Men's Basketball Set For Pair of Contests Against Harvard

Game 25: Princeton (19-5, 9-2) vs. Harvard (13-10, 5-6)
Tip-Off: 7 p.m. EST
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Game 26: Princeton (19-5, 9-2) vs. Harvard (13-10, 5-6)
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PRINCETON, N.J. – The Princeton University men's basketball team returns to Jadwin Gymnasium on Friday, February 25, to host Harvard University on senior night before taking on the Crimson in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Sunday, February 27.

Senior Night
A short ceremony will be held prior to the Tigers' game against Harvard Friday honoring the Class of 2022; Jaelin Llewellyn, Ethan Wright, Max Johns, Drew Friberg, Elijah Barnes, and Charlie Bagin.

Last Time Out
In a battle of the top two teams in the Ivy League standings, the Princeton University men's basketball team earned an 81-75 victory over Yale University, Saturday night inside the John J. Lee Amphitheater.

Junior Tosan Evbuomwan was outstanding, scoring a game-high 26 points, pulling down a game-high 11 rebounds, and tying for the team-high in assists with five. Wright added 23 points on 9-for-13 shooting from the field, 3-for-6 shooting from three, and also grabbed nine rebounds while tying with Evbuomwan for the game-high in assists with five. Friberg chipped in 12 points, and five rebounds.

National Rankings
Three-point field goals per game: #7, 10.8
Fewest Turnovers: #15, 258
Fewest Fouls: #15, 359
Field goal percentage: #11, 48.6
Assist/Turnover ratio: #10, 1.52
Scoring offense: #10, 80.6
Three-point field goal percentage: #16, 38.1
Total three-point field goals made: #22, 260
Assists per game: #21, 16.3
Won-lost percentage: #26, 79.2

Through 24 Games
Evbuowman leads the Ivy League in assists per game (4.9), and assist/turnover ratio (2.0). He ranks second in field goal percentage (53.1%), third in steals per game (1.5), fourth in points per game (15.4), and sixth in rebounds per game (6.3).
Wright ranks third in the conference in rebounds per game (7.3), field goal percentage (50.9%), and three-point percentage (48.2%). He also sits fourth in three-point field goals per game (2.4), and fifth in points per game (15.3).

Llewellyn ranks sixth in the Ivy League in assists per game (2.8), seventh in points per game (14.4), ninth in three-point field goal percentage (37.8%), and 10^th in three-point field goals per game (2.0).

Langborg sits fifth in the conference in three-point field goal percentage (39.3%), while Friberg ranks fourth in three-point field goals per game (2.4), and sixth in three-point field goal percentage (38.9%).

High Powered Offense
Should the Tigers of 2021-22 maintain their 80.6 point per game scoring average, it would be the highest scoring average in program history. The current program for scoring average is 79.74 points per game, set in the 1971-72 season.

Triple Double Watch
Should Evbuomwan, or any Tiger, record a triple double, it would be the first in program history since assists were first recorded in 1974-75.

All-Time Series
The Tigers lead the all-time series with the Crimson, 133-51.

Last Time They Met
On Friday, February 21, 2020, Princeton fell to Harvard inside Lavietes Pavillion, 65-52.

Scouting Harvard
Harvard has a 13-10 record on the season, and a 5-6 record in Ivy League play. In its most recent contest, the Crimson outlasted Cornell University in overtime, 77-72, on Saturday, February 19, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Harvard is led in points (18.0), assists (3.0), and steals (2.1) per game by Noah Kirkwood, along with blocks (11). Chris Ledlum leads the team in rebounds per game (9.3)

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