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Princeton University Athletics
Princeton Faces No. 4 Maryland
November 30, 2001 | Men's Basketball
Nov. 30, 2001
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PRINCETON vs. MARYLAND
The site MCI Center * Washington, D.C.
The date Sunday, Dec. 2, 2001 *1:10 p.m.
Radio/TV WHWH AM 1350, www.goprincetontigers.com, WPRB FM 103.3/Comcast Sports Net, CN8, satellite coordinates C Band, GE 3, Transponder 10
The records Princeton: 1-3, Maryland: 4-1
The coaches Princeton: John Thompson (second season, 17-14), Maryland: Gary Williams (25th season, 453-268)
The series Maryland leads 4-3
Last meeting Maryland defeated Princeton 81-58 * Dec. 19, 1998
In case you forgot - Maryland defeated Princeton 81-58 in the last meeting between the teams, on Dec. 19, 1998 at the Baltimore Arena. Princeton committed 29 turnovers in that game, the most a Princeton team has ever committed in one game.
On the one hand ... - Maryland led Princeton 19-2 after 6:27 of the last meeting between the schools.
... on the other hand - Princeton shot 55.3% from the field against Maryland in the 1998 game for its highest shooting percentage of the season.
Conference call - Princeton is 4-4 in its last eight games against the Atlantic Coast Conference, dating to the start of the 1997-98 season.
The glass menagerie - Princeton averages 25.8 rebounds per game, Maryland averages 45.2 rebounds per game.
Inside-outside - Of Princeton's total field goal attempts, 54% have been three-pointers. Of Maryland's total field goal attempts, 29.6% have been three-pointers. Role reversal - Princeton has a guard leading the team in offensive rebounds (Kyle Wente), a forward leading the team in three-pointers (Mike Bechtold) and a center leading the team in assists (Konrad Wysocki).
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 Division I teams to appear in the postseason each of the last six seasons. Of the other 21, only Fresno State is not from either the ACC, Big East, Big Ten, Pac 10, Big 12 or SEC.
More madness - Princeton ranks 14th in Division I history with 22 NCAA tournament appearances.
Strength of schedule - Two of Princeton's next four opponents are ranked in the top seven (No. 4 Maryland, No. 7 Kansas).
Foul ball - Princeton outscored Rider by 12 points (22-10) at the foul line in the 69-57 win Wednesday night. Princeton had been outscored by 27 points (9.0 per game) in its first three games, all losses.
Logan's run - Andre Logan is shooting 67.9% from the field (19 for 28).
More Logan - Andre Logan is 5 for 9 (55.6%) from both the foul line and three-point range.
Last Logan - Andre Logan is shooting 67.8% from the field and 55.6% from three-point range this season. As a freshman last year, Logan shot 46.9% from the field and 26.7% from three-point range.
Ah, Ahmed - Ahmed El-Nokali, Princeton's point guard, has committed six turnovers in 140 minutes, an average of one turnover every 23.3 minutes.
More Ahmed - Ahmed El-Nokali leads Princeton in minutes played per game with 35.0. El-Nokali played all 40 minutes in a game nine times last season but has yet to do so this season.
Can you spare a dime? - Konrad Wysocki has 16 assists in four games this season after having 22 assists all of last season.
More dimes - Konrad Wysocki has 16 assists and 13 turnovers this season after having 22 assists and 37 turnovers last season.
Guarded optimism - Princeton's starting backcourt of Ahmed El-Nokali and Kyle Wente has combined for 21 assists and nine turnovers.
I'd like to talk to you about your long distance - Four of the top eight Princeton players in minutes played have attempted more three-pointers than two-pointers.
More long distance - Mike Bechtold has attempted 27 three-point shots and five two-point shots.
Two good - Mike Bechtold is 4 for 5 on two-point shots this season.
Good Will hunting - Will Venable had eight points in 16 minutes against Rider, he had five points in 20 minutes in the first three games combined.
Special K - Konrad Wysocki leads Princeton in scoring and assists and is tied for the team lead in rebounds and blocked shots.
Get to the point - Ed Persia has averaged 10.5 points per game in two career games against ACC teams (five at Duke, 16 vs. North Carolina in the NCAA tournament). Persia has averaged 4.5 points per game in all other games.
Say Wente - Kyle Wente, a starting guard, leads the team in offensive rebounds.
Say Wente - Kyle Wente, a starting forward last year, has been moved to a starting guard spot this season.
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 (888 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 417 games.
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 789 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".
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.