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Princeton University Athletics
Saturday, February 24
Princeton, N.J.
7 p.m.
Princeton University
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Harvard Continues Run Through Ivy, Stifling Women's Hoops, 66-51
February 24, 2007 | Women's Basketball
PRINCETON, N.J. – In contrast to the season's first Princeton-Harvard meeting, when Crimson shooters Lindsay Hallion and Niki Finelli combined for 43 points in a 23-point Princeton defeat, it was the Harvard post players that did the damage in the Crimson's 66-51 win over Princeton Saturday night at Jadwin Gym.
The loss eliminated Princeton from postseason contention, and with Penn's win over Dartmouth, Harvard has at least a share of the Ivy League title at 10-1 with a three-game advantage over Dartmouth. The Crimson, winners of nine straight, need only to win one of their last three to win an outright title and advance to the NCAA Tournament.
Harvard's Christiana Lackner and Katie Rollins, both inside presences, were in double figures with 12 and 10 points, respectively. Finelli had 11 as the Crimson shot 54.2% for the game, the highest shooting clip for any Princeton opponent this season.
Rookie post player Elizabeth Pietrzak finished with a career-high 11 points. She needed only 16 minutes in the first half to score nine of those points, topping her previous best of six. Casey Lockwood and Julia Berger also had 11 apiece to lead the Tigers. The Crimson held the Ivy League's leading scorer, Meagan Cowher, to just three points on 1 of 5 from the field plus 1 of 2 from the line. The total was the junior's lowest since the final game of her freshman year, also against Harvard, when she had two points.
Berger's total was also a career best as the sophomore had seven three weeks ago against Brown.
Harvard gave back just two points off its 11-point halftime lead, and that was only on two occasions in the half's first three minutes. The Crimson were ahead by as many as 17 as late as the 3:19 mark when Lackner had a bucket for a 66-49 lead. Lockwood scored the game's final points with 2:39 left.
While Harvard made better than half its shots (26 of 48), Princeton hit just 37.7% of its attempts, making 20 of 53. The Crimson also won the rebounding battle, 31-27, while the teams each had 14 turnovers.
In the first half, Harvard held Cowher to one point as she went without a shot attempt and hit one of two free throws.
Harvard started the game on a 14-4 run through the first five-plus minutes as all five Crimson starters had a layup to give Harvard its first 10 points. The Crimson lead grew as large as 13 at 23-10 just past the half's midway point on a pair of Christiana Lackner free throws.
Princeton had the lead as low as seven at 29-22 with 5:37 to play in the half, but Harvard closed the period with a 7-2 run to regain an 11-point lead.
Harvard shot 51.9% in the first half as the Tigers hit 9 of 21 from the field for a 42.9% clip. The Crimson also out-rebounded Princeton 15-12 and had fewer turnovers, 9-5.
Princeton will play its final full Ivy weekend next Friday and Saturday at Brown and Yale before the season finale against Penn at 9 p.m. on Tuesday, March 6.
The loss eliminated Princeton from postseason contention, and with Penn's win over Dartmouth, Harvard has at least a share of the Ivy League title at 10-1 with a three-game advantage over Dartmouth. The Crimson, winners of nine straight, need only to win one of their last three to win an outright title and advance to the NCAA Tournament.
Harvard's Christiana Lackner and Katie Rollins, both inside presences, were in double figures with 12 and 10 points, respectively. Finelli had 11 as the Crimson shot 54.2% for the game, the highest shooting clip for any Princeton opponent this season.
Rookie post player Elizabeth Pietrzak finished with a career-high 11 points. She needed only 16 minutes in the first half to score nine of those points, topping her previous best of six. Casey Lockwood and Julia Berger also had 11 apiece to lead the Tigers. The Crimson held the Ivy League's leading scorer, Meagan Cowher, to just three points on 1 of 5 from the field plus 1 of 2 from the line. The total was the junior's lowest since the final game of her freshman year, also against Harvard, when she had two points.
Berger's total was also a career best as the sophomore had seven three weeks ago against Brown.
Harvard gave back just two points off its 11-point halftime lead, and that was only on two occasions in the half's first three minutes. The Crimson were ahead by as many as 17 as late as the 3:19 mark when Lackner had a bucket for a 66-49 lead. Lockwood scored the game's final points with 2:39 left.
While Harvard made better than half its shots (26 of 48), Princeton hit just 37.7% of its attempts, making 20 of 53. The Crimson also won the rebounding battle, 31-27, while the teams each had 14 turnovers.
In the first half, Harvard held Cowher to one point as she went without a shot attempt and hit one of two free throws.
Harvard started the game on a 14-4 run through the first five-plus minutes as all five Crimson starters had a layup to give Harvard its first 10 points. The Crimson lead grew as large as 13 at 23-10 just past the half's midway point on a pair of Christiana Lackner free throws.
Princeton had the lead as low as seven at 29-22 with 5:37 to play in the half, but Harvard closed the period with a 7-2 run to regain an 11-point lead.
Harvard shot 51.9% in the first half as the Tigers hit 9 of 21 from the field for a 42.9% clip. The Crimson also out-rebounded Princeton 15-12 and had fewer turnovers, 9-5.
Princeton will play its final full Ivy weekend next Friday and Saturday at Brown and Yale before the season finale against Penn at 9 p.m. on Tuesday, March 6.
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