John Shurna hit nine three pointers on his way to a career high 32 points as Northwestern (10-1) won for the third time in three days, 87-72 over Eastern Illinois.
Also hot from outside, Oregon State (9-2) made 13 shots behind the arc in their 101-68 pasting of Portland State.
There's a grass roots campaign to get Pete Hegseth to run for the senate in Minnesota next year.
Hans Brase and the Hill School fell in the finals of the Mercer Invitational Tournament.
Princeton opened their first trip to Matthews Arena listless and out of sorts. The final 20 minutes however, were anything but.
Trailing Northeastern 34-30 midway through after falling behind by as many as nine in the early-going, the Tigers opened the back frame on a 15-2 run and made their free throws down the stretch to earn their fifth win in six tries and even their overall record.
Ian Hummer had his nearly-taken-for granted-at-this-point 20 point performance but it was the complementary support of Patrick Saunders, T.J. Bray and Mack Darrow that led to this victory.
Today's Game:Princeton (5-6 / 0-0) vs. Northeastern (3-4 / 0-1) Location: Matthews Arena - Boston, MA Time: 1:00 pm ET Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB TV: N/A Internet: goprincetontigers.com Series History: Northeastern leads 2-1. Last meeting:Princeton 65 Northeastern 63 - 12/29/10
Princeton
Northeastern
2-2
Home Record
1-1
2-3
Away Record
2-3
1-1
Neutral Record
0-0
204
RPI
149
194
Sagarin
202
147
Pomeroy
163
60.8
Points / Game
67.0
60.0
Points Allowed / Game
70.6
.413
FG%
.418
.615
FT%
.734
.322
3PT FG%
.288
33.7
Rebounds / Game
38.3
10.0
Off. Rebounds / Game
12.1
-0.8
Rebounding Margin
+4.2
14.1
Assists / Game
13.3
13.7
Turnovers / Game
19.0
3.5
Blocks / Game
5.1
Hummer: 17.8
Points
Lee: 14.6
Hummer: 8.2
Rebounds
Spencer: 5.6
Bray: 3.5
Assists
Lee: 4.3
Hummer: 1.7
Steals
Lee: 2.6
Hummer: 0.7
Blocks
Black: 1.3
Koon: .649
FG% (Min: 10 FGM)
Spencer: .686
Davis: .846
FT% (Min: 10 FTM)
Smith .955
Davis: .400
3PT FG% (Min: 10 3PTM)
Lee: .333
Eastern Illinois vs. Northwestern - 6:00 pm ET - Big Ten Network
Portland State vs. Oregon State - 10:00 pm ET - Root Sports
Yale vs. Rhode Island - 2:00 pm ET - Cox
You should be able to stream free video of today's game here.
Princeton recruit Mike Washington, Jr. had a giant scoring performance in a double OT win for Oak Harbor.
Fellow future Tiger Hans Brase turned in his second good performance in as many days. The Hill School plays in the Mercer Invitational Tournament finals today.
Henry Sims led a big second half push as Georgetown (9-1) pulled away from American, 81-55.
Former Hoya Jeff Green requires heart surgery and is out for the season.
Reggie Hearn's career high 17 helped Northwestern (9-1) past Central Connecticut by six.
Scoring the game's first 11 points and shooting 57% from the floor, Denver (8-2) beat Boise State, 79-62.
Mercer (2-11) lost to Frederick in DC, 66-36.
A five game Oregon State homestand ends tonight versus Portland State.
Around the Ivy League: Dartmouth (3-7) did what Princeton could not, beating Elon at home, 62-54. Chris Wroblewski's three point shot at the end of overtime gave Cornell (4-4) an 85-82 win over Albany.
American vs. Georgetown - 12:00 pm ET - MASN/ESPN3
Central Connecticut vs. Northwestern - 2:00 pm ET
MCCC vs. Frederick (Md.) - 3:00 pm ET - Verizon Center
Boise State vs. Denver - 6:30 pm ET - Root Sports
Richmond vs. Bucknell - 7:00 pm ET
Elon vs. Dartmouth - 12:00 pm ET
Albany vs. Cornell - 2:00 pm ET
Princeton recruit Hans Brase had a big game on the opening day of the Dave Mercer Invitational Tournament.
Fellow future Tiger Mike Washington, Jr. went for 21 in Oak Harbor's loss to Shorewood.
If you spent any time around the Princeton program in the mid-2000s, one constant was Scott Greenman's kid brother Mikey dribbling a basketball everywhere he went. Now a sophomore in high school, the younger Greenman is the centerpiece of a story on the psychological pressure young athletes face.
Going the Verizon Center? Stick around after the game to watch Howie Levy's Mercer County Community College Vikings against Frederick (Md.) on the same floor.
WZBN provides alternate angles to The Comcast Network's broadcast but inexplicably doesn't include the game's final play?
Was asked earlier today: When was the last time Princeton came from 16 down to win? Some casual research finds plenty of -10 to -12 comebacks in recent seasons but nothing of that margin.
T.J. Bray is the focus of the Princeton Packet's piece on the Rider win. I'm agreeing more and more with Bob Nuse's Kyle Wente comparison after every game.
The Daily Princetonian talks to several players about the Tigers' trip to Northeastern.
The third person narrative-obsessed TigerBlog writes about an evening spent in Lawrenceville.
Kareem Maddox was a perfect 4-4 from the floor in Landstede Basketbal's rout of Rotterdam.
Opening on a 23-3 run, Northwestern (8-1) had no trouble with Texas Southern.
Below you'll find John Sadak's call of Mack Darrow's shot to beat the Broncs:
Princeton at Rider is available via Xfinity's On Demand service until December 28th. You can find it under Sports ->The Comcast Network -> College Sports. Enjoy.
Here's the latest collection of videos from various corners of the Princeton basketball family. Above, SportsKnight gives you a chance to finally watch Ian Hummer's winning shot at Rutgers (among other plays).
Thinking a bit about Princeton and buzzer beaters as I dozed off last night, I could come up with four in the past decade: Darrow's shot, of course Doug Davis in the Ivy playoff less than a year ago, Ed Persia's 80' hurl at Monmouth and Kyle Wente's off-balance trey at Harvard. What are some other times the Tigers won or lost a game on a basket with no time on the clock?
Did one occur between Wente and Tim Legler's three at the horn for La Salle in 1987? If it did I'm drawing a blank.
It was nine years between meetings for Princeton and Rider. It was even longer between buzzer beaters for the Tigers’ Mack Darrow.
Darrow fired in a wide open three point shot from the right wing off a Douglas Davis hesitation drive as the horn sounded in overtime to give Princeton a one point win in Lawrenceville. It was Darrow’s only field goal of the game.
“I hit [a shot like that] in second grade Boys and Girls Club from the corner,” the coy Darrow said. “Since then? No.”
After trailing by as many as 16 in the first half, the Tigers closed the opening frame on a 13-2 run but were unable to overtake the Broncs until a T.J. Bray layup with 2:24 left in regulation.
Princeton built a four point lead in the final :30 before Brandon Penn hit a three point shot off a curl and added a single free throw after Davis’ backcourt turnover and foul with the shot clock off.
Daniel Stewart missed a pair of free throws with just over eight seconds left that could have in turn iced the game for Rider.
“Mack bailed us out,” said Tiger head coach Mitch Henderson. “I thought we were in pretty good shape at the end of regulation.”
“It was a crazy game,” he added. “We were very fortunate tonight.”
Here's the latest collection of videos from various corners of the Princeton basketball family. Above, one-sided highlights from Northfield Mount Herman's win over the Princeton JV.
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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
