UNC Greensboro pictures.
Pictures courtesy of Stephen Goldsmith.
Princeton 65 UNC Greensboro 55.
Postgame audio - Coach Sydney Johnson, Doug Davis, Dan Mavraides & Marcus Schroeder:
Princeton coach Sydney Johnson was blunt.
Losing is terrible.
Losing hurts.
Losing stinks.
His Tigers were tired of losing and on Saturday the team did what they had been unable to do in five straight tight contests across December. When the score got close and the clock got late, they made just enough plays to win, defeating UNC Greensboro 65-55.
Dan Mavraides scored a career-high 17 points, including a perfect 6-6 from the free throw line in the second half.
Doug Davis set the tone with 15 in the first twenty minutes as Princeton opened up early leads of 15-3 and 30-15.
Junior center Pawel Buczak grabbed 10 rebounds, a new personal best.
"I probably won't be able to wipe the smile off my face," said Johnson following Princeton's third win of the season.
Saturday News:
Today's Game: UNC Greensboro (1-9 / 0-2) vs. Princeton (2-8 / 0-0)
Location: Jadwin Gym - Princeton, NJ
Time: 12:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: ESPNU
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: This is the first meeting between the two teams.
Last meeting: This is the first meeting between the two teams.
| UNC Greensboro | Princeton | |
| 1-3 | Home Record | 0-4 |
| 0-6 | Away Record | 2-4 |
| 0-0 | Neutral Record | 0-0 |
| 324 | RPI | 323 |
| 338 | Sagarin | 314 |
| 338 | Pomeroy | 288 |
| 58.5 | Points / Game | 56.0 |
| 76.1 | Points Allowed / Game | 60.1 |
| .364 | FG% | .411 |
| .650 | FT% | .719 |
| .286 | 3PT FG% | .351 |
| 35.7 | Rebounds / Game | 32.7 |
| 13.8 | Off. Rebounds / Game | 10.0 |
| 9.8 | Assists / Game | 10.5 |
| 18.2 | Turnovers / Game | 15.2 |
| 3.3 | Blocks / Game | 2.8 |
| Koivisto: 11.7 | Points | Davis: 13.6 |
| Stywall: 8.4 | Rebounds | Buczak: 4.6 |
| Koivisto: 2.6 | Assists | Maddox: 2.0 |
| Stywall: 1.2 | Steals | Davis: 1.4 |
| Eargle: 1.4 | Blocks | Maddox: 0.8 |
| Brown: .425 | FG% (Min: 10 FGM) | Buczak: .541 |
| Koivisto: .889 | FT% (Min: 10 FTM) | Maddox: .882 |
| Clement: .340 | 3PT FG% (Min: 10 3PTM) | Davis: .396 |
Pitt vs. Georgetown - 12:00 pm ET - ESPN
Rice vs. Richmond - 12:00 pm ET
Mercer vs. Salem - 2:00 pm ET
Denver vs. Louisiana-Lafayette - 6:00 pm ET - Cox
Michigan State vs. Northwestern - 7:00 pm ET - Big Ten Network
Ursinus vs. Cornell - 3:00 pm ET
Army vs. Dartmouth - 7:00 pm ET
MIT vs. Yale - 7:00 pm ET
The Trentonian previews today's game at Jadwin.
Oregon State (5-6) could not hang with UCLA.
Greg Monroe and Georgetown host Pitt in a battle of top 10 teams.
Denver visits Louisiana-Lafayette.
Michigan State travels to Northwestern for the Wildcats' Big Ten home opener.
Richmond welcomes Rice to the Robins Center.
Around the Ivy League: Brown (5-7) fell at American, 68-53. Bryant picked up its first home win as a D-I team, 69-58 over Yale (2-9). Columbia (4-8) could not stop Lehigh, as the Mountain Hawks rallied for the 73-59 victory. Harvard (7-6) topped Santa Clara, 73-68.
Friday News:
UCLA vs. Oregon State - 10:30 pm ET - FSN NW
Bryant vs. Yale - 4:00 pm ET
Santa Clara vs. Harvard - 7:00 pm ET
Columbia vs. Lehigh - 7:00 pm ET
Brown vs. American - 7:30 pm ET
Denver (6-7) dropped a two point decision at New Orleans.
Oregon State hosts #9 UCLA in the Pac-10 opener for both schools.
While there are no plans for him to play this season, forward Hollis Thompson will enroll at Georgetown for the 2009 spring semester instead of waiting to come to campus in the fall.
New Year's Day News:
Denver vs New Orleans - 3:30 pm ET
Happy New Year!
Will Venable hopes to be the Padres' everyday center fielder in 2009.
Northwestern (8-3) had an 11 point second half lead and was controlling yesterday's game at Penn State. Then Big Ten leading scorer Talor Battle got hot, going off for 19 second half points as the Nittany Lions held off the Wildcats, 61-57.
Richmond (7-6) was up seven with three minutes to play, but VMI rallied for the 73-70 victory.
Winners of five straight at home, Denver looks to end a 36 game road losing streak at New Orleans.
Princeton's next opponent, UNC Greensboro, lost 75-53 to Akron yesterday afternoon. The Spartans are 1-9 heading into Saturday's game at Jadwin Gym.
Around the Ivy League: Cornell (7-6) outgunned Quinnipiac, 73-70. Harvard (6-6) fell 67-54 at William & Mary.
New Year's Eve News:
Northwestern vs. Penn State - 12:00 pm ET - ESPN2
Richmond vs. VMI - 7:00 pm ET - MASN
Quinnipiac vs. Cornell - 1:00 pm ET
Harvard vs. William & Mary - 1:00 pm ET
In addition to our recap, write-ups of last night's loss to Lafayette can be found on goprincetontigers.com, in the Express Times and on goleopards.com.
Northwestern kicks off Big Ten play at high noon at Penn State.
Richmond closes the year running and gunning versus VMI.
Princeton recruit Brendan Connolly was named MVP of the Ryan Christmas Tournament.
Will Barrett had 10 as CB South topped Council Rock North in the championship of the Athletes Helping Athletes Tournament.
The Schuylkill 16 for week seven was released yesterday. Princeton slipped back into 14th place.
Around the Ivy League: Yale (2-8) was edged by Hampton, 58-56. Dartmouth (2-9) fell by 31 at UC Davis. Penn (2-7) picked up their second win, 78-67 over Campbell.
Lafayette 54 Princeton 53.
Postgame audio - Coach Sydney Johnson:
Postgame audio - Dan Mavraides:
Trailing by one on the final possession of the night, with the clock dwindling down to single digits, Princeton’s Dan Mavraides drove to his left from the three point line and got his man in the air with a pump fake, setting up a clean look at an angled nine foot jumper. The shot did not connect, but Mavriades still had a tick to curl into the paint and push up a second shot between two Lafayette defenders from just inside the free throw line.
This high jumper came up well short of the rim, the referees did not stop play to whistle a reach-in foul and time expired on Princeton’s sixth straight loss, a 54-53 decision.
Tiger head coach Sydney Johnson waved his open hands towards the officiating crew in dismay before walking across the floor to shake hands with victorious Lafayette coach Fran O’Hanlon.
“We came off looking for a shot for [Doug Davis] off a high ball screen to see if Pavel [Buczak] could roll and get an easy layup,” said Mavraides of his team’s last offensive series. “[Davis] swung it to me, the clock was ticking and I took a pull-up jump shot that I know I can make and it didn’t fall this time.”
Mavraides and junior center Pawel Buczak each tallied 11 for Princeton in defeat.
Lafayette’s Michael Gruner, who had missed six games this season with a thigh contusion, led all scorers with 15, all but three coming in the second half.
Tuesday News:
Today's Game: Princeton (2-7 / 0-0) vs. Lafayette (3-8 / 0-0)
Location: Kirby Sports Center - Easton, PA
Time: 7:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: LSN
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 43-17.
Last meeting: Lafayette 76 Princeton 71 (OT) - 1/9/08.
| Princeton | Lafayette | |
| 0-4 | Home Record | 2-3 |
| 2-3 | Away Record | 1-5 |
| 0-0 | Neutral Record | 0-0 |
| 302 | RPI | 281 |
| 308 | Sagarin | 305 |
| 267 | Pomeroy | 296 |
| 56.3 | Points / Game | 68.8 |
| 60.8 | Points Allowed / Game | 77.5 |
| .415 | FG% | .425 |
| .717 | FT% | .708 |
| .353 | 3PT FG% | .332 |
| 33.2 | Rebounds / Game | 33.4 |
| 10.0 | Off. Rebounds / Game | 9.6 |
| 10.6 | Assists / Game | 14.2 |
| 15.8 | Turnovers / Game | 18.0 |
| 3.0 | Blocks / Game | 1.8 |
| Davis: 14.6 | Points | Brown: 15.4 |
| Buczak: 4.6 | Rebounds | Willen: 4.8 |
| Maddox: 2.2 | Assists | Brown: 3.6 |
| Davis: 1.3 | Steals | Kari: 1.9 |
| Maddox: 0.9 | Blocks | Koltun: 1.0 |
| Buczak: .519 | FG% (Min: 5 FGM) | Mintz: .569 |
| Maddox: .882 | FT% (Min: 5 FTM) | Mower: 1.000 |
| Lake: .429 | 3PT FG% (Min: 5 3PTM) | Petkovich: .429 |
Penn vs. Campbell - 4:30 pm ET - UCF Holiday Classic
Yale vs. Hampton - 7:00 pm ET
Dartmouth vs. UC Davis - 10:00 pm ET
Only one preview of tonight's contest, and it comes from the Trentonian.
Georgetown (10-1) never trailed, starting Big East play in style by beating previously undefeated UConn 74-63.
Make it four straight for Oregon State (5-5), 59-50 over Portland. It was the Beavers' final game before Pac-10 play starts Friday.
Princeton recruit Will Barrett had 19 points as Central Bucks South defeated St. Paul's School For Boys in the Athletes for Athletes tournament.
Around the Ivy League: Brown (5-6) won their matinee with Quinnipiac, 89-73. Columbia (4-7) fell in OT to Sacred Heart, 84-79. Cornell (6-6) dismantled Boston University, 89-59. Penn (1-7) ended a 24 day hiatus with a 81-64 loss at Central Florida.
Coach Sydney Johnson - 12/29/08.
Princeton head coach Sydney Johnson and princetonbasketball.com editor Jon Solomon sat down first thing Monday morning to review the Tigers' frustrating loss the weekend before Christmas at Central Connecticut State and to preview the next two contests versus Lafayette and UNC Greensboro. The pair also discussed the implosion of the RCA Dome, site of Princeton's victory over UCLA, and the announcement that Jadwin's floor will soon be renamed "Carril Court." This interview is 14:00+ in length.
Interviews with Coach Johnson appear on this site every week during the season.
Monday News:
Georgetown vs. UConn - 7:00 pm ET - ESPN2
Seattle vs. Oregon State - 10:00 pm ET
Quinnipiac vs. Brown - 1:00 pm ET
Sacred Heart vs. Columbia - 7:00 pm ET
Boston University vs. Cornell - 7:00 pm ET
Penn vs. Central Florida - 7:00 pm ET - UCF Holiday Classic
Richmond (7-5) held off UNC Willmington, 76-69.
Denver (6-6) won its fifth straight, 52-46 over UC Riverside.
DaJuan Summers and Georgetown start Big East play at #2 Connecticut.
Oregon State welcomes Seattle to Corvallis.
Around the Ivy League: Yale (2-7) nearly completed an 18 point rally at Alabama, but the Crimson Tide held on 66-63. Dartmouth (2-8) dropped the consolation game of the Golden Bear Classic, 63-41 versus Air Force. Harvard (6-5) bedeviled Daniel Webster, 94-51.
Sunday News:
UC Riverside vs. Denver - 3:00 pm ET
Richmond vs. UNCW - 5:30 pm ET - MASN
Daniel Webster vs. Harvard - 1:00 pm ET
Dartmouth vs. Air Force - 5:30 pm ET - Golden Bear Classic
Yale vs. Alabama - 7:00 pm ET
Princeton recruit Mack Darrow scored 25 in Barrington's one point loss to Crystal Lake South.
Richmond travels to UNC Willmington.
Looking for their fifth straight win, Denver hosts UC Riverside.
Around the Ivy League: Dartmouth (2-7) lost on the first day of the Golden Bear Classic to host California, 98-62.
