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Cornell Downs Dartmouth
Blowout Win Sets Up Showdown with Harvard
The Cornell Men's Basketball Team beat the Dartmouth Green 71-37 Friday night at Newman Arena.
Guard Max Groebe led Cornell with 15 points off the bench, shooting 5-7 from the field and 4-6 from three-point range.
Cornell head coach Steve Donahue marveled about Grobe after the game, saying “Max is as good a shooter as I've ever coached.” That's high praise considering that Donahue coaches a team full of three-point shooters. Donahue even added that Groebe is “one of the better guards in this league.”
Although Groebe led the offense, defense was the story of the game for Cornell. Cornell shot only 37% in the first half due in part to a myriad of missed open threes, yet still led 27-13 at the half because they held Dartmouth to 23% shooting and no free throws for the half. Little changed after the intermission, as the Green finished the game shooting under 28%.
Defensively, “we all bought into what we had to do” and used our height and athleticism to limit the Dartmouth offense, Cornell center Jeff Foote noted. We have “the physicality and depth to be better defensively this year,” Donahue said, who observed that “the defense has been good for a month.” Cornell outrebounded Dartmouth 41-30, another indicator that Cornell was the more athletic and aggressive team.
Ryan Wittman added 12 for the Red, with 10 of those in a second half in which Cornell shot 63% from the field. Louis Dale had 10 points and was 2-2 from the field, both threes.
After the game, Cornell fans could not wait to look ahead to tomorrow night's contest with the Harvard Crimson, who remained undefeated in Ivy League play with a 74-45 win at Columbia Friday.
Foote tried to downplay the showdown, saying, “We're pretty low key about tomorrow.” But Donahue, who was an assistant at Penn before taking over Cornell, admitted that “rarely were two teams playing this well at this point” in Ivy play since he has been in the league
Tomorrow's game against Harvard can be heard live on WVBR 93.5-FM, or on wvbr.com, Saturday at 7:00 PM.
Guard Max Groebe led Cornell with 15 points off the bench, shooting 5-7 from the field and 4-6 from three-point range.
Cornell head coach Steve Donahue marveled about Grobe after the game, saying “Max is as good a shooter as I've ever coached.” That's high praise considering that Donahue coaches a team full of three-point shooters. Donahue even added that Groebe is “one of the better guards in this league.”
Although Groebe led the offense, defense was the story of the game for Cornell. Cornell shot only 37% in the first half due in part to a myriad of missed open threes, yet still led 27-13 at the half because they held Dartmouth to 23% shooting and no free throws for the half. Little changed after the intermission, as the Green finished the game shooting under 28%.
Defensively, “we all bought into what we had to do” and used our height and athleticism to limit the Dartmouth offense, Cornell center Jeff Foote noted. We have “the physicality and depth to be better defensively this year,” Donahue said, who observed that “the defense has been good for a month.” Cornell outrebounded Dartmouth 41-30, another indicator that Cornell was the more athletic and aggressive team.
Ryan Wittman added 12 for the Red, with 10 of those in a second half in which Cornell shot 63% from the field. Louis Dale had 10 points and was 2-2 from the field, both threes.
After the game, Cornell fans could not wait to look ahead to tomorrow night's contest with the Harvard Crimson, who remained undefeated in Ivy League play with a 74-45 win at Columbia Friday.
Foote tried to downplay the showdown, saying, “We're pretty low key about tomorrow.” But Donahue, who was an assistant at Penn before taking over Cornell, admitted that “rarely were two teams playing this well at this point” in Ivy play since he has been in the league
Tomorrow's game against Harvard can be heard live on WVBR 93.5-FM, or on wvbr.com, Saturday at 7:00 PM.
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~Jonah and Kurt's NCAA LiveBlog Round 2 (Sun 3/21)
~Cornell wins ECAC Championship (Sun 3/21)
~Cornell Hockey headed to East Regional (Sun 3/21)
~Cornell Readies for Battle with the Badgers (Sat 3/20) 1 Comment
~Cornell Sports weekend update (Sat 3/20)
~Cornell Trumps Temple (Fri 3/19)
~Rahul's NCAA Liveblog (Fri 3/19)
~Cornell Hockey gears up for ECAC Championship Weekend (Thu 3/18)
~NCAA Tournament Expansion (Thu 3/18) 1 Comment
~Thoughts on Cornell-Temple (Tue 3/16)
~ECAC Hockey Playoffs scenarios (Sun 3/14) 3 Comments
~Pointless March Madness Speculation (Fri 3/12)
~Video Technology in Sports (Thu 3/11)
~UOBBS (Wed 3/10)
~2010 NFL Mock Draft (Tue 3/9)
~Sad thing is...Part II (Tue 3/9)
~Sad thing is... (Mon 3/8)
~Cornell to face Harvard at Lynah next weekend (Sun 3/7)
~Women's Sports at Cornell (Thu 3/4)
~Jonah and Kurt's NCAA LiveBlog Round 2 (Sun 3/21)
~Cornell wins ECAC Championship (Sun 3/21)
~Cornell Hockey headed to East Regional (Sun 3/21)
~Cornell Readies for Battle with the Badgers (Sat 3/20) 1 Comment
~Cornell Sports weekend update (Sat 3/20)
~Cornell Trumps Temple (Fri 3/19)
~Rahul's NCAA Liveblog (Fri 3/19)
~Cornell Hockey gears up for ECAC Championship Weekend (Thu 3/18)
~NCAA Tournament Expansion (Thu 3/18) 1 Comment
~Thoughts on Cornell-Temple (Tue 3/16)
~ECAC Hockey Playoffs scenarios (Sun 3/14) 3 Comments
~Pointless March Madness Speculation (Fri 3/12)
~Video Technology in Sports (Thu 3/11)
~UOBBS (Wed 3/10)
~2010 NFL Mock Draft (Tue 3/9)
~Sad thing is...Part II (Tue 3/9)
~Sad thing is... (Mon 3/8)
~Cornell to face Harvard at Lynah next weekend (Sun 3/7)
~Women's Sports at Cornell (Thu 3/4)
