Postgame audio - Coach Sydney Johnson & Douglas Davis:
The opening possession was a harbinger of the rest of the night.
After winning the opening tip from Princeton forward Kareem Maddox, Yale's Ross Morin got the ball inside and missed at point blank range, his shot was rebounded under the basket by the smallest player on the floor, 5'9" Bulldog Chris Andrews.
An undaunted Morin missed again, but this time Yale center Garrett Fiddler took the ball away as it went up for grabs. The action stuck down at the far end of the John J. Lee Amphitheater, Alex Zampier was off the mark for three. Morin snatched his second board, but still could not score in the paint, Fiddler controlling before the ball went out of bounds off Princeton.
Morin passed out to Andrews just inside the three point line for a jumper over an oncoming Marcus Schroeder, which opened the scoring and ended a sixty second stretch with the ball continuously in Yale's hands.
Those four offensive rebounds were a quarter of the 16 the Bulldogs would grab as they overpowered Princeton inside on their way to a 60-48 victory, sending the Tigers to defeat for the first time in five Ivy contests.
"It was a physical game," said Princeton head coach Sydney Johnson. "The physicality seemed to favor them."
Today's Game:Princeton (9-8 / 4-0) vs. Yale (8-12 / 3-3) Location: Lee Amphitheater - New Haven, CT Time: 7:00 pm ET Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB TV: YES Internet: goprincetontigers.com Series History: Princeton leads 138-80. Last meeting:Yale 67 Princeton 59 - 3/1/08.
Princeton
Yale
5-4
Home Record
4-1
4-4
Away Record
4-11
0-0
Neutral Record
0-0
246
RPI
241
230
Sagarin
265
179
Pomeroy
261
60.1
Points / Game
62.3
56.8
Points Allowed / Game
64.3
.433
FG%
.436
.735
FT%
.657
.366
3PT FG%
.285
32.6
Rebounds / Game
33.7
8.5
Off. Rebounds / Game
10.0
11.3
Assists / Game
13.3
13.2
Turnovers / Game
16.3
2.9
Blocks / Game
3.0
Davis: 12.5
Points
Morin: 13.4
Buczak: 4.8
Rebounds
Morin: 5.9
Buczak: 2.1
Assists
Pinick: 3.1
Davis: 1.2
Steals
Zampier: 1.7
Maddox: 0.8
Blocks
Mangano: 0.9
Schroeder: .613
FG% (Min: 10 FGM)
Fiddler: .525
Mavraides: .800
FT% (Min: 10 FTM)
Zampier: .839
Schroeder: .611
3PT FG% (Min: 10 3PTM)
Morin: .333
Dartmouth vs. Columbia - 7:00 pm ET
Harvard vs. Cornell - 7:00 pm ET
Penn vs. Brown - 7:00 pm ET
Today's must-read is M.A. Mehta's piece in the Star Ledger about Princeton's recent revival. The quotes he was given by former Tiger coach Joe Scott are particularly eye-opening.
Tigers head coach Sydney Johnson and princetonbasketball.com editor Jon Solomon sat down on Thursday morning at Jadwin Gym to discuss Princeton's sweep of Cornell and Columbia and to preview this weekend's difficult trip to Yale and Brown. The interview is 15:00+ in length.
Interviews with Coach Johnson appear on this site every week during the season.
A well-constructed Slope TV package of highlights and postgame interviews from last week's 61-41 Princeton win over Cornell. The defensive rebounding by Princeton's Zach Finley, Kareem Maddox and Pawel Buczak is worth your attention when watching.
Denver vs. Florida Atlantic - 7:00 pm ET
Mercer vs. Morris - 7:00 pm ET
Illinois vs. Northwestern - 9:00 pm ET - ESPN2
Oregon State vs. Washington - 11:00 pm ET - FSN NW
The Town Topics story on last weekend's Princeton games is up.
Denver tries to end their 42 game road losing streak at Florida Atlantic.
The Ivy League has named Robin Harris the Executive Director of the Council of Ivy Group Presidents, effective July 1. Harris replaces the retiring Jeff Orleans.
Princeton coach Sydney Johnson is interviewed by The Quad, the New York Times' college basketball blog.
Pete Carril wasn't at the ceremony last night to induct he and Gary Walters into the Berks Basketball Hall of Fame, but his presence was still felt.
The remarkably wonky Trenton Times web site finally spit out the article on Saturday night's Columbia/Princeton game.
In a surprise to no one, Will Venable and Chris Young are both on the San Diego Padres' spring training roster. Young reports to Arizona on Friday, Venable on Monday.
Mercer (12-12) fell by three at home to Burlington.
Andy Katz mentions Princeton's 4-0 Ivy start in his Weekly Watch on espn.com.
SportsProf checks in after the second full Ivy weekend.
Yesterday I noted that Will Barrett was one of 1,500 national finalists for McDonalds All-American status. Well, three other Princeton recruits are also on the list (.pdf) - Gus Gabel, Jimmy Sherburne and Ian Hummer. Congratulations, all.
Following up on a story from Saturday, more on Barrett's Central Bucks South team winning the Suburban One Continental Conference.
While we're talking about recruiting, here's mention of a stocky 6'2" Brazilian who says Princeton is "at the top of his list."
Richmond (11-12) lost in triple overtime to St. Louis. Lack of offensive and defensive execution at the end of each period hurt the Spiders.
An interview with Denver Pioneer Nate Rohnert, who leads his team in points, rebounds, assists and steals.
In addition to our recap, there are pieces on Princeton's victory over Columbia on goprincetontigers.com and on gocolumbialions.com. Stories from the local newspapers are not on-line.A link to the Trentonian story can be found in the comments below.
Congratulations to Princeton recruit Will Barrett (above), who is one of 1,500 national nominees for McDonald’s All-American status.
Georgetown (13-9) fell to Cincinnati in overtime. The Hoyas had one field goal in the final 12 minutes of play.
Northwestern (13-8) was up one with a minute to go at Iowa, but Devan Bawinkel hit a three pointer to give the Hawkeyes their final lead. To make the Wildcats' loss slightly more painful, Jeff Peterson scored 16 to pace the home team.
Beavers head coach Craig Robinson is a presenter at tonight's 57th annual Oregon Sports Awards.
Mercer (12-11) lost 74-64 at Harcum.
Denver (10-13) dropped a nine point decision at UALR, 66-57.
Richmond goes for the season sweep against St. Louis this afternoon.
Around the Ivy League: Jeremy Lin made a free throw with no time left, as Harvard (10-10 / 2-4) rallied to defeat Brown (6-14 / 0-6) by one. Cornell (15-7 / 5-1) got back on track with an 88-73 win over Penn (5-13 / 1-3). Don't look now, but Dartmouth (6-14 / 4-2) has won three straight. The Big Green bested Yale (8-13 / 2-3) in Hanover, 57-54.
Postgame audio - Coach Sydney Johnson, Pawel Buczak, Dan Mavraides & Marcus Schroeder:
On Friday night, Princeton finished their decisive victory over Cornell by not permitting the Big Red to score a field goal in the final 7:05 of the second half.
The Tigers picked right up where they left off on the defensive end Saturday against Columbia, as the Lions went the first 9:05 of the game without a point.
A decisive defensive effort by Princeton's big men shut down Columbia in the post and the Tigers cruised to a surprisingly easy 63-35 win, the team's seventh straight.
It was Princeton's largest margin of victory over a D-I opponent since 2003, when the Tigers defeated UMBC, 76-43.
The combined lockdown of Cornell and Columbia (76 combined points) totalled the fewest points allowed over an Ivy weekend versus Princeton since 1984, also against the Big Red and Lions (71 combined points).
"We were very attentive [on defense]," said Princeton head coach Sydney Johnson. "We really knew that we were going to have to lock in. We were emotionally up for the game and that was important, especially following last night."
Backup center Zach Finley scored 11 points in 14 minutes to lead the Tigers, reaching double figures for the first time this season.
No Columbia player finished with more than two field goals.
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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
