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The Princeton Tigers men’s basketball team entered Friday night’s contest against the Cornell Big Red with two unusual streaks on the line. The Tigers hadn’t missed a free throw in two full games. They also hadn’t won a road game the entire season.
Only one streak ended, and it wasn’t the one Mitch Henderson’s club was hoping for as the Big Red streaked past Princeton, 87-64, at Newman Arena in Ithaca.
Ivy Hoops Online correspondent George ‘Toothless Tiger” Clark recaps a 63-53 win for Princeton men’s basketball (7-13, 3-2 Ivy) over Brown (7-11 1-4) at Jadwin Gym Saturday afternoon:
Neither rain, nor sleet, nor a winter storm on the East Coast could keep the No. 20 Princeton women’s basketball team from grinding out another road win, 58-49, over Brown on Saturday afternoon at the Pizzitola Sports Center in Providence, R.I.
HANOVER, N.H. – When Dartmouth made its inaugural appearance in the Ivy League Tournament last March, Kareem Thomas was what in hockey parlance is called a healthy scratch, he never saw the court.
In fact, other than blowouts, Thomas never played more than two minutes in any game as a freshman as he struggled to adjust to the college game.
Fast forward a few months, and Monday night everyone at Leede Arena knew who was getting the ball in a tied game on the final possession, including the Princeton coaching staff: Kareem Thomas.
Ivy Hoops Online correspondent George “Toothless Tiger” Clark recaps an 87-80 loss in overtime for Princeton men’s basketball (6-12, 2-1 Ivy) at Harvard (9-8, 2-1) Saturday:
The No. 24 Princeton women’s basketball team steamrolled to its 12th consecutive win on Saturday afternoon, collaring the Yale Bulldogs, 76-50, at John J. Lee Amphitheater in New Haven.
Some thoughts from Princeton men’s basketball’s 76-60 win over Yale at Jadwin Gym Saturday:
Ivy Hoops Online correspondent George “Toothless Tiger” Clark recaps a 76-60 upset win for Princeton men’s basketball (6-11, 2-0 Ivy) over Yale (12-3, 1-1) at Jadwin Gym Saturday:
There was reason for hope.
Yale had won three out of five games and lost the other two in overtime. It grabbed a 25-18 first-quarter lead over a scrappy, veteran Brown squad and was tied with the Bears at 41 at the half in their Ivy League opener at John J. Lee Amphitheater Monday.
And then reality struck.
PRINCETON, N.J. — The faces on the court and the sideline were new, but in the end, the result for Penn was the same in its Ivy League opener: a crushing loss to Princeton.
Penn has only beaten its biggest rivals five times since Barack Obama was elected president in 2008. It’s a streak of futility that has now spanned four different head coaching regimes.
The Quakers (7-7, 0-1 Ivy), over the past few years, have developed a habit of finding new and unique ways to lose to Princeton (5-11, 1-0). They’ve squandered big leads, been blown out of the water and lost heartbreakers in the final seconds. Monday night had a little bit of everything.
Penn built a 14-point lead in the first half, saw it all wash away thanks to a stretch of atrocious defense and then mounted a furious rally to get one last shot to win the game. The Tigers could only exhale after point guard AJ Levine’s contested three at the buzzer hit back iron, which sealed a 78-76 win.
What did Quakers fans learn from another excruciating trip to Jadwin Gymnasium?