Men's Basketball to Face Brown & Yale

Game 24: Princeton (16-7, 7-3) vs. Brown (12-10, 5-3) – 2/17, 7:00 p.m.
Game 25: Princeton (16-6, 7-3) vs. Yale (17-6, 7-3) – 2/18, 6:00 p.m.
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PRINCETON, N.J. – The Princeton University men's basketball team returns to Jadwin Gymnasium for a pair of Ivy League contests when it hosts Brown on Friday, February 17, followed by Yale on Friday, February 18.

Last Time Out
In a back-and-forth contest that saw 12 lead changes, the Princeton University men's basketball team suffered an 83-76 setback against Dartmouth, Saturday afternoon inside Leede Arena.

Senior Tosan Evbuomwan finished with a game-high 23 points on 8-for-12 shooting, along with a team-high nine rebounds and a team-high six assists. Senior Ryan Langborg added 15 points, making three three-pointers and moving up to No. 14 for most made three-point field goals in program history, tying T.J. Bray '14 with 135. Freshman Caden Pierce finished with 12 points, five rebounds, four assists, three steals and two blocks. Pierce's four assists, three made three-pointers and three steals were both each season-highs..

200 Career Wins
Franklin C. Cappon-Edward C. Green '40 Head Coach Mitch Henderson recorded his 200^th career win Princeton's 89-82 victory over Cornell on Friday, February 3, inside Jadwin Gymnasium. He is currently third all-time in wins at Princeton; Franklin (Cappy) Cappon is second with 250, and Pete Carril first with 514.

Welcome To The Century Club
Princeton's victory over Cornell on Friday, February 3, marked 100 regular-season Ivy League wins for Henderson. He became the eighth Ivy League men's basketball coach to reach the milestone, and the second from Princeton as Pete Carril sits atop the list with 310 regular-season conference wins.

Crashing The Boards
The Tigers have been one of the best rebounding teams in the nation so far in 2022-23, with their 29.13 defensive rebounds per game ranking No. 5 in the nation. Princeton's rebound margin of 7.4 also ranks No. 12 nationally, and the Tigers rank No. 19 in the nation in rebounds per game, averaging 39.13.

Efficient Shooting
The Tigers' Effective field goal percentage of 54.1% ranks No. 46 in the country, and the Tigers' field goal percentage of 47.0% ranks No. 52 nationally.

200 Assists For Evbuomwan
In the first half of Princeton's game against Iona on Tuesday, December 13, Evbuomwan found Pierce for the 200th assist of his career. Evbuomwan's 142 assists in the 2021-22 season were No. 2 all-time at Princeton, trailing only William F. Ryan's 161 assists in the 1983-84 season.

Evbuomwan On The All-Time Assists List
His 272 career assists rank No. 11 in school history; Evbuomwan needs eight assists to tie Sydney Johnson '97, who ended his career with 280 assists, for No. 10 on the Tigers' all-time list.

The 2022 Ivy League Player of the Year
Evbuomwan has continued his stellar play in the 2022-23 season, ranking first on the team and fifth in the Ivy League in scoring with 14.4 points on 54.4% shooting, which ranks sixth in the conference. He also ranks second on the team in rebounding and seventh in the Ivy League with 6.0 per game, leads the conference in assists with 4.7 and is tied for third on the team in steals with 16. Evbuomwan's assist/turnover ratio of 1.6 also ranks sixth in the Ivy League.

Caden Pierce, Rebounding Machine
Pierce leads the Tigers and ranks fifth in the Ivy League in both rebounds per game (6.5) and total rebounds (145). He's led Princeton in rebounding eight times this season, including on Saturday, January 7, against Cornell and Saturday, January 21, against Dartmouth, when he had a season-high 13. Additionally, Pierce has tallied four double-doubles so far in 2022-23.

Ivy Rookie of the Week
Pierce was honored as the Ivy League Rookie of the Week for the third time in 2022-23 on Monday, February 14, after he stuffed the stat sheet during the Tigers' game at Dartmouth. it marked the second-straighr week of a Tiger being named Rookie of the Week, and the fifth time total this season.

Deven Austin and Xaivian Lee have each won the award once.

100 Made Threes For Langborg
With 135 made three-pointers in his career, Langborg is tied with T.J. Bray '14 for No. 14 all-time in school history for made three-pointers. This was accomplished in a shortened 2019-20 season and no 2020-21 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In total, 22 Tigers have exceeded 100 made three-pointers in their career.

Langborg is also averaging 12.0 points per game, which ranks second on the team and 13^th in the Ivy League, and his 2.1 three-pointers per game rank fifth in the conference. Additionally, Langborg's 66 made three-pointers in the 2021-22 rank No. 13 all-time at Princeton for most made three-pointers in a season.

A Presence Inside
Kellman has provided the Tigers with a reliable presence inside in 2022-23, averaging 9.1 points (No. 4 on the team) on 62.8% shooting (No. 1 in the Ivy League) along with 4.4 rebounds. He has scored in double digits in ten games, and Kellman's 19 blocked shots rank seventh in the Ivy League.

Allocco Steps Up
Allocco has taken his game to another level this season, and ranks third on the team in scoring with 10.8 points on 49.7% shooting from the field and 41.4% shooting from three, which ranks No. % in the Ivy League. He also ranks third on the team in rebounding with 5.0, second in assists with 54 and second in steals with 18.

Last Time Against The Bears
Princeton fell just short against Brown, 72-60, inside the Pizzitola Sports Center in Providence, Rhode Island, on Saturday, January 14.

Last Time Against The Bulldogs
The Tigers suffered an 87-65 setback against Yale on Saturday, January 28, in New Haven, Connecticut, inside the John J. Lee Amphitheater.

2.17 vs Brown
Black History Month Celebration Night
- Join us as we celebrate Black History Month!

2.18 vs Yale
- Free "Make Shots" shirts to lucky fans!
- Kids can enjoy the pre-game Kids Zone area, featuring games, a bouncehouse, balloon-oligist, and face painting!

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