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| Princeton (7-13, 5-2 Ivy) |
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28 |
41 |
| Penn (15-6, 7-0 Ivy) |
23 |
37 |
60 |
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| Keys to the Game |
| Key sequence |
Luke Owings got a conventional three-point play to cap off a 10-2 Tiger run that drew Princeton to within 10 at 40-30 with 10:37 left. Penn’s Eric Osmundson couldn’t connect from outside the arc and Princeton got the ball back, but Justin Conway’s pass was picked off by Ibby Jaaber, who took it in for a fastbreak layup. Then Owings got tangled up with Mark Zoller driving along the baseline and was called for falling out of bounds. Brian Grandieri missed on a jumper and Scott Greenman got open for a three-pointer that would have cut the Tiger deficit to single digits, but his shot missed everything. At the other end, Steve Danley grabbed the rebound off an Osmundson miss, was fouled, and hit both free throws to restore Penn’s lead to 14. |
| Key sign it was over |
Owings and Greenman led one final charge to trim the Quakers’ lead to 48-38 with 4:36 remaining. But Ibby Jaaber got into the lane and hit a running shot to put Penn up 12. Conway slipped at the other end and was whistled for traveling, then Jaaber hit another runner in the paint to make it 52-38 with under three minutes left. |
| Key performance |
Steve Danley. The Penn big man had been struggling of late, but he came up big at both ends of the floor. Danley was instrumental in shutting down Princeton inside when the Tigers tried to get to the hoop in the first half, blocking a couple of shots and affecting a number of others. He held Princeton’s centers to just two points against six turnovers. On offense Danley finished tied for game-high scoring honors with 18 points, including a 10-for-13 performance at the free throw line. |
| Key statistic |
Princeton’s 4-for-15 three-point shooting. It could have been Penn’s 28-12 scoring edge in the paint or its 20-3 advantage in points off turnovers, but those were somewhat expected. Princeton needed to get open looks from three-point range and hit them if it was to hang with Penn. The Tigers had been doing exactly that of late, shooting 42.2 percent from three during their four-game winning streak. But while Princeton got open from three-point range in the first half, it missed some shots it would normally knock down. In the second half the Tigers attempted just five three-pointers and finished the game shooting a disappointing 26.7 percent from beyond the arc. |
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| Notes |
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Owings played well for the Tigers with a team-high 18 points. |
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Danley, Jaaber, and Mark Zoller combined for 50 points on 15-of-28 shooting. The trio also added 20 rebounds, eight assists, four blocks, and seven steals. |
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Despite suffering a separated shoulder on Saturday night, Osmundson logged 36 minutes and even knocked down a big three-pointer in transition that put Penn up 18 in the second half. |
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After letting most of the contact go in the first half, the officials called a very tight game in the second half. Penn’s six free throw attempts were the only free throw attempts for either team in the first stanza. After halftime the two teams combined to shoot 35 free throws. Both took advantage of the opportunities, with Princeton going 15-for-16 at the stripe (93.8 percent) and Penn hitting 21 of 25 (84.0 percent). |
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Both teams posted very meager assist totals — eight for Penn and just five for Princeton. Shockingly, it was the fourth time this season the Tigers have finished with five or fewer assists. |
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Princeton’s 17 turnovers were the most for the Tigers in Ivy League play, and Penn’s 10 tunovers were the fewest on the season by a league foe against Princeton. |
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Princeton had zero individual offensive rebounds, as the Tigers’ three offensive boards were all of the team variety. Penn had eight offensive boards and only one was a team rebound. |
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Scott drew a technical foul at the 8:09 mark of the first half with his team trailing by two. The move didn’t help much, as Penn went on to finish off an 11-0 run that gave the Quakers a 19-8 lead. Scott said after the game that he was told he received the technical for coming out on the court. |
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Princeton’s 13-point first half tied its third-lowest total in a first half this year. The Tigers went to the locker room at halftime with 13 points against Lafayette and scored only 11 in the first stanza against Colgate and Monmouth. |
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The Princeton bench went scoreless in 28 total minutes. The Penn reserves weren’t much better, tallying seven points in 27 combined minutes. Each coach used just seven players. |
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The game did not come close to selling out, with an announced crowd of 7,802. |
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