Siena 63 Princeton 59.

December 22, 2011 at 9:43 pm
Filed under 11-12, Audio, Basketball, Princeton

Postgame audio - Coach Mitch Henderson, T.J. Bray & Douglas Davis:

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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.

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Thursday News:

December 22, 2011 at 9:38 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Fairfield, Georgetown, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News

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

Memphis vs. Georgetown - 7:00 pm ET - ESPN2
Fairfield vs. UConn - 7:00 pm ET - SNY
Northwestern vs. Creighton - 8:05 pm ET - ESPN3
The Citadel vs. Denver - 9:00 pm ET

Florida Atlantic vs. Harvard - 7:00 pm ET

A second article comparing T.J. Bray to Kyle Wente? This piece goes a step further with the photo caption!

The Times Union previews tonight's game.

More on the most recent effort by future Tiger Mike Washington Jr.

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.

Sydney Johnson got his wish and Fairfield will play at UConn.

To conclude their non-conference run, Northwestern plays at #23 Creighton.

Denver welcomes The Citadel to Magness Arena.

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.

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Princeton/Northeastern highlights.

December 21, 2011 at 8:08 pm
Filed under Basketball, Princeton, Video

GoNUxstream has five minutes of highlights from last Sunday's game.

Wish they had included Brendan Connolly's big dunk + foul. Alas.

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Coach Mitch Henderson - 12/21/11.

December 21, 2011 at 1:48 pm
Filed under Basketball, Coach Henderson Interview, Princeton

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.

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Know! Your! Foe! - Siena.

December 20, 2011 at 12:08 pm
Filed under Basketball, Know Your Foe, Princeton

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.

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Tuesday News:

December 20, 2011 at 9:58 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News

MCCC vs. Salem - 7:00 pm ET
Old Dominion vs. Richmond - 7:00 pm ET

Denver (9-2) handed Wyoming their second loss of the season. Chase Hallam scored 21 in the 57-46 Pioneers victory.

When Princeton visits Siena on Thursday, a freshman guard playing 22.7 minutes a game will no longer be on the Saints' roster.

A longer piece on the recent scoring outburst from Princeton recruit Mike Washington, Jr.

There's a junior point guard from Philadelphia who says Tiger coaches have been to see him a few times.

Look for a Siena Know! Your! Foe! later today.

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.

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Ian Hummer - Ivy League Player of the Week.

December 19, 2011 at 1:01 pm
Filed under Basketball, Princeton

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.

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YouTube potpourri LIII.

December 19, 2011 at 12:08 pm
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Video

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.

Four additional clips after the jump.

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Monday News:

December 19, 2011 at 8:08 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Northwestern, Oregon State, Pete Hegseth, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News

Wyoming vs. Denver - 8:00 pm ET - Root Sports

Cornell vs. Illinois - 7:00 pm ET - ESPN3
Dartmouth vs. Colgate - 7:00 pm ET

In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's fifth win in six games on goprincetontigers.com, in the Boston Herald and on gonu.com.

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.

Denver takes on Wyoming at Magness Arena tonight.

Around the Ivy League: An extremely rare five point play in the final :18 boosted Yale (8-2) to a 68-65 win at Rhode Island.

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Northeastern pictures.

December 18, 2011 at 6:11 pm
Filed under Basketball, Photos, Princeton, Robert Solomon

Photos from today's game courtesy Robert Solomon.

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Princeton 71 Northeastern 62.

December 18, 2011 at 3:31 pm
Filed under 11-12, Audio, Basketball, Princeton

Postgame audio - Coach Mitch Henderson, T.J. Bray & Patrick Saunders:

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Princeton opened their first trip to Matthews Arena listless and out of sorts. The final 20 minutes however, were anything but.

Trailing Northeastern 34-30 midway through after falling behind by as many as nine in the early-going, the Tigers opened the back frame on a 15-2 run and made their free throws down the stretch to earn their fifth win in six tries and even their overall record.

Ian Hummer had his nearly-taken-for granted-at-this-point 20 point performance but it was the complementary support of Patrick Saunders, T.J. Bray and Mack Darrow that led to this victory.

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Sunday News:

December 18, 2011 at 9:08 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, MCCC, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News

Today's Game: Princeton (5-6 / 0-0) vs. Northeastern (3-4 / 0-1)
Location: Matthews Arena - Boston, MA
Time: 1:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Northeastern leads 2-1.
Last meeting: Princeton 65 Northeastern 63 - 12/29/10

Eastern Illinois vs. Northwestern - 6:00 pm ET - Big Ten Network
Portland State vs. Oregon State - 10:00 pm ET - Root Sports

Yale vs. Rhode Island - 2:00 pm ET - Cox

You should be able to stream free video of today's game here.

Princeton recruit Mike Washington, Jr. had a giant scoring performance in a double OT win for Oak Harbor.

Fellow future Tiger Hans Brase turned in his second good performance in as many days. The Hill School plays in the Mercer Invitational Tournament finals today.

Henry Sims led a big second half push as Georgetown (9-1) pulled away from American, 81-55.

Former Hoya Jeff Green requires heart surgery and is out for the season.

Richmond (6-5) fell 79-65 at Bucknell.

Reggie Hearn's career high 17 helped Northwestern (9-1) past Central Connecticut by six.

Scoring the game's first 11 points and shooting 57% from the floor, Denver (8-2) beat Boise State, 79-62.

Mercer (2-11) lost to Frederick in DC, 66-36.

A five game Oregon State homestand ends tonight versus Portland State.

Around the Ivy League: Dartmouth (3-7) did what Princeton could not, beating Elon at home, 62-54. Chris Wroblewski's three point shot at the end of overtime gave Cornell (4-4) an 85-82 win over Albany.

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