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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Princeton men’s basketball outlasted at No. 25 Kansas
George “Toothless Tiger” Clark recaps a 76-57 loss for Princeton men’s basketball (2-2) at No. 25 Kansas (3-1) Saturday:
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:
LISTEN: Princeton men’s basketball overwhelms John Jay
Ivy Hoops Online contributor George “Toothless Tiger” Clark reports on Princeton men’s basketball’s 100-59 win over Division III squad John Jay Thursday night at Jadwin Gym, from which Tigers coach Mitch Henderson departed early:
Déjà vu for Princeton women’s basketball as it rallies in fourth quarter to top Villanova
The Princeton women’s basketball team must have enjoyed coming back in the fourth quarter so much on Sunday at Georgia Tech that it decided to do it all over again on Wednesday night at Villanova.
Trailing the Wildcats 57-50 at the end of the third quarter, the Tigers once again turned the screws on their hosts, outscoring Villanova 23-11 in the fourth quarter to steal a 73-68 win at Finneran Pavilion.
LISTEN: Press conference and recap after Princeton men’s basketball’s home-opening win vs. Bucknell
Princeton men’s basketball coach Mitch Henderson, junior guard Dalen Davis and junior forward Jacob Huggins reflect at their postgame press conference on Tuesday night’s 73-63 win for the Tigers (1-1) over Bucknell (2-1) at Jadwin Gym:
Ivy Hoops Online contributor George “Toothless Tiger” Clark recaps the action that resulted in Princeton’s home-opening win over the Bison:
Princeton women’s basketball overcomes flight delay to net season-opening win at Georgia Tech
While politicians in Washington blame each other for the government shutdown, the Princeton women’s basketball team refused to let flight delays likely caused by the shutdown spoil their season opener against Georgia Tech on Sunday afternoon.
Despite a 12-hour flight delay that resulted in a 3 a.m. arrival at the team hotel last night, the Tigers rallied in the fourth quarter to defeat the Yellow Jackets, 67-61, at McCamish Pavilion in Atlanta.
The game was a triumphant homecoming for junior Olivia Hutcherson, a native of Johns Creek, Ga., who told the ACC Extra announcers before the game, “I have all of Johns Creek here.” The defensive star didn’t disappoint her fan base, tallying a career-high 15 points and grabbing six rebounds.
Hutcherson also played her usual lockdown defense, helping the Tigers claw 26 turnovers from Georgia Tech, including 10 in the fourth quarter.
“Olivia was amazing,” coach Carla Berube told Ivy Hoops Online. “What she was able to do on both ends kept us in the game in the first half when our shots weren’t falling.”
Princeton men’s basketball zapped by Zips in season opener at Akron
Ivy Hoops Online contributor George “Toothless Tiger” Clark recaps Princeton men’s basketball’s season-opening 104-69 loss at Akron Saturday afternoon:
2025-26 Ivy League women’s basketball preview
The release of the Ivy League preseason media poll and 2025-26 Media Day revealed Princeton as the favorite heading into the 2025-26 season, followed by three-time defending champion Columbia, 2025 Ivy Madness title-holder Harvard in third and Penn rounding out the upper half of the conference.
Brown, which has tied the Quakers for fourth place the last two years, is the clear choice for the fifth slot. Dartmouth, Cornell and Yale are pegged for the last three spots, with the Big Green one point ahead of the Big Red and seven points in front of the Bulldogs.
2025-26 IHO Men’s Preseason Poll
The 2025-26 Ivy men’s basketball season tips off Friday, so it’s time for Ivy Hoops Online’s preseason poll – not to be confused with the Ivy League-released media preseason poll. Here’s how our contributors collectively predict the league will shake out, with select observations from some of them: