ALBANY – Siena freshman Tim Ibukunoluwa had 30 points and 12 rebounds and shot 12-for-12 from the field to set a program record in his second college game as the Saints beat Princeton 82-68 in Sunday’s home opener before 4,393 fans at MVP Arena.
Ibukunoluwa, a 6-foot-8 Australian, broke the Siena record for most field goals in a game without a miss set by Gavin Doty, who went 9-for-9 last season.
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Pace Prosser added 20 points and 6 assists for Siena (1-1), which rebounded from an opening night loss at Bryant and gave first-year Saints coach Nevada Smith his first Division I victory.
Ibukunoluwa had his second double-double in as many career games.
Siena used a 9-0 run to open a 26-14 lead over Princeton in the first half. The Saints led 39-29 at halftime.
The Saints led by as many as 19 points (56-37) with 13:27 left before their play became more ragged. Princeton closed within 70-61 before a Ibukunoluwa layup with 4:49 remaining off a pass from Trent Egbiremolen helped Siena pull away again.
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Siena plays at Dayton of the Atlantic 10 on Tuesday.
Princeton of the Ivy League fell to 2-1.
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