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Tigers On Target in 65-50 Win at UNCG (Video Included)
December 13, 2009 | Men's Basketball
A generation after both Ed Hummer and John Hummer led Princeton in the program's first two appearances in the building, freshman Ian Hummer scored a career-best 17 points in a 65-50 win over UNC Greensboro.
The youngest Hummer is the son of Ed and nephew of John. While the elder two Hummers each led Princeton in losses to the flagship UNC, Ian Hummer's points helped the Tigers even their record at 4-4 and provide back-to-back wins for the second time this season.
Princeton opened the season with squeakers of wins against Central Michigan and Manhattan, but the last two victories have come by 14 and 15 points. The wins are the first back-to-back victories by double digits since the Cornell-Columbia home weekend last February, and the 15-point margin was the most since that Columbia game, a 28-point win.
Video: Sydney Johnson postgame
UNC Greensboro (2-6) saw its top three scorers on the season lead the team in this contest as well, with Ben Stywall and Brandon Evans co-leading with 14 points and Kyle Randall chipping in eight. That, coupled with a slight 33-29 rebounding advantage, was not enough to overcome hot shooting by the Tigers.
Princeton shot 50 percent from the field, hitting 25 of 50 shots to make at least half of its attempts for the first time since the season opener.
Ian Hummer, who was shooting 53 percent from the free throw line on the season entering the game, hit 9 of 11 attempts and four of five shots from the field to pace the Tigers. Dan Mavraides, who reached double digits for the second straight game with 13 points, showed again his importance to Princeton's chances this season. When Mavraides scores 10 or more points, Princeton is
4-1. When he doesn't, Princeton is 0-3.
Princeton used a 14-6 run to take control and break a 12-12 tie less than eight minutes into the game. That helped the Tigers to a 26-18 lead that soon became a 31-20 edge with less than three minutes before the break. A runner in the lane by Douglas Davis on the half's last possession gave Princeton its largest lead to that point at 13.
Rebounding, which had been a weakness in Princeton's losses this season, was a big factor in helping the Tigers to the lead. Princeton held a 20-12 edge in that category at the break, with Kareem Maddox's four boards providing a spark off the bench. The junior, who nearly matched his season-high point total of five in the first half alone, scored on both his attempts from the field before the break. Maddox finished with six boards and six points, both season highs.
While also manning the point guard position for five assists without a turnover, Marcus Schroeder led Princeton with seven rebounds. Princeton had 19 assists against UNCG, its most against a Division I team since picking up 20 against VMI on Nov. 11, 2006.
Princeton was up again by 13 at 48-35 with 10:40 to play, but UNCG held the Tigers scoreless until the 6:03 mark while enjoying a 6-0 run. That cut Princeton's lead to seven, but the Spartans came no closer as an 11-2 Tiger run put it away.
Princeton will return home to face Monmouth Wednesday before traveling to Maine next weekend.