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PHILADELPHIA – There isn’t exactly a large sample size of Ivy League transfers from Duke (or Virginia for that matter), so when TJ Power signed with Penn last spring, the bar was set pretty high.
With the clock ticking down and overtime likely, Cornell’s Jake Fiegen found a slight opening at the top of the arc and launched a last-second shot over the outstretched arm of senior forward Nick Townsend.
The senior guard’s triple hit nothing but the bottom of the net, leading the Big Red to a 72-69 upset of first-place Yale Friday night at Newman Arena.
Capping off the hard-fought victory, the boisterous Newman faithful stormed the court, showing their pride in a Cornell team that remains in the hunt for a spot in the Ivy League Tournament taking place on this same court in two weeks.
“We have such a great fanbase. Shoutout to the football team, shoutout to the everyone that was here,” senior guard Cooper Noard told ESPNU’s Derek Jones from courtside. “A super-special group they’ve got here tonight. I’m so proud of our fans, so proud of our team.”
Columbia women’s basketball overcame a 14-4 deficit to Yale and pulled away for a 68-47 win before a sparse crowd at John J. Lee Amphitheater Friday night.
The No. 25 Princeton women’s basketball team reached rarefied air on Friday night by shellacking the Dartmouth Big Green, 97-47, at Leede Arena in Hanover to record just the second 50-point road win in program history.
Ivy Hoops Online correspondent George Toothless Tiger” Clark recaps a 69-37 win for Princeton women’s basketball (21-3, 9-2 Ivy) over Brown (15-8, 7-4) at Jadwin Gym Saturday:
With the Ivy League calendar nearing the home stretch, league leader Columbia made the drive up to Hanover to defeat last-place Dartmouth and dispatched the Big Green with ease Saturday, 81-42.
Ivy Hoops Online correspondent George “Toothless Tiger” Clark brings us the postgame media conference for Princeton women’s basketball following a 69-37 win for the Tigers (21-3, 9-2 Ivy) over Brown (15-8, 7-4) at Jadwin Gym Saturday, with coach Carla Berube and senior guard Madison St. Rose taking questions:
No Nick Townsend. No problem.
Yale men’s basketball had sophomore forward Isaac Celiscar and senior forward Casey Simmons, and that duo powered Yale to a 74-70 win over surging Penn at John J. Lee Amphitheater Saturday afternoon.
With the win, Yale (21-4, 9-2 Ivy) clinched a bid to the Ivy League Tournament.
Harvard men’s basketball is headed back to the Ivy League Tournament.
Powered by a stifling 40-minute defense and strong second-half offensive production, the Crimson throttled the Big Red, 73-54, at Newman Arena on Saturday afternoon to clinch a spot in the Ancient Eight’s upper division.
“It feels great to get to Ivy Madness. It’s been a while since this program has been there,” Tey Barbour said to ESPN+’s Eric Taylor after the sophomore guard’s career-best 30-point performance. “We had a heartbreaking loss (to Yale) last week, but I’m proud of our team to bounce back and have a great win.”
The Penn women’s basketball team got the win it needed Saturday at home – not an inspiring win, not a dramatic one, but a comfortable one against a shorthanded and struggling Yale squad, 68-52, to stay in the race for a slot in Ivy Madness.