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Men's Hoops Heads to Columbia Saturday in Showdown of Ivy Contenders
February 13, 2016 | Men's Basketball
 (15-5, 5-1) |
Princeton at Columbia Saturday, Feb. 13, 2016 7 p.m. • New York, N.Y. (Levien Gym) |
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| PPG RPG APG 8.8 2.6 2.7 |
PPG RPG APG 10.5 5.2 3.5 (15th) (5th) |
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| PPG RPG APG 16.6 6.7 1.6 (4th) (10th) |
PPG RPG APG 10.2 4.2 1.8 |
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| PPG RPG APG 6.2 5.8 1.6 (11th) |
Numbers in parentheses indicate Ivy League statistical ranking entering Satday'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, W, 83-74 Sat., Jan 9 at Penn*, W, 73-71 (OT) Sun., Jan. 24 vs. Bryn Athyn, W, 100-44 |
Fri., Jan. 29 at Brown*, W, 83-59 |
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 W 85-56 • Box ScorePrinceton made nine of its first 11 3-pointers and got out to a 33-8 lead at Cornell on the way to an 85-56 win. Fourteen Tigers played and 11 scored, led by 13 points apiece from Henry Caruso and Amir Bell, and no Tiger played more than 25 minutes. |
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| Record: | Princeton leads Columbia 148-85 |
| First Meeting/Last Meeting: | 1901/2015 |
| Last Princeton Win: | Mar. 7, 2015, 85-83 at Princeton |
| Last Opponent Win: | Feb. 7, 2014, 53-52 at Princeton |
| Largest Princeton Margin of Victory: | 52, 97-45, Feb. 24, 1967 at Princeton |
| Largest Opponent Margin of Victory: | 43, 52-9, Jan. 6, 1909 at Columbia |
| Series Record at Opponent: | Princeton leads 66-50 |
| Streak overall: | Princeton, 3 |
| Streak at Opponent: | Princeton, 6 |
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Princeton | By the Numbers |
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| 15-5, 5-1 Ivy | Record | 17-7, 6-1 Ivy |
| None | Postseason 2015 | None |
| 79.2 | Points Per Game | 75.8 |
| 66.9 | Points Per Game Allowed | 68.4 |
| .459 | FG% | .445 |
| .428 | FG% Allowed | .430 |
| .374 | 3FG% | .374 |
| .366 | 3FG% Allowed | .342 |
| .696 | Free Throw Percentage | .706 |
| 38.2 | Rebounding Average | 36.2 |
| 33.4 | Rebounding Average Allowed | 33.2 |
| Henry Caruso (16.6 ppg) | Leading Scorer | Maodo Lo (16.0 ppg) |
| Henry Caruso (6.7 rpg) | Leading Rebounder | Luke Petrasek (5.2 apg) |
| Spencer Weisz (3.5 apg) | Assists Leader | Grant Mullins (3.2 apg) |
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• It's a key showdown Saturday night between teams that hope to keep pace in the Ivy League race. While Yale remained perfect with a win at Dartmouth Friday night to stand at 7-0 in league play, Columbia beat Penn to stand a game back at 6-1 and Princeton also won to enter tonight a game and a half off the pace at 5-1.
• Princeton swept seven straight Cornell-Columbia trips from 1994-2000, a span that includes Mitch Henderson's tenure as a player. Over the last 15 years, however, the trip has been trickier, with just six sweeps (2002, 2003, 2004, 2011, 2013, 2014), five splits (2005, 2006, 2010, 2012, 2015) and four winless trips (2001, 2007, 2008, 2009). Of the five splits, the loss was at Cornell four times, except in 2006.
• A sweep would put Princeton in its best position at the halfway mark since the Ivy title season of 2011, when Princeton was 7-0 at the turn. Princeton's best standing seven games into the Ivy season since then was in 2013, when the Tigers, at 5-2, went on to lead the Ivy race entering the final weekend. Unlike 2013, however, if the Tigers can get through this road weekend unscathed, it would leave Princeton at 6-1 with five of its final seven games at home. That year, Princeton built its 4-1 Ivy start before enduring seven of the last nine games on the road.
• If the season-long stats are an indication, in Saturday's game look for both teams to fire from the perimeter. Columbia is averaging an Ivy-best 9.79 3-pointers made per game while Princeton is just about there at a second-best 9.75 made 3s per game. The Tigers boast the best 3-point shooter in the Ivy by field goal percentage in Henry Caruso (.517, 30-58), while Columbia's Maodo Lo has made the most 3s in the Ivy this season, making 69 (of 178 tries, a .388 clip). The teams are also right next to each other in 3-point field goal percentage, with Princeton third in the league at .3743 and Columbia fourth at .3736. Columbia's fifth in the Ivy at defending the 3 (.342) and Princeton is seventh at .366. That said, the Tigers haven't made more than nine 3s in any of the six consecutive wins at Columbia, nor have they tried more than 17. Princeton has made at least 10 3s 12 times in 20 games this season, including in each of the last four games, and the team is averaging 26 3s attempted.
• Princeton's Class of '09 went winless at Columbia's Levien Gym. Since, Princeton has won six in a row in Morningside Heights and has shot a combined .513 from the field and .475 from 3-point range over those six games. Last year, the Tigers shot .542 from the field (26-48) and .600 (9-15) from 3 in their visit to Columbia. This season, the Lions are allowing opponents a .433 clip from the field and .343 from distance. Of Princeton's 74 points from last year's game at Levien, 38 are back, but Caruso accounted for only two of those. For Columbia's part, the Lions have 60 of their 62 points back with leading scorer Maodo Lo (15.7 ppg this year) turning in a game-high 21 points in the Tigers' 12-point win.
• Columbia has multiple non-conference opponents in common with Princeton. Both the Tigers and Lions beat Bucknell and lost to Saint Joseph's and Stony Brook.
• Through Thursday's games, Princeton's RPI was 56th, seven spots ahead of Yale's at 63. The Tigers were 61 spots in front of the next-closest Ivy team, Columbia at 117.
• Through Friday's games, Princeton was the winningest team in New Jersey over Mitch Henderson's four-plus seasons guiding the Tigers. His 89 wins were three more than Seton Hall's 86 as the next-most wins over that span.
• Under Mitch Henderson, the Tigers now have a 34-29 (.540) record in the pre-New Year portion of the schedule and a 55-22 (.714) record from Jan. 1 forward.
• Princeton has made at least half its field goal tries 10 times this season, including in each of the last three games, and Princeton has shot .400 or better from the field 16 times in the season's 20 games. The Tigers are 14-2 in those games (loss vs. Maryland, at Yale). The Penn game was the first and only time this season Princeton won without shooting at least .400 from the field.
• Princeton has made 10 3-pointers in a game 12 times this season, including in each of the last three games.
• Junior Henry Caruso, who is shooting .572 from the field on the season, has made at least half his field goal tries in 16 of the 20 games this season. Princeton is 13-3 when Caruso makes at least half his tries and 2-2 when he doesn't.
• Princeton enters Saturday's games as the top team in the Ivy in scoring offense (79.2 ppg), turnover margin (+2.20), assist-to-turnover ratio (1.4), defensive rebounds (27.8 drpg) and defensive rebounding (.774). Individually, Princeton has the Ivy's top free throw shooter in Devin Cannady (.889), the top 3-point shooter by percentage in Henry Caruso (.517, 30-58) and has the league's top player in assist-to-turnover ratio, with Spencer Weisz at 3.0.
• Entering Tuesday's games, Princeton was in the top 10 percent nationally (top 34) in six statistical categories, including a national No. 2 ranking in fewest total fouls (344, UCF 342) and No. 4 in fewest total turnovers (219, Temple 214). The Tigers were also 15th in 3s per game (9.8), 29th in turnovers per game (11.0), 26th in scoring margin (+12.3) and 31st in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.39). Individually, Henry Caruso, Pete Miller and Spencer Weisz combined for five top-250 national statistical rankings, led by Weisz's 26th-ranked 3.04 assist-to-turnover ratio.
• Princeton's 79.20 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 six 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.
• Princeton's top six scorers - Henry Caruso, Steven Cook, Devin Cannady, Spencer Weisz, Amir Bell and Pete Miller - have scored 1262 of the team's 1584 points this season, or 79.7 percent.
• The number of 3-pointers Princeton makes hasn't been a true predictor of wins so far this season. The Tigers are 9-3 when they make at least 10 3s and 6-2 when they make fewer than 10.
• Princeton's juniors (Caruso, Cook, Miller, Rayner, Weisz) have scored 895 of the team's 1584 points, or 56.5 percent. Players who are able to return next year have scored 99.1 percent of the team's points (1569 of 1584).
• 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.
• Under Mitch Henderson, Princeton has scored 90 points in a game six 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.
• Princeton's top six scorers - Henry Caruso, Steven Cook, Devin Cannady, Spencer Weisz, Amir Bell and Pete Miller - have scored 1262 of the team's 1584 points this season, or 79.7 percent.
• The number of 3-pointers Princeton makes hasn't been a true predictor of wins so far this season. The Tigers are 9-3 when they make at least 10 3s and 6-2 when they make fewer than 10.
• Princeton's juniors (Caruso, Cook, Miller, Rayner, Weisz) have scored 895 of the team's 1584 points, or 56.5 percent. Players who are able to return next year have scored 99.1 percent of the team's points (1569 of 1584).
• 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.
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• Entering Friday's games, Columbia's top national statistical ranking was its 14th-most 9.8 3s made per game. Individually, Maodo Lo's 57 steals ranked ninth in the nation. Lo, Grant Mullins, Luke Petrasek and Alex Rosenberg combined for 18 top-250 national statistical rankings.
• 6-3 Maodo Lo, 6-3 Grant Mullins, 6-10 Luke Petrasek, 6-7 Alex Rosenberg and 6-4 Kyle Castlin account for 98 of Columbia's 120 starts over the Lions' 23 games. Friday night against Penn, 6-4 Isaac Cohen started in place of Castlin, who came off the bench. Rosenberg missed five games in December and January, but the Lions went 4-1 in those games with the loss coming at Stony Brook.
• Columbia leads the Ivy with 9.8 made 3s per game, and Lo leads the league in steals at 2.4 per game and in 3s made at 2.9 per game.
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| Mitch Henderson '98 is in his fifth season as Princeton's head coach. His overall record at Princeton is 89-51. Under Henderson, Princeton is 49-11 at home, 42-20 in the Ivy League, and 25-5 in the Ivy League at home. Princeton is 73-17 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 50 games in his career ... upped his career-best scoring total by 11 points with a 28-point effort at Penn on Jan. 9 ... has six double-figure scoring games this season, including 13 points last time out at Cornell ... has a 54:31 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 | 28 at Penn (1/9/16) | 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 |
| 2 at Yale (1/30/16) | 9 at Penn (1/9/16) | 4 at Penn (1/9/16) | 6 at Penn (1/9/16) | 36 at Rider (11/13/15) |
| Career Highs | Points | Rebounds | Assists | Steals |
| 2014-16 | 28 at Penn (1/9/16) | 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) | 9 at Penn (1/9/16) | 4 at Penn (1/9/16) | 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 seven 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) | 1 vs. Bryn Athyn (1/24/16) | 0 |
| Blocks | Field Goals | 3-Point Field Goals | Free Throws | Minutes |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 vs. Bryn Athyn (1/24/16) |
| Career Highs | Points | Rebounds | Assists | Steals |
| 2015-16 | 0 | 1 at Hampton (1/3/16) | 1 vs. Bryn Athyn (1/24/16) | 0 |
| Blocks | Field Goals | 3-Point Field Goals | Free Throws | Minutes |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 vs. Bryn Athyn (1/24/16) |
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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 ... has played in 15 games this season and has scored in five ... 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) | 6 vs. Bryn Athyn (1/24/16) | 3 vs. Lafayette (11/25/15) | 1, last at Cornell (2/12/16) |
| Blocks | Field Goals | 3-Point Field Goals | Free Throws | Minutes |
| 1 vs. Bryn Athyn (1/24/16) | 4 vs. Lafayette (11/25/15) | 3 vs. Lafayette (11/25/15) | 5 at Cornell (2/12/16) | 19 vs. Bryn Athyn (1/24/16) |
| Career Highs | Points | Rebounds | Assists | Steals |
| 2015-16 | 14 vs. Lafayette (11/25/15) | 6 vs. Bryn Athyn (1/24/16) | 3 vs. Lafayette (11/25/15) | 1, last at Cornell (2/12/16) |
| Blocks | Field Goals | 3-Point Field Goals | Free Throws | Minutes |
| 1 vs. Bryn Athyn (1/24/16) | 4 vs. Lafayette (11/25/15) | 3 vs. Lafayette (11/25/15) | 5 at Cornell (2/12/16) | 19 vs. Bryn Athyn (1/24/16) |
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35 Alec Brennan • So. • F • 6-11 • 224 Weston, Mass. • Milton Academy |
| Scored 10 of his season's 56 points over the season's first four games and scored 46 points over a 10-game stretch from Dec. 17 to Jan. 30, including a career-best 10 points Jan. 3 at Hampton ... is 24 of 46 (.522) from the field this season ... 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) | 8 vs. Bryn Athyn (1/24/16) | 2, last at Cornell (2/12/16) | 1, last vs. Harvard (2/5/16) |
| Blocks | Field Goals | 3-Point Field Goals | Free Throws | Minutes |
| 3 vs. Maryland (12/19/15) | 4, last vs. Bryn Athyn (1/24/16) | 1, last at Cornell (2/12/16) | 4 at Brown (1/29/16) |
21 vs. Bryn Athyn (1/24/16) |
| Career Highs | Points | Rebounds | Assists | Steals |
| 2014-16 | 10 at Hampton (1/3/16) | 8 vs. Bryn Athyn (1/24/16) | 3 vs. Rowan (1/25/15) | 1, last vs. Harvard (2/5/16) |
| Blocks | Field Goals | 3-Point Field Goals | Free Throws | Minutes |
| 3 vs. Maryland (12/19/15) | 4, last vs. Bryn Athyn (1/24/16) | 1, last at Cornell (2/12/16) | 4 at Brown (1/29/16) |
21, last vs. Bryn Athyn (1/24/16) |
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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 13 of 20 games this season ... is a .489 (66-135) shooter from the field and .446 (37-83) from beyond the arc while hitting free throws at an .889 (48-54) clip ... 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) | 7 vs. Bryn Athyn (1/24/16) | 3, last at Yale (1/30/16) | 4 at Penn (1/9/16) |
| 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) | 32 at Penn (1/9/16) |
| Career Highs | Points | Rebounds | Assists | Steals |
| 2015-16 | 17, last vs. Bucknell (12/22/15) | 7 vs. Bryn Athyn (1/24/16) | 3, last at Yale (1/30/16) | 4 at Penn (1/9/16) |
| 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) | 32 at Penn (1/9/16) |
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21 Henry Caruso • Jr. • F • 6-4 • 200 San Mateo, Calif. • Serra |
| Leading the team at 16.6 ppg and is fourth in the Ivy League in scoring entering Saturday's games ... 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 .574 (116-202) from the field this season and .517 (30-58) 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) | 6 vs. Harvard (2/5/16) | 3, last at Yale (1/30/16) |
| Blocks | Field Goals | 3-Point Field Goals | Free Throws | Minutes |
| 1, last vs. Harvard (2/5/16) | 10, last at Yale (1/30/16) |
4, last vs. Harvard (2/5/16) | 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) | 6 vs. Harvard (2/5/16) | 3, last at Yale (1/30/16) |
| Blocks | Field Goals | 3-Point Field Goals | Free Throws | Minutes |
| 1, last vs. Harvard (2/5/16) | 10, last at Yale (1/30/16) |
4, last vs. Harvard (2/5/16) | 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 ... reset season scoring best twice last weekend with 21 points against Harvard and 27 against Dartmouth ... has reached double figures in points in nine games this season ... has four career 20-point games, all at home and two against Harvard ... 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 | 27 vs. Dartmouth (2/6/16) | 10 vs. Lafayette (11/25/15) | 5 vs. Dartmouth (2/6/16) | 5 at Brown (1/29/16) |
| Blocks | Field Goals | 3-Point Field Goals | Free Throws | Minutes |
| 3 at Penn (1/9/16) | 10 vs. Dartmouth (2/6/16) | 4, last vs. Dartmouth (2/6/16) | 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, last vs. Dartmouth (2/6/16) | 7 vs. Stony Brook (12/6/14) |
| Blocks | Field Goals | 3-Point Field Goals | Free Throws | Minutes |
| 3 at Penn (1/9/16) | 10 vs. Dartmouth (2/6/16) | 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 nine games this season after scoring three points as a freshman ... has played in 17 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, last vs. Bryn Athyn (1/24/16) | 3, last vs. Bryn Athyn (1/24/16) | 3 at Stony Brook (12/5/15) | 1, last at Cornell (2/12/16) |
| Blocks | Field Goals | 3-Point Field Goals | Free Throws | Minutes |
| 0 | 3, last vs. Bryn Athyn (1/24/16) | 3, last vs. Bryn Athyn (1/24/16) | 2, last at Norfolk State (1/5/16) | 13, last vs. Bryn Athyn (1/24/16) |
| Career Highs | Points | Rebounds | Assists | Steals |
| 2014-16 | 9, last vs. Bryn Athyn (1/24/16) | 3, last vs. Bryn Athyn (1/24/16) | 3 at Stony Brook (12/5/15) | 1, last at Cornell (2/12/16) |
| Blocks | Field Goals | 3-Point Field Goals | Free Throws | Minutes |
| 0 | 3, last vs. Bryn Athyn (1/24/16) | 3, last vs. Bryn Athyn (1/24/16) | 2, last at Norfolk State (1/5/16) | 13, last vs. Bryn Athyn (1/24/16) |
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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, last vs. Bryn Athyn (1/24/16) | 3 at Norfolk State (1/5/16) | 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) | 12 vs. Bryn Athyn (1/24/16) |
| Career Highs | Points | Rebounds | Assists | Steals |
| 2014-16 | 12 vs. Lafayette (11/25/15) | 3, last vs. Bryn Athyn (1/24/16) | 3 at Norfolk State (1/5/16) | 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) | 12 vs. Bryn Athyn (1/24/16) |
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31 Pete Miller • Jr. • F • 6-11 • 235 Winchester, Mass. • Northfield Mt. Hermon |
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Has started all 20 games ... 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 116 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, last vs. Harvard (2/5/16) | 1, last at Yale (1/30/16) |
| Blocks | Field Goals | 3-Point Field Goals | Free Throws | Minutes |
| 3, last vs. Dartmouth (2/6/16) | 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. Harvard (2/5/16) | 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 and had six points against Bryn Athyn on Jan. 24 ... 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) | 2 vs. Bryn Athyn (1/24/16) | 5 at Cornell (2/12/16) | 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) | 2 vs. Bryn Athyn (1/24/16) | 5 at Cornell (2/12/16) | 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 81 of his season's 95 points over the last 13 games, getting 10 at Cornell and 11 at Norfolk State ... 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 | 11 at Norfolk State (1/5/16) | 6 at Hampton (1/3/16) | 2 at Norfolk State (1/5/16) | 2, last vs. Maryland (12/19/15) |
| Blocks | Field Goals | 3-Point Field Goals | Free Throws | Minutes |
| 2, last vs. Dartmouth (2/6/16) | 5 at Norfolk State (1/5/16) | 1, last at Cornell (2/12/16) | 5 vs. Liberty (12/17/15) | 20, last vs. Dartmouth (2/6/16) |
| Career Highs | Points | Rebounds | Assists | Steals |
| 2015-16 | 11 at Norfolk State (1/5/16) | 6 at Hampton (1/3/16) | 2 at Norfolk State (1/5/16) | 2, last vs. Maryland (12/19/15) |
| Blocks | Field Goals | 3-Point Field Goals | Free Throws | Minutes |
| 2, last vs. Dartmouth (2/6/16) | 5 at Norfolk State (1/5/16) | 1, last at Cornell (2/12/16) | 5 vs. Liberty (12/17/15) | 20, last vs. Dartmouth (2/6/16) |
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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 ... career-best four points came Jan. 24 against Bryn Athyn ... 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 | 4, last at Brown (1/29/16) |
6 vs. Lafayette (11/25/15) | 3 vs. Lafayette (11/25/15) | 0 |
| Blocks | Field Goals | 3-Point Field Goals | Free Throws | Minutes |
| 0 | 2, last at Brown (1/29/16) |
1 at Hampton (1/3/16) | 0 | 13 vs. Bryn Athyn (1/24/16) |
| Career Highs | Points | Rebounds | Assists | Steals |
| 2012-16 | 4, last at Brown (1/29/16) |
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 | 2, last at Brown (1/29/16) |
1 at Hampton (1/3/16) | 0 | 13 vs. Bryn Athyn (1/24/16) |
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10 Spencer Weisz • Jr. • 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 ... has shot better than 40 percent in eight of the last 12 games after not hitting at least 40 percent in back-to-back games prior to the Maryland game Dec. 19 ... had a career-high eight assists in the opener at Rider and has a 70:23 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 820 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, last at Penn (1/9/16) | 7 at Lipscomb (12/12/15) | 5 at Lipscomb (12/12/15) | 5 vs. Liberty (12/17/15) | 40 at Penn (1/9/16) |
| 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) | 40 at Penn (1/9/16) |
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0 Aaron Young • So. • G • 6-0 • 180 Falls Church, Va. • Virginia Episcopal School |
| Has played in 14 games this season and scored in seven, putting in 11 points on the two-game trip to his home state of Virginia Jan. 3-5 (at Hampton and Norfolk State) ... 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 | 8 at Norfolk State (1/5/16) | 2, last at Yale (1/30/16) | 3 at Norfolk State (1/5/16) | 1 at Hampton (1/3/16) |
| Blocks | Field Goals | 3-Point Field Goals | Free Throws | Minutes |
| 0 | 2 at Norfolk State (1/5/16) | 2 at Norfolk State (1/5/16) | 2, last vs. Bryn Athyn (1/24/16) | 14 at Norfolk State (1/5/16) |
| Career Highs | Points | Rebounds | Assists | Steals |
| 2014-16 | 15 vs. Rowan (1/25/15) | 2, last at Yale (1/30/16) | 3 at Norfolk State (1/5/16) | 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, last vs. Bryn Athyn (1/24/16) | 14 at Norfolk State (1/5/16) |
Reflections from the Princeton Athletics Class of 2025
Tuesday, May 27
Hard Cuts | Season 7 - Episode 16
Thursday, March 13
Hard Cuts | Season 7 - Episode 15
Tuesday, March 04
Hard Cuts | Season 7 - Episode 14
Wednesday, February 12