Around the Ivy League: Penn (4-4) halted a three game losing streak with a 75-72 win over Manhattan. Yale (4-2) came from behind to win at Hartford, 74-69.
While the Princeton JV and the Hun School played in the background, Tigers head coach Mitch Henderson and princetonbasketball.com editor Jon Solomon sat in the bleachers at Jadwin Gym to record a conversation.
Henderson and Solomon reviewed the Tigers' three games during the Legends Classic subregional at Bucknell before previewing tomorrow night's final home contest of 2011 versus Lafayette. The pair concluded by discussing how Princeton will take advantage of a week off between games.
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Raritan vs. MCCC - 7:00 pm ET
Northwestern vs. Georgia Tech - 7:15 pm ET - ESPNU
Manhattan vs. Penn - 7:00 pm ET
Yale vs. Hartford - 7:00 pm ET
Another weekly release, another Ian Hummer Honor Roll nod from the Ivy League.
Leading by one at halftime, Georgetown (5-1) scored the first 10 points after intermission and were on their way to an 81-58 win over IUPUI. Hoya Hoops has the postgame press conference.
Northwestern is looking for their fourth straight ACC/Big 10 Challenge victory at Georgia Tech.
Around the Ivy League: Columbia (2-4) cruised to a 104-42 win over Swarthmore.
Princeton has already played seven non-conference games this month and while the complete picture of who this year’s Tigers are has not finished developing, I’ve still seen enough traveling from Raleigh to Jadwin Gym to Lewisburg and back again to share some individual and team observations.
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Princeton scored the game's first 20 points and eased to a 66-42 win over Division II West Alabama on the final day of the Legends Classic subregional at Bucknell.
With Douglas Davis (8) and Ian Hummer (7) leading the scoring in the opening seven minutes, the Tigers built an advantage which stayed well above 15 points for the game's final 35:51.
“While I am happy we get on the right side of the win loss column, we’re disappointed overall in the weekend,” said Princeton head coach Mitch Henderson.
The Tigers won once in three tries while in Lewisburg, dropping games to the host school and Morehead State.
“When you’re 1-5 you’ll take anything, so a win is a win but there are still a lot of things we can work on,” Hummer added.
The junior from Vienna, VA finished with 18 points in 21 minutes of floor time. Mack Darrow, starting in place of Brendan Connolly had 10 points, nine rebounds, five assists and no turnovers.
Today's Game:Princeton (1-5 / 0-0) vs. West Alabama (1-5 / 0-0) Location: Sojka Pavilion - Lewisburg, PA Time: 2:00 pm ET Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB TV: N/A Internet: goprincetontigers.com Series History: This is the first meeting between the two schools. Last meeting: This is the first meeting between the two schools.
Princeton
West Alabama
1-2
Home Record
0-1
0-2
Away Record
0-2
0-1
Neutral Record
1-2
264
RPI
N/A
209
Sagarin
N/A
136
Pomeroy
N/A
57.2
Points / Game
61.3
62.0
Points Allowed / Game
76.7
.381
FG%
.408
.603
FT%
.704
.322
3PT FG%
.284
33.3
Rebounds / Game
34.3
9.8
Off. Rebounds / Game
12.3
-2.2
Rebounding Margin
-0.7
11.8
Assists / Game
8.8
15.0
Turnovers / Game
18.5
3.5
Blocks / Game
1.8
Hummer: 15.8
Points
Fitch: 13.0
Hummer: 8.5
Rebounds
Booker: 5.3
Hummer: 3.2
Assists
Morris, McGaha: 2.3
Hummer: 1.6
Steals
Woolfolk: 1.3
Connolly: 0.8
Blocks
Fitch: 0.8
Darrow: .429
FG% (Min: 10 FGM)
Heidelberg: .643
Davis: .889
FT% (Min: 5 FTA)
Morris .917
Davis: .419
3PT FG% (Min: 8 3PTM)
Woolfolk: .263
Indiana State vs. Fairfield - 4:30 pm ET - ESPN2 - Old Spice Classic
Brown vs. Sacred Heart - 2:00 pm ET
American vs. Cornell - 3:00 pm ET
An 66-46 win over Towson sent Oregon State (5-1) off to their best start since the 1980-81 season.
Fairfield and Indiana State meet in the third place game of the Old Spice Classic.
Around the Ivy League: The Battle 4 Atlantis went to Harvard (6-0) with a 59-49 win over Central Florida. Dartmouth (2-4) lost 65-48 to Central Michigan in the fourth place game of the Great Alaska Shootout. Leading wire to wire at Manhattan, Columbia (1-4) picked up their first victory of the season. Yale (3-2) defeated Army, 84-75. Mike Howlett's tying try was blocked at the buzzer as James Madison topped Penn (3-4) by a 60-58 final.
In many respects, Princeton’s coaches and players are looking for the same thing, but neither is currently able to find what they’re seeking.
Head coach Mitch Henderson is in a quest for someone to disrupt his team’s complacency and today’s 68-56 loss to Morehead State may have driven the first year head man to make more drastic and immediate personnel modifications as part of his search.
“Who is the guy that is going to make us win games? Boy, we’re really searching for that right now,” Henderson said after his team’s fifth loss in six contests. “I think you’ll see a different look from us [tomorrow against West Alabama] because we need a change.”
Today's Game:Princeton (1-4 / 0-0) vs. Morehead State (2-3 / 0-0) Location: Sojka Pavilion - Lewisburg, PA Time: 2:00 pm ET Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB TV: N/A Internet: goprincetontigers.com Series History: This is the first meeting between the two schools. Last meeting: This is the first meeting between the two schools.
Princeton
Morehead State
1-2
Home Record
1-0
0-2
Away Record
0-2
0-0
Neutral Record
1-1
185
RPI
197
180
Sagarin
191
136
Pomeroy
229
57.4
Points / Game
65.4
60.8
Points Allowed / Game
69.2
.382
FG%
.395
.590
FT%
.744
.354
3PT FG%
.380
33.8
Rebounds / Game
31.6
9.4
Off. Rebounds / Game
12.8
-2.8
Rebounding Margin
-4.0
11.4
Assists / Game
12.2
14.8
Turnovers / Game
16.0
4.0
Blocks / Game
0.6
Hummer: 16.6
Points
Hill: 16.2
Hummer: 8.6
Rebounds
Chavis: 6.2
Hummer: 3.2
Assists
Austin: 2.8
Hummer: 1.6
Steals
Hill, Kelly: 1.6
Connolly: 1.0
Blocks
Kelly, Ferguson, Owens: 0.2
Hummer: .426
FG% (Min: 10 FGM)
Chavis: .452
Davis: .889
FT% (Min: 5 FTA)
Johnson: Chavis .875
Davis: .444
3PT FG% (Min: 8 3PTM)
Proffitt: .421
Oregon State vs. Towson - 2:00 pm ET - ESPN3
Denver vs. Cal - 5:00 pm ET
Columbia vs. Mahattan - 2:00 pm ET
Dartmouth vs. Central Michigan - 2:30 pm ET - Great Alaska Shootout
Harvard vs. UCF - 4:30 pm ET - Versus - Battle 4 Atlantis
Yale vs. Army - 7:00 pm ET
James Madison vs. Penn - 7:00 pm ET - TCN
Around the Ivy League: It was by no accounts pretty but Harvard (5-0) found their signature win and entrance to the national stage by beating #20 Florida State, 46-41 to advance to the championship game of the Battle 4 Atlantis. Roughly 4,136 miles away Dartmouth (2-3) defeated host school Alaska Anchorage at the Great Alaska Shootout. David Rufful matched his career high with 19 points. Penn (3-3) fell to #17 Pitt at home by 20.
No matter what Princeton threw at Bucknell's Mike Muscala, no matter how the Tigers defended the Bison's talented 6'11" center, they could not stop him.
Muscala scored 17 of his 25 points in the second half, including seven straight capped off by his first three point shot of the season that turned a 33-29 Princeton lead into a three point Bucknell advantage, as the Bison defeated the Tigers by six. Muscala also had a game high 12 rebounds.
“Muscala is a very good player,” stated Princeton head coach Mitch Henderson. “When our two centers can’t handle him it is a long night for us. The only time he didn’t score was when he was on the bench.”
Ian Hummer countered with his own double-double of 13 points and 10 rebounds for the Tigers but Douglas Davis was limited offensively to only the first and last Princeton baskets of the game.
John Comfort (11) and Ben Hazel (10) had unexpected career highs for the orange and black off the bench in defeat.
Here's the latest collection of videos from various corners of the Princeton basketball family. Above, highlights from Elon's win over Princeton edited to show only Phoenix highlights. You have been warned.
Today's Game:Princeton (1-3 / 0-0) vs. Bucknell (2-2 / 0-0) Location: Sojka Pavilion - Lewisburg, PA Time: 6:00 pm ET Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB TV: N/A Internet: goprincetontigers.com Series History: Princeton leads 10-3. Last meeting:Princeton 66 Bucknell 55 - 11/23/10.
Princeton
Bucknell
1-2
Home Record
1-0
0-1
Away Record
1-2
0-0
Neutral Record
0-0
141
RPI
161
180
Sagarin
112
133
Pomeroy
107
57.8
Points / Game
68.2
60.5
Points Allowed / Game
65.0
.384
FG%
.468
.581
FT%
.739
.391
3PT FG%
.353
35.5
Rebounds / Game
36.5
10.3
Off. Rebounds / Game
8.3
-1.7
Rebounding Margin
+3.7
11.5
Assists / Game
13.5
15.8
Turnovers / Game
11.0
4.8
Blocks / Game
6.5
Hummer: 17.5
Points
Muscala: 13.3
Hummer: 8.3
Rebounds
Muscala: 8.5
Hummer: 3.0
Assists
Cohen: 4.3
Hummer: 2.0
Steals
Kaspar: 1.5
Connolly: 1.3
Blocks
Muscala: 1.8
Darrow: .538
FG% (Min: 10 FGM)
Willman: .667
Davis: .889
FT% (Min: 5 FTA)
Johnson: 1.000
Davis: .458
3PT FG% (Min: 5 3PTM)
Cohen: .545
Stony Brook vs. Northwestern - 12:00 pm ET
Dayton vs. Fairfield - 5:00 pm ET - Old Spice Classic - ESPN2
Harvard vs. Florida State - 4:30 pm ET - Battle 4 Atlantis - Versus
Dartmouth vs. Alaska-Anchorage - 4:00 pm ET - Great Alaska Shootuout
Pitt vs. Penn - 7:00 pm ET
Rakim Sanders scored 21 as Fairfield (3-2) beat Arizona State, 55-44. The Stags' reward is a game versus Dayton in the Old Spice Classic semifinals.
The Princeton Packet writes about how Hun School alum Egheosa Edomwonyi helped Elon defeat Princeton.
There's a report of the Tigers' lone victory over Buffalo in the Town Topics.
Why yes, Bill Bradley did make GQ's list of the 68 Most Stylish College Basketball Players of All Time. Why do you ask?
Northwestern returns to their home floor this afternoon versus Stony Brook.
Around the Ivy League: Harvard (4-0) stayed perfect on the season with an easy 75-47 win over Utah.
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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
