Princeton extend fairytale run, ousting Mizzou to reach first Sweet 16 since 1967

As the final minute ticked off the clock, the Princeton fans started chanting “Sweet 16! Sweet 16!” and coach Mitch Henderson cleared the bench with the victory easily in hand.

This upset was no small-school fluke against a more heralded team. It was a thoroughly dominating performance that sent Princeton to a place it hadn’t been in more than a half-century.

Blake Peters made five three-pointers in the second half and Princeton shocked another power conference team to reach the NCAA tournament regional semifinals for the first time in 56 years by beating Missouri 78-63 on Saturday.

“The world looks at us as two upsets,” forward Tosan Evbuomwan said. “But I feel like we’re supposed to be here. We have a lot of confidence in one another, what we’re doing. There’s definitely no letup with this group.”

The No 15 seeded Tigers (23-8) followed up a first-round win over Pac-12 tournament champions Arizona by dominating 10th seeded Missouri (25-10) of the Southeastern Conference from the start.

PRINCETON IS RUNNING AWAY WITH IT