Postgame audio - Coach Sydney Johnson, Kareem Maddox & Dan Mavraides:
Playing for the first time in 14 days, Princeton came close to suffering what could have been an embarrassing loss to the woeful Wagner Seahawks, rallying from a twelve point second half hole to win their sixth of the season.
Douglas Davis found Kareem Maddox alone by the basket for a two-handed dunk with just under six seconds left to bail out the Tigers, fouled by Tyler Murray on the stuff.
Maddox’s three point play capped a six point Tiger run in the game’s final minute. It was Maddox's only basket on the night.
"I think they were going for a steal to try and get the win," Maddox said modestly after Princeton's fourth straight victory. "There was one person open and it happened to be me."
Princeton junior Dan Mavraides was 5-11 from three point range, on his way to a season high 21 points. Mavraides tied the score at 42 with a deep triple off the left wing with :47 to go. The rest of the Tiger squad went 0-16 behind the line.
Today's Game:Wagner (2-11 / 0-2) vs. Princeton (5-4 / 0-0) Location: Jadwin Gym - Princeton, NJ Time: 7:00 pm ET Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB TV: N/A Internet: goprincetontigers.com Series History: Princeton leads 1-0. Last meeting: Princeton 82 Wagner 66 - 11/29/78.
Wagner
Princeton
0-4
Home Record
3-1
1-6
Away Record
2-3
1-1
Neutral Record
0-0
343
RPI
101
339
Sagarin
159
332
Pomeroy
163
62.0
Points / Game
56.8
73.2
Points Allowed / Game
58.0
.369
FG%
.403
.623
FT%
.757
.308
3PT FG%
.319
35.2
Rebounds / Game
29.1
11.5
Off. Rebounds / Game
8.1
-6.5
Rebounding Margin
-3.3
11.5
Assists / Game
10.7
16.6
Turnovers / Game
15.0
4.2
Blocks / Game
3.1
Martin: 14.8
Points
Davis: 13.3
Orock: 7.4
Rebounds
Mavraides: 4.3
Czeski: 2.4
Assists
Schroeder: 2.8
Martin: 1.8
Steals
Schroeder: 1.7
Orock: 1.4
Blocks
Buczak: 1.0
Orock: .591
FG% (Min: 10 FGM)
Saunders: .595
Conrad: .800
FT% (Min: 10 FTM)
Davis: .909
Murray: .417
3PT FG% (Min: 5 3PTM)
Saunders: .500
Northwestern vs. Illinois - 9:00 pm ET - Big Ten Network
Dartmouth vs. Quinnipiac - 2:00 pm ET - NESN
George Washington vs. Harvard - 6:00 pm ET
Brown vs. Sacred Heart - 7:00 pm ET
Maine vs. Columbia - 7:00 pm ET
A Princeton/Penn game made the TigerBlog list of "Best Games of the Decade."
Princeton recruit Chris Clement scored nine points in Round Rock Stony Point's three point win over La Vega.
Future Tiger Ben Hazel had 13 in Good Counsel's one point STOP-DWI Holiday Classic Basketball Tournament loss to Boys and Girls High School.
Sacramento Kings GM Geoff Petrie received a three year contract extension.
"Outside The Limelight" author Kathy Orton is interviewed by The Quad.
Luke Owings provides a unique perspective looking back on the 2005-06 season.
The wife of Oregon State head coach Craig Robinson is due to have a baby any day.
Around the Ivy League: Ryan Wittman scored a career high of 34 as Cornell (10-2) defeated La Salle, 78-75. Yale (4-8) turned the ball over 30 times in a 70-59 loss at Colorado.
I had a chance to see Princeton recruit Tom Noonan play for the first time this afternoon, as Penn Charter faced Notre Dame in the Eastern States Classic Invitational Tournament's third place game at Trenton Catholic Academy in Hamilton.
On first sight, Noonan - the fifth member of the Tigers' 2010 recruiting class, looks more like a prototypical college basketball player than I expected a 6'7" high school jumpshooter would. He's not the gangly wisp I thought I would be watching.
On a windy Tuesday morning, Tigers head coach Sydney Johnson and princetonbasketball.com editor Jon Solomon met at Jadwin Gym to record a brief interview. This recording is 9:00+ in length.
Johnson and Solomon discuss the snowstorm that prevented the Tigers from traveling to Maine earlier in the month, how the staff is handling this unexpected two week gap between games and what Coach Johnson remembers about the last time a Princeton game was snowed out. They also preview the Tigers' busy 10 day stretch before exams facing Wagner, St. Joe's, Maine and Marist.
Cornell vs. La Salle - 4:00 pm ET
Yale vs. Colorado - 9:00 pm ET - FSN Rocky Mountain
For the first time in 40+ years, Northwestern has cracked the AP Top 25.
A late Richmond (10-3) rally slipped the Spiders past UNC-W, 66-64.
Denver (9-4) lost at Northern Colorado, 72-57. Pioneers head coach Joe Scott was ejected from the game in the second half.
Princeton recruit T.J. Bray scored 27 as Catholic Memorial upset sixth-ranked Menomonee Falls.
Future Tiger Daniel Edwards had 14 in Highland Park's ISD Coca Cola Tournament loss to Lancaster.
Around the Ivy League: Jerome Allen's first game as Penn (0-8) head coach was a 79-50 loss at Davidson. Harvard (8-3) handed MIT its first defeat, 88-61. Brown (5-7) ended its 21 day exam break with a 74-63 win over Kean.
UNCW vs. Richmond - 7:00 pm ET
Denver vs. Northern Colorado - 9:00 pm ET
MIT vs. Harvard - 4:00 pm ET
Kean vs. Brown - 7:00 pm ET
Penn vs. Davidson - 7:00 pm ET
Richmond welcomes UNC-Wilmington to the Robins Center. It is the first of three non conference games remaining for the Spiders before the start of Atlantic 10 play.
Oregon State is preparing to start their Pac-10 slate at Washington on New Year's Eve.
Princeton recruit Tom Noonan scored 20 for Penn Charter in a 73-59 loss to Atlantic Christian at the Eastern States Invitational.
A recent Trenton Times article on Lawrenceville School center Mat Piotrowski mentions that he is being recruited by Princeton and Harvard in addition to several major D-I programs.
Former Tiger captain John Rogers is part of a New York Times piece about several Chicagoans connected by a random shooting.
No games today and tomorrow. May you and yours have a happy and healthy holiday season. We'll be back on Monday, if not sooner.
Chris Wright cut up Harvard for a career best 34 points as Georgetown (9-1) defeated the Crimson, 86-70.
Oregon State (6-5) recorded the program's 1600th victory, a 73-65 decision over Fresno State.
Princeton recruit Tom Noonan scored 21 in Penn Charter's 71-44 win against FitzSimons.
The Denver Post shares a memorable story about Pioneer guard Nate Rohnert.
princetonbasketball.com editor Jon Solomon hosts his annual 24-Hour Hoiday Radio Show on WPRB starting tonight at 6:00 pm ET. If you missed it, here's audio of his appearance on NPR's The Takeaway earlier in the week.
Around the Ivy League: Quinnipiac outscored Columbia (5-5) by 16 in the second half of a 63-51 Bobcats victory.
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).
Princeton's game against Maine has been rescheduled for Monday, January 4th at 7:00 pm ET, creating a stretch where they will play four games in eight days.
The Tigers' adjusted pre-exam break schedule is now as follows:
Wednesday, December 30 - vs. Wagner - 7:00 pm ET
Saturday, January 2 - at St. Joe's - 2:00 pm ET
Monday, January 4 - at Maine - 7:00 pm ET
Wednesday, January 6 - at Marist - 7:30 pm ET
UNC Greensboro vs. Richmond - 12:00 pm ET
Central Connecticut State vs. Northwestern - 8:00 pm ET - bigtennetwork.com
Seattle vs. Denver - 9:30 pm ET - FSN Rocky Mountain
Colgate vs. Dartmouth - 7:00 pm ET
Douglas Davis represents Princeton yet again in the most recent Ivy League Weekly Basketball Report.
An afternoon tilt is in store for Richmond and UNC Greensboro.
Northwestern hosts Central Connecticut State tonight.
It has been a roller coaster ride this season for Oregon State.
Around the Ivy League: Cornell (9-2) won the Holiday Festival, defeating St. John's by five. It was the Big Red's first win over a Big East foe since the conference was formed. Providence pulled away from Yale (4-7) in the last nine minutes, beating the Bulldogs 87-78.
Highlights from Richmond's upset of Florida can be found above these words.
Yale vs. Providence - 7:00 pm ET
Cornell vs. St. John's - Holiday Classic - 9:00 pm ET
Princeton recruit Daniel Edwards scored 30 for Highland Park in the Union Square Bulldog Classic finals. Edwards gave the Scots a one point lead in the final seconds, but Burkburnett scored at the horn to take the title.
A 6'3" junior guard from Georgia is said to be "garnering interest" from both Princeton and Harvard.
Mike DiMauro at The Day has written a discussion-generating piece about Penn's decision to fire Glen Miller.
Around the Ivy League: Ryan Wittman's thirty foot three point shot at the buzzer gave Cornell (8-2) a 91-88 overtime win versus Davidson. The Big Red advance to play St. John's in the championship game of the Holiday Classic. Dartmouth (2-8) lost by ten at New Hampshire.
The decision to not play Princeton's basketball game at Maine today is the first postponement I can remember in the past fifteen years.
When word broke Saturday evening that the Tigers had been unable to fly up north and that switching to road travel was inadvisable, I started to recall when Princeton last had their schedule rearranged by extreme weather.
If you can think of a more current example, let me know, but I believe this most recently occurred previously in February of 1994.
The Tigers were supposed to play a traditional Friday/Saturday pair of Ivy League games over Valentine's Day weekend at Yale and at Brown, but the forecast had other plans.
According to a Daily Pennsylvanian article that ran the following Monday, Princeton's bus tried to get up to New Haven on Friday, but a snowstorm blocked their path.
The game versus the Elis was rescheduled for Sunday.
On their second try to reach New England from New Jersey, the Tigers made a pit stop at Yale to practice, hit a lengthy traffic delay on I-95 and were late arriving in Providence.
Princeton led most of the game, but Brian Lloyd made six three point shots, including the basket that put Brown back in front with 3:15 to play as the Bears defeated the Tigers, 71-68. Rick Hielscher scored 17 for Princeton, who had been 11-6 overall, 4-1 in Ivy play coming into the weekend.
On Sunday, getting back down 95 proved far easier than getting up it. Chris Doyal led the Tigers with 19 as Princeton split their unorthodox weekend with a 68-57 victory over Yale.
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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
