Rutgers pictures.
Photos from tonight's game courtesy of Stephen Goldsmith.
Rutgers 58 Princeton 44.
Postgame audio - Coach Sydney Johnson & Douglas Davis:
The last seven times Princeton and Rutgers have faced off, the losing team has failed to exceed 50 points.
These seven games have been laggard, leaden affairs with both squads struggling to find the bottom of the basket.
Thursday night's game at the RAC added another torpid installment to a 116 game rivalry, one that both head coaches called "beautiful" afterwards.
But it was Rutgers’ Fred Hill who liked how the somnolent 54-44 decision played out more than Tigers head man Sydney Johnson.
Gregory Echenique had a career-high 21 points and 11 rebounds as he and and Hamady Ndiaye bullied Princeton inside, sending the Tigers to their fourth straight defeat.
Douglas Davis attacked the rim repeatedly and scored a season high 20 for Princeton, but no other Tiger tallied more than five.
"If you can grind it out, you can win one, and that's what Rutgers did," said Johnson - who fell to 0-3 coaching versus the Scarlet Knights.
Thursday News:
Today's Game: Princeton (2-3 / 0-0) vs. Rutgers (3-2 / 0-0)
Location: Louis Brown Athletic Center - Piscataway, NJ
Time: 7:30 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 72-43.
Last meeting: Rutgers 49 Princeton 44 - 12/10/08.
| Princeton | Rutgers | |
| 1-1 | Home Record | 2-1 |
| 1-2 | Away Record | 0-0 |
| 0-0 | Neutral Record | 1-1 |
| 119 | RPI | 242 |
| 226 | Sagarin | 179 |
| 180 | Pomeroy | 277 |
| 58.8 | Points / Game | 68.8 |
| 64.8 | Points Allowed / Game | 69.6 |
| .413 | FG% | .472 |
| .780 | FT% | .596 |
| .323 | 3PT FG% | .333 |
| 27.6 | Rebounds / Game | 35.0 |
| 7.2 | Off. Rebounds / Game | 10.8 |
| -4.6 | Rebounding Margin | -3.6 |
| 10.4 | Assists / Game | 13.6 |
| 15.8 | Turnovers / Game | 15.0 |
| 3.0 | Blocks / Game | 7.8 |
| Mavraides: 11.2 | Points | Rosario: 17.6 |
| Schroeder: 3.6 | Rebounds | Echenique: 7.0 |
| Schroeder: 2.4 | Assists | Coburn: 4.6 |
| Barrett: 1.4 | Steals | Rosario: 1.2 |
| Hummer: 1.0 | Blocks | Ndiaye: 4.4 |
| Saunders: .611 | FG% (Min: 10 FGM) | Miller: .688 |
| Davis: 1.000 | FT% (Min: 10 FTM) | Mitchell: .917 |
| Saunders: .500 | 3PT FG% (Min: 5 3PTM) | Rosario: .375 |
Lehigh vs. Columbia - 7:00 pm ET
The Home News Tribune previews tonight's game, implying that it might be the last Princeton/Rutgers game for a while. Here's text of the full interview with Sydney Johnson that Jerry Carino conducted for his piece.
Richmond (7-1) stayed perfect at home with a 67-60 win over ODU.
Denver (5-1) downed Lamar, 62-55.
Andy Katz writes that Northwestern isn't dead yet.
The Trenton Times reviews Kathy Orton's "Outside The Limelight."
Time for this week's Schuylkill 16. Princeton is in 11th place on this list of area teams.
Around the Ivy League: Cornell (6-2) got 28 points and 18 boards from Jeff Foote, survived a three point shot at the end of regulation and defeated Bucknell 104-98 in overtime. Michael Sands' dunk with two seconds left provided Yale (3-5) with their margin of victory in a 48-46 decision at Hartford. Harvard (6-1) is off to their best start in 25 years, running past Rice, 85-64. Behind 19 points from Robby Pride, Brown (4-5) surrendered the last eight points of regulation and lost to Holy Cross in OT by six.
Princeton/Cal clip.
:30 of "fan cam" footage from Sunday's game in Berkeley. Jerome Randle makes it 11-5 Bears with an exceptionally deep three point shot.
Wednesday News:
Old Dominion vs. Richmond - 7:00 pm ET
Lamar vs. Denver - 9:00 pm ET
Holy Cross vs. Brown - 7:00 pm ET
Cornell vs. Bucknell - 7:00 pm ET
Yale vs. Hartford - 7:00 pm ET
Rice vs. Harvard - 8:00 pm ET
Awesome jubilant running around? Judson Wallace is blogging again.
Northwestern (6-1) defeated NC State in Raleigh, 65-53.
Lamar visits Denver tonight.
Richmond welcomes Old Dominion to the Robins Center.
Around the Ivy League: Dartmouth (1-5) lost to Vermont, 63-58.
Northwestern/NC State highlights.
The Wildcats win their third straight versus a previously undefeated foe.
Coach Sydney Johnson - 12/1/09.
Tigers head coach Sydney Johnson and princetonbasketball.com editor Jon Solomon met at Jadwin Gym this afternoon to record their weekly interview. Audio from this Q&A runs 15:00+ in length.
Johnson and Solomon discuss varied topics - from Princeton's three game losing streak to Army's successful gameplan, the importance of a healthy Patrick Saunders, the team's perimeter defense and the recent struggles of the Tigers' centers. They also preview this week's games against Rutgers and Lafayette.
Sean Gregory vs. Doubles Luge.
Bones on the sled. "There was a squeal in there, so maybe hog calling? I don't know."
Tuesday News:
Northwestern vs. NC State - 7:00 pm ET - ACC/Big Ten Challenge - ESPNU
Raritan vs. MCCC - 7:00 pm ET
Vermont vs. Dartmouth - 7:00 pm ET
Georgetown (5-0) had little trouble with Mount Saint Mary, dispatching the Mountaineers 83-62.
Northwestern visits undefeated NC State this evening. The Wildcats' John Shurna was honored as Big Ten Player of the Week.
Mercer County Community College will play at the Verizon Center on Saturday, opening up for the American/Georgetown game.
Patrick Saunders represents Princeton in the latest Ivy Weekly Men's Basketball Report.
Around the Ivy League: Columbia (2-3) let one get away versus Sacred Heart, falling 60-55.
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On to the news...
Mount Saint Mary vs. Georgetown - 7:30 pm ET - MASN
Columbia vs. Sacred Heart - 7:00 pm ET
In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's loss to Cal on goprincetontigers.com courtesy the Associated Press, in the Cal Bears Examiner, in the Mercury News, in the San Francisco Chronicle, and on calbears.com
Georgetown looks for its fifth straight against Mount Saint Mary.
You can now follow Mercer County Community College basketball on Twitter.
Around the Ivy League: Harvard (5-1) closed on an 18-6 run and won at Boston University for the first time since 1975. Cornell (5-2) finished Legends Classic play undefeated with a 61-54 win versus Drexel.
