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The Cornell Big Red hosted the Pennsylvania Quakers Friday night, who they defeated in Pennsylvania on February 7th, and were looking for a season sweep of the Quakers. Under the guidance of F Ryan Wittman, the Big Red dominated the Quakers 83-59. The Big Red clinched the Ivy League title in the process, as well as their second straight trip to the NCAA Tournament.

Wittman led all scorers with 25 points for Cornell. He was 6-10 shooting from downtown, 8-14 in field goals, and made 3 of 4 free throws. G Louis Dale had 13 points, G Chris Wroblewski had 12, and F Alex Tyler had 11. The team combined for 9 steals, 2 blocks, and forced 13 turnovers. Aside from that, the Big Red shot 59.4%, while the Quakers shot 34.6%.

The Big Red are 20-9 overall as well as 10-3 in their Conference, and are going to the NCAA Tournament for the second time in as many years after winning the Ivy League for the 2nd straight year and 3rd time in team history. Before 2008, Cornell hadn’t been to the Tournament since 1988. 2009 is their fourth trip to the Tournament all-time. The Big Red have never won a game in the NCAA Tournament, and lost to Stanford last season in the first round 77-53.