Powered by Hicke's Career-High 27 Points, Men's Basketball Earns 76-60 Victory Over Yale

Saturday, January 10

Princeton, N.J.

2:00 PM

Princeton University

6-11,2-0Ivy League

Yale

12-3,1-1Ivy League

Yale

Princeton

Powered by Hicke's Career-High 27 Points, Men's Basketball Earns 76-60 Victory Over Yale

January 10, 2026 | Men's Basketball

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PRINCETON, N.J. – Powered by junior Jackson Hicke's career and game-high 27 points, the Princeton University men's basketball team earned an impressive 76-60 victory over Yale inside Jadwin Gymnasium Saturday afternoon.

In addition to moving the Tigers to 2-0 in Ivy League play, the win moved Princeton to 154-102 all-time against the Bulldogs, and 91-33 at home.

"You want to be playing your best basketball in March, and you want to be playing better basketball in January than you were at the start of the year."

Hear from @JacksonHicke after his career-high 27 points in the Tigers' win over Yale!#MakeShots ???? pic.twitter.com/EcNMjOwuda
— Princeton Men's Basketball (@PrincetonMBB) January 10, 2026

Hicke, who has now scored 20 points or more five times in 2025-26, recorded his 27 points on 8-for-13 shooting from the field, 3-for-5 from three and 8-for-10 from the free throw line. Hicke also tallied five rebounds and two assists.

Junior Dalen Davis scored 17 points off the bench on 5-for-12 shooting from the field, 3-for-5 from three and 4-for-4 from the free throw line. Davis brings his career total in three-pointers made to 96, just three short of 100.

Sophomore Jack Stanton added 10 points and went 7-for-7 from the free throw line, while sophomore Malik Abdullahi finished with eight points, a game-high nine rebounds and a game-high four assists, tying his career-high in both categories. Junior Jacob Huggins contributed a game and career-high three blocks in addition to five rebounds and three assists.

The game began as a back-and-forth battle, with a pair of early Happy three-pointers along with layups by Abdullahi and Hicke putting the Tigers in front with 14:00 left in the half, 10-7. Yale battled back and took a 15-12 lead with 10:29 on the clock. The Bulldogs would pull away to take a slight edge, 22-20, at 0:42 but a jumper by Hicke with 0:14 remaining in the half sent the Tigers into the half tied with Yale, 22-22.

Princeton opened the second half on a 10-4 run, taking a 32-26 advantage with 14:45 left to play after a Stanton three-pointer. The Bulldogs battled back to take a 33-32 lead at 12:41, but back-to-back layups by Hicke put Princeton back in front at 11:44, 36-33.

With the Tigers up three, 49-46, with 4:34 on the clock, Davis buried a three then drained a pair of free throws to put Princeton up eight, 54-46, at 4:01. With 1:47 remaining and the Tigers leading 65-57 a free throw by Hicke led a 12-3 run on which Princeton would close the game out on as it went on to pick up the 76-60 victory.

Up Next
The Tigers face Harvard (8-8, 1-1) inside Lavietes Pavilion in Cambridge, Massachusetts, at 2 p.m. on Jan. 17