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Rasheed Scores 22 to Lead Women's Basketball to 87-45 Win Over Rider
December 05, 2010 | Women's Basketball
PRINCETON, N.J. (12/5/10) - Sophomore Niveen Rasheed scored a season-high 22 points to lead the Princeton women's basketball team to an 87-45 win over Rider on Sunday, Dec. 5.
All 13 players got in the game for the Tigers with the bench contributing 36 of the team's 87 points. Princeton shot 11-for-11 from the free-throw line and 53.5 percent from long range, hitting eight three's. Overall the Tigers shot 48.6 percent, in their first home game since the season opener, nearly a month ago.
"We share the ball well on offense, all looking to be a threat," head coach Courtney Banghart said. "It's hard to guard when we push the pace over 94 feet. It's nice to be back home."
Rider shot 29.5 percent overall and was 75 percent from the line. The squad was 0-for-8 from behind the arc.
Caitlin Bopp, Rider's leading scorer found herself in foul trouble early, picking up her second foul at 15:49 and her third with 2:31 to play in the first half. She would finish the game with just six points. MyNeshia McKenzie and Sarah Homan both had nine points to lead the Broncs offensively. McKenzie also had nine rebounds to lead the team on the glass.
Princeton grabbed an 8-0 led to start the game, prompting Rider to call a timeout. Bopp gave her team its first basket at 16:43 before Princeton's Lauren Polansky drained a three. The teams would trade baskets to make it 15-6 at 13:46 before Princeton went on a 9-3 run to take a 17-point lead, 28-11, with 7:11 remaining. Five minutes later a three pointer by Nicole Hung gave Princeton a 22-point lead. Rider had a 5-0 run over the next two minutes, but another three by Hung at 1:28 pushed the Tigers out ahead by 20+ points once again. Princeton would take a 20-point lead, 42-22, into the locker room.
The Tigers were unstoppable in the second half, opening up with a 12-0 run to make it a 54-22 game at 16:06.
A basket by Alicia Hall at 14:13 brought her team within 30 but it would be as close as it would get as Princeton pushed its lead to as much as 42 to end the game, 87-45.
Junior post Devona Allgood was second on the team in scoring with 12 points, while adding seven rebounds. Junior guard Laura Johnson had 10 points, five rebounds, two steals, two assists and one block. Junior forward Lauren Edwards led the team under the basket with eight rebounds, while freshman guard Alex Rodgers had six.
As a team Princeton had 21 assists on 34 baskets, to go along with nine steals and six blocks. The Tigers had 49 rebounds to Rider's 33.
Princeton improves to 5-2 overall and will host Navy on Friday, Dec. 10 at 7 p.m.