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Princeton University Athletics
Princeton Travels To Brown, Yale For Key Ivy Men's Basketball Weekend
February 06, 2002 | Men's Basketball
Feb. 6, 2002
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PRINCETON vs. BROWN
The site Pizzitola Sports Center * Providence, R.I.
The date Friday, Feb. 8, 2002 * 7:05 p.m. EST
Radio/TV WHWH AM 1350, www.GoPrincetonTigers.com, WPRB FM 103.3/no TV
The records Princeton: 9-7 (4-0 Ivy League), Brown: 13-6 (4-2 Ivy League)
The coaches Princeton: John Thompson (second season, 25-18), Brown: Glenn Miller (ninth season, 131-95)
The series Princeton leads 84-14
Last year Princeton defeated Brown 66-62 *Feb. 2, 2001, Princeton defeated Brown 64-55 * March 3, 2001
Sorting it out - Princeton plays Brown, Yale and Penn in a five-day stretch. Depending on how it goes, Princeton can be anywhere from all alone in first place with a three-game lead to fourth place in the Ivy League when it is over.
And oh - Princeton is one of seven teams in Division I unbeaten in its league, along with Kansas, Xavier, Memphis, Tennessee Tech, Pepperdine, Hampton (not including games of Wednesday or Thursday).
D plus - Princeton has allowed an average of 16.8 first half points in its first four Ivy League games.
More D - Princeton has allowed an average of 43.2 points per game in its four league games after allowing an average of 63.6 points per game in its non-league Division I games.
Last D - Princeton leads Division I in scoring defense at 56.1 points per game allowed. It's cold outside - Princeton went 20 for 65 from three-point range in its three games last week after returning from a 16-day break for first-semester exams.
Run it up - Princeton has had at least one big run in each of its first four Ivy League games: 15-2 vs. Harvard, 20-0 vs. Dartmouth, 24-3 vs. Columbia, 19-0 vs. Cornell.
Spread it around - Princeton has no active player averaging more than 8.8 points per game (Andre Logan, who tore his ACL Jan. 11 against Harvard, was averaging 9.3 points per game).
Surging - Princeton has won six straight after starting the season 3-7.
No place like road - Princeton won at Harvard and Dartmouth after starting the season 0-6 on the road.
More road - Since the start of the 1998-99 season, Princeton is 19-2 in Ivy League home games and 14-7 in Ivy League road games.
The whammy - Princeton has won nine straight Ivy League games dating to last year.
The other whammy - Princeton has won 13 straight games against Brown.
Dissed - Princeton's men's team is the only Ivy League team, men or women, not to have either the Player of the Week or the Rookie of the Week at any time this season.
More dissed - Princeton has not had the Ivy League Player of the Week in any of the last 23 weeks dating to Mike Bechtold in the first week of last season.
Windex - Princeton is outrebounding its opponents 456-442. Only once in the last 30 years has Princeton outrebounded its opponents for an entire season (1998-99).
More Windex - Princeton outrebounded its non-league opponents 350-334 and is being outrebounded by its league opponents 108-106.
Last Windex - Princeton is outrebounding its opponents despite having no player averaging more than 4.2 rebounds per game (Mike Bechtold).
Sold on Bechtold - Mike Bechtold leads Princeton in scoring, rebounding and three-pointers.
Divine Providence - Of Princeton's last eight games at Brown, five have been decided by four points or fewer, with Princeton's having won three of the five. The average margin of the other three games, all Princeton wins, has been 23 points.
Career oriented - Ray Robins had a career-high 28 points in the win over Cornell.
More career - Ray Robins' 28 points against Cornell last week were the most by a Princeton player in John Thompson's tenure as head coach and the most by a Princeton player since Chris Young had 30 against Harvard in 2000.
For starters - Ray Robins is averaging 13.3 points per game since he took over for Andre Logan after Logan's season-ending ACL tear against Dartmouth. Robins averaged 5.3 points per game prior to that.
Foul ball - Ahmed El-Nokali has attempted 10 foul shots in 509 minutes, Will Venable has attempted 31 foul shots in 217 minutes.
More foul - Ahmed El-Nokali has attempted 10 free throws in 509 minutes this season, he attempted 11 free throws in the final two minutes at Penn last year.
Swish - Ray Robins is 9 for 9 from the foul line in Ivy League games.
More swish - Ray Robins is 24 for 27 (88.9%) from the foul line on the season.
Last swish - Ray Robins is 52 for 58 (89.7%) for his career, the Princeton career record is 88.8%, set by Joe Heiser '68.
I'd like to talk to you about your long distance - Mike Bechtold has 92 career three-pointers, 12th all-time at Princeton. He needs one to tie Mitch Henderson for 11th and 10 to move from 12th to eighth.
Say Wente - Kyle Wente averaged 2.8 rebounds per game in non-league games, he leads the team with 6.5 rebounds per game in Ivy League games.
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.
Easy, Ed - Ed Persia has made 12 of his last 28 three-pointers after making two of his first 16.
Clunk - Princeton shot 10 for 19 from the foul line last night after shooting 23 for 28 from the foul line in its first two Ivy League games.
Minute man - Ahmed El-Nokali has played at least 36 minutes in 16 of 18 Ivy League games since John Thompson became head coach.
Can you spare a dime? - Center Konrad Wysocki is second on the team in assists with 37, four behind Ahmed El-Nokali. A center has led Princeton in assists in six of the last 13 years.
Three for all - Princeton has made at least one three-pointer in every game since the rule was enacted in 1986, a span of 429 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.
Last madness - 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 (903 games, dating to 1968 vs. North Carolina).