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Princeton University Athletics
Scarlet Fever
December 26, 2001 | Men's Basketball
Dec. 26, 2001
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PRINCETON vs. RUTGERS
The site Louis Brown Athletic Center * Piscataway, N.J.
The date Saturday, Dec. 29, 2001 *7:30 p.m. EST
Radio/TV WHWH AM 1350, www.goprincetontigers.com, WPRB FM 103.3/MSG Network
The records Princeton: 3-6, Rutgers: 8-3
The coaches Princeton: John Thompson (second season, 19-17), Rutgers: Gary Waters (sixth season, 100-63)
The series Princeton leads 71-36
Last year Rutgers defeated Princeton 44-42 * Dec. 14, 2000, Rutgers defeated Princeton 53-39 *Dec. 27, 2000
Close-ness - Princeton and Rutgers are 5-5 against each other in their last 10 meetings. Rutgers has outscored Princeton 569-568 in those 10 games.
No place like road - The visiting team has won four straight and five of the last six non-neutral court games in the series.
Strength of schedule - Princeton has played three Top 10 teams, including two (Kansas, Maryland) who have been ranked No. 2, and five teams who played in the 2001 NCAA tournament.
More schedule - Princeton's strength of schedule RPI is 31, Rutgers' strength of schedule RPI is 217.
Hey, neighbor - Princeton has played Rutgers more than any non-Ivy League opponent.
History lesson - Princeton and Rutgers have met at least once every season since 1926-27 except for 1943-44 and 1995-96.
In case you forgot - Princeton and Rutgers played twice last year, in the regular season at Jadwin Gym and two weeks later in the consolation game in the Holiday Festival at Madison Square Garden. Rutgers won both games. The glass menagerie - Rutgers had 30 offensive rebounds in two games against Princeton last season.
Good Will hunting - Freshman Will Venable is averaging a team-best 13.7 points per game in the last three games.
Swish - Princeton is shooting exactly 50% from the field (72 for 144) in its last three games.
More swish - Princeton missed its first 12 three-point attempts in its last game against Lafayette before making six of its final seven.
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 seasons. Of the other 21, all but one (Fresno State) are in either the ACC, Big East, Big Ten, Pac 10, SEC or Big 12.
More madness - Princeton is tied for 14th all-time in NCAA tournament appearances with 22.
Injury update - Konrad Wysocki missed Princeton's game against Lafayette with a foot injury. He is expected to play against Rutgers.
Logan's run - Andre Logan is shooting 54% from the field this season after shooting 46.9% a year ago as a freshman.
Young guns - Princeton's freshmen and sophomores have scored 54% of the team's points (295 of 549).
Fresh faces - Princeton's freshmen have averaged 28.5 points per game for the last two games.
More fresh - Princeton's four freshmen (Dominick Martin, Mike Stephens, Will Venable, Judson Wallace) are shooting a combined 54% from the field.
Three for all - Princeton has made at least one three-pointer in every game since the rule was enacted in 1986, a span of 421 games.
Minute man - Ed Persia has averaged 23 minutes per game in the last two games after averaging 10.9 minutes per game in the first seven games this year and 21.9 minutes per game a year ago.
More minutes - Konrad Wysocki and Dominick Martin have combined for 321 minutes (of a possible 360). Except for the final minute against George Washington, the two have not been on the court at the same time.
Our favorite Martin - Freshman center Dominick Martin (pronounced mahr-TEEN), who is shooting 63% from the field, had his first career double-figure game in the win over Lafayette.
Inside-outside - Princeton has attempted 201 three-point shots and 211 two-point shots.
Heating up - Ed Persia was 4 for 9 from three-point range in his last three games after shooting 2 for 14 from three-point range for the season prior to that.
More heating - Freshman Judson Wallace had 10 points in 11 minutes against Kansas. He has nine points in 26 minutes for the rest of the season.
I'd like to talk to you about your long distance - Mike Bechtold has attempted 56 three-pointers and 23 two-pointers, Ahmed El-Nokali has attempted 38 three-pointers and 24 two-pointers.
Can you spare a dime? - Ed Persia has 16 assists with seven turnovers for the season.
Ah, Ahmed - Ahmed El-Nokali had 18 points against Lafayette after averaging six for the eight games of the year.
Tommy can you hear me? - Freshman Tom McLaughlin, who missed his senior year of high school with a knee injury and the first two months of this season with a stress fracture in his foot, has been cleared to play and has begun practicing.
No place like home - Princeton has won 51 of its last 56 games at Jadwin Gym.
Century city - Princeton has the longest current streak in Division I of consecutive games without allowing 100 points (894 games, dating to 1968 vs. North Carolina).
Be true to your school - Monmouth's Rahsaan Johnson set a Jadwin Gym record with 40 points against Princeton on Dec. 8, breaking the old record of 39 set by Geoff Petrie against Fordham in 1970 and Brian Taylor against Rutgers in 1971. Johnson is a gradute of the same high school, Gonzaga Prep in Washington, D.C., as Princeton coach John Thompson.
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.