{"id":7054,"date":"2025-01-28T04:54:13","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T04:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/princetonillinois.com\/?p=7054"},"modified":"2025-01-28T04:54:13","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T04:54:13","slug":"princeton-falls-to-dixon-61-50-wont-have-long-to-dwell-on-it-shaw-local","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/princetonillinois.com\/?p=7054","title":{"rendered":"Princeton falls to Dixon 61-50, won\u2019t have long to dwell on it – Shaw Local"},"content":{"rendered":"


Princeton’s Jordan Reinhardt drives on Dixon Monday night at Prouty Gym. The Dukes won 61-50. <\/span>(Mike Vaughn)
PRINCETON – The best thing about Monday\u2019s 61-50 loss to Dixon for the Princeton<\/a> Tigers is that they won\u2019t have long to dwell over it.
The Tigers will to have to answer the bell less than 24 hours later to take on Riverdale back at Prouty Gym on Tuesday night.
\u201cIt\u2019s better than football. You have to wait a whole week (after a loss) and we get to go back at it tomorrow,\u201d said PHS senior Jordan Reinhardt, who led the Tigers with 20 points.
\u201cObviously, it matters. We always want to compete, but we won\u2019t see (Dixon) again. We\u2019re looking forward to tomorrow. (Riverdale) is in our sub-sectional.\u201d
Princeton coach Jason Smith said it is a good thing the Tigers (9-12) can get right back after it.
\u201cI guess that\u2019s a saving grace because we looked pretty disinterested for some reason,\u201d he said. \u201cDixon\u2019s a very good basketball team. I think we\u2019re a very good basketball team when we compete. I just didn\u2019t see the competitive fire in us for whatever reason.
\u201cI don\u2019t know if it was because it was on Monday, coming off a weekend or what it was exactly. We need to wake up in the morning and smell the roses because we\u2019ve got Riverdale tomorrow. Doesn\u2019t get any easier.\u201d
Smith said he\u2019s not using the Monday thing as an excuse, because Dixon had to suit up on a Monday, too.
\u201cNo excuses. I have to coach them better. They got to want to come out and compete better,\u201d he said.
The Dukes (20-4) and Darius Harrington were simply too much for the Tigers. The Dixon<\/a> senior forward poured in a game-high 36 points, 25 of which came in the middle two quarters.
Eli Davidson buried a jumper to give the Dukes a 17-10 lead early in the second quarter. Harrington then took over, scoring four straight hoops to give the Dukes a 25-12 lead and added 3 of 4 free throws for a 30-18 lead at quarter\u2019s end.
Harrington was just warming up. He dumped in 14 points in the third quarter to help run the Dukes’ lead to 47-33.
\u201cHe\u2019s just a tough player. He\u2019s a tough matchup, night in and night out. He can score at all three levels. Great kid on top of it,\u201d Dixon coach Chris Harmann said. \u201cHe really did a good job working in on some of their zones early on. I thought really did a nice job in the third quarter.\u201d
The Dukes led as much as 61-42 late in the fourth quarter with junior reserve Ryan Jagers pulling the Tigers closer with a 2-pointer and a 3-pointer in the final minutes.
Princeton’s Jackson Mason shoots over Dixon’s Brody Nicklaus Monday night at Prouty Gym. The Dukes won 61-50. <\/span>(Mike Vaughn)
Harmann said the Dukes made Princeton senior Noah LaPorte, who\u2019s averaging about 22 points per game, a focus of their attention and did a good job holding him to 11 points.
\u201cI thought we played pretty well on both ends of the court,\u201d Harmann said. \u201cWe did some things to try to limit the LaPorte kid That kid\u2019s a load. He can play basketball. When he gets you down around the block area, it\u2019s over.
\u201cIt\u2019s one of those things, where they\u2019ve got guys knocking down shots, it\u2019s a tough night. We got lucky on a couple of those tonight. They did get a couple good looks, the ball rimmed out on them. We were fortunate for them.\u201d
Brady Feit scored 10 points for the Dukes.
The Tigers fell behind 9-2 to start the game and 15-8 at the end of the first quarter.
Reinhardt said they have to do a better job answering the bell each night.
\u201cWe have to start off hot. Every game we just start out slow and it bites us,\u201d he said.
Riverdale (16-5) will be in the Tigers’ sub-sectional, in which Princeton will be hosting a regional, and a win over the Rams would be important for the seeding meeting.
\u201cIt\u2019d be nice to have a win over those guys because of the seeding situation,\u201d Smith said. \u201cBut at this point, the way we\u2019re playing for a play-in spot. I think it\u2019s a big game for us in multiple fashions. One, so we know we can compete with teams like that and two for the seeding of it all.\u201d
Princeton’s Arthur Burden shoots over Dixon’s Darius Harrington Monday night at Prouty Gym. The Dukes won 61-50. <\/span>(Mike Vaughn)
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