Senior Ethan Wright scored a career-high 24 points and sank two clutch free throws with six seconds left as Princeton upended Oregon State 81-80 on Sunday in a nonconference game in Corvallis, Ore.
Drew Friberg scored 17 points and Jaelin Llewellyn and Tosan Evbuomwan each had 14 for Princeton (4-1), which also has beaten South Carolina this season and lost to Minnesota in double overtime.
Dashawn Davis's basket for Oregon State cut the deficit to 78-77 with 21 seconds left, but he later missed a shot that could have tied the score. Wright then made his foul shots for an 81-77 lead. Jarod Lucas made a three-pointer with one second left for the hosts.
Davis had 16 points and five assists for Oregon State (1-4), which also lost to visiting Samford on Thursday.
Warith Alatishe's jumper in the paint cut the Beavers' deficit to 72-70 with 2:58 to go, capping a 6-0 run in a span of 1:33. But Wright answered for Princeton with a three-pointer to extend the lead to five.
After Glenn Taylor Jr. made two foul shots with 7:57 left to cut Princeton's lead to 61-57, the Tigers went on a 9-2 run for a 70-59 lead. Llewellyn began and ended the run with three-pointers.
Lucas' jumper with 11:21 left in the first half capped an 8-0 run and gave the Beavers a 15-8 lead. But Princeton fought back behind Ryan Langborg (five) and Llewellyn, who totaled nine points during a 12-3 run that turned a 19-14 deficit into a 26-22 Princeton advantage.
Ahead 41-39 at halftime, Princeton quickly increased its lead to 49-42 early in the second half on a driving layup by Evbuomwan 2:49 into the period.
Oregon State sliced its deficit to 53-50 on a basket by Isaiah Johnson, but consecutive threes by Wright, the latter on a fast-break following a missed Oregon State trey, increased the Tigers' lead to 59-50.
--Field Level Media
Princeton | Oregon St. | |
Ethan Wright 24 | Scoring | Dashawn Davis 16 |
Tosan Evbuomwan 5 | Assists | Dashawn Davis 5 |
Ethan Wright 10 | Rebounds | Warith Alatishe 10 |
Drew Friberg 5 | Free Throws Made | Glenn Taylor Jr. 6 |
Matt Allocco 1 | Steals | Dashawn Davis 2 |
N/A | Blocks | Warith Alatishe 1 |
Team | Points | FG% | 3PM-3PA | FTM-FTA | Assists | Rebounds | Blocks | Steals | Turnovers |
Princeton | 81 | 40.7 | 13-35 | 20-23 | 15 | 35 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
Oregon St. | 80 | 56.4 | 7-15 | 11-16 | 15 | 28 | 1 | 4 | 6 |