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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.
You never know who’s going to come up big for the Princeton women’s basketball team this season.
On Saturday afternoon in the Music City, it was Olivia Hutcherson.
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:
Ivy Hoops Online contributor George “Toothless Tiger” Clark reports on a 63-58 loss for Princeton men’s basketball (3-8) at Monmouth (5-4) Wednesday:
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.
Ivy Hoops Online correspondent George “Toothless Tiger” Clark recaps a 60-58 loss for Princeton men’s basketball (3-7) to Saint Joseph’s (4-3) Sunday in Trenton, N.J.:
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.
Ivy Hoops Online contributor George “Toothless Tiger” Clark recaps a 79-74 defeat for Princeton men’s basketball versus Vermont in the Terry’s Chocolate ESPN Events Invitational in Kissimmee, Fla. Wednesday evening:
After recording historic wins last week, it was a good bet that either Princeton women’s basketball or Rhode Island would suffer a letdown in their following contest.
It ended up being both teams.
Ivy Hoops Online correspondent George “Toothless Tiger” Clark recaps a 79-75 loss for Princeton men’s basketball to Temple at the Terry’s Chocolate ESPN Events Invitational Tuesday night in Kissimmee, Fla.: