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First Road Game of Season Ahead for Men's Basketball at Army Sunday
November 22, 2008 | Men's Basketball
Princeton (0-2, 0-0 Ivy) vs. Army (1-2, 0-0 Patriot)
Princeton Head Coach: Sydney Johnson (First season, 6-25 at Princeton/Overall)
Radio: WPRB 103.3 (John Sadak, Play-by-Play; Jerry Price, Color)
All-Time Series: Princeton leads 21-11 overall, 12-6 at Army
Oh so close: Princeton opened its season with two losses each by one possession, one by two points and one by three.
More so close: Princeton has opened its season with two losses on 15 previous occasions, but never have both decisions come by three points or fewer.
New foes, unfamiliar foes: After playing two new opponents, Princeton will renew acquaintances with one it has not met in almost 30 years. The Tigers last played against Army in December 1979 in a Hawaii-hosted tournament.
Princeton vs. Army: Princeton will renew its acquaintance with Army, a team it has played 32 times, leading the series 21-11, but not in almost 30 years. The Tigers have never played a game in Christl Arena, built in 1985, and the last meeting came at the Neal Blaisdell Center on the Hawaiian island of O'ahu. Craig Robinson '83 led Princeton with 14 points and seven rebounds in a 53-52 loss.
Princeton vs. the Patriot League All-Time: The Tigers have played 205 games against schools currently in the Patriot League, taking a record of 153-52 into the season. Princeton has faced all eight current league schools.
More Patriot League: Princeton will face two other Patriot schools this season, Lafayette and Lehigh, the two Patriot opponents that usually appear annually.
An Ivy stretch: The Princeton game will begin a stretch of three straight Ivy League opponents for Army, which will travel to Brown and Harvard next. The Black Knights also opened the season with a 15-point win over Dartmouth and will visit the Big Green again in January.
Knights in Jersey: Eleven Army players spent time at the U.S. Military Academy Prep School (USMAPS) located in Fort Monmouth, N.J., about an hour east of Princeton.
Well-known mentors: Both Princeton head coach Sydney Johnson and Army head coach Jim Crews played for well-known coaches, Johnson under Pete Carril and Crews at Indiana under Bob Knight.
Double-digit Doug: Freshman Doug Davis continued his hot start Wednesday night against Maine, scoring 14 points to follow up his debut of 25 against Central Michigan.
Go Raiders: The Hun School in Princeton will have two alumni on the court at Christl Arena Sunday when Princeton's Doug Davis and Army sophomore center Ross Trampler meet.
Larger and older: Army's roster looks much different from Princeton's, as the Black Knights carry 20 players including two freshmen. Princeton's 14-player list includes five rookies.
Guarding the glass: Princeton outrebounded Maine 39-25. In their first game, the Tigers were outrebounded 40-34 and gave up a double-double to Central Michigan's Chris Kellerman (28 pts/13 reb). No Maine player had more than six rebounds.
More boards: Sophomore Kareem Maddox enjoyed a career-best 10 rebounds against Maine and was a three-pointer away from a double-double. Maddox also had a career-best five assists.
Buczak the boarder: Junior Pawel Buczak's six rebounds against Maine doubled his previous Princeton best of three boards.
Dan-tastic game: Sophomore Dan Mavraides had a career night as well against Maine, scoring 13 points. That was one fewer than he had in his career entering the night (14) and two more than all last season (11).
More Mavraides: Dan Mavraides' three three-pointers against Maine were one more than he had in his career entering the night. He had one last season and one in this season's opener vs. Central Michigan.
Still more Mavraides: Dan Mavraides' four rebounds against Maine were as many as he had all last season and one fewer than he had all last season plus this season's opener (five).
Youth movement: Last season, seniors scored 43.6% of Princeton's points. This season, the freshman class so far has 48.1% of the team's points.
Finley's free throws: Zach Finley is 5 for 6 (.833) from the line so far this season. Last season, Finley hit at a 52.5% clip.
Taking advantage of second chances: Princeton did a much better job of scoring after offensive rebounds against Maine than against Central Michigan. The Tigers were outscored 13-5 in the category in the opener before doubling up Maine 18-9 in game two.
Huc nets first points: After making a brief appearance in the season opener, Max Huc scored nine points in 33 minutes against Maine.
Turnovers: No coach likes turnovers, and the category has been a sore one for the Tigers so far this season. Princeton had more than Central Michigan, 21-19, and more than Maine, 19-10.
Balancing categories: Princeton won the field-goal percentage battle against Maine, 44.0% to 40.4%, as well as the rebounding category 39-25, but Maine made it up in a close game with fewer turnovers, 19-10.
Leading at the end: Princeton didn't trail at all in the second half Wednesday night, with Maine tying it in the final minute of regulation. However, Princeton did not lead in the overtime, and Maine escaped with a three-point win.
On the road again: After opening with two at home, Princeton will have six of its next eight on the road.
New York state of game: Princeton's next four road games will take place in the Empire State, including Sunday at Army, Nov. 26 at Fordham, Dec. 6 at St. Bonaventure and Dec. 14 at Manhattan. After that, Princeton will not return to New York until Mar. 6 at Columbia.
They keep going and going...: Princeton's Kareem Maddox and Doug Davis each played more than 40 minutes in the OT game against Maine. Maddox, who had 22 minutes in the opener, played 45 in game two. Davis, who played all 40 minutes in the opener, got only a two-minute respite in game two, playing 43.
Same starters: Princeton has used the same five starters (Briggs, Davis, Saunders, Maddox, Buczak) in the first two games. The Tigers haven't started the same five for as many as three games in a row since a nine-game stretch that ended Feb. 15 of last season.
Finley's boards: Zach Finley's back-to-back eight-rebound games match his highest two-game total at Princeton. Against Lafayette and Dominican last season, Finley also had eight and eight.