Courtesy: Princeton Athletic Communications Ian Hummer and the Tigers will host Columbia Saturday.

Princeton stats: 2012-13 Stats | Columbia stats: 2012-13 Stats

Individual 2012-13 game-by-game: 3 Wilson | 4 Koon | 5 Bray | 11 Fabrizius | 12 Elbuluk | 13 Washington Jr. | 21 Darrow | 22 Clement | 24 Barrett | 25 Serwanga | 30 Brase | 33 Lawrence | 34 Hummer | 40 Garbade | 44 Connolly
Individual career stats can be found here.

Last game's starters:
4 • Denton Koon • F/G • So. • 6-8 • Liberty, Mo.
Last seven games: .609 FG%, 4.1 rpg, 14.4 ppg, team is 6-1 W-L.

5 • T.J. Bray • G • Jr. • 6-5 • New Berlin, Wis.
23:7 assist:turnover ratio during team's 6-of-7 winning run

24 • Will Barrett • F • Jr. • 6-10 • Hartsville, Pa.
Averaging 7.7 rpg over the last three games.

34 • Ian Hummer • F • Sr. • 6-7 • Vienna, Va.
Fourth 20-point game this season, last time out vs. Cornell (22 pts.)

30 • Hans Brase • F • Fr. • 6-8 • Clover, S.C.
Averaging 12.0 rpg over the last two games.

Tonight's top notes:

Last night against Cornell, Denton Koon and Ian Hummer co-led Princeton with 22 points apiece. Koon's total was a career high, the third time this season, all in the last seven games, that he has reset his career high. Princeton opened the game shooting 1 of 10 from the field, leading to a 17-8 Cornell advantage, but shot 63.4 percent from there on out (26-41) and outscored the Red 68-42 the rest of the way. Princeton was ahead 41-40 early in the second half and used a 15-0 run over six-plus minutes to pull away.

On the line Saturday will be a 3-0 start in the Ivy League and the chance to extend two streaks to 20. The Tigers extended their 19-game Ivy home winning streak Friday night against Cornell, and Princeton has defeated Columbia 19 straight times in Jadwin Gym.

Princeton's senior class is 21-2 against Ivy League teams in Jadwin Gym.

Princeton's 19-game home Ivy League winning streak is the program's longest since winning 26 in a row from 1996-99.

Columbia's last win in Jadwin Gym was in 1993. It is one of two active lengthy home winning streaks for Princeton, as Harvard last won in Jadwin in 1989.

Princeton has swept each of the last two visits from Cornell and Columbia. The last win in Jadwin for either of those teams in Jadwin was Cornell's 3-point win (48-45) in 2010, the year it advanced to the NCAA Sweet 16.

Princeton will have its first five Ivy League games at home for the second time in three years. In 2011, the Tigers were able to use the 5-0 start toward a 12-2 Ivy finish.

Princeton is No. 1 in the Ivy League and No. 12 in the nation (through Jan. 27) in scoring defense, now after the Cornell game at 57.0 ppg allowed. The Tigers are also No. 1 in the Ivy in field goal percentage defense at .411, 3-point FG% defense at .322 and scoring margin at +5.9 ppg.

In November, Princeton shot .407 from the field. In December and January, Princeton has shot .476.

The Tigers are 5-0 when they shoot 50 percent or better and 4-7 when they shoot below 50 percent.

The Tigers are 4-0 when they hold opponents below 36 percent shooting and 5-7 when opponents shoot 36 percent or better.

Eight of Princeton's nine wins, including the last eight wins, have come by double-digit point margins. Six of the team's seven losses have come by seven points or fewer.

Princeton is 5-0 when T.J. Bray reaches double digits in points, with wins over Lafayette (17), Kent State (15), Bucknell (11), Elon (12) and Penn (23). Mack Darrow (10 vs. Bucknell) is the only other player where Princeton has won all of his double-digit scoring games.

Two color commentators for Saturday's game, Noah Savage '08 on Princeton radio and Dalen Cuff, a 2006 Columbia alum on NBC Sports Network, played against each other for two seasons. Princeton was 7-1 against Cuff's teams, and Savage's teams were 5-3 against Columbia. In their head-to-head meetings, Princeton won three of four, but Cuff's team won his final meeting with Princeton, 65-64 in New York. Columbia's Justin Armstrong had the go-ahead bucket with 11 seconds to go in that game, and Savage's last try didn't fall as Columbia held on.

Feb. 2 in Princeton basketball history:

Princeton is 16-7 all-time on Feb. 2.

Princeton is 12-3 at home on Feb. 2 and have won five in a row in Jadwin on that date, the last loss coming against Penn in 1985, a 59-49 Quaker win.

Princeton's winning streak on Feb. 2 is only one game, a win in Jadwin over Harvard in 2008, as Yale won in 2007 in New Haven.

Princeton is 2-0 against Columbia on Feb. 2, in New York in 1990 and in Jadwin in 1996. In the Jadwin game, Mitch Henderson had 11 points off the bench as one of three Tigers in double figures. Sydney Johnson '97 had 13 points, and Steve Goodrich '98 had 15.

Against Columbia:

No current Tigers have lost to Columbia, as Princeton has won six straight against the Lions. Though the seniors have a winning record against every Ivy League team during their tenure, the only other team against which they are perfect is Dartmouth.

Princeton's 19-game home win streak against Columbia is its second-longest active home Ivy League win streak. Last season, Princeton was able to extend its home win streak over Harvard to 23 straight games.

Princeton and Columbia have two common non-conference opponents this season. Elon and Bucknell both defeated Columbia, while Princeton defeated both teams.

Princeton and Columbia are ranked No. 1 and No. 2 in the Ivy League in scoring defense, Princeton at 57.0 ppg and Columbia at 60.8. They are also two of the top three in FG% defense, Princeton No. 1 at .411 and Columbia No. 3 at .416.

Princeton and Columbia are two of the top three teams in the Ivy in FG%, Princeton second at .450 and Columbia third at .425, as well as 3-point FG%, Princeton hitting an Ivy third-best .355 and Columbia an Ivy second-best .359. At the other arc, however, Princeton is No. 1 in the Ivy in 3FG% defense, at .322 and Columbia is seventh, at .363 allowed.

Princeton and Columbia are the two best teams in the Ivy in turnover margin, Columbia at +1.82 per game and Princeton at +0.81 per game. They're also the top two teams in assist-to-turnover ratio, Columbia at 1.3:1 and Princeton at 1.1:1.

Only three times since 1972 has Columbia won back-to-back games against Princeton, over two seasons in 1985 and '86, sweeping the series in 1993, and again in 2006 and '07. 

Over the last six meetings, Princeton has averaged outscoring Columbia 67.2 ppg to 54.7 ppg. All but one of the six wins has been by double digits.

Columbia's Brian Barbour averaged 23.5 ppg against Princeton last year, scoring 25 in Levien Gym and 22 in Jadwin.

Columbia's Mark Cisco had a double-double in the first meeting last year in New York, scoring 12 points with 10 rebounds, but in the rematch in Jadwin Cisco had just four points and five boards.

Princeton returns 48 of its 77 points from the second meeting with Columbia last season, with most of those not returning being the 20 points Douglas Davis '12 scored in that game. Columbia returns only three of the nine players who scored points in that game, with those three (22 from Barbour) accounting for 31 of the team's 66 points.

Milestones:

Ian Hummer figures to jet from seventh to fourth on the Princeton career scoring list in short order. After scoring 22 against Cornell, Hummer is at 1,424, behind assistant coach Brian Earl '99 at 1,428, Craig Robinson '83 at 1,441, and Pete Campbell '62 at 1,451. The top three, including Kit Mueller '91 (1,546), former teammate Douglas Davis '12 (1,550) and his father's former teammate Bill Bradley '65 (2,503) are past 1,500.

Ian Hummer is on pace to stand second in career scoring and career field goals in program history, behind only Bill Bradley '65, by the end of this season. Bradley was a teammate of Ian Hummer's father Ed Hummer '67 for one varsity season, the run to the NCAA national semifinal in 1965.

With nine made field goals against Cornell, only Bill Bradley '65 has made more baskets at Princeton. Hummer and Kit Mueller '91 are tied for second at 556, 300 field goals behind Bradley's 856.

Hummer has 654 career rebounds, good for sixth since the stat began being kept in 1954-55. In fifth place is Chris Thomforde '69 with 709.

Hummer's 100 blocks are fourth on the program list since the stat began being kept for the 1974-75 season. Next up is former teammate Kareem Maddox '11 at 108.

Entering the Season:

Princeton was picked first in the Ivy League preseason poll, getting 16 of 17 first-place votes out of the pool of two media members from each of the eight Ivy markets and one national writer.

Princeton is aiming for its fourth straight 20-win season, which would be a first since 1999. A fourth straight postseason appearance would be the first such time since 2002.

Princeton is looking for double-digit Ivy League wins in four straight years for the first time since 2004.

Princeton leads the Ivy League with 26 Ivy championships (56 seasons) and 24 NCAA Tournament appearances (all since 1952).

Mitch Henderson '98, the team's Franklin C. Cappon-Edward G. Green '40 head coach, is the 29th man to hold the job and the fourth consecutive alumnus to do so (John Thompson III '88, Joe Scott '87, Sydney Johnson '97).

Henderson, who played in three NCAA Tournaments for Princeton, spent 11 years at Northwestern under one of his former coaches at Princeton, Bill Carmody, as an assistant coach.

Princeton is tied for second with Kansas, and behind only North Carolina, in alumni as active Division I head coaches. Eight Tar Heels are roaming the sidelines, while six Jayhawks and these six Tigers are doing so: Thompson III '88 (Georgetown), Scott '87 (Denver), Johnson '97 (Fairfield), Henderson '98 (Princeton), Chris Mooney '94 (Richmond) and Craig Robinson '83 (Oregon State).

On Columbia: Columbia is among the top teams in the nation in fewest turnovers (eighth, 10.4 per game), free throw percentage (12th, .758), and assist-to-turnover ratio (23rd, 1.33:1) through last Sunday's games ... also through Jan. 27, Brian Barbour was among the nation's top players in free throw percentage (13th, .897) and assist-to-turnover ratio (14th, 2.92:1) ... Steve Frankoski was 11th in the nation in 3-point field goal percentage (.453) ... eight players have started a game for Columbia, with four players starting at least 13 games ... Barbour is the only player to start all 17 games ... Columbia is 8-2 when scoring 64 or more points and 1-6 when not scoring at least 64 points ... Columbia is 5-0 when shooting 48 percent or better from the field ... Friday night's game at Penn (10-12) was the first time since the season opener (4-6) that Barbour has missed more than one free throw in a game ... Barbour went 1-12 from the field in the Lions' big win over Villanova on Nov. 20, but went 12-12 from the FT line in that game.

Individual Notes

3 • Clay Wilson • G • 6-3 • So.
Has four double-digit scoring games this season, most recently with 12 against Drexel on Dec. 8 ... 79 of 92 field goal tries overall have come from outside the arc ... with points against TCNJ and Cornell, has scored in back-to-back games for the first time since Dec. 8-15 against Drexel and Fordham ... 10 shots taken against TCNJ were his most since taking 10 against Northeastern on Nov. 13 ... went 2 of 9 overall and 1 of 8 from 3-point range last season in 11 total games as a freshman ... averaged 27.8 points per game as a senior in high school, earning statewide 3A player of the year honors in Oklahoma.

4 • Denton Koon • F • 6-8 • So.
Averaging 14.4 ppg over the last seven games, resetting his career high scoring total three times (now 22 pts) ... has started the last 12 games for the first starts of his career ... shot .583 (21-36) from the stripe last year, is shooting .739 (34-46) this year ... only freshman to play in all 32 games last season ... had six double-digit scoring games last season.

5 • T.J. Bray • G • 6-5 • Jr.
Earned Ivy League Player of the Week honors Jan. 14 after scoring a career-high 23 points against Penn, his first career Ivy Player of the Week award ... during Princeton's 6-of-7 winning run, has an assist:turnover ratio of 23:7 .... team is 5-0 when he scores 10+ points ... in his second season as Princeton's starting point guard ... career-high eight assists Dec. 22 against Bucknell, most for any Princeton player in 10 years ... has scored in 15 of 16 games this season, including five double-digit scoring games ... did not see game action on the Spain trip due to injury ... scored double-digit points in nine of the final 22 games last season ... grabbed as many as eight rebounds in a game on four occasions last season ... had three games last season with as many as seven assists and had at least one assist in every game last season.

11 • Brian Fabrizius (fah-BREE-zee-us) • F • 6-11 • So.
Made season debut late in win at Lafayette on Nov. 24 ... saw limited action last season, playing in six games ... hit one of the two shots he tried last season, a 3-pointer at Dartmouth ... had a postgraduate year at Kimball Union Academy in New Hampshire after spending high school at Hersey High in Arlington Heights, Ill.

12 • Ameer Elbuluk (el-BUE-look) • G • 5-9 • Sr.
Made season debut late in win at Lafayette on Nov. 24, made home debut Dec. 20 against Rider ... first year on the varsity squad after competing as a junior varsity player.

13 • Mike Washington Jr. • G • 6-3 • Fr.
Made season debut late in win at Lafayette on Nov. 24, made home debut Dec. 20 against Rider ... averaged 17.1 points per game for his career while scoring 1,526 points at Oak Harbor High outside Seattle ... lettered three years as a football receiver ... father was his coach in high school.

21 • Mack Darrow (DAIR-oh) • F • 6-9 • Sr.
Has averaged 19.3 minutes a game and 6.5 ppg over the last six games after averaging 13.7 mpg and 2.3 ppg over the first 10 games ... hasn't had a negative assist-to-turnover ratio game since Dec. 1 at Kent State; has a 14:1 ratio over the last six games  ... played in all 32 games last season, including a stretch of 16 games in which he started ... had eight double-digit scoring games last season ... had four games last season with as many as five assists, including a six-assist game at Evansville.

22 • Chris Clement (CLEM-ent) • G • 6-2 • Jr.
From Nov. 13-24, scored in four straight games for the first time in his career ... broke a nine-game scoreless streak with two points against TCNJ ... six assists vs. TCNJ more than doubled previous career total (five) ... saw limited action over his first two seasons while playing behind Douglas Davis '12 before getting starts in the first four games this season ... surpassed single-game career high with the four points he scored against Northeastern, did so again with five points against Rutgers ... scored in two games last season, making a 3-pointer against West Alabama and a field goal against Brown.

24 • Will Barrett • F • 6-10 • Jr.
Has scored in double digits in eight of 15 games played this season ... averaging 7.7 rpg over the last three games, including a career-high 10-rebound game Jan. 12 against Penn ... missed the Bucknell game due to an injury suffered two days earlier against Rider ... shooting .500 (25-50) from 3-point range this season and .474 (45-95) from the field overall ... made two starts as a sophomore in 2010-11 and four more starts in his abbreviated season last year ... played 28-38 minutes in each game during the Spain trip, getting as many as 16 points and 13 rebounds.

25 • Isaac Serwanga • G • 6-3 • Sr.
Made season debut late in win at Lafayette on Nov. 24, made home debut on Dec. 20 against Rider ... joined the varsity team this season, had competed with the junior varsity ... has also earned letters at Princeton in football (receiver) and track and field (jumper).

30 • Hans Brase (BRACE) • F • 6-8 • Fr.
Had the first double-double for any Tiger this season with 11 points and 15 boards last time out against TCNJ ... 15 boards tied the most for any Tiger since Mason Rocca '00 had 18 against Georgetown in 1999 ... has averaged 8.9 ppg over the last eight games aver averaging 1.3 ppg over the first eight games ... made first career start against Rider on Dec. 20 to become the first Princeton freshman to start a game since Feb. 21, 2009 (Douglas Davis) ... was the only freshman to play for Princeton in any of the first three games ... averaged 14 points, nine rebounds per game for the Hill School in Pennsylvania ... played the last two years there after playing at the Gaston Day School in North Carolina ... both parents are alumni of the University of Goettingen in Germany.

33 • Edo Lawrence • C • 7-1 • Fr.
Made season debut late in win at Lafayette on Nov. 24 ... first name is Edward, nickname rhymes with "meadow" ... likely the tallest player in program history at 7-foot-1 ... came to the U.S. in 2010 and prepped at the Canterbury School in Connecticut.

34 • Ian Hummer • F • 6-7 • Sr.
First-team All-Ivy League 2012, second-team All-Ivy League in 2011 ... winner of four Ivy League Player of the Week honors this season, the first Princeton player since the award's inception (1985) to do so ... reset career high with 28 points against Lafayette on Nov. 24 and matched it with 28 at Elon on Jan. 5 ... leads the team in rebounding (6.7 rpg), assists (69/4.3 apg), blocks (14/0.9 bpg) and points (15.9 ppg) ... has started every game the last three seasons (counting 2012-13) except for senior night in 2011 ... father Ed was a sophomore on the 1965 Final Four team with Bill Bradley '65 and uncle John played six seasons in the NBA, including his first three seasons in Buffalo for the Braves.

40 • Bobby Garbade (gar-BAYED) • C • 6-11 • Fr.
Had six blocks against TCNJ on Jan. 27 ... made season debut at Syracuse on Nov. 21 in his home state of New York ... scored for the first time this season against Fordham on Dec. 15 ... played in nine games in his rookie season ... went 3 of 5 from the field ... scored in two games, against The College of New Jersey (four points) and Brown (two).

44 • Brendan Connolly • C • 6-11 • Jr.
Has played in all 16 games, starting the first nine ... against TCNJ on Jan. 27, had his most points since scoring eight against Drexel on Dec. 8 ... has had two double-digit scoring games this season, both with 11 points at Syracuse and at Kent State ... nearly doubled his point total from 2010-11 (98) last season, scoring 181 points ... also nearly tripled his block total, going from 11 as a sophomore to 27 as a junior ... career .539 shooter from the field.

Tigers from the Line
Player 2012-13 Season/Career
3 Wilson 2-4 (.500)/2-4 (.500)
4 Koon 34-46 (.739)/55-82 (.671)
5 Bray 25-33 (.758)/73-108 (.676)
11 Fabrizius 0-0 (.000)/0-0 (.000)
12 Elbuluk 0-0 (.000)/0-0 (.000)
13 Washington Jr 0-0 (.000)/0-0 (.000)
21 Darrow 7-11 (.636)/92-119 (.773)
22 Clement 5-7 (.714)/9-12 (.750)
24 Barrett 24-33 (.727)/46-65 (.708)
30 Brase 15-24 (.625)/15-24 (.625)
33 Lawrence N/A
34 Hummer 47-72 (.653)/289-447 (.647)
40 Garbade 5-5 (1.000)/6-7 (.857)
44 Connolly 15-23 (.652)/73-111 (.658)

Individual Season & Career Highs (career highs set last game in bold)