Cornell University Athletics

Kentucky Transfer Mark Coury Joins Big Red Basketball Program

1/20/2009 3:08:36 PM

ITHACA, N.Y. -- Former University of Kentucky starter Mark Coury (West Bloomfield, Mich./Detroit Country Day School/Kentucky) has transferred to Cornell University to join the Big Red basketball team it was announced today by Steve Donahue, the Robert E. Gallagher Head Coach of Men's Basketball. Coury will have two seasons of basketball eligibility at Cornell.

Coury, a 6-9, 238-pound forward, played two seasons for the Wildcat basketball program after walking on to the team as a freshman. He earned a starting role as a sophomore in 2007-08, seeing action in all 31 games with 29 starts for an 18-13 NCAA tournament team. Coury averaged 2.0 points and 1.7 rebounds while adding 19 assists, 11 steals and 10 blocked shots in 10.7 minutes per game. Overall, he shot 43 percent from the field. Coury posted a double-double in his first career start against Central Arkansas, recording career highs of 13 points, 10 rebounds and three assists. He also notched nine points and five rebounds in a win against nationally ranked and then-unbeaten Vanderbilt. As a freshman, Coury saw limited time, earning 20 minutes in 10 games and registering four points, three rebounds, two assists, a blocked shot and a steal. The ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District selection recorded a perfect 4.0 grade point average in business management.

Coury was an all-area and all-state selection as a senior at Detroit Country Day School after averaging 8.9 points, 8.4 rebounds, 2.0 assists, 2.0 blocks and 1.1 steals per game. He led his team to a 23-3 record and a spot in the state semifinals. An all-state performer in track and field (shot put and discus), he also lettered in football and baseball during his prep career. His father, Jerry, played basketball at Wayne State.

Coury will join Max Groebe, who is sitting out his year in residency after transferring from UMass this summer, as players who will be eligible to compete for the Big Red next year as Division I transfers.

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