Burlington vs. MCCC - 7:00 pm ET
Ian Hummer, shown driving to 1,000 points in a photograph by Donald Clark above, made the honor roll of the latest Ivy League Men's Basketball Weekly Release.
The new polls came out yesterday. Georgetown is 12th in the AP rankings and 11th in the ESPN/USA Today table.
A new Sit Down With Sydney is available.
There is a new Brian Earl diary entry available. Kudos for the "Real Genius" reference!
Monday traditionally belongs to the student papers this time of year. The Daily Princetonian, the Brown Daily Herald and the Yale Daily News offer differing viewpoints on last weekend's games.
John Shurna had a great second half and it was Northwestern (14-8) with the last laugh in a 74-70 win at Illinois.
Behind 23 points from Rakim Sanders, an earlier road loss to Siena was avenged at home by Fairfield, 64-56. The Stags have won three straight.
Northwestern vs. Illinois - 3:00 pm ET - Big Ten Network
Siena vs. Fairfield - 3:30 pm ET - SNY
In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's loss at Yale on goprincetontigers.com, in the New Haven Register and on yalebulldogs.com.
Chris Udofia scored a career high 27 as Denver (17-7) knocked off Middle Tennessee, 75-60.
It was Georgetown (18-4) by 30 over South Florida. The Hoyas forced nine straight turnovers during one stretch. Hoya Hoops has the postgame audio and Hoya Prospectus crunches the numbers.
Oregon State (15-8) won 76-58 at Utah.
Duquesne downed Richmond (12-12) by nine.
For your pre-Super Bowl entertainment, Northwestern plays at Illinois and Fairfield hosts Siena. Both games will be televised.
Around the Ivy League: Harvard (20-2 / 6-0) held on for a 57-52 win over Columbia (13-9 / 2-4). Penn (12-10 / 4-1) rolled by Brown (7-16 / 1-5) in a 65-48 final. Cornell (8-12 / 3-3) picked up their first road triumph of the season, leading wire to wire versus Dartmouth (4-18 / 0-6).
Ian Hummer's runner is goaltended by Yale's Greg Mangano, giving the Princeton junior points 1,000 and 1,001 of his career.
Hummer is the 29th player in school history to reach the thousand point club.
Postgame audio - Coach Mitch Henderson:
Postgame audio - Patrick Saunders & Ian Hummer:
A common thread has connected Princeton’s three Ivy League losses this season: The inability to cut an opponent’s lead down to one possession in the second half when offered repeated opportunity. Tonight’s defeat at Yale was the most bitter of this trio of intertwined results, as the chances were numerous and comparatively the least difficult.
As occurred at Cornell and at Penn, starting with just under nine minutes left in regulation Princeton could not convert six straight shots to turn what had been as deep as a 13 point hole - dug primarily during a 9:20 first half scoreless stretch - into a one possession affair.
“Once again, you’re in a game where have to come back from so far down – that’s tough,” said head coach Mitch Henderson.
Ian Hummer eventually drew his team within 50-47 on a jumper over Greg Mangano before Mangano knocked down the Bulldogs’ only three point shot in 10 second half attempts.
A pair of layups by Mack Darrow had Princeton within two in the final minute, but needing a defensive stop Jeremiah Kreisberg was fouled receiving a wrap around pass and made both his free throws.
Kreisberg (9), Mangano (20 and 12 rebounds) and Reggie Willhite (20 points and nine rebounds) combined for 49 of Yale’s 58. The rest of the Bulldogs shot 2-18 for the game.
“We knew if we contained them we would have a chance of winning and that didn’t happen tonight,” Hummer said of Yale’s frontcourt. “They killed us on the inside.”
Hummer led the way for Princeton with 18 in defeat, eclipsing 1,000 points on a runner that was blocked by Mangano for a goaltending violation. Darrow added 11 but was 1-8 from three point range. Patrick Saunders supported the cause with 10.
Both teams shot under 36% for the game.
Trying to capture Ian Hummer scoring his 1,000th point at Brown, I got these two plays instead: Denton Koon driving with his left and Douglas Davis rewarding Brendan Connolly running the floor for a dunk.
Today's Game: Princeton (11-9 / 2-2) vs. Yale (14-5 / 4-1)
Location: John J. Lee Amphitheater - New Haven, CT
Time: 7:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 143-81.
Last meeting: Princeton 58 Yale 51 - 2/18/11
| Princeton | Yale | |
| 3-2 | Home Record | 8-1 |
| 7-6 | Away Record | 5-4 |
| 1-1 | Neutral Record | 1-0 |
| 102 | RPI | 110 |
| 142 | Sagarin | 173 |
| 132 | Pomeroy | 180 |
| 64.7 | Points / Game | 71.7 |
| 62.8 | Points Allowed / Game | 65.6 |
| .440 | FG% | .448 |
| .638 | FT% | .698 |
| .353 | 3PT FG% | .388 |
| 33.9 | Rebounds / Game | 38.8 |
| 9.5 | Off. Rebounds / Game | 12.4 |
| -0.3 | Rebounding Margin | +6.6 |
| 14.3 | Assists / Game | 14.2 |
| 13.1 | Turnovers / Game | 15.4 |
| 3.7 | Blocks / Game | 4.4 |
| Hummer: 17.1 | Points | Mangano: 18.9 |
| Hummer: 7.7 | Rebounds | Mangano: 9.9 |
| Bray: 4.0 | Assists | Willhite: 3.8 |
| Hummer: 1.4 | Steals | Willhite: 2.2 |
| Hummer: 1.0 | Blocks | Mangano: 2.5 |
| Koon: .566 | FG% (Min: 10 FGM) | Sherrod: .548 |
| Saunders: .833 | FT% (Min: 10 FTM) | Morgan: .909 |
| Bray: .441 | 3PT FG% (Min: 10 3PTM) | Salafia: .481 |
USF vs. Georgetown - 11:00 am ET - ESPNU
Middle Tennessee vs. Denver - 4:00 pm ET - ESPN2
Oregon State vs. Utah - 5:00 pm ET
Richmond vs. Duquesne - 7:00 pm ET - ESPNU
Penn vs. Brown - 6:00 pm ET
Columbia vs. Harvard - 7:00 pm ET
Cornell vs. Dartmouth - 7:00 pm ET
In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's win at Brown on goprincetontigers.com, on GoLocalProv and on brownbears.com.
Behind a career high 32 points from Derek Needham, Fairfield (12-10) defeated Niagara, 77-69.
Pete Carril went to see Speedy Morris get his 900th career victory.
It is an early start for South Florida and Georgetown.
Denver hosts Middle Tennessee in a nationally televised Sun Belt tilt.
Utah welcomes Oregon State.
Richmond is on the road at Duquesne.
Around the Ivy League: Yale (14-5 / 4-1) scored the last 10 points of the game to give Penn (11-10 / 3-1) their first conference loss, 60-53. Harvard (19-2 / 5-0) stayed perfect at home with a 71-60 win over Cornell (7-12 / 2-3). Mark Cisco's jumper with three seconds left was the difference as Columbia (13-8 / 2-3) clipped Dartmouth (4-17 / 0-5) by a pair.
Postgame audio - Coach Mitch Henderson:
Postgame audio - Brendan Connolly, Ben Hazel & Ian Hummer:
It was the proper definition of “a balanced effort.”
Eight Tigers played between 18 and 28 minutes for Princeton on Friday night at Brown. Those eight players each scored between seven and 12 points as the orange and black led by double digits in Providence for the night’s final 30 minutes.
“I thought we definitely had the right attitude tonight,” said head coach Mitch Henderson. “We were just more aggressive on the boards and that created some opportunities for us.”
Trailing 8-5, Princeton hit four straight three pointers and ran off 16 consecutive on the scoreboard, capping this stretch with a Brendan Connolly sky hook and tip follow. Connolly had 11 points off the bench.
Sophomore guard Ben Hazel made four of his seven three pointers for a career high 12, matched by Douglas Davis.
“Hazel was very good tonight,” Henderson acknowledged. “He gave us a lift off the bench.”
The Tigers held a 48-34 advantage at the break, their most first half points against a Division I opponent in at least 13 years. In the back frame this lead extended to as many as 23.
Sean McGonagill had 17 for the Bears on 19 shots.
Today's Game: Princeton (10-9 / 1-2) vs. Brown (7-14 / 1-3)
Location: Pizzitola Sports Center - Providence, RI
Time: 7:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 94-26.
Last meeting: Brown 75 Princeton 65 - 2/19/11
| Princeton | Brown | |
| 3-2 | Home Record | 5-6 |
| 6-6 | Away Record | 1-6 |
| 1-1 | Neutral Record | 1-2 |
| 103 | RPI | 297 |
| 144 | Sagarin | 304 |
| 135 | Pomeroy | 301 |
| 64.1 | Points / Game | 63.4 |
| 62.8 | Points Allowed / Game | 68.8 |
| .435 | FG% | .413 |
| .637 | FT% | .640 |
| .348 | 3PT FG% | .358 |
| 32.2 | Rebounds / Game | 31.4 |
| 9.4 | Off. Rebounds / Game | 8.5 |
| -0.8 | Rebounding Margin | -6.5 |
| 14.2 | Assists / Game | 14.4 |
| 13.1 | Turnovers / Game | 12.8 |
| 3.7 | Blocks / Game | 2.6 |
| Hummer: 17.5 | Points | McGonagill: 14.4 |
| Hummer: 7.5 | Rebounds | McCarthy: 7.8 |
| Bray: 4.0 | Assists | McGonagill: 5.7 |
| Hummer: 1.6 | Steals | McGonagill: 1.3 |
| Hummer: 1.0 | Blocks | McCarthy: 1.4 |
| Koon: .571 | FG% (Min: 10 FGM) | Ponticelli: .529 |
| Saunders: .833 | FT% (Min: 10 FTM) | McGonagill: .745 |
| Bray: .439 | 3PT FG% (Min: 10 3PTM) | Harris: .425 |
Ivy Hoops Online previews tonight's game.
The New Haven Register looks at Yale's weekend.
With his team shorthanded, Dan Mavraides stepped up for Aris Thessaloniki, scoring 18 points as the Yellows grabbed a Eurocup win over ASVEL Basket. You can watch the full game here.
Princeton recruit Mike Washington, Jr. had 14 for Oak Harbor in their final outing of the regular season.
Here's the Princeton Packet story on Monday's game.
Northwestern (13-8) made 10 first half three pointers and defeated Nebraska, 84-74.
It was a heartbreaker on the road for Denver (16-7), falling by one in overtime at the buzzer to Louisiana-Lafayette on a controversial foul call.
Colorado blew out Oregon State (14-8) by 22.
Fairfield hosts Niagara this evening.
The Tigers are 10th in the latest Big Apple Buckets power poll. For the record, I had Princeton ranked 11th.
Princeton heads on the road to Brown this Friday night and starts their return back down I-95 with a stop at Yale the subsequent evening, finally concluding a stretch of 12 consecutive DI road games that began in early December.
I've always found it unexpectedly difficult to locate people who follow the Bulldogs online, but for the site's first-ever Yale Know! Your! Foe! preview someone stepped up to my challenge.
Ian Halpern is one of the folks behind Ivy Hoops Online, a site covering all eight schools in the league which launched prior to this season. They're doing great work over there providing well-written previews and analysis, a much-needed addition to the Ivy basketball landscape.
I exchanged emails with Ian about Yale and our conversation comes after the jump.
If you cover a team the Tigers will face down the line, let us know. We'd love to talk with you.
