Let's get Know! Your! Foe! back on track with a preview of tomorrow evening's opponent - the Wagner Seahawks.
After starting 1-3 on the road, first year head coach Bashir Mason will finally get the chance to lead his team onto the floor at home. The Seahawks return four starters from a 25 win squad that shut down Princeton in last season's opener.
Wanting to learn more about this Tiger opponent, I talked with Staten Island Advance writer and Associated Press College Basketball Board member Cormac Gordon (still not pictured above) for the second straight season. A transcript of our conversation from earlier this morning can be found after the jump.
If you cover a team the Tigers will face down the line, let us know. I'd love to talk with you. I've reached out to a couple of Kent State people but am coming up dry.
MCCC vs. Raritan - 7:00 pm ET
Denver vs. Southern Miss. - 8:00 pm ET
Fairfield vs. DePaul - 8:30 pm ET - ESPN3
Maryland vs. Northwestern - 9:15 pm ET - ACC/Big Ten Challenge - ESPN2
Vermont vs. Harvard - 7:00 pm ET - NBCSN
Dartmouth vs. Bucknell - 7:00 pm ET
Bill Bradley is the keynote speaker at the Basketball and American Culture Symposium in Austin, Texas on Thursday.
Not much of a surprise to see Ian Hummer representing Princeton on the Honor Roll of the Ivy League's weekly basketball release.
In a move with significant repercussions for Joe Scott's Pioneers, Denver is fleeing the WAC after just one season for a spot in the Summit League.
Tonight Denver visits Southern Miss, Northwestern hosts future fellow conference member Maryland and Fairfield travels to DePaul.
The latest edition of "Sit Down With Sydney" is embedded below.
In the latest installment of their weekly interview series, Princeton head coach Mitch Henderson and princetonbasketball.com editor Jon Solomon sat down at Jadwin Gym prior to practice late Monday afternoon.
Henderson and Solomon discussed a wide range of topics including a detailed breakdown of Princeton's recent trio of games against Rutgers, Syracuse and Lafayette, Mack Darrow's start to his senior season, the insertion of Denton Koon into the starting lineup and if he's likely to stay there, Brendan Connolly's hustle plays against the Leopards, and T.J. Bray's latter-day return to form before concluding with a preview of this week's road games at Wagner and Kent State.
This exclusive Q&A available after the jump is 14:00+ in length.
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Here's the latest collection of videos from various corners of the Princeton basketball family. Above, a snippet of courtside video at the Carrier Dome.
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The Full-Court Press runs back Princeton's victory over Lafayette.
There's a lovely write-up built around Saturday's contest on the Mid-Majority.
A well-belated season preview of the Tigers also ran today.
Kareem Maddox had 16 points in Newcastle's BBL Cup first leg semifinal victory over the Plymouth Raiders. Maddox records a pair of dunks in these highlights from a different game versus Cheshire.
Avellino ended a three game losing streak with Dan Mavraides contributing eight off the bench.
Joe Burton scored a career high 21 as Oregon State (4-1) defeated Montana State, 78-65.
In the final 34 seconds of Princeton's victory at Lafayette a number of Tigers saw their first varsity minutes - including Ameer Elbuluk (#12), Edo Lawrence (#33), Issac Serwanga (#25) and Mike Washington Jr. (#13) - so I decided to pick up my camera and film the action.
Not the most scintillating video ever shot but it does commemorate a big moment for four members of the roster.
Georgetown (4-1) was somnambulant versus Mount St. Mary’s but pulled away in the second half for a 72-50 victory.
An incredible shooting performance from Tyler Brown's Illinois State was overcome by Northwestern (6-0) in overtime. The Wildcats took the South Padre Island Invitational title 72-69 and have won 21 consecutive November games.
Richmond (4-2) was winning by three at halftime but the last 20 minutes were all Ohio. The Spiders ultimately fell 73-48.
The Tigers' next opponent picked up their first win of the season yesterday but it sounds like it was anything but pretty.
Around the Ivy League: Dartmouth (1-2) lost 70-66 versus IPFW. Brown (2-3) was tripped in OT by St. Francis (NY.), 76-72. Yale (2-5) needed a pair of extra frames to finally get past Army by three. Cornell (3-4) won their second straight in Las Vegas, 84-78 over Longwood. Things did not go well for Columbia (4-2) out west as the Lions lost by 20 to San Francisco in the Hilltop Challenge's title game.
After facing Syracuse's long and active zone defense on Wednesday, Princeton made their delight in going up against Lafayette's less-fearful man-to-man four days later apparent by opening today's game on a 19-4 run and only let their advantage drop under nine once the remaining 75%+ of the contest.
The modus operandi was to go inside, inside and inside with the ball and the Tigers scored 44 of their points in the paint with Ian Hummer recording a career high 28 on 12-16 shooting.
This gameplan also benefitted guard T.J. Bray, who continued his steady ascent to expected form with a personal best of 17 on 7-9 tries and was able to turn a number of cuts into posting opportunities versus smaller defenders. Bray also had four assists against a single turnover.
“I thought it was contagious all night,” said Princeton head coach Mitch Henderson of his team's interior focus. “The ball kept going in there.”
The Leopards entered Saturday's game shooting 40.9% from three point range and averaging over 25 attempts. Versus a stingy and composed Tiger defense the home team opened 1-9 outside and hit a mere 20% of their 15 tries.
Will Barrett also had 13 for Princeton, who shot a season-best 58.0% from the floor. Sophomore Denton Koon recorded his first start of both the season and his career, replacing Chris Clement in the backcourt.
Playing his first game in eight days since injuring his ankle warming up at Kentucky, Australian big man Dan Trist had 10 for Lafayette - as did Tony Johnson.
The Tiger advantage apexed at 58-36 with 8:09 left to play. Princeton never trailed.
Postgame audio and the rest of this recap can be found after the jump.
Today's Game:Princeton (1-3 / 0-0) vs. Lafayette (1-4 / 0-0) Location: Kirby Sports Center - Easton, PA Time: 2:00 pm ET Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB TV: N/A (Though you never know with the Lafayette Sports Network) Internet: goprincetontigers.com Series History: Princeton leads 46-18. Last meeting:Princeton 69 Lafayette 54 - 11/30/11.
Princeton
Lafayette
0-2
Home Record
1-1
1-1
Away Record
0-3
0-0
Neutral Record
0-0
153
RPI
316
124
Sagarin
295
99
Pomeroy
280
57.0
Points / Game
72.0
62.8
Points Allowed / Game
88.4
.395
FG%
.445
.738
FT%
.781
.322
3PT FG%
.409
26.5
Rebounds / Game
29.6
10.0
Off. Rebounds / Game
9.2
-6.7
Rebounding Margin
-8.8
15.3
Assists / Game
16.4
13.8
Turnovers / Game
18.2
3.0
Blocks / Game
3.2
Hummer: 14.3
Points
Trist: 23.0
Bray: 5.0
Rebounds
Giese: 4.4
Hummer: 5.8
Assists
Johnson: 5.4
Bray, Hummer: 1.8
Steals
Johnson, Ptasinski: 1.2
Hummer: 1.3
Blocks
Giese: 2.2
Connolly: .517
FG% (Min: 10 FGA)
Trist: .840
Koon: .900
FT% (Min: 10 FTA)
Hinrichs: .857
Barrett: .500
3PT FG% (Min: 5 3PTA)
Johnson: .800
Mount St. Mary's vs. Georgetown - 12:00 pm ET - ESPN3
Richmond vs. Ohio - 2:00 pm ET - Nation Of Coaches Classic
Northwestern vs. Illinois State - 8:00 pm ET - South Padre Island Invt. - CBS College Sports
IPFW vs. Dartmouth - 2:00 pm ET
St. Francis (NY.) vs. Brown - 2:00 pm ET
Army vs. Yale - 2:00 pm ET
Cornell vs. Longwood - 5:30 pm ET - Las Vegas Invitational
Columbia vs. San Francisco - 10:00 pm ET - San Francisco Hilltop Classic
The Full-Court Press offers the lone preview of today's game I could find.
A Know! Your! Foe! about Lafayette was scheduled to run last night but the person who agreed to answer my questions went MIA after receiving these queries. Instead I offer three things to look at as the game unfolds:
1. Leopards sophomore center Dan Trist was averaging 23.0 ppg before getting injured prior to Lafayette's game at Kentucky eight days ago. What is his status?
2. Are Lafayette's poor defensive numbers this season (332nd overall, 334th in EFG%, 337th in 2PT%) due more to the quality of the opponents they've faced (all in the Top 200 including the aforementioned Wildcats and Maryland) or a result of the Leopards' personnel?
3. Princeton is 343rd in the NCAA guarding the perimeter. Opponents are making 49.0% of their threes versus the Tigers. Lafayette is converting 40.9% of their outside attempts and jacking on average 25.4 times from deep. Is this where the game will be won or lost?
Holding TCU to just 31 points, Northwestern (5-0) advanced to the championship of the South Padre Island Invitational. The Wildcats will play fellow unbeaten Illinois State.
Georgetown returns home to host Mount St. Mary's and Richmond visits Ohio today.
Around the Ivy League: Cornell (2-4) destroyed winless Presbyterian, 89-55. At the Hilltop Classic, Columbia (4-1) recorded a victory over NAIA program Wayland Baptist, 75-63.
Fairfield vs. Providence - 7:00 pm ET
Northwestern vs. TCU - 8:30 pm ET - South Padre Island Invt.
Cornell vs. Presbyterian - 4:30 pm ET - Last Vegas Invitational
Columbia vs. Wayland Baptist - 9:00 pm ET - San Francisco Hilltop Classic
Good morning. I hope you and yours had a happy Thanksgiving.
Action picks back up tonight with Fairfield visiting Providence and Northwestern playing TCU at the South Padre Island Invitational.
Princeton recruit Steven Cook scored nine points for the Trevians against Loyola at the 2012 New Trier Thanksgiving Tournament.
A sweet pass by future Tiger Spencer Weisz made a Hoop Group video of the Top 10 Plays from Summer 2012.
Is it possible the Georgetown vs. Florida game might be resumed indoors?
Wrapping up coverage of Princeton at Syracuse, the Post-Standard looks at the sunny side of a Orangemen victory while the Auburn Citizen offers some postgame video and the Syracuse Sports Examiner runs a recap.
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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
