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Saturday, January 5
Princeton, N.J.
5:00 PM
Princeton University
8-5, 1-0Ivy
68
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Penn
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OT 1
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Richmond Aririguzoh scored a career-high 20 points in Princeton's win over Penn Saturday night.
Photo by: Beverly Schaefer
Aririguzoh Scores Career-High 20 as Tigers Beat Penn in OT
January 05, 2019 | Men's Basketball
Richmond Aririguzoh scored a career-high 20 points and Myles Stephens picked up his sixth career double-double as Princeton beat Penn 68-65 in overtime Saturday night in Jadwin Gym in the Ivy League opener.
"It felt very much like all the Penn games that I remember as a player. It was just a tense, heavy game," Mitch Henderson, the Franklin C. Cappon-Edward G. Green '40 head coach of Princeton men's basketball, said. "We lost four overtime games last year in the league and it's really nice to get one here and sort of feel like that that's over."
Penn got out to a 19-10 lead less than seven minutes into the game before Princeton scored eight straight points over the next four minutes to pull within one, and from there until the break, neither team led by more than four points. Penn was up 32-28 when the Tigers scored the final five points of the half to take a 33-32 lead into halftime.
Princeton led for most of the second half, was up by as many as eight points and still led by six at 61-55 with less than three minutes to go in regulation. Penn scored six straight points to take a 62-61 lead, capitalizing on two empty trips for the Tigers during that run, and Sebastian Much split from the line to tie it at 62-62 with 39 seconds to go. The Tigers got the ball back with 12 seconds left when an dribble hit a Quaker foot and zipped out of bounds, but the game went to OT when Princeton's last trip down the floor in regulation drew only iron.
The OT period was never more than three points apart, and Penn's only lead came on an AJ Brodeur split from the line with 2:55 to play. Princeton responded with what became Aririguzoh's last bucket for a 64-63 lead with 1:39 left just before he fouled out, and after Devin Cannady restored the Tiger lead at 66-64 inside the final minute, Princeton benefited from shaky Quaker free throw shooting down the stretch. Penn made just three of eight from the stripe in the extra frame, along with going 0 of 5 from the field, last cutting the Tiger lead to one at 66-65 with 20 seconds left. From there, though the Quakers got the ball back when the Princeton inbounds pass went awry, Penn's ensuing trip down the floor went empty and Much put Princeton up 68-65 by sinking both at the line with six seconds to go. A long 3-pointer for the Quakers didn't fall, and the Ivy opener was Princeton's
The teams will meet again next Saturday at The Palestra in what will be the teams' first back-to-back regular-season meetings since 1915.
Postgame Notes
• The all-time series now stands 126-114 for Penn. Princeton's win broke a two-game run for the Quakers in the series.
• Both of Princeton's active 1,000-point scorers moved up the list Saturday. Devin Cannady moved up one spot to seventh, past Brian Earl '99 (1,428) to stand at 1,438. He's three back of Craig Robinson '83 (1,441) for sixth. Myles Stephens moved up one spot, past Frank Sowinski '78 (1,133), to stand at 1,143 in 17th place, five points back of former teammate Steven Cook '17 (1,148) for 16th.
• Junior Richmond Aririguzoh lifted his single-game scoring best as a Tiger by six points to 20, surpassing the 14 he last had at Lafayette on Dec. 21, 2018.
• Stephens' double-double on 11 points and a career-high 16 rebounds gave him six double-doubles for his career and three this season, already the most he's had in a season as a Tiger. He had 18 points and 12 boards at Lehigh on Nov. 16, 2018 and 19 points and 11 boards against George Washington on Dec. 1. His previous rebounding best was 12, last in the game earlier this season at Lehigh.
• Princeton has held its last three opponents (Lafayette, Arizona State, Penn) to a combined 16 of 66 (.242) from 3-point range.
• The Tigers have committed an average of 7.3 turnovers over the last three games, down from an average of 13.6 over the first 10 games.
"It felt very much like all the Penn games that I remember as a player. It was just a tense, heavy game," Mitch Henderson, the Franklin C. Cappon-Edward G. Green '40 head coach of Princeton men's basketball, said. "We lost four overtime games last year in the league and it's really nice to get one here and sort of feel like that that's over."
Penn got out to a 19-10 lead less than seven minutes into the game before Princeton scored eight straight points over the next four minutes to pull within one, and from there until the break, neither team led by more than four points. Penn was up 32-28 when the Tigers scored the final five points of the half to take a 33-32 lead into halftime.
Princeton led for most of the second half, was up by as many as eight points and still led by six at 61-55 with less than three minutes to go in regulation. Penn scored six straight points to take a 62-61 lead, capitalizing on two empty trips for the Tigers during that run, and Sebastian Much split from the line to tie it at 62-62 with 39 seconds to go. The Tigers got the ball back with 12 seconds left when an dribble hit a Quaker foot and zipped out of bounds, but the game went to OT when Princeton's last trip down the floor in regulation drew only iron.
The OT period was never more than three points apart, and Penn's only lead came on an AJ Brodeur split from the line with 2:55 to play. Princeton responded with what became Aririguzoh's last bucket for a 64-63 lead with 1:39 left just before he fouled out, and after Devin Cannady restored the Tiger lead at 66-64 inside the final minute, Princeton benefited from shaky Quaker free throw shooting down the stretch. Penn made just three of eight from the stripe in the extra frame, along with going 0 of 5 from the field, last cutting the Tiger lead to one at 66-65 with 20 seconds left. From there, though the Quakers got the ball back when the Princeton inbounds pass went awry, Penn's ensuing trip down the floor went empty and Much put Princeton up 68-65 by sinking both at the line with six seconds to go. A long 3-pointer for the Quakers didn't fall, and the Ivy opener was Princeton's
The teams will meet again next Saturday at The Palestra in what will be the teams' first back-to-back regular-season meetings since 1915.
Postgame Notes
• The all-time series now stands 126-114 for Penn. Princeton's win broke a two-game run for the Quakers in the series.
• Both of Princeton's active 1,000-point scorers moved up the list Saturday. Devin Cannady moved up one spot to seventh, past Brian Earl '99 (1,428) to stand at 1,438. He's three back of Craig Robinson '83 (1,441) for sixth. Myles Stephens moved up one spot, past Frank Sowinski '78 (1,133), to stand at 1,143 in 17th place, five points back of former teammate Steven Cook '17 (1,148) for 16th.
• Junior Richmond Aririguzoh lifted his single-game scoring best as a Tiger by six points to 20, surpassing the 14 he last had at Lafayette on Dec. 21, 2018.
• Stephens' double-double on 11 points and a career-high 16 rebounds gave him six double-doubles for his career and three this season, already the most he's had in a season as a Tiger. He had 18 points and 12 boards at Lehigh on Nov. 16, 2018 and 19 points and 11 boards against George Washington on Dec. 1. His previous rebounding best was 12, last in the game earlier this season at Lehigh.
• Princeton has held its last three opponents (Lafayette, Arizona State, Penn) to a combined 16 of 66 (.242) from 3-point range.
• The Tigers have committed an average of 7.3 turnovers over the last three games, down from an average of 13.6 over the first 10 games.
FINAL/OT | Princeton 68, Penn 65
— Princeton Basketball (@Princeton_Hoops) January 6, 2019
A thriller in Jadwin goes to the Tigers! What an opening to the @IvyLeague season! pic.twitter.com/e44ijvMCRD
Team Stats
PENN
PRIN
FG%
.419
.378
3FG%
.250
.240
FT%
.615
.500
RB
44
40
TO
15
8
STL
3
7
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
20
FGM
9
3FGM
0
FTM
2
Pts
12
FGM
6
3FGM
0
FTM
0
Pts
11
FGM
5
3FGM
1
FTM
0
Pts
10
FGM
4
3FGM
2
FTM
0
Players Mentioned
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