Thursday News:

December 23, 2010 at 10:42 am
Filed under Basketball, Georgetown, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Mount St. Mary's vs. Northwestern - 3:00 pm ET - bigtennetwork.com
Georgetown vs. Memphis - 8:00 pm ET - ESPN2

In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's win at Towson on goprincetontigers.com, on TowsonPatch and on towsontigers.com.

Richmond (9-3) kept UNC Greensboro winless, 63-53.

It was a surprisingly easy 20 point victory for Oregon State (5-6) over UIC.

ESPN's Andy Katz writes about the work Northwestern has to do following their loss to St. John's. The Wildcats host Mt. Saint Mary's and former Princeton assistant Robert Burke on Thursday afternoon.

Henry Sims and Georgetown visit #16 Memphis.

Tiger recruit Denton Koon had 16 in Liberty's loss to Blue Springs South.

Princeton reclaims fifth place in this week's Schuylkill 16.

Around the Ivy League: Harvard (7-3) was no match for UConn, 81-52. Penn (5-4) picked up a nice 78-68 road win at Delaware.

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Princeton/Towson highlights.

December 23, 2010 at 12:49 am
Filed under Basketball, Princeton, Video

Well, I hope you like Tigers.

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Towson pictures.

December 22, 2010 at 10:23 pm
Filed under Basketball, Photos, Princeton, Robert Solomon

Some supplemental snapshots from today's game courtesy Robert Solomon.

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Princeton 75 Towson 65.

December 22, 2010 at 6:33 pm
Filed under 10-11, Audio, Basketball, Princeton

Box Score : HD Box Score

Postgame audio - Coach Sydney Johnson, Kareem Maddox & Douglas Davis:

Make it seven straight heading into a brief Christmas break for the Princeton Tigers.

A balanced scoring attack, led by Kareem Maddox and Patrick Saunders in the first 20 minutes - then Dan Mavraides, Ian Hummer and Douglas Davis in the vesper, allowed the visiting Tigers to slowly pull away from the homestanding Towson Tigers midway through the second frame.

"It feels good to go into the holidays with a win," said Davis after his team's ninth success of the campaign and the 50th victory of Sydney Johnson's head coaching career. "It feels good anytime you get a win on the road."

Leading 46-44, Princeton scored 12 of the game's next 16 points, capped off by two Mavraides free throws.

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Wednesday News:

December 22, 2010 at 10:00 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, MCCC, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News, Will Venable

Today's Game: Princeton (8-3 / 0-0) vs. Towson (3-6 / 0-1)
Location: Towson Center - Towson, MD
Time: 4:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: This is the first meeting between the two schools.
Last meeting: This is the first meeting between the two schools.

Richmond vs. UNC Greensboro - 12:00 pm ET
UIC vs. Oregon State - 10:00 pm ET

Harvard vs. UConn - 7:00 pm ET - SNY
Penn vs. Delaware - 8:30 pm ET

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St. John's shot 80% from the floor in the second half and handed Northwestern (8-1) their first loss of the season, 85-69.

Mercer (6-9) got 19 points and 10 rebounds from David Melton in a 95-86 win over Salem.

Travis Hallam scored a career high 18 in a 73-55 Denver (4-9) rout of Arkansas-Pine Bluff.

Princeton recruit Bobby Garbade had 21 in Seton's win over Chenango Valley.

Richmond visits UNC Greensboro.

UIC travels out to Oregon State for the Beavers' final non-conference game of the season.

Around the Ivy League: Brown (4-5) fell late at home versus Army, 88-86. Dartmouth (4-7) picked up a 67-59 victory on Drake's home floor.

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Additional Northwestern observations.

December 21, 2010 at 5:49 pm
Filed under Basketball, Northwestern, Video

As discussed previously in this corner of the Internet, last night I had a chance to take in Northwestern's first game at Madison Square Garden since 2001.

It was a lot of fun to see what the Wildcats do in person and I've assembled some additional thoughts after the jump to go with the above highlight package.

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Tuesday News:

December 21, 2010 at 10:43 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Northwestern, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Salem vs. MCCC - 7:00 pm ET
Arkansas-Pine Bluff vs. Denver - 9:00 pm ET
Northwestern vs. St. John's - 9:30 pm ET - MSG Holiday Festival - MSG

Army vs. Brown - 7:00 pm ET
Dartmouth vs. Drake - 7:00 pm ET

Sparked by Drew Crawford and a defense that improved as the game went on, Northwestern (8-0) drubbed St. Francis by 31. The Wildcats play St. John's tonight for the Holiday Festival crown.

There's a short assessment of Princeton recruit Denton Koon from the Hy-Vee Shootout on the Rivals web site.

The Sports Network writes about the staying power of "upset darlings" Richmond.

Denver hosts Arkansas-Pine Bluff.

princetonbasketball.com editor Jon Solomon was a guest on national morning show The Takeaway yesterday, talking Christmas hip hop records.

Around the Ivy League: Cornell (2-8) lost its seventh straight, 75-64 at home to Bucknell.

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Northwestern 92 St. Francis (NY) 61

December 20, 2010 at 9:55 pm
Filed under 10-11, Audio, Basketball, Northwestern

Box Score

Postgame audio - Coach Bill Carmody, Michael Thompson & Drew Crawford:

Northwestern's 1-3-1 defense befuddled St. Francis into 21 turnovers and after a slow start the Terriers could not contain the Wildcat's explosive troika of Drew Crawford, John Shurna and Michael "Juice" Thompson.

Trailing 15-13, ailing from what head coach Bill Carmody called "Garden jitters," the Wildcats settled into their funky zone, with JerShon Cobb at the top of the D and Shurna's long arms cutting off the passing lane to the right corner as he straddled the arc.

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Kareem Maddox - Ivy League Player of the Week.

December 20, 2010 at 1:36 pm
Filed under Basketball, Princeton

Last week he shared it, but this week Kareem Maddox gets the title of Ivy League Player of the Week all to himself. Maddox's stat line:

Min Pts    FG   FT 3FG  Rebs A S B TO PF
 28  23  8-12  7-7 0-0 4-5-9 1 1 1  1  3 69-57 W Wagner 

Maddox's net points against Wagner (+10.7) were higher than Princeton's total net points (+10.2) and his offensive rating (158.5) exceeded the 157.1 put up last week versus the Tulsa. Maddox's 23 points came in 48 possessions.

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Monday News:

December 20, 2010 at 9:45 am
Filed under Basketball, MCCC, Northwestern, Today's News

Northwestern vs. St. Francis (NY) - 7:00 pm ET - MSG Holiday Festival - MSG

Bucknell vs. Cornell - 7:00 pm

Mercer (5-9) trailed 40-14 at the half and could not rally to catch CCBC-Essex in a 91-85 loss.

Undefeated Northwestern is excited about playing at Madison Square Garden for the first time in nine years. Look for coverage from MSG on the site later tonight.

Around the Ivy League: Dartmouth (3-7) lost 71-42 at Iowa State. Sacred Heart bested Yale (5-5) in New Haven, 71-62.

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Loyola/Georgetown highlights.

December 19, 2010 at 10:47 am
Filed under Basketball, Georgetown, Video

The Hoyas return from exams with a dominant victory over the Greyhounds.

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Sunday News:

December 19, 2010 at 10:29 am
Filed under Basketball, Craig Robinson, Denver, Georgetown, MCCC, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

MCCC vs. CCBC-Essex - 12:00 pm ET

Dartmouth vs. Iowa State - 2:00 pm ET
Sacred Heart vs. Yale - 2:00 pm ET

Georgetown (10-1) shot 14-15 inside the arc in the first half, on their way to a 99-75 win over Loyola (MD).

In the Bahamas, Richmond (8-3) fell to Georgia Tech by 13. The Yellow Jackets clamped down on the Spiders in the second half.

Freshman Chris Udofia provided a needed spark as Denver (3-9) downed Northern Colorado, 71-68.

Frederick defeated Mercer (5-8) by a 74-59 count. Rodney Walters had 15 for the Vikings.

Oregon State (4-6) trailed for the final 36 minutes of a 87-79 loss to George Washington. Beavers head coach Craig Robinson was in an unforgiving mood after the game.

College Hoops Daily named Kareem Maddox their Player of the Day for Friday.

Princeton recruit Denton Koon had 22 points, six rebounds and three assists in Liberty's win over Shawnee Mission West. Afterwards Koon received the Hy-Vee/Coca-Cola Male Scholar/Athlete award.

Around the Ivy League: Cornell (2-7) lost their sixth straight, 69-68 at Binghamton.

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