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Princeton University Athletics
Super Tuesday
March 06, 2000 | Men's Basketball
March 6, 2000
Princeton vs. Pennsylvania
The site The Palestra * Philadelphia, Pa.
The date Tuesday, March 7, 2000 *?8:00 p.m.
Radio/TV Princeton radio network (WHWH AM 1350, WJHR AM 1040, WHTG AM 1410, www.goprincetontigers.com), WPRB (103.3 FM)/Comcast SportsNet, DIRECTV
The records Princeton: 19-9 (11-2 Ivy League) Pennsylvania: 20-7 (13-0 Ivy League)
The coaches Princeton: Bill Carmody (fourth season, 92-23) Pennsylvania: Fran Dunphy (11th season, 193-104)
The series Pennsylvania leads 108-93
Last meeting Pennsylvania defeated Princeton 55-46 * Feb. 15, 2000
PRINCETON 22 C.J. Chapman 8.1 ppg, 2.4 rpg Jr., 6-1, 170, Aurora, Colo.
31 Ray Robins 8.5 ppg, 2.5 rpg So., 6-7, 195, Paso Robles, Calif.
55 Chris Young 13.6 ppg, 6.2 rpg So., 6-11, 255, Dallas, Texas 15 Ahmed El-Nokali 6.8 ppg, 2.4 rpg So., 6-4, 180, Pittsburgh, Pa.
4 Spencer Gloger 12.1 ppg, 3.4 rpg Fr., 6-6, 200, Santa Margarita, Calif.
PENNSYLVANIA 15 Frank Brown 6.0 ppg, 3.1 rpg Sr., 6-6, 215, Beverly Hills, Calif.
1 Ugonna Onyekwe 11.2 ppg, 6.0 rpg Fr., 6-8, 225, London, England
51 Geoff Owens 8.9 ppg, 7.6 rpg Sr., 6-11, 240, Audubon, N.J.
20 Matt Langel 12.1 ppg, 4.1 rpg Sr., 6-5, 200, Moorestown, N.J.
23 Michael Jordan 16.0 ppg, 4.3 rpg Sr., 6-0, 175, Philadelphia, Pa.
Tonight's Note of the Night
History lesson - Tonight's game marks the eighth time since the formation of the Ivy League in 1956-57 that Princeton and Penn have met in the final game of the regular season when one of the teams has already clinched the title. The team that won the championship won each of the previous seven meetings.
Five more notes no media person should be without
A league of their own - Either Princeton or Penn is the Ivy League for the 12th straight year and the 29th time in the last 31 years. Princeton and Penn will finish 1-2 in the league for the seventh time in the nine years.
More league - Princeton and Penn will finish 1-2 in the Ivy League for the seventh time in the last nine years.
Mason-ry - Mason Rocca was unable to play against either Yale or Brown this past weekend due to tendonitis in his ankle. Rocca, the lone senior on this year's Princeton team, missed the first four games of this season with a groin injury and then missed 51 days in midseason after ankle surgery.
More Mason-ry - Mason Rocca played 33 minutes in the first game against Penn, with 16 points and 14 rebounds. Rocca has played 28 minutes the last six games combined.
No place like road - The visiting team has won three straight games and 11 of the last 19 games in the Princeton-Penn series.
Others receiving votes
Class struggle - Princeton's freshmen and sophomores have combined for 108 games started, Princeton's juniors and seniors have combined for 32. Penn's freshmen and sophomores have combined for 38 games started, Penn's juniors and seniors have combined for 97.
Aw, shoot - Princeton shot 51% as a team in its 12 games against the other six Ivy League schools. Princeton shot 28.8% (a season low) in its loss to Penn.
20-something - Princeton needs one more win to reach 20 for the fifth straight season. Before its current streak began in 1995-96, Princeton had never won more than 20 games in more than three straight seasons.
Baskin' with Robins - Ray Robins started the 12 Ivy League games against the teams other than Penn and averaged 10.7 points per game. Robins did not play in the first game against Penn.
More Robins - Ray Robins scored six points in the first 14 games of the season (0.4 points per game). He has scored 155 in the last 14 (11.1 per game).
Spread it around - Princeton had seven players in double figures against Brown Saturday night. It was the first time in school history that Princeton had at least seven players in double figures.
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 had 11 points, 10 rebounds, seven assists and six blocks in 20 minutes against Brown Saturday night. No Princeton player in the history of the program has ever had a "triple double."
Still more Young - Chris Young leads Princeton in scoring, rebounding and blocks and is second in steals and assists.
Walking wounded - Mike Bechtold became the eighth Princeton player this year to miss a game due to injury when he sat out last night's game with a stress fracture in his leg. Princeton had seven players the previous seven years miss a game with an injury.
Can you spare a dime? - Nate Walton had seven assists and eight turnovers in his first 97 minutes after breaking his hand, including one assist and two turnovers in the loss to Penn in the first meeting this year. Walton has 25 assists and 11 turnovers in 126 minutes since.
More dimes - Nate Walton has 102 assists, making him the 12th player in school history to reach 100 assists in a season. Chris Young has 97 assists.
Block party - Chris Young has set the Princeton single-season record with 84 blocked shots. He is nine away from tying the Ivy League record, set in 1997 by Brian Gilpin of Dartmouth.
More blocks - Chris Young set a school record with nine blocked shots against Ohio.
Last blocks - Princeton has set a school record with 138 blocked shots.
D plus - Princeton leads the nation in scoring defense (53.9 points per game). Princeton has led the nation in scoring defense each of the last 11 years.
Fresh face -- Spencer Gloger has 61 three-pointers, the Princeton freshman record.
More fresh - Spencer Gloger is the third Princeton freshman to reach the 300-point mark. Gloger, with 315 points, joins Chris Young and Kit Mueller.
More Robins - Ray Robins is trying to become the fifth Princeton player ever and the first since Matt Henshon in 1991 to shoot at least 50% from three-point range for a full season. Robins is at .492 for the season, one below 50%.
Another Robins - Ray Robins has been in double figures in five straight games and eight of 13 since he became a starter.
Last Robins - Ray Robins ranks fourth in Division I in three-point field goal percentage.
Foul ball - Ray Robins is a career 89.7% foul shooter.
Center of attention - Chris Young is shooting 50.5% from the field. Every Princeton but one center since 1981-82 has shot at least 50% from the field.
More center - Chris Young is averaging more points, more rebounds, more assists and more blocked shots this season than Steve Goodrich did his senior year, when he was the Ivy League Player of the Year.
Board game - Chris Young is averaging 6.2 rebounds per game, the most by a Princeton player since Bob Roma in 1978.
Oh say can you C.J. - C.J. Chapman has 50 three-pointers in 781 minutes this season. He had 37 three-pointers in 893 minutes his first two seasons combined.
Coach speak - Bill Carmody is 50-5 in Ivy League games. He has won 41 by at least 10 points and 23 by at least 20.
Aw, shoot -- Princeton has a better shooting percentage from three-point range (.377) than its opponents have overall (.362).
More shoot - Princeton ranks sixth in Division I in field goal percentage defense (.362).
Swish - Nate Walton, a career 37.5% shooter from the field prior to this season, is shooting 51% overall and 57.5% in Ivy League games.
Ah, Ahmed - Ahmed El-Nokali is shooting 57.5% in league games and 36.6% in non-league games.
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.
Point, counterpoint - Ray Robins has scored 161 points in 341 minutes. Nate Walton has scored 130 points in 650 minutes.
Lineup card - Chris Young, C.J. Chapman, Ahmed El-Nokali and Eugene Baah are the only Tigers to play in every game.
Windex - Princeton has more three-pointers (236) than offensive rebounds (182). Its opponents have 346 offensive rebounds and 143 three-pointers.
In case you forgot - Princeton trailed Penn 40-13 with 15 minutes remaining before rallying for a 50-49 win in last year's game at the Palestra.