Northeastern pictures.
Photos from today's game courtesy Robert Solomon.
Princeton 65 Northeastern 63.
Postgame audio - Coach Sydney Johnson, Patrick Saunders & Kareem Maddox:
Joel Smith's layup rolled off the rim as time expired and Princeton survived their first night of the UCF Holiday Classic, 65-63 over Northeastern.
Smith's attempt skidded across the iron and nearly rallied the Huskies from down 10 with 80 seconds remaining, as the Tigers turned the ball over twice in the backcourt and made just two of four free throws trying to close out their 10th victory of the season.
After a first half where Princeton's biggest lead was two and Northeastern's largest advantage four, the Tigers' active defense sparked an 18-2 run that seemed to change the game. The second of two Kareem Maddox dunks capped this spurt with 9:59 to go.
However, Princeton's attention to detail waned after they went up 16 and Northeastern hung close enough to make an improbable last second push a possibility.
"I just think that we came to play," said head coach Sydney Johnson of his team's performance during a stretch where Northeastern went 7:16 between field goals. "There's a little bit of a spark in us. I'm disappointed, because I didn't think we did that the entire game. The came after us after that run and we didn't respond well. We've got to learn from that."
Tuesday News:
Yale vs. Stanford - 10:00 pm ET - CSN Bay Area
Princeton recruit Denton Koon had 13 points in Liberty's victory over St. Pius X.
It was an adventure for Richmond to get home from their Boxing Day matchup at Seton Hall.
Patrick Saunders represents Princeton on Honor Roll of the latest Ivy League Men's Basketball Weekly Release.
Since people seemed to really enjoy listening to them before Christmas, here's one more news story on princetonbasketball.com editor Jon Solomon's marathon radio show, this from WHYY.
Coach Sydney Johnson - 12/27/10.
Tigers head coach Sydney Johnson and princetonbasketball.com editor Jon Solomon shoveled out their respective driveways and met at Jadwin Gym on Monday afternoon to go over Princeton's road victories at Wagner and Towson before Christmas. The pair also previewed the Tigers' trip to the UCF Holiday Classic later this week.
This Q&A is 10:00+ in length.
Interviews with Coach Johnson will appear on this site every week during the 2010-11 season.
Christmas Eve News:
Georgetown (11-1) methodically dispatched Memphis by 17 on the road, outscoring the Tigers 46-33 in the second half.
In Evanston Northwestern (9-1) scored the game's first 20 points and rolled past Mount St. Mary's, 70-47. John Shurna, the Wildcats' leading scorer, sprained his left ankle in the second half.
Former Maryland Governor Bob Ehrlich was courtside for Princeton's win at Towson.
princetonbasketball.com editor Jon Solomon was a guest on PRI afternoon show Here & Now yesterday. For the 22nd year, Solomon can be heard on 103.3 fm WPRB / wprb.com from 6:00 pm ET on Christmas Eve until 6:00 pm ET on Christmas day playing holiday music you won't find anywhere else.
Thursday 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.
Princeton 75 Towson 65.
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.
Wednesday News:
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.
| Princeton | Towson | |
| 3-0 | Home Record | 2-1 |
| 4-2 | Away Record | 1-5 |
| 1-1 | Neutral Record | 0-0 |
| 49 | RPI | 249 |
| 71 | Sagarin | 271 |
| 117 | Pomeroy | 249 |
| 72.0 | Points / Game | 73.7 |
| 69.4 | Points Allowed / Game | 76.1 |
| .472 | FG% | .442 |
| .709 | FT% | .710 |
| .398 | 3PT FG% | .348 |
| 33.7 | Rebounds / Game | 39.1 |
| 9.1 | Off. Rebounds / Game | 12.6 |
| +1.2 | Rebounding Margin | +5.4 |
| 14.5 | Assists / Game | 12.4 |
| 14.2 | Turnovers / Game | 16.7 |
| 3.8 | Blocks / Game | 2.9 |
| Hummer: 14.8 | Points | Philmore: 14.2 |
| Maddox, Hummer: 6.5 | Rebounds | Dupree: 9.9 |
| Maddox: 3.0 | Assists | Morris: 3.7 |
| Davis: 1.2 | Steals | Philmore: 1.1 |
| Maddox: 1.6 | Blocks | Dupree: 1.0 |
| Hummer: .596 | FG% (Min: 10 FGM) | Dupree: .575 |
| Mavraides: .800 | FT% (Min: 10 FTM) | Polk: .793 |
| Davis: .421 | 3PT FG% (Min: 10 3FGM) | Brown .400 |
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.
Tuesday 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.
Kareem Maddox - Ivy League Player of the Week.
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.
