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Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Battle of the 'Nells
It's the 43rd meeting between Cornell and Bucknell tonight in Lewisburg. The Bison have won the last four matchups to even the all-time series at 21-21. As an aside, the Patriot League holds a 6-4 lead in the season series with the Ivy League, though Cornell is 2-1 vs. Patriot teams.

SCOUTING CORNELL: The Big Red travel down Route 15 following a 17-day layoff for finals. Before the break, Cornell (4-2) had a three-game win streak snapped by Colgate (76-73).

Cornell will get the services of 7-footer Jeff Foote for the first time, for this game. But don't expect the former St. Bonaventure walk-on, who became eligible at the end of the first semester, to be a key to the game.

It's not the Big Red's interior attack that Bucknell needs to stop, it's the three-point shooters. Cornell is averaging almost 10 treys per game and leads the nation with its 48-percent accuracy from the arc.

Ryan Wittman, a 6-6 sophomore, leads the Big Red with 15.3 ppg. Louis Dale, a 5-11 guard, is scoring 14.5 points and dishing 7.3 assists per game. Collin Robinson, a 6-0 junior, is also scoring in double figures at 13.0 ppg. Robinson, who comes off the bench, has averaged 15 points in Cornell's last four games.
BONUS LINKS:
  • Cornell stats
  • Cornell game notes
  • Cornell basketball blog
  • Cornell vs. Bucknell preview (Ithaca Journal)
  • CU's Gore still searching for sharpshooting touch (Ithaca Journal)

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