. Saint Joseph’s December 12 .........................Steven Cook, Princeton (Sr., F - Winnetka, Ill.) Matt Morgan, Cornell (So., G - Concord, N.C.) December 19 ..................... Miles Wright, Dartmouth (Jr., G - Boston, Mass.) 17 points, 5 rebounds, 7 assists, 2 steals, 2 blocks, 50.0 FG%, 50.0 3FG% at Columbia December 26 ......................................Steven Spieth, Brown (Sr., G - Dallas) Blake Reynolds, Yale (So., F – Jackson, Missouri) January 2 ...............................Steven Cook, Princeton (Sr., F - Winnetka, Ill.) 13 points, 6 rebounds, 2 steals, 41.7 FG% at Brown .............................................AJ Brodeur, Penn (Fr., F – Northborough, Mass.) Guilien Smith, Dartmouth (So., G – Boston, Mass.) January 9 ....................Devin Cannady, Princeton (So., G - Mishawaka, Ind.) 18 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal, 40.0 FG%, 40.0 3FG% January 16 .............. Luke Petrasek, Columbia (Sr., F - East Northport, N.Y.) .............................. Myles Stephens, Princeton (So., G - Lawrenceville, N.J.) Mike Smith, Columbia (Fr., G – Burr Ridge, Illinois) 24 points, 1 rebound, 3 assists, 1 steal, 38.1 FG%, 42.9 3FG% vs. Cornell January 23 .................................Sam Downey, Yale (Sr., F - Lake Forest, Ill.) ..................................................Steven Spieth, Brown (Sr., F - Dallas, Texas) Seth Towns, Harvard (Fr., F – Columbus, Ohio) January 30 ........................................................................................................ 13 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal, 1 block, 55.6 FG%, 60.0 3FG% at Bryant 19 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal, 54.5 FG%, 60.0 3FG% vs. Dartmouth February 6 ........................................................................................................ February 13 ...................................................................................................... WEEKLY AWARDS HISTORY February 20 ...................................................................................................... PLAYER OF THE WEEK February 27 ...................................................................................................... School Last Occurrence Player Brown January 23, 2017* Steven Spieth March 6 ............................................................................................................ Columbia January 16, 2017* Luke Petrasek Cornell February 1, 2016* Matt Morgan ROOKIES OF THE WEEK Dartmouth December 19, 2016 Miles Wright November 14 .............................. Miye Oni, Yale (Fr., G – Porter Ranch, Calif.) Harvard March 7, 2016 Zena Edosomwan .............................................AJ Brodeur, Penn (Fr., F – Northborough, Mass.) Penn January 2, 2017* AJ Brodeur Princeton January 16, 2017* Myles Stephens November 21 .............................. Miye Oni, Yale (Fr., G – Porter Ranch, Calif.) Yale January 23, 2017* Sam Downey November 28 .............................. Miye Oni, Yale (Fr., G – Porter Ranch, Calif.) December 5 ........................Joshua Howard, Brown (Fr., F - Charlotte, N.C.) ROOKIE OF THE WEEK School Last Occurrence Player December 12 ........................Seth Towns, Harvard (Fr., F - Columbus, Ohio) Brown December 5, 2016 Joshua Howard December 19 .......................AJ Brodeur, Penn (Fr., F – Northborough, Mass.) Columbia January 16, 2017 Mike Smith December 26 .................................................................Bryce Aiken, Harvard Cornell March 7, 2016 Matt Morgan January 2 .............................AJ Brodeur, Penn (Fr., F – Northborough, Mass.) Dartmouth February 15, 2016 Evan Boudreaux Harvard January 9, 2017* Chris Lewis January 9 ............................... Chirs Lewis, Harvard (Fr., F - Alpharetta, Ga.) Penn January 2, 2017 AJ Brodeur ..................................................Jordan Bruner, Yale (Fr., F – Columbia, S.C.) Princeton February 22, 2016 Devin Cannady January 16 .............................Mike Smith, Columbia (Fr., G - Burr Ridge, Ill.) Yale January 23, 2017* Miye Oni January 23 ...............................