* Bob Cousy Award Watch List Release

ITHACA, N.Y. -- Cornell senior Louis Dale is one of 49 Division I point guards on the initial Bob Cousy Award Watch List recognizing college basketball's top point guard. It is the third straight year he has been listed on the Watch List. The original list of candidates will be narrowed down to a final 20 by January 1st, final 10 by  February 1st, and final five by March 1st. A Hall of Fame appointed screening committee will ultimately choose the winner, who will receive the honor at the Hall of Fame's Class Announcement on Monday April 5th in Indianapolis as part of NCAA Final Four weekend.

Dale, a two-time All-Ivy first-team selection and the 2007-08 Ivy League Player of the Year, is one of two players in school history to accumulate 1,000 points, 300 rebounds, 300 assists and 100 steals, joining Ka'Ron Barnes. He will enter this weekend's action at the Madison Square Garden Holiday Festival needing nine assists to set the Big Red career assist mark and is averaging 10.2 points, 5.0 assists, 3.1 rebounds and 2.1 steals so far this season. He tied a career high with 24 points earlier this season at Massachusetts and fell just shy of the school's first triple-double in a win over Toledo, posting 14 points, nine rebounds and nine assists. Dale was an NABC All-District selection in 2008-09 and was an honorable mention Associated Press All-American in 2007-08.

Dale and the Big Red will face Davidson on Sunday, April 20 at noon at Madison Square Garden.