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Princeton University Athletics
Saturday, February 15
New Haven, Conn.
8:00 PM
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Men's Basketball Drops Road Contest At Yale
February 15, 2025 | Men's Basketball
PRINCETON, N.J. – The Princeton University men's basketball team dropped a road contest to Yale Saturday night at Payne Whitney Gymnasium, 84-57
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Junior Xaivian Lee led the Tigers in scoring with 19 points and had six rebounds. Freshman CJ Happy added seven points, two rebounds and two assists.
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The Tigers got off to a strong start, with a three-pointer by Happy with 18:30 on the clock igniting an 8-0 run that put Princeton up, 8-3, with 15:59 left in the half. Yale battled back with an 8-0 run of its own and jumped ahead at 6:15, 17-12. A step-back three by Lee followed by a senior Blake Peters free throw narrowed the deficit back to one, 17-16, with 5:00 remaining in the half, but the Bulldogs got hot to close the half out and took a 32-20 advantage into halftime.
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A Lee three-pointer made it a 10-point game with 16:50 left to play, 36-26, but an 8-0 Yale run helped the Bulldogs surge ahead, 44-26, at 15:17. Shortly after, a 10-0 run by Yale put the hosts ahead 56-31 with 10:06 left to play. The game's final 10 minutes belonged to Bulldogs, as Yale went on to earn an 84-57 win.
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Up Next
Princeton hosts Harvard (9-13, 4-5) inside Jadwin Gymnasium at 7 p.m. on Feb. 21.
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Junior Xaivian Lee led the Tigers in scoring with 19 points and had six rebounds. Freshman CJ Happy added seven points, two rebounds and two assists.
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The Tigers got off to a strong start, with a three-pointer by Happy with 18:30 on the clock igniting an 8-0 run that put Princeton up, 8-3, with 15:59 left in the half. Yale battled back with an 8-0 run of its own and jumped ahead at 6:15, 17-12. A step-back three by Lee followed by a senior Blake Peters free throw narrowed the deficit back to one, 17-16, with 5:00 remaining in the half, but the Bulldogs got hot to close the half out and took a 32-20 advantage into halftime.
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A Lee three-pointer made it a 10-point game with 16:50 left to play, 36-26, but an 8-0 Yale run helped the Bulldogs surge ahead, 44-26, at 15:17. Shortly after, a 10-0 run by Yale put the hosts ahead 56-31 with 10:06 left to play. The game's final 10 minutes belonged to Bulldogs, as Yale went on to earn an 84-57 win.
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Up Next
Princeton hosts Harvard (9-13, 4-5) inside Jadwin Gymnasium at 7 p.m. on Feb. 21.
Team Stats
PU
Yale
FG%
.268
.571
3FG%
.229
.450
FT%
.792
.733
RB
31
40
TO
10
8
STL
5
6
Game Leaders
Pts
19
FGM
5
3FGM
3
FTM
6
Pts
5
FGM
1
3FGM
1
FTM
2
Pts
5
FGM
1
3FGM
0
FTM
3
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