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Final Pre-Ivy Contest for Men's Hoops is Tuesday at Norfolk State
January 04, 2016 | Men's Basketball
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Princeton at Norfolk State Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2016 7 p.m. • Norfolk, Va. (Echols Hall) |
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| PPG RPG APG 8.3 3.0 2.8 |
PPG RPG APG 9.8 6.2 3.7 (12th) (6th) |
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| PPG RPG APG 17.2 6.9 1.1 (2nd) (8th) |
PPG RPG APG 9.5 5.0 1.7 (14th) |
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| PPG RPG APG 6.8 5.7 1.7 (12th) |
Numbers in parentheses indicate Ivy League statistical ranking entering Monday's games
| 2015-16 Schedule & Results Fri., Nov. 13 at Rider, W, 64-56 Sat., Nov. 21 vs. St. Peter's, W, 75-72 # Wed., Nov. 25 vs. Lafayette, W, 104-52 Mon., Nov. 30 vs. Fairleigh Dickinson, W, 91-61 Sat., Dec. 5 at Stony Brook, L, 77-91 Tue., Dec. 8 at Saint Joseph's, L, 50-62 Sat., Dec. 12 at Lipscomb, W, 78-64 Thu., Dec. 17 vs. Liberty, W, 77-72 Sat., Dec. 19 vs. (6/7) Maryland, L, 61-82 % Tue., Dec. 22 vs. Bucknell, W, 89-77 Tue., Dec. 29 at (13/15) Miami (Fla.), L, 76-64 Sun., Jan. 3 at Hampton, W, 89-59 Tue., Jan. 5 at Norfolk State, 7 p.m. Sat., Jan 9 at Penn*, 4:30 p.m. (FS1) Sun., Jan. 24 vs. Bryn Athyn, 2 p.m. |
Fri., Jan. 29 at Brown*, 6 p.m. (ASN) |
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 W 89-59 • Box ScoreFive Tigers reached double figures as Princeton won its first game of a calendar year for the eighth straight time Sunday at Hampton, 89-59. Princeton shot 60 percent (18-30) in the second half, far outdoing Hampton's 25.8 percent after the break to open up an eight-point halftime lead. Princeton hit 12 3-pointers and saw its bench outscore Hampton's 41-7. |
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Princeton at Norfolk State |
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| Record: | Princeton leads 1-0 |
| First Meeting/Last Meeting: | 2015/2015 |
| Last Princeton Win: | Jan. 6, 2015, 71-61 at Princeton |
| Last Opponent Win: | None |
| Largest Princeton Margin of Victory: | 10, 71-61, Jan. 6, 2015 at Princeton |
| Largest Opponent Margin of Victory: | None |
| Series Record at Opponent: | None |
| Streak overall: | Princeton, 1 |
| Streak at Opponent: | None |
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Princeton | By the Numbers |
Norfolk State |
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| 8-4, 0-0 Ivy | Record | 5-10, 1-0 MEAC |
| None | Postseason 2015 | CIT First Round (MEAC Semifinalist) |
| 76.6 | Points Per Game | 68.4 |
| 68.7 | Points Per Game Allowed | 73.7 |
| .446 | FG% | .403 |
| .440 | FG% Allowed | .438 |
| .352 | 3FG% | .383 |
| .360 | 3FG% Allowed | .392 |
| .659 | Free Throw Percentage | .776 |
| 38.4 | Rebounding Average | 34.8 |
| 34.2 | Rebounding Average Allowed | 34.9 |
| Henry Caruso (17.2 ppg) | Leading Scorer | Jeff Short (16.9 ppg) |
| Henry Caruso (6.9 rpg) | Leading Rebounder | Jordan Butler (6.8 rpg) |
| Spencer Weisz (3.7 apg) | Assists Leader | Zaynah Robinson (2.9 apg) |
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• The Tigers are now 6-0 all-time against the MEAC after Sunday's win at Hampton and last year's home win over Norfolk State, defeating North Carolina A&T in a 1983 NCAA Tournament preliminary-round game at The Palestra, and going 3-0 against Florida A&M, winning at Illinois in 1992, at FAMU in 2012 and Princeton in 2013.
• The Tigers will have played in the three largest arenas in the MEAC after this trip, including the New Year's Day 2012 visit to Florida A&M (9,639). Hampton's Convocation Center seats 7,200, and NSU's Echols Hall seats 7,000.
• The Tigers hosted Norfolk State last year in a 71-61 Tiger win. Norfolk State outshot Princeton from the field 48 percent to 38.9 percent and outrebounded the Tigers 40-34, but the Tigers helped make up the deficit at the 3-point line, going 9 of 25 to NSU's 2 of 11, and at the free-throw line, going 20 of 29 to NSU's 11 of 24.
• Princeton returns 50 of its 71 points from last year's Norfolk State game, losing 13 with Clay Wilson finishing up his college career and eight - as well as 12 rebounds - to Hans Brase's injury. Spencer Weisz led Princeton with 19 points, and Henry Caruso chipped in 14 off the bench. Norfolk State returns 37 of its 61, led by 25 points from Jeff Short. Norfolk State loses RaShid Gaston and Malik Thomas, who each added 10 points and Gaston added 12 boards. Gaston, an Ohio native, transferred to Xavier after last season and Thomas wrapped his college career in 2015.
• With Sunday's win over Hampton, Princeton has won eight straight first games of the calendar year. Under Mitch Henderson, the Tigers now have a 34-29 (.540) record in the pre-New Year portion of the schedule and a 48-21 (.696) record from Jan. 1 forward.
• A few days more than 107 years ago, Princeton had a three-game swing through Richmond and the Hampton Roads area, facing teams from three YMCAs, in Richmond, Hampton and Newport News. The Tigers swept that trip, Dec. 29-31, 1908, with a 23-21 win over the Richmond team, 64-7 over Hampton and 39-27 over Newport News. That, and a 1977 win at William & Mary, are the only times the Tigers have played in the Hampton Roads area.
• Including Sunday's win, Princeton has now reached 89 points four times in the season's first 12 games, the first time that has happened since the 1966-67 season, when the Tigers reached 89 in five of the first 12 games.
• Princeton's .538 shooting percentage against Hampton marked the fifth time this season the Tigers have made at least half their field goal tries.
• Princeton's 12 3-pointers against Hampton marked the sixth time this season the Tigers have poured in at least 10 3s in a game.
• The 30-point margin of victory at Hampton Sunday marked the third time Princeton has won by as many as 30 points this season, joining the wins over Lafayette (52) and FDU (30). It's the first time Princeton has had three 30-point wins in the first 12 games since the 1966-67 Tigers had three in their first 12.
• Sophomore Alec Brennan reached double figures in scoring for the first time in his career in the Hampton game, getting 10 points on 4-of-4 shooting.
• After going 4 of 6 from the field Sunday, all from 3, freshman Devin Cannady is 15 of 20 (.750) from the field over the last three games. He was 22 of 58 (.379) from the field over the first nine games. Cannady is 9 of 13 (.692) from 3-point range over the last three games and is shooting .451 (23-51) from distance on the season.
• With his 3-of-5 performance Sunday, sophomore Amir Bell is shooting .571 (16 of 28) from the field over the last four games, raising his shooting percentage to .425 (37 of 87) for the season.
• After going 4 of 9 Sunday, junior Spencer Weisz has hit at least 40 percent from the field in each of the last four games, something he hadn't done in back-to-back games until this current four-game stretch. Weisz has a 12:1 assist-to-turnover ratio over the last four games and 10:0 over the last three.
• Junior Henry Caruso went 6 of 8 from the field Sunday at Hampton, boosting his field goal percentage to .585 on the season. He has made at least half his tries from the field in nine of the 12 games this season.
• Princeton entered Monday as the Ivy League's top scoring team, using the 89-point effort against Hampton to move past Columbia (76.3 ppg) while averaging 76.6 ppg. The Tigers are also first in scoring margin (+7.9), assist-to-turnover ratio (1.3), and defensive rebounding percentage (.791). Princeton is also second in rebounding offense (38.4, Yale 42.3), rebounding margin (+4.2, Yale +12.2), steals (6.8, Cornell 8.0), turnover margin (+1.50, Dartmouth +2.00), defensive rebounds (28.1, Brown 28.4) and 3s made per game (9.3, Columbia 10.3).
• The Tigers will have played in the three largest arenas in the MEAC after this trip, including the New Year's Day 2012 visit to Florida A&M (9,639). Hampton's Convocation Center seats 7,200, and NSU's Echols Hall seats 7,000.
• The Tigers hosted Norfolk State last year in a 71-61 Tiger win. Norfolk State outshot Princeton from the field 48 percent to 38.9 percent and outrebounded the Tigers 40-34, but the Tigers helped make up the deficit at the 3-point line, going 9 of 25 to NSU's 2 of 11, and at the free-throw line, going 20 of 29 to NSU's 11 of 24.
• Princeton returns 50 of its 71 points from last year's Norfolk State game, losing 13 with Clay Wilson finishing up his college career and eight - as well as 12 rebounds - to Hans Brase's injury. Spencer Weisz led Princeton with 19 points, and Henry Caruso chipped in 14 off the bench. Norfolk State returns 37 of its 61, led by 25 points from Jeff Short. Norfolk State loses RaShid Gaston and Malik Thomas, who each added 10 points and Gaston added 12 boards. Gaston, an Ohio native, transferred to Xavier after last season and Thomas wrapped his college career in 2015.
• With Sunday's win over Hampton, Princeton has won eight straight first games of the calendar year. Under Mitch Henderson, the Tigers now have a 34-29 (.540) record in the pre-New Year portion of the schedule and a 48-21 (.696) record from Jan. 1 forward.
• A few days more than 107 years ago, Princeton had a three-game swing through Richmond and the Hampton Roads area, facing teams from three YMCAs, in Richmond, Hampton and Newport News. The Tigers swept that trip, Dec. 29-31, 1908, with a 23-21 win over the Richmond team, 64-7 over Hampton and 39-27 over Newport News. That, and a 1977 win at William & Mary, are the only times the Tigers have played in the Hampton Roads area.
• Including Sunday's win, Princeton has now reached 89 points four times in the season's first 12 games, the first time that has happened since the 1966-67 season, when the Tigers reached 89 in five of the first 12 games.
• Princeton's .538 shooting percentage against Hampton marked the fifth time this season the Tigers have made at least half their field goal tries.
• Princeton's 12 3-pointers against Hampton marked the sixth time this season the Tigers have poured in at least 10 3s in a game.
• The 30-point margin of victory at Hampton Sunday marked the third time Princeton has won by as many as 30 points this season, joining the wins over Lafayette (52) and FDU (30). It's the first time Princeton has had three 30-point wins in the first 12 games since the 1966-67 Tigers had three in their first 12.
• Sophomore Alec Brennan reached double figures in scoring for the first time in his career in the Hampton game, getting 10 points on 4-of-4 shooting.
• After going 4 of 6 from the field Sunday, all from 3, freshman Devin Cannady is 15 of 20 (.750) from the field over the last three games. He was 22 of 58 (.379) from the field over the first nine games. Cannady is 9 of 13 (.692) from 3-point range over the last three games and is shooting .451 (23-51) from distance on the season.
• With his 3-of-5 performance Sunday, sophomore Amir Bell is shooting .571 (16 of 28) from the field over the last four games, raising his shooting percentage to .425 (37 of 87) for the season.
• After going 4 of 9 Sunday, junior Spencer Weisz has hit at least 40 percent from the field in each of the last four games, something he hadn't done in back-to-back games until this current four-game stretch. Weisz has a 12:1 assist-to-turnover ratio over the last four games and 10:0 over the last three.
• Junior Henry Caruso went 6 of 8 from the field Sunday at Hampton, boosting his field goal percentage to .585 on the season. He has made at least half his tries from the field in nine of the 12 games this season.
• Princeton entered Monday as the Ivy League's top scoring team, using the 89-point effort against Hampton to move past Columbia (76.3 ppg) while averaging 76.6 ppg. The Tigers are also first in scoring margin (+7.9), assist-to-turnover ratio (1.3), and defensive rebounding percentage (.791). Princeton is also second in rebounding offense (38.4, Yale 42.3), rebounding margin (+4.2, Yale +12.2), steals (6.8, Cornell 8.0), turnover margin (+1.50, Dartmouth +2.00), defensive rebounds (28.1, Brown 28.4) and 3s made per game (9.3, Columbia 10.3).
• Entering Monday's games, Princeton was in the top 10 percent nationally (top 34) in four statistical categories, including fewest turnovers (seventh, 131), fewest fouls (ninth, 207), 3s per game (30th, 9.3) and turnovers per game (32nd, 10.9). Henry Caruso, Pete Miller and Spencer Weisz combined for 12 top-250 individual rankings, led by Weisz's No. 16 ranking in assist-to-turnover ratio at 3.67.
• Princeton's 76.58 ppg average isn't far from the team record for a season-ending scoring average of 79.74, set in 1971-72.
• Under Mitch Henderson, Princeton has scored 90 points in a game five times. That's more than all other post-Pete Carril coaches combined and the fourth-most under a coach in program history. Princeton scored 90+ 21 times under Pete Carril, 18 times under Butch van Breda Kolff and 11 times under Cappy Cappon.
• Henry Caruso is on pace to score 481 points this season (28 games), which would be the most at Princeton since Ian Hummer scored 515 points in 32 games in 2011-12. He has also surpassed his total from all of last season, 176. He scored three points as a rookie. Caruso remains the team leader in rebounding at 6.9 rpg and has three double-doubles this season, the first three of his career.
• Princeton has no player in the top seven in the league in rebounding, but the Tigers have four in the top 15, including Henry Caruso (8th, 6.9), Spencer Weisz (11th, 6.2), Pete Miller (12th, 5.7) and Steven Cook (14th, 5.0). No other team has more than two players in the Ivy's top 15 in rebounding.
• Princeton's top six scorers - Henry Caruso, Steven Cook, Devin Cannady, Spencer Weisz, Amir Bell and Pete Miller - have scored 743 of the team's 919 points this season, or 80.8 percent.
• Princeton has shot .400 or better from the field nine times in the 12 games this season and is 8-1 in those games (loss vs. Maryland). Princeton is 0-3 when not shooting at least .400.
• The number of 3-pointers Princeton makes hasn't been a predictor of wins so far this season. The Tigers are 4-2 when they make at least 10 3s and 4-2 when they make fewer than 10.
• Princeton's juniors (Caruso, Cook, Miller, Rayner, Weisz) have scored 533 of the team's 919 points, or 58 percent. Players who are able to return next year have scored 99.2 percent of the team's points (912 of 919).
• At 17.2 points per game, Henry Caruso is close to being on track to average the most points per game for any Tiger at season's end since Brian Taylor averaged 25.0 ppg in 1971-72. T.J. Bray averaged 18.0 ppg two seasons ago.
• Princeton has had seven double-doubles this season, including three in one game at Lipscomb, the first time that has happened in program history. Princeton's seven double-doubles this season, by four players (Caruso 3, Cook, Miller, Weisz 2) have already surpassed last year's five, which were all by Hans Brase. Princeton had seven double-doubles by four players in 2013-14 and 10 double-doubles by three players in 2010-11. Twenty-six double-doubles, by the 1964-65 and 1966-67 teams, is the program record.
• If the Tigers can sweep the trip, it'll put the Ivy at 5-0 against the MEAC this season. Penn beat Delaware State 60-54 on Nov. 17, and Columbia beat Howard 72-59 on Dec. 28, the same day Brown beat Bethune-Cookman 81-73. Maryland-Eastern Shore will travel to Columbia on Jan. 6, the same day Howard will host Cornell, and Harvard will go to Howard on Jan. 16.
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• Norfolk State was picked to finish third in the MEAC's preseason poll of coaches and sports information directors, behind North Carolina Central and Hampton.
• Norfolk State's Jeff Short was chosen as the MEAC's preseason Player of the Year and a first-team preseason all-league pick. Norfolk State also had D'Shon Taylor on the second team.
• Entering Monday's games, Norfolk State was in the top 10 percent of the country in one statistical category, but was ranked quite highly in that one category, possessing the nation's No. 3 free throw percentage of .776. Pittsburgh was first at .786, followed by Arkansas-Little Rock at .784.
• Nine Norfolk State players have started a game this season, and no Spartans have started all 15 games. Zaynah Robinson and Jordan Butler have started 14 of 15, and Jeff Short, who averages a team-best 16.9 points per game, has started 13 of 15.
• The Spartans are 3-10 against Division I competition and will bring a three-game skid into Tuesday's game, splitting the Sun Bowl Invitational Dec. 21-22 with a win over UTEP and a loss to UC Irvine. Norfolk State fell to crosstown rival Old Dominion 68-57 on Dec. 29 and fell 68-49 on a trip to Alabama on Jan. 2. As it is for Princeton, Tuesday's game is Norfolk State's last before conference play begins Saturday against Florida A&M.
• Norfolk State has struggled defending the 3-pointer, standing 334th of 346 in Division I entering Monday's games with a .392 clip allowed. Princeton has shot .352 from 3 this season and has scored 36.6 percent of its points from 3 this season.
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| Mitch Henderson '98 is in his fifth season as Princeton's head coach. His overall record at Princeton is 82-50. Under Henderson, Princeton is 46-11 at home, 37-19 in the Ivy League, and 23-5 in the Ivy League at home. Princeton is 66-17 when leading at the half under Henderson. Henderson is the first Princeton coach since John Thompson III '88 (2000-04) to have winning seasons in each of his first four campaigns. He is the sixth Princeton coach to accomplish that, following Frederick Leuhring (1912-20), Butch van Breda Kolff '44 (1962-67), Pete Carril (1967-96), Bill Carmody (1996-2000) and Thompson III '88 (2000-04). Henderson is in seventh place on the Princeton all-time wins list. Bill Carmody, who was a Princeton assistant for Henderson's first two seasons and head coach for Henderson's last two, is in sixth place with 92 wins. Carmody hired Henderson as an assistant coach at Northwestern in 2000, where Henderson remained for 11 seasons until coming to Princeton. Henderson was a second-team All-Ivy Leaguer in 1998, an honorable mention All-Ivy Leaguer in 1997, and was a two-time Ivy Rookie of the Week in 1994-95. Henderson graduated as the fourth-leading assist man in program history (kept since 1974-75) and is now sixth, having been surpassed by two of his players, Ian Hummer '13 and T.J. Bray '14. Henderson graduated fifth in career steals (kept since 1974-75) and is now ninth, having been passed by former teammate Gabe Lewullis '99, Will Venable '05, Marcus Schroeder '10 and his former player T.J. Bray '14. Henderson is one of six Princeton alumni who are current Division I head coaches, including John Thompson III '88 (Georgetown), Joe Scott '87 (Denver), Mike Brennan '94 (American), Chris Mooney '94 (Richmond) and Sydney Johnson '97 (Fairfield). |
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5 Amir Bell • So. • G • 6-3 • 184 East Brunswick, N.J. • East Brunswick |
| Pronunciation: ah-MEER ... has started all 42 games in his career ... is shooting .571 (16-28) from the field over the last four games ... tied his career best with 17 points to lead Princeton at Miami Dec. 29 and has three double-figure scoring games this season ... has a 33:14 assist-to-turnover ratio this season ... last year, was the first freshman to start every game since Marcus Schroeder '10 and Lincoln Gunn '10 in 2006-07 ... scored in double digits in 13 games last season ... his 265 points last year were the eighth-most for a Princeton freshman since freshman eligibility began for the 1978-79 season ... had a 77:48 assist-to-turnover ratio last season ... all-Greater Middlesex Conference selection in 2013 and 2014 at East Brunswick High School ... was a three-star recruit according to ESPN.com as well as Yahoo! Sports' Rivals.com. |
| Season Highs | Points | Rebounds | Assists | Steals |
| 2015-16 | 17 at Miami (12/29/15) |
9 vs. St. Peter's (11/21/15) |
5 vs. Lafayette (11/25/15) | 4 at Stony Brook (12/5/15) |
| Blocks | Field Goals | 3-Point Field Goals | Free Throws | Minutes |
| 1 vs. Bucknell (12/22/15) | 5 vs. FDU (11/30/15) |
3 at Miami (12/29/15) | 4 at Rider (11/13/15) | 36 at Rider (11/13/15) |
| Career Highs | Points | Rebounds | Assists | Steals |
| 2014-16 | 17, last at Miami (12/29/15) | 9 vs. St. Peter's (11/21/15) | 5, last vs. Lafayette (11/25/15) | 4 at Stony Brook (12/5/15) |
| Blocks | Field Goals | 3-Point Field Goals | Free Throws | Minutes |
| 3 vs. Brown (2/13/15) | 7, last vs. Harvard (1/30/15) | 3 at Miami (12/29/15) | 8 at FDU (12/3/14) | 38 at FDU (12/3/14) |
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0 Elias Berbari • Fr. • G • 6-2 • 179 Greenlawn, N.Y. • Harborfields |
| Made his career debut Nov. 25 against Lafayette and has played in four games ... three-time team captain at Harborfields High School ... helped lead his team to three Suffolk League 5 championships and two Suffolk County Championship appearances ... three-time All-County Scholar Athlete and won the Harborfields Coach's Award as a senior. |
| Season Highs | Points | Rebounds | Assists | Steals |
| 2015-16 | 0 | 1 at Hampton (1/3/16) | 0 | 0 |
| Blocks | Field Goals | 3-Point Field Goals | Free Throws | Minutes |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 vs. Lafayette (11/25/15) |
| Career Highs | Points | Rebounds | Assists | Steals |
| 2015-16 | 0 | 1 at Hampton (1/3/16) | 0 | 0 |
| Blocks | Field Goals | 3-Point Field Goals | Free Throws | Minutes |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 vs. Lafayette (11/25/15) |
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44 Noah Bramlage • Fr. • F • 6-9 • 237 Glandorf, Ohio • Ottawa-Glandorf |
| Made his career debut Nov. 25 against Lafayette, coming off the bench to lead the team with 14 points; hit three 3-pointers in the game ... finished an illustrious high school career as Ottawa-Glandorf's third-leading scorer all-time with 1,442 points, a total that was good for sixth all-time in Putnam County ... a four-year starter, helped lead Ottawa-Glandorf to four straight regional tournament appearances, two state final appearances and the 2013 Division III state championship ... Associated Press Division III first-team All-Northwest Ohio honors twice, and also was a two-time member of the AP Division III All-Ohio second team ... was an integral member of the All-Ohio Red AAU program, helping the team to the EYBL Finals at the Peach Jam. |
| Season Highs | Points | Rebounds | Assists | Steals |
| 2015-16 | 14 vs. Lafayette (11/25/15) | 3 vs. FDU (11/30/15) |
3 vs. Lafayette (11/25/15) | 1 vs. FDU (11/30/15) |
| Blocks | Field Goals | 3-Point Field Goals | Free Throws | Minutes |
| 0 | 4 vs. Lafayette (11/25/15) | 3 vs. Lafayette (11/25/15) | 3 vs. Lafayette (11/25/15) | 16 vs. Lafayette (11/25/15) |
| Career Highs | Points | Rebounds | Assists | Steals |
| 2015-16 | 14 vs. Lafayette (11/25/15) | 3 vs. FDU (11/30/15) |
3 vs. Lafayette (11/25/15) | 1 vs. FDU (11/30/15) |
| Blocks | Field Goals | 3-Point Field Goals | Free Throws | Minutes |
| 0 | 4 vs. Lafayette (11/25/15) | 3 vs. Lafayette (11/25/15) | 3 vs. Lafayette (11/25/15) | 16 vs. Lafayette (11/25/15) |
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35 Alec Brennan • So. • F • 6-11 • 224 Weston, Mass. • Milton Academy |
| Scored 10 of his season's 24 points over the season's first four games and 24 points over the last five games, including a career-best 10 points Jan. 3 at Hampton ... is 15 of 24 (.625) from the field this season anf 3-6 (.500) from 3 ... played in 23 games as a rookie, all off the bench, and scored in nine games ... played double-digit minutes in six games last season ... as a recruit, garnered a three-star rating from Rivals.com and a 78 grade from ESPN.com ... in 2014, helped Milton Academy win the program's first Independent School League title, claiming the New England Prep School Athletic Conference's Defensive Player of the Year award, Milton's team MVP honors and NEPSAC Class A first-team recognition ... three-time all-league honoree in high school and was a McDonald's All-America nominee. |
| Season Highs | Points | Rebounds | Assists | Steals |
| 2015-16 | 10 at Hampton (1/3/16) | 5, last vs. FDU (11/30/15) |
1, last at Hampton (1/3/16) | 1, last at Miami (12/29/15) |
| Blocks | Field Goals | 3-Point Field Goals | Free Throws | Minutes |
| 3 vs. Maryland (12/19/15) | 4 at Hampton (1/3/16) | 1, last at Hampton (1/3/15) | 1 at Hampton (1/3/16) | 16, last at Miami (12/29/15) |
| Career Highs | Points | Rebounds | Assists | Steals |
| 2014-16 | 10 at Hampton (1/3/16) | 7 vs. Rowan (1/25/15) | 3 vs. Rowan (1/25/15) | 1, last at Miami (12/29/15) |
| Blocks | Field Goals | 3-Point Field Goals | Free Throws | Minutes |
| 3 vs. Maryland (12/19/15) | 4 at Hampton (1/3/16) | 1, last at Hampton (1/3/16) | 2, last at Brown (2/28/15) | 21 vs. San Diego (11/28/14) |
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3 Devin Cannady • Fr. • G • 6-1 • 179 Mishawaka, Ind. • Mishawaka Marian |
| Matched his season/career best with 17 points Dec. 22 against Bucknell; had 17 points in the opener at Rider ... the 17 points against Rider were the second-most by a Princeton freshman in an opener in the era of freshman eligibility, which is since the 1978-79 season (25, Douglas Davis '12 vs. Central Michigan, 11/14/2008) ... has scored in double figures in seven of 12 games this season ... is a .474 (37-78) shooter from the field and .451 (28-31) from beyond the arc while hitting free throws at a .903 (28-31) clip ... is shooting .750 (15-20) from the field over the last three games (Bucknell, Miami, Hampton) ... led Marian to an undefeated regular season on his way to becoming the winningest player in Marian history ... McDonald's All-American nominee ... finished his high school career second on the school's all-time scoring list with 1,475 points ... named to the North team for the Indiana All-Star game as well as earning a spot on Indiana Basketball Coaches Association/Subway “Supreme 15” Team, a ranking of the Top 15 players in the state ... had a strong summer with Spiece on the Nike EYBL circuit as well ... scored 11.8 points, grabbed 4.2 rebounds and handed out four assists per game, leading his team to the EYBL Finals at the Peach Jam. |
| Season Highs | Points | Rebounds | Assists | Steals |
| 2015-16 | 17, last vs. Bucknell (12/22/15) | 5, last vs. FDU (11/30/15) |
3 at Hampton (1/3/16) | 3, last vs. Bucknell (12/22/15) |
| Blocks | Field Goals | 3-Point Field Goals | Free Throws | Minutes |
| 2 vs. Bucknell (12/22/15) | 7 vs. Bucknell (12/22/15) | 4 at Hampton (1/3/16) | 7 vs. Liberty (12/17/15) | 25 at Stony Brook (12/5/15) |
| Career Highs | Points | Rebounds | Assists | Steals |
| 2015-16 | 17, last vs. Bucknell (12/22/15) | 5, last vs. FDU (11/30/15) |
3 at Hampton (1/3/16) | 3, last vs. Bucknell (12/22/15) |
| Blocks | Field Goals | 3-Point Field Goals | Free Throws | Minutes |
| 2 vs. Bucknell (12/22/15) | 7 vs. Bucknell (12/22/15) | 4 at Hampton (1/3/16) | 7 vs. Liberty (12/17/15) | 25 at Stony Brook (12/5/15) |
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21 Henry Caruso • Jr. • F • 6-4 • 200 San Mateo, Calif. • Serra |
| Leading the team at 17.2 ppg and is second in the Ivy League in scoring entering Monday's games (Robert Hatter, Cornell, 19.3 ppg) ... had his first three career double-doubles this season, against Lafayette (13 pts, 10 reb), FDU (27 pts, 10 reb) and Lipscomb (24 pts, 12 reb) ... reset career single-game scoring high twice this season, first with 27 against FDU on Nov. 30 and then with 29 against Liberty on Dec. 17 ... is shooting .585 (72-123) from the field this season and .485 (16-33) from 3 ... started six of the final seven games of last season in first career starts ... had two 20-point games last season, both off the bench, with 23 at home against Penn and 25 at home against Yale ... scored in double figures in three of the last four games of last season ... played in 29 of 30 games last season and scored 176 points after playing in eight games and scoring three points as a a rookie ... shot .611 (22-36) from the field and .545 (6-11) from 3 over the last eight games of last season ... was an .815 (66-81) free-throw shooter last season ... second-leading scorer in program history at Serra, a school which also produced Princeton 1,000-point scorer Dan Mavraides '11 as well as prominent sports figures including Tom Brady and Barry Bonds. |
| Season Highs | Points | Rebounds | Assists | Steals |
| 2015-16 | 29 vs. Liberty (12/17/15) |
12 at Lipscomb (12/12/15) | 3 vs. Bucknell (12/22/15) | 3, last at Miami (12/29/15) |
| Blocks | Field Goals | 3-Point Field Goals | Free Throws | Minutes |
| 1 vs. Maryland (12/19/15) | 10, last vs. Liberty (12/17/15) |
4 vs. Maryland (12/19/15) | 8 vs. Liberty (12/17/15) | 37 at Miami (12/29/15) |
| Career Highs | Points | Rebounds | Assists | Steals |
| 2013-16 | 29 vs. Liberty (12/17/15) |
12 at Lipscomb (12/12/15) | 3, last vs. Bucknell (12/22/15) | 3, last at Miami (12/29/15) |
| Blocks | Field Goals | 3-Point Field Goals | Free Throws | Minutes |
| 1 vs. Portland (12/21/13) | 10, last vs. Liberty (12/17/15) |
4 vs. Maryland (12/19/15) | 14 vs. Penn (1/10/15) | 37 at Miami (12/29/15) |
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25 Steven Cook • Jr. • F • 6-5 • 197 Winnetka, Ill. • New Trier |
| Second-team All-Ivy League honoree last season ... tri-captain this season ... has reached double figures in points in six games this season ... had his first career double-double with 12 points and 10 boards Nov. 25 against Lafayette ... started 24 of the final 25 games in which he played last season ... had 15 double-figure scoring games last season ... earned a starting role in February of his freshman season and started 13 games in Feb. and March, scoring in double figures in four of those games ... came off the bench early last season before gaining a starting role during Princeton's trip to the Wooden Legacy in Southern California. |
| Season Highs | Points | Rebounds | Assists | Steals |
| 2015-16 | 17 vs. FDU (11/30/15) |
10 vs. Lafayette (11/25/15) | 4, last at Hampton (1/3/16) | 2, last at Miami (12/29/15) |
| Blocks | Field Goals | 3-Point Field Goals | Free Throws | Minutes |
| 2, last vs. FDU (11/30/15) |
6, last at Saint Joseph's (12/8/15) | 3, last vs. FDU (11/30/15) |
4 vs. FDU (11/30/15) |
34 at Rider (11/13/15) |
| Career Highs | Points | Rebounds | Assists | Steals |
| 2013-16 | 28 vs. Stony Brook (12/6/14) | 10 vs. Lafayette (11/25/15) | 5 at George Mason (11/16/14) | 7 vs. Stony Brook (12/6/14) |
| Blocks | Field Goals | 3-Point Field Goals | Free Throws | Minutes |
| 2, last vs. FDU (11/30/15) |
8 vs. Stony Brook (12/6/14) | 5 vs. Stony Brook (12/6/14) | 8 vs. Incarnate Word (11/22/14) | 37 vs. Stony Brook (12/6/14) |
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20 Jackson Forbes • So. • F • 6-6 • 217 Plano, Texas • John Paul II |
| Hit three 3-pointers Nov. 21 against Saint Peter's and has scored in six games this season after scoring three points as a freshman ... has played in all 11 games this season ... played in three games last season, in the post-finals game against Rowan, hitting a 3-pointer, and in games at Brown and Penn, totaling 12 minutes between the three games ... all-state honoree among Texas Association of Private and Parochial School players ... as a senior, was named second-team TAPPS all-state while once again leading John Paul II to the state final. |
| Season Highs | Points | Rebounds | Assists | Steals |
| 2015-16 | 9 vs. St. Peter's (11/21/15) | 3, last at Stony Brook (12/5/15) | 3 at Stony Brook (12/5/15) | 1 vs. FDU (11/30/15) |
| Blocks | Field Goals | 3-Point Field Goals | Free Throws | Minutes |
| 0 | 3 vs. St. Peter's (11/21/15) | 3 vs. St. Peter's (11/21/15) | 2 at Stony Brook (12/5/15) | 13 at Stony Brook (12/5/15) |
| Career Highs | Points | Rebounds | Assists | Steals |
| 2014-16 | 9 vs. St. Peter's (11/21/15) | 3, last at Stony Brook (12/5/15) | 3 at Stony Brook (12/5/15) | 1 vs. FDU (11/30/15) |
| Blocks | Field Goals | 3-Point Field Goals | Free Throws | Minutes |
| 0 | 3 vs. St. Peter's (11/21/15) | 3 vs. St. Peter's (11/21/15) | 2 at Stony Brook (12/5/15) | 13 at Stony Brook (12/5/15) |
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23 Mike LeBlanc • So. • F • 6-6 • 197 Dover, N.H. • New Hampton |
| Posted a career-high 12 points on four 3-pointers Nov. 25 against Lafayette in his season debut ... played in three games last season, at Lafayette, in the post-finals game against Rowan and at Penn ... hit two 3-pointers in just five minutes of play against Rowan ... named a McDonald's All-America nominee in 2014 ... led New Hampton to the New England Prep School Athletic Conference AAA finals in his senior season and was recognized with NEPSAC AAA regional all-star honors ... New Hampton also produced recent former Tiger Patrick Saunders '12. |
| Season Highs | Points | Rebounds | Assists | Steals |
| 2015-16 | 12 vs. Lafayette (11/25/15) | 3 vs. Lafayette (11/25/15) | 1 at Hampton (1/3/16) | 2 vs. Lafayette (11/25/15) |
| Blocks | Field Goals | 3-Point Field Goals | Free Throws | Minutes |
| 0 | 4 vs. Lafayette (11/25/15) | 4 vs. Lafayette (11/25/15) | 1 at Hampton (1/3/16) | 10 at Hampton (1/3/16) |
| Career Highs | Points | Rebounds | Assists | Steals |
| 2014-16 | 12 vs. Lafayette (11/25/15) | 3 vs. Lafayette (11/25/15) | 1, last at Hampton (1/3/16) | 2 vs. Lafayette (11/25/15) |
| Blocks | Field Goals | 3-Point Field Goals | Free Throws | Minutes |
| 0 | 4 vs. Lafayette (11/25/15) | 4 vs. Lafayette (11/25/15) | 1 at Hampton (1/3/16) | 10 at Hampton (1/3/16) |
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31 Pete Miller • Jr. • F • 6-11 • 235 Winchester, Mass. • Northfield Mt. Hermon |
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Has started all 12 games and is averaging 5.7 rebounds per game ... against Lipscomb and Liberty, Dec. 12 & 17, scored 12 points each time to reach double figures in back-to-back games for the first time in his career ... had his first career double-double at Lipscomb, getting 12 points and 10 boards ... pulled down a career-high 12 rebounds in the opener at Rider and has 68 rebounds so far this season; had 74 as a sophomore and 68 as a freshman ... started the first 23 games of last season, the first starts of his career ... played double-figure minutes in every game last season ... had three double-figure scoring games last season ... had 35 of the team's 90 blocks last season ... played in 29 games as a rookie including logging double-figure minutes 17 times ... boosted scoring total from 73 points as a freshman to 174 as a sophomore ... was a .545 (73-134) shooter from the field last season. |
| Season Highs | Points | Rebounds | Assists | Steals |
| 2015-16 | 12 vs. Liberty (12/17/15) | 12 at Rider (11/13/15) | 4 vs. Lafayette (11/25/15) | 1, last vs. Liberty (12/17/15) |
| Blocks | Field Goals | 3-Point Field Goals | Free Throws | Minutes |
| 3, last at Hampton (1/3/16) | 5 vs. Liberty (12/17/15) | 0 | 4 at Lipscomb (12/12/15) | 28 at Lipscomb (12/12/15) |
| Career Highs | Points | Rebounds | Assists | Steals |
| 2013-16 | 14 at Lafayette (11/19/14) | 12 at Rider (11/13/15) | 4, last vs. Lafayette (11/25/15) | 2, last vs. Liberty (12/22/14) |
| Blocks | Field Goals | 3-Point Field Goals | Free Throws | Minutes |
| 4, last vs. Brown (2/13/15) | 6, last vs. Dartmouth (1/31/15) | 0 | 4, last at Lipscomb (12/12/15) | 30 vs. Dartmouth (1/31/15) |
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14 Khyan Rayner • Jr. • G • 5-11 • 163 Portland, Ore. • Jesuit |
| Pronunication: KEY-on ... scored seven points in his season debut Nov. 25 against Lafayette ... played in 18 games last season, getting double-figure minutes (11) against Rowan ... scored in five games last season with a high of three points at FDU and at Cal ... played in seven games as a freshman, getting five points in the post-finals game against Kean ... alma mater in Oregon is shared with Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra and the Chicago Bulls' Mike Dunleavy Jr. |
| Season Highs | Points | Rebounds | Assists | Steals |
| 2015-16 | 7 vs. Lafayette (11/25/15) | 2 at Lipscomb (12/12/15) | 2 at Hampton (1/3/16) | 1 vs. Lafayette (11/25/15) |
| Blocks | Field Goals | 3-Point Field Goals | Free Throws | Minutes |
| 0 | 3 vs. Lafayette (11/25/15) | 1, last at Saint Joseph's (12/8/15) |
1 vs. FDU (11/30/15) |
16 vs. Lafayette (11/25/15) |
| Career Highs | Points | Rebounds | Assists | Steals |
| 2013-16 | 7 vs. Lafayette (11/25/15) | 2 at Lipscomb (12/12/15) | 2 at Hampton (1/3/16) | 2 at Cornell (3/7/14) |
| Blocks | Field Goals | 3-Point Field Goals | Free Throws | Minutes |
| 1 vs. Kean (1/26/14) | 3 vs. Lafayette (11/25/15) | 1, last at Saint Joseph's (12/8/15) | 2, last vs. San Diego (11/28/14) | 16 vs. Lafayette (11/25/15) |
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12 Myles Stephens • Fr. • G • 6-4 • 198 Lawrenceville, N.J. • St. Andrew's (Del.) |
| Has scored 30 of his season's 44 points over the last five games, getting nine apiece against Liberty and Bucknell ... played his freshman and sophomore years at The Pennington School (N.J.) before transferring to St. Andrew's School in Delaware to finish his high school career ... missed his senior year of high school due to injury, was a 1,000-point scorer in three seasons of high school basketball ... won a Prep B State Championship at Pennington and, in the summer of 2015, was the No. 2-ranked player in Delaware by ESPN ... had a stellar career on the AAU circuit with the NJ Roadrunners until his move to Delaware, where he played with We R 1 on the 17U level. |
| Season Highs | Points | Rebounds | Assists | Steals |
| 2015-16 | 9, last vs. Bucknell (12/22/15) | 6 at Hampton (1/3/16) | 1 vs. Lafayette (11/25/15) | 2, last vs. Maryland (12/19/15) |
| Blocks | Field Goals | 3-Point Field Goals | Free Throws | Minutes |
| 2 vs. Lafayette (11/25/15) | 3 at Hampton (1/3/16) | 1, last vs. Bucknell (12/22/15) | 5 vs. Liberty (12/17/15) | 20 vs. Liberty (12/17/15) |
| Career Highs | Points | Rebounds | Assists | Steals |
| 2015-16 | 9, last vs. Bucknell (12/22/15) | 6 at Hampton (1/3/16) | 1 vs. Lafayette (11/25/15) | 2, last vs. Maryland (12/19/15) |
| Blocks | Field Goals | 3-Point Field Goals | Free Throws | Minutes |
| 2 vs. Lafayette (11/25/15) | 3 at Hampton (1/3/16) | 1, last vs. Bucknell (12/22/15) | 5 vs. Liberty (12/17/15) | 20 vs. Liberty (12/17/15) |
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13 Mike Washington Jr. • Sr. • G • 6-3 • 190 Oak Harbor, Wash. • Oak Harbor |
| Tri-captain this season ... made his season debut Nov. 25 against Lafayette and had a bucket for his first two points of the season ... made his first career 3-pointer Jan. 3 at Hampton ... played in 10 games last season and had his first career multi-FG game with two buckets at Brown on Feb. 28 ... played in nine games last season and 10 as a freshman ... scored his first career points with a bucket at Cornell on March 7, 2014. |
| Season Highs | Points | Rebounds | Assists | Steals |
| 2015-16 | 3 at Hampton (1/3/16) | 6 vs. Lafayette (11/25/15) | 3 vs. Lafayette (11/25/15) | 0 |
| Blocks | Field Goals | 3-Point Field Goals | Free Throws | Minutes |
| 0 | 1, last at Hampton (1/3/16) | 1 at Hampton (1/3/16) | 0 | 11 vs. Lafayette (11/25/15) |
| Career Highs | Points | Rebounds | Assists | Steals |
| 2012-16 | 4 at Brown (2/28/15) | 6 vs. Lafayette (11/25/15) | 4 vs. Rowan (1/25/15) | 1, last vs. Rowan (1/25/15) |
| Blocks | Field Goals | 3-Point Field Goals | Free Throws | Minutes |
| 0 | 1, last at Hampton (1/3/16) | 1 at Hampton (1/3/16) | 0 | 11 vs. Lafayette (11/25/15) |
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10 Spencer Weisz • So. • F • 6-4 • 180 Florham Park, N.J. • Seton Hall Prep |
| Pronunciation: WICE ... second-team All-Ivy League honoree in 2015 ... tri-captain this season ... had a career-high eight assists in the opener at Rider and has a 44:12 assist-to-turnover ratio this season ... had a double-double at Lipscomb with 21 points and 11 boards and his second double-double of the season with 14 points and 10 boards against Bucknell ... team's active career scoring leader with 729 points ... led the team in scoring last season at 11.6 ppg and with 349 points ... hit 51 3-pointers last season after making 34 in his freshman season, when he won the Ivy League's Rookie of the Year honor to become Princeton's first Ivy ROY honoree since 2001 ... double-figure points in 19 games last season while starting 29 games, all except senior night ... had two 20-point games last season, with 22 against Incarnate Word and 20 against Penn ... shot .654 (17-26) from the field over the last four games of last season ... had an assist-to-turnover ratio of 78:64 last season ... as a freshman, had 13 double-digit scoring games and two double-doubles ... made 20 starts as a freshman while playing in all 30 games ... 67 assists in 2013-14 were most for a Princeton freshman since 2006-07 ... 145 rebounds in 2013-14 were most for a Princeton freshman since 1998-99. |
| Season Highs | Points | Rebounds | Assists | Steals |
| 2015-16 | 21 at Lipscomb (12/12/15) | 12 at Saint Joseph's (12/8/15) | 8 at Rider (11/13/15) | 3 vs. Maryland (12/19/15) |
| Blocks | Field Goals | 3-Point Field Goals | Free Throws | Minutes |
| 1 at Lipscomb (12/12/15) | 7 at Lipscomb (12/12/15) | 5 at Lipscomb (12/12/15) | 5 vs. Liberty (12/17/15) | 37, last at Miami (12/29/15) |
| Career Highs | Points | Rebounds | Assists | Steals |
| 2013-16 | 22 vs. Incarnate Word (11/22/14) | 12 at Saint Joseph's (12/8/15) | 8 at Rider (11/13/15) | 4 vs. Liberty (12/22/14) |
| Blocks | Field Goals | 3-Point Field Goals | Free Throws | Minutes |
| 2, last vs. Yale (2/28/14) | 8 vs. Incarnate Word (11/22/14) | 5 at Lipscomb (12/12/15) | 8 at Lafayette (11/19/14) | 39, last vs. Stony Brook (12/6/14) |
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0 Aaron Young • So. • G • 6-0 • 180 Falls Church, Va. • Virginia Episcopal School |
| Made his season debut Nov. 25 against Lafayette and had his first points of the season with a pair of free throws Nov. 30 against FDU ... had season's first 3-pointer Jan. 3 at Hampton ... two-time Ivy League Rookie of the Week last season ... played in 15 games last season and scored in seven, including nine points in just five minutes of play while hitting three 3-pointers against Liberty on Dec. 22, 2014 ... had 15 points in nine minutes while going 5 of 6 from 3-point range against Rowan in the post-finals game last season ... first-team All-Virginia Independent Conference Division I honoree in 2014 while leading VES to the VIC state semifinals and earning all-tournament honors. |
| Season Highs | Points | Rebounds | Assists | Steals |
| 2015-16 | 3 at Hampton (1/3/16) | 1 at Hampton (1/3/16) | 1, last at Hampton (1/3/16) | 1 at Hampton (1/3/16) |
| Blocks | Field Goals | 3-Point Field Goals | Free Throws | Minutes |
| 0 | 1, last at Hampton (1/3/16) | 1 at Hampton (1/3/16) | 0 | 8 at Hampton (1/3/16) |
| Career Highs | Points | Rebounds | Assists | Steals |
| 2014-16 | 15 vs. Rowan (1/25/15) | 1, last at Hampton (1/3/16) | 1, last at Hampton (1/3/16) | 1 at Hampton (1/3/16) |
| Blocks | Field Goals | 3-Point Field Goals | Free Throws | Minutes |
| 1 vs. Lipscomb (12/19/14) | 5 vs. Rowan (1/25/15) | 5 vs. Rowan (1/25/15) | 2 vs. Stony Brook (12/6/14) | 13 vs. Lipscomb (12/19/14) |
Reflections from the Princeton Athletics Class of 2025
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Hard Cuts | Season 7 - Episode 16
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Hard Cuts | Season 7 - Episode 15
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Hard Cuts | Season 7 - Episode 14
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