Brown leads Pennsylvania against Princeton

By Canadian Press on March 8, 2025.

Pennsylvania Quakers (8-18, 4-9 Ivy League) at Princeton Tigers (18-10, 7-6 Ivy League)

Princeton, New Jersey; Saturday, 2 p.m. EST

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Tigers -7.5; over/under is 143.5

BOTTOM LINE: Pennsylvania faces Princeton after Sam Brown scored 42 points in Pennsylvania’s 92-87 victory over the Columbia Lions.

The Tigers have gone 8-4 at home. Princeton has a 5-5 record in games decided by at least 10 points.

The Quakers are 4-9 against Ivy League opponents. Pennsylvania ranks seventh in the Ivy League shooting 32.5% from 3-point range.

Princeton averages 10.3 made 3-pointers per game, 1.6 more made shots than the 8.7 per game Pennsylvania allows. Pennsylvania averages 8.5 made 3-pointers per game this season, 0.2 more makes per game than Princeton gives up.

TOP PERFORMERS: Xaivian Lee is scoring 16.8 points per game and averaging 5.8 rebounds for the Tigers. Blake Peters is averaging 2.9 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.

Ethan Roberts is scoring 17.0 points per game and averaging 5.8 rebounds for the Quakers. Brown is averaging 3.0 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Tigers: 4-6, averaging 66.9 points, 30.6 rebounds, 12.3 assists, 6.1 steals and 2.5 blocks per game while shooting 38.5% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 74.1 points per game.

Quakers: 3-7, averaging 75.5 points, 32.1 rebounds, 14.7 assists, 4.8 steals and 1.7 blocks per game while shooting 43.7% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 80.2 points.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

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