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Princeton University Athletics
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January 12, 2001 | Men's Basketball
Jan. 12, 2001
Princeton vs. Columbia
The site Jadwin Gym * Princeton, N.J.
The date Saturday, Jan. 13, 2001 *?7:30 p.m.
Radio/TV WHWH AM 1350, www.goprincetontigers.com/CN8
The records Princeton: 5-7 (1-0 Ivy League), Columbia: 4-9 (0-1 Ivy League)
The coaches Princeton: John Thompson (first season, 5-7), Columbia: Armond Hill (sixth season, 51-93)
The series Princeton leads 124-79
Last year Princeton defeated Columbia 53-46 * Jan. 29, 2000, Princeton defeated Columbia 81-52 * Feb. 18, 2000
Night and day - Princeton's average numbers for its 11 non-league games versus its Ivy League opener (non-league/Cornell): points scored 52.8/78 points allowed 62.0/53 rebounding margin -7.8/+7.0 shooting percentage 43.6% /56.5%
Swish - Princeton shot a season-best 56.5% against Cornell.
More swish - Princeton shot 12 for 17 in the second half against Cornell. Born to run - Princeton had a 32-3 first-half run against Cornell, including 18-0 at one point.
No place like home - Princeton has won 43 straight home games against Ivy teams other than Penn, dating to a 1993 loss to Columbia.
Fresh faces - Princeton's top two leading scorers in each of the last three games have been freshmen (Andre Logan/Konrad Wysocki vs. Penn State/Rutgers, Ed Persia/Konrad Wysocki vs. Cornell).
More fresh - Princeton's freshmen have scored 56% (95 of 169) of Princeton's points in the last three games.
Career oriented - Ed Persia had a career-high 17 points against Cornell last night.
More career - Konrad Wysocki has scored a career-high 16 points in each of Princeton's last two games.
Transactions - Eugene Baah, who started each of the first 11 games, has left the team for personal reasons. Chris Krug, who took a leave of absence from the team in the preseason, has decided not to return to the team.
For starters - No Princeton player has started every game this season.
Presidential politics - Princeton plays its final game with Bill Clinton as President of the United States. Princeton has a record of 160-64 since Clinton became President.
On the other hand - Princeton won the Ivy League championship each of the four years that the President's name was George Bush.
See you later - After finishing one 16-day layoff, Princeton plays Cornell and Columbia this weekend and then begins another 16-day layoff.
No place like home - After playing two home games in the first 59 days of the season, Princeton plays its second home game in two nights.
The whammy - Princeton has won 14 straight games against Columbia.
Double play - Princeton had its first double-figure lead of the year last night against Cornell.
Special K - Konrad Wysocki has had 59 points and 30 rebounds in his last five games. He had six points and 13 rebounds in the seven games prior to that.
More K - Konrad Wysocki was named Ivy League Rookie of the Week for the final week of December. the last time Princeton played.
Ouch - Princeton's Mike Bechtold, C.J. Chapman and Nate Walton are all slowed by foot injuries.
More ouch - Ahmed El-Nokali missed the first five games of the season after undergoing surgery in October to repair a tendon in his groin.
Welcome back - After making two of his previous 17 three-point attempts, C.J. Chapman was 3 for 4 against Cornell.
Can you spare a dime? - Nate Walton leads Princeton with 45 assists. The next two leading players combined have 46 assists.
Say Wente - Kyle Wente made his first career start last night against Cornell.
Foul ball - Princeton outscored Cornell by nine points at the foul line last night after being outscored by an average of 9.4 points per game at the foul line in the first 11 games.
Free for all - Mike Bechtold leads Princeton in free throw attempts (20) and free throw percentage (85%).
Mad bomber - C.J. Chapman has attempted 58 three-point shots and eight two-point shots.
Minute man -- Nate Walton played all 40 minutes against Holy Cross, becoming the first Princeton player to play an entire game this season. Princeton had a player play the entire game 21 times a year ago and 31 times the year before that.