Around the Ivy League: Penn (0-10) continues to look for their first victory, unable to dig out of an 18 point hole at Lafayette. Yale fell on the road versus Albany, 89-68.
Northwestern (10-3) could not hang with #11 Michigan State.
On Palindrome Day, Troy reversed Denver (10-5), 64-46.
Oregon State (6-7) lost a five point game at Washington State. The Beavers' chance to tie in the final 20 seconds was waved off by an offensive foul call.
Around the Ivy League: Cornell (12-2) won its 10th straight, 75-49 over Bryant. Harvard (10-3) set a school record for nonconference victories with a 92-71 win at Seattle. American tripped up Brown (5-9) by eight in Providence.
Postgame audio - Coach Sydney Johnson, Dan Mavraides, Douglas Davis & Pawel Buczak:
The Princeton team that started 2010 on Hawk Hill against St. Joseph’s looked little like the squad that struggled to crack 40 in the last two games of 2009 versus Monmouth and Wagner.
On the road for the first of three consecutive tilts away from Jadwin Gym, Princeton made its first four three point shots and opened up an early 12-4 advantage.
Senior center Pawel Buczak, who labored to get position in the post and had difficulty scoring when he caught the ball down low to close last year was a perfect 5-5 from the field, scoring a season best 14.
Douglas Davis connected four times from outside the arc on his way to a game-high 17 points and Dan Mavraides added 16 points and seven rebounds as Princeton led for the final 37:53 of an eight point win.
Mavraides set up Davis for jumpers on consecutive drives and dishes with just over four minutes remaining to boost a tenuous Tiger lead to a 58-48 edge.
“Those were some excellent kicks from Dan,” Davis said with the smile after Princeton’s fifth straight victory. “He drove to the basket and I was able to find an open spot where he could see me.
Princeton outrebounded the Hawks by nine, the team’s largest advantage on the boards since last February’s home game versus Columbia. All eight Tigers who played 10 minutes or more each grabbed at least four rebounds.
An 11 point lead in the final minute was swiftly cut down to two by St. Joe’s, but Princeton made six straight at the free throw line to avoid the complete collapse.
Carl Jones had 17 for Saint Joseph’s, eight coming in transition early after intermission.
Today's Game:Princeton (6-4 / 0-0) vs. St. Joe's (4-7 / 0-0) Location: Hagan Arena - Philadelphia, PA Time: 2:00 pm ET Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB TV: N/A Internet: goprincetontigers.com Series History: Tied 6-6. Last meeting:St. Joe's 74 Princeton 63 - 11/16/01.
Princeton
St. Joe's
4-1
Home Record
3-1
2-3
Away Record
0-4
0-0
Neutral Record
1-2
131
RPI
108
178
Sagarin
158
195
Pomeroy
161
55.6
Points / Game
72.3
56.4
Points Allowed / Game
78.9
.397
FG%
.428
.757
FG%
.721
.301
3PT FG%
.336
28.6
Rebounds / Game
33.2
8.3
Off. Rebounds / Game
8.6
-3.7
Rebounding Margin
-8.4
10.4
Assists / Game
12.8
15.2
Turnovers / Game
14.9
3.3
Blocks / Game
3.5
Davis: 12.8
Points
Govens: 12.6
Mavraides: 4.4
Rebounds
O'Brien: 5.9
Schroeder: 2.9
Assists
Williamson: 3.2
Schroeder: 2.2
Steals
Williamson: 1.7
Buczak: 1.2
Blocks
Williamson: 1.2
Saunders: .590
FG% (Min: 10 FGM)
Hilliard: .514
Davis: .880
FT% (Min: 10 FTM)
Govens: .781
Saunders: .474
3PT FG% (Min: 5 3PTM)
Prescott: .444
Richmond vs. Bucknell - 2:00 pm ET
Michigan State vs. Northwestern - 6:30 pm ET - Big Ten Network
Oregon State vs. Washington State - 7:00 pm ET - FSN NW
Denver vs. Troy - 8:30 pm ET
American vs. Brown - 1:00 pm ET
Bryant vs. Cornell - 2:00 pm ET
Harvard vs. Seattle - 5:10 pm ET
The clock turned midnight, the decade ended, my wife and daughter went to sleep, the sounds of illegal fireworks rang throughout the neighborhood and I decided to look up a number of individual and team highs for the just-concluded '00s. If you're curious about any other highs and lows from the past 10 years, I'm happy to add them to this list!
I have added a few categories since I originally posted this yesterday and I've listed the DI leader as well if a category had a DIII opponent holding the top slot.
The individual highs...
Most points in a game:
35 - Noah Savage vs. Brown - 2/16/08
Most field goals made in a game:
11 - Judson Wallace vs. Holy Cross - 12/28/03
11 - Judson Wallace vs. Yale - 2/20/04
11 - Noah Savage vs. Brown - 2/16/08
Most free throws made in a game:
15 - Judson Wallace vs. Davidson - 1/2/05
Three pointers made in a game:
7 - Noah Savage vs. Brown - 2/16/08
7 - Douglas Davis vs. Lafayette - 2/6/09
Rebounds in a game:
15 - Zach Finley vs. Penn - 2/17/09
Offensive rebounds in a game:
6 - Dominic Martin vs. Western Maryland - 1/28/02
6 - Zach Finley vs. Dominican - 1/27/08
6 - Nate Walton vs. Harvard - 2/23/01
Defensive rebounds in a game:
12 - Judson Wallace vs. Davidson - 1/2/05
Assists in a game:
10 - Mike Stephens vs. Ursinus - 1/27/03
9 - Will Venable vs. Fresno State - 1/6/03
Steals in a game:
7 - Marcus Schroeder vs. Wagner - 12/30/09
Blocks in a game:
7 - Zach Finley vs. Chaminade - 11/21/07
6 - Patrick Saunders vs. Penn - 2/17/09
The team highs...
Total points:
99 vs. Ursinus - 1/27/03
89 vs. Lafayette - 12/7/02
First half points:
53 vs. Ursinus - 1/27/03
47 vs. Brown - 3/4/00
Second half points:
47 vs. Harvard - 2/16/02
47 vs. Brown - 2/4/00
Field goal percentage:
71.8% vs. Columbia - 2/27/04
Free throws made:
31 vs. Columbia - 2/12/05
Three point field goals made:
20 vs. Ursinus - 1/27/03
16 vs. Dartmouth - 2/15/02
Rebounds:
52 vs. Western Maryland - 1/28/02
43 vs. Cornell - 2/28/04
43 vs. UNC Greensboro - 1/3/09
Offensive rebounds:
25 vs. Western Maryland - 1/28/02
16 vs. Rutgers - 12/29/01
Defensive rebounds:
32 vs. Brown - 3/4/00
32 vs Texas A&M - 12/27/02
Assists:
31 vs. Ursinus - 1/27/03
28 vs. Brown - 3/4/00
Steals:
17 vs. Western Maryland - 1/28/02
14 vs. Wagner - 12/30/09
14 vs. Harvard - 2/12/00
Without the services of head coach Joe Scott, who was suspended one game per Sun Belt Conference rules after being ejected in the second half of the Pioneers' previous contest, Denver (10-4) defeated Arkansas State, 64-55.
Wake Forest held off Richmond (10-4) in overtime, 74-68.
Oregon State (6-6) lost a tight Pac-10 opener at Washington.
Here's the latest Eurocup blog post from birthday boy Judson Wallace.
Sean Gregory has a piece on the Time web site about Harvard senior guard Jeremy Lin.
Around the Ivy League: Penn (0-9) suffered the largest loss in school history at the hands of Duke, 114-55. Jeff Foote scored 22 as Cornell (11-2) took care of Penn State Erie, 73-49. Yale (4-9) lost by 22 at Colorado State.
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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
