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Rasheed Scores Career-High 28 as Princeton Takes Down Lafayette 90-58
December 14, 2010 | Women's Basketball
PRINCETON, N.J. (12/13/10) - Sophomore Niveen Rasheed scored a career-high 28 points, scoring 22 in the first half alone to lead the Princeton women's basketball team to a 90-58 win over Lafayette on Monday, Dec. 13.
Rasheed's 28 points is the most points scored in a game since Becky Brown had 28 against Penn on Jan. 7, 2006. In addition, her 22 first-half points is the most since Meagan Cowher had 22 in the first half against Columbia on Jan. 13, 2006.It was the second straight game that the Tigers shot over 50 percent, as Princeton shot 53.6 percent from the field. Rasheed herself shot 11-for-15.
A third of Princeton's points came from the bench, while more than a third came off of Lafayette turnovers, 39 in fact.
"Against Navy we felt that we put together 20 solid minutes defensively, and we were determined to play 40 solid defensive minutes," head coach Courtney Banghart said. "When we get stops it allows us to generate our transition game, and we're hard to guard over 94 feet."
In the first half, Lafayette had 11 of its 27 points come via free throws, as the Leopards went 11-for-13 from the line. The sharp free-throw shooting was clutch as Princeton held Lafayette scoreless from the field for more than seven minutes. The Leopards would hit seven free throws during that span.
Princeton began the game on a 17-2 run, with junior Devona Allgood scoring eight of those 17 points. Lafayette was able to cut the lead back to nine, on a 10-4 run at 10:30.
Sophomore Kate Miller and Allgood each scored to take a 13-point lead, 25-12. After Lauren Jackson's layup at 8:35, the Leopards would go cold on the court, not getting another bucket until 1:27. During that span Princeton would go on a 20-9 run with Rasheed scoring nine straight points for the Tigers who held a 47-25.
Rasheed wasn't done yet as she closed out the half scoring five more points to give the Tigers a 52-27 lead at halftime.
The Tigers continued to expand on their lead, taking their largest lead at 11:20, a 38-point advantage.
Allgood finished the night with 14 points, six rebounds, three steals, one block and one assists. Junior Lauren Edwards added 10 points. Sophomore Lauren Polansky led the team in steals and assists with six apiece, while scoring two and pulling down five boards. Senior Krystal Hill scored seven points and pulled off the prettiest play on Carrill Court, with a trick behind the back bounce pass to Rasheed for a lay-in.
Princeton had a 33-29 rebounding advantage, holding the Leopards to just seven offensive boards, all of which came in the second half.
LaKeisha Wright paced the Leopards with 15 points, while Danielle Fiacco had 10 points and led the team on the glass with eight rebounds. Elizabeth Virgin also contributed 10 points, while Lauren Jackson had nine. Overall, Lafayette shot 42.9 percent, 79.2 percent from the free-throw line and 30 percent from long range.
The Leopards drop to 5-6 on the season while Princeton improves to 7-2 overall and extends its home win streak to 13.
The Tigers will play their final home game on the calendar year when they host 6-1 Drexel on Friday, Dec. 17 at 7 p.m.