Princeton University Athletics
Friday, February 22
Princeton, N.J.
8:00 PM
Princeton University
14-8, 6-3Ivy
68
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59
Cornell
13-12, 5-4Ivy
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Ryan Schwieger led Princeton with 23 points Friday night.
Photo by: Beverly Schaefer
Schwieger's Career Night Helps Lift Tigers to Win Over Cornell
February 22, 2019 | Men's Basketball
Ryan Schwieger scored a career-high 23 points as the Princeton men's basketball team moved into a tie for second place in the Ivy League standings with a 68-59 win over Cornell Friday night in Jadwin Gym.
Heading into Saturday's play, Yale leads at 8-1, two games in front of Princeton and Harvard at 6-3. Cornell is fourth at 5-4 with Brown one game out of the final Ivy League Tournament spot at 4-5. The Bulldogs and Crimson will meet Saturday in New Haven.Â
"Ryan, like a lot of really good guards that we've had, just put us on his back, put their players on his back and got easy hoops for us," Mitch Henderson, the Franklin C. Cappon-Edward G. Green '40 head coach of Princeton men's basketball, said. "Jerome (Desrosiers) with a double-double, and then Myles (Stephens) again, second time in a row against (Cornell's Matt) Morgan. Morgan is so difficult to guard. He's so hard to guard."
An early 12-0 run put Princeton up for all of the final 37 minutes of the game, though Cornell made it interesting late. Princeton's lead grew as large as 18 points at 54-36 with less than 14 minutes to go, but Cornell answered that with a 14-0 run to pull within four with less than nine minutes to go.
The Tigers, however, never let Cornell closer than two points in the second half, turning back a Big Red rally once Cornell cut the gap to 59-57 and then 61-59, last with less than five minutes to go. Princeton closed the game on a 7-0 run, keeping Cornell off the board for the final 4:50. During that stretch, Princeton held the Big Red to 0 of 10 from the field to pull away.
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Jaelin Llewellyn, with 15 points, and Jerome Desrosiers, with 11, joined Schwieger in double figures for the Tigers, and Riley Voss led Cornell with 13 points while Princeton held the Ivy League's leading scorer, Matt Morgan, to 12 points, 11.6 below his per-game average entering the night.
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Princeton helped its cause by outshooting Cornell 43.1 percent to 38.6 percent and outrebounding the Big Red 41-30. Princeton's 12 offensive rebounds led to an 11-4 edge in second-chance points, and despite Princeton committing one more turnover than Cornell, 12-11, the Tigers outdid the Big Red in points off turnovers, 19-14.
"That's a really important win for us and we've got to get two on the weekend," Henderson said. "I've been telling the guys, this is the time of year you really want to be playing well. We're getting there. I can feel it. I was telling them, I can feel it coming and I think we're getting really close."
The Tigers will aim for the weekend sweep Saturday with an 8 p.m. tip against Columbia.
Postgame Notes
• Princeton now leads the all-time series against Cornell 149-81 and has won 13 of the 16 meetings in Mitch Henderson's eight seasons as coach.
• Sophomore Ryan Schwieger's career scoring best entering the night was 15 points, set and matched in back-to-back games against Wesley on Jan. 27 and Columbia on Feb. 1. He also tied his career high with six rebounds.
• Myles Stephens remained in 13th place on Princeton's career scoring list, now with 1,253 points. He's 24 back of Gabe Lewullis '99 (1,277) for 12th. He also tied his career high with three blocked shots.
• Freshman Jaelin Llewellyn's seven rebounds were a career best, surpassing his previous best of six.
• Sophomore Jerome Desrosiers had his first career double-double, scoring 11 points and grabbing 10 rebounds.
Heading into Saturday's play, Yale leads at 8-1, two games in front of Princeton and Harvard at 6-3. Cornell is fourth at 5-4 with Brown one game out of the final Ivy League Tournament spot at 4-5. The Bulldogs and Crimson will meet Saturday in New Haven.Â
"Ryan, like a lot of really good guards that we've had, just put us on his back, put their players on his back and got easy hoops for us," Mitch Henderson, the Franklin C. Cappon-Edward G. Green '40 head coach of Princeton men's basketball, said. "Jerome (Desrosiers) with a double-double, and then Myles (Stephens) again, second time in a row against (Cornell's Matt) Morgan. Morgan is so difficult to guard. He's so hard to guard."
An early 12-0 run put Princeton up for all of the final 37 minutes of the game, though Cornell made it interesting late. Princeton's lead grew as large as 18 points at 54-36 with less than 14 minutes to go, but Cornell answered that with a 14-0 run to pull within four with less than nine minutes to go.
The Tigers, however, never let Cornell closer than two points in the second half, turning back a Big Red rally once Cornell cut the gap to 59-57 and then 61-59, last with less than five minutes to go. Princeton closed the game on a 7-0 run, keeping Cornell off the board for the final 4:50. During that stretch, Princeton held the Big Red to 0 of 10 from the field to pull away.
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11:33 2nd | Princeton 54, Cornell 43
— Princeton Basketball (@Princeton_Hoops) February 23, 2019
Ryan Schwieger scoops up the loose ball and works for the bucket, and Princeton's lead is now 11. Watch the game here: https://t.co/eXl1E4TgEj pic.twitter.com/NaJSSv24MG
Jaelin Llewellyn, with 15 points, and Jerome Desrosiers, with 11, joined Schwieger in double figures for the Tigers, and Riley Voss led Cornell with 13 points while Princeton held the Ivy League's leading scorer, Matt Morgan, to 12 points, 11.6 below his per-game average entering the night.
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FINAL | Princeton 68, Cornell 59
— Princeton Basketball (@Princeton_Hoops) February 23, 2019
Ryan Schwieger put in a career-high 23 points, Richmond Aririguzoh adds the exclamation point with this dunk, and it's a W tonight in Jadwin! pic.twitter.com/oFp0Mf2rJe
Princeton helped its cause by outshooting Cornell 43.1 percent to 38.6 percent and outrebounding the Big Red 41-30. Princeton's 12 offensive rebounds led to an 11-4 edge in second-chance points, and despite Princeton committing one more turnover than Cornell, 12-11, the Tigers outdid the Big Red in points off turnovers, 19-14.
"That's a really important win for us and we've got to get two on the weekend," Henderson said. "I've been telling the guys, this is the time of year you really want to be playing well. We're getting there. I can feel it. I was telling them, I can feel it coming and I think we're getting really close."
The Tigers will aim for the weekend sweep Saturday with an 8 p.m. tip against Columbia.
Postgame Notes
• Princeton now leads the all-time series against Cornell 149-81 and has won 13 of the 16 meetings in Mitch Henderson's eight seasons as coach.
• Sophomore Ryan Schwieger's career scoring best entering the night was 15 points, set and matched in back-to-back games against Wesley on Jan. 27 and Columbia on Feb. 1. He also tied his career high with six rebounds.
• Myles Stephens remained in 13th place on Princeton's career scoring list, now with 1,253 points. He's 24 back of Gabe Lewullis '99 (1,277) for 12th. He also tied his career high with three blocked shots.
• Freshman Jaelin Llewellyn's seven rebounds were a career best, surpassing his previous best of six.
• Sophomore Jerome Desrosiers had his first career double-double, scoring 11 points and grabbing 10 rebounds.
Team Stats
COR
PRIN
FG%
.386
.431
3FG%
.240
.348
FT%
.818
.714
RB
30
41
TO
11
12
STL
7
7
Game Leaders
Pts
23
FGM
8
3FGM
2
FTM
5
Pts
15
FGM
6
3FGM
2
FTM
1
Pts
11
FGM
3
3FGM
2
FTM
3
Pts
8
FGM
3
3FGM
2
FTM
0
Players Mentioned
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