Princeton Takes Down Brown, 80-62

Saturday, February 28

6 pm

Brown University

13-16, 4-8Ivy

Princeton

13-14, 6-5Ivy

Princeton

Brown

2/28/2015 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

Providence, R.I. - Sophomore Steve Cook scored 15 points and Princeton used an array of backdoor layups and long range treys to lead from start to finish in an 80-62 win over Brown Saturday evening at the Pizzitola Sports Center.

Princeton improves to 13-14 overall, 6-5 in the Ivy League, while Brown falls to 13-16 overall, 4-8 in league play.

Brown started four of its seniors – Longji Yiljep, Jon Schmidt, Dockery Walker and Rafael Maia – after Senior Day ceremonies prior to the start of the game. Senior Joe Sharkey, who was injured, was also honored prior to the game.

"It was emotional playing my last game at the Pizzitola tonight," said Maia. "It's unfortunate I didn't get the result we was looking for. Brown is a really special place that I love and will love forever."

The Bears were paced by sophomore Steven Spieth, who scored 17 points on 6-of-12 shooting from the field and 3-of-3 shooting from the free throw line.

Walker also scored in double figures for the Bears with 10 points, while grabbing five rebounds. Maia, the Ivy League's leading rebounder, grabbed a game high nine rebounds and added nine points.

"That wasn't any fun tonight," said Brown head coach Michael Martin. "Princeton deserves a lot of credit. They space the floor, can drive to the basket and really shoot the ball."

Cook connected on 4-of-6 field goals and 6-of-6 free throws in scoring 15 points. Henry Caruso (12 points) and Spencer Weisz (12 points) also scored in double figures for the Tigers.

The Tigers shot a torrid 78-percent, connecting on 18-of-23 shots from the charity stripe, while Brown shot just 48-percent from the line (10-of-21).

The Bears fell behind early, 18-8, in the first seven minutes before getting back in the game with a 7-0 run to cut the Tigers' lead to 18-15 on a layup by Maia with 10:55 left in the half.

Princeton recovered with a 13-3 spurt to pull ahead by a 31-19 margin and later led 43-29 at the half on a last second trey by Alec Brennan.

The Tigers' biggest lead came with 9:50 remaining in the game when Brennan connected on two free throws for a 69-40 advantage.

Brown wraps-up its regular season next week, traveling to Hanover, NH to face Dartmouth on Friday, March 6, and then on to Boston, MA, to battle Harvard on Saturday, March 7 at 6pm, in a game televised by CBS Sports Network.