Whichever girls’ basketball team wins the 2026 Colonial Valley Conference Tournament will either take home a first or a second. The field has been whittled down to fifth-seeded Notre Dame High (14-8) versus second-seeded Princeton High (17-7). Those two will meet at 1 p.m. Saturday at West Windsor -Plainsboro High North to decide the tournament champion. The game will also be live-streamed by WBCB Sports at wbcbsports.com and on You Tube (WBCB Sports). If first-year head coach Mary Pat Lelinski’s better-seeded Tigers should win, it will be the first time Princeton were to win a CVC or Mercer County Tournament crown. If head coach Beth Fitzpatrick, in her second year with the Irish, were to win, it would be ND’s second straight CVC Tournament title after upsetting Ewing, 47-35, in the 2025 final. Princeton defeated Notre Dame, 48-18, in their lone CVC Colonial Division meeting this season Jan. 8 in Lawrence Township. The Tigers, who avenged an earlier loss to Colonial Division champ Ewing (the third seed) in the semifinal round, are led by 5-8 senior forward Anna Winters, who has been averaging 16.4 points per game this season. She is the school’s all-time leading girls’ scorer with 1,495 career points, which also puts her second behind Bram Reynolds, Princeton High’s all-time leading boys’ scorer with 1,717 career points. Winters’ classmate, 5-9 forward Katie Sharkey, is averaging 10.4 ppg, and also has an outside chance to join the 1,000-point club before she graduates. Sharkey enters the game with 942 career points. As a team, Princeton averages 48 ppg offensively, while holding its opponents to 41.9 ppg. The Irish, who avenged an earlier loss to top-seeded Princeton Day School in the semifinal round, have one player scoring in double digits. Caroline Foley, a 5-9 senior guard, hits for 13.7 ppg, but 6-1 senior forward Grace Hempsell is not far behind with 9.0 ppg. As a team, Notre Dame’s offense has averaged 45.1 ppg, while its defense has only allowed 39.4 ppg. COLONIAL VALLEY CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT Girls’ Basketball Results Tuesday, Feb. 10 Opening Round Princeton 52, WW-P North 21 Notre Dame 43, Robbinsville 32 Steinert 54, Hightstown 28 Lawrence 67, Hamilton West 20 Ewing 70, Nottingham 13 WW-P South 50, Allentown 42 Hopewell Valley 59, Trenton 27 Thursday, Feb. 12 Quarterfinals PDS 36, WW-P South 29 Notre Dame 44, Lawrence 36 Ewing 58, Hopewell Valley 37 Princeton 53, Steinert 42 Consolations Allentown 49, Hightstown 24 Trenton 42, Robbinsville 32 Saturday, Feb. 14 Consolation Hamilton West 53, Nottingham 26 Wednesday, Feb. 18 Semifinals Princeton 55, Ewing 51 Notre Dame 43, PDS 39 Schedule Saturday, Feb. 21 Championship (at WW-P High North) Notre Dame vs. Princeton, 1 p.m. ...read more read less