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Princeton University Athletics
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Yale Tops Princeton Despite Savage's Career High 18
February 18, 2005 | Men's Basketball
Feb. 18, 2005
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New Haven, Conn. - Edwin Draughan scored a game-high 20 points and Eric Flato hit a backbreaking three-point shot to lead Yale to a 56-43 win over Princeton in front of 1,924 at the Lee Amphitheatre Friday night.
Noah Savage led Princeton with a career-high 18, including 4 of 7 sooting from three-point range.
The loss dropped Princeton to 2-6 in the Ivy League and 11-11 overall. Yale moved into second place in the league at 4-3 (8-12 overall), well behind league leader Penn, who defeated Brown to remain unbeaten at 8-0.
Princeton is at Brown Saturday night (7, WHWH AM 1350, www.goprincetontigers.com).
"On their home court, they came out ready to play," Princeton coach Joe Scott said. "When you go on the road, you have to be ready to play. Edwin Draughan is going to come after you on his home court. That's three straight Friday's that we've lost. We have to be ready to compete when the ball is thrown up. They were, and you have to be even more ready when you go on the road." Yale led 8-1 early and took its first double figure lead at 16-6 as the Bulldogs never trailed. The lead grew to as many as 16 in the first half at 26-10 before Princeton cut it to 28-16 at intermission, and Yale matched that largest lead at 32-16 with 15:29 to go.
From there, though, the Tigers went on a 13-4 run to cut it to seven at 36-29 on a Scott Greenman three-pointer with 12:24 to go, but Flato deflated to Princeton with a three-pointer as the shot clock was expiring on Yale's next possession. Greenman was then called for an offensive foul, and Flato knocked down another jump shot to make it 41-29 with 11 minutes remaining.
"He had a lot of confidence," Scott said of Flato. "He's a good young player. Those were big shots he hit. We got it down, and then they built it right back."
Princeton didn't quit, however, rallying to a 45-40 deficit when Judson Wallace made one of two foul shots with 3:24 to go. Yale put the game away with 11 straight points, nine of which came from the foul line.
Savage, whose previous high game had been 16 against Rutgers, scored 13 of his points in the second half, accounting for nearly half of Princeton's total of 27 after intermission. Savage also led the team with six rebounds.
Mike Stephens, who had a career-high of 23 against Yale in the first meeting between the schools this season, had 10 points and four rebounds. No other Princeton player had more than three in the game.
Yale shot 18 of 34 from the field on a night when the Bulldogs started the game by making 11 of their first 15. Yale, a 65% free-throw shooting team on the year, was 16 of 22 from the foul line.