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Men's Basketball Resumes Ivy League Play at Yale Friday Night
February 01, 2007 | Men's Basketball
The Ivy League season for the Princeton men's basketball team finally arrives in full swing Friday when the Tigers visit Yale for the first of 12 league games to end the regular season. Game time is 7 p.m. at the John J. Lee Amphitheater (WPRB-FM 103.3, GoPrincetonTigers.com).S
A free live video stream of the game from Yale Athletics can be accessed here
The Tigers (9-7, 0-2 Ivy), who earned a season sweep of the Bulldogs (7-10, 3-1 Ivy) last year, look to break a three-game losing streak and put the memories of losses at Columbia and Cornell three weeks ago well behind them. Yale won on the road at Harvard and Dartmouth last weekend to pull into a second-place tie with Cornell in the league standings.
Princeton has won three of its last four games at Yale and seven of its last eight meetings overall against the Bulldogs.
Friday's game will be Princeton's 13th game away from Jadwin Gym in its first 17 games. After Saturday's game at Brown, Princeton will play seven of its final 10 regular-season games at home.
Saturday's game at Brown will feature two former Princeton captains coaching their respective teams. In addition to Joe Scott '87 on the Tiger bench, first-year Brown coach Craig Robinson '83 will be coaching his first career game against his alma mater.
FACT OF THE DAY
Road Warriors Princeton's game at Yale Friday is its 13th game away from Jadwin Gym in its first 17 games. The Tigers have played seven road games and five games in two neutral-site tournaments heading into the Yale game.
EIGHT MORE THINGS YOU MIGHT WANT TO KNOW
Numbers Game In its nine wins, Princeton has limited opponents to 39% shooting (26% from three-point range). In its seven losses, Princeton opponents have shot 55% (43% from three-point range).
Numbers Game 2 In its nine wins, Princeton has shot a combined 45% (38% from three-point range). In its seven losses, the Tigers have shot a combined 39% (31% from three-point range)
Numbers Game 3 In their nine wins, the Tigers have outrebounded their opponents. In its seven losses, Princeton has been outrebounded by an average of 12 per game.
The Low Down Neither team has scored more than 56 points in each of last three Princeton-Yale games in New Haven, two of which Princeton has won (2004 and 2006).
Closer To Home After this weekend, the Tigers will play seven of their final 10 games at home. One of Tigers' three road games will be at Penn, less than an hour away from Princeton.
Even Up The visiting team has won seven of the 14 Ivy League games that have been played this season prior to this weekend.
It Could Be Anyone Eight Princeton players (Strittmatter, Conway, Koncz, Owings, Gunn, Buffmire, Finley and Savage) have led the Tigers in scoring in at least one game this season.
For Starters Princeton is 0-2 in Ivy League play for the first time since the 1983-84 season. The Tigers have never started the Ivy League season with three losses.
BACK TO THE IVY LEAGUE...
Injury Report Kyle Koncz, Princeton's leading scorer (9.6 ppg), did not play Monday against Seton Hall due to a stress reaction in his left foot but may play against Yale and Brown this weekend.
Outside the Lines Princeton has taken 350 three-point shots (21.9 per game) and 298 two-point shots (18.6 per game) this season.
Minute Man Freshman guard Marcus Schroeder leads NCAA Division I in minutes played per game (38.8). Schroeder has played 620 of a possible 640 minutes this season.
Test Me Princeton students take first-semester exams in January after returning from holiday break. The Tigers played Jan. 13 at Cornell but did not play again until this past Monday at Seton Hall.
Distance Learning Princeton made 49 three-point shots (9.8 per game) in a five-game stretch Dec. 16-Jan. 12) but has made just six of 41 three-point attempts in its last two games.
Planes, Trains & Buses Princeton has played just four of its first 16 games at home. The Tigers had just one home game between Dec. 16 and this upcoming Friday against Harvard.
MORE NOTES & ANECDOTES
565 & Counting Princeton is one of only three Division I teams (Vanderbilt and UNLV are the others) to have made at least one three-point shot in every one of its games since the rule took effect for the 1986-87 season. The Tigers have now made at least one three-pointer in 565 straight games.
The 60's Princeton has won 36 of its last 38 games (2003-04 to present) in which it has scored 60 or more points in regulation time.
Wait 'Til Next Year! Princeton will play in the Maui Invitational in November 2007 along with Duke, Illinois, Oklahoma State, Arizona State, LSU, Marquette and host Chaminade.
Us Or Them Either Princeton (nine times) or Penn (nine times) has been the Ivy League's NCAA tournament representative in each of the last 18 seasons (1989-2006).
Us Or Them 2 Princeton has won 25 Ivy League titles; Penn has won 24 Ivy championships. The other six Ivy League schools have combined to win 10 league crowns.
Shining Moments Princeton has made 23 NCAA tournament appearances. Only 21 Division I schools have made more appearances than the Tigers.
Quite A Streak Princeton finished with a .500 or better record for 20 consecutive seasons before finishing 12-15 a season ago.
Accepting Charity Princeton finished fourth in the nation last season in free-throw percentage as a team, connecting on 77.3% of its free-throw attempts (266 of 344). Saint Joseph's, New Hampshire and Gonzaga finished ahead of the Tigers.
Coach Speak Joe Scott is in his third season as Princeton's head coach and his 11th season overall as a coach for the Tigers. He was an assistant for eight seasons at Princeton from 1992-2000.
More Coach Speak Joe Scott played point guard for the Tigers from 1983-87 and still ranks tied for fifth all-time at Princeton with 144 steals.
Even More Coach Speak Joe Scott was named the Mountain West Conference Coach of the Year in 2004 (at Air Force) and finished fourth in the balloting for Associated Press National Coach of the Year.
Final Coach Speak Assistant coaches Mike Brennan and Howard Levy also played basketball at Princeton for former coach Pete Carril, who was also Scott's head coach.
Branching Out Five Princeton graduates or former Princeton assistant coaches are currently Division I head coaches. (Bill Carmody, Northwestern; Chris Mooney, Richmond; Craig Robinson, Brown; Joe Scott, Princeton; John Thompson, Georgetown).
PLAYER NOTES & ANECDOTES
Captain, My Captain Senior Justin Conway is Princeton's team captain in 2006-07. Conway is a former walk-on to the program who had played one career minute prior to Jan. 29 of last season.
Numbers Game Justin Conway has averaged 8.1 points, 3.9 rebounds and 2.8 assists in 26 games as a starter beginning last January.
More Honors Justin Conway earned honorable mention All-Ivy honors in 2005-06 despite not playing in Princeton's first two Ivy League games.
Bombs Away Kyle Koncz has made at least three three-point shots in 17 of his last 36 games.
Buckets & Buckets Kyle Koncz made at least three three-point shots in each of Princeton's first six games this season and nine times in 15 games overall.
More Bombs Away 209 of Kyle Koncz's 252 field-goal attempts (83%) the last two seasons have come from three-point range.
Experience Luke Owings has played in 93 career games entering today's game, 22 more than any other Princeton player (Noah Savage with 71).
Conference Call Luke Owings earned honorable-mention All-Ivy honors as a junior. He averaged almost 11 points and five rebounds in conference play.
Arc Madness Both Luke Owings and Noah Savage now have 96 three-point shots, tied with three other players for 13th all-time at Princeton.
Point Man Noah Savage is Princeton's leading returning scorer from a year ago. He averaged exactly 10 points per game as a sophomore.
Iron Man Marcus Schroeder has played all 40 minutes in 12 of Princeton's 16 games and has played 520 of a possible 640 minutes overall.
Helping Out Marcus Schroeder's seven assists against VMI Nov. 11 were the most by a Princeton player since Will Venable had seven assists against Harvard in March 2005.
Gunn-Er Lincoln Gunn made five three-point shots against South Carolina Dec. 20. His 15 points were a season high.
Handling It Lincoln Gunn and Marcus Schroeder have combined for 78 assists and 55 turnovers this season.
Old School Marcus Schroeder and Lincoln Gunn have known each other and played basketball together since elementary school.
Stritt Talk Michael Strittmatter has made 29 of his 60 shots and 16 of his 33 three-point attempts in Princeton's first 16 games this season.
Foul Play Edwin Buffmire has gone to the free throw line 34 times, most on the team, despite averaging just 16 minutes per game, seventh on the team.
History Lesson Kevin Steuerer's father Mickey was a team captain for the 1975 Princeton team that won the NIT, the only Ivy League team to have won a postseason national tournament.