Princeton Tigers @ Yale Bulldogs

57–59Final · Mar 15, 2025

PRIN 57 YALE 59 Final

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PRIN19-11	25	32	57
YALE21-7	31	28	59

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Nick Townsend made Jumper.
0–2
Nick Townsend made Layup.
0–4
Casey Simmons made Free Throw.
0–5
Casey Simmons made Jumper. Assisted by Bez Mbeng.
0–7
John Poulakidas made Jumper.
0–9
Bez Mbeng made Free Throw.
0–10
Isaac Celiscar made Dunk. Assisted by Nick Townsend.
0–12
Dalen Davis made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Caden Pierce.
3–12
Blake Peters made Layup. Assisted by Caden Pierce.
5–12
Nick Townsend made Jumper.
5–14
Caden Pierce made Layup. Assisted by Xaivian Lee.
7–14
John Poulakidas made Jumper.
7–16
Caden Pierce made Dunk. Assisted by Xaivian Lee.
9–16
Xaivian Lee made Layup.
11–16
Xaivian Lee made Free Throw.
12–16
Samson Aletan made Free Throw.
12–17
Bez Mbeng made Layup.
12–19
Xaivian Lee made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jackson Hicke.
15–19
Casey Simmons made Layup.
15–21
Jacob Huggins made Layup. Assisted by Xaivian Lee.
17–21
Blake Peters made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Caden Pierce.
20–21
Samson Aletan made Two Point Tip Shot.
20–23
Casey Simmons made Layup. Assisted by Samson Aletan.
20–25
Nick Townsend made Free Throw.
20–26
Nick Townsend made Free Throw.
20–27
Bez Mbeng made Jumper.
20–29
Bez Mbeng made Layup.
20–31
Blake Peters made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jacob Huggins.
23–31
Dalen Davis made Layup.
25–31
John Poulakidas made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Nick Townsend.
25–34
Blake Peters made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Caden Pierce.
28–34
John Poulakidas made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Nick Townsend.
28–37
Casey Simmons made Layup. Assisted by Samson Aletan.
28–39
Caden Pierce made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Xaivian Lee.
31–39
Dalen Davis made Jumper.
33–39
Casey Simmons made Two Point Tip Shot.
33–41
Bez Mbeng made Free Throw.
33–42
Bez Mbeng made Free Throw.
33–43
Caden Pierce made Dunk. Assisted by Xaivian Lee.
35–43
Trevor Mullin made Jumper.
35–45
Nick Townsend made Free Throw.
35–46
Nick Townsend made Free Throw.
35–47
Xaivian Lee made Layup.
37–47
Jacob Huggins made Layup. Assisted by Xaivian Lee.
39–47
Trevor Mullin made Layup.
39–49
Xaivian Lee made Three Point Jumper.
42–49
Blake Peters made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Dalen Davis.
45–49
Dalen Davis made Free Throw.
46–49
Dalen Davis made Free Throw.
47–49
Nick Townsend made Free Throw.
47–50
Nick Townsend made Free Throw.
47–51
Samson Aletan made Dunk.
47–53
Dalen Davis made Layup.
49–53
Caden Pierce made Layup.
51–53
CJ Happy made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Dalen Davis.
54–53
Bez Mbeng made Jumper.
54–55
Bez Mbeng made Free Throw.
54–56
Xaivian Lee made Three Point Jumper.
57–56
John Poulakidas made Three Point Jumper.
57–59

Play-by-play

P1 Start game
P1 Jump Ball won by Yale
P1 Jump Ball lost by Princeton
P1 Nick Townsend made Jumper. 0–2
P1 CJ Happy missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Casey Simmons Defensive Rebound.
P1 Nick Townsend made Layup. 0–4
P1 Xaivian Lee Turnover.
P1 Bez Mbeng Steal.
P1 Foul on Jackson Hicke.
P1 Casey Simmons missed Free Throw.
P1 Yale Deadball Team Rebound.
P1 Casey Simmons made Free Throw. 0–5
P1 Caden Pierce missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Xaivian Lee Offensive Rebound.
P1 Xaivian Lee missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Princeton Deadball Team Rebound.
P1 Princeton Turnover.
P1 Samson Aletan Turnover.
P1 CJ Happy Steal.
P1 Blake Peters missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Bez Mbeng Defensive Rebound.
P1 Samson Aletan missed Layup.
P1 Samson Aletan Offensive Rebound.
P1 Casey Simmons missed Jumper.
P1 CJ Happy Defensive Rebound.
P1 Xaivian Lee missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Nick Townsend Defensive Rebound.
P1 Casey Simmons made Jumper. Assisted by Bez Mbeng. 0–7
P1 Xaivian Lee missed Layup.
P1 Samson Aletan Block.
P1 Nick Townsend Defensive Rebound.
P1 John Poulakidas made Jumper. 0–9
P1 Princeton Timeout
P1 CJ Happy subbing out for Princeton
P1 Jackson Hicke subbing out for Princeton
P1 Malik Abdullahi subbing in for Princeton
P1 Dalen Davis subbing in for Princeton
P1 Xaivian Lee Turnover.
P1 Foul on Malik Abdullahi.
P1 Bez Mbeng missed Free Throw.
P1 Yale Deadball Team Rebound.
P1 Samson Aletan subbing out for Yale
P1 Isaac Celiscar subbing in for Yale
P1 Bez Mbeng made Free Throw. 0–10
P1 Malik Abdullahi missed Layup.
P1 Nick Townsend Defensive Rebound.
P1 Isaac Celiscar made Dunk. Assisted by Nick Townsend. 0–12
P1 Dalen Davis made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Caden Pierce. 3–12
P1 Bez Mbeng missed Jumper.
P1 Caden Pierce Defensive Rebound.
P1 Dalen Davis Turnover.
P1 Bez Mbeng Steal.
P1 John Poulakidas missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Xaivian Lee Defensive Rebound.
P1 Blake Peters made Layup. Assisted by Caden Pierce. 5–12
P1 Nick Townsend made Jumper. 5–14
P1 Foul on Casey Simmons.
P1 Malik Abdullahi subbing out for Princeton
P1 Jacob Huggins subbing in for Princeton
P1 Casey Simmons subbing out for Yale
P1 Trevor Mullin subbing in for Yale
P1 Caden Pierce missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 John Poulakidas Defensive Rebound.
P1 Bez Mbeng Turnover.
P1 Caden Pierce missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Bez Mbeng Defensive Rebound.
P1 John Poulakidas missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Caden Pierce Defensive Rebound.
P1 Dalen Davis missed Jumper.
P1 Bez Mbeng Defensive Rebound.
P1 Nick Townsend subbing out for Yale
P1 Samson Aletan subbing in for Yale
P1 Jacob Huggins subbing out for Princeton
P1 CJ Happy subbing in for Princeton
P1 Foul on Blake Peters.
P1 Samson Aletan Turnover.
P1 Caden Pierce Steal.
P1 Caden Pierce made Layup. Assisted by Xaivian Lee. 7–14
P1 Foul on Caden Pierce.
P1 Official TV Timeout
P1 John Poulakidas made Jumper. 7–16
P1 Caden Pierce made Dunk. Assisted by Xaivian Lee. 9–16
P1 John Poulakidas missed Jumper.
P1 Princeton Defensive Rebound.
P1 Xaivian Lee made Layup. 11–16
P1 Foul on Bez Mbeng.
P1 John Poulakidas subbing out for Yale
P1 Isaac Celiscar subbing out for Yale
P1 Casey Simmons subbing in for Yale
P1 Nick Townsend subbing in for Yale
P1 Xaivian Lee made Free Throw. 12–16
P1 Casey Simmons missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Dalen Davis Defensive Rebound.
P1 CJ Happy missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Nick Townsend Defensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on CJ Happy.
P1 Samson Aletan made Free Throw. 12–17
P1 Samson Aletan missed Free Throw.
P1 Nick Townsend Offensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Blake Peters.
P1 Blake Peters subbing out for Princeton
P1 Jackson Hicke subbing in for Princeton
P1 Nick Townsend missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Xaivian Lee Defensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Nick Townsend.
P1 CJ Happy subbing out for Princeton
P1 Jacob Huggins subbing in for Princeton
P1 Dalen Davis missed Jumper.
P1 Nick Townsend Defensive Rebound.
P1 Bez Mbeng made Layup. 12–19
P1 Xaivian Lee made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jackson Hicke. 15–19
P1 Nick Townsend Turnover.
P1 Bez Mbeng subbing out for Yale
P1 John Poulakidas subbing in for Yale
P1 Dalen Davis subbing out for Princeton
P1 Blake Peters subbing in for Princeton
P1 Blake Peters missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Nick Townsend Defensive Rebound.
P1 Casey Simmons made Layup. 15–21
P1 Jacob Huggins made Layup. Assisted by Xaivian Lee. 17–21
P1 Casey Simmons missed Jumper.
P1 Jackson Hicke Defensive Rebound.
P1 Blake Peters made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Caden Pierce. 20–21
P1 John Poulakidas missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Samson Aletan Offensive Rebound.
P1 Samson Aletan made Two Point Tip Shot. 20–23
P1 Blake Peters missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Samson Aletan Defensive Rebound.
P1 Official TV Timeout
P1 Trevor Mullin subbing out for Yale
P1 Bez Mbeng subbing in for Yale
P1 Jacob Huggins subbing out for Princeton
P1 Jackson Hicke subbing out for Princeton
P1 CJ Happy subbing in for Princeton
P1 Dalen Davis subbing in for Princeton
P1 Casey Simmons made Layup. Assisted by Samson Aletan. 20–25
P1 CJ Happy missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Nick Townsend Defensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on CJ Happy.
P1 Nick Townsend made Free Throw. 20–26
P1 Samson Aletan subbing out for Yale
P1 Isaac Celiscar subbing in for Yale
P1 Nick Townsend made Free Throw. 20–27
P1 CJ Happy subbing out for Princeton
P1 Jackson Hicke subbing in for Princeton
P1 Blake Peters missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Casey Simmons Defensive Rebound.
P1 Bez Mbeng made Jumper. 20–29
P1 Xaivian Lee Turnover.
P1 Official TV Timeout
P1 Jackson Hicke subbing out for Princeton
P1 Jacob Huggins subbing in for Princeton
P1 Bez Mbeng Turnover.
P1 Xaivian Lee Steal.
P1 Blake Peters missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Bez Mbeng Defensive Rebound.
P1 Bez Mbeng made Layup. 20–31
P1 Caden Pierce missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Jacob Huggins Offensive Rebound.
P1 Jacob Huggins missed Two Point Tip Shot.
P1 Casey Simmons Defensive Rebound.
P1 Casey Simmons Turnover.
P1 Blake Peters Steal.
P1 Blake Peters made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jacob Huggins. 23–31
P1 John Poulakidas missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Xaivian Lee Defensive Rebound.
P1 Dalen Davis made Layup. 25–31
P1 Bez Mbeng missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Xaivian Lee Defensive Rebound.
P1 Xaivian Lee missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 John Poulakidas Defensive Rebound.
P2 Isaac Celiscar subbing out for Yale
P2 Samson Aletan subbing in for Yale
P2 Jacob Huggins subbing out for Princeton
P2 Dalen Davis subbing out for Princeton
P2 CJ Happy subbing in for Princeton
P2 Jackson Hicke subbing in for Princeton
P2 Xaivian Lee Turnover.
P2 Nick Townsend missed Jumper.
P2 Blake Peters Defensive Rebound.
P2 Blake Peters Turnover.
P2 Samson Aletan Turnover.
P2 Xaivian Lee Steal.
P2 Xaivian Lee missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Bez Mbeng Defensive Rebound.
P2 John Poulakidas made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Nick Townsend. 25–34
P2 CJ Happy missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Caden Pierce Offensive Rebound.
P2 Blake Peters made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Caden Pierce. 28–34
P2 John Poulakidas made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Nick Townsend. 28–37
P2 CJ Happy missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Jackson Hicke Offensive Rebound.
P2 Xaivian Lee missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 John Poulakidas Defensive Rebound.
P2 John Poulakidas missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Samson Aletan Offensive Rebound.
P2 Casey Simmons made Layup. Assisted by Samson Aletan. 28–39
P2 Foul on Bez Mbeng.
P2 CJ Happy subbing out for Princeton
P2 Jackson Hicke subbing out for Princeton
P2 Jacob Huggins subbing in for Princeton
P2 Dalen Davis subbing in for Princeton
P2 Caden Pierce made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Xaivian Lee. 31–39
P2 Bez Mbeng Turnover.
P2 Official TV Timeout
P2 Samson Aletan subbing out for Yale
P2 Isaac Celiscar subbing in for Yale
P2 Dalen Davis made Jumper. 33–39
P2 Casey Simmons missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Blake Peters Defensive Rebound.
P2 Xaivian Lee missed Layup.
P2 Nick Townsend Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Jacob Huggins.
P2 Nick Townsend missed Layup.
P2 Casey Simmons Offensive Rebound.
P2 Casey Simmons made Two Point Tip Shot. 33–41
P2 Dalen Davis missed Layup.
P2 Yale Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Xaivian Lee.
P2 Bez Mbeng made Free Throw. 33–42
P2 Bez Mbeng made Free Throw. 33–43
P2 John Poulakidas subbing out for Yale
P2 Trevor Mullin subbing in for Yale
P2 Jacob Huggins subbing out for Princeton
P2 Dalen Davis subbing out for Princeton
P2 CJ Happy subbing in for Princeton
P2 Jack Stanton subbing in for Princeton
P2 Caden Pierce made Dunk. Assisted by Xaivian Lee. 35–43
P2 Foul on CJ Happy.
P2 Trevor Mullin made Jumper. 35–45
P2 CJ Happy missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Bez Mbeng Defensive Rebound.
P2 Isaac Celiscar missed Jumper.
P2 Casey Simmons Offensive Rebound.
P2 Casey Simmons missed Layup.
P2 CJ Happy Defensive Rebound.
P2 Xaivian Lee missed Layup.
P2 Nick Townsend Defensive Rebound.
P2 Nick Townsend missed Layup.
P2 Yale Offensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Blake Peters.
P2 Official TV Timeout
P2 CJ Happy subbing out for Princeton
P2 Jack Stanton subbing out for Princeton
P2 Jacob Huggins subbing in for Princeton
P2 Dalen Davis subbing in for Princeton
P2 Nick Townsend made Free Throw. 35–46
P2 Nick Townsend made Free Throw. 35–47
P2 Xaivian Lee made Layup. 37–47
P2 Isaac Celiscar missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Jacob Huggins Defensive Rebound.
P2 Jacob Huggins made Layup. Assisted by Xaivian Lee. 39–47
P2 Foul on Xaivian Lee.
P2 Casey Simmons subbing out for Yale
P2 Nick Townsend subbing out for Yale
P2 John Poulakidas subbing in for Yale
P2 Samson Aletan subbing in for Yale
P2 John Poulakidas missed Jumper.
P2 Princeton Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Samson Aletan.
P2 Caden Pierce Turnover.
P2 Bez Mbeng Steal.
P2 Foul on Jacob Huggins.
P2 Trevor Mullin made Layup. 39–49
P2 Xaivian Lee made Three Point Jumper. 42–49
P2 Princeton Timeout
P2 Isaac Celiscar subbing out for Yale
P2 Jeannot Basima subbing in for Yale
P2 John Poulakidas missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Caden Pierce Defensive Rebound.
P2 Blake Peters made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Dalen Davis. 45–49
P2 Samson Aletan missed Layup.
P2 Caden Pierce Defensive Rebound.
P2 Jacob Huggins Block.
P2 Foul on Trevor Mullin.
P2 Official TV Timeout
P2 Trevor Mullin subbing out for Yale
P2 Jeannot Basima subbing out for Yale
P2 Casey Simmons subbing in for Yale
P2 Nick Townsend subbing in for Yale
P2 Dalen Davis made Free Throw. 46–49
P2 Dalen Davis made Free Throw. 47–49
P2 Foul on Xaivian Lee.
P2 Nick Townsend made Free Throw. 47–50
P2 Nick Townsend made Free Throw. 47–51
P2 Dalen Davis missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Princeton Offensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Samson Aletan.
P2 Xaivian Lee missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Bez Mbeng Block.
P2 Princeton Deadball Team Rebound.
P2 Princeton Turnover.
P2 Samson Aletan made Dunk. 47–53
P2 Foul on Nick Townsend.
P2 Dalen Davis missed Jumper.
P2 Nick Townsend Defensive Rebound.
P2 Nick Townsend missed Jumper.
P2 Samson Aletan Offensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Jacob Huggins.
P2 Samson Aletan missed Free Throw.
P2 Yale Deadball Team Rebound.
P2 Jacob Huggins subbing out for Princeton
P2 CJ Happy subbing in for Princeton
P2 Samson Aletan missed Free Throw.
P2 Blake Peters Defensive Rebound.
P2 Dalen Davis made Layup. 49–53
P2 Princeton Timeout
P2 Nick Townsend missed Layup.
P2 Caden Pierce Block.
P2 Blake Peters Defensive Rebound.
P2 Caden Pierce made Layup. 51–53
P2 Foul on Blake Peters.
P2 Official TV Timeout
P2 John Poulakidas missed Free Throw.
P2 Xaivian Lee Defensive Rebound.
P2 CJ Happy made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Dalen Davis. 54–53
P2 Samson Aletan missed Layup.
P2 Dalen Davis Defensive Rebound.
P2 CJ Happy missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Nick Townsend Defensive Rebound.
P2 Bez Mbeng missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Xaivian Lee Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Nick Townsend.
P2 Caden Pierce missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Bez Mbeng Defensive Rebound.
P2 Bez Mbeng made Jumper. 54–55
P2 Foul on Xaivian Lee.
P2 Bez Mbeng made Free Throw. 54–56
P2 Xaivian Lee made Three Point Jumper. 57–56
P2 John Poulakidas made Three Point Jumper. 57–59
P2 Caden Pierce missed Layup.
P2 Samson Aletan Block.
P2 John Poulakidas Defensive Rebound.
P2 Yale Turnover.
P2 Samson Aletan subbing out for Yale
P2 Isaac Celiscar subbing in for Yale
P2 Princeton Timeout
P2 CJ Happy subbing out for Princeton
P2 Jackson Hicke subbing in for Princeton
P2 Xaivian Lee missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Blake Peters Offensive Rebound.

Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
CJ HappyF	18	3	1-8	1-8	0-0	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	3
Caden PierceF	40	11	5-11	1-6	0-0	5	4	1	1	1	1	4	1
Jackson HickeG	13	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	1
Xaivian LeeG	40	14	5-15	3-10	1-1	7	6	4	2	0	1	6	4
Blake PetersG	39	14	5-10	4-9	0-0	5	0	1	1	0	1	4	4
Jacob HugginsF	18	4	2-3	0-0	0-0	2	1	0	0	1	1	1	3
Malik AbdullahiF	3	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Jack StantonG	2	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dalen DavisG	27	11	4-9	1-2	2-2	2	2	1	0	0	0	2	0
Philip ByrielF
Cooper MuellerG
Zio KimG
Peyton SealsG
Ryan DuncanG
Deven AustinG
Darius GakwasiG
Jack ScottG

Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
Nick TownsendF	36	12	3-9	0-1	6-6	12	4	1	0	0	1	11	3
Samson AletanC	26	5	2-5	0-0	1-4	5	2	3	0	2	4	1	2
Casey SimmonsG	35	11	5-10	0-2	1-2	5	0	1	0	0	2	3	1
John PoulakidasG	34	13	5-13	3-9	0-1	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
Bez MbengG	37	12	4-7	0-2	4-5	7	1	3	3	1	0	7	2
Isaac CeliscarF	17	2	1-3	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jeannot BasimaG	1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Trevor MullinG	14	4	2-2	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Riley FoxF
Jack MolloyF
Jordan BrathwaiteG
Devon ArlingtonG
Yassine GharramG
Teo RiceG
Emir BuyukhanliG

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