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Koncz, Savage, Briggs, Lake Earn Team Awards at Annual Men's Basketball Banquet
April 17, 2008 | Men's Basketball
Senior co-captains Kyle Koncz and Noah Savage shared the
B.F. Bunn Trophy as team MVP while junior Jason Briggs and sophomore Nick Lake were also honored with team awards at the annual Princeton men's
basketball banquet held Wednesday night at Jadwin Gym.
THE B.F. BUNN TROPHY
Awarded to
that member of the varsity basketball team who, through sportsmanship,
play and influence, has contributed most to the sport at Princeton.
Kyle Koncz '08
Kyle Koncz, a co-captain for the 2007-08 Tigers, earned the Bunn Trophy for the second consecutive year after averaging nine points and a team-high five rebounds per game and leading the Tigers with 55 three-point shots. In conference play, he ranked among the league leaders in rebounding (6.3 rpg) and also averaged 9.3 points per game.
He is one of only nine players in the 78-year history of the award to earn the honor twice, joining Will Venable '05, Chris Mooney '94, Mike Brennan '94, Bill Bradley '65, Jim Brangan '60, Harold Haabestad '55, Michael Kearns '51 and Bernard Adams '50.
The Strongsville, Ohio, native and 6-7 forward started all 28 games in which he played in 2007-08 and led the Tigers in minutes played (33.4 mpg). He also led Princeton in free-throw percentage (84%) and scored in double figures 13 times, including a career-high 24-point outburst in a win over Harvard Feb. 2.
Koncz finished his Princeton career with 156 three-point shots, fifth all-time in program history. He was a three-year starter for the Tigers and played in 87 career games for Princeton.
Noah Savage '08
Noah Savage, a co-captain for the 2007-08 Tigers, was a second-team All-Ivy League selection this season. He averaged 12.9 points and 3.6 rebounds in
Ivy League play and shot an outstanding 40% from three-point range and
nearly 85% from the free-throw line. He ranked in the top 10 in the
league in scoring, free-throw percentage and three-point shots in conference games.
The Princeton native and 6-5 forward was the only
Tiger to start all 29 games in 2007-08. Overall, he averaged 10 points
and 3.1 rebounds per game and finished second on the team with 46
three-point shots. Savage scored in double figures 12 times this season, including nine
times in 14 Ivy League games. His 35 points against Brown Feb. 16 at
Jadwin Gym were the most by a Princeton player in a game in 24 seasons,
and he averaged better than 15 points per game in Princeton's last
eight games. His 155 career three-point shots are tied for sixth place all-time at Princeton.
He started every game for the Tigers in 2004-05, 2005-06 and 2007-08
and played in 111 career games for Princeton. starting 88 of those
games.
THE PAUL RICHARD FRIEDMAN MEMORIAL AWARD
Given to that member of the program who does his very best every day in every way.
Nick Lake '10
Nick Lake, who had not seen action in a game as a freshman, quickly became of Princeton's top contributors in a reserve role as a sophomore. He averaged four points and two rebounds per game in 25 games in 2007-08, but the numbers certainly didn't tell the whole story of his season.
In Princeton's final six games this season, Lake averaged better than nine points and four rebounds per game and three times led Princeton in scoring. He had 16 points and seven rebounds at Brown, 15 points and four rebounds against Cornell and 14 points and five rebounds at Yale. He was named to the Ivy League honor roll the week of March 3.
Lake, a 6-5 forward and Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., native, shot an impressive 49% from the field and nearly 39% from three-point range for the season.
THE CLASS OF 1959 BOB ROCK SIXTH MAN AWARD
Given to the team member whose energy, enthusiasm and effort made an invaluable contribution to the season.
Jason Briggs '09
Jason Briggs had an outstanding Ivy League season for Princeton, starting four games, shooting better than 50% from the field overall and from three-point range and averaging nearly five points per game.
Overall, Briggs played in 20 games in 2007-08 and shot 56% from the field and 50% from three-point range.
A 6-2 guard from Olympia, Wash., he averaged better than 29 minutes per game in Princeton's last seven games, three times scoring in double figures in that stretch. He had 12 points and six rebounds in Princeton's win over Columbia at Jadwin Gym, and he also had 11 points at Harvard and 10 points and eight rebounds in the season finale against Penn.