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Princeton University Athletics
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February 13, 2003 | Men's Basketball
Feb. 13, 2003
The Princeton basketball team returns to the friendly confines of Jadwin Gym Friday night to take on Brown at 7:30 p.m. (RCN, WCTC 1450 AM, GoPrincetonTigers.com). Brown has started its Ivy season with six straight wins, but it has never beaten the Tigers in Princeton. And it has tried 51 times already.
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The Facts
BROWN at PRINCETON
The site Jadwin Gym * Princeton, N.J.
The date Friday, February 14, 2003 *7:30 p.m.
TV/Radio RCN; WCTC 1450 AM; www.GoPrincetonTigers.com
The records Princeton: 10-8, 4-1 Ivy League (one loss in a row); Brown: 11-9, 6-0 Ivy League (eight wins in a row)
The coaches Princeton: John Thompson (third season, 41-30); Brown: Glenn Miller (fourth season, 51-50)
The series Princeton leads 87-15
Last year Princeton won 70-56, Feb. 8, 2002 at Providence, R.I.; Princeton won 73-47, Feb. 23, 2002 at Princeton, N.J.
Game Notes
The Whammy Princeton has won 56 straight Ivy League home games against teams other than Penn.
Another Whammy Princeton is 52-0 all-time at home against Brown, the longest such streak for one team in Division I. The next closest streak is a 49-0 record for North Carolina all-time at home against Clemson (including a 68-66 win this year). A Whammy of a Different Kind Princeton has lost five straight games following contests at The Palestra over the last four seasons, including twice last season (vs. Yale in the Ivy playoff game at The Palestra, at Louisville in the NIT).
Streaking Princeton has defeated Brown 14 straight times overall. Its average margin of victory in those wins is 17.8 points per game.
Ray of Hope Senior Ray Robins recorded a double-double in last year's 73-47 home victory over Brown. He scored a game-high 17 points and added 10 rebounds. Robins averaged 16.5 per game last season against Brown.
A League of their Own Princeton, Penn, Yale and Brown have combined for a total of three Ivy League losses. Each of the other four teams has at least three losses on its own.
Timing is Everything Ed Persia has made 12 of 19 three-point shots (63.2%) in Ivy games.
Swish Brown's Jamie Kilburn enters the weekend having made 19 consecutive field goal attempts. The NCAA record is 26, by Tenn.-Chattanooga's Carl Pullian a year ago.
Grand Theft Senior captain Kyle Wente leads the Ivy League in steals with 2.0 per game. Brown's Jason Forte (1.85) and Mike Martin (1.80) rank third and fourth, respectively.
Oh Captain, My Captain Kyle Wente also leads the Ivy League in assist:turnover ratio (66 assists/27 turnovers, 2.44).
Leading The Way Princeton leads the Ivy League in field goal percentage (46.1%), while Brown leads the Ivy League in free throw percentage (73.9%). Brown is also atop the Ivy League stats in scoring offense (72.3 points per game), although Princeton stands ahead of it in scoring margin (+5.8 / -0.2).
Block Party Brown's Alaivaa Nuualiitia leads the Ivy League with 28 blocks this season. Princeton has 27 blocks (Judson Wallace, 9).
Nothing But Net Two of the top three scorers in the Ivy League will meet tonight, Brown's Earl Hunt (first, 19.4 PPG) and Princeton's Spencer Gloger (third, 15.9 PPG).
Half And Half Spencer Gloger was held scoreless in the first half against Penn. He ended up as Princeton's leading scorer for the game with 12 points in the second half.
Special K Konrad Wysocki, the 2001 Ivy League Rookie of the Year, came off the bench to score 10 points in Tuesday's loss to Penn.
Out of the Gates Princeton is averaging 39.0 points in the first half of its 10 wins and 26.1 points in the first half of its eight losses.
Four Score Will Venable is averaging 12.9 points per game in Princeton's victories and 8.9 points per game in its losses. None of Princeton's other starters has more than a two point differential in wins and losses.
Strength of Schedule Princeton completed a stretch last Saturday of beating three teams with a combined record of 13-43 (.232), 2-16 in league play. Beginning with Tuesday's contest with Penn, Princeton plays three teams in five days with a 33-23 record (.589), 14-2 in league play.
History Lesson Princeton and Penn are a combined 107-3 at home against the other six Ivy League schools during the last nine seasons.
Home Sweet Home Princeton has not been swept at home in an Ivy weekend since 1966 (Cornell/Columbia).
Playing The PercentagesPrinceton has shot at least 40% from the field in nine of its 10 wins. The Tigers are also 9-1 when they have a better shooting percentage that their opponents.
Gotta Make The ShotsPrinceton is shooting .517 from the field and .417 from the three-point line in its 10 wins and .397/.319 in its seven losses.
Peaks and ValleysPrinceton used a 13-1 run to turn a 10-point deficit into a two-point lead in the second half of Tuesday's 65-55 loss to Penn. The Quakers followed that up with a 17-4 run of the their own.
The Shot Junior Ed Persia had the highlight of the season so far for Princeton. He grabbed both an unbelievable victory and national attention by defeating Monmouth on Dec. 3 with an 85-foot bank shot at the buzzer. The play began with .7 of a second remaining on the clock and the score tied at 57-57.
Three For All Princeton has made at least one three-pointer in every game since the rule was enacted in the 1986-87 season (458 games).
On The One Hand ... Princeton has the longest current streak in Division I of consecutive games without allowing at least 100 points (931 games, dating to 1968 vs. North Carolina).
... On The Other Hand Princeton has not reached the 100-point mark in 867 games, dating to a 108-64 win over Yale in 1971.
What's The Scoop? Princeton's upcoming recruiting class was ranked in the Top 50 recently by the publication Hoop Scoop. Princeton has already had four recruits receive early admittance, including a pair of California kids, Harrison Schaen (6-9, Mater Dei HS) and Brian Elbogen (6-8, California HS). The other two players coming to Princeton next season are Max Schafer (6-1, Depaul HS, N.J.) and Luke Owings (6-5, Gonzaga HS, D.C.).
The Crystal Ball Princeton will play its final home game of February tomorrow night when it plays host to Yale at 7 p.m. (CN8, RCN, WCTC 1450 AM, GoPrincetonTigers.com). Princeton leads the all-time series 131-75, although Yale took two of three from the Tigers last year.
We Are All The Champions Princeton and Yale were among the three Ivy League champions last season. Yale topped Princeton in the first Ivy League playoff game before falling to Penn to determine the league representative to the NCAA tournament. Both teams won on their home courts, including a 59-46 win at Jadwin Gym on Feb. 22.
Ivy League Standings
Ivy Overall Team W L % W L % Brown 6 0 1.00 11 9 .550 Pennsylvania 5 0 1.00 13 5 .722 Princeton 4 1 1.00 10 8 .556 Yale 4 2 .667 10 9 .526 Harvard 2 4 .333 10 9 .526 Cornell 2 4 .333 7 12 .368 Dartmouth 0 6 .000 4 15 .211 Columbia 0 6 .000 2 16 .111