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Princeton holds off Columbia, 53-46
Young paces win with 21 points, seven assists, six rebounds
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Princeton
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27
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26
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53
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Columbia
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22
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24
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46
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PRINCETON
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Min
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FG
M-A
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FT
M-A
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Reb
O-T
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A
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F
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PTS
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Baah
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1
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0-0
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0-0
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0-0
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0
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0
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0
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Young
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38
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8-14
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4-6
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3-6
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7
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4
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21
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El-Nokali
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38
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0-3
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0-1
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0-3
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1
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3
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0
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Gloger
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33
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4-9
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0-0
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0-3
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1
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2
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9
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Chapman
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39
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2-5
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2-2
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0-4
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3
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2
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7
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Bechtold
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19
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2-5
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3-4
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0-2
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0
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0
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9
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Robins
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30
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2-5
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0-0
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0-2
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0
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2
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5
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Walton
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2
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1-1
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0-1
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1-2
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0
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0
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2
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TOTALS
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200
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19-42
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9-14
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4-22
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12
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13
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53
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Percentages: Fg-.452, Ft-.643. 3-Point Goals: 6-20, .300 (Gloger 1-4, Robins 1-2, Young 1-3, El-Nokali 0-2, Chapman 1-4, Bechtold 2-5). Team Rebounds: 2. Blocked Shots: None. Turnovers: 10 (Young 4, El-Nokali 2, Gloger 2, Robins 2). Steals: 10 (Young 5, Chapman 2, El-Nokali 1, Gloger 1, Robins 1). Technical Fouls: 0. Attendance: 2,797.
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COLUMBIA
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Min
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FG
M-A
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FT
M-A
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Reb
O-T
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A
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F
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PTS
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Case
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31
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2-5
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1-1
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2-5
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1
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4
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5
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Duerksen
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31
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1-3
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2-2
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1-2
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2
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3
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4
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Austin
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35
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9-16
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3-4
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0-1
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1
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5
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24
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Munoz
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12
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0-1
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0-0
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0-0
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0
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2
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0
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McBrien
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31
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3-9
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0-0
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1-4
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1
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1
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8
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Mayo
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28
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1-3
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0-0
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0-4
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3
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2
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3
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Hernandez
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14
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1-1
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0-0
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0-3
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1
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0
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2
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Wiedemann
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17
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0-1
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0-0
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0-3
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0
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2
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0
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Merley
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1
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0-0
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0-0
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0-0
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0
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0
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0
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TOTALS
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200
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17-39
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6-7
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4-22
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9
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19
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46
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Percentages: Fg-.436, Ft-.857. 3-Point Goals: 6-12, .500 (Mayo 1-2, Austin 3-4, Duerksen 0-1, Case 0-2, McBrien 2-3). Team Rebounds: 3. Blocked Shots: 3 (Wiedemann 2, Case). Turnovers: 16 (Mayo 4, Austin 3, Hernandez 3, Case 2, Munoz 2, McBrien 1, Wiedemann 1). Steals: 3 (Mayo 2, Hernandez 1). Technical Fouls: 0.
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By Justin Feil
For Packet OnLine
Saturday, Jan. 29, 2000
Columbia head coach Armond Hill always has something different in store for
the men's basketball team from Princeton, his alma mater.
Saturday night, Hill's Lions chose not to double team the Tigers' Chris
Young and initially it slowed the star and his teammates, who fell behind,
5-0, in the first four minutes of the game.
But Young got rolling with a steal and a dunk that tied the score at 7-7,
and Princeton was able to pull away from a seesaw game to win, 53-46. Young
finished with 21 points to lead the Tigers, who improved to 2-0 in the Ivy
League to remain the only undefeated league team along with Pennsylvania.
The Tigers are 10-7 overall.
Young also contributed seven assists, six rebounds and five steals.
"I was surprised that they didn't double him," PU head coach Bill Carmody
said. "We just told him to try to take over the game. 'You have to be the
guy that scores. Don't pass the ball as much,' because they were playing
him man-to-man. They weren't doubling him as much as we expected. They let
him get the ball.
"Usually they at least play in front, but they only doubled a little bit. I
think we've been shooting the ball pretty well and that may have been why."
But other than Young, who shot 8-for-14 from the floor, the rest of the Tigers combined to shoot just 11-for-28 and just six-for-20 from
three-point range. But Princeton got the big shot when it needed it.
Young's 12 points led Princeton to a 27-22 halftime lead, but Columbia came
out immediately and Craig Austin, who finished with a game-high 24 points,
hit a long three-pointer to make the first of three second-half tie scores,
29-29 with 16:30 to play. The game went back and forth as Young hit a hook
shot to give Princeton a short-lived lead.
With 15:44 left, Columbia took its first lead of the game since the
3:20 mark of the first half when Lions center Mike McBrien stepped out to
hit a three-pointer to make it 32-31.
"I was hoping we could come out and jump on them and maybe they'd give up,"
Carmody said. "I know they wouldn't, Armond is always so prepared for us.
It would have been nice to hold a big lead like (Friday night)."
Princeton's Ray Robins, in his third career start, helped the team regain
the lead when he stole the ball the next time down and finished the play
with a double-pump dunk to give the Tigers the lead again.
After one more lead change, on another Austin three-pointer, Princeton
would regain the lead for good when Young followed a Mike Bechtold
three-pointer with a short hook to make the score 38-36 with 9:06 left.
One moment of trepidation came when Young picked up his fourth foul with
5:10 to go and Princeton ahead 43-38. Less than 10 seconds
later, Young earned a jump ball when he stuffed Columbia guard Treg
Duerksen under the basket, but Princeton's heart skipped a beat.
"I was straight up and down," Young said. "I was not going to give up a
score. I had confidence in the officiating."
But in came Nate Walton, who took the court with his right hand heavily
bandaged. Walton logged just two minutes officially, but they were crucial.
Austin picked up his fourth foul guarding the junior forward (Walton missed
the front end of the one-and-one which he shot with his left
hand), and 30 seconds later he followed a missed layup by Spencer Gloger
with a putback to give Princeton a seven-point lead, 45-38.
Young closed the game strongly with a hook shot, a backdoor feed to Gloger,
who finished with nine points, and a late free throw. For him, it was a
more satisfying finish to a weekend that saw him score just six points the
night before against Cornell in a 15-point win.
"A night like last night, when I only have three shots but we win by 15,"
Young began, "I think that's just as successful as me scoring 20 and
winning by two. Anybody wants to be a big part of the win but sometimes you
have to stick to your role."
Saturday, that role included scoring against a team that chose not to
double team the all-Ivy center. And that helped Princeton to its 25th Ivy
League weekend sweep in its last 29 tries.
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