Princeton University Athletics

Men's Basketball Falls at Yale Despite Four Double Figure Scorers

March 07, 2026 | Men's Basketball

**NEW HAVEN, Conn. –**The Princeton University men's basketball team fell to Yale at the John J. Lee Amphitheater Saturday afternoon in the Tigers' final game of 2025-26, 78-53.

Four Tigers scored in double figures, with three scoring 11 points. Freshman

Landon Clarkscored 11 on 4-for-8 shooting from the field and 3-for-6 from three while also adding three rebounds. Sophomore

Malik Abdullahiadded 11 points on 5-for-7 shooting while grabbing a team-high six rebounds, and junior

Dalen Davisalso finished with 11 points. Junior

Jackson Hickewas Princeton's fourth double figure scorer, recording 10 points, five rebounds and two assists.

Yale opened the game with a 9-0 run, but Abdullahi got the Tigers on the scoreboard with a layup with 15:28 on the clock. A Hicke three-pointer followed by an Abdullahi layup made it a 21-16 contest at 10:10, but the Bulldogs went on an 8-0 run and jumped ahead 29-16 with 8:56 left in the half.

The Tigers showed resilience; junior

Jacob Hugginsfound Abdullahi for an alleyoop with 8:43 remaining in the half that ignited a 12-0 run and made it a one-point-game with 2:11 remaining in the half, 29-28. Davis buried a pull-up jumper with 0:06 on the clock and Princeton went into halftime down two, 32-30.

Yale opened the second half with an 11-3 run. A three-pointer by Huggins with 16:02 left to play made it 44-36, but the Bulldogs used a 7-0 run and took a 53-37 advantage with 11:43 remaining.

From there, the Bulldogs pulled away and went on to earn the 78-53 triumph.

The Tigers will not play the at the Ivy League Tournament for the first time since 2018 and for just the second time in its existence.

Team Stats

PU

Yale

FG%

.373

.458

3FG%

.250

.286

FT%

.667

.750

RB

29

39

TO

14

7

STL

4

9

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