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Men's Basketball Visits Harvard For First Of Four Straight Ivy Road Games
February 20, 2008 | Men's Basketball
The Tigers look for a season sweep of Harvard for the sixth time in the last eight seasons when they visit Lavietes Pavilion for a Friday night game at 7 p.m. Live streaming video of the game will be available at the TigerZone, as will Saturday night's game against Dartmouth.
Princeton (5-17, 2-5 Ivy) begins the second half of its league season with the first of four straight road games. The Tigers have won 14 of their last 16 games against the Crimson (6-18, 1-7 Ivy), but both losses in that time have come at Lavietes Pavilion (2007 and 2005).
Senior forward Noah Savage scored a career-high 35 points for Princeton in an overtime loss to Brown at Jadwin Gym Saturday, the most by a Princeton player at Jadwin in 38 years.
Harvard lost at home to Cornell and Columbia last weekend. The Crimson held the lead for most of the game against the Ivy League-leading Big Red before a stunning Cornell comeback in the final minute of the game.
Princeton outscored Harvard 20-5 in the final six minutes of a 68-54 win over the Crimson Feb. 2 at Jadwin Gym. Kyle Koncz had 21 of his career-high 24 points in the first half, while Lincoln Gunn scored all 17 of his points in the decisive second half. The Tigers made 12 three-point shots in the game.
TODAY'S TIP-IN...
Second Time Around Princeton outscored Harvard 20-5 in the final six minutes of a 68-54 win over the Crimson at Jadwin Gym Feb. 2. The Tigers limited Harvard to just one field goal in that stretch and went 5 for 6 from the field in that time.
LAYUPS...
20-20 Vision Kyle Koncz has scored 20 or more points three times in five career games against Harvard, including a career-best 24 points in Princeton's win over the Crimson Feb. 2.
30-30 Vision Noah Savage scored a career-high 35 points for Princeton against Brown, the most by a Princeton player since Kevin “Moon” Mullin had 38 against San Diego in the 1984 NCAA tournament.
Half and Half Princeton made 12 three-point shots in its win over Harvard Feb. 2. The Tigers also made 12 two-point shots in that game.
Numbers Game Princeton has won 14 of its last 16 games against Harvard; the two Harvard wins in that time came last season and in 2005 at Lavietes Pavilion.
Taking Care Of It Princeton is the only Ivy League team entering this weekend with more assists in league games than turnovers (86 assists, 84 turnovers).
Travelin' Men The Tigers play four straight road games beginning Friday before concluding the season with three straight home games.
History Lesson Princeton and Harvard first played in men's basketball in 1901.
THE MID-RANGE GAME...
599 & 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 599 straight games.
More About Savage Noah Savage's 35 points against Brown were the most by a Princeton player in Jadwin Gym since Geoff Petrie had 39 against Fordham in 1970. The Jadwin Gym record for points is 40, set by Monmouth's Rahsaan Johnson in 2001.
More About Savage 2 Noah Savage moved from 11th place to seventh place in career three-point shots at Princeton with his seven “threes” against Brown. He now has 144 career three-pointers.
Up The Charts Kyle Koncz is currently sixth all-time at Princeton with 148 career three-pointers. He needs eight “threes” to move past Bob Scrabis '89 into fifth place.
On The Ratio Marcus Schroeder has 23 assists and just seven turnovers in Ivy League games. Schroeder leads the Ivies in assist-turnover ratio in league games.
Home Front All five of Princeton's victories this season have come at home, including two on its opening Ivy weekend against Dartmouth and Harvard.
FROM WAY DOWNTOWN...
Remembering VBK The Tigers are wearing a “VBK” patch on their uniforms in 2007-08 in honor of former coach Butch van Breda Kolff, who passed away last August. van Breda Kolff led the Tigers to the 1965 Final Four and had a 103-31 record in five seasons at Princeton.
Aloha & Mahalo Princeton was the first Ivy League team to play in the Maui Invitational. The Tigers played Duke, Arizona State and host Chaminade at that tournament Nov. 19-21.
Deep Thoughts Three of Princeton's four coaches rank in the top 10 all-time at Princeton in career three-point shots (Earl, 1st; Johnson, 4th; Greenman, 10th).
The Company You Keep Princeton entered the 2007-08 season ranked 17th all-time in NCAA Division I with 1,533 victories.
Shining Moments Princeton has made 23 NCAA tournament appearances. Only 22 Division I schools had made more appearances than the Tigers entering 2007-08.
Us Or Them Either Princeton (nine times) or Penn (10 times) has been the Ivy League's NCAA tournament representative in each of the last 19 seasons (1989-2007).
Us Or Them 2 Princeton has won 25 Ivy League titles; Penn has won 25 Ivy championships. The other six Ivy League schools have combined to win 10 league crowns.
Branching Out Six Princeton graduates or former Princeton assistant coaches are currently Division I head coaches. (Bill Carmody, Northwestern; Craig Robinson '83, Brown; Joe Scott '87, Denver; John Thompson '88, Georgetown; Chris Mooney '94, Richmond; Sydney Johnson '97, Princeton).
The Worldwide Leader Princeton will appear on national television on ESPN, ESPN2 or ESPNU at least six times this season.
Princeton In The Pros Two recent Princeton graduates play in Italy's top division. Mason Rocca '00 plays for Napoli and also played for the Italian national team in the 2006 FIBA World Championships, while Judson Wallace '05 plays for Capo D'Orlando after two seasons playing in Germany.
More Princeton in the Pros Former Tiger basketball star Chris Young '02 played in the Major League All-Star game in 2007. The San Diego Padres' starting pitcher led the National League in earned run average for much of the 2007 season.
Even More Princeton in the Pros Head coach Sydney Johnson played seven seasons of professional basketball in Italy and Spain after graduating from Princeton. His teams won three league championships in those seven seasons.
PLAYER NOTES & ANECDOTES
Bombs Away Kyle Koncz has made at least three three-point shots 19 times in 48 games in the past two seasons.
Filling It Up Kyle Koncz scored a career-high 24 points against Harvard Feb. 2 at Jadwin Gym. He scored 21 of those points in the first half.
Toughing It Out Kyle Koncz did not practice after Jan. 1 last season due to a stress fracture in his foot but still played in 26 games and led the Tigers in scoring.
For Starters... Noah Savage has started 81 career games, most of any player on the current Princeton roster.
It's About Experience Noah Savage played in his 100th career game Feb. 8 at Cornell.
Playing The Percentages Noah Savage is a 37% career shooter from three-point range and a 76% career shooter from the free-throw line.
Leader Of The Pack Zach Finley led Princeton in scoring during the non-conference season. Finley averaged 11.1 points per game in those 15 games.
Filling It Up Zach Finley is shooting 57% from the field (28 for 49) in Ivy League games. He ranks third in the Ivy League in that category.
Swatting Them Zach Finley's seven blocks against Chaminade were the most by a Princeton player since Chris Young had seven against Xavier on Dec. 27, 1999.
Helping Out Lincoln Gunn has three or more assists 13 times in 22 games this season. His 65 assists this season lead the Tigers.
No Sophomore Slump Lincoln Gunn is shooting 38% from three-point range as a sophomore after shooting 29% from behind the arc as a freshman.
Return To Paradise Lincoln Gunn served as a ballboy while attending the Maui Invitational several times as a child while growing up in California.
Twice As Nice Marcus Schroeder has a nearly 2-to-1 assist-to-turnover ratio this season (46 assists, 24 turnovers).
Making The Most Of It Kevin Steuerer is third on the team with 39 assists despite averaging just 21 minutes per game this season.
History Lesson Kevin Steuerer's father Mickey was a team captain for the 1974-1975 Princeton team that won the NIT, the only Ivy League team to have won a postseason national tournament.
Stepping Up Junior guard Jason Briggs has averaged 11 minutes per game in Princeton's seven Ivy League games. Briggs earned his first career start this past Saturday against Brown, playing six minutes in that game.
Land O'Lake Sophomore Nick Lake is shooting 15 for 27 from the field this season (56%) and 7 for 14 from three-point range (50%)
Stritt Talk 6-8 Michael Strittmatter made 22 of his 50 three-point attempts last season. He was leading the Ivy League in three-point percentage for much of the season.
On Guard Matt Sargeant, who has missed the last three games due to injury, has made seven three-point shots in 15 attempts this season and 17 of 33 shots overall (52%) in 13 games.