Mercer vs. Lackawanna - 5:00 pm ET - Region XIX Championship
Judson Wallace had 15 points and seven rebounds for Benetton in their 73-64 win over Air Avellino.
Also in Italy, Mason Rocca scored 14 in Armani Jeans Milano's loss to Montepaschi.
Shorthanded Georgetown (19-9) lost its fourth in five tries, 81-68 at West Virginia. Leading scorer Austin Freeman missed the game with a stomach virus.
Kareem Maddox represents Princeton on the Honor Roll of the penultimate Ivy Weekly Men's Basketball Report.
New York Magazine visited Levien Gymnasium for the Princeton/Columbia game.
The San Diego Padres Twitter feed reports Chris Young will start San Diego's spring training game on Thursday.
Northwestern vs. Penn State - 12:00 pm ET - Big Ten Network
Richmond vs. Xavier - 1:00 pm ET - ESPN2
MCCC vs. Del Tech Stanton - 1:00 pm ET - Region XIX Tournament
Richmond travels to Xavier. The Associated Press highlights Spider guard Kevin Anderson.
Two big games for Princeton recruits. T.J. Bray scored 20 as Catholic Memorial concluded Classic 8 Conference play undefeated with a 76-57 win versus Kettle Moraine. Chris Clement made a desperation three pointer to give Round Rock a two point win over McNeil.
Around the Ivy League: Cornell (25-4 / 11-1) clinched at least a share of the conference championship with a 68-48 win over Penn (5-20 / 4-7). Harvard (20-6 / 9-3) set a program record for victories, defeating Yale (11-18 / 5-7) by 20. Matt Mullery scored 20 as Brown (11-18 / 5-7) won at Dartmouth (5-21 / 1-11), 76-57.
Today's Game:Princeton (16-8 / 7-3) vs. Columbia (10-15 / 4-7) Location: Levien Gym - New York City, NY Time: 7:00 pm ET Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB TV: N/A Internet: goprincetontigers.com Series History: Princeton leads 138-84. Last meeting:Princeton 55 Columbia 45 - 2/12/10.
Princeton
Columbia
7-3
Home Record
7-5
9-5
Away Record
3-10
0-0
Neutral Record
0-0
154
RPI
249
151
Sagarin
293
125
Pomeroy
300
58.9
Points / Game
60.8
52.6
Points Allowed / Game
65.6
.433
FG%
.412
.729
FT%
.675
.366
3PT FG%
.373
30.0
Rebounds / Game
32.7
8.7
Off. Rebounds / Game
10.6
+1.0
Rebounding Margin
+0.3
11.7
Assists / Game
10.3
13.5
Turnovers / Game
14.3
3.0
Blocks / Game
1.8
Davis: 12.5
Points
Agho: 16.9
Mavraides: 4.7
Rebounds
Grimes: 5.7
Schroeder: 3.0
Assists
Bulger: 2.1
Schroeder: 1.8
Steals
Agho: 1.4
Maddox: 0.8
Blocks
Grimes: 0.5
Finley: .597
FG% (Min: 10 FGM)
Cisco: .589
Saunders: 1.000
FT% (Min: 10 FTM)
Barbour: .842
Saunders: .500
3PT FG% (Min: 10 3PTM)
Agho: .462
Notre Dame vs. Georgetown - 12:00 pm ET - CBS
Louisiana-Lafayette vs. Denver - 7:00 pm ET - FSN Rocky Mountain
Oregon State vs. USC - 7:30 pm ET - FCS Pacific
Penn vs. Cornell - 7:00 pm ET
Brown vs. Dartmouth - 7:00 pm ET
Yale vs. Harvard - 7:00 pm ET
The Times Dispatch has an excellent piece about how Chris Mooney has grown as a coach and refined Richmond basketball.
Princeton recruit Chris Clement and the Stony Point Tigers must play McNeil for the fourth playoff spot in District 16-5A.
Will Venable will be at Padres Fan Fest in Peoria on Saturday.
Around the Ivy League: Harvard (19-6 / 8-3) raced past Brown (10-18 / 4-7) by 20. Columbia (10-15 / 4-7) nipped Penn (5-19 / 4-6) by one on a Brian Grimes jumper with 2.7 to play. Yale (11-17 / 5-6) shut down Dartmouth (10-15 / 4-7), 55-45.
The Princeton team bus beat the worst of the storm to Ithaca and arrived yesterday afternoon. Despite ~18" of snow on the ground (and some more falling outside my hotel window), tonight's game will most likely take place as scheduled.
Brian Delaney of the Ithaca Journal scouts Princeton.
The Columbia Spectator looks at the Lions' games versus the Quakers and the Tigers.
Northwestern (18-10) set a school record for wins in a regular season, defeating Iowa 74-57.
Denver (16-12) let a 42-21 second half lead get away in a flurry of turnovers, falling at South Florida 54-52. Tim Williams' wild runner with six seconds left won the game for the Jaguars.
A depleted UCLA squad had enough to beat Oregon State (12-15) by a 65-56 final. The Beavers were never able to deliver a knockout punch.
Georgetown's Greg Monroe was named to the Naismith Trophy midseason team.
Several clips of Tiger recruit Tom Noonan can be found in this highlight package from Penn Charter's loss to Haverford.
San Diego will go as far as Chris Young goes, says a Bleacher Report writer. The mlb.com web site has a short video forecast about Young's return from injury.
Princeton remains in fifth place in the latest Schuylkill 16.
Austin Freeman scored 24 of his 29 points in the second half as Georgetown rallied past Louisville, 70-60. The Hoyas began the second half on a 24-3 run.
There's an espn.com commentary on John Thompson III following in his father's footsteps.
Georgetown vs. Louisville - 7:00 pm ET - ESPN2
Essex vs. Mercer - 7:30 pm ET - Region XIX Playoffs
Hitting 20 or more points in back-to-back games for the first time earned Dan Mavraides a spot on the Honor Roll of the Ivy Weekly Men's Basketball Report.
Richmond moves up to 23rd in the new Associated Press Top 25. The Spiders are 24th in the USA TODAY/ESPN Coaches Top 25.
Mercer's Uros Kovacevic was named Second Team DI & II Men's Basketball All-Region XIX and is on the First Team DI & DI Men's Basketball All-Garden State Athletic Conference, joined by teammate Paco Boussougou.
Penn State won its first Big Ten game of the season, 81-70 at Northwestern (17-9). The Wildcats' only hope to make the NCAA tournament is to claim their conference's automatic bid. Doesn't look good.
Two Town Topics articles went live yesterday, one on the Cornell/Princeton game and the other profiling Tiger assistant Brian Earl.
The Daily Princetonian has an article on Ian Hummer .
Princeton recruit T.J. Bray scored his 1,000th point in Catholic Memorial's 84-57 win over Brookfield Academy.
Mercer has clinched first place in the Garden State Athletic Conference. Tonight they have a make-up game against top-ranked and undefeated NJCAA Division I Juco powerhouse Harcum.
Former Tiger Mike Bechtold will participate in an all star game featuring Lancaster-Lebanon League greats on July 16th.
Princeton moves up to the fifth slot in this week's Schuylkill 16. Serves me right for voting Penn State last. Ugh.
The Harvard Crimson reports that Andrew Van Nest and Keith Wright will not play this weekend.
Postgame audio - Coach John Thompson III, Greg Monroe & Austin Freeman:
Mike Rosario lept up on a platform in front of the Rutgers student section and began to shimmy, doing a two step shake in front of the Scarlet Knights fans jumping up and down. Three weeks and a day after being embarrassed by 25 in Washington, DC, Rosario's team defeated Georgetown by three.
The last time Rutgers beat a squad ranked as high as the #8 Hoyas was in 1982, when the Scarlet Knights clipped #6 West Virginia by 10.
Greg Monroe had rallied Georgetown to a 66-65 lead with :51 left on a drop step move against Hamaday Ndiaye. Monroe finished with 19 points, eight rebounds, six assists, four blocks and five turnovers.
Mike Rosario, who shot 3-16 on the day, missed a step back jumper from behind the free throw line, but Dane Miller raced in from the wing for an acrobatic tip follow that gave the Scarlet Knights a one point edge with 19 seconds to play.
The Hoyas pushed the ball, with head coach John Thompson III telling his team that he would call time out if he did not like what he saw. A two-on-one advantage for Chris Wright and Hollis Thompson developed on the far side of the arc, letting Wright spring open for a clear three off the left wing that he was unable to knock down.
Wright finished with six points and Georgetown dropped to 2-6 this season when Wright fails to reach double figures.
The two teams traded a pair of free throws before Austin Freeman's three point shot from the top of the arc was long at the buzzer and the spontaneous dance party broke out.
Jonathan Mitchell had a career high 24 points for Rutgers. Miller added 13 points and 10 boards for his second career double-double.
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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
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
