Cornell Game Notes at Ohio • Convocation Center (Athens, Ohio) Nov. 17, 2007 • Page 1 ORNELL CORNELL B IG R ED (1-0) 2007-08 C AT OHIO B OBCATS (1-0) SATURDAY , N OV . 17, 2007 • 7:00 P.M. MEN ’S B ASKETBALL CONVOCATION C ENTER (13,080) • A THENS , O HIO 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 Men’s Hoops Faces Early Season Road Test At Ohio On Saturday GAME #2 ......................................................................Cornell vs. Ohio TIP OFF ..............................................Saturday, Nov. 17, at 7:00 p.m. Big Red, Bobcats square o! after picking up high-scoring season-opening home wins SITE .....................................................Convocation Center (13,080) ITHACA, N.Y. — After a season-opening win over Athens, Ohio 2007-08 S CHEDULE /R ESULTS 2007-08 R ECORDS .............................................................Cornell (1-0) Lehigh at home, the Cornell men’s basketball team will Ohio (1-0) (1-0, 0-0 I VY L EAGUE ) SERIES R ECORD .................................................................Ohio leads 2-1 head into hostile waters for the ! rst time in 2007-08 NOVEMBER LAST M EETING ...........................................................................L, 66-100 when it visits Ohio of the Mid-American Conference on 10 LEHIGH .......................................................W, 87-83 Dec. 30, 1972 in Fayetteville, Ark. 17 at Ohio ...................................................... 7:00 p.m. RADIO ............................................................................................... None Saturday, Nov. 17 at 7 p.m. at the Convocation Center. 20 ARMY ......................................................... 7:00 p.m. TV .................................................................................................... None The game will not be available on WPIE 1160 AM or LIVE S TATS ........................Available at www.Cornell Big Red.com 25 SIENA .......................................................12:00 p.m. TICKETS ...................................Available by calling (607) 254-BEAR through Cornell RedCasts due to a con" ict with the 27 BINGHAMTON ........................................ 7:00 p.m. BIg Red football schedule. DECEMBER HEAD C OACH S TEVE D ONAHUE Both Cornell and Ohio enter the contest after high- 1 COLGATE .................................................. 8:00 p.m. Cornell head coach Steve Donahue is in his eighth season at Cornell (75-117, .391) ... Donahue became the fourth scoring wins at home in their respective openers, as 19 at Bucknell ...............................................7:00 p.m. Robert E. Gallagher ‘44 Coach of Men’s Basketball at Cornell the Bobcats defeated 2006-07 NCAA tournament 22 at Syracuse .............................................. 7:00 p.m. on Sept. 6, 2000. 29 at Stony Brook ........................................2:00 p.m. quali! er New Mexico State, 80-72. It will be the fourth 31 at Quinnipiac ........................................12:00 p.m. EN S ASKETBALL TAFF M ’ B S meeting between the two programs, though it is the JANUARY HEAD C OACH ...............................................................Steve Donahue ! rst since the 1972-73 campaign. Ohio has won two ALMA M ATER .................................................................Ursinus ‘84 6 at Duke...................................................... 5:30 p.m. RECORD AT C ORNELL /Y RS . .......................75-117/eighth season of the three previous meetings, with only a 38-33 10 ALVERNIA ................................................. 7:00 p.m. OVERALL R ECORD /Y RS . ............................75-117/eighth season Big Red victory in Athens, Ohio, during the 1930-31 15 at NJIT ........................................................8:00 p.m. ASSISTANT C OACHES ........................................Zach Spiker (Ithaca ‘00) 19 * COLUMBIA ............................................... 3:00 p.m. Nat Graham (Penn ‘97) season in the Cornell win column. 26 * at Columbia .............................................7:00 p.m. Woody Kampmann (Hobart ‘05) Senior forward Jason Hartford led three double ATHLETIC T RAINER ...................................................Marc Chamberlain FEBRUARY STRENGTH C OACH ..............................................................Tom Howley ! gure scorers with 19 points and seven rebounds 1 * at Brown ................................................... 7:00 p.m. STUDENT -A THLETE S ERVICES ..........................................Chris Wlosinski against Lehigh, while sophomores Ryan Wittman (15 2 * at Yale ........................................................ 7:00 p.m. points) and Louis Dale (12 points, 10 assists, seven 8 * PRINCETON.............................................. 7:00 p.m. BASKETBALL H ISTORY 9 * PENN ..........................................................7:00 p.m. FIRST Y EAR OF B ASKETBALL ...........................................................1898-99 rebounds) also hit the mark. Cornell, expected to be 15 * at Harvard ................................................ 7:00 p.m. ALL -T IME R ECORD .....................................................1,103-1,253 (.468) IVY R ECORD .............................................................296-417 (.415) one of the top 3-point shooting squads in the country 16 * at Dartmouth ..........................................7:00 p.m. N EWMAN A RENA .....................................................121-100 (.548) this season, hit on 10-of-17 shots from beyond the 22 * YALE ........................................................... 7:00 p.m. IVY T ITLES ...............................................................................1 (1987-88) arc in the win. 23 * BROWN ..................................................... 7:00 p.m. NCAA T OURNAMENTS ........................................ 2 (1953-54, 1987-88) 29 * DARTMOUTH .......................................... 7:00 p.m. NIT T OURNAMENTS ........................................................................... None Junior Jerome Tillman had 20 points and eight rebounds to lead Tim O’Shea’s Ohio squad in the MARCH CORNELL Q UICK F ACTS 1 * HARVARD ................................................. 7:00 p.m. LOCATION .................................................................Ithaca, N.Y. 14853 season opener. First-year transfers Justin Orr and 7 * at Penn ......................................................8:00 p.m. FOUNDED ........................................................................................... 1865 Bert Whittington combined for 30 points in the vic- 8 * at Princeton .............................................7:30 p.m. ENROLLMENT ( UNDERGRADUATE ) ......................................................13,700 PRESIDENT ....................................................................David J. Skorton tory. Coming o# a 19-12 season, the Bobcats have * - Ivy League game ATHLETIC D IRECTOR ...................................................J. Andrew Noel Jr. been picked to ! nish third in the always tough Mid- Home games in CAPS NICKNAME .....................................................................................Big Red All Times Local COLORS .......................................................Carnelian Red and White American Conference, behind only Kent State and AFFILIATION /C ONFERENCE .......................NCAA Division I/Ivy League Miami (OH). Both Tillman and senior Leon Williams HOME C OURT ( CAPACITY ) ................................Newman Arena (4,473) have been named to the preseason All-MAC teams. 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 8.0 ppg. 4.0 rpg. 6.0 apg. Had 8 points, 6 assists, 4 rebounds in debut vs. Lehigh 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 2.0 ppg. 0.0 rpg. 0.0 apg. Athletic slasher will also see time as backup point guard 12 u Louis Dale So., G, 5-11, 180 12.0 ppg. 7.0 rpg. 10.0 apg. Had 12 points, 10 assists, 7 rebounds vs. Lehigh 13 Andre Wilkins So., F, 6-5, 190 9.0 ppg. 6.0 rpg. 1.0 apg. Athletic forward had 9 points, 6 rebounds vs. Lehigh 15 Geo# Reeves So., G, 6-5, 180 5.0 ppg. 1.0 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. 1.0 rpg. 1.0 apg. 2006-07 Ivy Rookie of the Year, second-team All-Ivy 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 9.0 ppg. 4.0 rpg. 1.0 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 8.0 ppg. 7.0 rpg. 0.0 apg. Captured Ivy Rookie of the Week once in 2006-07 34 Brian Kreefer Jr., F/C, 6-7, 225 — — — Top reserve in 2006-07, set career highs in every category 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 19.0 ppg. 7.0 rpg. 0.0 apg. Fifth-year senior, had 19 points, 7 rebounds vs. Lehigh u - Probable Starters Cornell Game Notes at