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Princeton University Athletics
Princeton Looks To Bounce Back Against Dartmouth, Harvard
February 14, 2002 | Men's Basketball
Feb. 14, 2002
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PRINCETON vs. DARTMOUTH
The site Jadwin Gym * Princeton, N.J.
The date Friday, Feb. 15, 2002 * 7:37 p.m. EST
Radio/TV WHWH AM 1350, www.GoPrincetonTigers.com, WPRB FM 103.3/RCN
The records Princeton: 10-9 (5-2 Ivy League), Dartmouth: 9-12 (2-6 Ivy League)
The coaches Princeton: John Thompson (second season, 26-20), Dartmouth: Dave Faucher (12th season, 118-159)
The series Princeton leads 126-56
Last meeting Princeton defeated Dartmouth 57-46 *Jan. 12, 2002
Runnin' on empty - Princeton has had at least one big run in each of its five Ivy League wins (15-2 vs. Harvard, 20-0 vs. Dartmouth, 24-3 vs. Columbia, 19-0 vs. Cornell, 16-1 vs. Brown). Its opponent has had at least one big run in each of Princeton's two Ivy League losses (15-5 by Yale, 20-0 by Penn).
A league of their own - Should Princeton win its remaining games, it would be assured of no worse than an Ivy League co-championship with Yale.
Destiny's children - Princeton and Yale are the only two Ivy League teams that would win the championship by winning the remainder of their games, regardless of what any other team did.
The whammy - Princeton has lost two straight Ivy League games, Princeton has not lost three straight Ivy League games since 1988 (all by one point).
The other whammy - Princeton has won 25 straight games at Jadwin Gym against Harvard and Dartmouth. The last whammy - Princeton has won 50 straight home games against Ivy teams other than Penn.
Crowded house - Yale enters this weekend in first place in the Ivy League with one loss. Princeton has two losses, followed by Harvard and Penn with three losses each.
In case you forgot - Princeton defeated Harvard 50-48 and Dartmouth 57-46 in Cambridge and Hanover on Jan. 11-12 in the first two Ivy League games of the season.
Point, counterpoint - Of the 39 players on the three teams at Jadwin Gym this weekend, three average in double figures in scoring: Harvard's Patrick Harvey and Dartmouth's Flinder Boyd and Charles Harris.
Spread it around - No Princeton player is averaging more than 8.7 points per game, but five players are averaging at least 6.6 points per game.
Just make shots - Princeton is shooting 50.1% in its 10 wins and 39.6% in its nine losses.
More shots - Princeton shot 47.9% from the field and 36.8% from three-point range in its first five Ivy games, all wins. In its last two games, both losses, Princeton shot 32% from the field and 22.7% from three-point range.
Margin call - Of the 21 Ivy League games since John Thompson has been Princeton head coach, 16 have been decided by at least 10 points.
Green with envy - Dartmouth's Flinder Boyd scored 20 points against Princeton - the most the Tigers have allowed to an Ivy opponent - in the first meeting between the teams this season.
Ivy item - John Thompson is 16-5 in Ivy League games in two seasons as Princeton head coach.
More wondering - Princeton lost to Yale in its first meeting between the teams this season. Princeton has been swept by a team other then Penn eight times in the 45 official seasons of Ivy League basketball.
It's cold outside - Princeton is shooting 29.4% (40 for 136) in its six games since returning from first semester exams.
One way or another - Depending on the outcome of this weekend's games, Princeton can be anywhere from all alone in first place to a three-way tie for third place, three games out of first.
In case you were wondering - Princeton has lost to Penn at home in the first meeting between the schools 12 times since the Ivy League was formed. Princeton is 4-8 at the Palestra in the rematch of those seasons.
Our favorite Martin - Dominick Martin played 26 minutes against Penn, the most minutes he's played in any Ivy League game and his second-highest total of the season (29 vs. Lafayette).
Good Will hunting - Will Venable had his fifth double-figure scoring game of the season with 11 in the loss to Penn.
I'd like to talk to you about your long distance - Mike Bechtold is tied for ninth all-time at Princeton (with Dave Orlandini and Chris Doyal) with 96 three-pointers. He needs five to tie Matt Lapin for eighth.
Hoo-Ray - Ray Robins has averaged 11.3 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 is 53 for 59 (89.8%) for his career from the foul line. The Princeton career record is 88.8%, by Joe Heiser '68.
Will you still need me, will you still feed me, when I'm 64 - Ahmed El-Nokali is currently 64th all-time at Princeton in scoring (581 points).
Will you still need me, will you still feed me, when I'm 84 - Mike Bechtold is currently 84th all-time at Princeton in scoring (459 points).
What might have been - Had Chris Young averaged 16 points per game (one more than he did as a sophomore) the last two years, he would currently have 1,537 career points, eight behind Kit Mueller for second all-time at Princeton.
Windex - Princeton is outrebounding its opponents 543-528, Princeton has outrebounded its opponents for a full season once in the last 34 years (1998-99).
Say Wente - Kyle Wente is averaging 6.3 rebounds per game in the Ivy League after averaging 2.8 per game in non-league games.
More Wente - Kyle Wente has 43 assists and 22 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 seven times in the last 10 games.
Minute man - Ahmed El-Nokali has played 75 more minutes than any other Princeton player.
More minutes - Ahmed El-Nokali played 21 minutes against Penn, his lowest total for the season (except for nine vs. Western Maryland).
Special K - Konrad Wysocki has 42 assists and 23 turnovers this season after having 22 assists and 37 turnovers last season.
Foul ball - Princeton has attempted 423 three-pointers and 283 foul shots.
Ah, Ahmed - Ahmed El-Nokali has committed 38 turnovers in 581 minutes, an average of one every 16 minutes.
More Ahmed - Ahmed El-Nokali has not attempted a foul shot in 13 of Princeton's 19 games.
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 11.3 minutes per game the last four games after averaging 5.3 minutes per game for the 15 games prior to that.
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 (905 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 (432 games).