Postgame audio - Coach Sydney Johnson, Douglas Davis & Ian Hummer:
14 days ago at James Madison, Princeton impressively assembled a 20 point first half lead, only to see the Dukes make a run right before intermission, lock down the Tigers in the second half and pull out a one point victory.
Against Saint Joseph's on Sunday afternoon the Tigers built a 44-19 opening half advantage, but with the awareness of what had transpired in Harrisonburg still in their minds, held off several charges by the Hawks for a nine point victory.
"I think they were calling on that memory," acknowledged Princeton head Sydney Johnson about his team. "There was a little bit of a sense of urgency there that we didn't have down in Virginia."
Leading by 18 at the break, the Tigers saw the Hawks cut their deficit to 10 on two occasions midway through the second half, but unlike at JMU, Princeton was able to take care of the ball against the St. Joe's pressure and made enough plays on offense for their third straight win.
Once the lead was down to 52-42, the Tigers had just two turnovers - both late offensive fouls - in the final 11 minutes against the Hawks' 1-2-2 press.
A free throw by St. Joe's Ronald Roberts with :00.4 remaining drew the visitors from Philadelphia within double digits for the first time since it was 19-12 seven minutes in.
Ian Hummer led five Tigers in double figures, joined by Patrick Saunders with 14 (including three shots behind the arc in the game's first five minutes), Douglas Davis' 12 and 10 each for Dan Mavraides and Kareem Maddox.
Carl Jones scored 15 of his 24 in the second half for the Hawks.
Kareem Maddox is the subject of a piece in the Ventura County Star.
Georgetown (8-0) found a different way to win on Saturday against Utah State. HoyaHoops has postgame audio from John Thompson III, Chris Wright and Henry Sims.
Mercer (3-5) dropped a tough 68-62 decision to Delaware Tech Stanton.
A 66-63 win over Cal State Northridge returned Denver (2-6) to the win column.
Oregon State (3-4) was outclassed by Colorado, 83-57.
Chris Young and Will Venable comment on San Diego's decision to trade Adrian Gonzalez.
Mason Rocca scored six points and had nine rebounds in AJ Milano's 82-75 Euroleague loss to Union Olimpija.
Around the Ivy League: Penn (4-3) pulled away from Army in the second half for a 68-52 victory. Yale (3-4) lost by four at Vermont. A 19-1 second half run helped Michigan achieve a 65-62 win over Harvard (5-2). Brown (4-3) scored the last eight points of a 62-54 decision versus Maine. A John Daniels free throw broke a tie with 2.7 seconds left as Columbia (4-4) rallied to beat Stony Brook, 73-72. Cornell (2-6) fell 71-66 at Minnesota.
Utah State vs. Georgetown - 12:00 pm ET - ESPNU
Del Tech Stanton vs. MCCC - 2:00 pm ET
Cal State Northridge vs. Denver - 6:30 pm ET - FSN Rocky Mountain
Oregon State vs. Colorado - 10:00 pm ET - ESPNU
Army vs. Penn - 12:00 pm ET - Carquest Auto Parts Classic
Yale vs. Vermont - 1:00 pm ET
Harvard vs. Michigan - 1:00 pm ET - Big Ten Network
Brown vs. Maine - 2:00 pm ET
Stony Brook vs. Columbia - 4:00 pm ET
Cornell vs. Minnesota - 8:00 pm ET - Big Ten Network
Converting three pointers at an astonishing rate, undefeated Georgetown hosts a difficult Utah State team this afternoon.
Denver looks to double their win total against Cal State Northridge.
Oregon State travels to Colorado for their game in the Pac-10/Big 12 Hardwood Series.
It was a light night for the college basketball schedule on Friday but both Hawks that Princeton will be facing next week were in action: St. Joseph's lost their second straight to a fellow Philadelphia squad, 71-60 at Villanova. Monmouth is playing three games in three days over the weekend at the Basketball Travelers Classic in Moscow, ID. Will Campbell's three point shot with five seconds left gave the visitors from West Long Branch a one point win.
Coming off a stretch of five games in nine days, Tigers head coach Sydney Johnson and princetonbasketball.com editor Jon Solomon met at Jadwin Gym on Friday morning for a in-depth discussion of Princeton's pre-Thanksgiving trip to James Madison for the College Basketball Experience and their more recent contests against Siena and Lafayette. The pair also previewed the Tigers' next pair of matchups versus St. Joseph's and Monmouth.
This Q&A is 19:00+ in length.
Interviews with Coach Johnson will appear on this site every week during the 2010-11 season.
The latest collection of videos from various corners of the Princeton basketball family focuses primarily on footage from recently played games, starting with Northwestern's 20 point triumph over Georgia Tech above.
I had the chance this afternoon to (finally) watch a tape of Tuesday's 82-64 Princeton victory over Lafayette and I took a slew of notes about things that stood out in retrospect that might not have been noticeable live. Read on for these additional observations.
One recap of Tuesday's game I initially missed came from Hoop Time.
Watch the Lafayette Sports Network postgame show from just after Princeton defeated the Leopards.
Town Topics has published their story on the Tigers' victory over Siena.
Richmond (6-2) was edged down the stretch by Old Dominion, 77-70.
Utah State won 61-53 at Denver (1-6). The recently minted Pioneer Pulse has more on the game.
Oregon State (3-3) players were dejected and misty-eyed after the Beavers lost 70-68 to Utah Valley on two free throws with three seconds remaining.
Judson Wallace scored 23 points and grabbed nine rebounds in Gran Canaria's Eurocup victory over Siauliai.
New Mets manager Terry Collins says his team is "looking pretty heavy into" signing Chris Young.
Eighth place is Princeton's location in this week's Schuylkill 16.
Around the Ivy League: Harvard (5-1) took care of Fordham, 80-57. Bucknell held off Columbia (3-4) in the second half of a 73-68 Bison win. Dartmouth (2-5) lost 80-53 at Vermont.
After having my co-pilot check the score every few minutes as we sailed back down Rt. 31, I rushed in the house and turned on my TV just in time to see the last play of regulation.
For those who missed it, here's a highlight package of what was by all accounts a pretty incredible game.
Tuesday was a prolific night of scoring for three of Pete Carril's disciples. Princeton scored 82 at Lafayette, Northwestern had 91 versus Georgia Tech and Georgetown went for 111 in their game against Missouri.
Chris Wright hit a three point shot at the buzzer to force overtime as Georgetown (7-0) topped number nine Missouri. Jason Clark made three straight treys to open up a seven point lead for the Hoyas in the extra frame.
Mercer (3-4) fell 80-71 at Raritan. Gary Carthan had 10 points and 10 rebounds in defeat.
Princeton recruit Clay Wilson scored 47 points in his first game of the season. Wow.
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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
