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Mount Saint Mary vs. Georgetown – 7:30 pm ET – MASN
Georgetown looks for its fifth straight against Mount Saint Mary.
You can now follow Mercer County Community College basketball on Twitter.
Around the Ivy League: Harvard (5-1) closed on an 18-6 run and won at Boston University for the first time since 1975. Cornell (5-2) finished Legends Classic play undefeated with a 61-54 win versus Drexel.
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Going 7:30 without a field goal makes it hard to win basketball games. Against the #23 team in the nation, in their home gym, it becomes next to impossible.
Princeton struggled to start Sunday afternoon’s tilt versus Cal and found themselves in an early 20-5 hole, recording just one basket before the 10:25 mark of the opening frame. The Tigers never recovered, falling 81-60 at Haas Pavilion.
The Bears’ leading scorer, point guard Jerome “Bulldog” Randle, proved extremely difficult to guard, as he tore up the Tiger defense for 22 points on 6-10 shooting while handing out nine assists. Forward Jamal Boykin also had 22 for Cal on a variety of midrange jump shots, matching his career high.
“[It was] a pretty straight-forward game,” said Princeton head coach Sydney Johnson. “We knew what we were getting ourselves into and knew that we had to be very good in terms of execution and we weren’t and I think that’s as much as anything, the deficit.”
Three Princeton players hit double figures. Freshman forward Ian Hummer made his first five shots and scored a career best 13 off the bench. Douglas Davis had a dozen. Patrick Saunders added 14, 11 over a three minute stretch of the second half.
Cal controlled the glass, out-rebounding Princeton 37-20. The Tigers’ first offensive rebound came with four minutes left to play.
Today’s Game:Princeton (2-2 / 0-0) vs. Cal (3-2 / 0-0) Location: Haas Pavilion – Berkeley, CA Time: 5:00 pm ET Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB TV: CSN California Internet: goprincetontigers.com Series History: Cal leads 2-1. Last meeting:Cal 70 Princeton 58 – 11/15/01.
Princeton
Cal
1-1
Home Record
3-0
1-1
Away Record
0-0
0-0
Neutral Record
0-2
92
RPI
48
232
Sagarin
46
203
Pomeroy
36
58.5
Points / Game
78.4
60.8
Points Allowed / Game
69.8
.411
FG%
.445
.768
FT FG%
.748
.298
3PT FG%
.393
29.5
Rebounds / Game
39.0
8.5
Off. Rebounds / Game
13.0
-1.5
Rebounding Margin
+4.6
9.5
Assists / Game
14.0
16.5
Turnovers / Game
12.8
3.3
Blocks / Game
2.0
Mavraides: 12.8
Points
Randle: 20.2
Mavraides, Hummer: 4.0
Rebounds
Amoke: 7.4
Schroeder: 2.5
Assists
Randle: 3.0
Barrett: 1.5
Steals
Christopher: 1.8
Hummer: 1.3
Blocks
Zhang: 1.0
Saunders: .600
FG%
Carter: .750
Davis, Lake, Schroeder, Maddox: 1.000
FT%
Sanders-Fri: 1.000
Buczak: .429
3PT FG%
Gutierrez: .714
Cornell vs. Drexel – 2:30 pm ET – Legends Classic
Harvard vs. Boston – 5:00 pm ET
The Saturday after Thanksgiving was bountiful for the disciples of Pete Carril.
Princeton recruit T.J. Bray scored 15 points as Catholic Memorial beat up on Muskego. Another future Tiger, Ben Hazel, had 10 points in Good Counsel’s first victory of the season.
Around the Ivy League: Yale (2-5) became the third Ivy school to lose to Army this season, falling 64-48. Siena took down Brown (4-4) by 20. Cornell (4-2) trumped Vermont, 67-59. Behind 19 points from Robby Pride, Dartmouth (1-4) got in the win column, beating Hartford in Hanover, 68-56.
Following a busy end to September, where Princeton picked up verbal commitments from Chris Clement, Daniel Edwards and Ben Hazel, it appeared like the Tigers’ 2010 recruiting was complete.
Enter a November surprise – the fifth member of this class, 6’7″ forward Tom Noonan (#31, right) from William Penn Charter School in Philadelphia.
Noonan had piqued the interest at times during the recruiting process of three Ivy schools – Cornell, Columbia and Yale. He attended the Lions’ and Bulldogs’ Elite Camps over the summer and would have been present at the Big Red’s were it not for an injury.
I had a chance to speak to Noonan’s head coach at Penn Charter, Jim Phillips, earlier in the week and he shared his thoughts with me about this future Tiger marksman, both on-and-off the court.
Exclusive quotes, descriptions and links to articles about Noonan can be all found after the jump.
Lafayette vs. Georgetown – 12:00 pm ET – MASN
Oregon State vs. George Washington – 2:00 pm ET
Denver vs. South Dakota State – 8:00 pm ET
Richmond vs. Missouri – 8:00 pm ET – South Padre Island Invitational – FCS
Northwestern vs. Iowa State – 8:00 pm ET – Chicago Invitational Challenge – Big Ten Network
Cornell vs. Vermont – 2:00 pm ET – Legends Classic
Brown vs. Siena – 4:00 pm ET – Philly Hoops Classic
Yale vs. Army – 4:00 pm ET
Hartford vs. Dartmouth – 7:00 pm ET
A huge win for Northwestern (4-1), knocking off #23 Notre Dame on a neutral site, 72-58. The Wildcats and undefeated Iowa State square off on Saturday night for the CIC title.
Kevin Anderson scored with 10 seconds left as Richmond (5-1) bested Mississippi State by one. The Spiders get Missouri in the championship of the South Padre Island Invitational on Saturday.
Fresh off a White House visit, the Oregon State men’s basketball team meets Princeton’s last opponent, George Washington.
Princeton recruit Ben Hazel scored 22 in Good Council’s seven point loss to Benedictine.
Around the Ivy League: Cornell (3-2) beat Toledo 78-60 in Legends Classic play. Brown (4-3) cruised past a winless University of the Sciences squad, 69-48. Columbia (2-2) fell by 25 at Syracuse.
Down three with a minute to go, the Spiders come back in the South Padre Island Invitational semis. Richmond is off to their best start since a 7-1 beginning to the 2000-01 season.
Mississippi State vs. Richmond – 6:00 pm ET – South Padre Island Invitational – FCS
Notre Dame vs. Northwestern – 8:30 pm ET – Chicago Invitational Challenge – Big Ten Network
Cornell vs. Toledo – 2:00 pm ET – Legends Classic
Brown vs. University of the Sciences – 4:00 pm ET – Philly Hoops Classic
Columbia vs. Syracuse – 7:00 pm ET – SNY
On the southernmost tip of Texas, Richmond and Mississippi State will face off.
Northwestern and Notre Dame meet at the UIC Pavilion.
Wildcats head coach Bill Carmody says assistant Mitch Henderson will make a terrific head coach someday.
I’m out in San Francisco in advance of the Tigers’ game against Cal. If there are any pregame events happening in the Bay Area, please let me know. See you in Berkeley on Sunday.
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