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Women's Hoops Sweeps N.C. with 71-63 Win over Wake Forest of the ACC
December 31, 2010 | General, Women's Basketball
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (12/31/10) - Junior Lauren Edwards scored a season-high 21 points and matched her career-best of four three pointers in a game, to lead the Princeton women's basketball team to a 71-63 win over Wake Forest on New Year's Eve day at Joel Coliseum.
It marks Princeton first win over an ACC team since 1989 when the Tigers defeated North Carolina.
Senior Addie Micir added 15 points, and is now three away from 1,000 career points. Micir led the team on the glass with six rebounds, and had a team-best five assists. She also led the team in assists with five and had two steals. Junior Laura Johnson and sophomore Meg Bowen each added nine points.
Princeton had a different lineup for the second straight game, as the Tigers were without the league's leading scorer Niveen Rasheed. Rasheed suffered a knee injury in the Davidson game and will be evaluated by Princeton doctors upon return to the Garden State.
"At the end of the Davidson game, I challenged these guys to really come together on the court," head coach Courtney Banghart said. "We knew that playing without Niveen that we would need more from everyone, and that's exactly what we got. It was an excellent team win."
Wake Forest doubled the post, limiting points for center Devona Allgood and her fellow Tigers in the paint, however it left the wings wide open for three-point opportunities. Princeton shot 50 percent from long range (11-22), sinking nine in the first half. Allgood would pick up eight points and would get into foul trouble early in the second half.
The lead would change hands five hands in the first four minutes of the game. The Demon Deacons would go on a 6-0 run in a span of 1:35 to take a 10-5 lead at 14:14. The Tigers responded with their own 6-0 run to regain the lead, 11-10, on a three from sophomore Kate Miller at the top of the key, the Tigers' third of the half.
A three by Brittany Waters put Wake Forest back up by two but an old-fashioned three-point play by Bowen put Princeton back on top by one, 14-13 at 10:40.
Wake capitalized on Princeton turnovers getting 10 of 13 points off of the Tigers' eight turnovers midway through the first half.
Princeton would work its way up to a nine-point lead, 26-17, with Edwards, Johnson and Lauren Polansky all draining buckets from long range - Edwards getting two with a little more than five to play in the half.
A minute later Micir made it a 10-point game after getting fouled by Brooke Thomas taking a three, and making all three from the foul line.
The Deacons would cut the lead back to three, 29-26, with 2:20 to play, getting all three baskets off of Princeton turnovers at midcourt.
Princeton would respond on an 8-1 run, with Edwards hitting two more threes and Bowen knocking in a layup to take a 10-point edge once again, 37-27 with 33 seconds left.
Jaymee Carnes would drill a three from the top of the key with 24 seconds to play to make it a seven-point game, 37-30 at halftime.
Despite the 16 turnovers in the first half, Princeton shot 60 percent (12-20) and was 9-for-13 from long range, and 4-for-4 from the line.
Wake Forest started the second half on a 6-2 run to cut the lead back to three, 39-36. Bowen kept the Tigers in the game getting two in the paint to keep Princeton in the lead by five. A three by Micir pushed the lead back out to eight, 46-38 at 16:18.
The Deacons would take the lead, 49-48, at 10:42 on a 9-0 run, with Waters scoring the first five points.
Princeton couldn't get it going on offense, shooting 1-for-7 from behind the arc to this point in the second half.
Allgood would end Princeton's nearly six-minute scoring drought with a layup at 9:21, and Johnson would follow up with her third long ball of the afternoon, matching her season best from outside the circle to give Princeton a 53-49 edge.
Six minutes later, at 3:27, the Tigers retained the four-point lead.
It would be a free-throw clinic the remainder of the game.
Princeton collected the next four points to take back the eight-point game, 62-54. Micir would get the Tigers back out ahead hitting four straight free throws, to make it a 68-58 game with 28 seconds to play. Secily Ray would hit a jumper to make it 68-60 with 20 ticks left, and the Tigers would keep that lead to end the game, 71-63.
The Deacons were led by Brittany Waters who had 11 points on the afternoon, while Asia Williams recorded a double-double with 10 points and 12 rebounds. Mykala Walker, Brooke Thomas had 10 points apiece. Thomas would lead her team in assists, dishing out five, and had the lone block on the team. Wake Forest shot 50.9 percent from the floor, 35.7 percent from behind the arc and 44.4 percent from the line. The squad falls to 7-7 on the season.
Princeton shot 47.7 percent from the field and 72 percent from the charity stripe (18-25).
The Tigers improve to 10-3 on the season and will return home to host La Salle in the final non-conference game on Tuesday, Jan. 4 at 7 p.m.