Men's Basketball Visits Cornell Saturday

Princeton (12-13, 7-5 Ivy) at Cornell (20-9, 10-3)
Saturday, Mar. 7, 7 p.m. at Cornell's Newman Arena
Princeton Head Coach: Sydney Johnson (second season/Princeton '97/18-36 overall/at Princeton)
Radio: WPRB 103.3 FM (John Sadak, Play-by-Play)
All-Time Series: Princeton leads 134-75, 54-47 on the road and 13-6 in Newman Arena
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Last night's box scores: Princeton at Columbia | Penn at Cornell
Last time against Cornell: Feb. 6 at Princeton | Last Princeton visit to Cornell: Feb. 8, 2008 at Cornell

Ivy League Standings
Around the Ivy League:
Saturday: Penn at Columbia, 7 | Live Stats; Harvard at Yale, 7 | Live Stats; Dartmouth at Brown, 7 | (No live stats)

Tale of the Tape: Overall (Conference)	Princeton Season	Princeton Friday	Cornell Season	Cornell Friday
Points Per Game	58.0 (57.4)	44	74.6 (75.8)	83
Points Allowed Per Game	57.2 (55.4)	58	64.8 (62.5)	59
Field Goal Percentage	.433 (.451)	.425	.476 (.487)	.582
Field Goal Percentage Allowed	.396 (.406)	.455	.415 (.397)	.386
Three-Point Percentage	.377 (.411)	.286	.415 (.411)	.643
Three-Point Percentage Allowed	.292 (.284)	.412	.309 (.300)	.250
Free Throw Percentage	.743 (.762)	.571	.737 (.737)	.667
Rebounding Average	30.8 (27.7)	30	35.7 (37.8)	38
Rebounding Average Against	31.9 (30.5)	22	32.5 (31.5)	29
Assists/Game	11.2 (11.3)	9	15.8 (15.9)	20
Blocks/Game	3.0 (3.0)	2	4.0 (3.8)	2
Steals/Game	5.8 (5.8)	6	6.9 (7.2)	10
Turnovers/Game	13.2 (12.2)	16	13.2 (12.9)	11

Game Notes

Streaky streaky: For the second time this season, Princeton will try to end a lengthy Cornell streak. The Tigers stopped Cornell's win streak in Ivy games at 19 on Feb. 6. Cornell has now won 20 straight home games overall and 13 straight Ivy League home games. No Ivy team has won in Ithaca since Mar. 2, 2007 when Harvard won.

Last win in Ithaca: Princeton defeated Cornell 76-68 in double overtime in its last win in Ithaca, Feb. 17, 2006. Current assistant coach Scott Greenman was second among all scorers with 27 points (Noah Savage '08 had 28).

Splitsville: Of the five Ivy series Princeton has completed this season, the last four have split. Princeton lost to Brown and Yale the first time around and won the rematch, while the reverse happened with Dartmouth and Columbia. Princeton defeated Cornell the first time around.

300 game: Douglas Davis became the fifth Princeton freshman to score 300 points Friday at Columbia. His 307 points put him alongside Chris Young (387 in 1999), Spencer Gloger (336 in 2000), Kit Mueller (329 in 1988) and John Smyth (319 in 1983). Freshmen became eligible to play at Princeton for the 1979-80 season.

Tigers in the Ivy rankings: As a team in overall games, Princeton ranks first in the Ivy League in scoring defense (57.2 ppg allowed), free-throw percentage (.743), field goal percentage defense (.396), three-point field goal percentage defense (.292) and rebounding defense (31.9 rpg allowed).

More Tigers in the Ivy rankings: In league games, Marcus Schroeder is the Ivy's most accurate three-point shooter at .560. Princeton leads in scoring defense (55.4), free-throw percentage (.762) and three-point field-goal percentage (.411).

Last time vs. Cornell: In what Princeton's most impressive victory of the season, Cornell never led in a 61-41 Tiger victory Feb. 6. Princeton outshot Cornell 50% to 31.8% and held the Big Red to 2 of 17 shooting from beyond the arc (11.8%).

Sydney Johnson vs. Cornell: Sydney Johnson was a perfect 8-0 against Cornell as a player and is 1-2 against the Big Red as a head coach.

Johnson vs. Donahue: Between his time as an assistant at Penn and head coach at Cornell, Steve Donahue has gotten the better of Sydney Johnson's teams 8 of 12 times. Donahue's Quakers beat Princeton the first six times Johnson was a player, but the Tigers won the last three including the 1996 Ivy playoff. Donahue leads 2-1 with both men in their current roles.

Mr. Jones and me: Princeton will be taking on James and Joe Jones back-to-back for the fifth time since Joe Jones took over at Columbia in 2003-04. Princeton has never been swept in back-to-back Jones meetings but have swept them only once, in 2004. Princeton defeated James Jones' Yale team last Saturday.

Davis is Ivy Rookie of the Week: Douglas Davis won his third Ivy Rookie of the Week honor this week for two double-digit scoring games against Brown and Yale last weekend. Dan Mavraides is the only other Tiger to be honored with an Ivy weekly award, having claimed the first Ivy League Player of the Week honor in February.

Good shots: Princeton has shot at least 40% from the field in each of the last five games.

Long-distance breakup: Princeton's three-point percentage at Columbia, .286 (6 for 21) was its lowest since also going 6 for 21 in a win against UNC Greensboro Jan. 3. The Tigers had only one lower percentage from three-point land this season, going 7 for 31 (.226) against Central Connecticut State on Dec. 20.

Need help: Princeton's nine assists at Columbia broke a seven-game streak of at least 10 assists.

Up the 'D': Four of the last five games in which Princeton has allowed its opponent to shoot 45% or better from the field, all since Feb. 13 at Yale, have gone for Princeton losses. Columbia shot 45.5% Friday night.

Up the 'D' on three: Columbia shot 41.2% (7 of 17) from three-point range Friday, making it just the second time this season Princeton has allowed an opponent to shoot 40% or better from the line in back-to-back games after Yale also did so last weekend. The other set of such games was Dec. 20-30 against Central Connecticut State and Lafayette.

Whistles: The eight fouls called on Columbia last night were the fewest against a Division I Princeton opponent all season.

Pride of the Lions: Columbia's 13 assists were the most for a Princeton opponent since Feb. 14 at Brown (15).

Blockage: Columbia blocked zero shots against the Tigers, the first time all season Princeton didn't get a shot blocked.

On the road again: Princeton has been outshot from the field in eight of the last nine road games, with the Dartmouth game Jan. 30 the only exception.

Now boarding: Princeton has out-rebounded its opponents in back-to-back games for the first time since Dec. 14-20 at Manhattan and CCSU. Princeton has out-rebounded its foes in three straight games only once this season, back in November.

More for Marcus: Marcus Schroeder's nine points at Columbia were his most since scoring 10 against Cornell Feb. 6. His three three-pointers were a season-high against a Division I opponent. His six rebounds were also the most against a D-I foe since eight against Lehigh Jan. 7, and his three steals were a season high.

Stritts and starts: Mike Strittmatter has started the last four games, tying a career-long streak. He started four straight games as a freshman as well.

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	5-8 (.625)	5-8 (.625)
20 Davis	28-38 (.737)	28-38 (.737)
21 Schroeder	15-20 (.750)	73-98 (.745)
22 Saunders	27-34 (.794)	27-34 (.794)
23 Maddox	46-55 (.836)	61-73 (.836)
24 Ma	0-0	0-0
30 Finley	35-47 (.745)	73-124 (.589)
33 Mavraides	49-63 (.778)	55-69 (.797)
34 Strittmatter	2-3 (.667)	38-61 (.623)
55 Buczak	24-40 (.600)	28-50 (.560)

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: 4 vs. Brown (2/27/09)
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: 4 vs. Brown (2/27/09)
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, last vs. Brown (2/27/09)
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, last vs. Yale (2/28/09)
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. Yale (2/28/09)
Blocks: 1, last vs. Cornell (2/6/09)
Field Goals: 6, last vs. Yale (2/28/09)
Three-Pointers: 4, last vs. Brown (2/27/09)
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. Yale (2/28/09)
Blocks: 1, last vs. Cornell (2/6/09)
Field Goals: 6, last vs. Yale (2/28/09)
Three-Pointers: 4, last vs. Brown (2/27/09)
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 at Columbia (3/6/09)
Steals: 1, last vs. Columbia (2/7/09)
Blocks: 6 vs. Penn (2/17/09)
Field Goals: 4, last at Columbia (3/6/09)
Three-Pointers: 2 vs. Penn (2/17/09)
Free Throws: 4, last vs. Brown (2/27/09)
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: 7 vs. Brown (2/27/09)
Steals: 3 at Columbia (3/6/09)
Blocks: None
Field Goals: 4 vs. Cornell (2/6/09)
Three-Pointers: 3, last at Cornell (3/6/09)
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. Brown (2/27/09)
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)

Mike Strittmatter
2008-09 Season Highs
Points: 9 vs. Yale (2/28/09)
Rebounds: 5 vs. Yale (2/28/09)
Assists: 1, last vs. Yale (2/28/09)
Steals: 1, last vs. Yale (2/28/09)
Blocks: None
Field Goals: 4 vs. Yale (2/28/09)
Three-Pointers: None
Free Throws: 1 vs. Yale (2/28/09)
Minutes: 22 vs. Yale (2/28/09)
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)

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Dan Mavraides

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Noah Savage

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