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Princeton University Athletics
Princeton 50 / Pennsylvania 49
August 17, 1999 | Men's Basketball
Feb. 9, 1999
In a stunning turn of events, the Tigers recovered from a 9-33 halftime deficit to win by a single point, claiming sole place at the top of the Ivy League. The game will be replayed on Comcast at 10:00 PM on Saturday, Feb. 13th, and tapes of the game may be purchased by sending $30 and a VHS tape to:
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Game Notes
The site The Palestra * Philadelphia, Pa.
The date Tuesday, Feb. 9, 1999 * 7:35 p.m.
The records Princeton: 15-4 (6-0 Ivy League)
Pennsylvania: 14-3 (6-0 Ivy League)
The coaches Princeton: Bill Carmody (third season, 66-10)
Pennsylvania: Fran Dunphy (10th season, 166-94)
The series Pennsylvania leads 106-92
Last year Princeton defeated Pennsylvania 71-52 * Feb. 17, 1998
Princeton defeated Pennsylvania 78-72 * March 4, 1998
The storyline Sizzling rivals meet for first place in the Ivy League
Probable Starters
PENNSYLVANIA
42 Paul Romanczuk 10.5 ppg, 6.5 rpg
Sr., 6-7, 220, West Chester, Pa.
32 Jed Ryan 11.4 ppg, 3.7 rpg
Sr., 6-7, 225, Erie, Pa.
51 Geoff Owens 9.6 ppg, 7.5 rpg
Jr., 6-11, 225, West Deptford, N.J.
23 Michael Jordan 14.0 ppg, 3.3 rpg
Jr., 6-0, 175, Philadelphia, Pa.
20 Matt Langel 12.1 ppg, 4.8 rpg
Jr., 6-5, 190, Moorestown, N.J. \
PRINCETON
32 Gabe Lewullis 14.7 ppg, 4.9 rpg
Sr., 6-6, 210, Allentown, Pa.
44 Chris Krug 2.4 ppg, 2.5 rpg
Fr., 6-9, 215, Cheltenham, Pa.
55 Chris Young 10.6 ppg, 5.1 rpg
Fr., 6-10, 235, Dallas, Texas
10 Brian Earl 14.4 ppg, 2.8 rpg
Sr., 6-2, 180, Medford Lakes, N.J.
22 C.J. Chapman 5.3 ppg, 1.9 rpg
So., 6-0, 175, Aurora, Colo.
Tonight's Note of the Night
- History lesson - In the decade of the '90s, Princeton is 102-12 against the other six Ivy League schools and 10-9 against Penn. Since 1994, Princeton is 63-3 against the other six Ivy League schools and 5-6 against Penn.
- Showdown - This is the latest Princeton and Penn have ever met when
both
teams were unbeaten in the league.
- We are the champions, or they are - Princeton and Penn have combined
to win the last 10 Ivy League championships, as well as 27 of the last 29
and 32 of the last 35.
- Sizzling - Princeton has won 10 straight, Penn has won 11 straight.
Neither
team has lost in 1999.
- A league of their own - Princeton and Penn are two of six teams in
Division
I unbeaten in their leagues (the other four are Duke, Winthrop, Utah and
Samford).
- Ready when the bell rings - No Ivy League team has scored more than 30 points in the first half against Princeton in Bill Carmody's first 34 games as head coach. Princeton has scored at least 30 points in the first half of 25 of the 34 games.
- The whammy - Princeton head coach Bill Carmody is 34-0 all-time in Ivy
League games.
- The other whammy - Princeton has won five straight against Penn.
- More history - Princeton and Penn are a combined 338-30 at home
against
the
other six Ivy League schools since the travel-partner format began in
1957.
- Sizzling - Princeton has won 10 straight games and allowed 19.2 points
per
game in the first half of those 10 games.
- Just win, baby - Bill Carmody's .868 (66-10) winning percentage is the
fourth-best by a Division I head coach for his first three years and best
since Buck Freeman at St. John's from 1928-30.
- More winning - Brian Earl has played in 88 winning basketball games at
Princeton. The record by one player is 89, set last year by Steve
Goodrich.
- Point, counterpoint - Penn has won its first six Ivy League games by
an
average margin of 19.5 points, Princeton has won its first six Ivy League
games by an average margin of 17.5 points.
- RPI-ing - Princeton went from 90th to 74th in the RPI rankings from
last
week to this week, Penn went from 75th to 61st.
- Mason-ry - Mason Rocca had 25 points against Dartmouth. His previous
two
high games combined had been 23.
- More Mason-ry - Mason Rocca was 4 for 6 from three-point range against
Dartmouth after going 4 for 27 for his career prior to that.
- Guarded condition - Brian Earl had nine assists and no turnovers
against
Dartmouth.
- Team player - Gabe Lewullis leads Princeton in scoring and steals and
is
second in three-pointers, free-throw percentage, assists and minutes
played.
- Closing in - Brian Earl has 260 career three-pointers, good for second
place in Ivy League history. Matt Maloney (Penn '95) is in first with 273,
13 ahead of Earl.
- Moving up the charts - Brian Earl is in eighth place all-time in
scoring
at
Princeton with 1,260 points. At his current pace, he would finish his
career in fifth.
- More moving - Gabe Lewullis is in 14th place all-time in scoring at
Princeton with 1,113 points. At his current pace, he would finish his
career in 10th.
- Young vs. Goodrich, volume 8 - Chris Young is averaging 10.6 points,
5.1
rebounds, 2.8 assists and 1.8 blocked shots for his freshman year. Steve
Goodrich averaged 10.6 points, 3.2 rebounds, 1.7 assists and 0.7 blocks
shots per game for his junior year, when he was first-team All-Ivy League.
- Turning point? - C.J. Chapman scored 11 points on 4 of 7 shooting
against
Dartmouth after scoring 10 points on 4 for 21 shooting in his previous six
games combined.
- Minute men - Gabe Lewullis has played 328 of 330 minutes and Brian
Earl
has
played 327 of the 330 minutes in the eight games decided by seven points
or
fewer.
- More minutes - Brian Earl has played every minute of a game 26 times
in
his
career.
- Block party - Chris Krug and Chris Young have combined for 50 of
Princeton's 64 blocked shots.
- More blocks - Chris Young is in 13th place all-time at Princeton in
career
blocked shots with 34.
- Still more blocks - Chris Young is tied for fifth place in
single-season
blocked shots with 34. With five more he would move past Craig Robinson
and
Ilan Ramati and trail only Rick Hielscher's freshman, junior and senior
years.
- D plus - Princeton leads the nation in scoring defense at 49.6 points
per
game. Princeton has led the nation in scoring defense 10 straight times
and
16 times in the last 23 years.
- Long range thinking - Chris Young has made nine of his last 17
three-point
attempts.
- Surgical strike - Nate Walton, who played the first five games of the
season, will miss the rest of the year after undergoing foot surgery in
December. He is currently recuperating in California and will return to
school as a first-semester junior this fall.
- Windex - Princeton is outrebounding its opponents 555-507 for the
year. No
Princeton team has outrebounded its opponents for a full season since
1967-68.
- Centers of attention - Chris Young is shooting 51.4% from the field.
Princeton's starting center has shot at least 50% from the field every
year
but one since 1980.
- More centers - Chris Young has started every game this season. The
last
three freshmen to start at center for Princeton combined for eight
first-team All-Ivy selections, three Ivy Player of the Year awards and one
Ivy Rookie of the Year award.
- Swish - Ahmed El-Nokali is shooting 64% from the field
(14 for 22) and 83% from two-point range (10 for 12).
- Nothing's free - Ahmed El-Nokali is shooting higher from the field
(63.6%)
than he is from the foul line (40%).
- A house divided - Chris Krug is the younger brother of former Penn All-Ivy forward Tim Krug.
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