ITHACA, N.Y. -- A pair of Cornell forwards were honors when the 2012-13 All-Ivy League Men's Basketball team was announced on Wednesday afternoon by the conference office. Sophomore
Shonn Miller was a first-team selection, while senior
Errick Peck closed his Cornell career by being named honorable mention. Voting was done by the league's eight head coaches.
Miller, the 2011-12 Ivy League Rookie of the Year, was elevated to the first team as a sophomore after averaging 11.5 points, 6.8 rebounds, 1.9 steals, 1.9 blocks and 0.9 assists in 27 starts. He shot 48 percent from the floor and 79 percent from the free-throw line. Miller posted 18 double figure games and four double-doubles on the season. He led the Ivy League in defensive rebounding (5.5 per game) and was third in blocks and second in steals. He joined Ivy League Player of the Year Ian Hummer as the conference's only players to rank in the top 10 in the Ancient Eight in scoring, rebounding blocks and steals.
An all-tournament selection at the Las Vegas Invitational, Miller had some monster games during the season, including a 23-points, 10-rebound effort against Princeton. He dominated in the win over Colgate with career highs of 20 points and 14 rebounds to go along with four blocks and three steals and notched 15 points, seven blocked shots and five steals in the win over Dartmouth. Miller became the first player in Cornell history to notch at least five blocks and five steals in a single game. He was named Ivy League Player of the Week once during the season.
Peck earned his first All-Ivy honor with his honorable mention selection. Peck averaged 9.7 points, 4.8 rebounds and 1.6 assists in 29 contests, including 11 starts. He was even better in Ivy play, averaging 11.2 points, 4.6 rebounds and 1.9 assists while shooting 46 percent from the floor overall and from 3-point range. He tied a single-game school record by making all eight field goals as part of a 20-point, five-rebound effort in the win at Penn. Peck scored a career-high 28 points at Dartmouth and closed his career by averaging 18.0 points, 5.3 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 1.3 steals in his final four contests. Peck scored 16 points, grabbed seven rebounds, dished three assists and blocked two shots against Old Westbury and had 21 points to go along with seven rebounds and four assists in the win at Saint Francis (Pa.).
Cornell finished the season with a 13-18 record (5-9 Ivy) in its third season under head coach
Bill Courtney. The Big Red will return two starters and seven letter winners in 2013-14.
PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Ian Hummer, Princeton (Sr., F - Vienna, Va.)
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
*Siyani Chambers, Harvard (Fr., G - Golden Valley, Minn.)
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Cedric Kuakamensah, Brown (Fr., F - Worcester, Mass.)
FIRST TEAM ALL-IVY
Sean McGonagill, Brown (Jr., G - Brookfield, Ill.)
Shonn Miller, Cornell (So., F - Euclid, Ohio)
Siyani Chambers, Harvard (Fr., G - Golden Valley, Minn.)
*Wesley Saunders, Harvard (So., G/F - Los Angeles)
*Ian Hummer, Princeton (Sr., F - Vienna, Va.)
SECOND TEAM ALL-IVY^
Matthew Sullivan, Brown (Sr., G - Wilmette, Ill.)
Brian Barbour, Columbia (Sr., G - Alamo, Calif.)
Gabas Maldunas, Dartmouth (So., F - Panevezys, Lithuania)
Miles Cartwright, Penn (Jr., G - Van Nuys, Calif.)
T.J. Bray, Princeton (Jr., G - New Berlin, Wis.)
Austin Morgan, Yale (Sr., G - Reno, Nev.)
HONORABLE MENTION ALL-IVY
Errick Peck, Cornell (Sr., F - Indianapolis)
Steve Moundou-Missi, Harvard (So., F - Yaounde, Cameroon)
Laurent Rivard, Harvard (Jr., G - Saint-Bruno, Quebec, Canada)
Tony Hicks, Penn (Fr., G - South Holland, Ill.)
Denton Koon, Princeton (So., G - Liberty, Mo.)
* Unanimous Selection
^ Due to ties in the voting, the second team expanded to six
