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Princeton University Athletics
At Columbia
August 17, 1999 | Men's Basketball
Jan. 29, 1999
The site Levien Gym * New York, N.Y.
The date Friday, Jan. 29, 1999 * 7:30 p.m.
The records Princeton: 11-4 (2-0 Ivy League)
Columbia: 7-9 (2-2 Ivy League)
The coaches Princeton: Bill Carmody (third season, 61-10)
Columbia: Armond Hill (fourth season, 31-63)
The series Princeton leads 120-79
Last year Princeton won 58-45 * Jan. 31, 1998
Princeton won 51-37 * Feb. 27, 1998
The storyline Princeton heads into the heart of its Ivy League schedule
Probable Starters
COLUMBIA
43 Erik Crep 11.0 ppg, 2.6 rpg
Sr., 6-7, 230, Plantation, Fla.
25 Justin Namolik 10.6 ppg, 3.3 rpg
Sr., 6-6, 225, Triadelphia, W.Va.
33 Michael Merley 2.6 ppg, 1.7 rpg
So., 6-7, 215, Tucson, Ariz.
15 Gary Raimondo 16.8 ppg, 6.3 rpg
Sr., 6-2, 200, Buffalo, N.Y.
14 Abe Yasser 4.3 ppg, 3.9 rpg
Sr., 6-2, 190, Tulsa, Okla.
PRINCETON
32 Gabe Lewullis 14.9 ppg, 5.6 rpg
Sr., 6-6, 210, Allentown, Pa.
44 Chris Krug 2.6 ppg, 2.8 rpg
Fr., 6-9, 215, Cheltenham, Pa.
55 Chris Young 10.1 ppg, 5.1 rpg
Fr., 6-10, 235, Dallas, Texas
10 Brian Earl 14.7 ppg, 2.3 rpg
Sr., 6-2, 180, Medford Lakes, N.J.
22 C.J. Chapman 5.8 ppg, 2.2 rpg
So., 6-0, 175, Aurora, Colo.
Tonight's Note of the Night
- Windex - Princeton is outrebounding its opponents 445-393. Columbia is being outrebounded by its opponents 595-465.
- Ready when the bell rings - Princeton has allowed an average of 17
first-half points in its last six games, and none of the last six
opponents
has scored more than 23 points in the first half.
- The whammy - Princeton has defeated Columbia 10 straight times.
- The other whammy - Princeton has won 30 straight Ivy League games.
- Ivy items - Brian Earl has averaged 9.2 points per game in 45 career
games
against Ivy League schools and 13.7 points per game in 53 career games
against non-Ivy League schools.
- Lion eyes - Gabe Lewullis has averaged 5.0 points per game against Columbia in his career, his lowest average against any Ivy League school. Brian Earl has averaged 11.8 points per game against Columbia in his career, tied for his highest against any Ivy League school (along with Cornell).
- Sorry coach - Gabe Lewullis has 1,056 career points, one behind
Columbia
head coach Armond Hill for 21st all-time at Princeton.
- Swish - Chris Young is shooting 71% from the field in his last four
games
(25 for 35).
- Swish II - Chris Young has made 12 straight foul shots.
- Bombs away - Princeton has attempted 361 three-pointers and 333
two-pointers. The only time Princeton attempted more three-pointers than
two-pointers for an entire season was 1996-97.
- Mason-ry - Mason Rocca had one three-pointer in his first 33 career
games
while shooting 1 for 18. He has three in his last three, shooting 3 for 5.
- Tie games - Princeton has won six straight games, all since Bill
Carmody
stopped wearing a tie.
- D-plus - Princeton has allowed an average of 41.5 points per game
during
its current six-game winning streak.
- A league of his own - Twenty-five of Bill Carmody's 30 Ivy League wins
have
been by double figures, including both this year and 18 of the last 19.
- More league - Princeton has won 47 straight Ivy League games against
teams
other than Penn.
- Closing in - Brian Earl is in second place on the Ivy League's career
three-pointers list with 252, 21 away from tying the Ivy League career
record held by current Houston Rocket Matt Maloney (Penn '95).
- Point, counterpoint - Chris Krug has scored 39 points, 20 of which
came
against UAB and Union and 19 of which came against the other 13 teams.
- In case you haven't been paying attention - Florida State, Texas and
UNC
Charlotte, the three teams Princeton defeated to win the Rainbow Classic
in
Hawaii last month, are a combined 18-5 since losing to the Tigers.
- Forever Young - Chris Young has been in double figures in seven of his
last
eight games after being in double figures in one of his first seven.
- Young vs. Goodrich, volume six - Chris Young is averaging 10.1 points,
5.1
rebounds and 2.6 assists while shooting 54.5% from the field, 33.3% from
three-point range and 82.1% from the foul line through 15 games of his
freshman year. Steve Goodrich averaged 10.6 points, 3.2 rebounds and 1.7
assists while shooting 61.6% from the field, 32.5% from three-point range
and 70.4% from the foul line for his entire junior year, when he was a
first-team All-Ivy League selection.
- More Young - Chris Young has 25 of Princeton's 47 blocked shots.
- Still more Young - Chris Young has been the Ivy League Rookie of the
Week
each of the last three times Princeton played.
- Windex II - Princeton has outrebounded nine of its 10 nine opponents.
- Keeping score - Either Gabe Lewullis, Brian Earl or Chris Young has
been
Princeton's leading scorer in 14 of 15 games, C.J. Chapman was the leading
scorer in the other.
- Long range thinking - C.J. Chapman has taken 65 three-pointers and 17
two-pointers.
- More thinking - Princeton made a season-high 16 three-pointers against
Union, one off the school record.
- Minute men - After both averaging 39.5 minutes per game in 12
non-league
games, Gabe Lewullis and Brian Earl averaged 32 minutes per game in the
first two Ivy games.
- Minute men II - Brian Earl has played every minute of eight games,
Gabe
Lewullis has played every minute of seven games.
- Board games - Mason Rocca leads the team with 30 offensive rebounds
despite
being fifth in minutes played.
- Moving up the charts - Brian Earl is in 10th place in scoring in
Princeton
history with 1,206 career points. Next up are Steve Goodrich (1,207) and
Brian Taylor (1,239).
- Moving up the charts II - Gabe Lewullis is in 22nd place in career
scoring
at Princeton (1,056 points). Should he match his average in the two games
this weekend, he would move to 15th place.
- God save the Queen - Eugene Baah, a native of England, had seven
assists
and no turnovers in the win over Union.
- Turning over a new leaf - Princeton has 52 turnovers in its last six
games
after having 46 turnovers in the games before that.
- There's no I in team - Brian Earl and Gabe Lewullis averaged 32.8
points
per game between them in the first nine games of the year, when Princeton
went 5-4. During the Tigers current six-game winning streak, Earl and
Lewullis have averaged 21.1 points per game between them.
- Ah, Ahmed - Ahmed El-Nokali is shooting 78% on two-point shots.
- Taylor made - Antony Taylor had his first four career points in the
win
over Union.
- Showtime - Princeton has 13 dunks in 15 games. Princeton had 11 dunks
in
29
games a year ago.
- Road sweet road - Bill Carmody is 14-0 in his career in road Ivy
League
games, with an average margin of victory of 15.4 points.
- Saturday night fever - Princeton has won the Saturday game of its Ivy weekend 32 straight times.
Friday, March 06
Friday, February 20
Wednesday, February 04
Tuesday, January 27