Princeton University Athletics
Women's Basketball Host Dartmouth
February 04, 2005 | Women's Basketball
Feb. 4, 2005
PRINCETON, N.J. -- In last season's finale the Tigers hosted Dartmouth, who was 8-4 in the conference at the time and posted a 66-58 win over the Big Green. Tonight Princeton looks to knock off a team that is 3-0 in the Ivy League.
The game can be heard at goprincetontigers.com at 7 p.m.
Princeton Game Notes
Reflection Time - Princeton dropped its first Ivy home game of the season to Penn, 61-59 in double-overtime. The Tigers are now 1-2 in the conference and 9-7 on the season. Junior Becky Brown recorded her fifth 20-point game and led the squad with 20 points and nine rebounds.
Scouting the Big Green- Dartmouth is undefeated in the Ivies at 3-0 and is 7-8 on the season. Elise Morrison leads the Big Green with 14.6 ppg and 8.0 rpg. Dartmouth defeated Columbia 59-49 and Cornell 90-57 last weekend.
Player to Watch Last season Katy Digovich recorded a double-double with 16 points and 12 rebounds in the first contest at Dartmouth. In the second meeting Digovich posted 12 points and seven rebounds. Arise From The Pine - Sophomore Casey Lockwood made her season debut in last Wednesday's game at Lafayette. Lockwood played 11 minutes in the match up and returned to the lineup after recovering from a torn ACL from last season. She scored nine points and grabbed a rebound in her first four minutes of action.
Over Milestone Hill - With a team-high 16 points Becky Brown broke the 1,000-point plateau. As a junior, Brown become the 14th Tiger in program's history to do so.
Highlight Reel - Freshman Meg Cowher scored a season-high 28 points in the Saint Peter's game. Her performance is not only the most scored by any Tiger this season, but it is the most scored by a freshman in a home game at Princeton. Teammate Becky Brown holds the freshman record with 31 points on March 8, 2003 at Columbia. Cowher's 28 points was two better than Claire B. Tomasiewicz's 26 points against Mercy College on March 5, 1976 at Seton Hall.
20 Times - Junior Becky Brown scored 20 points or more in four games during a five-game stretch this season. The games includes Mount St. Mary's (21 pts), Fairleigh Dickinson (20 pts), Army (23 pts) and Lafayette (24 pts). Brown scored 19 in both the Saint Peter's game and the Brown game, two points shy of six straight.
Feeding The Posts - Junior Katy O'Brien is second in the league with 4.53 assists per game. O'Brien recorded eight assists versus both Saint Peter's and Lafayette. Prior to that she averaged 2.9 per contest.
Free-bees - Sophomore Katy Digovich has shot 80% on the season from the charity stripe. With only eight seconds to play in the Brown contest, Digovich stepped to the free throw line and calmly made both attempts to tie the ball game at 62. She currently ranks sixth in the league in free throw percentage.
Lights Out - Junior Katy O'Brien went 4 for 10 from beyond the arc and scored 12 points against Brown She also made three threes in the Penn contest. O'Brien has nailed 34 threes this season and is averaging 2.12 a game, which places her second in the Ivy League.
Ahead In Years - Meagan Cowher currently ranks second among her teammates in scoring (13.1) and in rebounds (5.4) per game. She also sits at the top of the Ivy League in field goal percentage (.512).
Crashing the Boards - Princeton was out-rebounded in the first two Ivy games 70-57 but had the advantage of the boards against Penn 47-40. However, the Tigers were out-scored in second chance points 25-35 in all three games combined.
Gone With The Wind - Junior Katy O'Brien garnered a career-high five steals in the St. Mary's contest. She leads all Tigers with 36 steals on the season and is ranked second in the league with 2.27 steals per game. Sophomore Elyse Umeda has chipped in 22 steals this season and has tallied eight in the last three contests.
Dominate the Paint - Princeton has dominated the paint during its Ivy play by scoring 72 points in the paint. Brown, Yale and Penn combined for 44 points underneath the rim in three games.