PRINCETON, N.J. – Thirty points from Xaivian Lee and a 12-2 run over the final 3:24 of regulation gave No. RV/RV Princeton (6-0) an 80-66 victory over the Northeastern men's basketball team (3-4) on Saturday afternoon at Jadwin Gymnasium.
 
The Huskies were in the game all afternoon, leveling the contest at 40 early in the fourth quarter and trailing by just six with three minutes to play thanks to a career-high 21 points from Harold Woods, but an 8-0 Princeton run down the stretch would give the hosts the victory.
 
Woods was joined in double figures by Joe Pridgen (13 points, four rebounds, three assists) and Jared Turner (12 points on 4-of-8 shooting) for a Northeastern squad that finished 50% from the floor and 10-of-11 from the line.
 
Lee finished 11-of-21 on the afternoon, including 3-of-5 from three to go along with six rebounds and four assists to pace the Tigers. Matt Allocco added 18 points as Princeton shot 28-of-57 overall, 9-of-24 from deep and turned the ball over just six times.
 
It was an evenly played opening 20 minutes, with both teams shooting better than 48% and neither leading by more than seven points before Princeton took a 35-30 lead into the locker room.
 
Woods was the story for Northeastern, going 5-of-6 over 13 minutes to lead the Huskies with 11 points, and was joined by Turner with nine including his second four-point play conversion in as many games.
 
The Tigers, meanwhile, used a 12-2 run over 5:38 to take its biggest lead of the half at 22-15 with less than eight minutes to go until recess before Northeastern closed the half strong. Lee finished the half with 16 points on 5-of-9 overall and 3-of-4 from deep to pace a Princeton team that was 13-of-27 overall and 4-of-11 from long range before the break.
 
It was back and forth to start the second half as the Huskies battled back to tie the game at t40 with 16:28 to go on free throws from Woods, bit a subsequent 16-6 Princeton run over the next 4:25 gave the Tigers the lead for good.
 
Northeastern wouldn't go away, though, cutting the deficit to as little as five with 4:42 to go after back-to-back threes from Pridgen and Luka Sakota (five points) , but that's as close as the Huskies would get as Princeton scored 10 of the game's final 12 points to put it away.
 
The Huskies will be back in New Jersey on Wednesday when Northeastern takes on Seton Hall. Tip-off at the Prudential Center is set for 6:30 p.m. on FS2.