TCNJ pictures.
Photos from today's game courtesy Robert Solomon.
Princeton 79 TCNJ 68.
Postgame audio - Coach Mitch Henderson, Brendan Connolly & Patrick Saunders:
Junior center Brendan Connolly scored a career high 16 points and grabbed nine rebounds as Princeton dusted off their home uniforms for the first time since just after Thanksgiving and bested The College Of New Jersey by 11.
Substituting liberally – 11 players saw action in the first half and all 15 Tigers in uniform played – while experimenting with different combinations (leading scorer Ian Hummer was on the floor for just 15 minutes) Princeton led by seven at halftime before opening the back frame on a 13-2 run. Their advantage stayed above 15 until the final five minutes.
The lead eventually extended to a game-high 22 on a John Comfort free throw but TCNJ closed on a 10-2 run against the far end of the Princeton bench.
Sunday News:
Today's Game: TCNJ (6-7 / 1-3) vs. Princeton (8-7 / 0-0)
Location: Jadwin Gym - Princeton, NJ
Time: 2:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 3-0.
Last meeting: Princeton 73 TCNJ 40 - 1/23/11
| TCNJ | Princeton | |
| 3-2 | Home Record | 2-2 |
| 2-5 | Away Record | 5-4 |
| 1-0 | Neutral Record | 1-1 |
| N/A | RPI | 130 |
| N/A | Sagarin | 148 |
| N/A | Pomeroy | 133 |
| 72.4 | Points / Game | 63.3 |
| 71.1 | Points Allowed / Game | 63.1 |
| .437 | FG% | .427 |
| .645 | FT% | .635 |
| .327 | 3PT FG% | .348 |
| 36.1 | Rebounds / Game | 34.1 |
| 12.4 | Off. Rebounds / Game | 9.6 |
| -4.7 | Rebounding Margin | -0.7 |
| 13.4 | Assists / Game | 14.3 |
| 14.3 | Turnovers / Game | 13.7 |
| 2.8 | Blocks / Game | 3.5 |
| Cancillieri: 11.5 | Points | Hummer: 18.1 |
| Cancillieri: 8.7 | Rebounds | Hummer: 8.1 |
| Matlock: 2.6 | Assists | Bray: 3.9 |
| Cancillieri: 2.0 | Steals | Hummer: 1.7 |
| Cancillieri: 1.7 | Blocks | Hummer: 0.9 |
| Cancillieri: .546 | FG% (Min: 10 FGM) | Koon: .623 |
| Rista: .792 | FT% (Min: 5 FTM) | Saunders: .833 |
| Smalls: .385 | 3PT FG% (Min: 10 3PTM) | Bray: .417 |
Fairfield vs. Manhattan - 2:00 pm ET
Columbia vs. Elon - 2:00 pm ET
St. Joseph's (L.I.) vs. Yale - 4:00 pm ET
Today's opponent The College of New Jersey lost by three versus Rutgers-Newark yesterday.
The current Reading High School coach had a chance to speak with Pete Carril recently.
An 11 game Georgetown (13-2) winning streak ended 74-62 at West Virginia.
With five Pioneers in double figures, Denver (13-3) won 67-50 against South Alabama.
Richmond (10-7) never trailed in a 70-53 win at Rhode Island.
Elsewhere in the Ocean State, Mercer (3-13) fell 56-40 at CCRI. Brandin Youngblood scored 11 for the Vikings.
Oregon State (11-5) lost to Stanford 103-101 in quadruple overtime.
Manhattan hosts Fairfield.
Around the Ivy League: Harvard (13-2 / 1-0) led Dartmouth (3-12 / 0-1) by one at halftime and trailed midway through the back frame, but the Crimson controlled the final 10 minutes on their way to a 63-47 victory. Cornell (5-9) defeated Division III Albright, 78-60.
Saturday News:
Georgetown vs. West Virginia - 12:00 pm ET - ESPN3
MCCC vs. CCRI - 2:00 pm ET
Denver vs. South Alabama - 4:30 pm ET - ESPN3
Richmond vs. Rhode Island - 7:00 pm ET - CBS Sports Network
Stanford vs. Oregon State - 10:00 pm ET - Root Sports
Albright vs. Cornell - 2:00 pm ET
Dartmouth vs. Harvard - 2:00 pm ET
After Harvard's loss to Fordham, Big Apple Buckets re-ran 10,000 simulations of the race for the 2011-12 Ivy League title.
Rush The Court checks in on the eight Ivy teams, two of which open conference play today.
Still looking for more on Princeton recruit Edo Lawrence, I came across this Flickr series from a recent Canterbury game against Kent. Lawrence is wearing #33 in these pictures.
Siena surprised Fairfield (8-7) in Albany, 73-60. “I don’t know if they can play better given the situation they’re in," said Stags head coach Sydney Johnson of the Saints' performance.
Top-ranked Monroe beat Mercer (3-13) by an 81-47 final. Brandin Youngblood was one of three Vikings in double figures.
Having already won in several hostile settings this season, Georgetown travels to West Virginia.
Denver remains on the road at South Alabama.
Rhode Island pays host to Richmond.
Looking for a home sweep of the Bay Area's Pac-12 teams, Oregon State hosts Stanford.
Coach Mitch Henderson - 1/6/12.
With the women's team practicing on the center court and the men prepping to do the same, Tigers head coach Mitch Henderson and princetonbasketball.com editor Jon Solomon met at Jadwin Gym this afternoon to tape their first conversation of 2012.
Henderson and Solomon reviewed Princeton's holiday season trips to Siena, Florida State and Florida A&M in detail and then previewed a brief return home against The College Of New Jersey to conclude non-conference play. Henderson also updated Will Barrett's status and assessed where his team stands at the halfway point of 2011-12.
This exclusive Q&A is 13:00+ in length.
If you have questions for future interviews, please feel free to send them here.
Friday News:
MCCC vs. Monroe - 5:00 pm ET
Fairfield vs. Siena - 7:00 pm ET - SNY
Mets GM Sandy Alderson spoke with Chris Young over the holidays. Young could re-sign with New York under the right circumstances.
Grantland has a long piece on Georgetown up. It's got nothing on this transcript of an interview with former Hoya Roy Hibbert, though.
There have been plenty of updates on 2012 Princeton recruits Hans Brase and Michael Washington, Jr. but little on 7'2" center Edo Lawrence. I did some digging yesterday and the best I could find was this report on a game from mid-December.
Denver (12-3) prevailed 53-50 at Arkansas State.
Cracking 90 points for the seventh time this season, Oregon State (11-4) defeated Cal in Corvallis.
Fairfield visits Siena tonight.
Big Apple Buckets' first power poll of 2012 is out. Princeton moves up one spot in the rankings. For the record, I had Wagner in first and the Tigers sixth overall.
Halfway.
With a 16 point win at Florida A&M, Princeton hit the halfway point of the 2011-12 schedule.
What do you make of the 8-7 Tigers so far?
Where do you think they're headed the final 15 games of the season?
Predictions? Observations? Surprises? Expectations?
Discuss in the comments below.
Thursday News:
Denver vs. Arkansas State - 8:00 pm ET
Cal vs. Oregon State - 10:00 pm ET
Down by 17 with 13:13 left to play, Georgetown (13-1) staged an improbable rally that was capped off by a Hollis Thompson three pointer in the final 30 seconds. Hoya Hoops has the postgame audio and Hoya Prospectus crunches the numbers from a 73-70 victory.
Drew Crawford's potential game-winning layup was blocked at the buzzer as Northwestern (11-4) fell at home to Illinois, 57-56.
Richmond (9-7) lost their conference opener by five to Charlotte.
Is Princeton finding its stride?
A book on the children of immigrants includes the story of Pete Carril. You can order a copy here.
Princeton recruit Mike Washington, Jr. scored 19 in Oak Harbor's win over Meadowdale.
Playing in front of several of his future teammates, Hans Brase and The Hill School faced the Princeton JV at Jadwin Gym. Anyone go? It sounds like Clay Wilson had a big game for the Tigers.
Denver visits Arkansas State tonight.
Cal heads to Corvallis to face Oregon State.
Around the Ivy League: Columbia (10-5) beat Colgate on the road, 66-59. Penn (7-8) edged Lafayette by five.
(More) Princeton/FSU highlights.
A professional highlight package with a Florida State slant produced by the ACC.
Wednesday News:
Marquette vs. Georgetown - 7:00 pm ET - ESPNU
Illinois vs. Northwestern - 7:00 pm ET - Big Ten Network
Richmond vs. Charlotte - 7:30 pm ET
Columbia vs. Colgate - 7:00 pm ET
Penn vs. Lafayette - 7:00 pm ET - LSN
Mercer (3-12) returned from an extended holiday break with a 79-65 win over Manor. The Vikings were led by Andre Wilburn and Brandin Youngblood, who each scored 25 points.
Pete Carril attended the Starters Moravian Winter Classic with Chris Thomforde.
Princeton's return to the NCAA Tournament is fourth on the Princeton Packet list of 2011's special sports moments.
There is a faculty and staff free ticket option for Sunday's game versus TCNJ. Take advantage if you're eligible!
Some Princeton/Siena highlights can be found here.
Georgetown hosts Marquette tonight.
Illinois visits Northwestern.
Richmond opens Atlantic 10 play at Charlotte.
Around the Ivy League: Yale (9-4) controlled the interior in an 82-67 win over Holy Cross. Harvard (12-2) was surprised on the road at Fordham, 60-54. Bucknell remained undefeated versus the Ancient Eight, defeating Dartmouth (3-12) by a 67-59 count. Cornell (4-9) fell on the road to Maryland by eight.
Princeton blows out Columbia in 2009.
A handful of Princeton games have been uploaded to YouTube. The second of which I'm highlighting is a victory from three seasons ago over Columbia.
There was no letdown one day after a 61-41 win over Cornell. Princeton held Columbia without a field goal the opening 9:05 and dispatched the Lions 63-35.
The full game is broken down after the jump. If you missed last week's post of the aforementioned triumph over the Big Red, it can be found here.
Tuesday News:
Manor vs. MCCC - 7:00 pm ET
Holy Cross vs. Yale - 7:00 pm ET
Harvard vs. Fordham - 7:00 pm ET
Bucknell vs. Dartmouth - 7:00 pm ET
Cornell vs. Maryland - 8:00 pm ET - ESPN3
Georgetown moved up to #9 in both the ESPN/USA Today and AP polls. Harvard is now #21 in former and #22 in the latter.
Despite the best efforts of Princeton recruit Mike Washington, Jr., Oak Harbor went winless at the Bellevue Holiday Tournament.
A new Sit Down With Sydney is available.
Around the Ivy League: Brown (5-10) lost 70-61 to American in Providence. Behind a career high 24 from Meiko Lyles, Columbia (9-5) built as large as a 24 point lead in their 67-52 win over Fairleigh Dickinson.
