Miles Cartwright, Alyssa Baron named Ivy Rookies of the Week (updated)

Many considered him a candidate for Ivy Rookie of the Year — and Penn freshman Miles Cartwright started to make his bid in game one with an impressive 18-point game, all in the first half, leading Penn to the win over Davidson.

And Monday Cartwright was rewarded with the League's Rookie of the Week award.

While it's obviously too early to be talking about season honors, it's worth pointing out that Harvard's Laurent Rivard, also a preseason candidate for the award, scored two points (on two free throws) for the Crimson in 26 minutes during their loss to George Mason. Rivard was a whopping 0-for-11 from the floor, 0-for-7 from behind the arc.

For more on Miles Cartwright's big opening night, see Ari Seifter's column and Kevin Esteves' recap of the game.

On the women's side, Penn's Alyssa Baron also took home the frosh honors. Baron dropped 20 points (but who's counting, Miles...) in the women's victory over Bryant. She also recorded three boards and a block in her freshman debut. It was the first rookie of the week honor for the Penn women's team since Kim Adams earned the award in Feb. 2008.

As Pete Townshend says, the kids are alright.