Complete Men's Basketball Weekly Release in pdf format

Photos courtesy of Cornell Athletic Communications and Harvard Athletic Communications

PRINCETON, N.J. -- The non-conference schedules for Ivy League men’s basketball teams are winding down as the calendar has turned to 2011 with 12 out-of-league games on the slate this week and the first conference matchup of the season with Dartmouth hosting Harvard.

Penn has the Ivy League’s lone television appearance of the week, traveling to Rupp Arena to take on Kentucky on ESPNU. Before jumping into its first conference game, Harvard will also have a tough test this week taking on Boston College in Chestnut Hill, Mass. The Eagles, coached by former Cornell head coach Steve Donahue, lost to Yale earlier this season but have won eight of their last nine and are coming off at win at South Carolina on New Year’s Day.


PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Cornell junior guard Chris Wroblewski (Highland Park, Ill.) was sensational for the Big Red in the Richmond Marriott Holidays on the Hardwood Tournament at VCU. In the win over defending Southern Conference champion Wofford, Wroblewski scored 21 points and dished 12 assists, the second-most single-game assists total in school history. He added five rebounds and hit all four of his attempts from 3-point range in directing an offense that shot 64 percent from the floor and 71 percent from beyond the three-point arc. Wroblewski opened the week with 14 points, six assists, four rebounds and two steals in a two-point loss to New Hampshire.

Wroblewski’s Statistics for the Week

	MIN	FG-A	PCT	3FG-A	PCT	FT-A	PCT	REB	A	B	S	PTS
vs. New Hampshire	36	4-13	0.308	1-5	0.200	5-6	0.833	4	6	0	2	14
vs. Wofford	28	5-8	0.625	4-4	1.000	7-12	0.583	5	12	0	0	21
TOTALS	32.0	9-21	0.429	5-9	0.556	12-18	0.667	4.5	9.0	0.0	1.0	17.5

 

 

 

 

ROOKIE OF THE WEEK
Harvard freshman guard Laurent Rivard (Saint-Bruno, Quebec, Canada) continued his stellar play as he led the Crimson at 17.5 points per game and to wins over Monmouth and MIT. Rivard scored 18 points in the come-from-behind-win over Monmouth, making 5-of-7 from the floor and 2-of-4 from beyond the arc, to go along with a 6-of-6 performance from the charity stripe. Rivard then scored 17 points in Harvard’s victory over MIT. Rivard made 5-of-10 shots from the field, including two more treys, and was a perfect 5-of-5 from the line.

Rivard’s Statistics for the Week

	MIN	FG-A	PCT	3FG-A	PCT	FT-A	PCT	REB	A	B	S	PTS
vs. Monmouth	27	5-7	0.714	2-4	0.500	6-6	1.000	1	1	0	1	18
vs. MIT	32	5-10	0.500	2-5	0.400	5-5	1.000	4	4	1	2	17
TOTALS	29.5	10-17	0.588	4-9	0.588	11-11	1.000	2.5	2.5	0.5	1.5	17.5

 

 

 

 

HONOR ROLL
Brian Barbour, Columbia, Sophomore, Guard (Alamo, Calif.)
16.5 ppg, 2.0 rpg, 3.5 apg
Career-high 21 pts. vs. Elon

Tyler Bernardini, Penn, Senior, Guard (Carlsbad, Calif.)
18 pts., 4 rebs. at Marist

Kyle Casey, Harvard, Sophomore, Forward (Medway, Mass.)
13.0 ppg, 5.5 rpg, 2.0 apg
15 pts., 6 rebs. vs. MIT

Tucker Halpern, Brown, Sophomore, Forward (Brookline, Mass.)
12.5 ppg, 4.0 rpg, 2.5 apg
23 pts., 6 rebs. vs. Bryant

Dan Mavraides, Princeton, Senior, Guard (San Mateo, Calif.)
16.5 ppg, 4.0 rpg
20 pts., 3 rebs. at Central Florida

Austin Morgan, Yale, Sophomore, Guard (Reno, Nev.)
13.0 ppg, 2.5 rpg, 2.5 apg
15 pts., 3 rebs. at Stanford


UPCOMING SCHEDULE
Monday, January 3
Buffalo at Cornell, 7 pm
Dartmouth at Army, 7 pm
Penn at Kentucky, 7 pm [ESPNU]
Brown at American, 7:30 pm

Wednesday, January 5
Columbia at Lafayette, 7 pm
Harvard at Boston College, 7 pm
Marist at Princeton, 7 pm
Yale at Holy Cross, 7 pm

Saturday, January 8
Stony Brook at Cornell, 2 pm
Baruch at Yale, 2 pm
*Harvard at Dartmouth, 4 pm
Lyndon State at Brown, 5 pm
Union (N.Y.) at Columbia, 7 pm

*Ivy Leage Contest