Saturday Night's Alright...

The real show of the weekend comes Saturday night when Princeton (6-5 overall, 0-0 Ivy) comes to town. The Tigers have scored the Ivy League's most impressive win to date, a 59-56 upset of nationally-ranked Santa Clara.

Princeton was picked to finish fourth in the Ivy League's preseason media poll, but the Tigers' play recently (winning six of their last seven games) has them thinking bigger thoughts.

The key to the recent winning streak has been the play of 5'7" senior guard Laura Leacy, who returned to Princeton's starting lineup after an injury seven games ago. Since then, Leacy has been shooting 53 percent from the floor (39-for-74), averaging 15.9 points, 3.9 rebounds and 3.3 assists per night. For the season, Leacy leads the team with 12.9 points per game, and she has now led the team in scoring five consecutive times.

Sophomore freshman Tricia Klock is another one of the Tiger keystones, shooting 57 percent from the floor (8.3 points and 5.2 rebounds per game). But she will be tested by Harvard star Tammy Butler, who leads the Ivies in scoring (17.2 points per game) and rebounding (12.4 boards per game) has yet to be slowed down by anybody.

Still, the key to this weekend will be Harvard's defense, ranked last in the Ivies and giving up an average of 82 points per game. With that kind of average, the team won't be going far.

But the catch is, Harvard is supposed to go very far. Something's got to give.