Ryan Wittman News

This year, the Holiday Festival at Madison Square Garden might have a different vibe.

With the Pennsylvania high schools starting basketball last weekend play on the court has heated up, despite the fact that many local colleges will take a short break for Christmas vacation.

Trying to figure out Cornell's next standout performer -- or in Sunday's case, performers in the plural -- has become as unpredictable as a game of musical chairs.

Ryan Wittman scored 17 points to lead four players in double figures as Cornell defeated Saint Joseph's 78-66 on Sunday.

Week 4, November 30, 2009 CO-PLAYERS OF THE WEEK Columbia sophomore guard Noruwa Agho continued his incredible start to the season with back-to-back games of 20+ points to give him three straight games of scoring 20 or more.

Jeff Foote had career highs of 28 points and 18 rebounds and Ryan Wittman scored 25 points to help Cornell pull away from Bucknell in overtime, 104-98 on Wednesday night.

At the beginning of Sunday's post-game press conference, minutes after Cornell dispatched Drexel for its third straight win, Steve Donahue got choked up.

PHILADELPHIA -- Five double-digit scorers and a tough effort off the bench from Adam Wire helped Cornell to a 67-59 come-from-behind victory over Vermont on Saturday afternoon.

PHILADELPHIA - Louis Dale had 14 points, nine rebounds, nine assists and zero turnovers, and Cornell snapped a two-game losing streak with a 78-60 victory over Toledo in men's basketball action Friday afternoon at Drexel University's Daskalakis Athletic Center.

After four games against opponents from power conferences, the Cornell men's basketball team will get a brief, and welcome, reprieve from the spotlight.

For the first 20 minutes of Tuesday's game, the Cornell Big Red took its best shot against the Syracuse Orange.

Coming off the 2K Sports Classic title, the undefeated Syracuse Orange find themselves in the top-10 this week and will put their lofty ranking on the line, as they welcome the Cornell Big Red to the Carrier Dome for a non-conference showdown this evening.

Cornell forward Ryan Wittman is averaging 17 points and shooting 41 percent from 3-point range in the Big Red's three games.

With a fresh 2-0 start, The Seton Hall Pirates look to pursue a winning streak against non-conference schools.

It's got to take a masochist for a mid-major basketball program to line up a non-conference schedule that starts with games against Alabama, Massachusetts, Seton Hall and Syracuse.

Senior point guard Louis Dale had a big second half, and Cornell won its Legends Classic opener Wednesday night by beating host Massachusetts, 74-61, at the Mullins Center.

Ryan Wittman and Cornell had the edge in experience, savvy and poise while Anthony Grant's first Alabama team is still working out the kinks.

Week 2: Top 25 Basketball Poll vote. Not much change from the first poll, with the exception of dropping Mississippi State down to 20 and moving everyone else up one spot.

Ryan Wittman scored 23 points and made 5-of-8 3-pointers to help Cornell beat Alabama 71-67 on Saturday, spoiling Anthony Grant's Crimson Tide coaching debut.

ITHACA - Bucknell in 2005 and 2006, Davidson and Siena in 2008, and Siena again last season.