There are not many chances on a college basketball court for slight of hand. No hiding the ball under your shirt during a dribble like a Harlem Globetrotter or the And1 Mixtape Tour. You can however use deception to your advantage occasionally. There aren't a lot of chances to properly deceive your opponent, and the spots must be chosen wisely.
Trailing 76-73 out of their final time out in double overtime at Tulsa, Princeton drew up a play that deceived the Golden Hurricane players and started the Tiger push to victory. I've diagrammed what occurred using screen captures from Tulsa's web broadcast after the jump.
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Coming into the 2010-11 season, there were only eight games in the past 25 years in which a Princeton player scored 30 or more points.
The previous five times out, senior Tiger forward Kareem Maddox has eclipsed this mark twice.
Tulsa rallied from a six point deficit with two minutes to go in regulation, then made two free throws with 10 seconds left in overtime to force a second extra session - but with the Golden Hurricane up 76-73 and 1:30 remaining, it was Princeton who had the final surge in an epic game, outscoring the home team 9-2 for their fifth straight win.
Today's Game:Princeton (6-3 / 0-0) vs. Tulsa (4-4 / 0-0) Location: Reynolds Center - Tulsa, OK Time: 2:00 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.
Princeton
Tulsa
3-0
Home Record
2-2
2-2
Away Record
0-1
1-1
Neutral Record
2-1
80
RPI
136
122
Sagarin
90
131
Pomeroy
90
71.2
Points / Game
71.0
69.6
Points Allowed / Game
67.9
.471
FG%
.447
.689
FT%
.689
.406
3PT FG%
.340
33.7
Rebounds / Game
35.1
9.3
Off. Rebounds / Game
11.0
+1.6
Rebounding Margin
+3.6
15.2
Assists / Game
10.9
14.3
Turnovers / Game
15.6
4.0
Blocks / Game
2.8
Hummer: 15.3
Points
Hurtt: 17.1
Maddox: 6.8
Rebounds
Richard: 6.1
Maddox: 3.3
Assists
Hurtt: 2.4
Davis: 1.3
Steals
Idlet: 0.9
Maddox: 1.8
Blocks
Idlet: 1.0
Hummer: .624
FG% (Min: 5 FGM)
Richard: .588
Mavraides: .806
FT% (Min: 5 FTM)
Hurtt: .884
Davis: .459
3PT FG% (Min: 5 3FGM)
Hurtt .370
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Around the Ivy League: Ronnie Dixon scored 21 in a 71-68 Dartmouth (3-5) triumph against Army. Columbia (6-4) won its third straight, 76-72 over Bryant. Harvard (7-2) stayed perfect at home with a 87-71 win versus Boston U.
The long, complicated wait for Oregon State's Roberto Nelson ends Sunday, when he is finally eligible to play for the Beavers.
Princeton guard Douglas Davis is The Other 26's Sharpshooter of the Week. Davis has connected on 15-28 from three point range during Princeton's four game winning streak.
Tiger recruit Bobby Garbade scored 18 points in Seton CC's 31 point win over Windsor.
The Trenton Times has a brief advance on Sunday's game at Tulsa.
While North Carolina has entered the recruiting picture for Desmond Hubert, the New Jersey center tells ESPN he will wait until the spring to make a decision.
With the team poised to head out to Tulsa for Sunday's meeting, Tigers head coach Sydney Johnson and princetonbasketball.com editor Jon Solomon caught up at Jadwin Gym on Friday morning to break down Princeton's last two wins versus St. Joseph's and at Monmouth.
This Q&A is 13:00+ in length.
Interviews with Coach Johnson will appear on this site every week during the 2010-11 season.
This evening in Philadelphia, Georgetown faces Temple. The Washington Post has a preview. Full coverage of the game will follow on the site late tonight.
Princeton leaps up to fifth place in the latest Schuylkill 16.
Happy 21st birthday, Kareem Maddox.
Around the Ivy League: Yale (5-4) routed Bryant, 75-53. Penn (4-4) lost 65-53 to Villanova at the Palestra.
Postgame audio - Coach Sydney Johnson, Kareem Maddox & Douglas Davis:
Princeton did not trail for the final 37:25 of Wednesday night's game at Monmouth, but the last three minutes of the second half saw the Tigers barely hold off a frantic Hawks comeback that nearly rallied the home team into the win column from down 15.
The long arms of Kareem Maddox forced Monmouth's James Hett into a less-than-ideal double clutch three point attempt with three seconds left and this tying try came up harmlessly short and wide of the rim over the baseline.
In the box score it went down as the Tigers' 11th block of the game, equaling a school record, but possession was given to the Tigers, implying the shot was altered but not deflected.
Princeton escaped their trip to West Long Branch with a 64-61 victory.
The Tigers were 1-5 from the free throw line in the final 31 seconds of the second half, similar to their ugly 1-4 performance at the stripe in the final four seconds of the first half.
Douglas Davis was set up six times on the perimeter for three point shots, leading to a game-high 18. Maddox added 13 with nine rebounds, five assists and three blocks. A two-handed offensive board by Maddox with the lead down to two allowed Princeton to run 17 seconds off the clock before Dan Mavraides split a pair of late free throws.
Eight of Mavraides' 12 came in the game's first four minutes. Ian Hummer contributed 10 on 5-10 shooting. These five were the only five Princeton players to score.
"You see so many kids on our team making plays that helped us," said Tiger head coach Sydney Johnson. "I was glad to see that because it really was a team effort."
7'0" center Phil Wait had 12 points off the bench for Monmouth and Hett also went for 12.
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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
