Cornell pictures.
Photos from today's game courtesy Robert Solomon.
Boy, I hope you like images of Denton Koon layups...
Princeton 76 Cornell 59.
Ian Hummer was sensational in the first half, leading Princeton back from down nine with 11:44 to go as he recorded six of the Tigers' final seven field goals before intermission and assisted on the other.
Hummer (7-8 from the floor for 18 points in 19 minutes of court time) got his team to the break +5 before deferring to teammates Denton Koon and Will Barrett in the second stanza. A seven point Princeton lead down to 41-40, Koon scored six of the Tigers' 15 in a row before Barrett added his first of three dunks on a steal and a breakaway.
Barrett was 4-4 from the floor over the final 20 minutes.
Princeton hit 16-24 (66.7%) field goals as they built an evening-high 21 point lead, before missing their last two attempts of the night with the result no longer an issue.
In a contest where Cornell's strength (repeated waves of 6'2" and 6'3" players swarming the floor) butted up against the Tigers' advantages (size and strength inside), Koon was able to shoot over Big Red guards repeatedly, converting 6-7 vesper opportunities.
Hummer and Koon each tallied 22, the total a career high for the sophomore. Hummer moved to within four points of assistant coach Brian Earl for sixth all-time in scoring at Princeton.
“[Denton] really stepped up when they were focusing more on me in the second half,” Hummer said following his team’s 19th straight conference victory at home. “He’s able to get underneath the basket and get behind the defense, which makes it really easy for guys to pass it to him. The fact that he’s able to finish in traffic with a couple guys’ hands in his face is very important for us.”
The rest of this recap and postgame audio from Coach Mitch Henderson, Ian Hummer & Denton Koon can be found after the jump.
Friday News:
Today's Game: Cornell (9-10 / 1-1) vs. Princeton (8-7 / 1-0)
Location: Jadwin Gym - Princeton, NJ
Time: 7:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 137-79.
Last meeting: Princeton 75 Cornell 57 - 2/18/12.
| Cornell | Princeton | |
| 3-5 | Home Record | 4-3 |
| 4-5 | Away Record | 4-3 |
| 2-0 | Neutral Record | 0-1 |
| 211 | RPI | 124 |
| 223 | Sagarin | 93 |
| 248 | Pomeroy | 86 |
| 65.9 | Points / Game | 62.0 |
| 69.4 | Points Allowed / Game | 56.9 |
| .422 | FG% | .445 |
| .693 | FT% | .695 |
| .338 | 3PT FG% | .354 |
| 34.1 | Rebounds / Game | 32.5 |
| 10.1 | Off. Rebounds / Game | 9.3 |
| -0.3 | Rebounding Margin | +2.5 |
| 12.5 | Assists / Game | 14.8 |
| 14.7 | Turnovers / Game | 13.1 |
| 3.5 | Blocks / Game | 3.1 |
| Miller: 10.3 | Points | Hummer: 15.5 |
| Miller: 7.4 | Rebounds | Hummer: 6.5 |
| Asafo-Adjei: 3.1 | Assists | Hummer: 4.3 |
| Miller: 1.7 | Steals | Bray: 1.7 |
| Miller: 1.6 | Blocks | Hummer: 0.9 |
| Chemerinski: .658 | FG% (Min: 10 FGM) | Connolly: .519 |
| Miller: .787 | FT% (Min: 10 FTM) | Bray: .806 |
| Cresler: .411 | 3PT FG% (Min: 10 3PTM) | Barrett: .511 |
Fairfield vs. Rider - 7:00 pm ET - SNY
Yale vs. Harvard - 7:00 pm ET
Brown vs. Dartmouth - 7:00 pm ET
Columbia vs. Penn - 7:00 pm ET
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I opened my address book, photo archive and audio repository to assist a lengthy Big Apple Buckets piece about Sydney Johnson's road to 100 victories. Wonder who those "couple of buddies of mine from Princeton" were...
The Trentonian previews tonight's game, as does the Cornell Daily Sun.
Denton Koon is coming into his own at guard.
Princeton Alumni Weekly writes about Brian Taylor and his work as headmaster of Teleos Preparatory Academy, digs up a 1984 article about Taylor's return to campus and also offers a perspective on the simple elegance of the "14-Game Tournament."
I was delighted to read that Mack Darrow's brother will follow his sibling to Princeton next season, and likely play football for the Tigers.
Lackawanna outscored Mercer (16-7) by an 88-82 count. Mustafa El-Amin had 24 for the Vikings in defeat.
Denver (12-8) recorded a 71-57 victory at UT-San Antonio.
Cal dropped Oregon State (11-10) by three.
Fairfield hosts Rider this evening.
Know! Your! Foe! - Columbia.
On Saturday night Princeton wraps their first full weekend of Ivy play by hosting Columbia. As part of our Know! Your! Foe! series please welcome John Templon from Big Apple Buckets back to princetonbasketball.com.
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.
Coach Mitch Henderson - 1/31/13.
After a three week break spanning the Tigers' exam hiatus, Princeton head coach Mitch Henderson and princetonbasketball.com editor Jon Solomon returned to Jadwin Gym this afternoon before practice to record the latest installment of their season-long weekly interview series.
Henderson and Solomon reviewed Princeton's successes against Penn and TCNJ in detail and previewed the Tigers' upcoming weekend hosting Cornell and Columbia in detail while touching upon a few miscellaneous topics in the process (including Henderson's Super Bowl XLVII prediction).
This exclusive Q&A available after the jump is 10:00+ in length. You can catch up on all of the season's discussions here.
Thursday News:
MCCC vs. Lackawanna - 7:00 pm ET
Denver vs. UT-San Antonio - 8:00 pm ET
Oregon State vs. Cal - 10:00 pm ET - ESPNU
T.J. Bray is profiled by a Wisconsin newspaper.
There's also a piece today on Noah Savage, standup comic.
The Town Topics recaps Princeton's win over TCNJ.
Future Tiger Henry Caruso had 22 points and nine rebounds last night.
Georgetown (15-4) won for the fifth time in six games, 74-52 over Seton Hall.
Number one Michigan was too much for Northwestern (12-10), 68-46.
Richmond (13-9) fell 71-64 at Temple.
Tonight Denver plays at UT-SA and Oregon State visits Cal.
Know! Your! Foe! - Cornell.
Princeton starts the back 13 games of their Ivy slate Friday night at Jadwin Gym and princetonbasketball.com is here to prep you for the Tigers' first full weekend of conference play. As part of our Know! Your! Foe! series please welcome Ithaca's own Brian Delaney back to the site.
Our lengthy email exchange about Cornell can be found after the jump.
A Columbia Lions preview will follow tomorrow.
If you cover a team the Tigers will face down the line, let us know. It would be great to talk with you.
Wednesday News:
Northwestern vs. Michigan - 6:30 pm ET - Big Ten Network
Seton Hall vs. Georgetown - 7:00 pm ET - ESPN+
Richmond vs. Temple - 7:00 pm ET
Princeton recruit Amir Bell and East Brunswick lost their first contest of the season versus top-ranked St. Anthony. Thus, a 15 game winning streak ends for the Bears while an 83 game winning streak continues for the Friars.
Elsewhere in the state future Tiger Spencer Weisz and Seton Hall Prep won at Bloomfield.
Brian Earl has a brief addition to his National Coach's Diary series.
I already wrote about Mercer's win over Manor last night, but I wanted to add some statistical information once it was available. Mustafa El-Amin had a team-high 14 points and six rebounds while Barry Brockington added 13 plus five boards for the Vikings.
Today Northwestern plays at top-ranked Michigan, Georgetown hosts Seton Hall and Richmond looks for their third straight win over Temple.
Mercer 62 Manor 58.
Postgame audio - Coach Howie Levy:
Mercer County Community College pushed the start of Tuesday night's game against Manor back an hour so head coach Howie Levy could go see his son Lior suit up for Princeton High School versus Notre Dame. Levy then rushed across the county to suffer a different class of agony than the pain created by helplessly watching your child play a sport. Switching from the stands to the sidelines, Levy saw his MCCC squad fall behind early in the first half after taking an immediate 5-0 lead and struggle to catch the visiting Blue Jays.
Knowing that Mercer had raced past Manor on the road 99-80 a month previous, it was difficult to witness the Vikings struggle against a rangy, lateral zone. Center Filip Sekulic was unable to get many touches moving from block to block behind the defense and 5'4" guard Larry Webster's constant raining of three point shots off the bench from in front of the zone routinely landed short.
Tuesday News:
Manor vs. Mercer - 7:00 pm ET
Hans Brase represents Princeton on the honor roll of the latest Men's Basketball Weekly Release.
There's a profile of Northwestern freshman and Orthodox Jew Aaron Liberman I recommend reading, if only for the superb final line.
Princeton recruit Henry Caruso "signed his letter of intent" recently (even though the Ivy League doesn't have LOIs).
YouTube potpourri LXXXIX.
Here's the latest collection of videos from various corners of the Princeton basketball family. Above, Mitch Henderson is among a group of coaches who helped ring NASDAQ's closing bell today.
10 additional clips of varying lengths and sources can be found after the jump.
