The Princeton Tigers proved their win over the second-seeded Arizona Wildcats on Thursday wasn’t a fluke.
Princeton, a No. 15 seed, stored its NCAA Event Cinderella story alive with a 78-63 victory over the seventh-seeded Missouri Tigers on Saturday night time in a second-round South Area sport in Sacramento, Calif. to advance to the Candy 16.
Senior guard Ryan Langborg led the Tigers (23-8) with 22 factors and sophomore guard Blake Peters chipped in with 17 factors off the bench.
Senior guard DeAndre Gholston led Missouri (15-10) with 19 factors. Junior ahead Nick Carter poured in 14 factors and senior guard Kobe Brown added 12 factors for the Tigers.