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Women's Basketball to Meet Brown, Yale in Final Homestand
February 27, 2008 | Women's Basketball
Princeton vs. Brown
Fri., Feb. 29, 7 p.m., Jadwin Gym
Princeton Head Coach: Courtney Banghart (Dartmouth '00)
Career Record: 5-20 (Same at Princeton, 1st season)
Brown Head Coach: Jean Marie Burr (New Hampshire '77)
Career Record: 268-263 (same at Brown, 20th season)
All-Time Series: Tied at 29-29
At Jadwin Gym: Princeton leads 18-10
Streaks: Overall: Princeton, 4/Home: Princeton, 4
Largest Princeton MOV: 23 (1978, W 80-57)
Largest Brown MOV: 33 (2001, L 35-68)
Princeton vs. Yale
Sat., Mar. 1, 6 p.m., Jadwin Gym
Yale Head Coach: Chris Gobrecht (Southern California '77)
Career Record: 447-367 (22-56 at Yale, 3rd season)
All-Time Series: Princeton leads 39-29
At Jadwin Gym: Princeton leads 22-9
Streaks: Overall: Yale, 2/Home: Princeton, 5
Largest Princeton MOV: 47 (1976, W 68-21)
Largest Yale MOV: 18 (1980, L 53-71)
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Senior night: Princeton will honor its two seniors, Meagan Cowher and Ali Prichard, prior to Saturday's game. Both Cowher and Prichard have played more than 100 games in a Tiger uniform and both were integral parts in Princeton's run to an Ivy League title in their sophomore year of 2006.
1,600?: We're not talking about a (formerly) perfect SAT score or the race for the White House by referencing 1,600, but rather a points milestone only three Princeton women's basketball players have ever reached. Meagan Cowher enters the weekend with 1,565 points, needing 35 over the two games to reach the 1,600 milestone at home. The 17.5 per-game average she would need this weekend is close to her season average of 17.0.
The Ivy chase: It's a big weekend in the Ivy League with the teams in the first and fourth spots in the standings traveling to the teams in second and third place. That sets up a showdown Saturday evening in Boston when first-place Cornell (9-1) visits second-place Harvard (8-2). A Big Red sweep this weekend would put Cornell one win or one Harvard loss next weekend from an outright Ivy League championship and NCAA Tournament berth.
Longevity: Ali Prichard has the chance to tie the Princeton record for most games played. If Prichard plays the five games left in the regular season, she will equal Andrea Razi '96 at 109 total games played.
Last homestand: Princeton wraps up one of its busiest home schedules ever this weekend with home games No. 13 and 14 against Brown and Yale. Princeton has had 14 home games only once, in 1986-87.
Don't give it away: Princeton commits a league-low 15.9 turnovers per game and has not had a 20-turnover game since Dec. 5, 2007, when it had 22 giveaways against NJIT. Princeton's turnover average is ranked 52nd in Division I as of Feb. 24, its highest ranking in any statistical category.
More turnovers: Princeton had a season-low nine turnovers in the loss to Dartmouth, the first time since Feb. 2, 2007 against Yale that the Tigers have had a single-digit number of turnovers.
Streak snapped: Harvard held Meagan Cowher to six points last Friday night, ending her streak of double-digit scoring games at 26. For her career, Cowher has scored at least 10 points in 83 of 102 games played.
Scoring leaders: It's not often that Yale has the occasion to thank Harvard, but one Eli can do that after the Crimson held Meagan Cowher to six points last Friday night. That helped Melissa Colborne overtake Cowher for the Ivy-only scoring lead, the basis for the Ivy League scoring title. Cowher, the defending scoring champion, is averaging 15.8 points in her nine Ivy games while Colborne has scored an average of 16.3 in her 10 games. The two will meet again Saturday night. In all games, Cowher leads Colborne 17.0-15.7.
Cowher in the NCAA rankings: Meagan Cowher is Princeton's only individual in the NCAA rankings with her 17.0 points per game ranking 65th in Division I as of Feb. 24.
Tigers for threeeee: Princeton attempted 22 three-pointers each against Harvard and Dartmouth, bringing its streak of attempting a double-digit number of three-pointers to 26 games. It was just the second time this season that Princeton attempted at least 20 threes in back-to-back games. The high for this year was 29 threes attempted against Syracuse, making a season-high 12.
Watch the game, listen to the game: Princeton has broadcasted every game this season on www.GoPrincetonTigers.com free of charge and Derek Jones will be on the call once again for both games this weekend. All of Princeton's home games have also been video streamed for the price of a subscription at GoPrincetonTigers.com.
Last time against Brown: Princeton picked up its second win of the Ivy League season when it met Brown Feb. 16 in Providence. The Tigers led wire-to-wire as Meagan Cowher scored 24 points and Whitney Downs had a career-high 19 points.
Last time against Yale: Feb. 15 in New Haven, Yale had a 51-33 rebounding advantage en route to a 78-57 win. Yale had four players in double figures, led by Jamie Van Horne who canned five three-pointers on her way to 19 points. Melissa Colborne added 18 for Yale while Meagan Cowher led Princeton with 17 points.
From the line: Princeton has made at least 10 free throws in seven straight games, its longest such stretch this season. During that stretch came the team's season high of 28 attempts at Yale.
A telling stat: In every game in the 2008 portion of the schedule, the team that has won the field goal percentage battle has won the game. Princeton won that statistic twice; consequently, both games were Princeton wins against Penn and Brown.
Another telling stat: In all five of Princeton's wins this year, it has won the rebounding battle. In 19 of Princeton's 20 losses this year, the Tigers have lost that statistic. The only exception was Samford back on Nov. 16, a Princeton loss.
Double duty: Nine Tigers have had double-digit scoring games, including all three current freshmen and seven returners for next season. Princeton has had three games in which four Tigers have reached double figures, but Princeton has won only one of those three games (Penn). The other two were games in which Princeton scored more than 70 points but still took the loss (Cornell, Syracuse). All three games were at home.
Looking ahead: Princeton will end its season with three road games in five days at Columbia, Cornell and Penn Mar. 7-11.