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Brown Has a Banner Night in 77-44 Win Over FDU
December 31, 2009 | Women's Basketball
HACKENSACK, N.J. (12/30/09) - Senior Tani Brown scored a career-high 15 points, hitting five three-pointers to help the Princeton women's basketball team to a 77-44 win over Fairleigh Dickinson on Wednesday, Dec. 30 at the Rothman Center. Brown added a game-high four assists and two steals.
"I'm really proud of Tani's contribution, not only how well she shot the ball but to add four assists, two steals and zero turnovers," head coach Courtney Banghart said. "That is a kid that gives us everything she has, every minute in practice, and anytime she gets on the floor, and I hope she can carry this momentum into the Ivy League season."
Junior Addie Micir was also in double figures with 16 points, shooting 5 for 7 from the floor. Freshman Kate Miller added nine points, also a career high, sophomore Devona Allgood had eight and classmate Lauren Edwards scored seven. Freshman Niveen Rasheed led the team under the basket with seven boards while scoring five points. Edwards and senior Cheryl Stevens added six rebounds apiece.
The game saw its biggest output by the Tiger bench this season, as the subs scored 39 points, eclipsing its previous best of 21.
"They tried to slow us down, playing zone the entire game, and we still showed a balance scoring attack in those 77 points," Banghart said.
Princeton started the game on a 20-7 run through the first 8:30 of the game. FDU hit a free throw and a three-ball to cut the lead to nine, 20-11. The nine-point margin would be as close as the Knights would get as the Tigers rattled off 22 of the next 30 points to end the first half with a 42-19 lead.
Micir shot 4 for 5 in the first half, knocking down three of her four three-point attempts to score 13 points in the half. She helped to lead Princeton to 59.3 percent shooting during the first period, while FDU was at 20 percent, going 6 for 30.
The Tigers continued to add to their lead and grabbed a 31-point lead, 56-25 after back-to-back three-point baskets from Brown. She would go on to add three more long balls, a personal record for the senior, as she destroyed her career scoring mark.
Princeton earned its largest margin over an opponent this season when it grabbed a 35-point lead off of a Krystal Hill free throw at 10:03. Brown's third three of the night would give Princeton its largest lead of the game at 38 points less than a minute later. The Tigers previous high was 34 points over American, a game the team would win 77-45.
The Tigers held the Knights scoreless from the field for a span of 7:44, although the squad would score six points from the charity stripe during that time. Jordan Sykes ended the drought from the floor at 9:02 with a layup to make it 65-31.
FDU responded by holding Princeton scoreless and going on a 6-0 run to make it 65-34 with 7:23 to play. Each team would add 10 points onto its respective team totals to end the game 77-44 in favor of the Tigers.
FDU was led by Alyssa Mayrose and Kayla Killian, who had nine and seven points, respectively. Jenna Strich added six points and led the team on the glass with six boards while recording a team-high two steals.
The Knights shot 21.4 percent (12-56) from the field, 72.7 from the free-throw line and 22.2 from behind the arc. The Tigers closed out the game shooting just under 50 percent going 28 for 57, while it was 55 percent from downtown and 66.7 percent from the line.
Princeton improves to 10-2 overall and will host Fordham on Saturday, Jan. 2 at 4 p.m.