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Game 7-065: Cornell at Penn
February 27, 2011 11:18 am ET by Kyle Whelliston

Cornell Big Red at Pennsylvania Quakers

February 26, 2011 7:00 pm
The Palestra
BBState Stats/Recap

Kid Reporter Night at The Palestra! Suit separates, the taste of tweets, a Corky Calhoun sighting, mascot senior night, Keepin' It Klassy with the Sigma Kappa tug-of-war team, and Cornell hijacks the Power of Booba.

@midmajority Game Tweets

18:52 Game 7-065: Cornell at Penn. Where you want to be. http://img.ly/36bT
18:56 Penn: 12-12, 6-4 Ivy, beat COLU last night. Cornell, defending champs, 7-18 and 3-8, coming off 84-66 loss at PRIN Fri. #youareinformed
18:59 Penn HC Jerome Allen: charcoal slacks, midnight blue jacket with wide pinstripes, white shirt, silver tie. #youarenotascool
19:01 I don't know what that means. You're better at rocking suit separates? RT @robcwv: @midmajority Our attire segment is way better.
19:02 RT @OVCSports: The first of the final 5 #OVC men's hoops games of the regular season getting ready to start. Every game will determine seeding for tourney
19:03 RT @jenahearn: Three 1,000 point scorers - for once, I had a better view of something at the Palestra than @midmajority. http://yfrog.com/h39yvcaj
19:03 The other team will be along shortly. http://img.ly/36ca
19:05 Miles Asafo-Adjei opens the scoring for Cornell with a corner #superhoop. Underway in West Philadelphia.
19:06 Miles Cartwright with a three of his own. 5-3 Cornell, three minutes in.
19:08 Seated to my right, a very young man on a school project, with sportswriting dreams, a reporter's notebook and a score sheet.
19:09 Do I encourage him to follow his dreams and remember to keep poetry in the work, or tell him he'll end up jaded and hating sports forever?
19:10 To my left, legendary hoops scribe Kevin Tatum of the Inquirer, who finally asked me about the orange thing in front of me. "WHAT is THAT?"
19:11 Penn catches up at eight with another Cartwright deepie. 14:25 remaining in the first half.
19:13 No. I'm practicing horror-faces. RT @defiantlydutch: @midmajority: Does it make me a bad man that I think you should tell him to GET OUT?
19:14 Andreas Schreiber, a paler man than I, dumps a a short hook. 12-11 Penn at 12:50 1H. A good 6000+ crowd tonight at the Cathedral.
19:14 RT @eriknell: @midmajority Let him find out on his own that this game will hurt you. Don't speed up the process!
19:17 Kid looks at me, then at Bally, is confused. Is this sportswriting supposed to be fun? Serious and studious? Why isn't he keeping score?
19:18 Tied at 14 with 11:07 left in the first half. Kid's keeping better notes than I am. "Cornell: pushing the ball." It's true, they are!
19:20 End of the first quarter, 17-14 Penn. Quaker Miles Cartwright blew a transition layup, then lipped out a FT on next trip. Ghosts!
19:21 Tyler Bernardini knocks in an elbow-extended three, and Penn's up 20-16 at 9:14 1H. Kid has given up on individual hashmark scoring.
19:22 RT @osknights: Michael Jordan is at UCF Arena to watch his son, Marcus, and the Knights take on C-USA leader Southern Miss.
19:26 Cornell zips off six straight and takes a 22-20 lead into the third MTO. Penn's football team and their six-square-foot trophy are honored.
19:27 "Silencio." RT @midmajority360: IUPUI 78 Centenary 57 | IUPUI: L. Nobles 24 - CENT: L. Davis 14 | http://tmm7.me/f4z #Badlands
19:28 RT @defiantlydutch: @midmajority: I really hate telling kids to do something else. But I cannot in good conscience suggest anyone do this. It breaks your heart.
19:29 Maybe I should put together a helpful picture slideshow for prospective child sports journalists. 1. Drinking. 2. Bad sweaters. 3. Divorce.
19:31 4. Passive-aggressiveness. 5. Drinking. 6. Delusions of grandeur. 7. Confirmation bias. 8. Drinking.
19:34 Yes: "Diet offsets/assuages press room pizza guilt." RT @jenahearn: @midmajority steal his coke. That'll teach him an important lesson.
19:35 Cornell keeps hitting them long shots. It's a 32-24 Big Red lead, with 3:32 remaining.
19:37 A more confident Big Red bunch at the moment. http://img.ly/36cQ
19:39 Magic Touch Bot 40000 ate a couple of earlier tweets, but Cornell went on a 10-0 run earlier. Therefore, the swing.
19:40 Apparently, they taste like butter brickle. Who knew. RT @PsyMar: @midmajority mmm, tweets, nom nom nom
19:41 Ghost Hunter Zack Rosen hits the floor hard. He's back up, shooting shots. http://img.ly/36cW
19:42 booba http://img.ly/36cX
19:43 But Cornell seems to have harnessed the power of Booba for themselves. A Max Groebe three makes it 39-27, less than a minute left in 1H.
19:45 Yes! He's four feet from me, in a nice suit. RT @dtholt: @midmajority just wondering if marlon sears is with cornell?
19:49 Here are your first-half stats. http://img.ly/36d7
19:49 RT @dcbradley: @midmajority Since I was in his place around 2004, look at him very seriously and slowly say, "Future you says get out. NOW! RUN! GOGOGO!"
19:50 We have a halftime score for you: 39-27 Big Red. Real punch-in-the-face run halfway through 1H, and they're maintaining well.
19:52 Greek tug-of-war. Annual last home weekend tradition. http://img.ly/36de
19:54 Congrats to Sigma Kappa! Greek tug-of-war champs. They wore black tank tops with "Keepin It Klassy" in pink. They did... oh, they did!!
19:55 Well, s__t. RT @jenahearn: @jtannenwald @midmajority I am sitting next to Corky Calhoun. Just thought you should know.
19:56 Elsewise, Yale appears to have beaten Harvard. So there's that.
19:57 RT @PTNetherton: @midmajority But the Centenary Ladies pick up their first win today. From 0-50 to 2-0, ya know then the Gents against IUPUI
20:00 At the half, Cornell shooting 51.7%, 39 points in 32 trips (1.21). Penn: 30%, 27 points in 31 possessions (.87).
20:01 He's busy working on his presser ?'s. RT @DaveZeitlin: @midmajority What does the little kid on press row think Penn needs to do to win?
20:03 Penn's biggest offensive offender: Tyle Bernardini, 2/11 and just jacking up whatever he feels like. Hit the side of the backboard on one.
20:04 Penn comes out flatter than they were before the break. Cornell now up 43-31 at 18:11 2H.
20:05 Large. RT @midmajority360: Harvard 69 Yale 70 | HARV 21-5 (10-2) YALE 14-12 (7-5) | http://tmm7.me/f52 #Ivy
20:08 Finally, an hour later, I realize Tatum was asking me about the Finger-Operated Doctor Who SpacePuter 80000, not Bally. #ifeeldum
20:09 Cornell 46, Penn 33. I think the key moment of this game was when the Big Red stole the Power of Booba. Right, kid? Whaddyasay.
20:11 MTO1 of 2H. Two guys in coffee cup suits shoot layups. Kid is transfixed. I consider whispering to him, "Write about that insteadddd..."
20:12 I'm behind the Cornell bench with a stuffed basketball. Can't miss me. RT @CoachBarney @midmajority where are you sitting, I'll say hi.
20:14 Tyler Bernardini drives for a +1. Best thing he's done all night. Cornell lead is cut to 7 at 14:21 2H.
20:16 Bernardini! Bernardini! Bernardini! A three-pointer slices the Big Red margin to four and forces TO. Penn 15-7 since break, 9 straight pts.
20:18 Oh god, the kid's left-handed. Become an artist or a musician or a pitcher, little dude... sportswriting is for pale, paunchy righties.
20:18 RT @polarscribe: @midmajority Dribble @ballybasketball a couple times. You just might subliminally implant the TMM ethos in his head with every *boing*.
20:20 Anyone in the Palestra right now: was there a BOOBA during this run? I've been too busy worrying about this kid.
20:22 There are a bunch of kids in section 108 too. One has a hand-drawn sign: "Penn Rocks! Cornell Stinks!" #kidzsmac
20:23 It's coming... RT @jenahearn: @midmajority no. I was waiting for it.
20:24 RT @rhyno86: @midmajority no booba! Booba is on cornells side tonight, I hope it doesn't come back
20:24 Booba is a fickle b___.
20:25 And when I say "b____," I mean "booba."
20:25 RT @CAASports: Pairings Set For @Virginia529 CAA Men's Basketball Championship http://bit.ly/ibitGM
20:25 Mascot senior night. Not a dry eye as the head comes off. Standing ovation. http://img.ly/36dN
20:29 End of 3Q, Cornell 55 Penn 48. Did I mention the kid has a Bieber haircut and is one lopsided cap from being a 1950s movie paperboy?
20:31 There was a big explosion of FUUUCK from the Cornell assistants just now, and the kid crumpled in fright. Get out, kid, get out now!
20:32 Cornell 61 Penn 53 at MTO3. Sprint football team being honored. Dan Harrell is proud.
20:34 B O O B A http://img.ly/36dU
20:35 As soon as the BOOBA arrived, Errick Peck unleashed a swinging #OMGIVYDUNX on an alleyoop. Cornell DOES have the power of BOOBA!!!!
20:35 RT @dcbradley: @midmajority Perhaps Bally is 5 game minutes away from giving the kid an existential breakdown straight out of "I Heart Huckabees." Maybe?
20:36 He has one, but I don't think he's filing on buzzer. RT @DaveZeitlin @midmajority Where's the kids laptop? Is he not filing running copy?
20:37 As soon as BOOBA goes away, a Penn run! 6:18 2H, two transition buckets close the gap to 63-58!
20:41 4:17 in regulation, and Penn is hanging close at 65-60. Wrobleski misses the front end of a 1/1, then a Cartwright steal on next trip.
20:41 Miles Cartwright a swoop layup, and it's 65-62 Cornell! And another turnover! The Palestra comes alive!
20:43 Big Red bench a little more anxious now. http://img.ly/36e6
20:44 An identical Cartwright layup, and the lead is cut to one! 2:50 2H, 65-64! Cornell offense in disarray, Courtney burns another TO (2 left).
20:46 Drew Ferry #superhoop out of the time out puts Cornell back up by four, 68-64 at 2:33 2H.
20:46 But Ghost Hunter Zack Rosen drains a corner #superhoop, and it's Cornell 68-67! The kid pumps his fist! No cheering on press row!
20:48 Penn with the chance to take the lead, and they DO! Cartwright again! 69-68 Quakers, one minute left! Another Cornell time out!
20:49 Tension and intrigue at the Cathedral tonight! Cornell tries to run its offense, and they CAN'T! The ball goes flying out of bounds!
20:50 Penn ball! No! Cornell ball! It's madness in West Philly! The kid is trying to keep up on his notepad! People are standing and yelling!
20:52 Cornell retakes the lead with a Mark Coury basket, and a Penn empty gives it back! Foul! :16 left, 70-69 Big Red.
20:53 Wrobleski at the line. Make, make. 72-69 Big Red, 15.7.
20:54 Cartwright loses the ball on a drive, Cornell to inbound 94 feet away with :10 left. 72-69 Cornell.
20:55 During this break in the action, the CAA seeds. 1. GMU 2. ODU 3. HOFS 4. VCU 5. DREX 6. JMU 7. DEL 8. UNCW 9. GSU 10. NU 11. CWM 12. TOWS
20:55 Foul. Johnathan Gray (spelled it right) at the line trying to ice it for Cornell. Make, make.
20:56 But Rosen hits a #superhoop on the other end! This ain't over! 4.6 seconds left, Cornell up 73-72.
20:58 Scramble offense with three seconds. Bernardini a missed face-up three, and Cornell comes away with a win! Big Red 74, Quakers 72.
21:00 One home game left. http://img.ly/36eo
21:24 And so ends a Philly dubl-hedr, as in days of old. Game 66 will be tomorrow afternoon, Saint Peter's at Rider. Join us at the Broncs' Zoo!

Boxscore

CORNELL 74, at PENNSYLVANIA 72
02/26/2011

CORNELL 8-18 (4-8) -- F. Cruz 8-15 2-2 21; C. Wroblewski 1-10 3-5 6; E. Peck 4-9 1-1 10; A. Ferry 4-5 0-0 11; M. Coury 5-7 3-4 13; M. Groebe 3-7 0-0 8; A. Wire 3-4 1-1 8; A. Gatlin 4-4 0-0 8; J. Gray 0-0 1-2 1; M. Asafo-Adjei 1-2 0-0 3; J. Figini 3-5 0-0 6; J. Matthews 0-1 0-0 0; E. Chemerinski 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 28-54 9-13 74.
PENNSYLVANIA 12-13 (6-5) -- Z. Rosen 6-12 7-8 22; M. Cartwright 7-13 6-8 23; J. Eggleston 1-8 0-1 2; T. Bernardini 5-16 1-1 14; M. Howlett 1-2 0-0 2; F. Dougherty 1-1 0-0 2; Z. Gordon 1-1 0-0 3; C. Turley 0-0 0-0 0; A. Schreiber 2-4 0-0 4; S. Rennard 0-0 0-0 0; C. Gunter 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 24-57 14-18 72.

Three-point goals: CORN 9-19 (M. Groebe 2-5; A. Wire 1-2; A. Ferry 3-4; C. Wroblewski 1-2; E. Peck 1-2; M. Asafo-Adjei 1-2; J. Figini 0-1; J. Matthews 0-1), PENN 10-23 (T. Bernardini 3-10; J. Eggleston 0-2; Z. Rosen 3-3; Z. Gordon 1-1; M. Cartwright 3-7); Rebounds: CORN 23 (C. Wroblewski 5), PENN 34 (T. Bernardini 10); Assists: CORN 25 (C. Wroblewski 11), PENN 11 (M. Cartwright 4); Total Fouls -- CORN 19, PENN 18; Fouled Out: CORN-None; PENN-None.