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Princeton University Athletics
Warm Up The Bus
February 07, 2001 | Men's Basketball
Feb. 7, 2001
Princeton vs. Dartmouth
The site Leede Arena * Hanover, N.H.
The date Friday, Feb. 9, 2001 *?7:30 p.m.
Radio/TV WHWH AM 1350, www.goprincetontigers.com/no TV
The records Princeton: 9-7 (4-0 Ivy League), Dartmouth: 6-13 (1-5 Ivy League)
The coaches Princeton: John Thompson (first season, 9-7), Dartmouth: Dave Faucher (11th season, 114-140)
The series Princeton leads 124-55
Last year Princeton defeated Dartmouth 72-47 * Feb. 11, 2000, Princeton defeated Dartmouth 68-57 * Feb. 26, 2000
On the road again - Since the start of the 1998-99 season, Princeton on its Ivy League weekends (home/away): won-lost record 16-0/9-3, average point differential +21.2/+8.7, double figure wins 14/7, 20+ point wins 10/1
More road - Princeton has not played a game on an opponent's home court since defeating Holy Cross in Worcester on Dec. 23. Princeton has not played away from home since playing Rutgers in the Holiday Festival Dec. 27 at Madison Square Garden. Still more road - After not playing an away game in 45 days, Princeton plays five in nine days (at Dartmouth/Harvard this weekend, at Penn Tuesday, at Columbia/Cornell next weekend).
A league of their own - Princeton and Penn are tied for first place in the Ivy League at 4-0, at least two games ahead of the other six schools in the loss column. Princeton or Penn has won 12 straight Ivy League titles and finished 1-2 in the league seven of the last nine years.
Ouch - Mike Bechtold, Princeton's leading scorer, missed last weekend's games with a foot injury. His status for this weekend is still uncertain.
Sweep dreams - Princeton has swept 30 of its last 35 Ivy League weekends.
The whammy - Princeton has won 11 straight and 21 of 22 against Dartmouth.
Saturday night fever - Princeton and Penn have lost a combined nine games to the other six Ivy schools in the last five years. Eight of those nine games have been on Saturday night, and all nine have been on the road.
Say Wente - Princeton is 5-0 when Kyle Wente scores at least 10 points, 5-0 when Kyle Wente starts and 7-2 when Kyle Wente plays at least 25 minutes.
More Wente - Kyle Wente had a career-high 16 points against Brown Friday night and then had a career-high 17 points against Yale Saturday night.
Surging - Princeton has won five straight games.
Logan's run - Andre Logan was named Ivy League Player of the Week after this past weekend's games against Brown and Yale. Logan had 22 points, 11 rebounds, five steals and two blocked shots in the two games, including a blocked shot on Brown's Earl Hunt with nine seconds remaining and Princeton ahead by two Friday night.
We're honored - Andre Logan became the third Princeton freshman to be named Ivy League Rookie of the Week. Konrad Wysocki has won the award twice, and Ed Persia has won it once.
Spread it around - Princeton had six different players with at least one double-figure scoring game in its three games last week.
Sizzling -- C.J. Chapman is shooting 10 for 15 (.667) on three-point attempts in Ivy League games only.
Swish -- Princeton is shooting 51.6% from the field as a team in Ivy League games.
Three for all -- Princeton made 64 three-pointers in its first six games, Princeton has made 62 three-pointers in the 10 games since.
More three -- Princeton made 64 three-pointers and 57 two-pointers in its first six games. Princeton has made 62 three-pointers and 133 two-pointers in the 10 games since.
Last three -- Princeton has attempted more three-pointers (360) than two-pointers (335).
All right, more three -- Ed Persia has made 22 three-pointers and seven two-pointers.
Even more three -- C.J. Chapman is 31 for 75 on three-point shots and 4 for 10 on two-point shots overall. Chapman is 10 for 15 on three-point shots and 1 for 2 on two-point shots in Ivy games.
Minute man -- Ahmed El-Nokali played all 40 minutes against The College of New Jersey and Brown. Prior to that, only Nate Walton (vs. Holy Cross) had played an entire game this season for Princeton.
More minutes -- Princeton has had a player play every minute of a game three times this year. Princeton had a player play every minute of a game 21 times last year and 31 times the year before that.
Still more minutes -- Ahmed El-Nokali has played every minute of a game 14 times in his career.
Last 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 36.7 minutes per game for the last six games.
D-plus -- Princeton is sixth in Division I in scoring defense, 3.1 points per game behind leader Wisconsin. Princeton has led the nation in scoring defense each of the last 12 years.
Comparison shopping -- Princeton's numbers for its 12 non-league games and its two league games ( non-Ivy /Ivy ): points scored 54.2 /64.8 points allowed 61.8 /50.0 rebounding margin -7.1 /+1 field goal percentage 44.1% /51.2% FT attempts/game 10.3/ 23.3
More comparison -- Kyle Wente is averaging 12.5 points per game in Ivy games after averaging 4.8 points per game in non-league games.
DQ'd -- No opposing player has fouled out against Princeton this year.
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.
Sophomore jinx -- Sophomore Kyle Wente had three points, three rebounds, two assists and 18 minutes played for his entire freshman year. This year, Wente is averaging 6.7 points, 3.1 rebounds, 1.9 assists and 24.3 minutes played.
Lineup card -- Princeton does not have a player who has started every game this season.
Special K -- Konrad Wysocki is shooting 56.6% from the field overall and 68.8% in Ivy League games.
Mad bomber -- C.J. Chapman is seventh all-time at Princeton in three-pointers made with 118. He needs 22 to tie Chris Mooney '94 for sixth.
More bomber -- After missing his first nine three-point attempts of the season, Nate Walton is 10 for 19.
Can you spare a dime? -- Nate Walton is currently 11th all-time at Princeton in assists with 220. He needs five to tie Mickey Steuerer for 10th place.
More dimes -- Every current Princeton player combined has 543 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.
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 (874 games, dating to 1968 vs. North Carolina).
A league of their own -- Princeton has won seven Ivy League championships in the last 12 years.