It was Xavier by eight over Richmond (15-15) in Cincinnati.
Sydney Johnson and staff return to Mercer County as Fairfield visits Rider.
Denver concludes their regular season with a home game versus North Texas.
Round two of the Civil War sees Oregon State host Oregon.
Congratulations to the Princeton women on their third straight conference title!
Around the Ivy League: Penn (17-11 / 9-2) stunned Harvard (24-4 / 10-2) by one to move half a game back of the first place Crimson. Brown (8-21 / 2-10) exploded for 14 three pointers in a 94-78 rout over Columbia (14-14 / 3-9). On senior night Yale (19-7 / 9-3) decimated Cornell (11-15 / 6-6), 71-40.
Postgame audio - Coach Mitch Henderson, Denton Koon, John Comfort & Ian Hummer:
One night after a tough loss at Harvard, there were no slumped shoulders. There was no letdown.
Instead there was no letting up.
Princeton made 12 of 17 three point shots, converted 65.4% of their chances and got a complete team effort in a dominant tip-to-buzzer 24 point victory over Dartmouth in Hanover.
Leading by one 10:30 into the game, the Tigers scored 19 of the next 21 to take control going up 19 on a feed from Ian Hummer to senior John Comfort.
“It was import for us to come out with a lot of energy and stay focused on today’s game, Comfort said. “I think we did that well.”
Their advantage never dipped lower than 14 and three consecutive second half three point shots, the first by Patrick Saunders and the last two from Mack Darrow extended the already sizable margin to 60-31.
Saunders, likely playing in his home state for the final time, was a perfect 4-4 from three point range and had a team best 14. Support came inside from Hummer (11 points, four assists), Brendan Connolly (11 points, five assists) and Denton Koon with 10 off the bench.
Princeton unselfishly dished out 25 assists via 11 different sets of hands.
“We were really trying to emphasize that. I thought across the board everybody shared the ball nicely,” said Tiger head man Mitch Henderson.
All 14 players in uniform saw the court as Clay Wilson and Brian Fabrizius both recorded their first collegiate baskets.
Freshman John Golden has 21 for the Big Green including a series of impressive throw downs.
Fairfield (17-12) lost a close decision at MAAC regular season champion Iona and saw guard Derek Needham go down with a left foot injury. The severity is as yet unknown.
Oregon State head coach Craig Robinson joined 750 AM The Game.
Around the Ivy League: Zack Rosen scored his team's last 16 points as Penn (16-11 / 8-2) held off Dartmouth (5-22 / 1-10) by three. Cornell (11-14 / 6-4) won 69-63 at Brown (7-21 / 1-10). Yale (18-7 / 8-3) knocked off Columbia (14-13 / 3-8), 75-67.
The nation’s second-longest home winning streak lives on, but barely.
After desperately chasing Princeton since nearly the midway point of the first half, Harvard turned up the pressure and finally passed the Tigers for good during a 6:15 stretch well into the back stanza wherein the orange and black went scoreless.
The Crimson were only able to extend their slim lead to 59-55 on a Brandyn Curry shot that lipped in and were able to hold off every last Princeton push for their 28th consecutive victory in Lavietes Pavilion.
“I was really proud of our guys,” said head coach Mitch Henderson after a defeat that all-but-officially snuffs the Tigers’ hope for a portion of the Ivy title. “I thought the game could have gone a number of different ways.”
A pair of Kyle Casey free throws provided his team with a three point advantage as :34 remained. Princeton went for a quick two but Ian Hummer could not convert over Casey inside and Oliver McNally’s four free throws were enough to offset a T.J. Bray three pointer.
Hummer and Douglas Davis led the way for Princeton with 14 apiece but three of Davis’ total came on a harmless 35′ jumper to halve the Tigers’ deficit at the buzzer. Patrick Saunders scored all 12 of his tallies in the first half on three straight three point shots and a three point play as Princeton turned a 9-1 hole into as wide as a 10 point lead before Harvard closed the half on a 9-0 run.
Casey’s 20 championed Harvard, one of three Crimson starters in double digits.
Today's Game:Princeton (15-10 / 6-3) vs. Harvard (23-3 / 9-1) Location: Lavietes Pavilion - Alston, MA Time: 7:00 pm ET Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB TV: N/A Internet: goprincetontigers.com Series History: Princeton leads 128-39. Last meeting:Princeton 70 Harvard 62 - 2/11/12
Princeton
Harvard
7-2
Home Record
10-0
7-7
Away Record
10-3
1-1
Neutral Record
3-0
98
RPI
38
127
Sagarin
40
115
Pomeroy
33
65.2
Points / Game
65.3
61.9
Points Allowed / Game
53.6
.443
FG%
.463
.666
FT%
.743
.355
3PT FG%
.388
33.5
Rebounds / Game
33.2
9.2
Off. Rebounds / Game
8.8
-0.1
Rebounding Margin
+4.7
14.0
Assists / Game
12.6
12.4
Turnovers / Game
12.1
3.7
Blocks / Game
4.8
Hummer: 16.5
Points
Casey: 10.7
Hummer: 7.5
Rebounds
Wright: 8.2
Bray: 3.8
Assists
Curry: 5.0
Bray: 1.6
Steals
Curry: 1.5
Hummer: 1.1
Blocks
Wright: 1.6
Koon: .552
FG% (Min: 10 FGM)
Wright: .598
Saunders: .818
FT% (Min: 10 FTM)
McNally: .887
Bray: .447
3PT FG% (Min: 10 3PTM)
Miller: .481
Fairfield vs. Iona - 9:00 pm ET - ESPNU
Cornell vs. Brown - 7:00 pm ET
Columbia vs. Yale - 7:00 pm ET - YES
Penn vs. Dartmouth - 7:00 pm ET
Made it to Boston. Today's news has been updated with the promised articles. I've also heard from a few people with extra tickets for this evening's tilt if anyone is interested. - JS
The Tigers placed 11th in the final Big Apple Buckets power poll of the regular season. I had the orange and black seventh on my ballot, behind Yale and ahead of Rutgers.
A game behind the Gaels in the conference standings, Fairfield plays at Iona tonight.
This chronological game-by-game review of 10 consecutive trips by the Tigers to Allston includes detailed recaps, photos and videos from a frequently bonkers road series.
Add on top of that a writeup and photos from last year's 79-67 Princeton loss and you have a decade+ of historical information to read/watch/listen to between now and Friday's game.
It is one of the biggest (and best) things we've ever assembled and worthy of renewed attention on the eve of another Princeton/Harvard tilt.
Prior to practice this afternoon, Tigers head coach Mitch Henderson and princetonbasketball.com editor Jon Solomon sat down courtside at Jadwin Gym to tape their weekly interview.
Henderson and Solomon reviewed Princeton's recent sweep of Columbia and Cornell extensively and previewed the regular season's final road trip at Harvard and Dartmouth as well.
During the conversation the pair also talked about the improvements of sophomore point guard T.J. Bray, the rise in the depth chart of Jimmy Sherburne and what numbers in a box score interest Henderson after a game.
This exclusive Q&A is 14:00+ in length.
If you have questions for future interviews, please feel free to send them here.
princetonbasketball.com was founded on April 28th, 1998 in an attempt to provide fans of the Princeton Tigers and Ivy League basketball with the best on-line source for up-to-date news and information. We have since expanded to launch a companion site, Georgetown Basketball News.
As these sites have continued to grow we have increased our coverage to include additional teams with Princeton connections - the Richmond Spiders, Denver Pioneers, Oregon State Beavers, Fairfield Stags and Mercer County Community College Vikings - plus former Tigers playing professional baseball and basketball all over the world. This site is not directly affiliated with the Friends of Princeton Basketball, Princeton University or the Princeton athletic department.
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
