Men’s Basketball Bounces Back With 75-65 Victory at Princeton

Saturday, February 14

Princeton, N.J.

6:00 P.M.

Columbia

15-9,4-6Ivy League

Princeton

8-17,4-6Ivy League

Columbia

Princeton

Photo by: Columbia University Athletics / Stockton Photo, Inc.

Men’s Basketball Bounces Back With 75-65 Victory at Princeton

2/14/2026 8:45:00 PM | Men's Basketball

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The Lions' steady offensive attack had four in double-figures; Columbia shot 57.1 percent

PRINCETON, N.J. — Columbia men's basketball responded on Saturday evening with a 75-65 win over Princeton at Jadwin Gymnasium.

Blair Thompson paced the Lions (15-9, 4-6) with 14 points on 6-8 shooting. Miles Franklin added 12 points, Mason Ritter chipped in 11 points, and Gerard O'Keefe had 10. Columbia was 28-49 from the field and 10-21 from three-point range (47.6 percent).

"My guys did a great job of finding me," Thompson said postgame on ESPN+. "We really try to get good looks every time we come down and I felt we did a really good job of that.

Columbia started off with a 10-4 advantage and it was the game's largest lead over the first 20 minutes. Thompson converted on his first three shots of the game, but Columbia trailed at the under-12 media timeout, 15-12.

A tight first half featured seven lead changes and Princeton (8-17, 4-6) led 31-30 at the break. Ritter had eight first-half points.

After leading for most of the early stages of the second half, Columbia took a 49-42 lead on a Thompson three-pointer off the feed from Connor Igoe. An 8-0 run from the Lions included two field goals from O'Keefe to boost Columbia's lead to 57-46 with 8:58 to play.

Princeton hung around and had Columbia's lead down to 62-56 with 3:51 to play. With just over two minutes to go, Igoe buried a huge three-pointer, and Columbia got a stop and was fouled. Ritter hit two free throws and the Lions' lead was back to double-digits, 70-60. Three more free throws from O'Keefe and Franklin in the final minute sealed the win.

The Lions snapped a 13-game losing streak in the series with Princeton and won at Jadwin Gymnasium for the first time since Feb. 7, 2014. Columbia returns home to host Dartmouth next Saturday at 2 p.m.

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