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Men's Basketball to Visit Manhattan Sunday
December 12, 2008 | Men's Basketball
Princeton (2-5, 0-0 Ivy) at Manhattan (4-3, 1-1 Metro Atlantic)
Sunday, Dec. 14, 4 p.m. at Manhattan's Draddy Gym
Princeton Head Coach: Sydney Johnson (Second season, 8-28 at Princeton/Overall)
Radio: WPRB 103.3 (John Sadak, Play-by-Play; Jerry Price, Color)
All-Time Series: Princeton leads 15-2 overall, 3-1 at Manhattan/Draddy Gym
Stung at home again: Princeton dropped to 0-4 at home with a 49-44 loss to Rutgers Wednesday night. Three of Princeton's four home losses have come by five points or fewer.
On the road, however...: For a team that lost 21 straight games on an opponent's home floor over two years entering this season, the road hasn't been too bad for the Tigers this season. Princeton grabbed wins at Army and Fordham before losing a game at St. Bonaventure last weekend that the Tigers led for 33 of the 40 minutes.
New York's been good to us: At least the eastern half, that is. Princeton will play its first four road games this season in New York state, wrapping up with the Manhattan game. Princeton won the first two along the Hudson River, at Army and Fordham, but lost in western New York to St. Bonaventure. Princeton will come back to the Empire State for its annual Columbia-Cornell trip in March.
The series vs. Manhattan: Princeton leads Manhattan all-time 15-2, though the first nine of those games came when the U.S. had William Howard Taft (a Yale alum) and Princeton alumnus Woodrow Wilson as president. The teams played four times from 1978-82 and had another home-and-home in 1997 and 1998 before starting the current stint in 2006.
Princeton vs. the MAAC: Princeton has an 18-6 record all-time against teams in the Metro Atlantic conference at the time of the game. Princeton has won 17 of the last 19 matchups against MAAC schools. Canisius, Fordham, Iona, La Salle, Loyola, Manhattan, Niagara and Rider are the MAAC members or now-former members Princeton has faced.
Ivy vs. MAAC in ?08-'09: There are very few MAAC-Ivy showdowns this season. Cornell defeated Loyola in the NIT Season Tip-Off before losing to Siena in a non-tournament game. Other than Princeton-Manhattan, the only other inter-conference game could be Columbia-Marist at the MSG Holiday Festival next weekend, if both teams win or lose their first game in that tournament.
Sydney Johnson vs. Manhattan: Princeton head coach Sydney Johnson '97 is 1-1 against Manhattan, defeating the Jaspers as a player and losing last season as a rookie head coach. In the Jan. 3, 1997 meeting, current Princeton assistant coach Brian Earl '99 scored 14 points to co-lead the Tigers, along with current Northwestern assistant Mitch Henderson '98, to a 54-49 win at Draddy Gym. Johnson had 12 points.
Sydney Johnson vs. the MAAC: Johnson's record vs. the MAAC (4-1) is only three games different than his record vs. Manhattan. Johnson helped sweep a home-and-home with Fairfield while an assistant at Georgetown, and he got his second win as a head coach against Iona last season.
Closing out 2008: Sunday's game is Princeton's third-to-last game of 2008. The Tigers will head to Central Connecticut State Dec. 20 and Lafayette Dec. 30.
Last time against Manhattan: Princeton led by 13 points with 11:54 to go last Dec. 16 against Manhattan, but the Jaspers erased that lead in less than seven minutes to take a 71-66 win. A 27-7 run by Manhattan gave the visitors a seven-point lead with 2:20 to play.
Who's back: Manhattan returns 55 of its 71 points from last season's game, including Antoine Pearson's game-high 22, with only Rashad Green's 16 points not back for the return visit to Draddy Gym. Princeton returns 37 of its 66, including Zach Finley's team-best 17.
Common foes: There is just one common opponent between Manhattan and Princeton this season, Fordham. Princeton beat the Rams by 12 points on Nov. 26, four days after Manhattan defeated them by 14.
Manhattan in the Bronx: Manhattan College was located in Manhattan from its founding in 1853 until moving to the Bronx in 1922. Princeton and Manhattan became co-educational around the same time, Princeton in 1969 and Manhattan in 1973.
Take me out to the ballgame: Manhattan College credits itself with starting the seventh-inning stretch. Brother Jasper, the namesake for the athletic teams, directed restless students at a Manhattan College basetball game against a semi-pro team to stand and stretch before the bottom of the seventh, and the tradition spread as Manhattan would play the New York Giants in exhibitions at the Polo Grounds in the 1880s and 1890s.
We like that sport too: Manhattan College played NYU in the first intercollegiate lacrosse game in November 1877. Just 115 years later in 1992, Princeton won its first of six NCAA titles in a 10-year span in men's lacrosse.
From the field: Princeton began to reverse a brief decline in its field-goal percentage by shooting 36% against Rutgers. The Tigers shot 54.3% against Fordham, but the accuracy slipped in the next two games until Wednesday.
Low turnovers: Princeton had a season-low 10 turnovers against Rutgers and had fewer turnovers than its opponent for the first time this season. Princeton has reset its season-low in each of the last two games.
Turn it around: Princeton's opponents have outshot the Tigers from the field in each of the last three games.
Good helpers: Princeton has had as many or more assists than its opponent in every game this season.
Tigers for three: Princeton has had as many or more three-pointers than its opponents in every game this season.
Get to the line: Princeton's opponents have shot more free throws than the Tigers in every game this season. The difference was never as stark as Wednesday night, when Rutgers shot 24 to Princeton's four. Princeton's opponents have shot 23 or more free throws in each of the last three games.
Double-digit Dan: Sophomore Dan Mavraides has had three double-digit scoring games this season. He did not score more than eight points in a game in his freshman year, and Mavraides has scored 49 points this season to 11 all of last season.
Three for seven: Three Princeton players have scored points in all seven games this season, with Doug Davis, Kareem Maddox and Zach Finley enjoying a season-long scoring streak.
D the three?: Manhattan is allowing its opponents a 39.1% success rate from beyond the arc this season. Princeton has taken 123 three-pointers this season, hitting 45 (36.6%).
Leading the league: Entering the weekend, Princeton leads the Ivy League in scoring defense (58.6 ppg), field goal percentage defense (39.8%), three-point percentage (36.6%), three-point defense (26%) and rebounding defense (31.7 rpg).
Lake's threes: Nick Lake's 56.3% success rate (9 for 16) from three-point land this season leads the Ivy League. Harvard's Jeremy Lin is next at 53.8% (14 for 26).
Another local: Like Princeton and Princeton's last opponent, Rutgers, Manhattan will not be leaving the Eastern time zone this season, unless its ESPN Bracket Buster game in February sends it elsewhere.
All over the country, all over the world: Princeton has players from all over the United States, from coast to coast, but Manhattan counts players from Europe and Africa on its roster, including Cameroon, Mali and Ireland.
Sunday, Dec. 14, 4 p.m. at Manhattan's Draddy Gym
Princeton Head Coach: Sydney Johnson (Second season, 8-28 at Princeton/Overall)
Radio: WPRB 103.3 (John Sadak, Play-by-Play; Jerry Price, Color)
All-Time Series: Princeton leads 15-2 overall, 3-1 at Manhattan/Draddy Gym
Stung at home again: Princeton dropped to 0-4 at home with a 49-44 loss to Rutgers Wednesday night. Three of Princeton's four home losses have come by five points or fewer.
On the road, however...: For a team that lost 21 straight games on an opponent's home floor over two years entering this season, the road hasn't been too bad for the Tigers this season. Princeton grabbed wins at Army and Fordham before losing a game at St. Bonaventure last weekend that the Tigers led for 33 of the 40 minutes.
New York's been good to us: At least the eastern half, that is. Princeton will play its first four road games this season in New York state, wrapping up with the Manhattan game. Princeton won the first two along the Hudson River, at Army and Fordham, but lost in western New York to St. Bonaventure. Princeton will come back to the Empire State for its annual Columbia-Cornell trip in March.
The series vs. Manhattan: Princeton leads Manhattan all-time 15-2, though the first nine of those games came when the U.S. had William Howard Taft (a Yale alum) and Princeton alumnus Woodrow Wilson as president. The teams played four times from 1978-82 and had another home-and-home in 1997 and 1998 before starting the current stint in 2006.
Princeton vs. the MAAC: Princeton has an 18-6 record all-time against teams in the Metro Atlantic conference at the time of the game. Princeton has won 17 of the last 19 matchups against MAAC schools. Canisius, Fordham, Iona, La Salle, Loyola, Manhattan, Niagara and Rider are the MAAC members or now-former members Princeton has faced.
Ivy vs. MAAC in ?08-'09: There are very few MAAC-Ivy showdowns this season. Cornell defeated Loyola in the NIT Season Tip-Off before losing to Siena in a non-tournament game. Other than Princeton-Manhattan, the only other inter-conference game could be Columbia-Marist at the MSG Holiday Festival next weekend, if both teams win or lose their first game in that tournament.
Sydney Johnson vs. Manhattan: Princeton head coach Sydney Johnson '97 is 1-1 against Manhattan, defeating the Jaspers as a player and losing last season as a rookie head coach. In the Jan. 3, 1997 meeting, current Princeton assistant coach Brian Earl '99 scored 14 points to co-lead the Tigers, along with current Northwestern assistant Mitch Henderson '98, to a 54-49 win at Draddy Gym. Johnson had 12 points.
Sydney Johnson vs. the MAAC: Johnson's record vs. the MAAC (4-1) is only three games different than his record vs. Manhattan. Johnson helped sweep a home-and-home with Fairfield while an assistant at Georgetown, and he got his second win as a head coach against Iona last season.
Closing out 2008: Sunday's game is Princeton's third-to-last game of 2008. The Tigers will head to Central Connecticut State Dec. 20 and Lafayette Dec. 30.
Last time against Manhattan: Princeton led by 13 points with 11:54 to go last Dec. 16 against Manhattan, but the Jaspers erased that lead in less than seven minutes to take a 71-66 win. A 27-7 run by Manhattan gave the visitors a seven-point lead with 2:20 to play.
Who's back: Manhattan returns 55 of its 71 points from last season's game, including Antoine Pearson's game-high 22, with only Rashad Green's 16 points not back for the return visit to Draddy Gym. Princeton returns 37 of its 66, including Zach Finley's team-best 17.
Common foes: There is just one common opponent between Manhattan and Princeton this season, Fordham. Princeton beat the Rams by 12 points on Nov. 26, four days after Manhattan defeated them by 14.
Manhattan in the Bronx: Manhattan College was located in Manhattan from its founding in 1853 until moving to the Bronx in 1922. Princeton and Manhattan became co-educational around the same time, Princeton in 1969 and Manhattan in 1973.
Take me out to the ballgame: Manhattan College credits itself with starting the seventh-inning stretch. Brother Jasper, the namesake for the athletic teams, directed restless students at a Manhattan College basetball game against a semi-pro team to stand and stretch before the bottom of the seventh, and the tradition spread as Manhattan would play the New York Giants in exhibitions at the Polo Grounds in the 1880s and 1890s.
We like that sport too: Manhattan College played NYU in the first intercollegiate lacrosse game in November 1877. Just 115 years later in 1992, Princeton won its first of six NCAA titles in a 10-year span in men's lacrosse.
From the field: Princeton began to reverse a brief decline in its field-goal percentage by shooting 36% against Rutgers. The Tigers shot 54.3% against Fordham, but the accuracy slipped in the next two games until Wednesday.
Low turnovers: Princeton had a season-low 10 turnovers against Rutgers and had fewer turnovers than its opponent for the first time this season. Princeton has reset its season-low in each of the last two games.
Turn it around: Princeton's opponents have outshot the Tigers from the field in each of the last three games.
Good helpers: Princeton has had as many or more assists than its opponent in every game this season.
Tigers for three: Princeton has had as many or more three-pointers than its opponents in every game this season.
Get to the line: Princeton's opponents have shot more free throws than the Tigers in every game this season. The difference was never as stark as Wednesday night, when Rutgers shot 24 to Princeton's four. Princeton's opponents have shot 23 or more free throws in each of the last three games.
Double-digit Dan: Sophomore Dan Mavraides has had three double-digit scoring games this season. He did not score more than eight points in a game in his freshman year, and Mavraides has scored 49 points this season to 11 all of last season.
Three for seven: Three Princeton players have scored points in all seven games this season, with Doug Davis, Kareem Maddox and Zach Finley enjoying a season-long scoring streak.
D the three?: Manhattan is allowing its opponents a 39.1% success rate from beyond the arc this season. Princeton has taken 123 three-pointers this season, hitting 45 (36.6%).
Leading the league: Entering the weekend, Princeton leads the Ivy League in scoring defense (58.6 ppg), field goal percentage defense (39.8%), three-point percentage (36.6%), three-point defense (26%) and rebounding defense (31.7 rpg).
Lake's threes: Nick Lake's 56.3% success rate (9 for 16) from three-point land this season leads the Ivy League. Harvard's Jeremy Lin is next at 53.8% (14 for 26).
Another local: Like Princeton and Princeton's last opponent, Rutgers, Manhattan will not be leaving the Eastern time zone this season, unless its ESPN Bracket Buster game in February sends it elsewhere.
All over the country, all over the world: Princeton has players from all over the United States, from coast to coast, but Manhattan counts players from Europe and Africa on its roster, including Cameroon, Mali and Ireland.
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