Men's Hoops Rallies, Yale Rallies Last in 81-73 Win Over Princeton

	Game 23 • Princeton vs. Yale Princeton, N.J. • Jadwin Gym
73	Box Score • Postgame Interviews & Highlights	81
(11-12, 4-3)		(18-7, 7-1)

The teams that entered the weekend atop the Ivy League also exited the weekend atop the Ivy League, with Princeton's attempt to climb higher cut short.

Princeton overcame a seven-minute scoring drought to start the game and a 16-point deficit later in the first half before leading by as many as eight points after the break. It was Yale, though, that had the last run on the way to an 81-73 win.

Harvard, which escaped a Columbia rally Friday night and rolled over Cornell in the second half Saturday night, and Yale are both 7-1 in the league as the second round of Ivy play gets set to begin next weekend. Princeton remains in third, but now two and a half games back with seven to play and only one more shot apiece at the leaders, both on the road.

Those chances, however, will come quickly. Princeton will head to Dartmouth next Friday night and then Harvard next Saturday night before the Yale-Brown trip the final weekend of the month.

Yale began the game on an 11-0 run as Princeton didn't score until a Henry Caruso bucket with 12:21 to play in the half. The Tigers never came closer than five after that in the first half and trailed by as many as 16 points, entering the locker room down 11.

Just as happened Friday night against Brown, Princeton burst out of the gates in the second half, going on a 21-4 run over the first six-plus minutes to build a six-point lead at 49-43. During that stretch, Princeton was 7 of 8 from the field, 3 of 3 from 3-point range and 4 of 4 from the free-throw line. Princeton's advantage grew to as many as eight at 54-46 with 10:35 left.

Yale charged right back. Following a 56-49 Princeton lead just past the midway point of the half, Yale went on a 15-4 run and never looked back, holding the lead for all of the final seven minutes.

Stat	FG% (Made-Att.)	3FG% (Made-Att.)	Reb. (Off.-Def.)	Assists	Steals	Blocks	Turnovers (Fewer)
Leader				Tie	Tie	Tie
Margin	58.3% (28-48) 52.1% (25-48)	46.2% (6-13) 30.0% (6-20)	26 (9-17) 21 (7-14)	13-13	5-5	3-3	12-11

Points	Rebounds	Assists	Steals	Blocks

Caruso • 25	Brase • 6	Brase • 5	Cook • 3	Cook • 1 Miller • 1 Weisz • 1
Sears • 25	Sears • 6	Duren • 7	Duren • 2	Sears • 2

Makai Mason's bucket with 50 seconds to go made it a three-possession game and came after Princeton committed a turnover when down six. The bucket, coupled with Yale going 6 of 8 from the free-throw line after it, took the air out of any Princeton last-gasp rally.

• Henry Caruso's 25 points were a career high. His previous best was 23 against Penn on Jan. 10. A sophomore, Caruso has scored all but three of his 122 of his 125 career points this season.

• Princeton shot better than 50 percent from the field in both games on the weekend, doing so in back-to-back games for the second time this season. Like last time, against San Jose State and Fairleigh Dickinson, it resulted in a split.

• Princeton struggled from beyond the arc on the weekend, shooting 30 percent or below in back-to-back games for the first time all season.

• Yale's .583 clip from the field tonight was the highest for a Princeton opponent this season and highest since Lafayette also shot .583 against Princeton in an 81-80 Tiger win on Nov. 20, 2013.

Princeton will begin the second half of Ivy League play with a 7 p.m. game at Dartmouth Friday night.

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