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Saturday, December 1
Princeton, N.J.
6 p.m.
Princeton University
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Duquesne
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Duquesne Stifles Women's Hoops in 71-58 Dukes Win
December 01, 2007 | Women's Basketball
PRINCETON -- For the second time in as many games, Princeton's opponent held its leading scorer, Meagan Cowher, to the low double-digits in scoring. But unlike the Tigers' midweek win over St. Francis, the Princeton women's basketball team's supporting cast didn't make up the points.
Duquesne outshot and outrebounded the Tigers in a 71-58 win Saturday night at Jadwin Gym, dropping Princeton to 2-6 on the year. The Dukes improved to 4-3.
"We got outplayed," Princeton head coach Courtney Banghart said. "Our post players, we completely got outplayed. We need a more consistent and sustained effort by our perimeter players."
Princeton shot 38.1 percent to Duquesne's 43.1 percent and got just 16 points from its starting five. The bench, headed by a career-high 12 from freshman Shelbie Pool, scored the other 42 points.
"Offense is getting people the ball at the right time in the right spot and we aren't reading that yet," Banghart said.
Duquesne grabbed a 43-34 rebounding advantage that, coupled with the more accurate shooting, mitigated 24 turnovers to Princeton's 23. The Dukes had four players in double figures, led by 23 from Jade Singleton. Samantha Pollino with 14, Kristi Little with 13 and Kelly Britcher with 12 were the others.
Cowher had 10 points to keep her double-digit scoring streak alive. The senior has scored at least 10 points in 11 straight dating back to last season and has moved into seventh place on the all-time scoring list with 1,283 points.
Princeton led at points in the first half but never by more than three. Duquesne took the lead for good on a Singleton layup with 4:39 to play that put the Dukes ahead by one at 23-22. A 7-0 run soon put Duquesne ahead by eight, and the Tigers never recovered.
A 9-0 run by the Dukes early in the second half grew Duquesne's lead to 18 points at 50-32 with 16 minutes left. The visitors' largest lead was 19 a little more than a minute later, and Princeton never got closer than nine the rest of the way.
The win by Duquesne avenges a 62-59 win a year ago in Pittsburgh. Princeton will make the short trip to Newark, N.J., for its next game Wednesday at NJIT.
Duquesne outshot and outrebounded the Tigers in a 71-58 win Saturday night at Jadwin Gym, dropping Princeton to 2-6 on the year. The Dukes improved to 4-3.
"We got outplayed," Princeton head coach Courtney Banghart said. "Our post players, we completely got outplayed. We need a more consistent and sustained effort by our perimeter players."
Princeton shot 38.1 percent to Duquesne's 43.1 percent and got just 16 points from its starting five. The bench, headed by a career-high 12 from freshman Shelbie Pool, scored the other 42 points.
"Offense is getting people the ball at the right time in the right spot and we aren't reading that yet," Banghart said.
Duquesne grabbed a 43-34 rebounding advantage that, coupled with the more accurate shooting, mitigated 24 turnovers to Princeton's 23. The Dukes had four players in double figures, led by 23 from Jade Singleton. Samantha Pollino with 14, Kristi Little with 13 and Kelly Britcher with 12 were the others.
Cowher had 10 points to keep her double-digit scoring streak alive. The senior has scored at least 10 points in 11 straight dating back to last season and has moved into seventh place on the all-time scoring list with 1,283 points.
Princeton led at points in the first half but never by more than three. Duquesne took the lead for good on a Singleton layup with 4:39 to play that put the Dukes ahead by one at 23-22. A 7-0 run soon put Duquesne ahead by eight, and the Tigers never recovered.
A 9-0 run by the Dukes early in the second half grew Duquesne's lead to 18 points at 50-32 with 16 minutes left. The visitors' largest lead was 19 a little more than a minute later, and Princeton never got closer than nine the rest of the way.
The win by Duquesne avenges a 62-59 win a year ago in Pittsburgh. Princeton will make the short trip to Newark, N.J., for its next game Wednesday at NJIT.
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