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Princeton University Athletics
Princeton Travels To Miami To Take On Florida International
November 21, 2001 | Men's Basketball
Nov. 21, 2001
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PRINCETON at FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL
The site Golden Panther Arena * Miami, Fla.
The date Saturday, Nov. 24, 2001 *2:00 p.m.
Radio/TV WHWH AM 1350, www.goprincetontigers.com/none
The records Princeton: 0-2, Florida International: 2-1
The coaches Princeton: John Thompson (second season, 16-13), Florida International: Donnie Marsh (second season at FIU, 10-22, seventh season overall, 86-76)
The series first meeting
Nice to meet you - Princeton and Florida International play each other for the first time.
The Sunshine State - Princeton has not played a game in the state of Florida since losing to Syracuse and Army in the 1963 Hurricane Classic at Miami.
Swish - Princeton and its opponents are a combined 93 for 186 (50%) from the field through two games. Princeton is 43 for 87 (49.4%), its opponents are 50 for 99 (50.5%).
More swish - Princeton has three starters and its top two reserves shooting at least 60% from the field: Will Venable (66.7%), Ray Robins (62.5%), Andre Logan (61.5%), Konrad Wysocki (60%), Kyle Wente (60%).
Giveaway day - Princeton has 36 turnovers in two games, an average of 18.0 per game. Princeton averaged 12.6 turnovers per game for the 2000-01 season. Local hero - Florida International coach Donnie Marsh was formerly the coach at the College of New Jersey (then Trenton State College), located eight miles from the Princeton campus.
I'd like to talk to you about your long distance - Princeton has attempted 48 three-point shots and 39 two-point shots.
More long distance - Princeton is shooting 21 for 48 from three-point range in two games.
Double play - Princeton is shooting 22 for 39 (56.4%) on two-point shots.
A league of their own - Princeton has won eight Ivy League championships in the last 13 years.
It's madness - Princeton is one of 22 teams in Division I to play in the postseason each of the last six years.
Special K - Konrad Wysocki is leading the team in scoring and assists and is tied for the team lead in rebounds. Only three players, including Nate Walton last year, have ever led Princeton in all three categories for a full season.
Can you spare a dime? - Konrad Wysocki had 22 assists in 27 games last season, he has 10 in two games this season.
More dimes - Konrad Wysocki has 10 assists and five turnovers in two games this season, he had 22 assists and 37 turnovers all of last season.
Last dimes - Princeton has 34 assists on 43 baskets (79%), Princeton's opponents have 29 assists on 50 baskets (58%).
Career oriented - Konrad Wysocki has had a career high in points (17 vs. California) and assists (seven vs. St. Joe's) in Princeton's first two games.
Nothing's free - Princeton has made more three-pointers (21) than foul shots (14).
More free - Princeton is shooting 51.9% from the foul line (14 for 27).
Last free - Princeton's opponents have made more free throws (31) than Princeton has attempted (27).
Baskin Robins - Ray Robins has made 3 of 4 three-pointers in two games.
Minute men - Princeton's five starters have averaged at least 29 minutes per game each.
Role reversal - Each of Princeton's starting guards (Kyle Wente, Ahmed El-Nokali) has more blocked shots than Princeton's starting center (Konrad Wysocki).
Sold on Bechtold - Mike Bechtold has six three-point baskets and one two-point baskets.
Strength of schedule - Three of Princeton's first seven opponents (St. Joe's, Maryland, Kansas) were preseason Top 10 teams.
Logan's run - Andre Logan is 4 for 7 (57.1%) from three-point range in two games this season after shooting 12 for 45 (26.7%) a year ago.
Say Wente - Kyle Wente, a starting forward last year, has been moved to a starting guard spot this season.
More Wente - Kyle Wente has five of Princeton's 12 steals in two games.
Ouch - Senior co-captain Mike Bechtold has been slowed by leg injuries each of his three years at Princeton. His freshman and sophomore seasons ended with stress fractures, and he missed almost the entire Ivy League season last year with the same problem.
Century city - Princeton has the longest current streak in Division I of consecutive games without allowing 100 points (886 games, dating to 1968 vs. North Carolina).
Three for all - Princeton has made at least one three-pointer in every game since the rule was enacted in 1986, a span of 415 games.
Logan's run - Andre Logan, who started the second half of his freshman year last year, has acted in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
D minus - Princeton had its run of 13 straight seasons leading the country in scoring defense snapped last year, when the Tigers finished second nationally.
What might have been - Princeton has been without All-America center Chris Young last season and now this season. Young, who scored 801 points his first two seasons and was on pace to finish his career second all-time at Princeton in scoring and rebounding, signed a professional baseball contract as a 6' 11" pitcher with the Pittsburgh Pirates in September 2000. Under Ivy League rules, Young, who is still a Princeton undergraduate, was ineligible for all other sports when he became a professional in one.
Young and the rest - Chris Young had 801 points in two seasons at Princeton. Ahmed El-Nokali and Mike Bechtold, the two leading career scorers on the team, have 755 points between them.
Size matters - Princeton's starting five averaged 6' 4.6" a year ago, and the 12 plyers on the team averaged 6' 5". The five incoming Princeton freshman average 6' 7.2" and the average height for the entire roster is 6' 6.7".
Not bad, for starters - Princeton returned four starters from the 2000-01 season (Ahmed El-Nokali, Kyle Wente, Andre Logan, Ed Persia), one other starter from the 1999-2000 season (Ray Robins) and another starter from the 1998-99 season (Chris Krug).
The fab four - John Thompson is Princeton's fourth head coach in the last 40 years. He has followed Butch van Breda Kolff, Pete Carril and Bill Carmody.
Center of attention - Princeton centers have been named first-team All-Ivy League 11 times in the last 13 years, including last year, when Nate Walton was a unanimous first-team All-Ivy selection.
More center - Konrad Wysocki, the backup center last year, was the 2001 Ivy League Rookie of the Year. He became the third Princeton center in the last nine years to win the award.
Cream rises - Princeton ranks 14th all-time in NCAA tournament appearances with 22.