Basketball Recap: Emma Christerson's Big Game Can't Quite Lead Sycamore over Princeton

If Sycamore was feeling good fresh off their 69-35 takedown of Fairfield last Wednesday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Sycamore Aviators fell to the Princeton Vikings 63-57. The Aviators have struggled against the Vikings recently, as the game was their eighth consecutive lost matchup.

Emma Christerson

Points

02/22/25 vs Princeton	19
02/19/25 vs Fairfield	15
02/08/25 vs Oak Hills	19
02/05/25 @ Lakota West	17
02/01/25 vs Hamilton	18
+ 2 more games

Sycamore lost on Saturday despite a true team effort on offense. The best among them was Emma Christerson, who went 6-for-11 to rack up 19 points. The match was her seventh in a row with at least 15 points. Rachel Balent was another key player, putting up ten points in addition to seven boards and three steals.

Sycamore's defeat dropped their record down to 13-11. As for Princeton, they are on a roll lately: they've won 12 of their last 13 games. That's provided a nice bump to their 18-6 record this season.

The teams didn't have to wait long for a rematch: Princeton beat Sycamore by a score of 63-57 later that day.