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Rasheed's Double-Double Lends Princeton a 65-44 Win Over Yale
February 20, 2010 | Women's Basketball
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (2/19/10) - Freshman Niveed Rasheed earned her eighth double-double of the season early in the second half as the Princeton women's basketball team earned a 65-44 win over Yale on Friday, Feb. 10 at Lee Amphitheater.
Rasheed scored 18 points and picked up 14 rebounds, along with four assists, three steals and two blocks as Princeton improves to 20-2 overall and 8-0 in the Ivy League. Sophomore Lauren Edwards had 17 points, five rebounds, three assists and three steals. Junior Addie Micir picked up 14 points, four rebounds, two assists and one steal.
"We practiced really well all week in preparation for war this weekend and tonight was game one of that war," head coach Courtney Banghart. "We were very solid defensively and played as hard as we could ever ask. Another hard fought win for the Tigers."
Princeton jumped out to a 10-point lead on a 14-4 run during the first 5:46. Yale head coach Chris Gobrecht pulled her entire starting five and the Bulldogs grabbed a 4-1 run to cut the lead to seven, 15-8, with 12:10 to play in the first half.
Micir dropped in a jumper followed by an old-fashioned three-point play from Rasheed who picked up a great feed from freshman Lauren Polansky and was fouled on the basket and made the ensuing free throw as Princeton went up 20-8 at 11:35.
The teams battled back and forth throughout the remainder of the first half, with Princeton taking a 14-point lead but never allowing Yale to get closer than eight as the Tigers took a 37-26 lead into the locker room.
Princeton started the second half on a 10-4 run that allowed them to take a 17-point lead 47-30. The squad continued to expand its lead and a fadeaway jumper by Micir from the just inside the arc gave Princeton a 55-34 lead with 11:36 to play.
Two quick baskets by the Elis including a Colborne three-ball cut the Yale deficit to 16.
Five minutes later the Tigers regained its 21-point lead on a fast break layup from Edwards.
Princeton would hold Yale without a field goal for the final 7:19 as the Bulldogs would get just two field goals to make it 63-44 with 3:45 to play.
Putting the icing on the cake was a layup from senior Tani Brown, who made her first appearance on the court this semester due to an illness, to give the Tigers the 65-44 win.
Princeton shot 43.1 percent from the floor, 50 percent from the line and 22.2 percent from three-point range.
Haywood Wright led the Bulldogs in scoring with eight points and 10 rebounds. Mady Gobrecht also had eight points, while picking up seven rebounds. Colborne finished the night with seven points and six rebounds. Michelle Cashen pulled down nine boards. As a team, Yale shot 24.2 percent from the field, 73.3 percent from the line and 21.4 percent from behind the arc.
Yale falls to 10-13 overall and 5-4 in league play.
Princeton will take on Brown, which earned a 54-42 win over Penn tonight, tomorrow Feb. 20 at 7 p.m., at Pizzitola Sports Center.