Men's Basketball Set For Ivy Madness

Semifinal 1: No. 1 seed Yale (20-7, 13-1) vs. No. 4 seed Princeton (19-10, 8-6) – 3/15, 11 a.m.
Semifinal 2: No. 2 seed Cornell (17-10, 9-5) vs. No. 3 seed Dartmouth (14-13, 8-6) – 3/15, 2 p.m.
Final: Winner Semifinal 1 vs. Winner Semifinal 2 – 3/16, 12 p.m.
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PRINCETON, N.J. – The fourth-seeded Princeton University men's basketball team will open the 2025 Ivy League Tournament against top-seeded Yale as the Tigers strive to win a third Ivy Tournament title and return to the NCAA Tournament for the 27th time.

Princeton At Ivy Madness
Princeton, who won the Ivy League Tournament in 2017 and 2023, have appeared in the Ivy League Tournament seven out of the eight years of its existence. Along with 2017 and 2023, the Tigers clinched a spot in Ivy Madness in 2019, 2020, 2022 and 2024.

One Of The Nation's Top Winning Percentages
The Tigers winning percentage of 74.2% since the start of the 2021-22 season ranks No. 14 in the nation for best winning percentage. Princeton has gone 89-31 in that time span.

Impressive Home Record
Since the start of the 2021-22 season, Princeton has gone 47-9 at home for an 83.93 winning percentage.

Road Warriors
Since the start of the 2021-22 season, the Tigers rank seventh in the nation for highest winning percentage on the road (68.8%). Princeton has a 33-15 road since 2021.

Last Time Out
The Tigers downed the University of Pennsylvania inside Jadwin Gymnasium on Mar. 8, 95-71, in the final regular season contest of 2024-25. Blake Peters led the game in scoring with 25 points while Xaivian Lee recorded his second career triple double with 23 points, 12 assists and 10 rebounds. CJ Happy added 14 points and Caden Pierce 13. The Tigers' victory over Penn tied the all-time series for the first time since 1905, 126-126.

The Second-Winningest Coach In School History
With 251 career victories, Mitch Henderson passed Franklin C. "Cappy" Cappon to become the second-winningest head coach all-time at Princeton for wins. Henderson trails only Naismith Hall of Fame member Pete Carril, who ended his career with 514 victories.

Testing The Waters
Lee declared for the 2024 NBA draft but elected to return to Princeton for his junior year. He was one of 45 players selected to attend the NBA G League Elite Camp in May.

Historic Triple Doubles
Lee became the first Tiger in program history to record a triple double since assists were first recorded in 1974-95 in Princeton's win at Saint Joe's on Dec. 3. Lee tied the team-high in scoring with 18 points on 7-for-14 shooting, had a game and career-high 13 rebounds along with a game and career-high 10 assists. Lee recorded a second triple double on Mar. 8 in the Tigers' win over Penn with 23 points, 12 assists and 10 rebounds.

One Of Three
Lee is one of three players in the nation to record more than one triple double in 2024-25.

One Of Six
Lee is one of six active players to record more than one triple double.

First Ivy Player To Do It In Years
The last Ivy League player before Lee to record a triple double was Yale's Jordan Bruner against Cornell in a double overtime game on Feb. 21, 2020. The most recent Ivy player to record a triple double in a regulation game before Lee was the University of Pennsylvania's AJ Brodeur on Nov. 29, 2019, against Arizona.

Lee's 2024-25 Awards
Xaivian Lee was honored as the Ivy League Player of the Week for the third time this season and the fifth time in his career on Mar. 10 after recording his second career triple double of 23 points, 12 assists and 10 rebounds in the Tigers' win over Penn on Mar. 8. Lee was also named Ivy Player of the Week and Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association (MBWA) Player of the Week on Dec. 10.

Single Season Assist Record In Sight
Through 29 games, Lee has 159 assists which ranks No. 2 in program history for most assists in a season. The program record of 161 assists is held by Tosan Evbuomwan '23 and William Ryan '84. Lee needs to assists to tie the program record and three to set a new one.

Historic Assist Numbers
Before Lee, the last Princeton player to have at least 10 assists in a game was Spencer Weisz '17, who had 13 at Liberty on Dec. 10, 2016. His 13 assists against Liberty also marked the last time a Tiger had at least 11 assists in a game, a feat accomplished by Lee on Dec. 21 against Rutgers.

Climbing The Career Assists Rankings
Lee's 295 career assists are tied for No. 10 all-time in school history with Marcus Schroeder '10.

Floor General
Lee became the first Princeton player to record seven or more assists in consecutive games since Tosan Evbuomwan '23 had seven against Bucknell (Dec. 7, 2021) and eight at Lafayette (Dec. 11, 2021). Lee had nine assists against Duquense (Nov. 8) then eight at Northeastern (Nov. 10).

Assist Rate Leader
Lee ranks 20th in the nation in assist rate (37.0), a stat that measures assists divided by the field goals made by the player's teammates while he is on the court. Lee's 5.4 assists also rank No. 38 in the nation.

Offensive X-Plosion
Lee has scored 30 points or more four times in his career, including against Dartmouth (33) on Jan. 18, 2025, Texas State (30) on Nov. 22, 2024, Harvard (33) on Jan. 6, 2023, and Northeastern (30) on Nov. 25, 2023.

All-Around Game
Through 29 games, Lee is averaging 17.0 points-per-game, 6.1 rebounds, 5.4 assists and 1.1 steals with a 2.5 assist/turnover ratio. Lee leads the Ivy League in assist/turnover ratio and ranks second in assists, fourth in scoring, sixth in rebounds seventh in free throw percentage (78.8%), and tenth in steals.

Milestone Year For Lee
In Princeton's win at Penn on Feb. 7, Lee became the 38th member of the 1,000 Point Club. His 1,140 points rank No. 18 all-time in program history.

National Notice
After his 21-point, 14-rebound performance in Princeton's win over Rutgers on Dec. 21, Caden Pierce was recognized nationally. On Dec. 23 he was named Lute Olson National Player of the Week by collegeinsider.com then on Dec. 24 he was honored as one of five Oscar Robertson Trophy National Players of the Week by the U.S. Basketball Writers Association (USBWA). In addition, Pierce received the Ivy League Player of the Week award for the sixth time in his career on Dec. 23.

One Of Five At Princeton
Pierce is one of five players at Princeton to record 1,000 points and 700 rebounds. The other four are Carl Belz '59, Bill Bradley '65, Chris Thomforde '69, and Ian Hummer '13.

An Active Career Leader
Pierce's 27 double doubles rank No. 20 among active players in NCAA DI men's basketball and his 7.9 rebound average No. 20.

Generational Rebounder
With 705 career rebounds, Pierce ranks No. 7 all-time at Princeton for most rebounds. Pierce needs three rebounds to move up a spot to No. 6, a ranking currently held by Christopher Thomforde '69 who had 709 rebounds.

Pierce Milestone Watch
Pierce has 1,058 career points, which ranks No. 30 on the Tigers' all-time list. He is also sitting on 89 makes from three, requiring 11 more to get to 100.

The 2024 Ivy League Player of the Year
Pierce is averaging 11.2 points, 7.3 rebounds and 3.1 assists. He leads the Ivy League in total rebounds (205) and ranks second in rebounds-per-game. Pierce also ranks eighth in the conference in assist/turnover ratio (1.6) and tenth in assists.

Blake P3ters
Blake Peters is averaging 10.3 points and ranks fifth in the conference in three-point field goals-per-game (2.5), fifth in three-point percentage (39.6%) and ninth in steals (1.2).

Moving Up The All-Time Career Three-Pointers Made List
Peters became the seventh Princeton player to make 200 three-pointers on Mar. 8 in the Tigers' win over Penn. His 200 threes rank No. 7 in program history for most career three-pointers and should he make 10 more, he'll pass Spencer Weisz '17 and move up to No. 6.

Moving Up The All-Time Single Season Three-Pointers Made List
Peters' 78 made three-point field goals rank No. 7 on the Tigers' all-time single season list.

Career Day Against The Quakers
Peters had a career day on Mar. 8, leading Princeton to a 13th straight win over Penn. He scored a career-high 25 points and went 9-for-14 from the field and 7-for-12 from three, with his made field goals and made three-pointers also being career-highs.

A Third Ivy League Player Of The Week In 2024-25
On Jan. 6, Dalen Davis joined Pierce (Dec. 23) and Lee (Dec. 9) as Tigers named Ivy Player of the Week in 2024-25. In Princeton's wins over Akron and Kean, Davis averaged 13.5 points-per-game, 4.0 steals, 3.5 assists and 3.0 rebounds. Against the Zips, Davis buried the game-winning three-point shot in the final moments of the contest.

Davis' Career Day
Davis scored a career-high 25 points against Northeastern Nov. 10, exceeding his previous career-high of 21, set on in the Ivy League Tournament semifinal against Brown on Mar. 16, 2024. Davis' nine made field goals were a career-high, while his four made three-pointers tied his career-best.

The Development Of Jackson Hicke
In the Tigers' win at Columbia on Feb. 28, Jackson Hicke scored a career-high 14 points on 6-for-8 shooting. In Ivy League play, Hicke is averaging 7.2 points and 3.4 rebounds. Additionally, Hicke made the game-winning free throws at Penn on Feb. 7.

Happy's First Career Start
CJ Happy made his first career start on Feb. 1 against Brown. In Ivy League play, Happy is averaging 6.5 points and 2.7 rebounds. His career-high against a DI opponent came on Nov. 24 against Portland when he scored 16 points on 7-for-9 shooting.

Stanton's Career Night
Jack Stanton provided a spark off the bench against Yale on Jan. 31, scoring 17 points on 6-for-8 shooting from the field and 3-for-5 from three in 10 minutes.

Phil-ing It Up
Philip Byriel had a career night on Dec. 3 in Princeton's victory at Saint Joe's, recording career-highs in points (18) and made three-pointers (six).

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