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Princeton University Athletics
Saturday, February 3
Princeton, N.J.
7 p.m.
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Cowher Passes 1,000 as Tigers Enter Ivy First-Place Tie with 69-51 Win over Brown
February 03, 2007 | Women's Basketball
PRINCETON, N.J. – On a jumper with 2:43 left in the first half, Meagan Cowher became the 17th player in Princeton women's basketball history to score 1,000 points. The milestone came in a 69-51 victory over Brown in which the Tigers led wire-to-wire.
Princeton's win, coupled with Harvard's defeat of Cornell, puts Princeton and Harvard in a first-place tie with each team at 4-1 heading into Friday's matchup in Cambridge, Mass.
“It's the hardest road trip in the Ivy League,” Princeton head coach Richard Barron said of the upcoming Harvard-Dartmouth trip. “Whenever we play Harvard it's a big game and whenever we play Dartmouth it's a big game. We could win both and put us in good position for the second half (of the league schedule) or we could lose both and Dartmouth could leapfrog us.”
The Tigers started off well, hitting 8 of 13 to take an 18-4 lead at the midway point of the first half, but from that point through the trip to the locker room, Princeton missed 15 of 18 from the field and Brown cut the lead to 10 at 27-17.
The 17 points tied the fewest Princeton has given up in a first half this year, but the other occurrence was in a game against Rider in which the Tigers were up by 30 at the break. Brown's 26.6 shooting percentage was also the lowest by any Princeton opponent this year.
Still, it was enough to win as the Tigers found their shooting touch in the second half. The team improved from shooting 35.5% before the halftime break to 52.2% after. Princeton ran its lead up to as many as 21 by the 11:52 mark of the second half at 44-23 and Brown never got closer than 13 the rest of the way.
“I think we just executed better in the second half,” Barron said. “They were running a matchup zone and knowing where to attack is important. We weren't doing a good job of that the last 10 minutes of the first half.”
Cowher finished with 23 points and 10 rebounds for her fifth double-double of the season and 10th of her career. She has scored at least 22 points in all five Ivy League games.
While Cowher was the only Tiger with double-figure points, Casey Lockwood grabbed 11 rebounds, tying a career-high from 2004 in a game also against Brown.
Annesley O'Neal led the Bears with 13 points, while Lena McAfee added 11 and Shae Fitzpatrick had 10.
Princeton's game at Harvard will tip at 7 p.m. Friday and can be heard live on www.GoPrincetonTigers.com with Derek Jones on the call.
NOTES
Princeton has now won four in a row against Brown in Jadwin Gym.
Looking ahead to the first-place showdown Friday, the Tigers had lost six in a row at Harvard's Lavietes Pavilion before last year's win. Last year was the first time since the Ivy League began the double round-robin format in 1983 that Princeton had won both games of the Harvard-Dartmouth trip.
Meagan Cowher now has 1,014 points and stands in 17th place all-time. Kim Allen (1993-97) is in 16th place at 1,018.
Princeton's win, coupled with Harvard's defeat of Cornell, puts Princeton and Harvard in a first-place tie with each team at 4-1 heading into Friday's matchup in Cambridge, Mass.
“It's the hardest road trip in the Ivy League,” Princeton head coach Richard Barron said of the upcoming Harvard-Dartmouth trip. “Whenever we play Harvard it's a big game and whenever we play Dartmouth it's a big game. We could win both and put us in good position for the second half (of the league schedule) or we could lose both and Dartmouth could leapfrog us.”
The Tigers started off well, hitting 8 of 13 to take an 18-4 lead at the midway point of the first half, but from that point through the trip to the locker room, Princeton missed 15 of 18 from the field and Brown cut the lead to 10 at 27-17.
The 17 points tied the fewest Princeton has given up in a first half this year, but the other occurrence was in a game against Rider in which the Tigers were up by 30 at the break. Brown's 26.6 shooting percentage was also the lowest by any Princeton opponent this year.
Still, it was enough to win as the Tigers found their shooting touch in the second half. The team improved from shooting 35.5% before the halftime break to 52.2% after. Princeton ran its lead up to as many as 21 by the 11:52 mark of the second half at 44-23 and Brown never got closer than 13 the rest of the way.
“I think we just executed better in the second half,” Barron said. “They were running a matchup zone and knowing where to attack is important. We weren't doing a good job of that the last 10 minutes of the first half.”
Cowher finished with 23 points and 10 rebounds for her fifth double-double of the season and 10th of her career. She has scored at least 22 points in all five Ivy League games.
While Cowher was the only Tiger with double-figure points, Casey Lockwood grabbed 11 rebounds, tying a career-high from 2004 in a game also against Brown.
Annesley O'Neal led the Bears with 13 points, while Lena McAfee added 11 and Shae Fitzpatrick had 10.
Princeton's game at Harvard will tip at 7 p.m. Friday and can be heard live on www.GoPrincetonTigers.com with Derek Jones on the call.
NOTES
Princeton has now won four in a row against Brown in Jadwin Gym.
Looking ahead to the first-place showdown Friday, the Tigers had lost six in a row at Harvard's Lavietes Pavilion before last year's win. Last year was the first time since the Ivy League began the double round-robin format in 1983 that Princeton had won both games of the Harvard-Dartmouth trip.
Meagan Cowher now has 1,014 points and stands in 17th place all-time. Kim Allen (1993-97) is in 16th place at 1,018.
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