Princeton Wins Ivy Regular Season Title With 80-68 Victory over Yale

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NEW HAVEN, Conn. – For the second consecutive year, the Princeton Tigers won the Ivy League regular season title with an 80-68 victory over the Yale Bulldogs at the Lee Amphitheater on Saturday afternoon.

It's the 14th time in program history that Princeton was won the conference title and the seventh time in head coach Courtney Banghart's tenure.

Bella Alarie led all scorers with 31 points along with 13 rebounds. She also contributed six assists, two blocks and two steals. Carlie Littlefield dropped in 20 points and five boards while Gabrielle Rush had a career-best 10 helpers in the victory.

Following a three-pointer from Yale's Camilia Emsbo, the Tigers rolled off six straight points to take a six-point advantage, 16-10, at the 3:18 mark of the first quarter. Princeton led by seven before bringing an 18-14 lead into the second quarter.

Back-to-back buckets from Alarie gave the Tigers their first double-digit advantage of the contest (29-18) with 5:28 left in the first half. Rush's trey extended Princeton's margin to 14 (39-25), but Yale ended the frame with a flurry, scoring seven straight, cutting its deficit to 39-32 at the break.

The Bulldogs began the second half with an 11-6 push to close within two, 45-43, as the clock read 4:21. This time, Princeton went on a run, completing the third stanza with 9-of-11, giving itself a 56-48 lead after 30 minutes.

The Tigers' offensive firepower continued as the fourth quarter got started as they sprinted out with 7-of-9, leading to a Bulldogs' timeout with 7:35 remaining. The stoppage didn't slow down Princeton as it added two free throws from Littlefield and a jumper from Alarie pushing the score to 67-50.

A trey from Emsbo with 1:18 to go would be the closest the home squad got (10 points) the rest of the way. Princeton hit nine free throws in the final 90 seconds to seal the victory.

Roxy Barahman had 17 points and seven assists in the loss for Yale (16-13, 6-8 Ivy). The Tigers (20-9, 12-2 Ivy) secured their 10th straight win and 19th victory in their last 21 outings. It's the ninth time in the last 10 years that the Tigers have won at least 20 games.

Princeton will be the No. 1 seed in next week's Ivy League Tournament followed by Penn, Harvard and Cornell. The Tigers took the top seed despite the same conference mark with the Quakers because of a better record vs. Harvard. The Tigers will take on No. 4 seed Cornell on Mar. 16 at 6 p.m. The championship game is Mar. 17 at 4 p.m.

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