Get schooled.
The night after a dreadful shooting performance by Penn, Princeton found a way to one-up its rival with an ugly 21-point effort that tied an NCAA Division I record for fewest points in the shot clock era. Except Princeton did this against a 1-6 Monmouth team with its starting point guard injured and his backup suspended. The news was significantly better up in Boston, where Harvard’s win over Long Island was its first without the injured Brian Cusworth.
The Ivy League went 0-2 last night, but those losses couldn’t have been more different. While Penn was dropping a 14-0 run on third-ranked Villanova and giving the Wildcats their toughest game of the season, Dartmouth lost in Portland to a 2-6 Maine team playing without its best player.
Michael James reports in the Harvard Crimson Sports Blog that Harvard center Brian Cusworth was not cleared medically to play this week and will miss both Wednesday’s home contest against Albany and Saturday’s game at Albany. The junior’s fractured left hand will be re-evaluated next week and his status for that week will be determined at that time.
Dartmouth and Penn kick off a fairly light week in Ivy hoops tonight. Look for the league’s composite record to remain at three games under .500 at the end of the night.
Game of the Week
Cornell (3-5) at Bucknell (5-1) – Saturday, December 17, 1:00 pm
When we last saw Cornell it was pulling out a close win at home over Lehigh to halt a three-game losing streak. With exams out of the way, the Big Red opens the next phase of its non-league schedule with a tough test.