Liberty (5-6) travels to face Princeton (4-8) at 7pm on Monday night. Here’s what you need to know about the Tigers:
1. Even with the poor record, Princeton has a KenPom ranking of 171.
The Tigers have beat Rider (#174), San Jose State (#336), Stony Brook (#148), and Lipscomb (#241).
2. Their worst loss came against Fairleigh Dickinson.
It’s really their only bad loss on the season with the rest of them coming against teams ranked in the top 150 of KenPom. FDU is #304, and they beat Princeton 89-85 on December 3rd.
3. Spencer Weisz and Hans Brase are 1st and 2nd on the team in points, rebounds, and assists.
Weisz leads the Tigers in scoring at 13.3 points per game and is 2nd in rebounds (5.0) and assists (3.0). Brase leads the team in rebounding (7.8) and assists (3.3) and is 2nd in scoring (13.1).
4. The Tigers beat the Flames, 80-74, last season.
It’s the only previous meeting between the 2 schools. The game was played in the Vines Center on January 4th.
5. John Caleb Sanders and Tomasz Gielo led Liberty with 25 and 20 points, respectively, in the game.
Neither will play against Princeton this season. The leading scorer from last season’s meeting that returns for the Flames is Ethan Layer who had 3 points.
6. Princeton finished last season with a record of 21-9.
They advanced to the quarterfinals of the CBI before losing to Fresno State.
7. Mitch Henderson is in his 4th season as Princeton’s head coach.
He has a career record of 62-40 at Princeton. He has taken the Tigers to the CBI in 2 of his first 3 seasons, both of which they finished with 20+ wins.
