Like Jamelle Cornley, Mike Garvey of the Collegian also has a bright future, if this piece today is any indication … — Ed.
Cornley playing beyond his years:
“The black curtains rarely move on Saturdays anymore, if they ever did in the 10-year history of the Bryce Jordan Center. They conspicuously try to hide the small men’s basketball crowd. Maybe if we don’t let them see the seats, they won’t notice they’re completely empty.
“Judging from the sparse Concourse Level attendance at this season’s games, they won’t move. There won’t be any Monty Hall showing what’s behind curtain No. 3, no one pulling the strings.
“But Jamelle Cornley, a freshman forward on the men’s basketball team, wants the curtain pushed aside to reveal the seats he hasn’t ever seen. Big crowds are hard to come by and people need a reason to come, as at the Jan. 14 game vs. Iowa, when 8,293 showed up to see the football team honored at halftime.
“Otherwise, it’s the Shroud of Losin’. But for how much that may bother Cornley, he’s come to terms with it and the small crowds.
“‘We’re hoping pretty soon that they can just move them a little bit,’ Cornley said. ‘People have their own reasons [for coming], and you can’t control it.’
“Add this to a list of things throughout his life he hasn’t been able to control, from the death of his high school coach to the development of basketball skills. And if Cornley can face what he can’t control, grab whatever power he can and come out for another round — well, moving curtains will be no problem. …”