Princeton vs. Georgetown

March 10, 1999

Game Notes

	The site	Jadwin Gym * Princeton, N.J.
	The date	Wednesday, March 10, 1999 * 7:30 p.m.
	The records	Princeton: 20-7
			Georgetown: 15-15
	The coaches	Princeton: Bill Carmody (third season, 71-13)
			Georgetown: Craig Esherick (first season, 8-9)
	The series	Tied, 5-5
	Last meeting	Georgetown defeated Princeton 50-49 * March 17, 1989

The storyline Princeton and Georgetown celebrate their 10th anniversary in the opening round of the NIT

Probable Starters

GEORGETOWN 25 Nat Burton 11.3 ppg, 4.8 rpg So., 6-4, 200, Washington, D.C. 40 Jameel Watkins 8.1 ppg, 7.3 rpg Sr., 6-10, 245, Brooklyn, N.Y. 44 Ruben Boumtje Boumtje 8.6 ppg, 7.1 rpg So., 6-11, 245, Younde, Cameroon 5 Anthony Perry 14.3 ppg, 4.8 rpg So., 6-3, 185, Jersey City, N.J. 3 Kevin Braswell 13.6 ppg, 4.1 rpg Fr., 6-2, 190, Baltimore, Md.

PRINCETON 32 Gabe Lewullis 15.0 ppg, 5.3 rpg Sr., 6-6, 210, Allentown, Pa. 44 Chris Krug 2.2 ppg, 2.6 rpg Fr., 6-9, 215, Cheltenham, Pa. 55 Chris Young 12.2 ppg, 5.3 rpg Fr., 6-10, 235, Dallas, Texas 10 Brian Earl 14.9 ppg, 3.1 rpg Sr., 6-2, 180, Medford Lakes, N.J. 15 Ahmed El-Nokali 2.5 ppg, 1.6 rpg Fr., 6-4, 175, Pittsburgh, Pa.

Tonight's Note of the Night

Happy anniversary - Princeton and Georgetown last met on March 17, 1989, in the opening round of the NCAA tournament in Providence. Top-ranked Georgetown defeated 16th-seeded Princeton 50-49 when Alonzo Mourning blocked shots by Bob Scrabis and Kit Mueller in the final six seconds.

Five more notes no media person should be without

More anniversary - In the three years prior to the 1989 Princeton-Georgetown game, the Ivy League champions (Brown in 1986, Penn in 1987, Cornell in 1988) were outscored in their NCAA tournament games by a total of 120 points. Including the 1989 Princeton-Georgetown game, the Ivy League champions (Princeton seven times, Penn three times) in the last 10 years have been outscored by a total of four points in their first-round games and have won three of them.
Sibling rivalry - John Thompson III is an assistant coach at Princeton, his brother Ronny Thompson is an assistant coach at Georgetown. Their father is John Thompson, who resigned earlier this season after spending three decades as Georgetown head coach.
Not to brag or anything - Princeton has four wins over teams in the NCAA tournament: UNC Charlotte, Texas, Penn and Alabama-Birmingham.
NIT-picking - Princeton enters the game with a four-game NIT winning streak, having won the 1975 tournament in its last appearance.
History lesson - Princeton defeated Holy Cross, South Carolina, Oregon and Providence to win the 1975 NIT. Princeton defeated Indiana and lost to Niagara in the 1972 NIT.

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More history - Princeton will be making the Ivy League's fourth appearance in the NIT. Princeton was in the tournament in 1972 and 1975, and Penn was in the tournament in 1981.
Still more history - Princeton is 5-1 all-time in the postseason NIT and 1-2 all-time in the Preseason NIT, having defeated Monmouth and lost to Texas in 1991 and lost to Indiana in 1996.
We're honored - Princeton features the Ivy League Player of the Year (Brian Earl) and Ivy League Rookie of the Year (Chris Young).
More honors - Princeton features two first-team All-Ivy League selections (Brian Earl, Gabe Lewullis) and one second-team All-Ivy League selection (Chris Young). Earl was the only unanimous first-team All-Ivy selection.
For those just tuning in - Among the highlights of Princeton's season:
* Princeton rallied from a 40-13 deficit in the final 15 minutes to defeat Penn 50-49 on Feb. 9 in a battle of Ivy unbeatens. It was the fourth-largest comeback in Division I history
* Princeton won the Rainbow Classic in Hawaii in December, defeating Florida State, Texas and UNC Charlotte on consecutive nights
* Princeton defeated Alabama-Birmingham 69-57 on UAB's home court
* Princeton won 11 straight games in midseason
* Princeton led Bucknell 31-6 at halftime en route to a 68-27 win. Bucknell won 15 games and came within four points of an NCAA tournament bid
Young gun - Chris Young, the unanimous Ivy League Rookie of the Year, was a seven-time Ivy League Rookie of the Week.
More Young - Chris Young set a Princeton record for points in a season by a freshman with 330.

Mad bomber - Brian Earl is the Ivy League's career leader in three-pointers made with 276.

Moving up the charts - Brian Earl is in fifth place on Princeton's
career
scoring list with 1,387 points, Gabe Lewullis is tied for ninth place on
Princeton's career scoring list with 1,239 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		1,387
	6. Bob Scrabis 		1,365
	7. Geoff Petrie		1,321
	8. Bud Haabestad	1,292
	9. GABE LEWULLIS	1,239
	    Brian Taylor	1,239

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 39-6 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.
Ah, Ahmed - Ahmed El-Nokali is 15 for 20 on two-point shots and 9 for 33 on three-point shots.
More Ahmed - Ahmed El-Nokali made three three-pointers against Penn after making six the entire year before that.
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 52.3% 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 138, 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.
Minute man - Brian Earl has played every minute of a game 31 times.
More minutes - Brian Earl and Gabe Lewullis played every minute of all three Princeton overtime games.
Windex - Princeton is outrebounding its opponents 807-763 for the year. Princeton has not outrebounded its opponents for an entire season since 1967-68.
Mason-ry - Mason Rocca has 19 more offensive rebounds than any other Tiger despite being fourth on the team in minutes.
Injury update - Nate Walton has missed all but five games this year after having foot surgery. C.J. Chapman is back after missing two games with a foot injury.
Block party - Chris Young is tied for the school single-season blocked shots record (47, also set by Rick Hielscher in 1991-92, his freshman year as well).
Road warriors - Princeton played 17 away games and 10 home games during the season.
Conference call - Princeton lost to Rutgers 60-49 in December in its only other game this year against a Big East school.
Showtime - Princeton had 34 dunks this year after having 27 the last three years combined.
20-something - Princeton has won at least 20 games in a season for four straight years for the first time in the program's history.
SportsCenter is next - Princeton tied with Duke and Kentucky for most appearances on ESPN in December with five (Princeton went 4-1 in those games). Princeton has not been on ESPN since.
Aloha - Gabe Lewullis was the MVP of the Rainbow Classic.
Tournament tested - Brian Earl has played in 10 in-season tournaments in his career and has won nine all-tournament honors, including four MVP awards.
Hyphen-aided - Chris Kilburn-Peterson, who missed the 1998 NCAA tournament to market a quiet vacuum cleaner in Thailand, made his first career first-half appearance against Penn.

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