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Princeton University Athletics
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Season's Final Home Weekend Ahead for Men's Basketball
February 25, 2009 | Men's Basketball
Brown (7-17, 1-9 Ivy) at Princeton (10-12, 5-4 Ivy)
Friday, Feb. 27, 7 p.m. on Carril Court
Princeton head coach: Sydney Johnson (Princeton '97/second season/16-35 career/overall)
Radio: WPRB 103.3 FM (John Sadak, Play-by-Play)
All-Time Series: Princeton leads 91-24, 54-4 at home and 36-4 in Jadwin Gym
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Yale (11-13, 6-4 Ivy) at Princeton
Saturday, Feb. 28, 6 p.m. on Carril Court
Radio: WPRB 103.3 FM (John Sadak, Play-by-Play)
All-Time Series: Princeton leads 138-81, 81-26 at home and 34-6 in Jadwin Gym
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Season Stats: Overall | Conference
Game-by-Game Stats: Team | Opponents | Indiv. Points-Rebounds-Assists
Players: (1) Huc | (2) Briggs | (11) Foley | (14) Lake | (15) Comfort | (20) Davis | (21) Schroeder | (22) Saunders | (23) Maddox | (30) Finley | (33) Mavraides | (34) Strittmatter | (55) Buczak
Last weekend's box scores: Harvard at Princeton | Dartmouth at Princeton
Last time against Brown: Feb. 14 at Brown | Last Brown visit to Princeton: Feb. 16, 2008 at Princeton
Ivy League Standings
Around the Ivy League:
Friday: Yale at Penn, 7 (No live stats) | Columbia at Harvard, 7 | Live Stats; Cornell at Dartmouth, 7 | Live Stats
Saturday: Brown at Penn, 6 (No live stats): Columbia at Dartmouth, 7 | Live Stats; Cornell at Harvard, 7 | Live Stats
| Tale of the Tape: Overall (Conference) | Princeton | Brown | Yale | |
| Points Per Game | 58.6 (58.6) | 61.7 (57.3) | 62.4 (59.8) | |
| Points Allowed Per Game | 57.7 (56.1) | 69.2 (68.0) | 63.0 (58.2) | |
| Field Goal Percentage | .430 (.451) | .426 (.399) | .436 (.428) | |
| Field Goal Percentage Allowed | .394 (.404) | .460 (.462) | .430 (.419) | |
| Three-Point Percentage | .375 (.417) | .346 (.273) | .283 (.273) | |
| Three-Point Percentage Allowed | .292 (.279) | .388 (.414) | .328 (.333) | |
| Free Throw Percentage | .738 (.754) | .672 (.646) | .662 (.665) | |
| Rebounding Average | 31.0 (27.2) | 31.6 (32.2) | 34.2 (33.8) | |
| Rebounding Average Against | 32.6 (31.8) | 33.2 (34.8) | 32.9 (31.6) | |
| Assists/Game | 11.2 (11.3) | 13.2 (11.2) | 13.3 (11.1) | |
| Blocks/Game | 3.1 (3.2) | 2.7 (3.5) | 3.2 (3.5) | |
| Steals/Game | 5.6 (5.2) | 4.7 (4.9) | 7.0 (5.4) | |
| Turnovers/Game | 13.4 (12.1) | 14.8 (14.7) | 15.8 (13.1) |
Game Notes
Bear market: Brown lost its first 34 games in Jadwin Gym until breaking the long losing streak in 2003. Counting that game, Brown has won four of the last six in Jadwin, in 2003, 2005, 2007 and 2008. All told, Brown is 36-4 in Jadwin Gym.
'Dogs' house: Yale has won the last two games in Jadwin Gym, ending a 13-season Princeton win streak on campus. Yale won in 1986, 1987, 1992 and 1993 in addition to the last two seasons since Jadwin opened in 1969.
Last time vs. Yale: The Bulldogs hassled Princeton on the boards Feb. 13 at Yale in a 60-48 Bulldog win. Yale outrebounded Princeton 43-23 in what was the largest rebounding deficit for the Tigers since December 2005. Eleven Bulldogs got rebounds, but Ross Morin was the main culprit with 10 boards to go with his 10 points. Alex Zampier led all scorers with 13 points while Douglas Davis was the high Tiger with 11.
Johnson vs. Yale, Brown: Princeton head coach Sydney Johnson has a 6-5 record against Brown overall and 0-3 as Princeton's head coach. He has an 8-3 record vs. Yale including 0-3 as a head coach.
Johnson vs. Agel, Jones: Sydney Johnson is 4-3 against James Jones all-time. Johnson's teams won all four meetings his junior and senior seasons with Jones as a Yale assistant, and Jones won both meetings last season with the two as head coaches. Johnson is 0-3 against Agel, with two Agel wins last season as a Brown assistant to go with his win this year in his first meeting with Princeton as a head coach.
Good shooting, bad result: Princeton shot a season-high .590 last Saturday against Dartmouth but ended up on the losing end, 66-63.
More accurate: Princeton's shooting percentage has climbed in each of the last five games.
Good help: If Princeton is able to reach 10 assists Friday, it would be the first time all season the Tigers have had at least 10 assists in six straight games.
Route 66: Dartmouth's 66 points were the highest for an opponent at Jadwin Gym since the Dec. 2 game vs. South Carolina (84).
No help: Dartmouth won last Saturday despite having a Princeton opponent season-low three assists. Princeton's opponents have had fewer than 10 assists on 14 occasions this season.
Out-threed: The Brown game Feb. 14 was just the second time this season that Princeton's opponent has made more three-pointers than the Tigers.
Our seniors: Jason Briggs and Mike Strittmatter will be honored prior to the Yale game Saturday, their final contest on Carril Court. Strittmatter has played in 64 career games entering the weekend, playing in 60 of them as a reserve. Briggs has played in 22 games this season, equaling the number he played in his first three seasons. He also has more assists (19) and steals (11) this season than he had in his first three seasons combined (18 assists, eight steals).
Douglas does it: Rookie Douglas Davis had a nice shooting weekend against Harvard and Dartmouth, hitting 10 of 13 shots (.769). His 16 points against Dartmouth were his most since 19 at Harvard Jan. 31
Mavraides makes it: Dan Mavraides' 19 points against Dartmouth were his most since Jan. 31 at Harvard. After a stretch in which he hit double-digits in 7 of 8 games from Dec. 20 to Feb. 6, Mavraides will be looking Friday for his first back-to-back double-digit scoring performances since.
Stritts and starts: Mike Strittmatter's start vs. Dartmouth was his first start since Jan. 14, 2006 against Cornell.
Buckets for Buczak: Pawel Buczak's 11 points, on 5 of 6 shooting, were his most since his 15-point performance against Cornell Feb. 6.
A 4-loss champ?: It's happened before, but not for a while. A 10-4 team last won the Ivy League in 1987, when current Penn assistant Perry Bromwell and the Quakers won it over 9-5 teams from Princeton and Cornell. It was the last of four straight years in which the Ivy winner was 10-4. Outside of 1984-87, the Ivy champ was 10-4 only in its first season of 1959 when Dartmouth won.
Tigers from the Line
| Player | Season | Career |
| 1 Huc | 6-8 (.750) | 6-8 (.750) |
| 2 Briggs | 8-14 (.571) | 18-33 (.545) |
| 11 Foley | 0-0 | 0-1 (.000) |
| 14 Lake | 12-16 (.750) | 27-36 (.750) |
| 15 Comfort | 3-6 (.500) | 3-6 (.500) |
| 20 Davis | 26-36 (.722) | 26-36 (.722) |
| 21 Schroeder | 15-20 (.750) | 73-98 (.745) |
| 22 Saunders | 22-29 (.759) | 22-29 (.759) |
| 23 Maddox | 40-49 (.816) | 55-67 (.821) |
| 24 Ma | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 30 Finley | 34-45 (.756) | 72-122 (.590) |
| 33 Mavraides | 46-58 (.793) | 52-64 (.813) |
| 34 Strittmatter | 1-2 (.500) | 37-60 (.617) |
| 55 Buczak | 23-37 (.622) | 27-47 (.574) |
Season/Career Highs
Jason Briggs
2008-09 Season Highs
Points: 10 at St. Bonaventure (12/6/08)
Rebounds: 11 at Manhattan (12/14/08)
Assists: 4 at Fordham (11/26/08)
Steals: 3 vs. Harvard (2/20/09)
Blocks: 1 at Fordham (11/26/08)
Field Goals: 3 at St. Bonaventure (12/2/08)
Three-Pointers: 3 at St. Bona (11/26/08)
Free Throws: 3, last at Manhattan (12/14/08)
Minutes: 33 at Manhattan (12/14/08)
Career Highs
Points: 12 vs. Columbia (3/7/08)
Rebounds: 11 at Manhattan (12/14/08)
Assists: 4 at Fordham (11/26/08)
Steals: 3 vs. Harvard (2/20/09)
Blocks: 1, last at Fordham (11/26/08)
Field Goals: 5, last vs. Penn (3/11/08)
Three-Pointers: 3 at St. Bona (11/26/08)
Free Throws: 4 vs. Columbia (3/7/08)
Minutes: 37 vs. Penn (3/11/08)
Pawel Buczak
2008-09 Season Highs
Points: 15, last vs. Cornell (2/6/09)
Rebounds: 10 vs. UNCG (1/3/09)
Assists: 5, last at Brown (2/14/09)
Steals: 2, last vs. Columbia (2/7/09)
Blocks: 4 vs. Columbia (2/7/09)
Field Goals: 7 at Manhattan (12/14/08)
Three-Pointers: 3 vs. Cornell (2/6/09)
Free Throws: 4, last vs. Brown (2/14/09)
Minutes: 33 at Brown (2/14/09)
Career Highs
Points: 15, last vs. Cornell (2/6/09)
Rebounds: 10 vs. UNCG (1/3/09)
Assists: 5, last at Brown (2/14/09)
Steals: 2, last vs. Columbia (2/7/09)
Blocks: 4 vs. Columbia (2/7/09)
Field Goals: 7 at Manhattan (12/14/08)
Three-Pointers: 3 vs. Cornell (2/6/09)
Free Throws: 4, last vs. Brown (2/14/09)
Minutes: 33 at Brown (2/14/09)
John Comfort
2008-09 Season/Career Highs
Points: 6, last vs. Harvard (2/20/09)
Rebounds: 3 at Yale (2/13/09)
Assists: 1, last at Yale (2/13/09)
Steals: None
Blocks: 1 vs. Lehigh (1/7/09)
Field Goals: 2, last vs. Harvard (2/20/09)
Three-Pointers: 2 vs. Penn (2/17/09)
Free Throws: 2 vs. Columbia (2/7/09)
Minutes: 19 vs. Penn (2/17/09)
Douglas Davis
2008-09 Season/Career Highs
Points: 27 at Manhattan (12/14/08)
Rebounds: 5 at Lafayette (12/30/08)
Assists: 4 at Lafayette (12/30/08)
Steals: 4 vs. Central Michigan (11/14/08)
Blocks: 2 vs. UNCG (1/3/09)
Field Goals: 10, last vs. Manhattan (12/14/08)
Three-Pointers: 6 at Manhattan (12/14/08)
Free Throws: 5 vs. Dartmouth (2/21/09)
Minutes: 43 vs. Maine (11/19/08)
Zach Finley
2008-09 Season Highs
Points: 12 vs. Penn (2/17/09)
Rebounds: 15 vs. Penn (2/17/09)
Assists: 3 vs. C. Michigan (11/14/08)
Steals: 2, last vs. Penn (2/17/09)
Blocks: 2, last at Fordham (11/26/08)
Field Goals: 4, last vs. Penn (2/17/09)
Three-Pointers: None
Free Throws: 5 vs. Columbia (2/7/09)
Minutes: 37 vs. Penn (2/17/09)
Career Highs
Points: 22 vs. C. Conn. St. (11/11/07)
Rebounds: 15 vs. Penn (2/17/09)
Assists: 4, last vs. Dominican (1/27/08)
Steals: 2, last vs. Penn (2/17/09)
Blocks: 7 at Chaminade (11/21/07)
Field Goals: 10 vs. C. Conn. St. (11/11/07)
Three-Pointers: None
Free Throws: 4, last at Harvard (1/31/09)
Minutes: 37, last vs. Penn (2/14/09)
Bobby Foley
2008-09 Season Highs
Points: 5 at Yale (2/13/09)
Rebounds: 2 vs. Columbia (2/7/09)
Assists: 1 vs. Columbia (2/7/09)
Steals: None
Blocks: None
Field Goals: 2 at Yale (2/13/09)
Three-Pointers: None
Free Throws: None
Minutes: 7 at Yale (2/13/09)
Career Highs
Points: 6, last vs. Lafayette (1/9/08)
Rebounds: 4 at Lehigh (1/6/08)
Assists: 2 at Lehigh (1/6/08)
Steals: 1 at Lehigh (4/6/08)
Blocks: None
Field Goals: 2, last at Yale (2/13/08)
Three-Pointers: 2, last vs. Lafayette (1/9/08)
Free Throws: None
Minutes: 22 at Lehigh (1/6/08)
Max Huc
2008-09 Season/Career Highs
Points: 9 vs. Maine (11/19/08)
Rebounds: 3 vs. Maine (11/19/08)
Assists: 1, last at Yale (2/13/09)
Steals: 2 vs. Maine (11/19/08)
Blocks: None
Field Goals: 4 vs. Maine (11/19/08)
Three-Pointers: None
Free Throws: 2 at Fordham (11/26/08)
Minutes: 33 vs. Maine (11/19/08)
Nick Lake
2008-09 Season Highs
Points: 14 at Fordham (11/26/08)
Rebounds: 9 at Fordham (11/26/08)
Assists: 2, last at C. Conn. St. (12/20/08)
Steals: 1, last at Harvard (1/31/09)
Blocks: 1 at Dartmouth (1/30/09)
Field Goals: 4, last at C. Conn. St. (12/20/08)
Three-Pointers: 3 at St. Bona (12/6/08)
Free Throws: 4 at Fordham (11/26/08)
Minutes: 31 at Fordham (11/26/08)
Career Highs
Points: 16 at Brown (2/29/08)
Rebounds: 9 at Fordham (11/26/08)
Assists: 3, last vs. Penn (3/11/08)
Steals: 2, last vs. Penn (3/11/08)
Blocks: 1, last vs. Dartmouth (1/30/09)
Field Goals: 6 vs. Cornell (3/8/08)
Three-Pointers: 3, last at St. Bona (12/6/08)
Free Throws: 4, last at Fordham (11/26/08)
Minutes: 32 at Yale (3/1/08)
Zane Ma
2008-09 Season/Career Highs
(Has not played due to injury)
Kareem Maddox
2008-09 Season Highs
Points: 11 vs. Cornell (2/6/09)
Rebounds: 10 vs. Maine (11/19/08)
Assists: 5 vs. Maine (11/19/08)
Steals: 2, last vs. S. Carolina (12/2/08)
Blocks: 2, last vs. Lehigh (1/7/09)
Field Goals: 4, last vs. Columbia (2/7/09)
Three-Pointers: 2 at Brown (2/14/09)
Free Throws: 6 vs. Harvard (2/20/09)
Minutes: 45 vs. Maine (11/19/08)
Career Highs
Points: 16 vs. Cornell (3/8/08)
Rebounds: 10 vs. Maine (11/19/08)
Assists: 5 vs. Maine (11/19/08)
Steals: 2, last vs. S. Carolina (12/2/08)
Blocks: 2, last vs. Lehigh (1/7/09)
Field Goals: 6, last vs. Cornell (3/8/08)
Three-Pointers: 2, last at Brown (2/13/09)
Free Throws: 6 vs. Harvard (2/20/09)
Minutes: 45 vs. Maine (11/19/08)
Dan Mavraides
2008-09 Season Highs
Points: 22 at Harvard (1/31/09)
Rebounds: 7 vs. UNCG (1/3/09)
Assists: 4 vs. Cornell (2/6/09)
Steals: 3, last vs. Columbia (2/7/09)
Blocks: 1, last vs. Cornell (2/6/09)
Field Goals: 6, last vs. Dartmouth (2/21/09)
Three-Pointers: 4, last at Harvard (1/31/09)
Free Throws: 7, last vs. Lehigh (1/7/09)
Minutes: 43 vs. Penn (2/17/09)
Career Highs
Points: 22 at Harvard (1/31/09)
Rebounds: 7 vs. UNCG (1/3/09)
Assists: 4 vs. Cornell (2/6/09)
Steals: 3, last vs. Columbia (2/7/09)
Blocks: 1, last vs. Cornell (2/6/09)
Field Goals: 6, last vs. Dartmouth (2/21/09)
Three-Pointers: 4, last at Harvard (1/31/09)
Free Throws: 7, last vs. Lehigh (1/7/09)
Minutes: 43 vs. Penn (2/17/09)
Patrick Saunders
2008-09 Season/Career Highs
Points: 11, last vs. Penn (2/17/09)
Rebounds: 9 vs. Penn (2/17/09)
Assists: 2, last vs. Penn (2/17/09)
Steals: 1, last vs. Columbia (2/7/09)
Blocks: 6 vs. Penn (2/17/09)
Field Goals: 4, last at Harvard (1/31/09)
Three-Pointers: 2 vs. Penn (2/17/09)
Free Throws: 4 at Manhattan (12/14/08)
Minutes: 33, last vs. Penn (2/17/09)
Marcus Schroeder
2008-09 Season Highs
Points: 10, last vs. Cornell (2/6/09)
Rebounds: 8, last vs. Concordia (1/25/09)
Assists: 6, last vs. Penn (2/17/09)
Steals: 2, last vs. Cornell (2/6/09)
Blocks: None
Field Goals: 4 vs. Cornell (2/6/09)
Three-Pointers: 3 vs. Concordia (1/25/09)
Free Throws: 4 vs. Lehigh (1/7/09)
Minutes: 41 vs. Penn (2/17/09)
Career Highs
Points: 17 vs. Yale (3/3/07)
Rebounds: 8, last vs. Concordia (1/25/09)
Assists: 7, last vs. Penn (3/6/07)
Steals: 4, last vs. Dominican (1/27/08)
Blocks: 1, last at Cornell (2/8/08)
Field Goals: 5, last vs. Arizona State (11/20/07)
Three-Pointers: 3, last vs. Concordia (1/25/09)
Free Throws: 7 vs. Yale (3/3/07)
Minutes: 44 vs. Harvard (2/9/07)
2008-09 Season Highs
Points: 1 at Yale (2/13/09)
Rebounds: 1, last vs. Dartmouth (2/21/09)
Assists: None
Steals: None
Blocks: None
Field Goals: None
Three-Pointers: None
Free Throws: None
Minutes: 6 vs. Dartmouth (2/21/09)
Career Highs
Points: 17 vs. Loyola-Chi. (11/10/07)
Rebounds: 6, last vs. VMI (11/11/07)
Assists: 4 at Rutgers (12/31/05)
Steals: 2, last at Columbia (1/12/07)
Blocks: 2 at Rutgers (12/31/05)
Field Goals: 6 vs. Loyola-Chi. (11/10/07)
Three-Pointers: 3 vs. Loyola-Chi. (11/10/07)
Free Throws: 7 vs. Columbia (1/13/06)
Minutes: 30 at Rutgers (12/31/05)