The Princeton women’s basketball team ran to the locker room at the intermission of their Saturday night contest at Cornell knowing that its season was suddenly on the brink.
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No. 24 Princeton women’s basketball uses strong defensive second-half effort to speed past Cornell
Princeton women’s basketball looked every bit like a team that had to endure a four-hour bus trip from Manhattan to Ithaca after a high-profile loss on Friday night, being outplayed and outhustled by Cornell over the opening 20 minutes of Saturday’s contest.
LISTEN: Columbia men’s basketball overcomes Princeton at Jadwin Gym
Ivy Hoops Online contributor George “Toothless Tiger” Clark recaps a 75-65 win for Columbia men’s basketball (15-9, 4-6 Ivy) over Princeton (8-17, 4-6) at Jadwin Gym Saturday night:
LISTEN: Cornell men’s basketball pounds Princeton at Jadwin Gym
Ivy Hoops Online contributor George “Toothless Tiger” Clark recaps an 89-65 romp for Cornell men’s basketball over Princeton Friday night at Jadwin Gym:
Columbia women’s basketball rallies in the second half to devour No. 24 Princeton
For the second time in two weeks, the Columbia Lions women’s basketball team made history by knocking off a top-25 opponent.
Their victim in each case was the same team, the Princeton Tigers.
Harvard women’s basketball edges Yale on the road
Harvard women’s basketball overcame a 32-point outing by Yale sophomore guard Ciniya Moore and held the Bulldogs at bay, 70-62, at John J. Lee Amphitheater Friday night, powered by a winning performance from Crimson junior guard Karlee White.
Quakeaways from Penn men’s basketball’s win over Princeton
PHILADELPHIA — The streak is dead.
After 14 consecutive losses to its most hated rivals, Penn finally — finally — took out hated Princeton at the Palestra on Saturday by the thinnest of margins, 61-60. The Quakers (11-10, 4-4 Ivy) now sit atop a four-team morass in third place in the Ivy League and hold their destiny in their own hands.
It should have surprised no one that Penn needed to extend to its absolute limit to finally take out the Tigers (8-15, 4-4). The Quakers led by as many as 12 points in the second half on the back of some intense defense, but an extended offensive outage let Princeton climb back into the game.
The afternoon came down to a one-on-one defensive stand by Quakers sophomore point guard AJ Levine against the Tigers’ best player, Dalen Davis. Levine poked the ball away from Davis at the top of the key as the game clock wound below 10 seconds, then forced Davis into a difficult contested midrange jumper which caught front iron and bounced harmlessly away.
Levine was mobbed by his teammates as he flexed to the crowd, a moment of catharsis after eight years of frustration of heartbreak.
What did Quakers fans learn from an exhilarating day?
LISTEN: Penn men’s basketball tops Princeton to snap 14-game series losing streak
Ivy Hoops Online correspondent George “Toothless Tiger” Clark recaps a 61-60 win for Penn men’s basketball (11-10, 4-4 Ivy) versus archrival Princeton (8-15, 4-4) Saturday at the Palestra that snapped the home program’s 14-game losing streak against the Tigers:
No. 23 Princeton women’s basketball rallies in the second half for win over Penn
The No. 23 Princeton women’s basketball team rediscovered its identity en route to victory in the second half of Friday night’s clash with arch-rival Penn.
LISTEN: Princeton men’s basketball clips Columbia for first road win
Ivy Hoops Online contributor George “Toothless Tiger” Clark recaps an 80-68 win Saturday night at Levien Gym for Princeton men’s basketball (8-14, 4-3 Ivy) over Columbia (14-7, 3-4):