Men's Basketball to Face Lafayette & UMBC

Game Ten: Princeton (7-3) vs. Lafayette (2-7)
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Game 11: Princeton (7-3) vs. UMBC (5-4)
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PRINCETON, N.J. – The Princeton University men's basketball team is set for a pair of games inside three days; it will head to Easton, Pennsylvania, on Saturday, December 14, to take on Lafayette College at 2 p.m. inside the Kirby Sports Center, before returning to Jadwin Gymnasium to take on the University of Maryland, Baltimore County at 6 p.m. on Monday, December 13.

Last Time Out
Led by four double digit scorers, the Tigers overcame Bucknell University Tuesday night inside Jadwin Gymnasium, 82-69.

Senior Jaelin Llewellyn had a game-high 20 points on 8-for-12 shooting from the field, along with 4-for-6 shooting from behind the three-point line. Junior Tosan Evbuomwan added 16 points on 8-for-10 shooting from the field, while leading the game in steals with a career-high four. Evbuomwan also tied for the game-high in rebounds with six, and assists with five.

Junior Ryan Langborg finished with 14 points on 5-for-10 shooting, handed out a career-high four assists, and recorded a career-high three steals. Senior Drew Friberg also went 5-for-8 from the field and 3-for-6 from beyond the arc to finish with 13 points.

As a team, the Tigers shot 51.0% from the field (25-for-49), out-rebounded the Bison 32-26, and handed out 18 assists to Bucknell's 16.

Through Ten Games
Evbuomwan leads the Ivy League in assists per game with 4.8, and field goal percentage at 56.0%. He also ranks inside the top-10 in the conference in two other statistical categories; points per game (14.0), and rebounds per game (5.7)

Langborg ranks second in the Ivy League in both three-point percentage (45.5%) and three-point field goals per game (3.0).

Junior Ethan Wright ranks fourth in the Ivy League in rebounds with 8.0 per game, and 10^th in points per game with 13.5

Llewellyn leads the Tigers and ranks fifth in the Ivy League in scoring with 15.9 points per game.

Stepping Up
Three Tigers have stepped up and re-set their career-highs in scoring on multiple occasions so far in 2021-21. Evbuomwan has re-set his four times (12 points vs. South Carolina, 16 points vs. Minnesota, 19 points vs. Fairleigh Dickinson, 27 points vs. Drexel), while Wright (24 points vs. Oregon State, 29 points vs. Fairleigh Dickinson) and Langborg (14 points vs. Marist, 18 points vs. FDU) have re-set theirs twice.

All-Time Series
The Tigers are 52-13 all-time against the Leopards, with the first matchup between the two programs taking place in 1901. In the most recent game between the two teams, Lafayette defeated Princeton 72-65 inside Jadwin Gymnasium on Wednesday, November 13, 2019.

Princeton leads the all-time series with UMBC, 3-0. The first contest took place in 1994, and the most on Tuesday, December 2, 2003, in a game where the Tigers prevailed 68-56 in Baltimore, Maryland.

Scouting the Leopards
Lafayette has a 2-7 record in 2021-22 and in its most recent contest fell to the University of Delaware, 68-58, on Wednesday, December 8, at 7 p.m.

Kyle Jenkins leads the Leopards in scoring with 11.7 points per game, while Neal Quinn's 7.6 rebounds per game are a team-high. Quinn also leads Lafayette in assists with 4.2 per game, and blocks with 1.3 per game. CJ Fulton averages a team-high 1.2 steals per game.

In 2020-21, Lafayette had a 9-6 overall record and a 9-5 record in conference play.

Scouting the Retrievers
UMBC has a 5-4 record on the season, and fell 100-71 at Georgetown University in Washington D.C., on Wednesday, December 8, in its most recent game.

Keondre Kennedy leads the team in scoring with 14.3 points per game, and Yaw Mensah-Obeng leads the team in rebounds with 3.2 per game. Darnell Rogers averages a team-high 4.0 assists per game, along with a team-best 1.4 steals per game. Szymon Wojcik leads the team in blocks, with 0.7 per game.

In 2020-21, the Retrievers had a 14-6 overall record along with a 10-5 record in America East play.

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