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One-and-out for Princeton in NIT
Ice-cold Tigers connect on one of 17 three-pointers in 55-41 loss
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Princeton
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15
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26
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41
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Penn State
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31
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24
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55
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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
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A
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F
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PTS
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Baah
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4
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0-0
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2-2
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0
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0
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1
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2
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Rocca
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25
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1-2
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4-8
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4
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0
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3
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6
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Young
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39
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8-17
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0-0
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11
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4
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4
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16
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El-Nokali
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28
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0-4
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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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1
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Gloger
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37
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4-14
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1-2
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4
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0
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2
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10
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Chapman
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18
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0-2
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0-0
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1
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3
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1
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0
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Robins
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12
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0-3
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0-0
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1
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0
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0
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0
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Walton
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36
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3-7
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0-0
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8
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6
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3
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6
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TOTALS
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200
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16-50
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8-14
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29
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13
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16
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42
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Percentages: Fg-.320, Ft-.571. 3-Point Goals: 1-17, .059 (Chapman 0-2, Robins 0-3, Young 0-3, Gloger 1-7, El-Nokali 0-1, Walton 0-1). Team Rebounds: 1. Blocked Shots: 3 (Young 2, Gloger 1). Turnovers: 12 (Walton 5, Young 5, Baah 1, Rocca 1). Steals: 9 (Rocca 2, Walton 2, Young 2, Baah 1, Gloger 1, Robins 1). Technical Fouls: 0. Attendance: 6,008.
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PENN STATE
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Min
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FG
M-A
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FT
M-A
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Reb
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A
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F
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PTS
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Stephens
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36
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4-10
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3-4
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16
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2
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1
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11
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Ivory
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27
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3-10
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3-6
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2
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3
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2
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9
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Crispin, Joe
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29
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4-9
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0-0
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4
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3
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1
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11
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Crispin, Jon
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32
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3-7
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0-0
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2
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0
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0
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9
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Watkins
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11
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0-2
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0-0
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1
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3
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0
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0
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Cline-Heard
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24
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1-4
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0-1
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6
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0
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2
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2
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Smith
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20
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2-4
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0-0
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3
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1
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1
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6
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Jackson
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15
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3-4
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1-2
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4
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0
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0
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7
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Banta
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3
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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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0
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Vossekuil
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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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0
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Krimmel
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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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0
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McGovern
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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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1
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0
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TOTALS
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200
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20-50
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7-13
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38
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12
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8
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55
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Percentages: Fg-.400, Ft-.538. 3-Point Goals: 8-18, .444 (Ivory 0-3, Joe Crispin 3-5, Jon Crispin 3-6, Watkins 0-1, Smith 2-3). Team Rebounds: 2. Blocked Shots: 4 (Stephens 1, Jackson 1, Joe Crispin 1, Jon Crispin 1). Turnovers: 16 (Joe Crispin 7, Ivory 3, Krimmel 2, Smith 2, Cline-Heard 1). Steals: 6 (Cline-Heard 2, Stephens 2, Jackson 1, Krimmel 1). Technical Fouls: 1.
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By John Dixon
For Packet OnLine
Wednesday, March 15, 2000
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Princeton dug itself an 18-3 hole early against Penn State Wednesday night and could never climb out, falling 55-41 in a first-round NIT game.
In their worst shooting performance of the season, the Tigers hit just one of their first 15 shots and missed all 11 first-half three-pointers. For the game, Princeton connected on just one of 17 three-pointers.
"There wasn't much good out there," said Princeton coach Bill Carmody of the Tigers' performance. "Penn State was tough on us and controlled the game from the outset. We never threatened. Penn State didn't shoot that much better than us but they did get some easy buckets. It could have been worse. We didn't play that well."
Penn State, which improved to 16-15, jumped out to an early 7-0 lead on five quick points from junior guard Joe Crispin and a putback by Carl Jackson.
After Princeton center Chris Young responded with the Tigers' first two points of the game, Penn State went on an 11-1 run to extend its lead to 15 midway through the half.
The Tigers cut the lead to nine with a 7-0 run of their own, but Penn State scored five of the last six points in the half to go into the locker room with a 31-15 lead.
In the second half, Princeton pulled to within 11 points, 37-26, with 13 minutes left. But it missed six consecutive chances to cut the margin to single digits. After stopping Penn State on five possessions, Princeton missed five consecutive shots and turned the ball over once.
After Young missed a three-pointer on Princeton's fifth missed opportunity, Penn State's Gyasi Cline-Heard scored off a fast break to push the lead back to 13.
The Tigers (19-11), who failed to win 20 games for the first time in five years, twice narrowed the lead to 10 — 42-32 with 7:36 left and 44-34 with 5:30 to go. But all-Big 10 forward Jarrett Stephens iced the game for the Nittany Lions with two consecutive tip-ins.
"We really didn't stop them," Carmody said of Penn State. "If they missed it was because they missed shots, it wasn't anything we did."
Princeton entered the game as a battered and bruised team, but Carmody didn't use that as an excuse for the play of his Tigers.
"Injuries really didn't enter into it," Carmody said of the loss. "Penn State outplayed us. It didn't matter who was out there. We didn't hit anything. We missed a lot of three-pointers. We missed a lot of layups and Penn State had a lot to do with that.
"We finished 19-11 and it was a disjointed year with all the injuries, and I think we were a little worn out mentally," Carmody said.
Mason Rocca, who missed the last three games with tendinitis in his ankle, played 25 minutes against Penn State. He was one of two from the field and four of eight of the foul line, and he pulled down four rebounds in the final game of his career.
"Mason told me he wanted to play," said Carmody. "So I told him to get out there."
Young finished with a double-double of 11 rebounds and 16 points. Also hitting for double figures was Gloger with 10 points.
Led by senior Jarrett Stephens' 16 rebounds, Penn State controlled the boards 38-29. Stephens and Joe Crispin each had 11 points for Penn State.
"I thought the first 12 to 13 minutes of the game and the two tip-ins by Jarrett were huge," said Penn State coach Jerry Dunn. "We concentrated on stopping their threes and cutting off the back-door play of theirs and I think we did a decent job on both.
"When Princeton has those two things going for them, they can really demoralize a team with that and the way they spread the floor when they hit threes," he said. "Also, the fact that we held them to only seven offensive rebounds was huge."
Penn State had lost six of its last eight games and nine of its last 12. Princeton had won six straight before ending the regular season
with a 73-52 loss to Ivy League champ Penn.
"It didn't show tonight but we have some decent players out there," said Carmody. "I'm worried about the
competitiveness and the hardness of the players. The 1-for-17 three-point shooting isn't of major concern but you can't miss so many lay-ups and three-point shots. We are young and need to be more competitive."
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