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Princeton University Athletics
Princeton University
Penn
February 10, 2004 | Men's Basketball
Feb. 10, 2004
Box Score
Jeff Schiffner scored 16 of his game-high 22 points in the first half, freshman Mark Zoller chipped in 16 points and five rebounds and Penn shot 63% in the first 20 minutes and 9 for 15 from three-point range for the game on the way to a 67-52 victory over Princeton in the 209th renewal of the Princeton-Penn men's basketball rivalry before 6,104 at Jadwin Gym Tuesday night.
Schiffner scored five of his 16 first-half points in an 11-2 Penn run midway through the first half that turned a 14-12 Quaker lead into a 25-14 advantage after Eric Osmundsen's three-pointer with 6:49 to go in the half. Zoller then scored Penn's first four points of the second half, and Adam Chubb's dunk just 2:29 into the half gave the Quakers a 44-24 lead. Penn would lead by at least 14 points the rest of the the second half. Will Venable led Princeton (11-7, 4-1 Ivy), which saw a five-game winning streak come to an end, with 12 points, while Judson Wallace scored nine of his 11 points in the first half to help keep the Tigers in the game.
Tim Begley added 12 points, four rebounds and five assists for Penn, which defeated Princeton for the fifth straight time. The Quakers made five of seven three-point shots in the first half and nine of 15 for the game, with Schiffner making five of his seven attempts from behind the arc and Osmundsen making both of his three-point attempts.
The Tigers led 2-0 after Wallace's layup 1:42 into the game, but never led again after Schiffner's three-point play in the lane 21 seconds later. Wallace's layup on the fast break with 6:49 to go in the first half pulled the Tigers within 25-18, but Penn would score six straight points after that, the final two coming from Zoller, to take a 13-point lead with three minutes to go in the half.
Princeton got within 55-41 on Venable's three-point shot with 9:06 left in the second half, but the Quakers then scored eight consecutive points after that to take its biggest lead of the game, 63-41, on Schiffner's final three-pointer with 5:38 left.
Andre Logan added nine points for the Tigers, while freshman Harrison Schaen added five points and a season-high 12 rebounds in a season-high 27 minutes off the bench. Schiffner also had six assists for Penn, which has now won three straight games after losing at Yale and Brown to open the Ivy League season two weekends ago.
Penn now leads the all-time series 114-95. The teams meet again March 9 at The Palestra in Philadelphia in the final college basketball game of the regular season.
Princeton plays at Cornell, 5-1 in the Ivy League, Friday night at 8 p.m.
