NEW YORK (AP) _ Joe Crispin had ice wrapped high and low on each leg, not exactly the way you'd expect a 3-point specialist to look after a game.

Crispin was 4-for-6 from 3-point range and scored 22 points to lead Penn State to a 65-52 victory over Princeton on Tuesday night in the opening round of the ECAC Holiday Festival.

The win was the sixth straight for the Nittany Lions (8-1) and advanced them to the finals on Wednesday night at Madison Square Garden against two-time defending champion Hofstra. The Pride beat Rutgers 58-52 in the opening round.

It's not just the long-range shooting that makes Crispin so important to the Nittany Lions. He had three rebounds, three assists and four steals and the 6-foot senior even threw in a blocked shot.

But when the game was over it's his shooting that's talked about.

``He wants to be open, it's as simple as that,'' Princeton coach John Thompson said of Crispin. ``He gets to where he has to be on the court and he is an excellent shooter, an excellent perimeter player.''

Crispin entered the game averaging 21.8 points while shooting 41 percent from 3-point range and more than his half his field goals (29 of 53) were from beyond the arc.

``We did a good job of driving and kicking and that got us open looks,'' Crispin said. ``I can come off screens and make my man recover and shoot while he's recovering instead of having to go straight up at him 1-on-1.''

He started the game against Princeton (4-6) with a 3 and it seemed the Nittany Lions would cruise, taking an 18-5 lead in the opening eight minutes.

But Princeton regrouped and was within 31-24 at halftime despite being outshot 59 percent-39 percent and being outrebounded 18-9.

Crispin scored seven points in a 13-0 run early in the second half that gave Penn State a 49-27 lead, its biggest of the game. He started the run with two driving baskets and added a 3-pointer before Ndu Egekeze capped it with a rebound dunk with 14:07 to play.

Crispin added two more 3s and the Tigers were never able to get closer than 13 points the rest of the way.

``Defensively we concentrated a lot better at the start of the second half than we did in the last 10 minutes of the first half,'' Penn State coach Jerry Dunn said. ``It was because of the defensive effort that we were able to turn our defense into part of our offense.''

Crispin said it's not easy to play defense against Princeton's spread offense that uses the shot clock to set up a backdoor layup or 3-pointer.

``It can get pretty boring to play against the way they play,'' Crispin said. ``I thought we did a good job in the second half of keeping our focus to get some steals and stops and get things going the other way.''

Tyler Smith had 13 points for Penn State.

Andre Logan led Princeton with 19 points, while Konrad Wysocki added 11.

The Tigers, an inexperienced team with some nagging injuries, finished 4-for-18 from 3-point range.

``We played hard in spurts and got close in the first half but we came out with no energy in the second half,'' said Logan, a freshman who scored in double figures for the first time. ``It's a struggle for us to play hard all the time and I'm a part of that.''