Postgame audio - Coach John Thompson III, Hollis Thompson, Otto Porter & Jason Clark:
There was both a beautiful symmetry and a huge inequality in Georgetown's 69-49 win over St. John's on Sunday afternoon at Madison Square Garden.
In the first half as well as the second half, the Hoyas used extended runs to change the game. Lethargic and over-reliant on the three point shot, Georgetown trailed 13-5 eight minutes in. Behind five points from big man Henry Sims, the Hoyas erased that deficit and proceeded to nab the next eight straight between freshmen Otto Porter and Mikael Hopkins crashing the boards. When Jason Clark faked a three and stepped in to a long two, that concluded an 18-2 stretch which ended with Georgetown in front by eight.
"Once we picked up our energy level, the offense got better and the defense got better," said head coach John Thompson III.
Highlights of Friday's game in Ithaca can be found here.
Princeton recruit Hans Brase scored 14 in The Hill School's win at Hun.
In Evanston Northwestern (12-5) got the signature win they were looking for, knocking off #6 Michigan State, 81-74.
Richmond (11-7) rolled to a 19 point halftime lead and beat Temple for the third straight time at home, 76-65.
Arizona State handed Oregon State (11-7) a disappointing setback in Tempe by 10.
Georgetown visits St. John's. Hopefully I'm on a train to MSG when this post goes live.
Both Joe Scott and his staff will be wearing sneakers on the sidelines when Denver hosts Western Kentucky today.
Around the Ivy League: Yale (11-4 / 1-0) finished on a 13-3 run in the final 3:10 to pass Brown (5-12 / 0-1) in the final minute. Penn (9-9 / 2-0) swept their first conference road trip with a 64-52 decision over Cornell (6-10 / 1-1), 64-52. Dartmouth (4-13 / 0-1) ended a six game losing streak by beating Longwood, 83-67. Harvard (14-2 / 1-0) concluded non-conference play with their 23rd straight home win, a 21 point victory over George Washington.
Trailing by six points with 8:30 to go in regulation and in legitimate danger of falling to 0-2 in Ivy League play, Princeton scored 11 straight behind contributions from unexpected sources and held off a late Columbia frenzy for the 62-58 win.
It was reserves Jimmy Sherburne and Ben Hazel off the bench that sparked the spurt at both ends. Sherburne started things with a slap layup down the baseline for a 41-37 score and Sherburne’s pass to T.J. Bray in front of his team’s bench for three as he fell down cutting into the lane gave the Tigers a five point edge at the 4:55 mark. In between a streaking Hazel provided the orange and black their first lead since the opening half.
“We haven’t been influencing the game and turning people over,” said head coach Mitch Henderson. “I thought the key to the game was [those two], their defensive presence getting into guys and creating some opportunities for us.”
Princeton came back despite serious foul trouble for leading scorer Ian Hummer, who picked up his fourth personal with 9:12 remaining, and a limited Douglas Davis who had to visit the locker room in the first half and could not sit on the bench due to a cramped lower back.
A late Davis drive all the way to the rim and a pair of Hummer free throws made it 54-46 Princeton but 2-6 shooting at the free throw line allowed the Lions to close within one in the last :15 before Bray and Davis each made a pair to keep Columbia at bay.
Bray scored 12, one of four Tigers in double digits joined by Hummer with 11 and 10 each from Mack Darrow and Davis. Bray also had a career best six steals.
Brian Barbour totaled 25 for Columbia, including 9-11 at the free throw line but it felt like Bray and Sherburne did a very good job limiting his touches the last 10 minutes of the game. Nine of Barbour’s points came in the chaotic final 2:08.
Today's Game:Princeton (9-8 / 0-1) vs. Columbia (11-6 / 0-1) Location: Levien Gymnasium - New York City, NY Time: 7:00 pm ET Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB TV: N/A Internet: goprincetontigers.com Series History: Princeton leads 141-84. Last meeting:Princeton 66 Columbia 61 - 2/26/11
Princeton
Columbia
3-2
Home Record
5-3
5-5
Away Record
4-3
1-1
Neutral Record
2-0
140
RPI
141
152
Sagarin
180
137
Pomeroy
184
64.0
Points / Game
65.6
62.0
Points Allowed / Game
59.0
.429
FG%
.420
.632
FT%
.721
.341
3PT FG%
.364
35.2
Rebounds / Game
35.8
9.9
Off. Rebounds / Game
10.2
+0.8
Rebounding Margin
+1.6
14.2
Assists / Game
12.4
13.6
Turnovers / Game
12.6
3.8
Blocks / Game
2.4
Hummer: 17.7
Points
Barbour: 14.9
Hummer: 7.9
Rebounds
Cisco, Daniels: 6.2
Bray: 4.1
Assists
Barbour: 3.5
Hummer: 1.6
Steals
Lyles: 1.2
Hummer: 1.0
Blocks
Osetkowski: 0.8
Koon: .594
FG% (Min: 10 FGM)
Cisco: .600
Saunders: .875
FT% (Min: 10 FTM)
Barbour .901
Bray: .415
3PT FG% (Min: 10 3PTM)
Lyles: .449
Michigan State vs. Northwestern - 3:00 pm ET - Big Ten Network
Oregon State vs. Arizona State - 6:00 pm ET - Root Sports
Temple vs. Richmond - 7:00 pm ET - CBS Sports Network
Brown vs. Yale - 2:00 pm ET
George Washington vs. Harvard - 2:00 pm ET
Longwood vs. Dartmouth - 2:00 pm ET
Penn vs. Cornell - 7:00 pm ET
A pair of Cornell freshmen were an enormous part of the quick 8-0 run which separated the Big Red from Princeton with the two teams even at 40 nearing the midway point of the second half.
On a night where leading scorer Drew Ferry went scoreless, Galal Cancer (17) and Shonn Miller (12) led the way in their first game versus the orange and black as Cornell opened Ivy League play with a 67-59 win over the Tigers.
Once Princeton fell behind by eight they were unable to ever make it a one possession game again, though they squandered myriad chances with the ball in their hands due to offensive fouls, turnovers and the missed front ends of a couple of one-and-one chances.
The Tigers were also unable to establish their advantage in the post and missed more than their fair share of jump shots in a once-tight contest that had 18 lead changes across the first 20 minutes.
“We seemed timid and you’re not going to win games on the road in the league being timid,” said first year head coach Mitch Henderson.
Douglas Davis scored 16 points but needed 22 shots to do so and Ian Hummer added 14 with nine rebounds. T.J. Bray filled up the stat sheet with 12 points, eight boards and seven assists.
6'4" junior guard/forward Steven Cook from New Trier High School in Winnetka, IL has verbally committed to Princeton according to his coach Scott Fricke.
I expect to talk with Coach Fricke shortly for a full profile of this new Tiger recruit.
Cook is a product of Full Package Athletics, a player development program based in Northbrook that produced a pair of current Princeton players - Mack Darrow and Brian Fabrizius.
With a bus to Ithaca waiting to depart outside Jadwin Gym as soon as they were finished, Tigers head coach Mitch Henderson and princetonbasketball.com editor Jon Solomon met to record a new conversation.
Henderson and Solomon reviewed Princeton's brief stop home to play TCNJ and then previewed the first two Ivy League games of the season at Cornell and Columbia in detail.
This exclusive, rapid-fire Q&A is 7:00+ in length.
If you have questions for future interviews, please feel free to send them here.
On Saturday night Princeton wraps up their first weekend of Ivy play at Columbia. As part of our Know! Your! Foe! series please welcome John Templon from Big Apple Buckets to the princetonbasketball.com.
I was confused to discover I haven't actually had John stop by for a K!Y!F! previously, but I was a big fan of his Chicago College Basketball site and I'm greatly enjoying his well-considered coverage of teams in New York City and the surrounding environs. He's the right man to go to for insight on the Lions.
Our email exchange can be found after the jump.
If you haven't read the Cornell preview that was published here yesterday, please do so.
Additionally, if you cover a team the Tigers will face down the line, let us know. It would be great to talk with you.
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
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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
