Kyle Franko

1 week ago | trentonian.com | Kyle Franko

Kaitlyn Chen arrived at the WNBA Draft in New York on Monday night to watch her friend and UConn teammate Paige Bueckers be taken with the first overall pick. Before the night was over, Chen’s year, which already included a national championship, got even better. The expansion Golden State Valkyries selected the former Princeton star in the third round with the 30th overall pick. “Honestly, still in a little bit of shock,” Chen said in a post-draft press conference. “It’s all a little overwhelming.

1 week ago | trentonian.com | Kyle Franko

‘I like to win. I’m used to winning:’ Rider introduces Jackie Hartzell as new women’s basketball coach

1 week ago | trentonian.com | Kyle Franko

LAWRENCEVILLE — When Rider University athletic director Don Harnum was going through the nearly month-long search process for the school’s next women’s basketball coach he kept coming back to the same name. Jackie Hartzell. “A lot of people brought her name up,” Harnum said. “A lot of people who weren’t maybe necessarily advocating for her when I brought her name up they said, ‘oh, yeah, that would be a good one. You should talk to her.’”There’s good reason for that feedback.

2 weeks ago | trentonian.com | Kyle Franko

Xaivian Lee’s time with the Princeton men’s basketball team has come to an end. Lee will enter the transfer portal while also going through the NBA Draft process, his agent George S. Landberg told On3Sports on Friday. The 6-4 junior point guard averaged 16.9 points, 6.1 rebounds and 5.4 assists in 30 games this season. He posted the first two recorded triple-doubles in program history (at St. Joe’s and vs. Penn) and was a unanimous First Team All-Ivy selection.

3 weeks ago | trentonian.com | Kyle Franko

LAWRENCEVILLE — The Rider women’s basketball team has its next head coach. The school named Jackie Hartzell the program’s 20th head coach and sixth in the Division I era on Thursday afternoon. Hartzell arrives in Lawrenceville after three seasons at Division III Arcadia University where she went 54-26 and was named MAC Coach of the Year this past season.