After its demoralizing and embarassing 67-52 loss at home against Penn last Tuesday, men's basketball went into this past weekend's games against Cornell and Columbia knowing it had to win two games.
If it was not for junior guard Will Venable, the Tigers would not have earned a 69-64 win over the Big Red on Friday and a 78-70 overtime triumph over the Lions on Saturday.
Venable scored a career-high 28 points at Cornell, 17 of which came in the second half, and often stopped the Big Red from getting the momentum in front of the rowdy home crowd.
The junior had the touch from all over the floor, shooting nine for 12 from the field and draining nine of his 13 attempts from the charity stripe.
He followed this impressive showing with another double-digit performance against Columbia, conributing 11 points in Princeton's 78-71 overtime win. Two of those 11 were the most important in the game.
With 15 seconds left in the game and up two points, Columbia was called for a traveling violation, giving the ball back to the Tigers. With 4.8 seconds remaining, junior forward Andre Logan found Venable cutting to the basket for a backdoor layup to tie the game at 64 apiece and send the game into overtime.
The Tigers used the extra frame to their advantage, scoring the first nine points in overtime to seal the win. Princeton's eventual win preserved the Tigers' sole possession of first place in the Ivy League.
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