Tiger81
Masters Student
Posts: 412
Loc: Montclair, NJ
Reg: 11-21-04
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02-18-24 10:40 AM - Post#363447
In response to Tiger69
Could not watch last night but just saw the replay on ESPN+.
Awesome win against a very tough Yale team!
Princeton’s defense was outstanding on just about every possession, with very few easy buckets or open looks for the Elis. Wolf was 0-8 but also just about every shot he took was contested. 6 assists on 22 FGs reflects that the game plan to disrupt the Yale offense was executed beautifully. The Tigers were 14/25 on the other end.
Playing Yale even-up without Pierce in the first 10 minutes was really impressive. And very interesting that Coach Henderson went with Jack Scott and not Huggins or Byriel when Caden was out. Townsend and Wolf are big, physical forwards, the Tiger D was stout and active and Scott performed like a starter.
There was a play in the last few minutes where multiple switches resulted in Lee matching up with Wolf in the low post and when Mbeng went to the rim covered by Pierce, Lee cleared Wolf out and Peters grabbed the rebound. Great case study of how to play tough, physical defense against a team with a lot of weapons.
It was a lot of fun to watch Princeton bring its “A game” against Yale for 40 minutes and protect its home court and a shot at the Ivy title.
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