Around the Ivy League: Penn (1-3) was tipped by Drexel, 61-59. Yale (1-3) became the second conference team to beat Buffalo, defeating the Bulls 63-59 at the Coaches vs. Cancer Classic subregional in Evansville, IN. Marist handed Columbia (2-1) their first loss of the season. Brown (2-1) won 70-68 at Maine.
Ian Hummer is re-defining the way the Tiger coaches look at players.
Behind 27 points and 14 rebounds from Devon Collier, Oregon State (3-1) took third place in the 2K Sports Classic. Unfortunately, Beavers starting center Angus Brandt could be lost for a substantial period of time due to a knee injury.
Georgetown will play in the 2013 Puerto Rico Tip-Off.
Around the Ivy League: Harvard (2-1) dusted Manhattan, 79-45. St. Peter's trumped Cornell (1-2) by four and despite no Colt Ryan, Evansville had enough weapons to keep Yale (0-3) winless.
Despite being out-worked on the glass and frequently out-efforted for 50/50 balls, Princeton still stood within a four point shadow of Rutgers in the final six minutes of a true grind-it-out basketball game at Jadwin Gym.
On three straight possessions the Tiger defense rose to the occasion and recorded stops but the offense was unable to capitalize on the corresponding trio of trips down the floor.
“Our defense down the stretch, I was very proud of the guys and I thought we were playing hard but we just couldn’t buy a hoop,” said head coach Mitch Henderson. “We missed a couple easy shots that would have really helped.”
Just over two minutes of scoreless activity came to the close on a pair of free throws by the Scarlet Knights' Austin Johnson and in a fitting verdict-sealer Johnson won away an offensive rebound inside of a wild three point miss by Jerome Seagears and started a three point play with a layup follow.
It was shocking how dominant Rutgers stood on the glass, out-rebounding Princeton by a palindromic 42-24 margin while grabbing 11 second chances.
“It is concerning, because that’s what we want to hang our hat on this year,” Henderson acknowledged. “It is disappointing.”
Eli Carter led the way with 22 points and was the catalyst off the bench for the victors, canning four straight first half three pointers once he entered to see his squad down 10-2 early. Myles Mack added 16, also on 6-9 shooting.
For Princeton Will Barrett had 13 and Ian Hummer 10 along with six assists, four rebounds and zero turnovers. Hummer scored one point in the second half against the Rutgers zone but the Tigers had no outside support to aid Hummer's cause.
While T.J. Bray finally hit from behind the arc he remains 1-19 from deep on the season. Princeton guards combined to shoot 4-20 from the floor as a unit.
In a rare day-of-game interview, Princeton head coach Mitch Henderson and princetonbasketball.com editor Jon Solomon met at Jadwin Gym after the Tigers' shootaround to squeeze in this week's Q&A.
Henderson and Solomon discussed myriad topics including a detailed breakdown of Princeton's first two results of the season versus Buffalo and Northeastern, how the Tigers have performed opposing zone defense, the contributions of Hans Brase, T.J. Bray's early shooting struggles, the missed opportunities late against the Huskies and what Northeastern did to contain Ian Hummer in the second half before concluding with a preview of tonight's intrastate foe and touching briefly on the contests at Syracuse and Lafayette.
This exclusive Q&A available after the jump is 13:00+ in length.
Alexander Wolff's sweeping piece on changes in college basketball the past 30 years uses the 1997-98 Princeton Tigers as one of his touchstones.
Richmond (3-0) stayed unbeaten with a 68-58 victory over Hampton.
While they were able to erase a 15 point second half deficit late in regulation, Oregon State (2-1) fell to Alabama on a three point shot by Rodney Cooper with 13 seconds remaining. The jumper kept a shaky possession by the Crimson Tide from completely unraveling. Craig Robinson blamed himself for his team's slow start.
The Beavers play Purdue at MSG in this evening's 2K Sports Classic consolation pairing.
With the game tied at 58, Northwestern (2-0) went on a 17-3 run to dispose of Mississippi Valley State.
Mercer (2-1) bested Montgomery (Pa.) behind 22 points and seven rebounds from Mustafa El Amin.
Hampton vs. Richmond - 7:00 pm ET - Nation Of Coaches Classic
Oregon State vs. Alabama - 7:00 pm ET - 2K Sports Classic - ESPN2
Montgomery (Pa) vs. MCCC - 7:00 pm ET
Mississippi Valley St. vs. Northwestern - 8:00 pm ET - BTN.com
Brown vs. Central Connecticut - 7:30 pm ET
Brendan Connolly talked to the Town Topics about Princeton's trip to Spain.
The Full-Court Press looks at the good, bad and ugly from the Northeastern game.
Fairfield has added preseason NIT consolation round games versus Lehigh and Fordham. Both contests will be played at Stabler Arena in Bethlehem. You can see the full bracket here.
Richard Stockton coach Gerry Matthews will soon pass Pete Carril to become the the winningest coach in the history of New Jersey college basketball.
With four players in double figures, Georgetown (2-0) beat Liberty by nine.
Denver (1-1) made 11 threes in the Pioneers' 68-51 victory over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi.
This evening Richmond hosts Hampton, Northwestern welcomes the Delta Devils of Mississippi Valley State and Oregon State plays Alabama at Madison Square Garden.
Sportswriter and good dude Brendan Prunty is the only guy I'd want to handle questions about Rutgers for the next installment of Know! Your! Foe! and thankfully Hoboken's finest showed no hesitation in joining the site for a second straight year.
A piece on the sounds of Princeton includes rare audio from the school's first postseason appearance.
Fairfield (2-1) defeated Penn (1-2) by nine despite 31 points from the Quakers' Fran Dougherty.
The Northwestern (1-0) season began with a 79-49 victory over Texas Southern. Drew Crawford had 20 for the Wildcats.
Richmond (2-0) cracked the century mark versus UNCW.
Frederick (Md.) topped MCCC, 57-51.
Tonight you can see Georgetown host Liberty and Denver open at home against Texas A&M-CC.
Around the Ivy League: Harvard (1-1) fell in the final seconds at UMass. New Hampshire dropped Dartmouth (1-1), 72-58 and Columbia (2-0) throttled Haverford, 74-40.
From a designed play for an Ian Hummer dunk off the opening tip onwards, Princeton was in comprehensive control of Tuesday night's home opener against Northeastern, building a lead that would extend to as large as 18 points with 13 minutes remaining in the second half.
What followed was a baffling unraveling. Unable to consistently solve the Huskies' zone defense and standing still when they would have found better opportunities via cutting, the Tigers saw their opponent slowly and surely cut tiny pieces out of their advantage as time ticked down.
Still, the margin stood a bearable three possessions with three minutes left on a free throw by Princeton's Chris Clement.
It would be the Tigers' final point of the night.
A missed bunny layup, a turnover with the shot clock about to expire, a bad foul by Will Barrett leaving his feet and the advantage was but one.
Mack Darrow missed the front end of a one-and-one with 11 seconds to go and on a drive to his left by Zach Stahl that seemed to draw the entire Princeton backline of defense, Reggie Spencer was all alone on the other side of the basket for the game-winner.
A half court fling from T.J. Bray landed well short of its destination and Northeastern had improbably won the game after trailing for the previous 39:58.
"[Northeastern] did everything that they needed to do to come back and win that game and we didn't,” said Princeton head coach Mitch Henderson succinctly.
Hummer was un-defendable in the first half, scoring 21 points on 8-10 shooting. Hummer equaled his career high of 25 on the night but his touches were absent late against the Huskies' 3-2 zone.
Clay Wilson tossed in four three pointers, then went scoreless after intermission.
Quincy Ford had a career best 27 to lead the comeback including 5-6 from three point range and Spencer's 16 included the deciding bucket.
As a team Northeastern shot 57.5% on the night, 23-40 from the field.
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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
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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
