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Women's Basketball Takes Down Unbeaten Delaware, 68-50
December 02, 2010 | Women's Basketball
NEWARK, Del. (12/1/10) - When the Princeton women's basketball team arrived at the Carpenter Center the game plan on defending unbeaten Delaware changed.Star player Elena Delle Donne was not dressed for the game. The change in game plan didn't faze the Tigers as the ended Delaware's five-game win streak with a 68-50 win.
An illness would keep Delle Donne, a player that scores 41 percent of her team's points averaging 27.4 points per game, on the bench. Sarah Acker would start in her place but couldn't be the offensive threat the team needed.
"It's our third game in six days, so we knew we would have to dig deep," head coach Courtney Banghart said. "We needed to be better on the defensive end, to defend without fouling and finish with a block out so that we could push the pace offensively. This game showed us that we still have a lot of work to do."
The Tigers grabbed a six-point lead, 10-4, four minutes into the game before Delaware went on a run. The Blue Hens held the Tigers scoreless for the next five minutes as they scored 10 points to take the 14-10 lead at 12:25.
Addie Micir hit back-to-back three's to regain the lead for Princeton and Niveed Rasheed gave the Tigers the 18-14 lead.
Delaware scored the next three points to make it a one-point game, 18-17, but it would be as close as the Blue Hens would get as the Tigers went on a 15-0 run over that stretch from the final seven minute of the first half and into the second half to take a 33-17 lead.
The Blue Hens would use a number of substitutes in the first half to try to find the right combination but couldn't stop the sharp-shooting Tigers.
The Blue Hens would only get as close as 11 in the second half, as Princeton pushed its lead by as much as 24.
With the wide gap, Princeton was able to get all of its dressed players into the game with each putting in considerable minutes.
Micir hit a career-best six three-pointers for the second straight game, missing just one of her seven shots from behind the arc. She shot 6-for-8 overall to lead the team in scoring with 18 points. Rasheed earned a double-double with 17 points and a team-high 14 rebounds. She added four assists and three steals. Junior Devona Allgood was also in double digits with 13 points, while sophomore Meg Bowen finished the game with a career-high seven rebounds.
Princeton shot 41.1 percent from the floor, 47.4 percent from long range and 65 percent from the line, paced by Rasheed shooting 7-for-8.
The Tigers who entered the game ranked No. 5 in the mid-major poll, outrebounded the Blue Hens, ranked No. 10 in the same poll, 41-35.
Danielle Parker led Delaware with a double-double of 14 points and 11 rebounds. Vanessa Kabongo had 12 points and a team-best three assists. Kelsey Buchanan added eight rebounds for the Blue Hens. Delaware shot 36.7 percent from the field, 52 percent from the line and 16.7 percent from long range, making just one of its six three's.
After playing three games in five days the Tigers will get a much needed three-day break. Princeton returns home for its first game since the home opener, on Sunday, Dec. 5 when it hosts Rider at 2 p.m.