2025–26 Princeton Tigers women's basketball team
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Ivy League regular season and tournament champions | |
| Conference | Ivy League |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 23 |
| AP | No. 23 |
| Record | 26–3 (12–2 Ivy) |
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| Home arena | Jadwin Gymnasium |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 23 Princeton † | 12 | – | 2 | .857 | 26 | – | 3 | .897 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Columbia | 11 | – | 3 | .786 | 20 | – | 8 | .714 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Harvard | 10 | – | 4 | .714 | 18 | – | 11 | .621 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Brown | 8 | – | 6 | .571 | 16 | – | 11 | .593 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Penn | 7 | – | 7 | .500 | 17 | – | 10 | .630 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cornell | 4 | – | 10 | .286 | 9 | – | 18 | .333 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Yale | 3 | – | 11 | .214 | 7 | – | 20 | .259 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dartmouth | 1 | – | 13 | .071 | 10 | – | 17 | .370 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2026 Ivy League tournament winner As of March 14, 2026 Rankings from AP Poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2025–26 Princeton Tigers women's basketball team currently represents Princeton University during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Tigers, led by seventh-year head coach Carla Berube, play their home games at Jadwin Gymnasium in Princeton, New Jersey as members of the Ivy League.
Previous season
The Tigers finished the 2024–25 with a 21–8 overall record, and 12–2 in Ivy League play, to finish in 2nd place as the conference's regular season champion. As the top seed in the Ivy League tournament, they lost by three in the semifinal game to No. 3 seed Harvard. They earned an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament, where they were eliminated in the first round by Iowa State.
Offseason
Departures
| Name | Num | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown | Reason for Departure |
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| Adaora Nwokeji | 1 | G | 5'8" | Senior | Houston, TX | Graduated |
| Tabitha Amanze | 3 | F | 6'4" | Junior | Ogun, Nigeria | Transferred to Virginia |
| Paige Morton | 5 | F | 6'3" | Senior | Summit, NJ | Graduated |
| Parker Hill | 22 | F | 6'4" | Senior | Bethesda, MD | Graduated |
| Amelia Osgood | 32 | G | 5'9" | Senior | Brentwood, TN | Graduated |
| Katie Thiers | 44 | F | 6'2" | Senior | Seattle, WA | Graduated |
Transfers
There were no transfers for the season.
Recruiting class
There was no college recruiting class for the class of 2025.
Roster
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Schedule and results
| Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Site (attendance) city, state | |||
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| Non-conference regular season | |||||||||||
| November 9, 2025* 2:00 p.m., ACCNX/ESPN+ |
at Georgia Tech | W 67–61 | 1–0 |
16 – Tall | 14 – Tall | 4 – St. Rose | McCamish Pavilion (1,809) Atlanta, GA | ||||
| November 12, 2025* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
at Villanova | W 73–68 | 2–0 |
21 – Tall | 9 – Tied | 3 – Tied | Finneran Pavilion (1,051) Villanova, PA | ||||
| November 16, 2025* 1:00 p.m., B1G+ |
at No. 9 Maryland | L 68–84 | 2–1 |
20 – St. Rose | 8 – Hutcherson | 4 – Tied | Xfinity Center (6,748) College Park, GA | ||||
| November 19, 2025* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
Rice | W 69–56 | 3–1 |
19 – St. Rose | 6 – Tall | 5 – Belker | Jadwin Gymnasium (657) Princeton, NJ | ||||
| November 22, 2025* 1:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
vs. Penn State Battle 4 Atlantis semifinals |
W 100–93 | 4–1 |
27 – Belker | 10 – St. Rose | 7 – Chea | Baha Mar Convention Center (218) Nassau, The Bahamas | ||||
| November 23, 2025* 12:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
vs. UMES Battle 4 Atlantis championship |
W 81–62 | 5–1 |
18 – Chea | 6 – Tied | 6 – Chea | Baha Mar Convention Center (226) Nassau, The Bahamas | ||||
| November 26, 2025* 1:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
at Rhode Island | W 67–59 | 6–1 |
21 – St. Rose | 13 – St. Rose | 3 – Hutcherson | Ryan Center (1,029) Kingston, RI | ||||
| November 30, 2025* 1:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
DePaul | W 71–41 | 7–1 |
22 – Chea | 9 – Charles | 5 – Belker | Jadwin Gymnasium (779) Princeton, NJ | ||||
| December 2, 2025* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
Seton Hall | W 82–78 | 8–1 |
26 – Belker | 9 – St. Rose | 6 – Chea | Jadwin Gymnasium (665) Princeton, NJ | ||||
| December 6, 2025* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
at Belmont | W 70–58 | 9–1 |
19 – Hutcherson | 11 – Tied | 3 – Tied | Curb Event Center (755) Nashville, TN | ||||
| December 10, 2025* 7:30 p.m., ESPN+ |
Rutgers Rivalry |
W 81–63 | 10–1 |
28 – Tall | 4 – Tied | 3 – Tied | Jadwin Gymnasium (1,186) Princeton, NJ | ||||
| December 20, 2025* 1:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
No. 25 | at George Mason | W 71–69 OT | 11–1 |
19 – St. Rose | 10 – Tall | 5 – Chea | EagleBank Arena (1,186) Fairfax, VA | |||
| December 22, 2025* 11:30 a.m., ESPN+ |
No. 25 | Temple | W 87–77 | 12–1 |
22 – St. Rose | 5 – Tall | 4 – Tied | Jadwin Gymnasium (3,000) Princeton, NJ | |||
| Ivy League regular season | |||||||||||
| January 3, 2026 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
No. 25 | at Penn | W 74–68 | 13–1 (1–0) |
20 – Hutcherson | 8 – Tall | 3 – Tied | The Palestra (992) Philadelphia, PA | |||
| January 10, 2026 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
No. 24 | at Yale | W 76–50 | 14–1 (2–0) |
18 – St. Rose | 7 – Hutcherson | 5 – St. Rose | John J. Lee Amphitheater (557) New Haven, CT | |||
| January 17, 2026 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
No. 22 | Dartmouth | W 69–41 | 15–1 (3–0) |
16 – Chea | 10 – Eadie | 3 – Eadie | Jadwin Gymnasium (1,232) Princeton, NJ | |||
| January 19, 2026 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
No. 20 | Harvard | W 82–79 OT | 16–1 (4–0) |
19 – Tied | 9 – Tall | 3 – Tall | Jadwin Gymnasium (1,857) Princeton, NJ | |||
| January 24, 2026 12:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
No. 20 | at Brown | W 58–49 | 17–1 (5–0) |
12 – Tall | 8 – Tall | 7 – Chea | Pizzitola Sports Center (328) Providence, RI | |||
| January 30, 2026 6:00 p.m., ESPNU |
No. 19 | Columbia | L 67–73 | 17–2 (5–1) |
17 – Tied | 10 – Hutcherson | 4 – St. Rose | Jadwin Gymnasium (1,424) Princeton, NJ | |||
| January 31, 2026 5:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
No. 19 | Cornell | W 72–61 | 18–2 (6–1) |
20 – Tied | 9 – Tall | 5 – Tied | Jadwin Gymnasium (1,734) Princeton, NJ | |||
| February 6, 2026 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
No. 23 | Penn | W 69–50 | 19–2 (7–1) |
19 – Hutcherson | 7 – Tied | 6 – St. Rose | Jadwin Gymnasium (917) Princeton, NJ | |||
| February 13, 2026 6:00 p.m., ESPNU |
No. 24 | at Columbia | L 56–70 | 19–3 (7–2) |
16 – Tall | 7 – Hutcherson | 5 – Chea | Levien Gymnasium (2,014) New York, NY | |||
| February 14, 2026 5:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
No. 24 | at Cornell | W 59–38 | 20–3 (8–2) |
15 – St. Rose | 7 – St. Rose | 4 – Chea | Newman Arena (216) Ithaca, NY | |||
| February 21, 2026 5:30 p.m., ESPN+ |
Brown | W 69–37 | 21–3 (9–2) |
30 – St. Rose | 13 – Tall | 6 – Chea | Jadwin Gymnasium (1,661) Princeton, NJ | ||||
| February 27, 2026 6:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
No. 25 | at Dartmouth | W 97–47 | 22–3 (10–2) |
13 – Tied | 10 – Charles | 9 – Chea | Leede Arena (726) Hanover, NH | |||
| February 28, 2026 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
No. 25 | at Harvard | W 62–49 | 23–3 (11–2) |
18 – Tall | 9 – Tall | 2 – Chea | Lavietes Pavilion (1,636) Cambridge, MA | |||
| March 7, 2026 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
No. 23 | Yale | W 78–55 | 24–3 (12–2) |
22 – Tall | 5 – Tall | 5 – Chea | Jadwin Gymnasium (1,438) Princeton, NJ | |||
| Ivy League tournament | |||||||||||
| March 13, 2026 7:30 p.m., ESPN+ |
(1) No. 23 | vs. (4) Brown Semifinals |
W 65–51 | 25–3 |
18 – St. Rose | 10 – Tall | 5 – Chea | Newman Arena (788) Ithaca, NY | |||
| March 14, 2026 5:30 p.m., ESPNU |
(1) No. 23 | vs. (3) Harvard Championship |
W 63–53 | 26–3 |
20 – Tall | 7 – Tall | 5 – Belker | Newman Arena (698) Ithaca, NY | |||
| NCAA tournament | |||||||||||
| March 21, 2026 7:30 p.m., ESPN2 |
(9 S2) No. 23 | vs. (8 S2) Oklahoma State First round |
Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA | ||||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time. | |||||||||||
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Rankings
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| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | Final |
| AP | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | 25 | 25 | 25* | 24 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 23 | 24 | RV | 25 | 23 | 23 | 23 | |
| Coaches | RV | — | — | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | 24 | 20 | 19 | 24 | 24 | RV | RV | 24 | 23 | 23 | |
*AP did not release a week 8 poll.
See also
Footnotes
References
- ^ "2025–26 Women's Basketball Schedule". Princeton University Athletics.