Five Items For Princeton's Yale/Brown Road Trip

PRINCETON, N.J. – The Princeton Tigers' Ivy League road trip continues as they travel to the Yale Bulldogs (Feb. 17) and the Brown Bears (Feb. 18) this weekend.

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Head coach Courtney Banghart's unit has won five straight games after dropping its first two Ivy League contests. Here are five things to keep an eye on against Yale and Brown.

Yale's Three-Point Defense: The Bulldogs have the worst three-point defense in the Ivy League (34.8 percent). Since beginning the season 0-3, Princeton has made 7.2 three-pointers a game while Gabrielle Rush, Tia Weledji, Taylor Brown and Kenya Holland are shooting at least 35 percent from deep during this stretch. Rush is tied for fourth in the Ivy League in three-point field goals per game (2.0) and seventh in three-point field goal percentage (38.8).

Yale's Struggling Offense: Yale's scoring offense is sixth in the conference (63.0) and seventh in field goal percentage (38.7). The Bulldogs led the Tigers by seven points after three quarters during the matchup in January, but the Tigers flipped the script in the fourth stanza. The Tigers held the Bulldogs to one basket over the last 6:09 game action. During that time, Yale went 1-of-9 while Princeton was 3-of-4 and made seven free throws to ice the game. For the quarter, the Tigers shot 77.8 percent, outscoring the Bulldogs, 25-6, along with pulling down nine more rebounds.

Leslie Robinson: Looking for people to step up after graduating four of its five starters from last year's team, Princeton has found a breakout player in Leslie Robinson. The junior is second in the Ivy in field goal percentage (50.9), tied for fourth in offensive rebounds per game (2.8), fifth in total rebounds (8.0), eighth in defensive rebounds (5.2) and ninth in assists (2.6). She has five double-doubles to lead the team including a 16-point, 15-rebound performance vs. Yale. For the season, the forward is averaging 9.8 points and 8.0 rebounds.

Justine Gaziano: While Princeton's star freshman Bella Alarie has been one of the best players in the Ivy League, Brown features its own stellar freshman in Justine Gaziano. Gaziano sits second in the conference in scoring (17.9), third in field goal percentage (50.3), seventh in field goals (95), eighth in three-point field goal percentage (38.3), free throws (56) and ninth in free-throw percentage (77.8).

Brown's Offense: The Bears have the best offense in the Ivy League (71.8), good for 59th in the country. The Bears carry three of the Ivy League's top five scorers in Gaziano, Shayna Mehta and Taylor Will. Brown's 98 points vs. Princeton in January was its best offensive output of the year. Gaziano's 33 points led all scorers in the contest.

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