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Men's Basketball Visits Brown To End Five-Game Road Stretch
February 03, 2007 | Men's Basketball
Two former Princeton men's basketball captains meet for the first time as head coaches when Joe Scott and the Tigers visit Craig Robinson and the Brown Bears Saturday night at the Pizzitola Sports Center in Providence (7 p.m., WBUD-AM 1260 and GoPrincetonTigers.com).
Princeton (9-8, 0-3 Ivy), playing its 14th game away from Jadwin Gym in its first 18 games, will look to find its shooting stroke Saturday after making a season-low 27% of its shots in a 43-35 loss at Yale Friday. The Tigers did get their top shooter back against the Bulldogs, as junior Kyle Koncz returned from injury to make three first-half three-point shots.
Brown (6-14, 1-4 Ivy), in their first season under former Northwestern assistant and two-time Ivy League Player of the Year Robinson, dropped a 77-61 decision to Penn Friday night. The Bears' Ivy League win came at Yale two weekends ago.
Princeton's Yale-Brown road trip has resulted in a split in six of the last eight seasons. Each of the last five games between Princeton and Brown, three Tiger wins and two wins by the Bears, have been decided by at least 14 points.
TODAY'S NOTE OF THE DAYA Lid On It During its four-game losing streak, Princeton has made 23 of its 94 three-point attempts (25%). In the first 13 games of the season, the Tigers made 111 of their 285 three-point attempts (39%).
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Tiger vs. Tiger Both Princeton coach Joe Scott (1986-87) and Brown coach Craig Robinson (1982-83) were captains of the Princeton basketball team under head coach Pete Carril and assistant coaches under former Princeton coach Bill Carmody.
On The Road Again Today's game is Princeton's 14th this season (out of 18 games) played either on the road or at a neutral site. The Tigers will play seven of their final 10 games at home.
Back At It Junior Kyle Koncz, Princeton's leading scorer, returned to action at Yale and had three first-half three-pointers. Koncz missed the Seton Hall game due to a stress reaction in his foot.
Iced Out Princeton made seven three-pointers in the first half at Yale Friday night but had just two three-pointers in the second half.
Three's a Crowd The Tigers have attempted 379 three-point shots (22.3 per game) and 314 two-point shots (18.5 per game) this season.
Numbers Game Princeton is 9-0 this season when it has a higher field-goal percentage than its opponent and 0-8 when the opponent has a higher field-goal percentage.
More Numbers Game Princeton's opponents have shot a combined 53% from the field in the Tigers' eight losses and a combined 39% from the field in the Tigers' nine wins..
Road, Sweet Road Princeton's Yale-Brown road trip has resulted in a split in six of the last eight seasons.
Pulling Away Each of the last five Princeton-Brown games at the Pizzitola Center have been decided by at least 14 points.
Taking Minutes Freshman point guard Marcus Schroeder leads Division I in minutes played per game. Schroeder has played all 40 minutes in 13 of 17 games and averages 38.8 minutes per game.