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Josh Hirsch reports in The Daily Pennsylvanian sportswriters blog The Buzz that former Penn forward Ryan Pettinella will attend Virginia next year. Virginia will be Pettinella’s fourth stop in two years. He transferred from Penn in 2005 and has been attending Monroe Community College in New York near his hometown of Pittsford, after leaving Cincinnati when the school dismissed Bob Huggins.
The Harvard Crimson’s Michael James reports Harvard center Brian Cusworth will sit out the Crimson’s final three non-league games and won’t play until the Ivy League opener against Dartmouth on January 7. Cusworth fractured his hand diving for a loose ball against Central Connecticut back on December 3 and has missed the four games since.
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.
Brown’s game notes confirm sophomore James Daniels left the basketball program this week to “pursue his studies.” The 6-2 guard averaged 2.2 points and 7.0 points in 19 games last season and was averaging 2.8 points and 13.2 minutes in the first five games. Daniels was coming off a season-high 19 minutes of action in last week’s loss to Wagner.
Penn coach Fran Dunphy announced in the postgame press conference on Monday night that junior Lorenz Manthey had left the team. Manthey logged 13 minutes last season in eight games, scoring two points.