Princeton men’s basketball outlasted by Vermont in final ESPN Events Invitational clash

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:

Princeton women’s basketball rallies late to beat Rhode Island for fourth straight win

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.

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Princeton men’s basketball topped by Temple at Terry’s Chocolate ESPN Events Invitational

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.:

Princeton men’s basketball flops without Dalen Davis in 88-64 loss to Bradley

Ivy Hoops Online contributor George “Toothless Tiger” Clark recaps an 88-64 loss for Princeton men’s basketball (3-4) to Bradley (3-3) in the Terry’ Chocolate ESPN Events Invitational in Kissimmee, Fla. Monday night:

Princeton women’s basketball hits century mark, defeats Penn State in another comeback

Stop me if you’ve heard this before.

Playing against a power-conference opponent, the Princeton women’s basketball team fell behind early, trailed by four at half, then rallied in the second half to grind out a big win.

On Saturday afternoon, that’s exactly what the Tigers did. Again. Except this time, Princeton’s offense exploded to take down Penn State, 100-93, in the opening clash of the Battle 4 Atlantis in the Bahamas. 

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Princeton men’s basketball beats Northeastern, loses Dalen Davis to injury

Ivy Hoops Online correspondent George “Toothless Tiger” Clark reports on a 70-57 win for Princeton men’s basketball (3-3) over Northeastern (2-3) at Jadwin Gym Thursday night – and a concerning injury for junior guard Dalen Davis, the Tigers’ leading scorer.

Princeton women’s basketball mounts another fourth-quarter rally to defeat Rice in home opener

Another game, another fourth-quarter comeback.

So it goes this season for the Princeton women’s basketball team, which rallied again in the fourth quarter to win its home opener over Rice, 69-56, at Jadwin Gymnasium.

In the first ever meeting between the two programs, the Tigers once again made things difficult for themselves by missing shots early and often.

After Madison St. Rose tallied a layup to open the scoring for Princeton, a series of six missed shots and two turnovers resulted in eight consecutive empty possessions for the Tigers, a near-replay of Princeton’s first-quarter performance at Maryland on Sunday.

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Princeton women’s basketball falls back to Earth, loses at No. 9 Maryland

After taking down two power-conference opponents on the road to open the season, the Princeton women’s basketball team finally met its match at Maryland, falling to the No. 9 Terps, 84-68, at the XFINITY Center in College Park, Md. Sunday.

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Tiger Takeaways from Princeton women’s basketball’s dreamy start and a look ahead to Maryland

So far, the Princeton women’s basketball team’s dream season has unfolded, well, like a dream.

The Tigers have opened up the 2025-26 campaign with two big road wins over power-conference opponents, both in exhilarating fashion. In each game, the Tigers trailed for a majority of the contest only to have the lights suddenly come on in the final stanza. 

In the team’s season opener Sunday at Georgia Tech, Carla Berube’s squad overcame a sluggish first quarter and an eight-point deficit in the fourth quarter to win, 67-61.

Three days later at Villanova, the Tigers rallied in carbon-copy fashion from a 10-point deficit in the fourth to win again, 73-68. 

Here are three takeaways from the Tigers’ promising start to the season and a preview of this weekend’s epic matchup with Maryland:

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