Women's Basketball Gets Tough Road Win At Penn, 74-68

Saturday, January 3

Philadelphia, Pa.

2:00 PM

Princeton University

13-1,1-0Ivy League

Penn

10-4,0-1Ivy League

Princeton

Penn

Olivia Hutcherson

Photo by: Sideline Photos, LLC

Women's Basketball Gets Tough Road Win At Penn, 74-68

January 03, 2026 | Women's Basketball

Box Score

PHILADELPHIA – Madison St. Rose and Olivia Hutcherson combined for 35 points as the Princeton Women's Basketball Team held off the Penn Quakers, 74-68, at the Palestra on Saturday afternoon.

A 12-1 run to begin the fourth quarter by the Quakers put them in front, 61-57, with 5:44 to go, but Princeton answered with eight straight including this game-winning triple from Taylor Charles …

Princeton 65, Penn 61 | 3:48 4th Needed that, thank you, @taylorrcharless!

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— Princeton WBB (@PrincetonWBB) January 3, 2026

The two Ivy foes exchanged field goals before two free throws closed the Penn deficit to two, 67-65, with 1:19 remaining.

St. Rose countered with a bucket and added a free throw to extend the Tigers' advantage back to five, 70-65, as the clock ticked under 40 seconds.

A three-pointer from Penn's Simone Sawyer made it a two-point game with 13 seconds left, but Princeton hit four free throws to close out the win.

Trailing 8-4 in the early going, Princeton ripped off a 21-4 sprint to end the first quarter by shooting 6-of-9 from the floor during that stretch (66.7 percent) to go in front, 25-12, after 10 minutes. The Tigers led by as many as 13 in the second stanza before holding a 38-30 lead at the break.

Princeton kept Penn at bay in the third frame, leading by as many as 13, but Penn got within nine, 55-46, as the fourth quarter started.

Olivia Hutcherson set a new career high with 20 points on 7-of-12 shooting, adding five rebounds, three steals, three assists and two blocks.

St. Rose recorded 15 points including her 1,000^th career point becoming the 29th Tiger to reach that milestone.

Buckets. Congratulations to @nat_strose on becoming the 29th player in program history to reach 1,000 career points. #GetStops???? pic.twitter.com/SOh0gkQv62
— Princeton WBB (@PrincetonWBB) January 3, 2026

Princeton improves to 13-1 overall and 1-0 in the Ivy League while Penn dropped to 10-4 and 0-1 in the conference. The Tigers head back on the road to take on Yale next Saturday (Jan. 10). Tip-off is set for 2 p.m.