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2022-23 Men's Basketball Roster
Xaivian Lee
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 167
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Toronto, Canada
- High School:
- Perkiomen School
Postseason/Major
First Player In Program History To Record A Triple Double (21/13/10, at Saint Joe's, Dec. 11, 2024)
Lou Henson Mid Major All-America Team (2023-24)
Lou Henson Mid Major National Player of the Year Award Finalist (2023-24)
2x Unanimous First Team All-Ivy League (2023-24, 2024-25)
2x First Team All-District (2023-24, 2024-25)
Ivy Madness All-Tournament Team (2024-25)
2x First Team All-MBWA (2023-24, 2024-25)
Second Team All-ECAC (2023-24)
Weekly
5x Ivy League Player of the Week (Nov. 27, 2023, Jan. 8, 2024, Dec. 9, 2024. Jan. 21, 2025, Mar. 10, 2025)
1x MBWA Player of the Week (Dec. 10, 2024)
1x Ivy League Rookie of the Week (Nov. 28, 2022)
Watch Lists
Lou Henson Mid Major National Player of the Year Award Early-Season Watch List (2024-25)
Lou Henson Mid Major National Player of the Year Award Mid-Season Watch List (2023-24)
Lute Olson National Player of the Year Award Mid-Season Watch List (2023-24)
Academic
CSC Academic All-District (2024-25)
NABC Honors Court (2024-25)
In The Record Book
#1, Most Triple Doubles In A Season, 2 (2024-25)
#1, Most Assists In A Season, 165 (2024-25)
#8, Most Points In A Season, 507 (2024-25)
#10, Most Assists In A Career, 301 (2022-present)
#11, Most Points In A Season, 495 (2023-24)
#T-12, Most Assists In A Season, 108 (2023-24)
#17, Most Points In A Career, 1154 (2022-present)
#T-20, Most Three-Pointers In A Career, 59 (2024-25)
#T-25, Most Three-Pointers Made In A Season, 52 (2023-24)
National Team
Represented Canada at the FIBA U19 World Cup (2023)
Featured
Field Of 68 Podcast
Toronto's Xaivian Lee Steals Spotlight From Hyped NBA Draft Prospects In Princeton Win - Libaan Osman, Toronto Star
Ivy League Student By Day, NBA prospect By Night: Inside The Meteoric Rise Of Toronto’s Xaivian Lee - Libaan Osman, Toronto Star
Princeton Men's Basketball Bucks Trend By Retaining Its Two Top Players - Kevin Sweeney, Sports Illustrated
The Unlikely Rise Of The Ivy League Hooper - Gerald Narciso, GQ Magazine
The Phenomenon: Princeton's Xaivian Lee Is Taking College Basketball By Storm - Jerry Carino, Asbury Park Press
Canadian Lee Playing With Joy At Princeton - Jeremy Visser, TSN
How Xaivian Lee Overcame Doubters To Become A Star On The Court For Princeton - Oren Weisfeld, Sportsnet.CA
Nothing Will Faze Princeton Men's Basketball's Xaivian Lee - Kyle Franko, The Trentonian
Canadian Xaivian Lee With The Princeton Tigers Speaks With CBC News Network Ahead Of March Madness - CBC News
Princeton Men's Basketball's Lightning Bug Xaivian Lee Tough For Opponents To Catch - Kyle Franko, The Trentonian
2024-25: Recorded the first triple double in program history (since assists were officially counted in 1974-75) with 18 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists at Saint Joe’s on Dec. 3 … also became the first Ivy player to record a triple double in regulation since Penn’s AJ Brodeur on Nov. 29, 2019 … one of three players in the nation to record multiple triple doubles in 2024-25 … one of six active players with more than one triple double … recorded the program’s second triple double on Mar. 8 against Penn with 23 points, 12 assists and 10 rebounds … led the Ivy League in assist/turnover ratio (2.4) and ranked second in assists (5.5), fifth in scoring (16.9), seventh in free throw percentage (78.9%), eighth in rebounding (6.1), ninth in three-point field goals-per-game (2.0) and ninth in steals (1.2) … scored 20+ points in 10 games handed out 5+ assists in 17 games … ranked 20th in the nation in assist rate (36.8) and 23rd in offensive rating (113.1) … scored 33 points on 12-for-19 shooting, including the game-winning three-pointer, along with eight rebounds and four assists at Dartmouth on Jan. 18 … scored 30 points on 11-for-20 shooting and had six rebounds, five assists and two steals on Nov. 22 against Texas State … recorded a double-double of 21 points and 11 assists while also adding six rebounds and three steals in the Tigers’ victory over Rutgers in the Never Forget Tribute Classic on Dec. 21 … scored 27 points on 9-for-14 shooting and made the game-winning free throws while adding six assists and four rebounds on Nov. 4 against Iona … tallied 25 points on 10-for-14 shooting, six rebounds and six assists in a home win over Harvard on Feb. 21 … finished with 23 points, six assists, six rebounds and three steals on Dec. 10 in a home win over Monmouth … scored 24 points and grabbed eight rebounds against Dartmouth on Feb. 22 in Jadwin … had 22 points on 8-for-13 shooting, three rebounds and two assists on Jan. 11 in the Tigers’ win at Harvard … scored 12 points on 8-for-16 shooting and had five rebounds and four assists at Columbia on Feb. 28 … recorded 19 points, nine assists and nine rebounds along with the game-winning three-pointer at home on Jan. 20 against Columbia … tallied 19 points, six rebounds and four assists in Princeton’s triumph over Akron on Dec. 30 … scored 17 points and had six rebounds and five assists against Loyola-Chicago on Nov. 15
2023-24: Was one of five underclassmen in the nation to average at least 16 points-per-game, five rebounds and three assists while appearing in at least 25 games … ranked 12th in the nation in offensive rating (116.5) of players used on at least 28% of possessions … with two 30-point games in 2023-24, became the first Tiger to accomplish the feat since Myles Stephens ’19 in the 2017-18 season … became the first Tiger to record a 30-point game since Jaelin Llewellyn ’22 on Mar. 7, 2020 … led the Ivy League in assist/turnover ratio (2.6) and ranked second in points (495), third in assists (108), fourth in assists-per-game (3.7), fourth in points-per-game (17.1), fourth in free-throw percentage (79.8%), sixth in rebounds (166) and eighth in rebounds-per-game (5.7) … scored at least 20 points in nine games ... scored a season-high 33 points on 13-for-22 shooting from the field and 5-for-11 from three and had eight rebounds, seven assists and two steals in a home victory over Harvard on Jan. 6 … had 30 points on 11-for-21 shooting from the field, 3-for-5 from three and 5-for-5 from the free throw line, six rebounds and four assists on Nov. 25 in a home victory over Northeastern … recorded 27 points, four made three-pointers, nine rebounds and six assists in a win at Harvard on Feb. 23 … recorded 24 points, six rebounds and two assists in a win over Furman in Jadwin on Dec. 2 … tallied 23 points, nine rebounds and six assists at home on Dec. 5 in a win over Drexel … had a double-double of 22 points on 7-for-12 shooting, 10 rebounds and five assists in a victory over Penn in Jadwin on Feb. 10 … finished with a double-double of 18 points on 7-for-13 shooting from the field and 4-for-7 from three, 11 rebounds and four assists on Feb. 3 at Yale … scored 20 points and had nine rebounds and four assists on Dec. 2 at Saint Joseph’s … had 20 points on 7-for-14 shooting and five rebounds in a home win over Brown on Feb. 3 … recorded a double-double of 16 points and 10 rebounds on Mar. 2 in a victory over Cornell in Jadwin
Before Princeton: Canadian National Invitational Tournament MVP (2022) … NHSCA Academic All-American … State Champion Runner Up … Phi Beta Kappa (Senior Academic & Integrity) Award … Cum Laude Society Inductee
Personal: Son of Eun-Kyung Lee & Daniel Bernstein … majoring in economics
