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...play. Cornell responded at every turn, but was without its go-to-weapon down the stretch. As the crowds filtered into Lavietes, game time brought a welcome surprise for the Crimson faithful—the Big Red’s leading scorer, junior forward Jeomi Maduka, had remained in Ithaca to compete in the Ivy League Heptagonal Championships in track and field in lieu of traveling to Cambridge. “She brings something to the court that no one else does in terms of her athleticism,” Hallion said. “Our forwards were able...
...ITHACA, N.Y.—For the first time since the 1987-88 season and just the third time in its history, Cornell is headed to the Big Dance.With its 86-53 victory over the Harvard men’s basketball team (8-20, 3-9 Ivy) in front of a raucous crowd of 4,473 at Newman Arena on Saturday night, the Big Red (20-5, 12-0 Ivy) clinched the outright Ivy League title and became the first team in the nation to officially be headed to the NCAA Tournament. With the score tied...
...ITHACA, N.Y.—After a close battle with the Harvard men’s basketball team just two weeks ago at Lavietes Pavilion in which Cornell prevailed, 72-71, in the final seconds, the Big Red showed why it deserves to be the Ivy League champion by blowing out Harvard on its home court in front of a sellout crowd at Newman Arena, 86-53. More than 30 minutes prior to game-time, the Big Red student section was nearly full, heckling and taunting Crimson players as they went through their warm-up routine. “This...
...ITHACA, N.Y.—The final game of the season, with playoff positioning still at stake, may not be the best time to start testing one of the most tried-and-true axioms in sports, but it worked for the Harvard men’s hockey team. Defying the notion that a good offense is the best defense, the Crimson spent most of the game playing in its own zone, but seemed to thrive offensively following the periods of greatest pressure from the Big Red.This dynamic was most directly evident in the first period. Having already killed two Cornell...
...unstoppable, athletic forward who averages 14.1 points and 7.7 rebounds per game.Maduka scored 13 points and had eight boards in the Big Red’s losing effort against Dartmouth the night before. The two-sport standout in basketball and track and field then returned to Ithaca, N.Y. for the Indoor Heptagonal Championships on Saturday. Maduka won an individual title in the long jump—recording the third-longest jump of the year in women’s college track and field—but the Big Red basketball team seemed lost without her in Cambridge...