2/15 @ Brown
Final: 68-58
The Princeton Tigers faced off against the Ivy League's #2 team, the Brown Bears, and had their first close conference game of the season. Brown made life difficult all game long and held Princeton to just 26 first-half points as Princeton held a four point advantage at the break. Princeton would eventually pull away a bit in the second half before Brown came back to get within 10 points, but Princeton would come away with a solid 10 point road win to pretty much seal up the Ivy League Championship, barring some shocking upsets. Coach Frizzell beamed, "We didn't play great out there today and we definitely missed Swift's post presence. Our offense was a bit stagnant at times and we just didn't look all that good. I hope this shows our guys that we are capable of losing a conference game, so we can't let our guard down in the future." Brand new starter Timon Michaud, filling in for the injured Cassiand Swift, led the team with 16 points and 11 rebounds. Meanwhile, C.J. Harrington had one of his better games with 9 points and a career-high 10 rebounds. Wendell Lalugba struggled shooting from the perimeter where he was only 2-9, but still managed 15 points and 6 rebounds while Cedric Tchana ended with 12 points and 4 assists.
Princeton is now 21-4 (7-0).
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Strong Second Half Propels Princeton Past Cornell
2/16 @ Cornell
Final: 79-52
The Princeton Tigers had their hands full early in this one as the Big Red surprisingly jumped out to an early lead and held onto it for most of the first half, going up by 10 at one point. However, Princeton would claw back into it by the end of the half and would hold a 35-33 lead at halftime. Coach Frizzell would say something at halftime to get the team fired up, though, as the Tigers were absolutely on fire in the second half, outscoring the Big Red 44-19 and ending up with a 27 point blowout win. "I just told the guys to play Princeton basketball; that's all," responded Coach Frizzell when asked what he said at halftime. "We just executed there in the second half and that's all we need to do." Princeton only sported one player in double-figures in this one and that someone was who else but Wendell Lalugba. Lalugba had a stellar game, draining six shots from beyond the arc and ending with 26 points. Reynold Gross assisted quite a few of those shots as he ended with 9 points, 4 assists, and 4 steals. Kirby Guzman got into the action off the bench as the freshman tallied 8 points and a career-high 7 rebounds.
Princeton is now 22-4 (8-0).
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Mid-Major Top 10 Poll
Princeton moved up one slot in the latest mid-major top 25 poll as the Princeton Tigers are now ranked #6 in the poll. Miami-OH (21-3) maintains their stranglehold of the top spot. Meanwhile, Wisconsin-Milwaukee (22-1) continues to strangely not be #1. The top four teams in the mid-major poll are also ranked in the AP Poll.
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Ivy League Conference Standings
1. Princeton 22-4 (8-0)
2. Brown 16-8 (6-2)
3. Yale 7-14 (4-4)
4. Penn 10-3 (4-4)
5. Cornell 12-9 (4-4)
6. Harvard 12-10 (4-3)
7. Dartmouth 7-17 (1-6)
8. Columbia 4-16 (0-8)
Leaders
Points - Bobby Joe Hannan, C (Harvard): 18.4 PPG
Rebounds - Cassiand Swift, C (Princeton): 12.6 RPG
Assists - Reynold Gross, PG (Princeton): 5.3 RPG
Steals - J.R. Adler, PG (Yale): 1.7 SPG
Blocks - Carlton Hanson, C (Penn): 2.3 BPG
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