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Princeton University Athletics
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January 31, 2001 | Men's Basketball
Jan. 31, 2001
Princeton vs. Brown
The site Jadwin Gym * Princeton, N.J.
The date Friday, Feb. 2, 2001 *?7:30 p.m.
Radio/TV WHWH AM 1350, www.goprincetontigers.com/RCN
The records Princeton: 7-7 (2-0 Ivy League), Brown: 7-9 (1-2 Ivy League)
The coaches Princeton: John Thompson (first season, 7-7), Brown: Glenn Miller (eighth season, 110-86)
The series Princeton leads 82-14
Last year Princeton defeated Brown 76-60 * Feb. 4, 2000, Princeton defeated Brown 85-57 * March 4, 2000
The whammy to end all whammies - Princeton has never lost to Brown in Princeton (50-0).
More on that whammy - Princeton's 50-game home court winning streak against Brown is the longest in Division I basketball.
Even, steven - Princeton is at the .500 mark for third time this season and the first time since being 3-3 after defeating Xavier Dec. 9.
More even - Princeton has not been over .500 at any point this season. Career oriented - Nate Walton had a career-high 26 points against The College of New Jersey Monday night. Walton eclipsed his previous career high of 15 (set earlier this season against Ball State) by halftime against TCNJ.
The rest is history - Princeton's game against The College of New Jersey began a stretch of eight games in 19 days. Prior to that, Princeton played two games in 34 days.
Nice to see you again - Princeton and Yale have met at least once every year since 1902. The series is tied with Yale-Columbia for the oldest continuous series in Division I.
Another whammy - Princeton has won 44 straight home games against Ivy schools other than Penn.
Standing up - By the end of this weekend, Princeton can be anywhere from alone in first place in the Ivy League standings to alone in fifth place.
More standing - By the end of this weekend, either Princeton, Penn, Harvard or Yale could be alone in first place in the Ivy League.
No place like home - In the last 33 seasons, Penn and Princeton are a combined 356-30 at home against the other six Ivy schools.
More home - Princeton has defeated Yale by an average of 21.5 points in Princeton the last two seasons and lost to Yale both seasons by two points in New Haven.
Logan's run -- Andre Logan missed the game against The College of New Jersey with a shoulder injury. He is expected to play this weekend.
Minute man -- Ahmed El-Nokali played all 40 minutes against The College of New Jersey. It was the second time this season a Princeton player has played an entire game (Nate Walton vs. Holy Cross), Princeton had a player play the entire game 21 times last year and 31 times the year before.
More minutes -- Ahmed El-Nokali played his first 40-minute game of the season against The College of New Jersey. He played nine 40-minute games last season and three the season before that.
Still more minutes -- Ahmed El-Nokali missed the first five games of the season due to a groin injury. He averaged 23.5 minutes per game in his first five games back from the injury, he has averaged 36.8 minutes per game for the last four games.
Swish -- Princeton shot 75% (15 for 20) on two-point shots against The College of New Jersey.
Clunk -- Princeton missed 23 three-point shots (in 30 attempts) against The College of New Jersey. The most three-pointers Princeton has ever missed in one game is 25, when the Tigers shot 14 for 39 in a 59-54 win over Fresno State.
One-two punch -- Nate Walton and Mike Bechtold combined for 41 of Princeton's 69 points and 17 of Princeton's 30 rebounds against The College of New Jersey.
Block party -- Andre Logan leads Princeton with 10 blocked shots. Chris Young blocked 90 himself a year ago.
Aw, shoot -- Princeton and its opponents have each made 275 field goals. Princeton has made 161 two-pointers and 114 three-pointers, its opponents have made 196 two-pointers and 79 three-pointers.
D-plus -- Princeton is sixth in Division I in scoring defense, 2.9 points per game behind leader Wisconsin. Princeton has led the nation in scoring defense each of the last 12 years.
Ten-four -- Mike Bechtold leads Princeton in scoring at 10.4 points per game. The last time Princeton went a full season with no player averaging in double figures was 1945-46.
Comparison shopping -- Princeton's numbers for its 12 non-league games and its two league games: non-Ivy/Ivy points scored 54.2/65.5 points allowed 61.8 /44.5 rebounding margin -7.1 /+6.0 shooting percentage 44.1%/ 51.2% FT attempts/game 10.3 /23.0
DQ'd -- No opposing player has fouled out against Princeton this season.
Lineup card -- Princeton does not have a player who has started every game this season.
More lineup -- Princeton has used four different starting lineups in its last five games.
Special K -- Konrad Wysocki has been the Ivy League Rookie of the Week each of the last two weeks Princeton has played.
More K -- Konrad Wysocki is shooting 71.9% on two-point shots.
Mad bomber -- C.J. Chapman is seventh all-time at Princeton in three-pointers made with 116. He needs 24 to tie Chris Mooney '94 for sixth.
Can you spare a dime? -- Nate Walton is currently 13th all-time at Princeton in assists with 212. He needs 15 to tie Mickey Steuerer for 10th place.
More dimes -- Every current Princeton player combined has 518 career assists. Princeton head coach John Thompson and assistant coaches Howard Levy and Mike Brennan combined for 650 between them in their Princeton playing careers.
Say Wente - Kyle Wente made his first three career starts in Princeton's last three games.
Mad bomber -- After missing his first nine three-point attempts of the season, Nate Walton has made 10 of his last 18.
Senior citizen -- Nate Walton has played with 35 different teammates during his time at Princeton.
Where'd everybody go? -- Between Aug. 31 and the start of the season, Princeton basketball lost all of the following: Bill Carmody (head coach went to Northwestern, Spencer Gloger (three-point specialist transfered to UCLA), Chris Krug (projected starting center took leave of absence from team), Ray Robins (10.5 point-per-game starter took year off from school) and Chris Young (All-America center signed professional baseball contract and is ineligible for basketball under Ivy rules).
Century city -- Princeton has the longest current streak in Division I of consecutive games without allowing 100 points (872 games, dating to 1968 vs. North Carolina).
A league of their own -- Princeton has won seven Ivy League championships in the last 12 years.