PRINCETON, N.J. (AP) _ Nate Walton scored 16 of his 18 points in the second half and Mike Bechtold came off the bench for 13 as Princeton defeated Dartmouth, 68-52, Saturday night.

Princeton (13-10, 8-3 IVY) is tied with Penn for first place in the Ivy League.

Dartmouth (7-18, 2-10) dropped its fourth straight since defeating Princeton at home Feb. 9.

The game was played in front of 74 Princeton basketball alumni, including Bill Bradley, Pete Carril and Butch van Breda Kolff, who were in attendance to celebrate 100 years of Princeton basketball. They were honored in a halftime ceremony.

Walton had six rebounds and five assists for Princeton.

Dartmouth got 15 points from Greg Buth and 11 from Ian McGinnis.

Princeton took an early 31-18 lead, and Dartmouth never got the deficit under double figures for the remainder of the game.

The Tigers opened the second half with a 13-7 run for a 44-27 lead with 14:08 left.