The deep jump shot is both higher risk and higher reward.
Unable to establish much inside in Albany, Princeton had success the first 30 minutes taking a constant barrage of three point jumpers versus the trapping Siena zone.
Then the shots stopped falling.
Six consecutive misses during a five minute stretch midway through the second half coupled with 12 straight points for the Saints reversed what was 43-37 Tiger lead into a six point advantage for the home team.
Having kept double/double machine OD Anosike in check for the majority of the evening, Anosike scored eight of his 12 in the final three minutes as Siena held off a late Princeton charge for the 63-59 win. Kyle Downey’s free throw with two seconds to go secured the result.
Today's Game:Princeton (6-6 / 0-0) vs. Siena (3-7 / 0-2) Location: Times Union Center - Albany, NY Time: 7:00 pm ET Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB TV: Time Warner Internet: goprincetontigers.com Series History: Princeton leads 1-0. Last meeting:Princeton 86 Siena 77 (OT) - 11/28/10
Princeton
Siena
2-2
Home Record
2-3
3-3
Away Record
1-3
1-1
Neutral Record
0-1
181
RPI
300
176
Sagarin
283
138
Pomeroy
247
61.7
Points / Game
59.8
60.2
Points Allowed / Game
64.2
.423
FG%
.403
.632
FT%
.657
.328
3PT FG%
.280
33.2
Rebounds / Game
34.7
9.8
Off. Rebounds / Game
12.2
-0.5
Rebounding Margin
-0.9
14.3
Assists / Game
10.8
14.2
Turnovers / Game
13.7
3.4
Blocks / Game
3.7
Hummer: 18.0
Points
Hymes: 14.3
Hummer: 7.9
Rebounds
Anosike: 12.1
Hummer: 3.5
Assists
Hymes: 3.2
Hummer: 2.0
Steals
Downey: 1.3
Hummer: 0.8
Blocks
Anosike: 1.4
Koon: .658
FG% (Min: 10 FGM)
Anosike: .477
Davis: .867
FT% (Min: 10 FTM)
Downey .833
Davis: .397
3PT FG% (Min: 10 3PTM)
Hymes: .333
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A second article comparing T.J. Bray to Kyle Wente? This piece goes a step further with the photo caption!
Despite playing their best basketball of the season, Princeton dropped four spots to 10th in the new NYC Power Poll. I had the Tigers slotted sixth, behind Yale and ahead of Rutgers.
With an 92-66 win at Chicago State, Oregon State (10-2) is off to their best start in 22 seasons.
For a second time this season Georgetown plays Memphis.
Around the Ivy League: Outscored 15-6 down the stretch, Dartmouth (3-9) lost by three at Army. Cornell (4-6) stayed winless on the road, falling 74-67 at Penn State.
With practice concluded and a bus waiting outside to take the team up to Albany, Tigers head coach Mitch Henderson and princetonbasketball.com editor Jon Solomon sat down in the Princeton halftime room this afternoon to record a conversation.
Henderson and Solomon first reviewed a pair of road victories at Rider and Northeastern in detail. They also previewed Princeton's next three matchups in a seven game road trip at Siena, Florida State and Florida A&M.
This exclusive Q&A is 11:00+ in length.
If you have questions for future interviews, please feel free to send them here.
Watch a video on the Saints' preparations for the Tigers.
Princeton recruit Mike Washington, Jr. had 19 for Oak Harbor in a win over Meadowdale.
Oregon State plays their final non-conference game of the season at winless Chicago State.
Non-basketball related, but always of interest to some this time of year: Site editor Jon Solomon was a guest on WNYC's national morning show The Takeaway yesterday. You can listen to the interview by clicking through.
In their final game before Christmas, Princeton travels to Siena for the first time. As part of the lead up to this matchup, I exchanged emails with Ryan Restivo from the web site sienasaintsblog.com for the latest and greatest edition of Know! Your! Foe!.
Our conversation can be found after the jump.
If you cover a team the Tigers will face down the line, let us know. It would be great to talk with you.
Around the Ivy League: Cornell (4-5) came close against Illinois, falling 64-60. Colgate tied Dartmouth (3-8) at the end of regulation and beat the Big Green in overtime.
For the second time in his career, Ian Hummer has been named Ivy League Player of the Week. Hummer's stat lines from Princeton's two most recent games:
Min Pts FG FT 3FG Rebs A S B TO PF
42 21 8-19 5-10 0-1 4-8-12 7 4 0 4 3 72-61 W (OT) Rider
38 20 9-17 2-4 0-1 2-3-5 6 5 2 6 0 71-62 W NE
Hummer is now averaging 18.0 points this year. If he continues at this clip it will be the most points per game by a Princeton player since Brian Taylor's 25.0 ppg in the 1971-72 season.
Here's the latest collection of videos from various corners of the Princeton basketball family. Above, Northeastern head coach Bill Coen praises Ian Hummer after Sunday's game.
John Shurna hit nine three pointers on his way to a career high 32 points as Northwestern (10-1) won for the third time in three days, 87-72 over Eastern Illinois.
Also hot from outside, Oregon State (9-2) made 13 shots behind the arc in their 101-68 pasting of Portland State.
There's a grass roots campaign to get Pete Hegseth to run for the senate in Minnesota next year.
Hans Brase and the Hill School fell in the finals of the Mercer Invitational Tournament.
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As these sites have continued to grow we have increased our coverage to include additional teams with Princeton connections - the Richmond Spiders, Denver Pioneers, Oregon State Beavers, Fairfield Stags and Mercer County Community College Vikings - plus former Tigers playing professional baseball and basketball all over the world. This site is not directly affiliated with the Friends of Princeton Basketball, Princeton University or the Princeton athletic department.
Sun. 11/10 vs. Florida A&M
Sat. 11/16 at Butler
Wed. 11/20 vs. Lafayette
Sat. 11/23 at Rice
Tue. 11/26 vs. George Mason
Sat. 11/30 at Bucknell
Sat. 12/7 vs. FDU
Wed. 12/11 at Rutgers
Sat. 12/14 at Penn State
Fri. 12/20 vs. Portland*
Sat. 12/21 vs. Pacific*
Tue. 12/31 vs. Kent State
Sat. 1/4 at Liberty
Sat. 1/11 at Penn
Sun. 1/26 vs. Kean
Fri. 1/31 at Harvard
Sat. 2/1 at Dartmouth
Fri. 2/7 vs. Columbia
Sat. 2/8 vs. Cornell
Fri. 2/14 at Brown
Sat. 2/15 at Yale
Fri. 2/21 vs. Dartmouth
Sat. 2/22 vs. Harvard
Fri. 2/28 vs. Yale
Sat. 3/1 vs. Brown
Fri. 3/7 at Cornell
Sat. 3/8 at Columbia
Tue. 3/11 vs. Penn
2,503 - B. Bradley, 1962-65
1,625 - I. Hummer, 2009-13
1,550 - D. Davis, 2008-12
1,546 - K. Mueller, 1987-91
1,451 - P. Campbell, 1959-62
1,441 - C. Robinson, 1979-83
1,428 - B. Earl, 1995-99
1,365 - B. Scrabis, 1985-89
1,321 - G. Petrie, 1967-70
1,292 - H. Haabestad, 1952-55
1,277 - G. Lewullis, 1995-99
1,239 - B. Taylor, 1970-72
1,207 - S. Goodrich 1994-98
1,133 - F. Sowinski, 1975-78
1,130 - R. Hielscher, 1991-95
1,122 - C. Thomforde, 1966-69
1,099 - T. Manakas, 1970-73
1,090 - J. Wallace, 2001-05
1,088 - C. Belz, 1956-59
1,079 - B. Hauptfuhrer, 1973-76
1,076 - B. Roma, 1976-79
1,071 - C. Mooney, 1990-94
1,064 - A. Hyland, Jr., 1960-63
1,062 - L. Brangan, 1957-60
1,057 - A. Hill, 1973-76
1,054 - D. Mavraides, 2007-11
1,044 - S. Johnson, 1993-1997
1,031 - J. Hummer, 1967-70
1,010 - W. Venable, 2001-05
