Regular Season Play to Conclude for Men's Basketball at Penn

Game 27: Princeton (21-5, 11-2) vs. Penn (12-14, 9-4)
Tip-Off: 6 p.m. EST
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PRINCETON, N.J. – Regular season play wraps up for the Ivy League Regular Season Champion Princeton University men's basketball team Saturday, when it takes on the University of Pennsylvania inside the Palestra at 6 p.m.

Last Time Out
It came down to the dying moments Sunday afternoon inside Lavietes Pavilion, but a layup by junior Tosan Evbuomwan with 4.8 seconds left put the Princeton University men's basketball team in front of Harvard University, 74-73, and helped the Tigers secure their 28^th Ivy League Championship in program history.

The victory over the Crimson clinched at least a share of the title for the Tigers, who have one regular season contest remaining. It moved them to 21-5 overall, and 11-2 in Ivy League play.

Evbuomwan led the game in points with 18 on 8-for-14 shooting, along with rebounds with eight, and assists with four. Senior Jaelin Llewellyn added 16 points, five rebounds, three assists, and three steals, while senior Ethan Wright added 11 points on 5-for-8 shooting, along with five rebounds. Senior Drew Friberg and junior Ryan Langborg also each scored nine points, and senior Elijah Barnes came off the bench to score eight points on 3-for-4 shooting, and grab four rebounds in nine minutes.

National Rankings
Three-point field goals per game: #5, 11.0
Fewest Turnovers: #14, 275
Fewest Fouls: #9, 378
Field goal percentage: #12, 48.7
Assist/Turnover ratio: #8, 1.52
Scoring offense: #13, 80.1
Three-point field goal percentage: #10, 38.6
Total three-point field goals made:
Assists per game: #23, 16.1
Won-lost percentage: #20, 80.8

Through 26 Games
Evbuomwan leads the Ivy League in assists per game (4.9), and assist/turnover ratio (2.1). He ranks second in field goal percentage (52.7%9, fourth in points per game (15.1), fourth in steals per game (1.5), and seventh in rebounds per game (6.3).

Wright ranks third in the conference in field goal percentage (51.0%), third in three-point percentage (40.3%), third in rebounding (7.2), and fifth in points per game (15.1).

Llewellyn ranks sixth in the Ivy League in points per game, seventh in assists per game (2.8), and eighth in three-point field goal percentage (38.3%).

Friberg also ranks fourth in the conference in three-point field goals per game (2.5), and seventh in three-point percentage (39.6%). Langborg ranks sixth in the conference in three-point percentage (39.7%), and seventh in three-point field goals per game (2.3).

Llewellyn Nears 1,000 Points
With 986 career points, Llewellyn is on the verge of becoming the 36^th player to join the Princeton 1,000-point club.

Point Forward
Evbuomwan's 117 assists in the 2021-22 season rank No. 8 all-time in school history for assists in a 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.

Last Time They Met
Princeton defeated Penn, 74-64, on Monday, January 17, inside Jadwin Gymnasium.

Scouting Penn
Along with having already clinched a spot in the Ivy League Tournament, the Quakers have a 12-14 overall record along with a 9-4 record in conference play. Most recently, Penn fell 84-70 at Dartmouth on Saturday, February 26.

Jordan Dingle leads Penn in points per game (20.2), while Max Martz leads the team in rebounds per game (5.0). Michael Moshkovitz is the Quakers' assist-leader (2.8), and also leads the team in steals per game (1.1), and blocks (10).

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