Game Notes

ELON, N.C. -- The Elon men's basketball team will be looking for its third straight victory when it heads on the road for the program's first-ever meeting with the Princeton Tigers on Tuesday evening. Tip is scheduled for 7 p.m. in Jadwin Gym.

Site: Princeton, N.J.
Arena: Jadwin Gym
Series: First meeting
Radio: WPCM 920 AM — Taylor Durham and Dick Stewart will call the action

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THE SERIES
Series Record    First meeting

FREE THROWS
• After two straight home wins over South Carolina and Rutgers-Camden, Elon won back-to-back games in Alumni Gym for the first time since victories over Davidson (1/20/11) and Georgia Southern (1/22/11).
• The 2011-12 Phoenix is a youthful team with only one senior on the roster. Four sophomores and a freshman have each earned starting nods this year.
• Lucas Troutman moved into Elon’s all-time career blocks list with two swats against South Carolina. The sophomore has 49 blocks in just over a year of action, 10th all-time at Elon.
• Senior Drew Spradlin became just the 34th player in Elon history to eclipse the 1,000 point plateau with his 14 points against Rutgers-Camden. Spradlin currently has 1,011 career points.
• Elon has been impressive on the defensive end of the floor in the last two games, both wins. Its opponents are a combined 37-of-117 (31.6%) from the field in those games. The Phoenix shot 40% or better in both games. Elon currently ranks first in the Southern Conference in field goal percentage defense (36.0%).

LAST TIME OUT
• Elon opened the night against Rutgers-Camden on a 20-0 run and never looked back. The Phoenix never trailed in the 87-53 victory and sophomore Sebastian Koch led five Elon players in double figures with 20 points.
• Drew Spradlin was just one rebound away from a double-double with 14 points and nine rebounds.
• Sophomore Lucas Troutman, Elon’s leading scorer this season, put up double figures for the third straight game. He netted 12 points in 14 minutes of action on 6-of-7 shooting.  
• Elon was impressive on the glass, turning 18 offensive rebounds into 25 second-chance points. The Phoenix also had 22 assists and 32 baskets and currently rank second in the SoCon with 15 assists per game.

ELON VS. PRINCETON
• Elon and Princeton are meeting for the first time in school history.
• This is the first of three Ivy League opponents that the Phoenix will face this season as Elon and Dartmouth go head-to-head on Dec. 17 and Columbia visits Alumni Gym on Jan. 8.
• The only SoCon opponent that Princeton has ever faced is UNCG with the Tigers winning both of the meetings. Elon is 1-4 versus current Ivy League opponents — the Phoenix got its first win over an Ivy school on a buzzer-beater victory against Columbia last January.