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Princeton University Athletics
Princeton Hosts Penn In Key Ivy Matchup
February 10, 2002 | Men's Basketball
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Feb. 10, 2002
PRINCETON vs. PENNSYLVANIA
The site Jadwin Gym * Princeton, N.J.
The date Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2002 * 7:37 p.m. EST
Radio/TV WHWH AM 1350, www.GoPrincetonTigers.com, WPRB FM 103.3/CN8, RCN, satellite coordinates: SBS 6, KU Band, Transponder 8
The records Princeton: 10-8 (5-1 Ivy League), Pennsylvania: 16-6 (3-3 Ivy League)
The coaches Princeton: John Thompson (second season, 26-19), Pennsylvania: Fran Dunphy (13th season, 221-126)
The series Pennsylvania leads 130-72
Last year Princeton defeated Pennsylvania 67-53 *?Feb. 13, 2001, Princeton defeated Pennsylvania 68-52 * March 6, 2001
On the one hand - A Princeton win over Penn would leave Princeton and Yale with one loss each and no other Ivy League team with fewer than three losses. Penn would be three full games behind Princeton with seven to play.
On the other hand - A Penn win over Princeton would leave Yale with one loss, Princeton with two losses and Penn and Harvard with three losses.
Getting ahead of ourselves - A Penn sweep of Princeton coupled with a Princeton and Penn sweep of Yale would leave all three teams plus Harvard with three losses each.
Destiny's children - Either Princeton or Yale would win the Ivy League title by winning the remainder of its games. No other Ivy League team can do so.
History lesson - Princeton is 5-1 in the Ivy League, one game behind 7-1 Yale (though tied in the loss column). The last time Princeton and Penn played a game in which neither team was in first place was 1988, which was also the last time a team other than Penn or Princeton won the league. More history - Either Princeton or Penn has won each of the last 13 Ivy League championships and 32 of the last 34.
Not what you might think - Of the last 25 Princeton-Penn games, 16 have been decided by 11 points or more.
Double play - The team that has won the first meeting between Penn and Princeton has also won the second meeting 10 times in the last 11 years.
No place like home - Princeton has won 14 of its last 15 and 54 of its last 59 games at Jadwin Gym.
More home - Princeton's only home loss in its last 15 games was earlier this season against No. 2 Kansas.
Last home - Princeton has won 10 straight and 41 of its last 43 home Ivy League games.
Snapped - Princeton had its seven-game winning streak stopped against Yale Saturday night.
D plus - Princeton leads Division I in scoring defense (56.3 points per game).
More D - Princeton has allowed 48.2 points per game in its six Ivy League games.
Logan's run - Andre Logan, Princeton's leading scorer at 9.3 points per game, has been out since tearing his ACL against Harvard Jan. 11. He underwent surgery Jan. 24 and will miss the remainder of this season.
Spread it around - No active Princeton player averages more than 8.8 points per game.
More spread - Princeton has had eight different players lead the team in scoring in at least one game.
Last spread - Only twice this season (Andre Logan vs. Rider/Maryland, Ray Robins vs. Cornell/Brown) has a Princeton player led the team in scoring in consecutive games.
On the other hand - Ray Robins has led Princeton in scoring in three of the last six games.
Hoo-Ray - Ray Robins has averaged 12.3 points per game as a starter since Andre Logan's injury. Robins averaged 5.9 points per game prior to that.
More Ray - Ray Robins has never scored a point in his career against Penn.
Still more Ray - Ray Robins is shooting 57.8% from the field, 50% from three-point range and 1.000 from the foul line in Ivy League games.
Last Ray - Ray Robins is 53 for 59 (89.8%) for his career from the foul line. The Princeton career record is 88.8%, by Joe Heiser '68..
Three for all - Mike Bechtold is 12th all-time at Princeton with 95 three-pointers. He needs one to tie Dave Orlandini and Chris Doyal for 10th and six to tie Matt Lapin for ninth.
Sold on Bechtold - Mike Bechtold leads active Princeton players in scoring, rebounding and three-pointers.
Windex - Princeton is outrebounding its opponents 516-489, Princeton has outrebounded its opponents for a full season once in the last 34 years (1998-99).
More Windex - Princeton is outrebounding its opponents 516-489, Penn is being outrebounded 789-673.
Say Wente - Kyle Wente is averaging 6.2 rebounds per game in the Ivy League after averaging 2.8 per game in non-league games.
More Wente - Kyle Wente has 41 assists and 19 turnovers.
Last Wente - Kyle Wente did not lead Princeton in rebounding in any of the first nine games of the season, he has led Princeton in rebounding six times in the last nine games.
Minute man - Ahmed El-Nokali has played 82 more minutes, the equivalent of more than two complete games, than any other Princeton player.
Special K - Konrad Wysocki has 41 assists and 23 turnovers this season after having 22 assists and 37 turnovers last season.
Foul ball - Princeton has attempted 400 three-pointers and 279 foul shots.
More foul - Princeton has attempted 160 fewer foul shots than Penn.
Ah, Ahmed - Ahmed El-Nokali has committed 37 turnovers in 581 minutes, an average of one every 16 minutes.
More Ahmed - Ahmed El-Nokali has not attempted a foul shot in 12 of Princeton's 18 games.
Still more Ahmed - Ahmed El-Nokali has played at least 25 minutes in each game in which he has not attempted a free throw.
Last Ahmed - Ahmed El-Nokali has played every minute of a game 21 times in his career, though he has not done so this season.
Easy, Ed - Princeton is 7-3 when Ed Persia makes at least one three-pointer and 3-5 when he does not. Princeton is 5-0 in the Ivy League when Ed Persia makes at least one three-pointer and 0-1 when he does not.
J-Wall - Judson Wallace scored 10 points against Brown and Yale after not scoring at all in Ivy League games prior to that.
More J-Wall - Judson Wallace has averaged 11.7 minutes per game the last three games after averaging 5.3 minutes per game for the 15 games prior to that.
What's the difference? - Princeton is shooting 46.0% in league games and 45.9% in non-league games.
It's madness - Princeton is one of 22 teams in Division I to play in the postseason each of the last six years.
More madness - Princeton ranks 14th all-time in NCAA tournament appearances with 22.
A league of their own - Princeton has won eight Ivy League championships in the last 13 years.
Century city - Princeton has the longest current streak in Division I of consecutive games without allowing 100 points (904 games, dating to 1968 vs. North Carolina).
Three-peat - Princeton has made at least one three-pointer in every game since the rule was enacted in the 1986-87 season (431 games).