The Princeton Tigers and Harvard Crimson meet in college basketball action at Laviates Pavilion on Sunday. Princeton Tigers are looking to build on their five-match winning streak. The Harvard Crimson need a win after losing six of their last nine matches.
The Princeton Tigers are allowing an average of 80.3 points on 48.6 percent shooting and 69.2 points on 44.6 percent shooting. Ethan Wright averages 15.2 points and 7.2 rebounds, while Jailin Llewellyn averages 15 points and 4.1 rebounds. Tosan Evbuomwan is the third double-digit scorer and Ryan Langborg is taking 3.7 rebounds. The Princeton Tigers are shooting 38.4 percent beyond the arc and 65.7 percent from the free throw line. The Princeton Tigers are allowing 32.7 percent shooting from deep and grabbing 34.1 rebounds per game.
The Harvard Crimson is allowing an average of 72.1 points on 43.4 percent shooting and 68.6 points on 43.9 percent shooting. Noah Kirkwood averages 17.9 points and 5.8 rebounds, while Chris Ledlum averages 16.7 points and 9.3 rebounds. Luka Sakota is the third double-digit scorer with Kale Catchings getting 3.9 rebounds. Harvard Crimson is shooting 33.3 percent beyond the arc and 69.3 percent from the free throw line. The Harvard Crimson is allowing 36.8 percent deep shooting and grabbing 31.8 rebounds per game.
The Tigers are 14-5 ATS in their last 19 road games and 4-1 ATS in their last 5 games overall. The Crimson are 0-4-1 ATS in their last 5 home games and 1-3-1 ATS on aggregate in their last 5 games. The Tigers are under 4-1 in the last 5. The Crimson is under 5-2 in the last 7. Underdog is 5-1 ATS in last 6 meetings.
The Princeton Tigers are comfortably the better team here, and they are playing some of their best ball right now, winning their last five games averaging 19.8 points and allowing 37.5 percent shooting from the field. The Harvard Crimson are 3-6-1 against the spread at home and 8-12-1 against the spread on the season. Hard to step in front of Princeton I'll hold the bucket.