Gloger Is on Target in Princeton Victory

Freshman Spencer Gloger, who signed a grant-in-aid for UCLA in May before deciding to enroll at Princeton, scored 34 points and tied an Ivy League record with 10 three-point baskets to lead the Tigers to a 64-41 home-court victory over Alabama Birmingham.

Gloger made 12 of 15 shots--including all seven he attempted in the second half. By making 10 three-point shots (in 12 attempts), he tied the Ivy record held by Penn’s Matt Maloney and broke the Princeton record of eight set by Matt Lapin in 1990.

Gloger also had the most points by a Princeton player since Rick Hielscher had 34 in 1995.

Gloger, a 6-6, 190-pound swingman, averaged 23.7 points for Santa Margarita High last season. At the time Gloger announced he would attend Princeton, UCLA Coach Steve Lavin said: “Spencer wanted to go to a program where he could make a major immediate impact as a freshman.” Gloger is averaging 12.4 points for Princeton (6-4).

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Marshall Coach Greg White, an assistant under Jim Harrick at UCLA from 1995-96, was victorious over his mentor as the Thundering Herd (7-0) defeated Georgia, 89-79, at Huntington, W.Va. Marshall is off to its best start since 1973-74, when it opened at 8-0. Georgia (5-4) shot 65% and outrebounded Marshall, 31-23, but had 25 turnovers. . . . Guard Schea Cotton had 17 points to lead Alabama (5-4) to a 75-41 victory over Tennessee Chattanooga at Huntsville, Ala. Cotton, one of the nation’s most-highly recruited high school players out of Southern California, enrolled at UCLA but never played for the Bruins and eventually attended a prep school. He transferred to Long Beach City College, where he averaged 26 points and six rebounds, before coming to Alabama, which is coached by former UCLA assistant and Murray (Ky.) State coach Mike Gottfried. . . . Center T.J. Soyoye had 23 points and nine rebounds to lead short-handed Missouri (6-3) to a 72-61 victory over Iowa (5-5) at Columbia, Mo. Forward Johnnie Parker was reinstated from a two-day academic suspension on Friday but did not dress, and freshman sixth-man Kareem Rush is suspended pending an NCAA investigation into possible violations before he enrolled at Missouri. Rush’s brother JaRon is also currently suspended at UCLA, which is investigating if he and an agent violated NCAA rules.