ITHACA, N.Y. -- Cornell senior men's basketball player
Cooper Noard has been named to the NABC Division I All-District North Atlantic second-team it was announced today. Noard was one of just three Ivy players named to the all-district teams, joining Yale's Nick Townsend and Harvard's Robert Hinton.
Noard, a second-team selection after pacing the Ivy League in scoring at 18.2 ppg. in his final season on elite efficiency - shooting .500 from the floor, .376 from 3-point range and .903 from the free-throw line. The senior captain surpassed 1,000 career points and finished No. 17 on the school's career scoring list with 1,187 points, while also climbing to fifth in 3-pointers made (228). He reached double figures 27 times, including in every game against a Division I opponent, with 10 games with at least 20 points. Noard hit for 34 points at Kent State and went for 30 on Senior Day against Brown. He accomplished all this despite playing just 27.6 minutes per contest, a mark that ranked 23rd in the Ivy League.
Cornell finished the season with a 15-13 overall mark (8-6 Ivy) and made its fifth consecutive appearance in Ivy Madness, falling to regular season champion Yale in the semifinals.