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Home Schedule Resumes Saturday Night as Women's Basketball Hosts Colgate
December 02, 2005 | Women's Basketball
Dec. 2, 2005
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Holy Cow-her!: Sophomore forward Meagan Cowher has reached double-digit points in each of the last four games, averaging 16 per contest. The night Cowher had her lowest point total of the four, with 10 against St. Mary's, she pulled down 10 rebounds for her third career double-double.
More double: Senior center Becky Brown earned her ninth career double-double against Monmouth on Thursday with 17 points and 10 rebounds. It was her second of the season.
Climbing the charts: With her 67 points this year, Becky Brown has 1,228 for her career and stands in seventh place all-time on the Princeton list. She needs 48 points to pass Ellen Tomasiewicz (1978-82) for sixth place.
She's Berry, Berry good: Freshman point guard Jessica Berry had 12 points at Monmouth, the third game in a row and fourth of the five this year in which Berry has reached double-digit points. Against St. Mary's, Berry had 30 points, one short of the freshman record held by Becky Brown, who had 31 on Mar. 8, 2003 against Columbia. For her performance last week, Berry earned Ivy League Rookie of the Week honors. How much more Patriotic can you be?: Colgate is the second of four Patriot League schools the Tigers will play this year. Princeton opened the home season with a win against Lehigh, have Colgate on Saturday, travel to Army on Thursday and host Lafayette in the regular season's final non-conference game on Jan. 3.
O-Beee for threee: Senior guard Katy O'Brien took seven shots from the field last night, all from beyond the arc. She made five of them for a total of 15 points, one off her season-high 16 against Lehigh. O'Brien is 12 for 27 from three-point land this year and the 12 threes have put her two behind former teammate Allison Cahill for eighth on the all-time Princeton career list. O'Brien has 138 three-pointers in her career.
Long time coming: Colgate visits Jadwin Gym for the second time in its history and the first since the 1987-88 season when Princeton won, 73-52.
Last time against the Raiders: It was a one-sided affair last time Colgate and Princeton met up in Hamilton, N.Y. on Jan. 27, 2004. The Raiders outrebounded Princeton, 39-31, outshot the Tigers from the field, 49.1 percent to 34.5 percent, and had fewer turnovers, 22-12. Colgate had two players tie with a game-high 20 points, Emily Braseth and Malissa Burke, neither of whom are with the 2005-06 Raiders. Devon Warwick, a 6-1 forward who scored 12 points in that game, returns for her senior year. Princeton's leading scorer was Casey Lockwood with 15 points and a game-high seven rebounds as a freshman at the time.
Barron against the Patriot League: Princeton head coach Richard Barron is 7-5 against Patriot League schools in his four-plus years on Old Nassau. Each season, the Tigers have played Lehigh (2-3) and Lafayette (4-0) while also facing Colgate and Army during his tenure.
Separation of Church and...State?: Princeton's two losses this year have come to Catholic-founded schools, St. Joseph's and St. Mary's. The three wins were against non-affiliated schools: Lehigh, Central Florida and Monmouth. Princeton's next five games are against non-affiliated schools before the visit to Mt. St. Mary's on Dec. 28.
On the Raiders: Colgate limps into the Princeton game having experienced back-to-back losses against strong teams. In its most recent game, Colgate lost by 36 points at local rival Syracuse, a game after losing by 39 at Vanderbilt. The Raiders started the year with two setbacks at the University of Vermont's tournament against the host Catamounts and William and Mary before winning at Vanderbilt's tournament against McNeese State. Colgate's leading scorer is sophomore guard Melanie Cargle, who is averaging 10.8 points per game. Colgate's opponents are winning the statistical battles on the glass and from the field, outrebounding the Raiders 48.4 to 38.8 per game, and outshooting them 46.7 percent to 32.0 percent.
Ohio - The heart of it all: More Colgate players -- four -- come from Ohio than any other state, including the Raiders' home state of New York, which lists three on the roster. Two Raiders are also from north of the border, coming from the Canadian province of Ontario.
The sharpshooters: Heading into the week, the Ivy leaders in both field-goal percentage and three-point percentage early in the 2005-06 season were wearing Orange and Black. Becky Brown is 26 for 40 from the field (.650) and Casey Lockwood is 5 of 9 (.556) from beyond the arc among those with a minimum of one three made per game on average.
They want that ball: Heading into the week, Princeton had two of the three top offensive rebounders in the Ivy League, as Becky Brown has hauled down 19 such boards, an average of 3.8 per game, and Meagan Cowher has recorded 11 offensive rebounds, what was a third-best 2.2 per game.
It's all even: Princeton was outrebounded in its first two games before the pendulum swung in its favor at both games of the St. Mary's tournament. With last night's rebounding edge being only one to Monmouth, the Tigers are outrebounding their opponents 36.8 to 33.6 per game. However, Princeton's opponents edge the Tigers in creating turnovers. Princeton gives up an average of 19.2 per game while getting 18.6 from its foes.
A historical connection: Former Princeton head coach Liz Feeley (1995-2000) came to Old Nassau after coaching at Colgate for three seasons.
More history: Princeton has won three of its first five games for the first time since the 2001-02 season, Richard Barron's first with the program. The Tigers also won four of their first six that year, a feat the 2005-06 team could match with a win over Colgate.
Toeing the line again and again...: The 33 of 44 free throws Princeton made in its game against Central Florida were the most since Feb. 6, 1988, when the Tigers went 40 for 47 from the line.
They may need new whistles: The 53 fouls called in the Central Florida game were at least the most any of the current Princeton players have experienced. The 33 fouls committed by UCF -- albeit a number of them strategy fouls to put Princeton on the free-throw line -- were also the most committed against the Orange and Black in the careers of any of the current Tigers.
We think we've got something going here: Princeton has started the same five players in four of its first five games. Consequently, those five players are Princeton's top five in points per game and rebounds per game while staying in the game to play more minutes per contest. The only change from the lineup of Becky Brown, Casey Lockwood, Meagan Cowher, Katy O'Brien and Jessica Berry was in the Lehigh game, where Ariel Rogers started for Cowher. Princeton has used all 15 dressed players twice this season.
On the call: Thursday's game can be heard online by clicking on the audio link next to the Monmouth game on the schedule page. John Sadak will be on the call from Jadwin Gym for the official Tiger broadcast, and Princeton's student station, WPRB, will be calling the game as well. That broadcast can be heard at www.wprb.com.
It's TV time: So far, five games this season will be on television in the Princeton area, broadcast by Patriot 8 cable. The Nov. 22 game against Lehigh was shown locally, as will the Dec. 11 game vs. Rutgers, the Jan. 3 game vs. Lafayette, the Feb. 10 game vs. Harvard and the Yale game on Mar. 4.
Head Coach Richard Barron: In his fifth season, Princeton head coach Richard Barron stands fourth on the school's wins list. With 43 wins, he is behind Liz Feeley's 68 wins from 1995-2000, Pat Walsh's 72 wins from 1974-79, and Joan Kowalik's 163 wins from 1984-95.