Besides Kentucky, there’s another undefeated team in college basketball this season, and President Barack Obama was on hand to watch that team play on Saturday.
President Obama and his daughter Malia were in attendance to watch his niece Leslie Robinson, a backup forward for the Princeton Tigers. The Tigers improved to 31-0 on the season with a 80-70 win over Green Bay in the first round of the Women’s NCAA tournament at the Xfinity Center on the University of Maryland’s campus.
Robinson is the daughter of former Oregon State head coach Craig Robinson, Michelle Obama’s brother. The First Lady spent time in Japan this week and was not in attendance.
According to ESPN.com, the president arrived at his seat in the Xfinity Center “with about five minutes remaining in warm-ups” and sat “several rows up from the floor” behind the Princeton bench.
Robinson, a 6-foot forward from Corvallis, Ore., did not see any action in the game. For the season, Robinson has played in 26 games and averaged 9.4 minutes per contest. She averages 3.0 points and 2.5 rebounds per game while shooting 37.9 percent from the field.
Princeton will face the winner of Saturday’s Maryland-New Mexico State game in the Round of 32.
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