Ivy Madness Next as Yale Defeats Princeton in Regular-Season Finale

Saturday, March 9

Princeton, N.J.

6:00 PM

Princeton University

16-11, 8-6Ivy

Yale

20-7, 10-4Ivy

Yale

Princeton

Myles Stephens moved into 10th place on Princeton's all-time scoring list.

Photo by: Beverly Schaefer

Ivy Madness Next as Yale Defeats Princeton in Regular-Season Finale

March 09, 2019 | Men's Basketball

Box Score

Yale defeated Princeton 81-59 Saturday night in Jadwin Gym, but the Tigers' season will continue next weekend at the Ivy League Tournament at Yale.

Princeton will be the third seed and will face second-seeded Yale at 3 p.m. Saturday. Top-seeded Harvard will meet fourth-seeded Penn at noon in the first semifinal.

"For us to be qualified for the tournament, I know that we're disappointed in a way, but I see this as a sign of seniors keeping us on path and keeping us focused in the right direction, and that's something – I'm proud of them for that," Mitch Henderson, the Franklin C. Cappon-Edward G. Green '40 head coach of Princeton men's basketball, said.

Against the Bulldogs, Richmond Aririguzoh led three Tigers in double figures with 15 points. Myles Stephens added 13 to move into 10th place on Princeton's all-time scoring list, now at 1,332 points, and Max Johns added 10. But, Yale outshot Princeton 47.5 percent to 37.5 percent from the field and added to that with a 38-33 rebounding edge while benefiting from 17 Tiger turnovers and giving up just seven of its own. Blake Reynolds led three Bulldogs in double figures with 20 points.

All three Tiger seniors, including Stephens, Noah Bramlage and Elias Berbari, played in the game.

"We get another shot at it next week, so it's not the end yet," Stephens, a Lawrenceville, N.J., native, said. "I've been able to have a lot of family and friends come to my games throughout the years, and that's been special to me because being a local guy and having my friends from middle school come see my games and guys I haven't seen since high school come through and text me, 'Hey, can I come to your game?' That's always a cool thing, (to) have them support me."

Princeton led early at 4-2 five minutes into the game and led last at 7-6 seven minutes in, but Yale went on a 10-3 run over three minutes and never trailed from there. Princeton was within eight at 41-33 less than three minutes into the second half, but Yale scored the next five points and held a double-digit lead the rest of the way.

But, the Tigers have another game to play next Saturday.

"We're in it, we're really happy about being in it, and we've got a big week ahead," Henderson said. "All you've got to do is play 80 minutes well."

Postgame Notes

• The start was senior Noah Bramlage's first of his career.

• Rookie Max Johns scored 10 points for his Tiger best against a Division I opponent. He had 11 against Division III Wesley earlier this season.

• Senior Myles Stephens became the fourth Tiger in the program's top 10 in scoring to play for Mitch Henderson, joining Ian Hummer '13 (second, 1,625), Douglas Davis '12 (third, 1,550), and Devin Cannady (fifth, 1,515). That matches Pete Carril, who had four of the top 10 play for him in Kit Mueller '91 (fourth, 1,546), Craig Robinson '83 (seventh, 1,441), Brian Earl '99 (eighth, 1,428) and Bob Scrabis '89 (ninth, 1,365).