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Princeton University Athletics
Venable Leads Four Tigers In Double Figures As Princeton Wins Again In Spain
August 21, 2002 | Men's Basketball
Aug. 21, 2002
Grandia, Spain - Will Venable scored a team high 17 points, including a key buzzer-beating three-pointer in the fourth quarter, as Princeton defeated Grandia 85-71 to move to 4-0 on its tour of Spain.
Princeton leaves Valencia on Thursday morning for Barcelona.
"This team was the toughest that we have faced in Spain," said Venable. "Though they might not have been the best players we have seen here, as a team they played us the hardest."
Venable was joined in double figures by three other Tigers as Andre Logan scored 16 points, Spencer Gloger scored 15 points, and Ray Robins scored 14 points.
"Will was terrific at both ends of the court tonight," said Princeton coach John Thompson. "He made some big plays." Grandia opened a 7-0 lead, but Princeton cut it to 24-22 at the end of the first quarter. It was 40-40 at halftime.
Gloger, Venable and Logan turned on the offense in the third quarter as Princeton opened a 62-57 lead. Venable?s buzzer-beating three-pointer with 1:15 left in the fourth but the breaks on the momentum Gandia was building and essentially sealed the victory as the Tigers went up 81-69.
"We got the offense tonight when we needed it" said Kyle Wente. "Will [Venable] stepped it up tonight and had a huge game for us."
The Tigers held Gandia to 71 points, the lowest by an opponent thus far on the trip.
"We can be a very good defensive team" said Thompson. "We just have to get to that point."
Princeton 85
Wente 6, Gloger 15, Persia 2, Venable 17, Logan 16, Wallace 7, Robins 14, Stephens 2, Wysocki 6
Gandia 71
Matoses 6, Garcia 5, Bas 3, Baker 4, Howard 19, Garcia 17, Vallmajo 14
The Tigers leave Valencia now for Barcelona. Though only in Valencia for two days, most of the Tigers and the traveling party have experienced what Valencia has to offer.
"Valencia offered a combination of historic and modern Spanish culture," said Jim Fiore a senior athletic administrator traveling with the team. "After siteseeing, busing, and playing basketball, most of the guys spent a day enjoying the beach and taking in the sites, sounds and sunbathing opportunities."