If Princeton can keep controlling the first 30 minutes of the contest, the home environment might just what the team needs to spur it on down the stretch.
Look for the Tigers to turn their season around and take a lot of the luster off Saturday’s Penn-Cornell meeting, with a six-point victory over the Big Red.
PENN vs. COLUMBIA (12-7, 3-3)
The wounded Lions head into The Palestra looking to salvage what was once a very promising season.
Columbia now needs a split on the most difficult weekend of the year just to stay afloat. So far, the Lions have played just one Ivy game on the road, a 77-47 defeat at Newman Arena against Cornell.
Winning in cozy Levien Gym is one thing, but taking the show on the road to take on the Ivy frontrunner in a supremely hostile environment is quite another.
Penn will cruise to victory in the second to last stage before its Tour De Ivy victory lap.
—Staff writer Michael R. James can be reached at mrjames@fas.harvard.edu.