Cornell Game Notes vs. Colgate • Newman Arena (Ithaca, N.Y.) Dec. 1, 2007 • Page 1 ORNELL COLGATE R AIDERS (4-3) 2007-08 C AT CORNELL B IG R ED (4-1) SATURDAY , D EC . 1, 2007 • 8:00 P.M. MEN ’S B ASKETBALL NEWMAN A RENA (4,473) • I THACA , N.Y. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT C ORNELL MBKB C ONTACT J EREMY H ARTIGAN AT (607) 255-9788 GAME N OTES JH295@C ORNELL .EDU • F AX : (607) 255-9791 • H OME /C ELL : (607) 351-1675 GAME I NFORMATION Four-Game Homestand Ends For Men’s Hoops Vs. Colgate GAME #6 .................................................................Colgate vs. Cornell TIP OFF ................................................Saturday, Dec. 1, at 8:00 p.m. Big Red attempts to open 5-0 at home for ! rst time since 1989-90 campaign SITE .................................................................Newman Arena (4,473) ITHACA, N.Y. — After gutting out a win vs. one Ithaca, N.Y. 2007-08 S CHEDULE /R ESULTS 2007-08 R ECORDS ............................................................Colgate (4-3) Central New York foe in Binghamton on Tuesday Cornell (4-1) (4-1, 0-0 I VY L EAGUE ) SERIES R ECORD .......................................................Cornell leads 70-52 evening, the Big Red men’s basketball team will NOVEMBER LAST M EETING ..........................................................Cornell won 64-53 square o! with another local rival when Colgate 10 LEHIGH .......................................................W, 87-83 Jan. 3, 2007 in Hamilton, N.Y. 17 at Ohio ...................................................... L, 89-102 RADIO ..1160 ESPN Radio, WPIE (Barry Leonard, Matt Grassie) visits Newman Arena on Saturday, Dec. 1 at 8 p.m. 20 ARMY ..........................................................W, 93-78 TV .................................................................................................... None The game will be broadcast live on 1160 ESPN Radio, LIVE S TATS ........................Available at www.Cornell Big Red.com 25 SIENA ..........................................................W, 83-77 LIVE V IDEO .......................Available at www.Cornell Big Red.com while video of the game is available as part of the 27 BINGHAMTON ......................................... W, 73-68 TICKETS ...................................Available by calling (607) 254-BEAR RedCast subscription service at www.CornellBigRed. DECEMBER com. 1 COLGATE .................................................. 8:00 p.m. HEAD C OACH S TEVE D ONAHUE Cornell head coach Steve Donahue is in his eighth season Cornell posted a 73-68 midweek victory over the 19 at Bucknell ...............................................7:00 p.m. at Cornell (78-118, .398) ... Donahue became the fourth Bearcats, shooting 56 percent from the " oor in the 22 at Syracuse .............................................. 7:00 p.m. Robert E. Gallagher ‘44 Coach of Men’s Basketball at Cornell 29 at Stony Brook ........................................2:00 p.m. on Sept. 6, 2000. victory to improve to 4-1 overall, the team’s best 31 at Quinnipiac ........................................12:00 p.m. start since the 1996-97 campaign. The backcourt JANUARY MEN ’S B ASKETBALL S TAFF tandem of Louis Dale (17 points) and Collin Rob- HEAD C OACH ...............................................................Steve Donahue 6 at Duke...................................................... 5:30 p.m. ALMA M ATER .................................................................Ursinus ‘84 inson (16 points) were too much for Binghamton, 10 ALVERNIA ................................................. 7:00 p.m. RECORD AT C ORNELL /Y RS . .......................78-118/eighth season while Ryan Wittman added 13 points and eight 15 at NJIT ........................................................8:00 p.m. OVERALL R ECORD /Y RS . ............................78-118/eighth season 19 * COLUMBIA ............................................... 3:00 p.m. ASSISTANT C OACHES ........................................Zach Spiker (Ithaca ‘00) rebounds on an e# cient 5-of-7 shooting night from 26 * at Columbia .............................................7:00 p.m. Nat Graham (Penn ‘97) the $ eld. Woody Kampmann (Hobart ‘05) FEBRUARY ATHLETIC T RAINER ...................................................Marc Chamberlain Dale (15.4 ppg.) and Wittman (15.0 ppg.) con- 1 * at Brown ................................................... 7:00 p.m. STRENGTH C OACH ..............................................................Tom Howley tinue to lead the team in scoring, as six players are 2 * at Yale ........................................................ 7:00 p.m. STUDENT -A THLETE S ERVICES ..........................................Chris Wlosinski averaging at least 9.4 points per game. Wittman also 8 * PRINCETON.............................................. 7:00 p.m. 9 * PENN ..........................................................7:00 p.m. ASKETBALL ISTORY B H paces the team in rebounding (6.2 rpg.), while Dale 15 * at Harvard ................................................ 7:00 p.m. FIRST Y EAR OF B ASKETBALL ...........................................................1898-99 ALL -T IME R ECORD .....................................................1,106-1,254 (.469) leads the Ivy League and is ranked 14th nationally 16 * at Dartmouth ..........................................7:00 p.m. IVY R ECORD .............................................................296-417 (.415) in assists (7.0 apg.). Cornell is averaging 85.0 points 22 * YALE ........................................................... 7:00 p.m. N EWMAN A RENA .....................................................124-100 (.554) per game and is shooting 52 percent from the " oor 23 * BROWN ..................................................... 7:00 p.m. IVY T ITLES ...............................................................................1 (1987-88) 29 * DARTMOUTH .......................................... 7:00 p.m. NCAA T OURNAMENTS ........................................ 2 (1953-54, 1987-88) overall and 51 percent from 3-point range. NIT T OURNAMENTS ........................................................................... None MARCH Colgate enters the game having lost three 1 * HARVARD ................................................. 7:00 p.m. CORNELL Q UICK F ACTS straight after opening the year 4-0. Most recently, 7 * at Penn ......................................................8:00 p.m. LOCATION .................................................................Ithaca, N.Y. 14853 the Raiders dropped a 94-63 contest at Notre Dame. 8 * at Princeton .............................................7:30 p.m. FOUNDED ........................................................................................... 1865 ENROLLMENT ( UNDERGRADUATE ) ......................................................13,700 Kyle Roemer leads Emmett Davis’ team at 19.1 ppg. * - Ivy League game PRESIDENT ....................................................................David J. Skorton as the squad’s only double $ gure scorer. Defensively, Home games in CAPS ATHLETIC D IRECTOR ...................................................J. Andrew Noel Jr. All Times Local NICKNAME .....................................................................................Big Red the Raiders are holding foes to .416 shooting from COLORS .......................................................Carnelian Red and White the " oor and are outrebounding opponents by two AFFILIATION /C ONFERENCE .......................NCAA Division I/Ivy League per game. CORNELL ACTIVE ROSTER 2007-08 Statistics Player Notes 1 Je! Foote Jr., C, 7-0, 225 — — — Transfer from St. Bonaventure, eligible 12/19 3 Collin Robinson Jr., G, 6-0, 170 12.8 ppg. 2.8 rpg. 5.0 apg. Averaging 15.3 points in last three games (3-0) 4 Aaron Osgood Fr., F, 6-9, 215 — — — Did postgraduate year in 2006-07 at The Hill School (Pa.) 5 Jason Battle Jr., G/F, 6-4, 200 1.6 ppg. 1.6 rpg. 0.2 apg. Season-best $ ve rebounds vs. Army 12 u Louis Dale So., G, 5-11, 180 15.4 ppg. 4.8 rpg. 7.0 apg. Reigning Ivy POW, 20 pts., 9 rebs., 6 asts. vs. Siena 13 Andre Wilkins So., F, 6-5, 190 4.4 ppg. 2.8 rpg. 0.4 apg. Athletic forward had 9 points, 6 rebounds vs. Lehigh 15 Geo! Reeves So., G, 6-5, 180 2.0 ppg. 0.6 rpg. 0.0 apg. Averaged 16.5 ppg. during Big Red’s trip to France 20 u Ryan Wittman So., F, 6-6, 210 15.0 ppg. 6.2 rpg. 0.6 apg. Averaging 8.7 rebounds in last three games (3-0) 22 Conor Mullen Jr., G/F, 6-5, 210 — — — Emerged as valuable reserve over second half of 2006-07 23 u Adam Gore Jr., G, 6-0, 180 9.4 ppg. 2.0 rpg. 1.8 apg. 2005-06 Ivy Rookie of the Year returned after ACL tear 24 Adam Wire Fr., F, 6-5, 205 — — — Runner-up for League Player of the Year as HS senior 25 Jon Jaques So., F, 6-7, 215 — — — 7 points, 4 rebounds in extended action vs. IC as frosh 33 u Alex Tyler So., F, 6-7, 235 6.6 ppg. 4.4 rpg. 0.6 apg. Led team in rebounding three of $ rst $ ve games 34 Brian Kreefer Jr., F/C, 6-7, 225 10.0 ppg. 1.3 rpg. 3.0 apg. Has made 17-of-20 $ eld goals this season (85 percent) 40 Pete Reynolds So., F/C, 6-8, 210 0.0 ppg. 0.0 rpg. 0.0 apg. Reserve forward blocked a shot vs. Lehigh 44 u Jason Hartford Sr., F/C, 6-9, 245 9.8 ppg. 4.2 rpg. 0.4 apg. Fifth-year senior, had 19 points, 7 rebounds vs. Lehigh u - Probable Starters Cornell Game Notes vs. Colgate • Newman Arena (Ithaca, N.Y.) Dec. 1, 2007 • Page 2 ABOUT COLGATE: The Raiders are o! to 2007-08 I VY S TANDINGS Statistical Matchup (as of 11/30) Ivy Overall a 4-3 start after falling