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Princeton guns down Cornell, 79-43
Tigers sizzle again from behind three-point arc
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Cornell
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27
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16
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43
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Princeton
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42
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37
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79
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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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12
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2-3
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0-0
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0-1
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5
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0
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4
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Rocca
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8
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2-4
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0-0
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1-3
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1
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0
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4
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Young
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27
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5-8
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0-0
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1-7
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2
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2
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10
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El-Nokali
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31
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3-5
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0-0
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1-3
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2
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0
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9
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Gloger
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27
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6-9
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4-4
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0-1
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1
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2
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21
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Chapman
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33
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2-5
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0-0
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1-3
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2
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1
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4
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Bechtold
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9
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1-3
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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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2
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Robins
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17
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5-10
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0-0
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0-1
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2
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1
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14
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Neu
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2
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0-2
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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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Walton
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23
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2-3
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0-1
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0-2
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6
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3
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4
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Rozier-Byrd
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4
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1-1
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0-0
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1-1
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0
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0
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2
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Hegseth
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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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Wente
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4
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0-1
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0-0
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0-1
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0
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1
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0
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Ellis
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1
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1-1
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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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2
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Bernthal
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1
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1-1
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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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3
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TOTALS
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200
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31-56
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4-5
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6-27
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22
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11
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79
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Percentages: Fg-.554, Ft-.800. 3-Point Goals: 13-27, .481 (Chapman 0-2, Robins 4-7, Young 0-2, Gloger 5-7, El-Nokali 3-4, Baah 0-1, Bechtold 0-2, Bernthal 1-1, Walton 0-1). Team Rebounds: 4. Blocked Shots: 3 (Young 2, Robins 1). Turnovers: 12 (Young 4, El-Nokali 2, Walton 2, Chapman 1, Gloger 1, Rocca 1). Steals: 12 (El-Nokali 2, Gloger 2, Walton 2, Chapman 1, Ellis 1, Robins 1, Rozier-Byrd 1, Wente 1, Young 1). Technical Fouls: 0. Attendance: 5,974.
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CORNELL
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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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Prather
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37
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4-15
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0-0
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2-4
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1
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1
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11
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Barratt
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20
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3-5
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2-2
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2-3
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1
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1
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8
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Mercedes
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19
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3-8
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1-2
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2-4
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1
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1
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10
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Kruse
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22
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1-5
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0-0
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4-8
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1
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2
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2
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Brown
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28
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0-7
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1-2
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3-4
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4
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1
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1
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Cuttica
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12
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1-2
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0-0
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0-1
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0
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0
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2
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Rohe
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20
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3-5
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0-0
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2-4
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1
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0
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6
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Muller
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17
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1-2
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0-0
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1-3
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0
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2
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3
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Pieri
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2
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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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0
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0
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Carroll
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21
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0-5
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0-0
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0-1
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1
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0
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0
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Gabler
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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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16-56
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4-6
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16-32
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10
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8
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43
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Percentages: Fg-.286, Ft-.667. 3-Point Goals: 7-20, .350 (Prather 3-8, Mercedes 3-5, Muller 1-2, Pieri 0-1, Carroll 0-3, Rohe 0-1). Team Rebounds: 3. Blocked Shots: 2 (Brown 1, Kruse 1). Turnovers: 19 (Prather 5, Brown 3, Cuttica 3, Muller 3, Barratt 2, Kruse 1, Mercedes 1). Steals: 8 (Kruse 3, Prather 2, Brown 1, Carroll 1, Mercedes). Technical Fouls: 1 (Mercedes).
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By Justin Feil
For Packet OnLine
Saturday, Feb. 19, 2000
The Princeton University men's basketball team came out firing against Cornell and never relented.
The Tigers improved to 15-9 overall, 7-2 in the Ivy League, on Saturday night by shooting 67 percent from three-point range in the first half and 55 percent from the floor for the game to key a 79-43 victory over the Big Red in front of 5,974 fans at Jadwin Gym.
"We shot the ball well," Princeton Coach Bill Carmody said. "We shot the ball well both nights. I think we defended pretty well. It was one of those kinds of nights. We had some open looks and we knocked them down."
The Tigers shot an identical 13-for-27 from three-point land, the same numbers as the night before against Columbia. Spencer Gloger keyed Princeton's 42-27 halftime lead against Cornell by making all four of his
attempts from beyond the arc on the way to a game-high 21 points, 16 which
came in the first 20 minutes of action for the freshman.
Highlighted by Ray Robins' steal and dunk with 17:32 left in the half, the Tigers built an 11-1 lead five minutes into the game when Gloger hit two free throws, the result of a technical foul on Cornell's Ray Mercedes. The Big Red, which fell to 8-15 overall, 1-9 in the Ivies, temporarily made a game of it despite Cornell's leading scorer being immediately yanked from
the lineup for 20 minutes by head coach Scott Thompson.
"He said something to the ref," Carmody said. "So it might just be a policy, I don't know. But I was glad."
Cornell narrowed the lead to four points with more than 11 minutes to play in the half when Derek Kruse hit a short hook shot to make it 17-13. But Gloger found the range on consecutive trips down the court to open
Princeton's lead to 10 points, 23-13, with 9:43 to play before halftime.
After a steal and layup by Cornell's Wallace Prather, who led the Big Red with 11 points, all in the first half, Princeton began to build its lead.
The Tigers took their first 15-point lead when Gloger nailed his fourth three-pointer of the half and Ray Robins followed with another to push Princeton ahead, 40-25, with 1:23 to play.
"I was just hitting my open shots," Gloger said. "When I have open shots, I'm going to take them. I was fortunate they went in. I think having Chris (Young) down there opened them up. That's often the case."
Ahmed El-Nokali had six of his nine points in the first stanza, including 2-for-2 shooting from three-point range, and Robins had eight of his 14 points in the half. Still, Carmody is looking for improvement at the
defensive end from Robins, who did not play in the loss to Pennsylvania on
Tuesday.
"Like I said tonight to Ray after the game, 'You're a pretty good player'," Carmody began. "'The only guy who scores out there is your man. In the beginning of the second half, guys that couldn't put the ball in the basket are scoring. You have to zero in on that... You give up as much as you give us. And you give us a lot, so that means you're giving up an awful lot.'
There's usually a reason why I don't put him in. I might be wrong, but I
want them to improve on that."
In the second half, with Gloger apparently completely recovered from the flu which bothered him Tuesday night and Princeton shooting well as a team from beyond the stripe, the inside opened up. Chris Young was the
benefactor of some outstanding passes from junior forward Nate Walton, who had six assists, to notch all 10 of his points in the second half as Princeton eased away from Cornell. The sophomore center also had a game-high seven rebounds. But the Tigers gave up 16 offensive rebounds to the physical Big Red.
"The only thing I was disappointed in was the offensive rebounds, their offensive rebounds," Carmody said. "That's plagued us all year. Even (Friday) night, Spencer didn't get any rebounds and Ahmed — two pretty big-sized guards — didn't get any rebounds. For the weekend, our guard tandem got four rebounds, so I'd like to see that improve.
"But I was about as happy as I could be with the weekend. I liked watching them play. The ball was moving, guys were moving. They rebounded pretty well after the loss (to Pennsylvania) on Tuesday."
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