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Princeton University Athletics
Vs. Penn
August 17, 1999 | Men's Basketball
March 2, 1999
Game Notes
The site Jadwin Gym o Princeton, N.J. The date Tuesday, March 2, 1999 o 7:37 p.m. The records Princeton: 20-6 (11-2 Ivy League) Pennsylvania: 20-5 (12-1 Ivy League) The coaches Princeton: Bill Carmody (third season, 71-12) Pennsylvania: Fran Dunphy (10th season, 172-96) The series Pennsylvania leads 106-93 Last meeting Princeton defeated Pennsylvania 50-49 o Feb. 9, 1999The storyline Either Penn wins the Ivy League or we all go to Bethlehem
Probable Starters
PENNSYLVANIA 42 Paul Romanczuk 11.6 ppg, 6.7 rpg Sr., 6-7, 210, West Chester, Pa. 32 Jed Ryan 11.2 ppg, 3.8 rpg Sr., 6-7, 210, Erie, Pa. 51 Geoff Owens 9.3 ppg, 7.4 rpg Jr., 6-11, 225, Audubon, N.J. 23 Michael Jordan 15.4 ppg, 3.9 rpg Jr., 6-0, 175, Philadelphia, Pa. 20 Matt Langel 11.0 ppg, 4.4 rpg Jr., 6-5, 190, Moorestown, N.J.PRINCETON 32 Gabe Lewullis 15.2 ppg, 5.3 rpg Sr., 6-6, 210, Allentown, Pa. 44 Chris Krug 2.3 ppg, 2.6 rpg Fr., 6-9, 215, Cheltenham, Pa. 55 Chris Young 12.0 ppg, 5.2 rpg Fr., 6-10, 235, Dallas, Texas 10 Brian Earl 15.2 ppg, 3.1 rpg Sr., 6-2, 180, Medford Lakes, N.J. 15 Ahmed El-Nokali 2.3 ppg, 1.6 rpg Fr., 6-4, 175, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Tonight's Note of the Night
- Big game hunting ? A Princeton win over Penn would force a one-game playoff for the Ivy League bid to the NCAA tournament (which would be Friday night at Lehigh at 8 p.m.). A Penn win over Princeton would give the Ivy title to Penn and end Princeton?s three-year reign as Ivy champ.
- A league of their own ? Either Penn or Princeton will win the Ivy
League
title for the 11th straight time and the 28th time in the last 30 years.
- Role reversal ? The 1999 Ivy League race has turned out to be the
mirror
image of the 1996 race, at least through 13 games. In 1996 Penn defeated
Princeton on the road in the first meeting between the schools on the
year. Penn then lost twice in the league to fall one game behind Princeton
heading into the regular-season finale at home. Penn then defeated
Princeton and lost the playoff.
- Technically speaking ? A Princeton win over Penn would leave the teams
as
Ivy co-champions, regardless of what would happen in a subsequent playoff.
- In case you forgot ? Princeton trailed 29-3 after a 29-0 Penn run,
33-9 at
halftime and 40-13 with 15 minutes remaining before rallying for a 50-49
win in the first meeting between the schools this year. It was the
fourth-largest comeback in Division I history.
- History lesson ? This is the third time that Princeton has been involved in a regular-season finale in which two teams were separated by a game and playing each other. In each of the first two, the team trailing heading into the last game won that game and lost the playoff (Princeton vs. Penn in 1996, Princeton vs. Columbia in 1968).
- The whammy ? Princeton has defeated Penn six straight times since
snapping
a six-game Penn streak in the series in the 1996 playoff game.
- Not to brag or anything ? Princeton is 4-2 against teams ranked in the
top
52 in last week?s RPI ratings. Princeton defeated UNC Charlotte (25),
Texas (32), Florida State (48) and UAB (52) and lost to Maryland (four)
and Rutgers (27).
- Seeing 20-20 ? Penn and Princeton have each won 20 games. It is the
first
time since Penn and Princeton in 1971-72 that two Ivy League teams have
won at least 20 regular-season games.
- More 20 ? Princeton has won at least 20 games in four straight seasons
for
the first time in the program?s history.
- Sounding like a broken record ? Brian Earl broke Matt Maloney?s Ivy
League
record for three-pointers in a career in Saturday night?s win over
Columbia. Earl now has 275, the old record was 273.
- More record ? Chris Young is tied with Rick Hielscher for the
Princeton
record for blocked shots in a season with 47. Hielscher set the record as
a freshman in 1991-92.
- Still more record ? Chris Young needs 16 points to tie Kit Mueller?s
school record for points in a season by a freshman. Young has 313, Mueller
had 329 in 1987-88.
- Moving up the charts ? Brian Earl is in fifth place on Princeton?s
career
scoring list with 1,380 points, Gabe Lewullis is in 10th place on
Princeton?s career scoring list with 1,229 career points. The top 10:
1. Bill Bradley 2,503 2. Kit Mueller 1,546 3. Pete Campbell 1,451 4. Craig Robinson 1,441 5. BRIAN EARL 1,380 6. Bob Scrabis 1,365 7. Geoff Petrie 1,321 8. Bud Haabestad 1,292 9. Brian Taylor 1,239 10. GABE LEWULLIS 1,229
- Just win, baby ? Brian Earl has played in more winning basketball
games
than any other player in Princeton history (93).
- Home sweet home ? Princeton?s Class of 1999 is 39-5 all-time at Jadwin
Gym.
- More home ? Chris Young is shooting 62.5% from three-point range in
home
games and 29% in away games.
- Double figure fun ? Seven of the 10 starters between Penn and
Princeton
average in double figures (Brian Earl, Gabe Lewullis, Chris Young, Michael
Jordan, Paul Romanczuk, Jed Ryan, Matt Langel).
- Ah, Ahmed ? Ahmed El-Nokali is 15 for 19 on two-point shots.
- Swish ? Brian Earl is shooting 89.3% from the foul line. The Princeton
record is 90.0%, set by Joe Heiser in 1967-68.
- More swish ? Chris Young is shooting 51.5% from the field. Princeton?s
starting center has shot at least 50% from the field every year but one
since 1980-81 (Rick Hielscher, 1991-92).
- Centers of attention ? Princeton has used five starting centers since
the
first game of the 1987-88 season (Kit Mueller, Rick Hielscher, Jesse
Rosenfeld, Steve Goodrich, Chris Young).
- Lineup card ? Bill Carmody used six starters his first year, five his
second year and six this year. He has made two lineup switches in three
years.
- Stop, thief ? Gabe Lewullis is sixth all-time at Princeton in steals
with
137, Brian Earl is seventh with 136.
- All-time greats ? Brian Earl is fifth in scoring, first in
three-pointers,
seventh in assists and seventh in steals all-time at Princeton, Gabe
Lewullis is 10th in scoring, third in three-pointers, ninth in assists and
sixth in steals.
- Mason-ry ? Mason Rocca is averaging 9.9 points and 6.5 rebounds per
game
in Ivy League games.
- Minute man ? Brian Earl has played every minute of a game 31 times in
his
career.
- Full court press ? Princeton issued 140 media credentials for the
1998
Penn-at-Princeton game. As of Monday morning, Princeton had issued 160
media credentials for this year?s game.
- Windex ? Princeton is outrebounding its opponents 778-725 for the
year.
Princeton has not outrebouded its opponents for an entire season since
1967-68.
- More Windex ? Mason Rocca has 19 more offensive rebounds than any
other
Tiger despite being fourth on the team in minutes.
- Ratio days ? Princeton has 402 assists and 308 turnovers, its
opponents
have 242 assists and 371 turnovers.
- First time for everthing ? If the game against Penn is Princeton?s
last
for the year, then Brian Earl needs 11 points and five assists to become
the first player in school history to average 15 points per game and have
at least 100 assists in the same season.
- I?m honored ? Chris Young has been the Ivy League Rookie of the Week
each
of the last four weeks and seven of the last eight times Princeton has
played.
Friday, March 06
Friday, February 20
Wednesday, February 04
Tuesday, January 27