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Princeton University Athletics
Sunday, March 12
Philadelphia, Pa. (The Palestra)
12:00 PM
Princeton University
23-6
71
vs
59
Yale
18-11
1
2
F
Yale
29
30
59
Princeton
31
40
71
Princeton won the inaugural Ivy League Tournament Sunday, capturing the Ivy League's automatic NCAA Tournament bid.
#IvyMadness is Ours! Second-Half Surge Sends Princeton to the NCAA Tournament
March 12, 2017 | Men's Basketball
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The streak endures, and the Princeton men's basketball team will have the chance to keep it going all the way into the NCAA Tournament.
Finding their stroke from 3-point range in the second half, the top-seeded Tigers used an early run after the break to push past third-seeded Yale 71-59 and win the inaugural Ivy League Tournament. The win is Princeton's 19th in a row, the second-longest active streak in the nation, and it makes the Tigers the first team to, albeit unofficially, go 16-0 in the Ivy.
Myles Stephens, a day after putting in a career-high 21 points and getting his first career double-double with 10 rebounds in Princeton's comeback win over fourth-seeded and host Penn, led the Tigers with 23 points and earned tournament Most Outstanding Player honors. Steven Cook joined him on the all-tournament team.
Princeton will make its first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2011, when the 13th-seeded Tigers narrowly lost to eventual Final Four team Kentucky 59-57. The Tigers' opponent and destination will be revealed during the 5:30 p.m. ET selection show on CBS.
Seven straight points allowed Princeton to turn a 32-31 deficit into a six-point lead with just more than two minutes gone after the break, and Princeton never trailed again. The Tigers, who had gone 4 of 12 from distance in the first half, made their first three from beyond the arc on the way to 7 of 14 for the half.
Derek Jones' call of the end of the game on the Princeton IMG Sports Network:
The streak endures, and the Princeton men's basketball team will have the chance to keep it going all the way into the NCAA Tournament.
Finding their stroke from 3-point range in the second half, the top-seeded Tigers used an early run after the break to push past third-seeded Yale 71-59 and win the inaugural Ivy League Tournament. The win is Princeton's 19th in a row, the second-longest active streak in the nation, and it makes the Tigers the first team to, albeit unofficially, go 16-0 in the Ivy.
Myles Stephens, a day after putting in a career-high 21 points and getting his first career double-double with 10 rebounds in Princeton's comeback win over fourth-seeded and host Penn, led the Tigers with 23 points and earned tournament Most Outstanding Player honors. Steven Cook joined him on the all-tournament team.
Princeton will make its first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2011, when the 13th-seeded Tigers narrowly lost to eventual Final Four team Kentucky 59-57. The Tigers' opponent and destination will be revealed during the 5:30 p.m. ET selection show on CBS.
Seven straight points allowed Princeton to turn a 32-31 deficit into a six-point lead with just more than two minutes gone after the break, and Princeton never trailed again. The Tigers, who had gone 4 of 12 from distance in the first half, made their first three from beyond the arc on the way to 7 of 14 for the half.
Derek Jones' call of the end of the game on the Princeton IMG Sports Network:
Team Stats
YALE
PRIN
FG%
.377
.481
3FG%
.300
.423
FT%
.684
.714
RB
34
32
TO
7
7
STL
4
7
Game Leaders
Pts
23
FGM
8
3FGM
3
FTM
4
Pts
15
FGM
5
3FGM
3
FTM
2
Pts
13
FGM
3
3FGM
3
FTM
4
Pts
7
FGM
3
3FGM
1
FTM
0
Players Mentioned
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