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Mount Saint Mary vs. Georgetown - 7:30 pm ET - MASN
Georgetown looks for its fifth straight against Mount Saint Mary.
You can now follow Mercer County Community College basketball on Twitter.
Around the Ivy League: Harvard (5-1) closed on an 18-6 run and won at Boston University for the first time since 1975. Cornell (5-2) finished Legends Classic play undefeated with a 61-54 win versus Drexel.
Going 7:30 without a field goal makes it hard to win basketball games. Against the #23 team in the nation, in their home gym, it becomes next to impossible.
Princeton struggled to start Sunday afternoon’s tilt versus Cal and found themselves in an early 20-5 hole, recording just one basket before the 10:25 mark of the opening frame. The Tigers never recovered, falling 81-60 at Haas Pavilion.
The Bears’ leading scorer, point guard Jerome "Bulldog" Randle, proved extremely difficult to guard, as he tore up the Tiger defense for 22 points on 6-10 shooting while handing out nine assists. Forward Jamal Boykin also had 22 for Cal on a variety of midrange jump shots, matching his career high.
"[It was] a pretty straight-forward game," said Princeton head coach Sydney Johnson. "We knew what we were getting ourselves into and knew that we had to be very good in terms of execution and we weren't and I think that's as much as anything, the deficit."
Three Princeton players hit double figures. Freshman forward Ian Hummer made his first five shots and scored a career best 13 off the bench. Douglas Davis had a dozen. Patrick Saunders added 14, 11 over a three minute stretch of the second half.
Cal controlled the glass, out-rebounding Princeton 37-20. The Tigers’ first offensive rebound came with four minutes left to play.
Today's Game:Princeton (2-2 / 0-0) vs. Cal (3-2 / 0-0) Location: Haas Pavilion - Berkeley, CA Time: 5:00 pm ET Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB TV: CSN California Internet: goprincetontigers.com Series History: Cal leads 2-1. Last meeting:Cal 70 Princeton 58 - 11/15/01.
Princeton
Cal
1-1
Home Record
3-0
1-1
Away Record
0-0
0-0
Neutral Record
0-2
92
RPI
48
232
Sagarin
46
203
Pomeroy
36
58.5
Points / Game
78.4
60.8
Points Allowed / Game
69.8
.411
FG%
.445
.768
FT%
.748
.298
3PT FG%
.393
29.5
Rebounds / Game
39.0
8.5
Off. Rebounds / Game
13.0
-1.5
Rebounding Margin
+4.6
9.5
Assists / Game
14.0
16.5
Turnovers / Game
12.8
3.3
Blocks / Game
2.0
Mavraides: 12.8
Points
Randle: 20.2
Mavraides, Hummer: 4.0
Rebounds
Amoke: 7.4
Schroeder: 2.5
Assists
Randle: 3.0
Barrett: 1.5
Steals
Christopher: 1.8
Hummer: 1.3
Blocks
Zhang: 1.0
Saunders: .600
FG%
Carter: .750
Davis, Lake, Schroeder, Maddox: 1.000
FT%
Sanders-Fri: 1.000
Buczak: .429
3PT FG%
Gutierrez: .714
Cornell vs. Drexel - 2:30 pm ET - Legends Classic
Harvard vs. Boston - 5:00 pm ET
The Saturday after Thanksgiving was bountiful for the disciples of Pete Carril.
Princeton recruit T.J. Bray scored 15 points as Catholic Memorial beat up on Muskego. Another future Tiger, Ben Hazel, had 10 points in Good Counsel's first victory of the season.
Around the Ivy League: Yale (2-5) became the third Ivy school to lose to Army this season, falling 64-48. Siena took down Brown (4-4) by 20. Cornell (4-2) trumped Vermont, 67-59. Behind 19 points from Robby Pride, Dartmouth (1-4) got in the win column, beating Hartford in Hanover, 68-56.
Following a busy end to September, where Princeton picked up verbal commitments from Chris Clement, Daniel Edwards and Ben Hazel, it appeared like the Tigers' 2010 recruiting was complete.
Enter a November surprise - the fifth member of this class, 6'7" forward Tom Noonan (#31, right) from William Penn Charter School in Philadelphia.
Noonan had piqued the interest at times during the recruiting process of three Ivy schools - Cornell, Columbia and Yale. He attended the Lions' and Bulldogs' Elite Camps over the summer and would have been present at the Big Red's were it not for an injury.
I had a chance to speak to Noonan's head coach at Penn Charter, Jim Phillips, earlier in the week and he shared his thoughts with me about this future Tiger marksman, both on-and-off the court.
Exclusive quotes, descriptions and links to articles about Noonan can be all found after the jump.
Lafayette vs. Georgetown - 12:00 pm ET - MASN
Oregon State vs. George Washington - 2:00 pm ET
Denver vs. South Dakota State - 8:00 pm ET
Richmond vs. Missouri - 8:00 pm ET - South Padre Island Invitational - FCS
Northwestern vs. Iowa State - 8:00 pm ET - Chicago Invitational Challenge - Big Ten Network
Cornell vs. Vermont - 2:00 pm ET - Legends Classic
Brown vs. Siena - 4:00 pm ET - Philly Hoops Classic
Yale vs. Army - 4:00 pm ET
Hartford vs. Dartmouth - 7:00 pm ET
A huge win for Northwestern (4-1), knocking off #23 Notre Dame on a neutral site, 72-58. The Wildcats and undefeated Iowa State square off on Saturday night for the CIC title.
Kevin Anderson scored with 10 seconds left as Richmond (5-1) bested Mississippi State by one. The Spiders get Missouri in the championship of the South Padre Island Invitational on Saturday.
Fresh off a White House visit, the Oregon State men's basketball team meets Princeton's last opponent, George Washington.
Princeton recruit Ben Hazel scored 22 in Good Council's seven point loss to Benedictine.
Around the Ivy League: Cornell (3-2) beat Toledo 78-60 in Legends Classic play. Brown (4-3) cruised past a winless University of the Sciences squad, 69-48. Columbia (2-2) fell by 25 at Syracuse.
Down three with a minute to go, the Spiders come back in the South Padre Island Invitational semis. Richmond is off to their best start since a 7-1 beginning to the 2000-01 season.
Mississippi State vs. Richmond - 6:00 pm ET - South Padre Island Invitational - FCS
Notre Dame vs. Northwestern - 8:30 pm ET - Chicago Invitational Challenge - Big Ten Network
Cornell vs. Toledo - 2:00 pm ET - Legends Classic
Brown vs. University of the Sciences - 4:00 pm ET - Philly Hoops Classic
Columbia vs. Syracuse - 7:00 pm ET - SNY
On the southernmost tip of Texas, Richmond and Mississippi State will face off.
Northwestern and Notre Dame meet at the UIC Pavilion.
Wildcats head coach Bill Carmody says assistant Mitch Henderson will make a terrific head coach someday.
I'm out in San Francisco in advance of the Tigers' game against Cal. If there are any pregame events happening in the Bay Area, please let me know. See you in Berkeley on Sunday.
Happy Thanksgiving! Hard to believe, but Christmas and Hanukkah are both less than a month away. Looking for something special to buy for the basketball fan in your life? Don't go for what's in the mystery box! Try one of the following items from the 2009 princetonbasketball.com Holiday Gift Guide instead. A percentage of all purchases support this site. Something missing that you think people would enjoy? Please drop a line.
Alexander Wolff's Big Game, Small World: A Basketball Adventure starts at Jadwin Gym and then circles the globe, from remote mountaintops to the Palestra and across to China. The first book this web site was ever thanked in!
Coach: 25 Writers Reflect on People Who Made a Difference features an introduction by Bill Bradley and has a wide range of scribes (George Vecsey, John Irving, Frank Deford...) telling tales of coaches that impacted their lives.
There was no better, more beautifully detailed basketball book I read this summer than When March Went Mad: The Game That Transformed Basketball, about Larry Bird, Magic Johnson and the 1978-79 college basketball season. No direct Princeton content, but well worth your time.
I know I'm getting the latest iteration for Hanukkah every year, and I love traveling with books in this series. Best American Sports Writing always has incredible pieces written by well-known and newly discovered authors.
The best college basketball video game out there is EA's NCAA Basketball 10, available for the Playstation 3 and XBox. You can even run the "Princeton Offense" as one of the game's many sets.
Sporting Goods:
Actually want to play the game? The Wilson NCAA Solution Game Ball lets you use the same basketball as Division I players.
While dribbing, look sharp in this Princeton replica jersey by Nike, available in youth and adult sizes and emblazoned with Bill Bradley's #42.
Princeton recruit T.J. Bray picked up nine points and 11 rebounds as Catholic Memorial defeated East Troy by 12 in their season opener.
Denver (3-1) had an exciting comeback 80-77 victory over Wyoming. The two teams combined to attempt a staggering 94 free throws. Caught the second half on FSN and I can confirm Coach Scott's team is playing very well. Nate Rohnert scored a career-high 32 points for the Pioneers.
Princeton is in 10th place in the latest edition of the Schuylkil 16.
Around the Ivy League: Garrett Leffelman's putback with less than a second to play helped Brown (3-3) beat Bryant, 70-68. Harvard (4-1) made quick work of New Hampshire, 78-60.
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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
