Xaivian Lee
Lee with Princeton in 2023
No. 1 – Princeton Tigers
PositionPoint guard
LeagueIvy League
Personal information
Listed height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight171 lb (78 kg)
Career information
High schoolPerkiomen
(Pennsburg, Pennsylvania)
CollegePrinceton (2022–present)

Xaivian Lee is a Canadian-American college basketball player for the Princeton Tigers of the Ivy League.

College career

Lee attended Perkiomen School in Pennsburg, Pennsylvania.[1] As a freshman during the 2022–23 season, Lee made an immediate impact as a rotation player off the bench.[2][3] In his freshman season, he appeared in 32 games averaging 4.8 points, 1.8 rebounds and 0.9 assists, helping Princeton reach the Sweet Sixteen.[4][5][6] He began the following season averaging 19.5 points per game, leading Princeton to a 9–1 record through their first ten games, the school's best start in a century.[7] In the conference opener against Harvard, he scored a career-high 33 points, in addition to eight rebounds, seven assists, and two steals, being named conference player of the week for his performance.[8]

National team career

Lee participated in the 2023 FIBA U-19 World Cup in Debrecen, Hungary, representing the Canada men's national under-19 basketball team. He averaged a team-high 14.1 points to go along with 3.3 rebounds and 3.1 assists per game, helping lead Canada to a seventh-place finish.[9][10]

Career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high

College

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2022–23 Princeton 32 0 13.4 .376 .232 .804 1.8 .9 .5 .1 4.8
2023–24 Princeton 17 17 29.5 .468 .356 .871 4.9 3.4 .9 .7 17.7

Personal life

Lee was born in Toronto, and he is a dual citizen of the U.S. and Canada. He is of South Korean descent.[11]

References

  1. ^ "The Tigers Next Star Point Guard: Xaivian Lee". Whoa! Sports World. 2022-01-22. Retrieved 2024-02-03.
  2. ^ "With Freshman Guard Lee Making Big Impact, PU Men's Hoops Routs Monmouth, Moves to 8-2".
  3. ^ "Princeton men's basketball's lightning bug Xaivian Lee tough for opponents to catch". Trentonian. 2022-12-11. Retrieved 2024-02-03.
  4. ^ "How Xaivian Lee overcame doubters to become a star on the court for Princeton". Sportsnet.ca. Retrieved 2024-02-03.
  5. ^ "First-year guard Xaivian Lee participates in Canada Basketball Assessment camp". The Princetonian. Retrieved 2024-02-03.
  6. ^ "Nothing will faze Princeton men's basketball's Xaivian Lee". Trentonian. 2023-10-30. Retrieved 2024-02-03.
  7. ^ Elsey, Jacob (2023-12-12). "CBB's Shiftiest Player Is An Ivy League Economics Student That Has Princeton Off To Its Best Start In 100 Years". BroBible. Retrieved 2024-02-03.
  8. ^ "Lee shines once again as the men's basketball team opens Ivy League play with a dominant victory against the Crimson". The Princetonian. Retrieved 2024-02-03.
  9. ^ TSN, Jeremy Visser (2024-01-19). "Canadian Xaivian Lee playing with joy at Princeton". TSN. Retrieved 2024-02-03.
  10. ^ Zielonka, Adam (2023-11-26). "Xaivian Lee has the makings of the next great Princeton guard". Guarden State. Retrieved 2024-02-03.
  11. ^ "The phenomenon: Princeton's Xaivian Lee is taking college basketball by storm". Asbury Park Press. Retrieved 2024-02-03.

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