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Princeton University Athletics
Cat Fight
January 04, 2000 | Men's Basketball
Jan. 4, 2000
Princeton vs. Lafayette
The site
Jadwin Gym • Princeton, N.J.
The date
Saturday, Jan. 8, 2000 •?7:37 p.m.
The records
Princeton: 7-6 Lafayette: 7-4
The coaches
Princeton: Bill Carmody (fourth season, 80-20) Lafayette: Fran O'Hanlon (fifth season, 66-58)
The series
Princeton leads 39-12
Last meeting
Lafayette defeated Princeton 63-47 • Nov. 18, 1998
The storyline
Princeton plays its final game before a 16-day break for first semester exams
Probable Starters
LAFAYETTE
44 Rob Worthington 4.1 ppg, 3.1 rpg So., 6-6, 215, St. Paul, Minn.
22 Tyson Whitfield 13.4 ppg, 3.9 rpg Jr., 6-4, 195, Yakima, Wash.
34 Stefan Ciosici 10.5 ppg, 5.4 rpg Sr., 6-11, 260, Timisoara, Romania
14 Tim Bieg 8.6 ppg, 2.9 rpg Jr., 5-11, 185, Haddonfield, N.J.
32 Brian Ehlers 14.9 ppg, 3.9 rpg Jr., 6-4, 205, Bay Shore, N.Y. PRINCETON
21 Eugene Baah 4.9 ppg, 2.4 rpg So., 6-5, 195, New York, N.Y.
33 Nate Walton 4.9 ppg, 4.5 rpg Jr., 6-7, 215, San Diego, Calif.
55 Chris Young 12.7 ppg, 5.9 rpg So., 6-11, 255, Dallas, Texas
15 Ahmed El-Nokali 5.4 ppg, 2.4 rpg So., 6-4, 180, Pittsburgh, Pa.
4 Spencer Gloger 12.5 ppg, 3.7 rpg Fr., 6-6, 195, Santa Margarita, Calif.
Tonight's Note of the Night
The whammy — Princeton has not lost its final game before first semester exams since a 78-54 loss to Harvard on Jan. 10, 1987, a span of 12 games.
Five more notes no media person should be without
In case you forgot — Lafayette defeated Princeton 63-47 in the Tigers' 1998-99 season-opener. Princeton led only once, at 9-7, and was no closer than 11 points at any time in the second half.
'Pard-on us — Lafayette's win over Princeton last year was the first for the Leopards in the series since 1984.
Windex — Princeton has eight offensive rebounds in its last three games, its opponents have combined for 49 offensive rebounds in those games.
You need a TO, baby — In Bill Carmody's first 100 games as head coach, Princeton is 59-9 (.868) when it commits 12 or fewer turnovers and 21-11 (.656) when it commits 13 or more. Princeton is 74-11 (.871) when it commits 15 or fewer turnovers and 6-9 (.400) when it commits 16 or more.
Three for all — Princeton has made more three-pointers than foul shots (106-85), its opponents have made nearly three times as many foul shots as three-pointers (176-60).
Others receiving votes
Block party — Princeton has 67 blocked shots in 13 games and is on pace for a school-record 149 (current record is 104, set last year). The 1997-98 Tigers had 73 blocked shots for the season, the 1996-97 Tigers had 49 for the season.
More blocks — Chris Young is in fourth place on Princeton's career blocked shots list after 43 career games. Young has 92, trailing Craig Robinson (97), Rich Simkus (98) and Rick Hielscher (159).
Mason-ry — Mason Rocca, the lone Princeton senior, underwent surgery to remove bone chips from his ankle on Wednesday, Dec. 29 and is expected to miss six weeks. Should he be out exactly six weeks, he would miss seven games and return in time for Princeton's home games against Dartmouth, Harvard and Pennsylvania.
More Mason-ry — Princeton is 2-4 without Mason Rocca and 5-2 with him.
Still more Mason-ry — Princeton is averaging 48.8 points per game in the six games that Mason Rocca has missed due to injury and 64.6 points per game in the seven games he's played.
Century city — Bill Carmody is 80-20 after 100 games as Princeton head coach.
Decade-nce — Princeton won 209 games in the 1990s, the most of any decade in the history of the program.
The Rocca factor— Nate Walton has averaged 36.3 minutes per game in the five games Mason Rocca has missed and 23.1 minutes per game in the seven games Mason Rocca has played.
Doing dishes — Of Princeton's 219 assists, 154 are by forwards and centers and 65 are by guards.
Another whammy — Princeton has not lost consecutive games to Lafayette since losing in 1954 and 1955.
Long range thinking — Princeton tied the school record with 17 three-pointers against UAB.
More long - Spencer Gloger's 10 three-pointers against UAB are tied for the most in a Division I game this season.
Still more long — Spencer Gloger has a higher shooting percentage on three-point shots than he does on two-point shots.
Ol' reliable Nathan — Nate Walton has had at least five assists nine times in 13 games, every other Tiger has had at least five assists eight times in 13 games.
More Nathan — Nate Walton has 62 assists and 22 turnovers.
Last Nathan — Nate Walton is on pace for 138 assists, which would be third-best all-time at Princeton.
Ah, Ahmed — Ahmed El-Nokali had a career-high 11 points against Kansas.
Ah, Bechtold— Mike Bechtold had a career-high 11 points against Xavier.
Foul ball — Princeton has attempted 140 foul shots. Princeton's opponents have made 176 foul shots.
Spencer for hire — Spencer Gloger tied the Ivy League record with 10 three-pointers against UAB.
More Spencer — Spencer Gloger is on pace for 87 three-pointers. Sean Jackson holds the school record with 95, Brian Earl holds the freshman record with 55.
Block party — Chris Young has 37 blocked shots, Princeton's opponents have 28 blocked shots.
Still more blocks — Chris Young set a school record with nine blocked shots against Ohio.
Half grand — Chris Young has 552 career points. Bill Bradley, Brian Taylor and Kit Mueller are the only three Princeton players ever to reach 1,000 points as juniors.
Fresh face — Spencer Gloger is the third Princeton freshman ever to score at least 100 points in his first 10 games (Brian Earl, Rick Hielscher).
Batter up — Chris Young has a higher assists per game average (3.1), blocks per game average (2.8) and rebounds per game average (5.9) than he had earned run average (2.37) last spring.
Young gun — At his current pace, Chris Young would finish his career first all-time at Princeton in blocked shots, second in points and steals, fourth in assists and sixth in rebounding.
Centers of attention — Princeton has used five starting centers since the start of the 1987-88 season (Kit Mueller, Rick Hielscher, Jesse Rosenfeld, Steve Goodrich, Chris Young).
Just win, baby — Princeton had the ninth best winning percentage in Division I in the 1990s.
More win — Princeton has won seven Ivy League titles in the last 11 years.
!*%!*% — After getting one technical foul in his first 97 games, Bill Carmody has two in his last three games.
Score-boarding — Either Spencer Gloger, Chris Young or Mason Rocca has been Princeton's leading scorer in every game this year.
Minute men — Chris Young, Spencer Gloger, Mason Rocca, C.J. Chapman, Ahmed El-Nokali, Eugene Baah and Nate Walton account for 95% of Princeton's minutes played.
Sold on Bechtold — Mike Bechtold is shooting 50% from three-point range (10 for 20). Only four players in school history, all between 1987-91, have shot at least 50% for a full season.
God save the Queen — Eugene Baah, who played for his native England in last summer's World University Games, has started every game this season.
Welcome back — Phil Jackman has returned to the team after missing almost four weeks with mononucleosis.