Cannady Scores 23, But Saint Joseph's Beats Princeton

Wednesday, December 5

Princeton, N.J.

7:00 PM

Princeton University

4-3

Saint Joseph's

5-4

Saint Joseph's

Princeton

Devin Cannady led Princeton with 23 points Wednesday night.

Photo by: Beverly Schaefer

Cannady Scores 23, But Saint Joseph's Beats Princeton

December 05, 2018 | Men's Basketball

Box Score

Saint Joseph's used an early second-half surge to pull away from the Princeton men's basketball team Wednesday night in Jadwin Gym and head back to Philadelphia with a 92-82 win.

"I feel confident with what we're doing. We've just got to guard," Mitch Henderson, the Franklin C. Cappon-Edward G. Green '40 head coach of Princeton basketball said. "I believe we can be very good. We've got a lot of nice pieces. We're hopeful to welcome Jaelin (Llewellyn) back soon. He's working hard to get back to where we want him to be, but I feel really good about where we can be. We started off the season, Jose hadn't played any significant minutes (and now he has had) two straight games with production. Richmond is getting production. We know what Devin and Myles can do. I have confidence. We just haven't put it together yet, but it's coming."

The Hawks' largest first-half lead was eight points at 29-21 with seven minutes before the break, but the Tigers rallied to tie twice, last at 34-34 less than four minutes later. Saint Joseph's entered the second half with a three-point lead at 39-36, but a 17-5 run that began less than three minutes into the half broke open what was a three-point game and helped the Hawks get their largest lead of 16 points at 63-47 still with more than 12 minutes to play.

After the Hawks had that 16-point lead, Princeton made one final run, getting as close as six points on a Jerome Desrosiers 3-pointer with six minutes to go, but the Tigers couldn't close the gap.

The game was Princeton's last in Jadwin Gym for a month, with another Big Five team, Penn, set to play on Carril Court next on Jan. 5 as the Tigers open the Ivy season. Princeton will head on the road for their next five games, beginning Sunday at 1 p.m. for the MSG Holiday Festival. There, Princeton will play in the second half of a doubleheader, facing Iona. It'll be Princeton's first trip to Madison Square Garden since 2000.

13:57 1st | Saint Joseph's 12, Princeton 7
A 3 from #DC3 pulls Princeton within five and puts him alone in third on Princeton's career 3s made list at 236.
Watch here: https://t.co/iSlqIDWqGC pic.twitter.com/4EFCNDdjXQ
— Princeton Basketball (@Princeton_Hoops) December 6, 2018

Postgame Notes

• Junior Richmond Aririguzoh scored 14 points, and was 8 for 8 from the stripe, to reset his career best for the second straight game after a 13-point effort against George Washington last Saturday. Classmate Jose Morales scored 13 to match his career best, also set last time out against GW, and his six assists tied a career best.

• Saint Joseph's leads the all-time series against Princeton 10-8 and has won the last four in the series.

• Senior Devin Cannady's 23 points moved him into ninth place on Princeton's all-time scoring list, past Geoff Petrie '70 (1,321) with 1,333 points. Bob Scrabis '89 is in eighth at 1,365. Cannady's season-high six 3-pointers broke a tie for third on Princeton's career 3-point list with Sean Jackson '92 (235). Cannady now has 241 career 3s, behind only Douglas Davis '12 (276) and Brian Earl '99 (281).

HALF | Saint Joseph's 39, Princeton 36#DC3 drains this FT (of course, he's still perfect on the season) to move past Geoff Petrie '70 to be alone in ninth place on Princeton's all-time scoring list, now with 1,323 points.
Watch the game here: https://t.co/iSlqIDWqGC pic.twitter.com/OtviY6yupD
— Princeton Basketball (@Princeton_Hoops) December 6, 2018

• Senior Myles Stephens had six points to move him past Barnes Hauptfuhrer '76 into 23rd place with 1,083 points.

• Sophomore Jerome Desrosiers had a season-high 12 points and a career-high eight rebounds. "I'm very proud of Richmond's performance tonight, and Jerome off the bench. We're coming together. I like the team," Henderson said.