MCCC vs. Manor - 7:00 pm ET
Northwestern vs. Minnesota - 9:00 pm ET - Big Ten Network
Georgetown (15-4) scored the first 14 points of their meeting with Syracuse, but the Orangemen caught the Hoyas before halftime and pulled away in the second stanza of a 73-56 decision.
The Goucher Athletics story on Sunday's Princeton game is finally up.
The Princeton Packet has published their Goucher report as well.
Another in an endless series of tests for Georgetown, who travels to Big East rival Syracuse this evening.
Hats off to the Princeton JV, who knocked off #5-ranked prep powerhouse Northfield Mount Herman - a team stacked with Division I recruits - yesterday morning by a 61-44 count.
Who is to thank for our new HD box scores? The good people at Hoya Prospectus. Check out their site. They crush numbers.
Today's Game:Goucher (5-11 / 3-3) vs. Princeton (8-5 / 0-0) Location: Jadwin Gym - Princeton, NJ Time: 3:00 pm ET Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB TV: N/A Internet: goprincetontigers.com Series History: This is the first meeting between the two teams. Last meeting: This is the first meeting between the two teams.
Goucher
Princeton
3-5
Home Record
4-1
2-3
Away Record
4-4
0-0
Neutral Record
0-0
N/A
RPI
137
N/A
Sagarin
163
N/A
Pomeroy
160
60.5
Points / Game
57.9
66.5
Points Allowed / Game
56.6
.380
FG%
.412
.621
FT%
.736
.290
3PT FG%
.336
37.3
Rebounds / Game
29.1
11.9
Off. Rebounds / Game
8.4
-1.7
Rebounding Margin
-2.9
8.5
Assists / Game
11.2
18.3
Turnovers / Game
14.6
3.3
Blocks / Game
3.2
Yambor: 10.9
Points
Davis: 13.4
Gladden: 7.0
Rebounds
Mavraides: 4.7
Perry: 1.3
Assists
Schroeder: 2.8
Yambor, Gladden: 1.0
Steals
Schroeder: 2.2
Lindsay: 1.3
Blocks
Buczak: 0.9
Gladden: .500
FG% (Min: 10 FGM)
Saunders: .611
Bailey: .344
FT% (Min: 10 FTM)
Schroeder: .917
Murray: .417
3PT FG% (Min: 5 3PTM)
Saunders: .536
Greg Monroe had 21 points, 14 rebounds and six assists as Georgetown (15-3) obliterated Rutgers, 88-63. Head to Hoya Hoops and listen to postgame audio.
Richmond (15-6) won 62-57 at George Washington. Ryan Butler's three point shot with 26 ticks left put the Spiders in front to stay.
Oregon State (8-11) cut a 15 point second half Cal lead down to two in the final 11 seconds, but the Golden Bears held on 65-61.
An impressive result for Denver (13-7), beating South Alabama 71-48. The Pioneers shot 14-28 from three point range.
A career high 22 points from Jeremy Nash pushed Northwestern (14-5) past Illinois, 73-68. The Wildcats trailed by seven with 7:25 to go before going on a game-changing 17-3 run.
Mercer (10-10) picked up a 76-71 win over Dean on Saturday night. Uros Kovacevic led the Vikings with 28 points. Paco Boussougou pulled down 17 rebounds.
The Trenton Times has a brief preview of today's game built around the Tiger freshmen.
Princeton recruit T.J. Bray had 19 for Catholic Memorial in a Classic 8 Conference victory over Kettle Moraine.
Future Tiger Daniel Edwards scored 21 in Highland Park's 50-45 loss to Greenville. The Scots are 11-11 this season.
20 points by Ben Hazel weren't enough to get Good Counsel past St. Mary�s in double overtime.
Tom Noonan scored 19 of his 21 points in the second half of Penn Charter's win over Philadelphia Electrical.
Samford coach Jimmy Tillette, who has picked the brains and playbooks of many a Princeton coach and assistant to perfect his team's offense, suffered a seizure and collapsed on the sidelines yesterday during his team's win over UNC-Greensboro. Here's hoping he's feeling better soon.
Cornell (16-3 / 2-0) completed a season sweep of Columbia (6-10 / 0-2) with a 77-51 blowout of the Lions. Harvard (13-3 / 2-0) went up to Dartmouth (3-12 / 0-2) and pulled out the 62-58 decision.
Rutgers vs. Georgetown - 12:00 pm ET - ESPN+
Richmond vs. George Washington - 2:00 pm ET
Oregon State vs. Cal - 2:00 pm ET - CBS
South Alabama vs. Denver - 6:00 pm ET
Dean vs. MCCC - 6:00 pm ET
Illinois vs. Northwestern - 8:00 pm ET - Big Ten Network
Cornell vs. Columbia - 7:00 pm ET
Harvard vs. Dartmouth - 7:00 pm ET
Did you know that the sister of Princeton senior center Zach Finley is engaged to marry a player on the Drake Bulldogs roster in April? I certainly did not. Good excuse to run the above picture, though.
Want to see how you did on the PAW Princeton basketball quiz? The results have been posted.
Lots of games today, starting with Georgetown welcoming Rutgers to DC at noon. The Associated Press discusses the Hoyas' lack of production from their bench.
The Hoya Paranoia breaks down a Georgetown inbounds play that takes advantage of Chris Wright's speed. Can any former Tigers comment on the similarity between this design and anything Coach Thompson was running at Princeton?
Bloomberg reports that the Ivy League wants to "negotiate national television agreements to show football, basketball and possibly lacrosse and soccer games."
Around the Ivy League: Alex Zampier scored 22 points as Yale (7-12 / 1-1) defeated Brown (7-12 / 1-1) in Providence, 71-63.
There's an outstanding feature in the Sacramento News & Review on Pete Carril and his relationship with Kings players six decades his junior.
Looking for something to do early Sunday morning? It appears the Princeton JV will host prep powerhouse Northfield Mount Hermon at 11:00 am ET.
Princeton sits in seventh place in this week's Schuylkill 16.
A strange month in Hanover got weirder yesterday with the news that a current and a former Dartmouth basketball player were charged with possession with the intent to distribute after being found with 12 bags of marijuana.
Around the Ivy League: Penn (1-12) lost to La Salle, 76-57.
Georgetown vs. Pitt - 7:00 pm ET - ESPNU
Charlotte vs. Richmond - 7:00 pm ET
La Salle vs. Penn - 7:00 pm ET
Northwestern (13-5) was no match for Ohio State, falling 76-56 in Columbus.
A three game Mercer (9-10) winning streak came to an end with a 65-58 loss at home to Essex. Paco Boussougou had 19 points and 15 boards for the Vikings.
Richmond finishes their homestand against Charlotte.
Princeton recruit T.J. Bray is the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's Athlete of the Week.
Future Tiger Tom Noonan was held to nine points in Penn Charter's loss to Germantown Academy. For those who watch the video connected to this story, Noonan is #33 in blue.
Persistence fosters success for Denver head coach Joe Scott.
Around the Ivy League: David Rufful's three point play with less than a second remaining gave Dartmouth (4-11 / 0-1) a 65-64 win over St. Francis (NY).
Postgame audio - Coach John Thompson III & Greg Monroe:
It took almost two-and-a-half hours, 52 fouls and 57 free throws for Villanova's strengths to win out over Georgetown's strengths.
Outside trumped inside.
Big was no match for small.
At the end, the Wildcats' quartet of guards overcame a career afternoon from Hoya sophomore center Greg Monroe.
Georgetown cut a 17 point first half deficit to even at 67 with 4:34 left to play on a putback by Monroe of his own miss, and Jason Clark's drive in traffic could have given Georgetown their first lead since seven minutes in, but Clark could not finish what he started.
At the other end of the floor Scottie Reynolds, who ended the day with 27 points on 8-15 shooting, scored off glass and was fouled by Clark.
Villanova would not give this lead back in the game's final 3:14, though Georgetown missed two chances to tie from outside. Both Chris Wright and Jerelle Benimon had open looks to pull square.
Two free throws from Maalik Wayns with :06.9 remaining sealed the outcome.
Monroe scored a career high 29 to lead Georgetown, matching his personal best set earlier in the season against Harvard with 16 boards.
It was the Wildcats' first win over the Hoyas in their last six chances.
Around the Ivy League: Cornell (15-3 / 1-0) kicked off their quest for their a straight conference title with a 74-53 thumping of Columbia (6-9 / 0-1) in Ithaca.
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