FINAL: PENN 60, PRINCETON 47
FINAL: Penn 60, Princeton 47
Well, it's not an Ivy League title, but at least the Quakers can say they stayed above .500 in the league this year. The game went pretty much as expected; Princeton played tough, but just didn't have the offensive firepower to keep up with Penn.
The Quakers sealed the deal with late free throw shooting, and Grandieri got a standing ovation from the Penn crowd when Miller took him out with under a minute to go.
2nd Half, 1:31: Penn 54, Princeton 45
Bernardini and Eggleston fought for the same board, and the ball fell to Briggs, who scored inside. Princeton is in foul mode; Bernardini missed the front end of a one-and-one.
2nd Half, 3:42: Penn 54, Princeton 43
Gaines just showed his natural ability to get to the basket with a nice drive and easy layup. Votel is playing much better D on Finley than Schreiber was, though Finley just got to the line and made one of two.
2nd Half, 5:13: Penn 52, Princeton 42
Now that's more like it for the Quaker offense. First Egee had a nice drive and dish to Eggleston for an easy one, then Bernardini got open off a screen and hit another three, this one from the corner, forcing a Johnson timeout.
2nd Half, 7:13: Penn 47, Princeton 42
Briggs got another layup on a cut to the basket, the Kevin Steuerer hit a three from the corner to cut the Penn lead to two. Bernardini answered with three of his own, off a pass out of a double team from Eggleston.
2nd Half, 9:30: Penn 44, Princeton 37
Schreiber recently re-entered the game and it looks like he is on his way out already after missing a short jumper and getting scored on easily by Finley. Votel has checked back in, presumably for Schreiber. After Finley's basket, Eggleston got the roll on a putback to keep Penn's lead at 7.
2nd Half, 11:48: Penn 40, Princeton 35
Jason Briggs had two nice drives and scores, the second coming after Bernardini airballed a three. Egee continued his smooth stroke, though, and hit a three for the Quakers from the left wing. The tides have turned with fouls; Princeton is already in the penalty.
2nd Half, 15:25: Penn 35, Princeton 31
Bernardini started where he left off in the first half: struggling. He turned it over a couple times and was called for a tripping foul after getting tangled up with Savage. He finally got an open jumper though, moments ago, and hit it from the free throw line. For Princeton, Finley scored easily inside, but then Penn did an effective job doubling him a few possessions later.
1st Half Stats:
Leading Scorers: Penn - Grandieri (10), Princeton - Savage (8)
FGs: Penn - 13-29 (44.8%), Princeton - 7-17 (41.2%)
Really? They only took 17 shots? Gotta love the Princeton offense.
Rebounds: Penn - 16 (4 offensive), Princeton - 15 (3 offensive)
Assists/Turnovers: Penn - 4/5, Princeton - 4/8
3-Pt - Penn - 0-3, Princeton - 1-4,
Now that I think about it, the Tigers did do a great job of not giving Penn, and especially Bernardini, open looks from three.
They're in the midst of a halftime ceremony honoring all of the Princeton Ivy League champions and Players of the Year for the year so far. At least they have something to celebrate in this arena.
Halftime: Penn 29, Princeton 25
Penn piled up the fouls that half, so much so that the Penn crowd let out a sarcastic cheer when a foul was finally called on the Tigers. With some of the Quakers already in foul trouble, it will be interesting to see how Miller shuffles the lineup. He has already made some interesting moves, putting in Brenna Votel, and yes, Joe Gill.
Votel ended the half on a high note for the Quakers, hitting a long jumper when Princeton refused to guard him outside.
1st Half, 3:35: Princeton 22, Penn 21
Penn has looked hapless on offense in the past four minutes. They finally got an easy look at the basket but Bernardini missed a wide open layup, which led to a Koncz three on the other end, giving Princeton its first lead. More bad news for Penn: both Schreiber and Egee have picked up three fouls already.
1st Half, 7:30: Penn 19, Princeton 14
Egee continues to show how improved his jump shot is; he just hit a 15-footer to extend Penn's lead. Savage hit a mid-range J of his own earlier to keep it relatively close. Uncharacteristic play for Grandieri right before the timeout: with Penn on a two-on-one fastbreak, he tried a behind the back pass to Gaines. It was nearly stolen but Gaines recovered it and was fouled.
1st Half, 9:49: Penn 17, Princeton 10
Penn is starting to emerge as the better team. Kevin Egee just extended Penn's lead with a nice up and under on Koncz inside. That's right, he posted up the 6-7 Koncz and scored on him easily.
1st Half, 11:51: Penn 14, Princeton 10
Eggleston just scored on consecutive possessions for Penn. The second came on a forceful slam after a nice pass inside by Schreiber. Jack will be at the line to try to complete the three-point play after the timeout.
Gotta mention this: there is basically no one here and the average age of the people here is probably 75. Who said the rivalry hasn't lost its luster?
1st Half, 14:46: Penn 8, Princeton 6
Grandieri has been Penn's best weapon so far, getting two baskets, one after picking up a loose ball (it seems like he is always around the ball). Zach Finley came off the bench and got two baskets inside for the Tigers, but he just picked up on offensive foul,
Starting Lineups: Like Glen Miller Saturday night, Sydney Johnson is giving all of his seniors the start.
Penn:
G Harrison Gaines
G Brian Grandieri
G Tyler Bernardini
F Jack Eggleston
C Andreas Schreiber
Princeton:
G Matt Sargeant
G Kevin Steuerer
G Zach Woolridge
F Kyle Koncz
F Noah Savage
Rob Gross on hand at Jadwin Gym for the Ivy League season finale. It's going to be an anti-climactic finish tonight no matter what happens, with Cornell having put the wraps on an undefeated season this past weekend, but hopefully these two rivals can give us a good show to close out the year.
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