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2012-13 MBKB Seniors

Miller Named MVP At Men's Basketball Banquet

5/7/2013 12:29:00 PM

ITHACA, N.Y. – The Cornell men's basketball team honored its seniors and handed out its 2012-13 team awards when the Big Red met for the yearly awards banquet on Thursday, May 2 at the Moakley House at Robert Trent Jones Golf Course. 

Sophomore Shonn Miller earned the team's Most Valuable Player Award. Miller earned first-team All-Ivy League honors 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.

The James D. Paul II Sixth Man Award went to senior forward Errick Peck. Peck was named honorable mention All-Ivy after averaging 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.).

The Rebounder's Club Award was presented to senior Miles Asafo-Adjei. The team's unquestioned leader, the defensive specialist averaged 2.8 points, 2.6 assists and 1.6 rebounds in his final season. Asafo-Adjei played in 30 contests with 28 starts and averaged 20.5 minutes per contest. Among the Ancient Eight's leaders in assist-turnover ratio (79:35), he had 47 assists and 14 turnovers in his last 18 games. He closed his career with a career-high 15 points to go along with four assists in a career-best 36 minutes of play at Ivy League champion Harvard. Asafo-Adjei had nine points with four rebounds and four assists against Yale and had six points, two rebounds and two assists at No. 22 Wisconsin. In the win over Colgate, Asafo-Adjei had eight points and four assists.

Cornell finished the season with a 13-18 overall record and a 5-9 mark in conference play. The Big Red will return two starters and nine letter winners for the 2013-14 campaign, including Miller and Nolan Cressler (9.3 ppg., 3.7 rpg.), a leading candidate for Ivy League Rookie of the Year this past season.
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