Cornell Big Red NCAA Basketball News

This year, the Holiday Festival at Madison Square Garden might have a different vibe.

With the Pennsylvania high schools starting basketball last weekend play on the court has heated up, despite the fact that many local colleges will take a short break for Christmas vacation.

Senior guard Anne Brown scored 20 points to lead three players in double figures as the Normal West High School girls basketball team cruised to a 66-53 Big 12 Conference win over Decatur MacArthur on Thursday night at Normal.

VERMILLION, S.D., Aug. 27 -- The University of South Dakota issued the following news release: University of South Dakota men's basketball coach Dave Boots has announced updates to the Coyotes' 2009-10 schedule.

Judging by preseason predictions and early-season results, the Cornell men's basketball team, led by senior forward Ryan Wittman, who earned Co-Ivy League Player of the Week honors for the week of Nov.

Ryan Wittman scored 17 points to lead four players in double figures as Cornell defeated Saint Joseph's 78-66 on Sunday.

ITHACA -- Following Thursday's practice, the Cornell men's basketball team gathered in the film room on the second floor of Newman Arena to watch Steve Donahue's version of a horror show.

Mansfield University head women's basketball coach Ruth Hermansen announced that Jena Matter and Megan Touhey will join the Mountaineers program for the 2010-11 season.

Jeff Foote had career highs of 28 points and 18 rebounds and Ryan Wittman scored 25 points to help Cornell pull away from Bucknell in overtime, 104-98 on Wednesday night.

At the beginning of Sunday's post-game press conference, minutes after Cornell dispatched Drexel for its third straight win, Steve Donahue got choked up.

Week 4, November 30, 2009 CO-PLAYERS OF THE WEEK Columbia sophomore guard Noruwa Agho continued his incredible start to the season with back-to-back games of 20+ points to give him three straight games of scoring 20 or more.

Ryan Wittman scored 18 points and Jeff Foote added 15, extending Cornell's winning streak to three games with a 61-54 win over Drexel on Sunday.

Last week, Cornell's basketball team built a 15-point second-half lead over Alabama, withstood a couple Crimson Tide scoring flourishes and left Tuscaloosa with its first win of the season.

After four games against opponents from power conferences, the Cornell men's basketball team will get a brief, and welcome, reprieve from the spotlight.

Syracuse students agree: The Ivy League sucks at sports. Syracuse was the team of the week and the toast of the country last week.

Coming off the 2K Sports Classic title, the undefeated Syracuse Orange find themselves in the top-10 this week and will put their lofty ranking on the line, as they welcome the Cornell Big Red to the Carrier Dome for a non-conference showdown this evening.

Cornell forward Ryan Wittman is averaging 17 points and shooting 41 percent from 3-point range in the Big Red's three games.

ITHACA -- There will be plenty of respect in the air Friday night at Newman Arena.

It's got to take a masochist for a mid-major basketball program to line up a non-conference schedule that starts with games against Alabama, Massachusetts, Seton Hall and Syracuse.

On the scrawl on ESPN it will look like business as usual: Big East team beats Ivy League team by double digits.