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Women's Basketball to Host First Home Ivy Weekend with Cornell, Columbia
February 07, 2008 | Women's Basketball
Princeton vs. Cornell
Fri., Feb. 8, 7 p.m., Jadwin Gym
Princeton Head Coach: Courtney Banghart (Dartmouth '00)
Career Record: 4-15 (Same at Princeton, 1st season)
Cornell Head Coach: Dayna Smith (Rhode Island '96)
Career Record: 53-96 (Same at Cornell, 6th season)
All-Time Series: Princeton leads 36-18
At Jadwin Gym: Princeton leads 22-6
Streaks: Overall: Cornell, 2/Home: Cornell, 1
Largest Princeton MOV: 47 (1981, W 73-26)
Largest Cornell MOV: 25 (2002, L 52-77)
Princeton vs. Columbia
Sat., Feb. 9, 6 p.m., Jadwin Gym
Columbia Head Coach: Paul Nixon (Vanderbilt '93)
Career Record: 14-41 (Same at Columbia, 2nd season)
All-Time Series: Princeton leads 32-14
At Jadwin Gym: Princeton leads 17-6
Streaks: Overall: Columbia, 1/Home: Princeton, 3
Largest Princeton MOV: 82 (1981, W 96-14)
Largest Columbia MOV: 15 (2002, L 61-79)
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Big weekend: The Tigers have a pair of games ahead that could set a course for the remainder of the Ivy season. Just 1 1/2 games out of a four-way tie for first, both Princeton opponents this weekend, Cornell and Columbia, are in front of the Tigers in the standings.
Cowher's 66: It was 13 months ago that Meagan Cowher went on a 66-point tear through Cornell and Columbia at Jadwin Gym in the first meeting of 2007 with each school. Cowher put up 31 against the Lions and 35 against the Big Red in a split with Cornell grabbing a four-point win. It was the most points scored in an Ivy League weekend for any Princeton women's basketball player and more than any Tiger men's player other than Bill Bradley. For her career, Cowher is averaging 18.8 points per game against Cornell and 19.6 against Columbia.
Current Tigers against Columbia and Cornell at Jadwin: No Tiger has lost to Columbia at Jadwin Gym as Princeton carries a three-game home winning streak against the Lions into 2008. Princeton has not been as fortunate against the Big Red, losing two of the last three in Jadwin.
Back-to-back Berry: Jessica Berry made it back-to-back double-digit scoring games with 12 against Penn and 11 at Harvard. The games were her first back-to-back double-digit games since Dec. 6-9, 2006. Since returning from the fall semester abroad, Berry has played five games and has scored 30 of her 33 points this season in the last three contests.
More Berry: Berry's five assists at Harvard were her most since she had six helpers on Feb. 3, 2007 at Brown. As a freshman in 2006, Berry came within two assists of matching Princeton's single-season record of 149.
Streaks snapped: Senior forward Ali Prichard had a three-pointer at Dartmouth but did not hit one at Harvard, ending her streak of making at least one three-pointer at 12 games. Prichard also had the second-longest active scoring streak on the team, also at 12 games. The second-longest streak, behind Meagan Cowher's string of 76 contests with a point, belongs to Addie Micir and Whitney Downs who have each scored in their last seven games.
Double-double: Meagan Cowher set a career best with 15 rebounds at Dartmouth. With 17 points, it was her fifth double-double of the season and 18th of her career.
Tough weekend: Princeton has traveled to Dartmouth and Harvard on the same trip annually since 1983 and has come away with a sweep only once, in 2006. Last weekend's sweep was the 15th time the Crimson and the Big Green have each taken a game from the Tigers on the trip.
Don't give it away: Princeton commits a league-low 16.4 turnovers per game and has not had a 20-turnover game since Dec. 5, 2007, when it had 22 giveaways against NJIT.
Wild game: Two seasons ago, Princeton won a 94-80 game at Cornell with seven Tigers in double-figures. The team missed its single-game scoring record by just three points. Since that game, Princeton has allowed an opponent to reach 80 only eight times in 59 chances, but the Tigers have not been able to win any of those games.
Tigers in the Ivy rankings: Meagan Cowher's 17.4 points per game leads the Ivy League by two full points over Yale's Melissa Colborne. The Ivy League scoring title, however, which Princeton players have won the last two years (Becky Brown 2006, Cowher 2007) is decided by conference games. There, Colborne has a slight lead over Cowher, 15.5 ppg to 15.3.
Big Red/Lions in the Ivy rankings: Cornell and Columbia players are all over the individual overall statistical rankings. Cornell's Jeomi Maduka is the conference's leading rebounder at 8.0 per game and steals leader at 2.53 while Lauren Benson is the assist leader at 5.35 per game and has made the highest percentage of three-pointers at 51.2 percent. Columbia's Sara Yee has a league-best assist-to-turnover ratio of 1.75 helpers for each giveaway and the Lions' Chelsea Frazier hits a league-high 52.5 percent of her shots.
Princeton in the NCAA rankings: Meagan Cowher is Princeton's only individual in the NCAA rankings with her 17.4 points per game ranking 53rd in Division I. Princeton's highest statistical ranking as a team is 60th with 16.4 turnovers per game.
Tigers for threeeee: Princeton attempted 27 three-pointers at Dartmouth and 19 more at Harvard, bringing its streak of attempting a double-digit number of three-pointers to 20 games. The high for this year was 29 threes attempted against Syracuse, making a season-high 12.
Double-digit streak: By reaching double-digits in scoring, Meagan Cowher has scored at least 10 points in her last 22 games.
Watch the game, listen to the game: Princeton women's basketball is scheduled to broadcast all 30 games free of charge at www.GoPrincetonTigers.com. Video of home games and select away games, including the Cornell and Columbia games, is also available for a subscription. Derek Jones will once again be courtside for both of this weekend's games.
National Girls and Women in Sports Day: Princeton will recognize National Girls and Women in Sports Day for the ninth straight year Saturday when it has a 75-minute clinic for children with athletes from many of its women's sports, followed by the women's basketball game against Columbia. NGWSD was chartered by Congress in 1986 in memory of former U.S. Olympic volleyball team captain Flo Hyman to honor female athletic achievement and recognize the importance of women's sports and fitness participation. Two weeks from Saturday, during the Dartmouth game, Princeton will participate in the Women's Basketball Coaches Association's “Think Pink” initiative to assist in the fight against breast cancer.