Skip to main content

Cornell hosts Power and Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Quakers (9-10, 2-4 Ivy League) at Cornell Big Red (10-9, 3-3 Ivy League)

Ithaca, New York; Saturday, 6 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Pennsylvania visits Cornell after TJ Power scored 23 points in Pennsylvania’s 72-67 loss to the Columbia Lions.

The Big Red have gone 5-2 at home. Cornell is the top team in the Ivy League with 15.1 fast break points.

The Quakers are 2-4 against Ivy League opponents. Pennsylvania is 5-4 in games decided by at least 10 points.

Cornell averages 13.8 made 3-pointers per game, 6.3 more made shots than the 7.5 per game Pennsylvania allows. Pennsylvania’s 44.3% shooting percentage from the field this season is 3.9 percentage points lower than Cornell has given up to its opponents (48.2%).

The matchup Saturday is the first meeting this season for the two teams in conference play.

TOP PERFORMERS: Cooper Noard is averaging 19.3 points for the Big Red. Jake Fiegen is averaging 17.4 points over the last 10 games.

Power averages 2.1 made 3-pointers per game for the Quakers, scoring 15.1 points while shooting 39.2% from beyond the arc. Michael Zanoni is averaging 13.2 points over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Big Red: 5-5, averaging 92.3 points, 32.7 rebounds, 22.6 assists, 5.3 steals and 3.0 blocks per game while shooting 49.3% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 86.5 points per game.

Quakers: 4-6, averaging 73.3 points, 31.5 rebounds, 13.1 assists, 5.3 steals and 3.2 blocks per game while shooting 43.8% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 72.4 points.

___

The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

Hawkeyes are set to play Vanderbilt in a November women’s basketball game in Sioux City, Iowa

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — Vanderbilt and Iowa, both ranked in the top 10 late last season, will meet in a women's basketball game early next season in northwest Iowa, the schools announced Tuesday. The neutral-site game is set for Nov. 15 at the Tyson Events Center, which is 290 miles from Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City. Vanderbilt is 4-0 all-time against the Hawkeyes. This will be the teams' first meeting since 1997. The Commodores are expected to return national scoring leader Mikayla Blakes. She averaged 27 points per game and was Southeastern Conference player of the year. Vanderbilt was ranked as high as No. 5 and finished No. 10 with a 29-5 record after reaching the NCAA Sweet 16.
Read Next Story