John Shurna scored a career best 29 as Northwestern (10-1) defeated Central Connecticut State, 74-54.
An incredible late second half Denver (9-3) comeback concluded with Andrew Hooper's final second three point shot, a basket that gave the Pioneers an 84-83 win over Seattle.
Oregon State looks to move above .500 versus Fresno State.
There's a piece on Princeton's win over Monmouth in the latest Town Topics.
Tiger recruit Daniel Edwards has led Highland Park in scoring each of the last six games. Yesterday Edwards had 12 as the Scots lost to Everman, 53-42.
Princeton remains in ninth place in the latest Schuylkill 16.
Around the Ivy League: Colgate won its first game of the season, a 19 point triumph at Dartmouth (2-9).
Stanford vs. Northwestern - 2:00 pm ET - Big Ten Network
Louisiana-Monroe vs. Denver - 6:00 pm ET
Richmond vs. Florida - 6:30 pm ET - Orange Bowl Classic - Sun Sports
Old Dominion vs. Georgetown - 7:00 pm ET - MASN
Mississippi Valley State vs. Oregon State - 10:00 pm ET
FIT gave Mercer (5-8) fits on Thursday. The Vikings fell 83-75 despite 19 points and 14 rebounds from Paco Boussougou.
Ian Hummer was named Rookie of the Week in the latest Ivy Weekly Men's Basketball Report.
A career high 35 points and eight three pointers versus North Carolina A&T earned Northwestern freshman Drew Crawford the title Big Ten Player of the Week.
More accolades! Georgetown big man Greg Monroe was rewarded as Big East Player of the Week.
Andy Glockner has a piece on the Sports Illustrated web site about Coach Mooney and Richmond.
From the vault, here's a article on Sydney Johnson and his brother that ran in the Baltimore Sun after Princeton defeated UCLA in 1996.
TigerBlog offers his?their?its? a take on Jerome Allen coaching against Sydney Johnson.
If you're curious, read the official Penn press release about Glen Miller's dismissal.
An impressive win for Georgetown (8-0), starting the second half on a 21-2 run and dispatching #17 Washington with surprising ease. The Hoyas swept their back-to-back games against Top 25 foes, growing up in the process.
Bragging rights in Virginia's capitol went to VCU, who defeated Richmond (7-2) at the Farm Bureau Insurance Black & Blue Classic, 65-57.
Northwestern returns to action after their exam break, taking on North Carolina A&T.
Around the Ivy League: Penn (0-7) continued to struggle, losing by five at Monmouth. Columbia (5-4) defeated a different winless squad, besting Bryant, 69-57. Army picked up its fourth win over its fourth Ivy opponent this season, defeating Dartmouth (1-6) in Hanover, 59-46.
Georgetown vs. Washington - 2:00 pm ET - Wooden Classic - FSN
MCCC vs. Burlington - 3:00 pm ET
Denver vs. Portland - 4:00 pm ET
Richmond vs. VCU - 7:30 pm ET - Black & Blue Classic
Oregon State vs. Nebraska - 8:00 pm ET - FSN Midwest
Columbia vs. Bryant - 1:00 pm ET
Army vs. Dartmouth - 7:00 pm ET
Penn vs. Monmouth - 7:00 pm ET
Around the Ivy League: Penn (0-6) continues to struggle, unable to beat Albany at home. Columbia (4-4) made 60.7% of their shots in a 102-91 sprint past Wagner.
Postgame audio - Coach John Thompson III, Austin Freeman & Greg Monroe:
It was a team effort that led Georgetown to a seven point victory over #22 Butler in the opening game of the 2009 Jimmy V Classic, but the stat line of sophomore center Greg Monroe couldn't avoid standing out.
Monroe's career highs of 24 points and 15 rebounds helped the Hoyas build an eight point halftime lead and generate a 52-35 advantage on a Hollis Thompson three point shot with 13:35 left in the game.
Behind Gordon Hayward's outside shooting and repeated drives into the paint that drew fouls, the Bulldogs were able to gradually cut the Georgetown lead down to as low as seven on four occasions late in the second half before the Hoyas created some distance at the free throw line. Hayward had 24 and eight in defeat.
Austin Freeman made his first four three point shots and finished with 18 for Georgetown.
The Hoyas passed their first real test, not just of the season, but of a week designed by head coach John Thompson III to mimic the difficulties of Big East play. This weekend Georgetown travels west to Anaheim to play Washington in their second straight meeting versus a Top 25 foe.
Georgetown vs. Butler - 7:00 pm ET - Jimmy V Classic - ESPN
Morris vs. MCCC - 7:00 pm ET
Cal State Northridge vs. Denver - 9:00 pm ET
Columbia vs. Wagner - 7:00 pm ET
Albany vs. Penn - 7:00 pm ET
Georgetown and Butler meet at Madison Square Garden tonight in the first half of the Jimmy V Classic doubleheader. I'll be on press row with Twitter reports during the game and player/coach audio available afterwards.
Denver hosts Cal State Northridge at Magness Arena.
Pioneers coach Joe Scott talks to the Denver Post about going to school with future first lady Michelle Obama.
Northwestern freshman guard Drew Crawford has entered the blogging world.
To the surprise of no one, Douglas Davis represents Princeton on the Ivy Weekly Men's Basketball Report.
The Frederick News Post reports on the Frederick/Mercer game at the Verizon Center.
Around the Ivy League: Vermont scored the game's last 10 points and beat Yale (3-6) in New Haven. 72-60. Brown (4-7) lost their cross-town meeting with Providence College, 78-62.
Postgame audio - Coach John Thompson III, Chris Wright & Greg Monroe:
The faster, stronger and taller Georgetown men's basketball team did what faster, stronger and taller basketball teams are supposed to do when playing a depleted American squad that graduated five starters from last year's Patriot League NCAA tournament representatives.
Jumping passing lanes and swiping 10 steals, including a career-best five takeaways by sophomore guard Jason Clark.
Dominating the boards to a 43-32 count, with center Greg Monroe snatching a personal high of 13.
Shooting an even 50.0% from the floor (27-54) and holding the crosstown visitors to a 27.1% percentage (16-59) while blocking nine shots.
Shutting down American's leading scorer Stephen Lumpkins, who was a woeful 1-17 from the floor and missed his last 14 shots.
Back-to-back three pointers by Chris Wright and Austin Freeman eight minutes in gave Georgetown a lead they would not relinquish. Three straight steals by Clark, two of which resulted in breakaway dunks took the lead up to 10 and the Hoyas would extend that advantage to as many as 31 on two occasions in the second half.
It was the final tuneup for Georgetown (6-0) before the Hoyas go to Madison Square Garden and Anaheim's Honda Center this week to face two Top 25 foes - Butler and Washington.
"Georgetown was just too good," American head coach Jeff Jones plainly stated following his team's eighth loss of the season.
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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
