Columbia pictures.
Photos from today's game courtesy Robert Solomon.
Princeton 76 Columbia 46.
Postgame audio - Coach Sydney Johnson, Ian Hummer & Dan Mavraides:
It is hard to decide. I'll let you choose. Which was more impressive?
The way Princeton was able to dominate Columbia inside or the way the Tigers shut down the Lions on defense?
Ian Hummer scored a career best 25 points on 9-13 shooting and added 12 rebounds as Princeton raced to an 8-2 lead and never trailed. It was Hummer's fourth double-double of the campaign.
Kareem Maddox (10 points, seven rebounds) and Dan Mavraides (a steady 17) were able to frustrate the Ivy League's leading scorer Noruwa Agho into 6-16 marksmanship and four turnovers. No other Lion hit double digits.
The Tigers had 13 assists against one TO in the opening frame, building a 42-26 edge at the break as they assisted on 76.5% of their baskets. Ben Hazel's coast-to-coast drive and dish to Brendan Connolly ended a 13-2 run at the horn. The lead stayed above 12 for the final 22:22.
In the second half the Lions made 4-29 (13.8%) of their attempts and did not record a field goal in the final 15:07 of regulation. Columbia reached the final buzzer at 27.6%, a season low for a Tiger foe.
"I was really pleased with their focus," Tigers head coach Sydney Johnson said of his team's overall performance. "I was very, very pleased with how we competed defensively."
Douglas Davis had 10, giving him 1,015 points for his career and moving him past Will Venable into 26th on the Princeton scoring chart.
New Recruit - Brian Fabrizius.
The fourth member of Princeton's 2011 recruiting class is both the rawest prospect as well as the most intriguing one.
6'11" Brian Fabrizius, a post-graduate player at Kimball Union Academy in New Hampshire announced earlier in the week that he would join Sydney Johnson's Tigers in the academic class of 2015, pending admission.
Fabrizius missed the majority of his senior season at Hersey High School in Arlington Heights, IL with a pair of injuries. This morning I spoke at length with KUA head coach Mike Olson, who shared his observations about the newest Princeton recruit. His quotes and analysis plus links to additional evaluations and videos can be found after the jump.
Read full, detailed profiles on all four members of Princeton's '11 class including exclusive interviews with each of their high school coaches here.
Friday News:
Today's Game: Princeton (17-4 / 5-0) vs. Columbia (12-8 / 3-3)
Location: Levien Gymnasium - New York City, NY
Time: 7:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 139-84.
Last meeting: Princeton 67 Columbia 52 - 2/27/10.
| Princeton | Columbia | |
| 10-0 | Home Record | 7-1 |
| 5-3 | Away Record | 5-7 |
| 2-1 | Neutral Record | 0-0 |
| 52 | RPI | 173 |
| 83 | Sagarin | 177 |
| 106 | Pomeroy | 193 |
| 70.2 | Points / Game | 73.2 |
| 64.3 | Points Allowed / Game | 71.9 |
| .466 | FG% | .442 |
| .709 | FT% | .725 |
| .379 | 3PT FG% | .353 |
| 34.9 | Rebounds / Game | 37.0 |
| 9.8 | Off. Rebounds / Game | 12.7 |
| +3.4 | Rebounding Margin | +5.0 |
| 13.8 | Assists / Game | 11.8 |
| 12.9 | Turnovers / Game | 13.2 |
| 4.3 | Blocks / Game | 3.0 |
| Hummer: 13.8 | Points | Agho: 15.8 |
| Maddox: 7.3 | Rebounds | Asenso: 5.8 |
| Mavraides: 2.9 | Assists | Agho: 4.5 |
| Davis: 1.4 | Steals | Barbour: 1.3 |
| Maddox: 2.0 | Blocks | Cisco: 0.9 |
| Maddox: .573 | FG% (Min: 10 FGM) | Cisco: .632 |
| Mavraides: .777 | FT% (Min: 10 FTM) | Barbour: .915 |
| Mavraides: .422 | 3PT FG% (Min: 10 3FGM) | Starks .388 |
Penn vs. Cornell - 7:00 pm ET
Brown vs. Dartmouth - 7:00 pm ET
Yale vs. Harvard - 7:00 pm ET
The Daily Princetonian, the Trenton Times, the Columbia Spectator, the Ithaca Journal and the Cornell Daily Sun preview this weekend's games.
The Columbia student paper also has a piece focusing on Kareem Maddox.
Mercer (13-14) clinched a spot in the Region XIX playoffs with a 67-65 comeback victory over Morris. The Vikings survived a steal and three point shot attempt in the game's final two seconds. Phew.
A statement was sent in a 69-42 Denver (12-12) victory over SBC East-leading FAU.
Oregon State (9-14) fell 67-56 at USC.
Former Tiger Tim Neff is quoted in a piece about the retirement of Bruce Leib after 35 years as a head coach, 33 at Mullen Prep.
The Princeton Packet covers the Tigers' win over Penn and declares the rivalry with the Quakers to almost be meaningful again.
Princeton recruit Denton Koon has played well during Liberty's recent three game winning streak.
Will Venable (.mp3) joined XX Sports Radio San Diego in-studio.
Coach Sydney Johnson - 2/10/11.
Tigers head coach Sydney Johnson and princetonbasketball.com editor Jon Solomon sat down at Jadwin Gym on Thursday afternoon to converse about Princeton's three recent victories over Harvard, Dartmouth and Penn prior to previewing the team's first Ivy League road weekend at Columbia and Cornell.
This Q&A is 21:00+ in length.
Interviews with Coach Johnson will appear on this site every week during the 2010-11 season.
YouTube potpourri XXIII.
The latest collection of videos from various corners of the Princeton basketball family. Above John Thompson II, Chris Wright and Julian Vaughn meet the media after the Hoyas' win at Syracuse. Game highlights and additional videos after the jump.
Thursday News:
Morris vs. MCCC - 7:00 pm ET
Florida Atlantic vs. Denver - 9:00 pm ET - FSN Rocky Mountain
Oregon State vs. USC - 11:00 pm ET - FSN
John Thompson III won for the first time in the Carrier Dome. Georgetown (19-5) outscored Syracuse 15-3 in the final 6:40 of a 64-56 Hoya victory.
Slow-starting Northwestern (14-9) had a 14-0 run to creep within one at Michigan before the Wolverines closed out the 75-66 final.
Richmond (19-6) was victorious for the eighth straight time on the road, 69-65 at George Washington.
Princeton's win over Penn on Tuesday has brought memories of a lot of Quaker/Tiger finishes to the front of my mind over the prior 24 hours. One that stands out, perhaps because of the three technical fouls in the last nine seconds or perhaps because Jack Eggleston was also involved in the conclusion, is a 70-65 Penn win at the Palestra in 2008.
The Town Topics looks back on last weekend's victories over Harvard and Dartmouth.
The Columbia Spectator is already prepared to preview the Lions' games this Friday and Saturday.
Princeton recruit Bobby Garbade set career highs for both scoring and rebounding in Seton's win over Chenango Valley.
The Tigers picked up a commitment from another big man for the 2011 recruiting class this week. I'll be talking with his coach later today for a profile on the site.
Mercer needs to win one of their final three to make the Region XIX playoffs. The Vikings' final regular season home game is tonight versus Morris.
Sun Belt West first place team Denver hosts Sun Belt East first place team FAU.
Oregon State visits USC.
This week's Schuylkill 16 has been revealed. Princeton commands fifth place.
Know! Your! Foe! - Cornell.
A first time guest for this week's installment of the site's Know! Your! Foe! series - please welcome Ithaca Journal Sports Editor and top shelf Ivy scribe Brian Delaney from the Ithaca Journal to our corner of the Internet. We exchanged emails about Princeton's opponent this Saturday night - the Cornell Big Red.
Cornell has lost a crazy number of close games this season (nine of their 15 defeats are by five points or less). Is there any common thread here? What has been the difference?
There’s been a series of issues at the heart of Cornell’s 5-15 record, though not all have been impactful in the last five minutes of the close games they’ve lost: too much fouling, giving opponents too many free throw attempts; poor defensive rebounding, prolonged scoring droughts and inconsistent bench production.
There was a real snowball effect, I think, that began with the second half collapse at Binghamton. Cornell played fantastic in the first half, built a double-digit lead, then had two key players (Adam Wire, Errick Peck) get in foul trouble immediately in the second half. The bottom fell out, and Binghamton held on to win by a point after Cornell missed four quality looks inside 15 feet on the game’s final possession. That day should have ended a five-game losing streak against mostly tough teams (St. Bonaventure, Lehigh, BU, Syracuse, Minnesota), but instead five became eight with subsequent losses to Bucknell and New Hampshire.
Why Penn kept the ball.
There was confusion in the stands at Jadwin Gym last night about why Penn retained possession after Jack Eggleston's technical foul late in overtime.
I've cleared this issue up in the comments, but for those who missed it I can also add information provided at my request by Ivy League Coordinator of Men's Basketball Officials Reggie Greenwood.
Douglas Davis, welcome to the 1,000 point club.
"It feels good to get to 1,000 but this day would have been terrible if we had lost the game. I am glad we got the win and 1,000 was the icing on the cake." - D. Davis
On Tuesday night, Douglas Davis (pictured above with his parents and a bouquet of flowers) became the 27th Princeton player - and the first as a junior since Kit Mueller in 1990 - to reach the 1,000 point mark.
Here's the full list of 1K Tigers. Davis needs five points to pass Will Venable for 26th all-time and could become the 15th Tiger in the 1,100 point club by the end of the season if his 13.2 ppg scoring average holds.
Wednesday News:
Northwestern vs. Michigan - 6:30 pm ET - Big Ten Network
Georgetown vs. Syracuse - 7:00 pm ET - ESPN
Richmond vs. George Washington - 7:00 pm ET
In addition to our recap, read more about the Tigers' latest chapter in their rivalry with Penn on goprincetontigers.com, in the Trentonian, in the Daily Princetonian, in the Daily Pennsylvanian, in the Philadelphia Inquirer, in the Daily News, on CSN Philly and on pennathletics.com.
Penn's student paper also writes about the little things that made a difference on Tuesday.
The Tigers weren't the only OT victors last night. Mercer (12-14) knocked off Burlington, 84-81. Anthony Obery had 22 for the Vikings.
Dan Mavraides is profiled in the San Jose Mercury News.
The Princeton Packet summarized last weekend's games with a focus on Mack Darrow.
Yahoo! Sports has updated their Princeton team report.
Crystal City, MO remains a part of Bill Bradley.
Tonight is another heavyweight bout for Georgetown and Syracuse.
Hoya head man John Thompson III visited the Sports Junkies. Listen to an archive here.
Michigan hosts Northwestern.
Richmond looks for their eighth straight road win at GW.
Expect Will Venable to get a "long look" as the Padres' leadoff man this spring.
