A Christmas season miracle lifts Princeton women’s basketball to an overtime win at George Mason

Do you believe in miracles? How about two of them?

Trailing 63-56 late in the fourth quarter, the Princeton women’s basketball team scored seven points in 15 seconds to force George Mason into overtime.

Then, like Lazarus, the Tigers rallied from the grave in the extra stanza to pull out yet another road win, 71-69, on Saturday afternoon at EagleBank Arena in Fairfax, Va. It was the first ever meeting between the two programs.

The triumph, the ninth in a row for the No. 25 Tigers, may be the most memorable and improbable comeback in the storied history of Princeton women’s basketball.

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Princeton men’s basketball outmatched at home by Merrimack

Ivy Hoops Online correspondent George “Toothless Tiger” Clark reports on a 59-56 loss for Princeton men’s basketball (3-10) to Merrimack (6-6) at Jadwin Gym Wednesday:

Princeton women’s basketball rolls over Rutgers

It’s beginning to look a lot like the 2019-20 season for the Princeton women’s basketball team.

In that season, Carla Berube’s first at the helm of the Orange and Black, a dominant Princeton team led by superstar Bella Alarie won 11 of its 12 nonconference games, defeating Penn State and Seton Hall, while falling only to a powerful Iowa team on the road in overtime.

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Princeton men’s basketball outshouldered at Loyola Chicago

Ivy Hoops Online correapondent George “Toothless Tiger” Clark recaps a 73-68 loss for Princeton men’s basketball (3-9) at Loyola Chicago (3-7) Saturday:

Another fourth-quarter rally lifts Princeton women’s basketball past Seton Hall

Old habits die hard.

On Tuesday night at Jadwin Gymnasium, the Princeton women’s basketball team used yet another fourth-quarter comeback, its sixth of the season, to hold off the Seton Hall Pirates, 80-76, for its sixth win a row.

This time, the Tigers (8-1) rallied twice to overcome deficits, including a 14-point second-quarter hole and a five-point gap in the final stanza to hand the Pirates (4-1) their first setback of the season.

The win capped a three-game sweep by Princeton of BIG EAST teams for the second straight year.

The 24th meeting between Princeton and Seton Hall was an instant classic.

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Princeton women’s basketball and Taylor Charles swat away DePaul for fifth straight win

On a Thanksgiving holiday weekend, Taylor Charles served up a record-tying seven helpings of stuffing as the Princeton women’s basketball team rolled over the DePaul Blue Demons, 71-41, in a Sunday matinee at Jadwin Gymnasium.

Getting her first start of the season, Charles made the most of her opportunity.

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