Maybe the Knicks should play Princeton

Believe it or not, the picture on the left was taken at HALFTIME of the Princeton vs. Penn State basketball game on Wednesday night. Princeton's 1st half field goal percentage? It's no fun if you don't at least guess first...

OK.

You ready?

25%! On 5/20 shooting!

The Tigers finished the night an amazing 31% from the floor, including 4/25 from 3-point range. The surprisingly white Lincoln Gunn and his long, golden hair nailed 3 of those 3-pointers en route to 13 points and 7 rebounds. The only other bright spot for Princeton was center Zach Finley's hook shot. He finished 7/12 for 14 points.

By the way, the final score was 61-38, Penn State.

The Lions played tight man-to-man defense all game long, which was a strong contrast to Princeton's zone. PSU's offensive gameplan involved getting the ball to Geary Claxton, who could either drive through or shoot over Princeton's defense. Even when Claxton wasn't passed the ball, his 6 offensive rebounds were able to turn miscues into points on multiple occasions. Geary ended up with 21 points, 10 rebounds, and 5 assists. No one else really made a big impact, although Jeff Brooks' 6 points, 2 blocks, and 3 steals in only 14 minutes is noteworthy.

Although Penn State won big, the game did a good job highlighting a couple problems for the Lions' offense. First of all, Talor Battle couldn't carry over his good 3-point shooting from the Seton Hall victory. He missed all three of his 3-point attempts, and the team followed suit with a 3/17 mark from downtown.

Second, free throws continue to be absolute torture for spectators. 4/12?! That's awful even in the White Building late night league. Something has to be done, because we won't be able to win any Big Ten games (ok, maybe Iowa) with a performance like that.

The Mitchell Report

So what should we do about all those delinquent steroid-abusers?

Let Josh (above) deal with them. The boy is a monster.

Seriously, I think he's a good 40% of Penn State's home court advantage. The other 60% is mostly Andy Hagen, but we'll get to him some other time. 4-0 and counting at the BJC.