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Princeton women’s basketball stole the ball 16 times from the Dartmouth Big Green en route to winning its eighth consecutive game, 63-40, at Leede Arena.
Once again, Princeton (13-3, 3-0 Ivy) controlled the affair from the opening tip, leading wire-to-wire for the third straight outing. Princeton has not yet trailed in an Ivy League contest.
Princeton men’s basketball improved to 2-0 in Ivy play (14-1 overall) with a 76-58 win over Dartmouth (4-11, 0-2) at Jadwin Gym Monday. Ivy Hoops Online contributor George “Toothless Tiger” Clark breaks down the action:
Princeton women’s basketball delivered one of its best defensive performances of the season to notch a wire-to-wire win over Harvard, 72-49, Saturday afternoon at Lavietes Pavilion.
Although this contest was billed as a rematch of the 2023 Ivy League Tournament championship game, also won by Princeton, the Tigers might have had revenge on their minds dating back to last season’s road trip to Lavietes. A year ago, the Tigers lost their Ivy opener at Harvard in shocking fashion, 67-59. It was the first league loss for Carla Berube in her coaching tenure at Princeton.
The Princeton women’s basketball team opened the Ivy League season in impressive fashion on Saturday afternoon with a dominant win over the Cornell Big Red, 79-38, at Newman Arena. The 41-point margin of victory was Princeton’s largest since the Tigers defeated Brown by 43 points last February.
With the win, the Tigers moved to 11-3 on the season and 1-0 in the Ivy League.
In an Ivy Hoops Online interview published Thursday, Princeton coach Carla Berube expressed little concern that her players would look past this contest to the Tigers’ marquee matchup against Harvard next weekend.
“I think they understand how important every one of these Ivy League matchups are,” Berube said. “You take nobody lightly, you take nobody for granted. You respect them and play your very best in each of these contests.”
Ivy Hoops Online contributor George “Toothless Tiger” Clark shares his thoughts on Princeton men’s basketball’s 89-58 rout of Harvard Saturday – and his observations of which NBA team’ scouts were present for sophomore guard Xaivian Lee’s 33-point performance for the Tigers:
Ivy Hoops Online contributor George Clark brings us the audio of Princeton men’s basketball’s postgame press conference after the team’s 89-58 win over Harvard in their Ivy League opener at Jadwin Gym Saturday. Sophomore guard Xaivian Lee dominated with 33 points, eight rebounds and seven assists for the Tigers. Coach Mitch Henderson and Zach Martini joined Lee at the presser to reflect on Princeton’s win:
In an in-depth interview with Ivy Hoops Online contributor Steve Silverman conducted Thursday morning, Princeton women’s basketball coach Carla Berube reflects on her team’s travel-heavy nonconference schedule, explains why her team’s defense is keeping her up at night, analyzes her dynamic freshman class, looks ahead to the Tigers’ tilt at Cornell Saturday, and much more:
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Looking forward to a memorable year, Tigers!
Happy New Year!
— Princeton Tigers (@PUTIGERS) January 1, 2024
It’s been an extremely successful year for both the Princeton men’s and women’s basketball teams. As we turn the calendar from 2023 to 2024, here are three reflections on the state of both programs as we approach the beginning of the 2023-24 Ivy League regular season:
It was supposed to be a tune-up game for the beginning of the Ivy League season.
But the Le Moyne Dolphins of the Northeast Conference gave the Princeton women’s basketball team all it could handle Sunday in a 66-55 win for the Tigers at Ted Grant Court in Syracuse, N.Y.