Game of the Week
Lehigh (4-6) vs. Princeton (5-2) – Wednesday, December 6, 7:30 pm
The Tigers’ seven-game road odyssey is over, and they’ll be playing their first game in front of their home crowd. Obviously it’s still early in the season, but a game against a Patriot League opponent should provide a decent barometer of where Princeton stands at this point. Lehigh had no problems with Cornell, winning 90-71 in Bethlehem back on November 17, but it has struggled away from Stabler Arena this year, going 0-6 — including a loss at Harvard. Both teams will be looking to control the tempo. The Mountain Hawks have been involved in some high-scoring affairs, putting up 90-plus points on three occasions and scoring 87 at Notre Dame, while Princeton’s slow pace tends to keep games in the 50s.

Line of the Week

11.28.2006 vs. Monmouth TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT TP A TO BLK S MIN Zoller, Mark………… 12-16 3-5 2-3 4 7 11 29 3 1 0 2 34
Impressing – Harvard on a roll. The Crimson didn’t get off to the kind of start it was hoping for, dropping three of four to start the season — with two losses coming at home. This past week’s pair of road wins gave Harvard a three-game winning streak and pushed it over the .500 mark. – Zoller. The Penn forward is off to an amazing start, averaging 22.9 points and 7.4 rebounds and shooting 62.5 percent through seven games. Nevada’s Nick Fazekas may be the only player in the country who has played better offensively than Zoller so far this season. – Princeton thriving on the road. After needing 17 games to pick up five victories last season, the Tigers are 5-2 following a solid win over Northwestern State. Princeton’s only losses have come at the hands of quality Loyola University (6-2) and North Dakota State (5-2) squads. – Mark McAndrew. The Brown junior had a breakout week, scoring 20 at Wagner and following that up with 18 against Quinnipiac, leading his team to a pair of much-needed wins. Arguably more impressive, however, were the 21 rebounds he recorded in the two games combined. – Columbia bounces back. The Lions seem incapable of playing a game against Sacred Heart that doesn’t go down to the wire. Saturday’s contest was no exception, but thanks to some torrid Columbia outside shooting, the Light Blue emerged victorious, snapping a two-game skid.		Distressing – Cornell’s late collapses. Leading 60-50 with just over three minutes left against Hartford, and up 13 with five minutes remaining at William & Mary, the Big Red lost both games. Including the close loss at Binghamton, Cornell could be 6-1 with better play in crunch time. – Jeppesen’s departure. In a strange twist in the Keenan Jeppesen saga, the junior left the team — and allegedly the school and the country — late last week. If he ends up at a four-year college, Jeppesen would have only one year of eligibility remaining after sitting out a year. – Yale falls to 1-5. A poor start for Yale got much worse Saturday with a very damning road loss against a struggling Wagner team, leaving the Bulldogs without a Division I win. With some decent talent on his roster, James Jones’s squad should be better than this. – Jaaber’s turnovers. After nearly flawless play for much of last year, it’s shocking to see Ibby Jaaber’s turnover count rising so rapidly. He had his second eight-turnover night on Saturday, and with 31 on the season, he’s already over halfway to his total of 49 for all of last season. – Dartmouth’s public execution. It seemed unfair watching the injury-depleted Big Green get embarrassed by a red-hot Kansas team in a televised game. It was one of the uglier Ivy results in memory, and unfortunately the “highlights” were in heavy rotation on Sportscenter.