Foote Earns Third Ivy League Weekly Honor, Big Red Moves To No. 22 In The Coaches' Poll
2/8/2010 8:34:20 PM
ITHACA, N.Y. -- On the same day Cornell moved up to No. 22 in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches' poll, Big Red senior Jeff Foote was named the Ivy League men's basketball Player of the Week today, his third weekly honor of the 2009-10 season. Foote was dominant in the paint in sweeping Yale and Brown at home at Newman Arena.
Foote was the reason Cornell was able to remain unbeaten in Ivy League play, dominating both the Bulldogs and the Bears in double figure wins this past weekend. He averaged 16.0 points, 11.0 rebounds, 3.5 assists, 2.0 blocks and 1.0 steals while shooting 65 percent from the floor in the two wins. Foote recorded a 15-point, 13-rebound double-double aginst Yale, adding four assists, two blocks and a steal to the effort. He made 7-of-11 shots from the floor and grabbed four offensive boards. Foote chipped in with 17 points, nine rebounds, three assists, two blocks and a steal without a turnover in Saturday's victory over Brown. He made 8-of-12 field goals against All-Ivy center Matt Mullery and had three offensive boards, more than the entire Bears team (2).
The Big Red jumped three spots in the Coaches poll and inched closer to jumping into the Associated Press top 25 after its two victories this past weekend. Cornell jumped 80 votes in the AP poll to sit 27th with 114 votes, one behind 26th place Texas A&M. Pittsburgh sits 25th with 149 points.
Foote and the Big Red will be back in action beginning on Friday, Feb. 12 when it visits Penn at 7 p.m. in The Palestra.