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Princeton University Athletics
Stretch Drive
February 23, 2000 | Men's Basketball
Feb. 23, 2000
The site Lavietes Pavilion * Cambridge, Mass.
The date Friday, Feb. 25, 2000 *?7:37 p.m.
Radio/TV Princeton radio network (WHWH AM 1350, WJHR AM 1040, WHTG AM 1410, www.goprincetontigers.com), WPRB (103.3 FM)
The records Princeton: 15-9 (7-2 Ivy League) Harvard: 10-13 (5-5 Ivy League)
The coaches Princeton: Bill Carmody (fourth season, 88-23) Harvard: Frank Sullivan (16th season, 209-222)
The series Princeton leads 105-35
Last meeting Princeton defeated Harvard 73-55 * Feb. 12, 2000
Probable Starters
PRINCETON
22 C.J. Chapman 7.5 ppg, 2.3 rpg Jr., 6-1, 170, Aurora, Colo.
31 Ray Robins 7.1 ppg, 1.9 rpg So., 6-7, 195, Paso Robles, Calif.
55 Chris Young 13.6 ppg, 5.7 rpg So., 6-11, 255, Dallas, Texas 15 Ahmed El-Nokali 6.6 ppg, 2.2 rpg So., 6-4, 180, Pittsburgh, Pa.
4 Spencer Gloger 12.2 ppg, 3.1 rpg Fr., 6-6, 200, Santa Margarita, Calif.
HARVARD
40 Dan Clemente 19.1 ppg, 5.7 rpg Jr., 6-6, 215, Albany, N.Y.
25 Damian Long 14.5 ppg, 4.3 rpg Sr., 6-3, 190, Spokane, Wash.
32 Tim Coleman 12.7 ppg, 7.7 rpg Jr., 6-9, 215, Bellevue, Wash.
15 Elliott Prasse-Freeman 6.9 ppg, 5.0 rpg Fr., 6-3, 180, Mercer Island, Wash.
12 Andrew Gellert 7.1 ppg, 4.7 rpg So., 6-2, 180, Newtown, Conn.
Tonight's Note of the Night
Mason-ry - Mason Rocca has started 10 games in his career. If you take his averages for those 10 games and factor them over the average number of games started by Steve Goodrich, Brian Earl, Sydney Johnson, Gabe Lewullis, James Mastaglio and Mitch Henderson in their careers, then Rocca would have finished with 1,120 points (15th place), 850 rebounds (fourth) and 330 assists (fourth).
Five more notes no media person should be without
Scene of the crime --?The 87 points Princeton allowed at Harvard last year are the most the Tigers have given up to an Ivy League opponent since Columbia scored 92 in 1968.
Career oriented - Chris Young had a career-high 30 points on 10 of 11 shooting in the first game against Harvard this season.
Crimson tide - Chris Young has averaged 23.0 points per game against Harvard, his highest average against any team he has faced more than once.
TGIF - Ahmed El-Nokali has averaged 12.8 points per game in Friday night Ivy League games and 5.4 points per game in all other games.
More Friday - Ahmed El-Nokali is shooting 69.6% (16 for 23) in Friday night Ivy League games and 38.5% (40 for 104) in all other games.
Others receiving votes
Fresh face -- Spencer Gloger has 54 three-pointers, the Princeton freshman record is 55, set by Brian Earl.
Saturday night fever - Penn and Princeton have lost a combined nine games to the other six Ivy schools in the last four years. Eight of those nine losses have come on Saturday nights.
History lesson - Princeton defeated Harvard by 19 points in the first meeting between the two this year. There have been six times since 1968-69 that Princeton has defeated an Ivy opponent by at least 19 in the first meeting and lost the second one, the most recent having been last year vs. Yale. All six of those instances came when Princeton won the home game and lost the subsequent road game.
Swish - Princeton has shot at least 50% from the field in three of its four Ivy League weekends.
More swish - Princeton has shot 53.2% in its seven Ivy League wins and 32.3% in its two Ivy League losses.
D plus - For the first time this season, Princeton leads the nation in scoring defense (54.2 points per game). Princeton has led the nation in scoring defense each of the last 11 years.
Baskin' with Robins - Ray Robins is shooting 52.6% for the season from three-point range. He is four made three-pointers shy of qualifying for the national leaders, he would be leading Division I if he had enough made three-pointers.
Sweep dreams - Princeton has swept 25 of its last 29 Ivy League series.
More sweep - Princeton has swept 26 of its last 31 Ivy League weekends.
Spencer for hire - Spencer Gloger had his first career back-to-back 20 point games last weekend.
Foul ball - Ray Robins has made 14 straight foul shots.
More foul - Since beginning the season 8 for 13 (.615) from the foul line, Spencer Gloger is 31 for 37 (.838).
No place like home - Spencer Gloger is averaging 14.8 points per game while shooting 50% from three-point range at home and averaging 9.8 points per game while shooting 40.7% from three-point range on the road.
No place like road - Chris Young is averaging 12.1 points per game while shooting 45.8% at home and averaging 14.8 points per game while shooting 51.7% on the road.
Home, road, what's the difference? - C.J. Chapman is averaging 7.5 points per game at home and 7.5 points per game on the road.
More home - Princeton has outscored its opponents by an average of 67.2-50.9 in its 11 home games and 57.4-57.0 in its 13 away games.
A league of his own - Nate Walton is shooting 69.6% from the field in Ivy League games.
Ol' reliable Nathan - Nate Walton has a higher shooting percentage from the field than he does the foul line. The last Princeton player to do so for a full season (with double figure attempts in each) was Howard Levy, the current assistant coach who shot 47.3% from the foul line and 68.2% from the field in 1982-83.
Center of attention - Chris Young leads Princeton in points, rebounds, blocks and steals.
Point, counterpoint - Chris Young needs 43 points to tie Kit Mueller for most points by a Princeton player by the end of his sophomore year (756).
Oh say can you C.J. - C.J. Chapman has 41 three-pointers in 643 minutes this season. He had 37 three-pointers in 893 minutes his first two seasons combined.
Walking wounded - Princeton has had seven players miss at least one game due to injury. Princeton had seven players the previous seven years miss at least one game due to injury.
Hand-y man - Nate Walton is shooting 16 for 23 (.696) while playing with a broken right hand. Walton shot 29 for 62 (.468) while playing the first 14 games of the season with two good hands.
Ah, Ahmed - Ahmed El-Nokali is shooting 57.8% in the Ivy League after shooting 36.6% in non-league games.
Cy Young - Righthanded pitcher Chris Young, the Ivy League Rookie of the Year in baseball and basketball last year, is the 77th-rated prospect in the upcoming Major League draft, according to Baseball America.
More Young - Chris Young has already set a Princeton school single-season record with 67 blocked shots.
Block party -- Chris Young set a school record with nine blocked shots against Ohio.
Coach speak - Bill Carmody is 46-5 in Ivy League games. He has won 37 by at least 10 points and 22 by at least 20.
Lineup card -- Bill Carmody used four starting lineups in his first 79 games as Princeton head coach. He has used eight starting lineups in the last 32 games.
Aw, shoot -- Princeton has a better shooting percentage from three-point range (.379) than its opponents have overall (.366).
Long range thinking -- Spencer Gloger's 10 three-pointers against UAB tied the all-time Ivy League record (with Matt Maloney) and are tied for the most in a Division I game this season (Jason Harris, Fordham vs. Quinnipiac Dec. 21, Marc Polite, Eastern Ill. vs. Arkansas St. Dec. 23).
More long range -- Princeton has made at least 10 three-pointers in a game eight times this season and at least eight three-pointers in a game 15 times.
Still more long range - Princeton shot 13 for 27 from three-point range in each game last weekend.
Bombs away - After starting the season 8 for 37 from three-point range, Chris Young has made 10 of his last 25.
Can you spare a dime? - Prior to last weekend, Nate Walton had seven assists and eight turnovers in 97 minutes since breaking his hand. Walton had 10 assists and three turnovers in 40 minutes last night.
More Mason-ry - Mason Rocca was limited to 15 minutes last weekend after playing 33 against Penn last Tuesday night.
Class struggle - Princeton's freshmen and sophomores have combined for 92 games started, Princeton's juniors and seniors have combined for 28.
Politcally correct - Bill Bradley, Princeton's all-time leading scorer in men's basketball, is running for the Democratic Party nomination against Al Gore, a Harvard graduate.
A league of their own - Columbia, Brown, Dartmouth and Cornell have all been mathematically eliminated from the Ivy League race. One more win by Penn or one more loss by Harvard and Yale would eliminate Harvard and Yale as well and ensure that Penn or Princeton wins the league for the 12th straight time and 29th time in the last 31 years. Any combination of Princeton wins and Harvard and Yale losses totalling three coupled with one Penn win or one Harvard and Yale loss would ensure that Penn and Princeton finish 1-2 in the league for the seventh time in the last nine years.