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Princeton's Bench Comes Up Big in 66-41 Win Over Brown
February 14, 2009 | Women's Basketball
PRINCETON, N.J. (2/14/09) - Three Tigers were in double-digit scoring to lead the Princeton women's basketball to a 66-41 win over Brown on Saturday, Feb. 14 at Jadwin Gym. Senior Caitlin O'Neill and sophomore Krystal Hill came off the bench to score 10 points, with freshman Devona Allgood also putting up 10 points and was one rebound shy of her third double-double. In all Princeton's bench scored 35 points to Brown's nine.
"The depth that we have not only makes our practices competitive and improves the level of play our of starting team, but it has made them better able to compete and that was evident tonight," Coach Banghart said. "We needed their lift. Caitlin was a real difference maker in the pace of our offense. I think we needed to know we could execute on the offensive end at a better pace and that's exactly what we did."
Brown reached within seven, 19-12, at 8:29 before Princeton went off on a 10-1 run in the next two minutes to take a 29-13 lead. Each team scored six points in final six minutes to give the Tigers a 35-19 edge at halftime.
Princeton grabbed a 25-point lead, 48-23, six minutes into the second half. Eight of Princeton's 13 points came from senior Julia Berger, who was scoreless in the first half. Three minutes later, the Tigers maintained their 25-points lead, 50-25 before O'Neill knocked down one of her four baskets of the game to give Princeton a 52-25 lead at 8:37.
The teams traded buckets for the next four minutes and senior Cheryl Stevens dropped in a free throw to give Princeton its largest lead of the game, 61-31 with 4:08 to play.
Brown's top scorer in the game, Sarah Delk, drained a three but O'Neill answered back with one of her own to keep the Tigers ahead by 30. The Bears started chipping away at the score, putting up seven points to Princeton's two in the final three minutes, but it was too little to late.
Delk finished the night with 16 points and a team-high nine rebounds. Sadiea Williams added eight points and four rebounds. Also having a good game on the glass was Amy Ehrhart with five boards. Courtney Lee and Christina Johnson had four steals each. Brown shot 21.8 percent from the field, 83.3 percent from the free-throw line and 15.4 percent from long range.
Adding to the Tigers' scoring column was Berger with eight points and seven rebounds. Senior Whitney Downs, sophomore Addie Micir and freshman Lauren Edwards all chipped in six points. O'Neill had six rebounds while Stevens had eight a team-best four blocks. Princeton won the rebound battle, 39-32.
Princeton improves to 9-12 on the season and 4-3 in the Ivy League. Brown falls to 3-19 overall and 1-7 in league play.
The Tigers hit the road next weekend to take on Harvard and Dartmouth on Feb. 20 and 21.