Brown Beaten By Princeton, Faces Critical Game Against Penn Sat. For Chance at Ivy League Playoff

Brown Beaten By Princeton, Faces Critical Game Against Penn Sat. For Chance at Ivy League Playoff

Princeton University beat Brown at the Pizzitola Friday night and now the season functionally comes down to Saturday night’s game against Penn — a 6:00 PM start.

Despite the loss, Brown (13-11, 6-5 Ivy) remains in fourth place in the Ivy standings, one game ahead of Penn.

Only the top four teams make the Ivy League playoffs for an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.

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Princeton (13-11, 8-3 Ivy) stays in a second-place tie with Harvard in the Ivy standings, one game behind first-place Yale (9-2). 

"We had a tough night, but Princeton was really good both offensively and defensively," said Brown head coach Mike Martin. "Princeton was terrific defensively and took advantage of our mistakes. We played far from our best."

This was the second consecutive poor shooting night as the Bears got upset last Saturday at Cornell.

"I put the number 357 on the board in the locker room," continued Martin.  "It's been 357 days since Penn ended our 2019 season and we have the opportunity to match up once again in a critical game, this time at home tomorrow night."

 Princeton’s Jaelin Llewellyn scored 19 points and led three Princeton players in double figures to lead the Tigers to a 71-49 Ivy League win. 

The Bears were ice cold from the field, connecting on 19-of-58 field goals (32-percent), including 6-of-23 shooting (26-percent) from beyond the 3-point line.  Princeton made 25-of-54 field goals (46-percent) with 39-percent shooting (11-of-28) from 3-point range.

Brown senior Brandon Anderson paced the Bears with 12 points and four rebounds, while senior Zach Hunsaker had 11 points, four rebounds, and three assists. Junior Tamenang Choh scored 10 points and grabbed a team-high eight rebounds.

Sophomore center Jaylan Gainey didn't score for Brown, but he blocked four shots and grabbed five rebounds.

Llewellyn scored 11 of his game-high 19 points in the opening half to help the Tigers to a 12 point halftime advantage.  He connected on 7-of-16 field goals and grabbed six rebounds. Drew Friberg (13 points) and Jerome Desrosiers (12 points) also scored in double figures for Princeton, while Richmond Aririguzoh had eight points and a game high nine rebounds.