Former Princeton basketball player and current Time Magazine writer Sean Gregory '98 visits Oscar De La Hoya for some boxing tips in advance of De La Hoya's December 6th bout against Manny Pacquiao.
Make sure to watch through the end credits...
Richmond vs. Old Dominion - 7:00 pm ET - Comcast Sports Net Plus
Florida State vs. Northwestern - 9:30 pm ET - ESPN2
Brown vs. Providence - 7:00 pm ET
Wagner vs. Columbia - 7:00 pm ET
Cornell vs. Syracuse - 7:00 pm ET
Holy Cross vs. Yale - 7:00 pm ET
Boston University vs. Harvard - 8:00 pm ET
In addition to our recap, reports on last night's game can be found on goprincetontigers.com, in the Trenton Times, the Trentonian, the Daily Princetonian, courtesy of the Associated Press, and on gogamecocks.com.
Northwestern hosts Florida State tonight as part of the ACC/Big Ten Challenge.
Richmond travels to Old Dominion.
With their losing streak over, Oregon State looks to move on.
Around the Ivy League: Despite a career-best 32 points from Alex Barnett, Dartmouth (1-5) fell 88-71 to Vermont. Penn (1-5) was no match for Villanova, 69-47.
Postgame audio - Coach Sydney Johnson:
Four players scored in double figures for South Carolina as the Gamecocks handed Princeton a defeat by the largest margin of victory for a visiting team in the 40 year history of Jadwin Gym.
Devan Downey had 22 points, seven steals and six assists to pace USC. Zam Fredrick added 20 in the 84-58 win.
Princeton had clawed their way through intense early pressure to take a 24-23 lead with 5:58 left in the first half on a Zach Finley layup created by a penetrating Jason Briggs.
The Tiger advantage lasted all of 16 seconds as Evaldas Baniulis' scooping drive under the extended arm of Kareem Maddox would begin a 15-0 run that concluded the half.
“We got some shots that didn’t go down [during the South Carolina run],” said Princeton head coach Sydney Johnson. “We went through a woeful stretch there. They’re playing faster and their pace overwhelmed us. If we were able to continue to make some baskets, it might have been a different picture.”
Today's Game: South Carolina (4-1 / 0-0) vs. Princeton (2-2 / 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 3-2.
Last meeting: South Carolina 54 Princeton 48 - 12/20/06.
| South Carolina | Princeton | |
| 4-0 | Home Record | 0-2 |
| 0-1 | Away Record | 2-0 |
| 0-0 | Neutral Record | 0-0 |
| 133 | RPI | 326 |
| 89 | Sagarin | 264 |
| 65 | Pomeroy | 234 |
| 83.0 | Points / Game | 59.0 |
| 68.8 | Points Allowed / Game | 54.2 |
| .465 | FG% | .450 |
| .606 | FT% | .771 |
| .426 | 3PT FG% | .387 |
| 44.0 | Rebounds / Game | 35.8 |
| 16.6 | Off. Rebounds / Game | 9.5 |
| 14.6 | Assists / Game | 11.3 |
| 15.0 | Turnovers / Game | 18.3 |
| 5.2 | Blocks / Game | 5.0 |
| Downey: 19.2 | Points | Davis: 17.3 |
| Holmes: 10.6 | Rebounds | Maddox: 6.0 |
| Downey: 4.8 | Assists | Maddox: 3.3 |
| Downey: 2.4 | Steals | Davis, Maddox: 1.5 |
| Archie: 2.0 | Blocks | Maddox: 1.5 |
| Baniulis: .633 | FG% (Min: 5 FGM) | Buczak: .529 |
| Conrad: 1.000 | FT% (Min: 5 FTM) | Maddox: .900 |
| Downey: .467 | 3PT FG% (Min: 5 3PTM) | Davis: .500 |
Dartmouth vs. Vermont - 7:00 pm ET
Villanova vs. Penn - 8:00 pm ET - CN8
Nick Lake made the Honor Roll of the Ivy Weekly Basketball Awards.
Lake and Coach Johnson also spoke to the Princeton Packet about the Tigers' victory over Fordham.
Two previews for tonight's game - the Trentonian and the Daily Princetonian set the stage.
TigerBlog debates which Princeton players might comprise an all-time Tiger squad.
With four Wildcats in double figures, Northwestern (4-1) defeated UC Riverside, 59-43.
The Trenton Times talks to Howie Levy about the season so far at Mercer County Community College.
Princeton remains stuck in 14th place in the latest Schuylkill 16.
Princeton head coach Sydney Johnson and princetonbasketball.com editor Jon Solomon sat down at Jadwin Gym early Monday morning to discuss the Tigers' two straight road victories and to preview this week's games against South Carolina and St. Bonaventure. This interview is 14:00+ in length.
Interviews with Coach Johnson appear on this site every week during the season.
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On to the news...
UC Riverside vs. Northwestern - 9:00 pm ET - Big Ten Network
The Daily Princetonian talks to Zach Finley about Princeton's win over Fordham.
Georgetown (4-1) took third place at the Old Spice Classic with a satisfying 75-48 win over Maryland. It was just the third meeting between the two teams since 1980.
Oregon State (1-4) is in the win column! The Beavers defeated Fresno State, 62-54.
Richmond (4-2) dominated Coppin State at home.
Northwestern hosts UC Riverside tonight.
Around the Ivy League: Two disappointing results. Cornell (4-3) fell 72-57 at Indiana and Yale (1-4) let one slip away at Sacred Heart, 63-57.
Denver vs. Wyoming - 6:00 pm ET - The Mountain
Eastern Michigan vs. Brown - 1:00 pm ET
Army vs. Harvard - 2:00 pm ET
Stony Brook vs. Columbia - 2:00 pm ET
Lehigh vs. Dartmouth - 2:00 pm ET
Penn vs. Albany - 7:00 pm ET
Georgetown (3-1) faded down the stretch against #12 Tennessee, falling 90-78 in an extremely entertaining semi-final of the Old Spice Classic. The Washington Post reports on the game.
Denver looks for its first victory, on the road at Wyoming.
Princeton recruit Jimmy Sherburne scored 27 points in a Whitefish Bay victory.
Future Tiger Mack Darrow had 16 points in Barrington's loss to Boylan.
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Happy Thanksgiving!
Jon Solomon
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Wichita State vs. Georgetown - 2:30 pm ET - Old Spice Classic - ESPN2
In addition to our recap, just two official game stories from last night: goprincetontigers.com and fordhamsports.com
Richmond (3-2) lost to Bradley 80-66 in the final day of the O'Reilly Auto Parts CBE Classic.
Northwestern (3-1) was trumped by four at Butler,
Denver (0-3) dropped their home opener in overtime to Northern Colorado, 71-66.
Oregon State (0-4) saw a 15 point second half lead disappear in a 82-79 loss to Montana State in overtime.
Georgetown kicks off Old Spice Classic action this afternoon against Wichita State.
Around the Ivy League: Brown (2-3) powered past Army, 80-73.
Have a happy Thanksgiving! It was so nice to see/meet many of you at Fordham last night.
Postgame audio - Zach Finley & Kareem Maddox:
Postgame audio - Coach Sydney Johnson:
Nick Lake's 14 points led a balanced, surgical Princeton attack as the Tigers defeated Fordham 73-61 on Thanksgiving Eve.
Lake was one of three Tigers in double figures, joined by center Pawel Buczak's career-high 13 and a 11 for freshman Doug Davis. Kareem Maddox added eight points and seven rebounds.
While Davis reached double figures for the fourth straight time, Wednesday's game was more than just The Doug Davis Show.
"We had great contributions," said Tiger head coach Sydney Johnson. "Doug is a nice player, but it is definitely going to be more than him and it has to be if we expect to do anything this year."
Princeton anatomized Fordham's man-to-man defense, shooting a season-best 54.3% from the field.
