The Cornell Daily Sun – M. Hoops to Take On Nittany Lions:
“For the second time in as many weeks, the men’s basketball team will face an opponent from a major conference, but after falling, 67-62, to No. 16 Syracuse (2-0) on Nov. 9, the Red (1-1) will be looking for a different result when it takes on Penn State (0-0) tomorrow in University Park, Penn.
“Cornell led Syracuse, 55-52, with 6:01 remaining on the clock in the Carrier Dome before late turnovers and defensive missteps allowed the Orange back into the game. Tomorrow, the Red will challenge another team on its home court, but hopes to put the lessons learned against Syracuse to achieve a different result.
” “What I hope to do is use that as a learning experience. … That’s the most disappointing thing. We had an opportunity there to win that basketball game and you did a lot of things to put yourself in that situation, and then when you got in that situation, you didn’t do a good job,” said head coach Steve Donahue. “We talked about it, and we looked ourselves right in the mirror and decided, you know what, we’re not going to let it happen again.” … “