Egads. I nearly missed Rush The Court checking in on the Ivy League.
Princeton recruit Spencer Weisz had 14 points and seven steals in Seton Hall Prep's victory over the Fighting Schulers of Columbia High.
Future Tiger Steven Cook and New Trier fell in a battle for the CSL South conference title versus Maine South.
Well, well, well. Georgetown (19-4) now sits alone atop the Big East table after gutting out a 62-55 win at Cincinnati.
Games on the docket include Richmond hosting St. Bonaventure, Denver traveling to San Jose State and Oregon State visiting Washington.
Around the Ivy League: Harvard (14-7 / 6-1) blocked a program record 15 shots, Kenyatta Smith came one rebound away from a triple double and the Crimson topped Penn (5-18 / 2-4) by a 73-54 final. Cornell (12-12 / 4-3) got even overall with a 68-61 win at Yale (9-15 / 3-4). Behind a career high 27 from Matt Sullivan, Brown (9-12 / 3-4) defeated a Brian Barbour-less Columbia (10-11 / 2-5) side, 58-55.
Princeton scored on 10 of their opening 11 first half possessions, shot 56.3% as a team on the night and were never legitimately challenged by Dartmouth after an even 10 minutes in Hanover.
Tied at 19 following a three point shot by Malik Gill, the Tigers went on a swift 15-3 run and made it to halftime up by 14.
To start the second half the Tigers again were exceptionally potent across the board with the ball, converting on five of their initial six times up the floor concluding with a Hans Brase two-hand slam that provided the visitors a 53-33 margin.
There was no subsequent drama. The lead from this point would not drop under 15 and extended as high as 25.
“I think it started off just with us taking care of the ball offensively. In the second half I think we showed the picture a little bit better defensively,” said Princeton head coach Mitch Henderson.
Four Tiger starters hit double figures, led by Denton Koon with 18 points. Ian Hummer had 14 plus a 6:1 assist-to-turnover ratio, Brase totaled 12 and Will Barrett 11.
T.J. Bray missed out on joining his fellow starters by a digit but did add six assists.
The one Big Green player the Tigers could not stop was Gabas Maldunas who scored 16 inside.
The rest of this recap plus postgame audio from Coach Mitch Henderson & Denton Koon can be found after the jump.
Today's Game:Princeton (11-8 / 4-1) vs. Dartmouth (6-14 / 2-4) Location: Leede Arena - Hanover, NH Time: 7:00 pm ET Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB TV: N/A Internet: goprincetontigers.com Series History: Princeton leads 142-61. Last meeting:Princeton 85 Dartmouth 61 - 2/25/12.
Princeton
Dartmouth
7-4
Home Record
4-5
4-3
Away Record
2-9
0-1
Neutral Record
0-0
146
RPI
296
107
Sagarin
306
103
Pomeroy
293
63.5
Points / Game
60.9
57.5
Points Allowed / Game
65.8
.461
FG%
.399
.710
FT%
.726
.385
3PT FG%
.328
31.5
Rebounds / Game
32.9
8.9
Off. Rebounds / Game
10.9
+2.1
Rebounding Margin
-1.3
14.8
Assists / Game
10.4
12.6
Turnovers / Game
14.4
3.3
Blocks / Game
1.9
Hummer: 15.7
Points
Mitola: 10.4
Hummer: 6.5
Rebounds
Maldunas: 6.0
Hummer: 4.5
Assists
Mitola: 2.0
Bray: 2.0
Steals
Gill: 1.8
Hummer: 0.8
Blocks
Maldunas: 0.9
Koon: .553
FG% (Min: 10 FGM)
Boehm: .486
Bray: .771
FT% (Min: 10 FTM)
Mitola: .861
Koon: .526
3PT FG% (Min: 10 3PTM)
Melville: .469
Georgetown vs. Cincinnati - 9:00 pm ET - ESPN
Cornell vs. Yale - 7:00 pm ET
Penn vs. Harvard - 7:00 pm ET
Columbia vs. Brown - 7:00 pm ET - MyRITV
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Depleted Northwestern (13-12) played valiantly at Ohio State but a late 17-5 Buckeyes run with the Wildcats up two entering the game's final five minutes was the difference.
Derek Needham knocked down eight three pointers as Fairfield (16-11) topped Siena, 74-52.
Mercer (18-9) fell 74-59 to undefeated Brookdale.
A wild overtime affair went 63-60 to Denver (16-8) over Utah State on Brett Olson's three point shot at the buzzer. The final play is available as an animated .gif below.
Michael James of the @ivybball Twitter account joins us this afternoon to discuss the Harvard Crimson for the seventh of this site's Know! Your! Foe! conference previews.
My questions and his answers follow after the jump. I have a great deal of respect for the time and detail James puts in to his Ivy League analysis and I think you'll feel similarly after reading his in-depth responses.
I should also mention that James is a Rush The Court contributor.
Did you miss our Dartmouth K!Y!F! that was published yesterday? Check it out here.
If you cover a team the Tigers will face down the line, let us know. We'd love to talk with you.
Northwestern vs. Ohio State - 7:00 pm ET - Big Ten Network
Brookdale vs. MCCC - 7:00 pm ET
Siena vs. Fairfield - 8:30 pm ET - ESPN3
Denver vs. Utah State - 9:00 pm ET - ESPN3
The Town Topics finally gets to the Tigers' loss versus Yale. The Princeton Packet was also at the game and files their first story in a goodly while.
Richmond (14-11) could not sustain a nine point halftime lead and fell 61-55 at St. Joe's.
For the first time in the past six contests, Oregon State (13-12) won a game decided by eight points or less. The Beavers topped Washington State, 67-66.
Princeton heads all the way up to Hanover on Friday as they begin an Ivy League stretch run that includes seven of their final nine contests played away from home.
To learn more about a youthful Dartmouth squad for today's Know! Your! Foe!, the only person to talk with was writer Bruce Wood, founder of Big Green Alert, who has been covering Dartmouth athletics for as long as I can remember.
Our conversation follows after the jump. Look for a Harvard edition of K!Y!F! on Thursday.
If you cover a team the Tigers will face down the line, let us know. We'd love to talk with you.
A slightly under-the-weather Princeton head coach Mitch Henderson and princetonbasketball.com editor Jon Solomon sat down courtside at Jadwin Gym this afternoon to record the 12th installment of their season-long weekly interview series.
Henderson and Solomon reviewed Princeton's split versus Brown and Yale in great detail before breaking down this weekend's critical trip to Dartmouth and Harvard.
This exclusive Q&A streaming after the jump is 9:00+ in length. You can catch up on all of the season's discussions here.
More bad luck for Northwestern as Jared Swopshire will miss the rest of the season (and end his collegiate career in the process) due to a knee injury that required surgery.
Princeton recruit Henry Caruso and Serra bested St. Francis in the first round of the WCAL tournament.
Mercer (18-8) defeated Morris, 56-51. Mustafa El-Amin had 21 points for the Vikings.
Their first game of the season on campus did not go as planned for Fairfield (15-11), who found themselves down 34-13 at halftime and never challenged Manhattan in a 62-40 loss.
Morris vs. Mercer - 7:00 pm ET
Manhattan vs. Fairfield - 7:00 pm ET
Denton Koon represents Princeton on the honor roll of the latest Ivy League Weekly Release. Koon averaged 16.5 points in last weekend's games, shooting 12-18 from the field.
Behind 21 points from the versatile Otto Porter, Georgetown (18-4) topped #18 Marquette by eight. Hoya Prospectus crunches the numbers from this game.
Fairfield's game scheduled for last night was pushed back a second time due to a remarkable amount of snow. The Stags will finally host Manhattan on campus this evening.
Future Tiger Hashim Moore tallied 11 in Hun's MAPL Tournament championship game victory over The Lawrenceville School.
Terrible news as former Penn center Matthew White, who played on the Quakers' 1979 Final Four team, was found stabbed to death.
Here's the latest collection of videos from various corners of the Princeton basketball family. Above, Tiger recruit Henry Caruso in action as Serra takes on Bellarmine.
12 additional clips of varying lengths and sources can be found after the jump.
The San Diego Padres need Will Venable to break out in 2013.
Go seventy minutes in to this podcast for an interview with Tiger assistant Brian Earl.
Judson Wallace scored six points off the bench as Barcelona won the Copa Del Rey over Valencia.
Colorado closed on a 23-12 run and the result was yet another close loss for Oregon State (12-12).
This just in: Limited tickets may still be available for Saturday's game. Call Harvard's (617-495-2211) or Princeton's (609-258-9220) ticket offices today or email Bob Ruxin.
Georgetown hosts Marquette on Big Monday and Fairfield plays their snow-delayed contest against Manhattan at home.
Around the Ivy League: After playing with fire in their first five conference games, Harvard (13-7 / 5-1) could not extinguish a Columbia (10-10 / 2-4) conflagration. The Lions led by as many as 20 down the stretch in a 78-63 victory. Cornell (11-12 / 3-3) dispatched Dartmouth (6-14 / 2-4) in Ithaca, 79-56.
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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
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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
