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Princeton University Athletics
Princeton Hosts Columbia In Men's Basketball
January 30, 2002 | Men's Basketball
Jan. 30, 2002
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PRINCETON vs. COLUMBIA
The site Jadwin Gym * Princeton, N.J.
The date Friday, Feb. 1, 2002 *7:37 p.m. EST
Radio/TV WHWH AM 1350, www.GoPrincetonTigers.com, WPRB FM 103.3/RCN, CN8
The records Princeton: 7-7 (2-0 Ivy League), Columbia: 9-9 (2-2 Ivy League)
The coaches Princeton: John Thompson (second season, 23-18), Columbia: Armond Hill (seventh season, 68-108)
The series Princeton leads 125-80
Last year Princeton defeated Columbia 53-36 *Jan. 13, 2001, Columbia defeated Princeton 59-42 * Feb. 16, 2001
Early returns - Princeton is the lone remaining unbeaten team in the Ivy League (2-0). Four other teams (Penn, Harvard, Brown, Yale) enter this weekend with one league loss.
In case you forgot - Princeton has won seven straight Ivy League games since back-to-back 17-point losses to Columbia and Cornell in the last meetings between the schools.
The whammy - Princeton has won 48 straight home games against Ivy teams other than Penn.
Point, counterpoint - Princeton has set Jadwin Gym records this season for most points allowed by a player in a game (40, by Monmouth's Rahsaan Johnson) and fewest points scored by a team in game (24 by Western Maryland Monday night).
More counterpoint - Princeton defeated Columbia by 17 at Jadwin Gym last year, Columbia defeated Princeton by 17 at Levien Gym last year. Lion eyes - Princeton shot 45% at home and 27% on the road against Columbia a year ago.
Fresh faces - Princeton had four freshman in double figures in Monday's win over Western Maryland: Tom McLaughlin, Judson Wallace, Dominick Martin, Will Venable.
Sounding like a broken record - Princeton's 78-24 win over Western Maryland Monday night did all of the following: 1) broke the Jadwin Gym record for fewest points by a team in a game, 2) broke the Jadwin Gym record for largest margin of victory, 3) was the second-highest margin of victory ever for Princeton (72 vs. Dartmouth in 1967 is first).
Clunk - Despite defeating Western Maryland by 54 points Monday night, Princeton had its worst three-point shooting game of the season (5 for 23, 21.7%).
No place like home - Princeton has won 13 of its last 14 and 53 of its last 58 games at Jadwin Gym.
More home - Princeton has won seven straight and 39 of its last 41 Ivy League games at Jadwin Gym.
History lesson - Princeton and Penn are a combined 364-30 against the other six Ivy schools at home since the 1968 season.
More history - Princeton and Penn have hosted 135 Ivy League weekends since the start of the current travel partner format in 1956-57. In that time, Princeton and Penn have gone 4-0 89 times, 3-1 36 times and 2-2 10 times. They have never gone 1-3 or 0-4.
Still more history - Princeton has not been swept at home in an Ivy weekend since 1966 (Cornell/Columbia).
Last history - One of the other six Ivy schools has swept at Penn and Princeton three times in 45 years of the current format (Yale 1958/1987, Harvard 1985).
Spread it around - No Princeton player averages in double figures, but eight average at least five points per game.
Stop, thief - Princeton tied the school record with 17 steals against Western Maryland.
Busy bodies - Princeton plays seven games, one against each team in the league, in a 15-day stretch beginning with the Columbia game.
Injury update - Andre Logan suffered a torn ACL in his left knee against Harvard on Jan. 11 and underwent surgery Jan. 24. He will miss the remainder of the season.
50-50 - Princeton has reached the .500 mark for the first time this season.
Not bad, for starters - Ray Robins has taken Andre Logan's spot in the starting lineup. Robins' career as a starter and non-starter since his sophomore year: starter non-starter points per game 10.8 2.6 team wins/loss 13-4 13-14
J-Wall - Judson Wallace had season highs in points (13), rebounds (seven), assists (three), steals (two) and minutes (22) against Western Maryland.
T-Mac - Tom McLaughlin scored his first 16 career points in the win over Western Maryland. It was the first time since his junior year in high school that McLaughlin, who has had knee and foot injuries since, has scored in a game.
Windex - Kyle Wente has averaged six rebounds per game for his last four games after averaging 3.5 per game for the first 10.
Easy, Ed - Ed Persia has made 11 of his last 25 three-pointers after making two of his first 16.
More Ed - Ed Persia is shooting 92.9% from the foul line this season (13 for 14) after shooting 63.6% (14 for 22) a year ago.
No place like road - Princeton swept its weekend at Harvard and Dartmouth after being 0-6 on the road for the season prior to that.
Swish - Princeton is shooting 23 for 28 from the foul line (82%) in Ivy League games.
Last swish - Ray Robins is shooting 49 for 55 from the foul line in his career (89.1%). The Princeton career record is 88.9%, held by Joe Heiser '68.
Inside outside - Princeton has attempted 310 three-pointers and 333 two-pointers.
Can you spare a dime? - Princeton's assists leaders for the season are a center (Konrad Wysocki) and a point guard (Ahmed El-Nokali) with 32 each.
Young guns - Princeton's freshmen and sophomores have outscored Princeton's juniors and seniors 444-404.
Ratio days - Kyle Wente has 31 assists and 15 turnovers, Ed Persia has 21 assists and 13 turnovers.
Three for all - Princeton has made at least one three-pointer in every game since the rule was enacted in 1986, a span of 427 games.
It's madness - Princeton is one of 22 teams in Division I to make six straight postseason appearances. Of the other 21 teams, all but one (Fresno State) are in either the SEC, ACC, Big East, Big 10, Atlantic 10, Big 12 or Pac-10.
More madness - Princeton ranks 14th all-time in NCAA tournament appearances with 22.
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.
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.
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 (Rick Hielscher, Chris Young).
Century city - Princeton has the longest current streak in Division I of consecutive games without allowing 100 points (901 games, dating to 1968 vs. North Carolina).