Today’s Action
7:30 PM: Pennsylvania (9-21, 6-7 Ivy) vs. Princeton (16-11, 9-4 Ivy)
Normally, the last home game of the regular season provides a chance for a team’s fans to pay tribute to the seniors on the team for their efforts over the last four years. However, the Quakers find themselves in an odd situation, without so much as a single senior on the roster. Instead, Pennsylvania will try to end on a good note in what has been season of growth for this young squad, and finish .500 in conference play. To do it, they will have to defeat a solid Princeton Tigers team that handily defeated the Quakers, 65-53, back in January. In that contest, the Tigers’ T.J. Bray did the bulk of the damage for Princeton going 6-11 from downtown en route to a game-high 23 points. Princeton may come into play tonight a deflated bunch, having lost 2 games last weekend to lose control of 1st place in the Ivy League and the automatic NCAA tournament bid.
The Tigers generally compete in low-scoring affairs due to a pace among the 20 slowest in all of college basketball. Do not be fooled by the lack of points though, as Princeton actually sports an efficient offense, ranking top 50 in the league in FG% at 46.2%. The Tigers funnel their offense through big man Ian Hummer who at 16.2 points, 6.4 rebounds, and 4.1 assists per game, leads the Tigers in all three categories. Look for him to have a big performance in what will likely be his last collegiate game.
Pennsylvania has talent on this young team and has shown the capability this season to win some big games in the Ivy League. With the entire roster returning next season for the Quakers, it would be great to reinforce the idea that they can beat any of their upper-echelon conference foes on a given night.
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