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Princeton University Athletics
Road Trip
February 14, 2001 | Men's Basketball
Feb. 14, 2001
Princeton vs. Columbia
The site Levien Gym * New York, N.Y.
The date Friday, Feb. 16, 2001 *?7:30 p.m.
Radio/TV WHWH AM 1350, www.goprincetontigers.com/No TV
The records Princeton: 11-8 (6-1 Ivy League), Columbia: 8-13 (3-5 Ivy League)
The coaches Princeton: John Thompson (first season, 11-8), Columbia: Armond Hill (sixth season, 55-97)
The series Princeton leads 125-79
Last meeting Pennsylvania defeated Columbia 53-36 * Jan. 13, 2001
Before we get ahead of ourselves - In the 1999 season, Princeton defeated Penn at the Palestra in the seventh game of the Ivy season to take a one-game lead over the Quakers in the league race. Princeton then went 4-3 in its final seven league games, including a loss in its next game after the Penn win (at Yale), while Penn won out to win the league title.
The answer men - Princeton scored on the possession following a Penn score nine times in the first 17 minutes of the second half Tuesday night. Ah, Ahmed - Ahmed El-Nokali had a career-high 17 points against Penn Tuesday night. Of his 17 points, 13 came in the final 3:40.
Foul ball - Princeton was 20 for 23 from the foul line against Penn Tuesday night. Of the 23 attempts, all 23 were in the second half, 21 were in the final 5:31 and 19 were in the final 1:56.
Playing from ahead - Princeton never trailed against Penn and led for the final 39:18 of the game.
No place like home - In the last two seasons, Princeton has beaten Columbia by an average margin of 32.5 points at home and 6.5 points at Columbia. Princeton defeated Columbia by 17 points (53-36) at Jadwin Gym Jan. 13.
No place like road --?Princeton will be playing its fourth and fifth road games in eight days when it plays at Columbia and Cornell.
Inside, outside -- Princeton has attempted 417 two-pointers and 418 three-pointers.
The great escape - Princeton is in first place in the Ivy League, one game ahead of Penn and two games (in the loss column) ahead of Harvard. Had Kyle Wente not made his three-pointer at the buzzer of Saturday night's 69-67 win over Harvard, then Harvard would be in first place, one-half game ahead of Penn and Princeton.
The glass menagerie - Princeton, last in the Ivy League in rebounding, had a 38-27 rebounding advantage over Penn, first in the Ivy League in rebounding.
More glass - Princeton outrebounded Penn 38-27, its largest rebounding advantage of the season.
Last glass - Princeton had 10 offensive rebounds against Penn, equalling its highest total of the season (Lafayette).
Special K - Konrad Wysocki had the first career double-figure rebounding game (10) of his career Tuesday night against Penn.
Back in the day - Every current Princeton player combined has 578 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.
Ball control - Ahmed El-Nokali played 40 minutes against Penn and committed one turnover.
Highly offensive - Nate Walton has been in double figures in scoring in seven straight games. Prior to the start of that streak, Walton had nine double-figure scoring games in his career.
Can you spare a dime? - Nate Walton needs 26 assists to become the fourth Princeton player ever to have two seasons with at least 100. Princeton coach John Thompson and Columbia coach Armond Hill are two of the three who have already done so (Kit Mueller is the other).
More dimes - Nate Walton has 231 career assists, 10th best all-time at Princeton. He needs four to tie Steve Goodrich for ninth, 13 to tie Gabe Lewullis for eighth and 29 to tie Columbia coach Armond Hill for seventh.
League-alities - Princeton leads the Ivy League in field goal percentage (.459).
More league - Princeton does not have a player ranked in the top 10 in the Ivy League in either scoring or rebounding.
Double play - Konrad Wysocki had 12 points and 10 rebounds against Penn Tuesday. It was his first career "double-double" and Princeton's third of the season (Nate Walton has two).
Ouch - Mike Bechtold made his first appearance after missing four games due to a foot injury when he played two minutes in the first half against Penn. Bechtold missed his only shot attempt (a three-pointer) and had an assist before leaving the game for good, his status for this weekend is uncertain.
More ouch - Mike Bechtold scored 116 points in the first eight games (14.5 per game). Bechtold, who has been slowed by injuries to his foot and toe since, has scored 30 points in the last 11 games.
Minute man - Ahmed El-Nokali has played all 40 minutes four times in the last six games and 16 times in his career.
More minutes - Ahmed El-Nokali missed the first five games of the season after undergoing groin surgery in October and then averaged 23.5 minutes per game for the first five games he played. He has averaged 37.5 minutes per game for the nine games since.
Last minutes - Kyle Wente averaged 23.5 minutes per game in non-league games. He has averaged 32.9 minutes per game in Ivy games.
Say Wente - Kyle Wente had three points, three rebounds, two assists and 18 minutes played for his entire freshman season last year. This season, Wente is averaging 7.6 points, 3.3 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 25.7 minutes per game.
More Wente - Princeton is 6-0 when Kyle Wente scores in double figures.
Lineup card - No Princeton player has started every game this season.
More lineup - Princeton has had 10 different players start at least one game this season.
Still more lineup - Four players have played in every game this season (C.J. Chapman, Kyle Wente, Konrad Wysocki, Ed Persia).
Last lineup - C.J. Chapman is the only Princeton player to appear in every game the last two seasons.
Mad bomber - C.J. Chapman is 37 for 86 on three-point shots and 5 for 12 on two-point shots this season.
More bomber - Since missing his first nine three-point attempts of the season, Nate Walton is 14 for 29.
Swish - Konrad Wysocki is shooting 62.1% from the field in Ivy League games.
Clunk - Princeton shot 39.6% from the field against Penn, its lowest shooting percentage in an Ivy League game this season.
Senior citizen - Nate Walton is the only player in Princeton history to appear in five different seasons.
More senior - Nate Walton has played with 35 different teammates at Princeton.
In case you forgot - Since the end of last season, Princeton lost head coach Bill Carmody (to Northwestern), assistant coach Joe Scott (head coach at Air Force), All-America center Chris Young (signed professional baseball contract), starting guard Spencer Gloger (transferred to UCLA), starting forward Ray Robins (taking year off), center/forward Chris Krug (leave of absence from team) and starting forward Eugene Baah (left team).
Three for all -- Princeton made 64 three-pointers and 57 two-pointers in its first six games. Princeton has made 86 three-pointers and 178 two-pointers in the 11 games since.
More three -- Kyle Wente has the longest current streak of consecutive games with at least one three-pointer (six). He is 50 games away from tying Sean Jackson's school record.
DQ'd - No opposing player has fouled out against Princeton this season.
DL'd -- Four of Princeton's five leading scorers (Mike Bechtold, Nate Walton, Andre Logan, Ahmed El-Nokali) have missed at least one game this season due to injury.
Century city -- Princeton has the longest current streak in Division I of consecutive games without allowing 100 points (877 games, dating to 1968 vs. North Carolina).