 |
Princeton falls to Yale on road again
Tigers hit just two of 16 threes in 44-42 upset
|
Princeton
|
19
|
23
|
42
|
|
Yale
|
20
|
24
|
44
|
|
|
PRINCETON
|
Min
|
FG
M-A
|
FT
M-A
|
Reb
O-T
|
A
|
F
|
PTS
|
|
Baah
|
3
|
0-0
|
1-2
|
0-0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
|
Young
|
39
|
6-16
|
4-8
|
2-10
|
4
|
2
|
17
|
|
El-Nokali
|
26
|
0-2
|
0-0
|
0-0
|
0
|
5
|
0
|
|
Chapman
|
36
|
1-7
|
0-0
|
0-4
|
1
|
3
|
2
|
|
Bechtold
|
36
|
1-3
|
0-0
|
0-6
|
3
|
2
|
2
|
|
Robins
|
36
|
4-10
|
2-2
|
2-5
|
0
|
0
|
11
|
|
Walton
|
24
|
4-6
|
1-2
|
0-4
|
0
|
2
|
9
|
|
TOTALS
|
200
|
16-44
|
8-14
|
4-29
|
8
|
14
|
42
|
|
Percentages: Fg-.364, Ft-.571. 3-Point Goals: 2-16, .125 (Bechtold 0-2, Robins 1-5, Young 1-3, El-Nokali 0-1). Team Rebounds: 2. Blocked Shots: 10 (Young 6, Robins 2, Chapman 1, Walton 1). Turnovers: 10 (Bechtold 3, Walton 3, El-Nokali 1, Young 1). Steals: 5 (Walton 2, Young 2, Baah 1). Technical Fouls: 0. Attendance: 2,811.
|
YALE
|
Min
|
FG
M-A
|
FT
M-A
|
Reb
O-T
|
A
|
F
|
PTS
|
|
Leanza
|
40
|
5-13
|
0-1
|
1-5
|
6
|
1
|
13
|
|
Woodbine
|
38
|
4-10
|
1-2
|
1-7
|
3
|
1
|
10
|
|
Yanke
|
24
|
2-7
|
2-2
|
2-14
|
0
|
4
|
6
|
|
Smith
|
6
|
0-3
|
0-0
|
0-1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
|
Williams
|
36
|
3-10
|
0-0
|
0-1
|
1
|
2
|
6
|
|
Kirkowski
|
13
|
0-1
|
0-0
|
1-2
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
|
Kritzer
|
21
|
2-3
|
1-1
|
1-3
|
2
|
3
|
5
|
|
Parkhurst
|
21
|
1-6
|
2-2
|
1-1
|
1
|
2
|
4
|
|
McHugh
|
1
|
0-0
|
0-0
|
0-0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
TOTALS
|
200
|
17-53
|
6-8
|
7-34
|
15
|
13
|
44
|
|
Percentages: Fg-.321, Ft-.750. 3-Point Goals: 4-13, .308 (Williams 0-1, Woodbine 1-3, Leanza 3-7, Smith 0-1, Kritzer 0-1). Team Rebounds: 4. Blocked Shots: 4 (Kritzer 1, Williams 1, Yanke 1, Kirkowski 1). Turnovers: 12 (Leanza 5, Yanke 3, Woodbine 2, Smith 1, Williams 1). Steals: 2 (Kritzer 1, Woodbine 1). Technical Fouls: 0.
|
For Packet OnLine
Saturday, Feb. 5, 2000
Yale limited Princeton to two of 16 shooting from three-point range Saturday night and upset the Tigers for the second straight time, 44-42.
Princeton, which trailed the final 14 minutes of the game, had an opportunity to tie it in the final seconds, but a shot by center Chris Young was blocked as time ran out.
The Tigers, who were never down by more than six, pulled to within two when Ray Robins hit both ends of a one and one with 2:40 left and had three opportunities to tie the score. But they turned the ball over on one possession and had shots blocked on two other trips.
After Robins hit his free throws, Princeton stopped Yale on its next possession. But Young let the ball go off his hands on the other end after slipping near the basket.
After Yale's Onaje Woodbine missed a jump shot with 1:20 to go, the Tigers worked the ball into Nate Walton, who had his shot blocked by Tom Kritzer.
On Yale's final possession, Jason Williams missed with about 12 seconds left and the Tigers got the ball back after it was knocked out of bounds by the Bulldogs. That set up Princeton's final failed attempt, with eight seconds left.
The loss left Princeton 3-1 in the Ivy League, a full game behind Penn, which blew out Brown, 83-48, Saturday night. Yale, which lost to Penn 61-36 Friday night, improved to 6-11 and 3-3 in the league.
Last year in New Haven, Yale upset Princeton 60-58 in double overtime to snap an 11-game losing streak to the Tigers. The game followed Princeton's stunning 50-49 comeback win over Penn at the Palestra.
Against Yale Saturday night, Young led Princeton with 17 points, but he was held scoreless over the final 10 minutes. He pulled down 10 rebounds, had six blocked shots — setting a new Princeton season record — and handed out four assists. Robins added 11 points and Walton had nine for the Tigers.
The Tigers hit just one three-pointer each half, and shot 36 percent from the field for the night. Yale, which connected on just 23 percent of its shots against Penn Friday night, shot 32 percent from the field Saturday night.
Princeton was forced to play much of the game without point guard Ahmed El-Nokali, who got into foul trouble early and fouled out with 5:22 to go. El-Nokali picked up his fourth personal with about 13 minutes left and sat out about six minutes before picking up his fifth a minute after re-entering the game.
Princeton, which trailed 19-18 at the half, was never able to get untracked offensively despite jumping out to a quick 4-0 lead on a Ray Robins dunk following the opening tip and a jumper by Mike Bechtold. The Tigers extended the lead to six, 13-7, following a length of the court pass from Young to Robins with about 11 minutes to go. But the Tigers scored just one point over the next seven minutes and six the rest of the half.
Princeton was 8 of 20 from the field in the first half, but just one of eight from three-point range. Robins, who came into the game shooting 73 percent from three-point range, missed all three treys. He finished one for five from beyond the arc for the night.
Back to Princeton University Basketball home
|
|
|
TIGER TRIVIA