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Princeton Hosts High-Scoring DePaul Tuesday Night
December 12, 2011 | Women's Basketball
The DePaul University women's basketball team averages 80.8 points per game, a number that puts the Blue Demons 11th in scoring offense in Division I.
The Princeton University women's basketball team allows 54.1 points per game.
DePaul is 8-2 on the year, and the record increases to 7-0 when the team reaches at least 75. In fact, in five of its 10 games to date, DePaul has scored 85 or more.
Princeton is 7-2 on the season. The Tigers are 7-0 when holding opponents to below 63 points, including 6-0 when holding them to below 55. Princeton has four times held a team to 47 points or fewer.
On the flip side, Princeton has allowed 81 and 65 points in its two losses.
Seems simple, right?
Princeton and DePaul are meeting for the first time as they get together Tuesday night (7, Carril Court, Jadwin Gym). The visitors like to score points in bunches, especially from three-point range (see below for more); the home team likes to prevent that.
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DePaul, which has played in the last nine NCAA tournaments, is 4-0 all-time against the Ivy League. The average margin of victory in those four games is 38.5 points, and two of them have been by 40+.
DePaul has played three of those four games in the last six seasons, with big wins over Harvard, Yale and Cornell. The other game was also against Cornell, back in 1985.
Princeton is 15-47 all-time against teams currently in the Big East - and 1-0 this year, after defeating Villanova 56-41 last month.
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Princeton lost its last home game (against nationally ranked Delaware), ending what had been a program-record 26-game home winning streak.
DePaul has never played a game at an Ivy League opponent. Its previous four games against Ivy League schools were all in Chicago.
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Princeton and DePaul are both coming off losses in their most recent games.
Princeton fell 65-52 at Navy Friday, while DePaul lost to Tennessee 84-61 at Madison Square Garden in the Maggie Dixon Classic Sunday. DePaul actually has played in two Maggie Dixon Classics this season, with the first played Chicago in November, where the Blue Demons defeated Saint Mary's and Samford to win the championship.
Maggie Dixon, who passed away at age 28 in 2006, was a DePaul assistant under head coach Doug Bruno from 2001-05 before becoming the Army coach.
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DePaul is playing on the East Coast after playing last month as far west as possible, at the University of Hawaii's Rainbow Wahine Tournament.
To date, DePaul has played games in the Eastern, Central and Hawaii-Aleutian time zones. Princeton has played all of its games in the Eastern time zone, something that changes this weekend, when Princeton plays twice in California.
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Princeton has never beaten a nationally ranked team, including its loss to Delaware Dec. 1. Princeton plays DePaul tonight and at No. 4 Stanford Saturday on its Northern California trip, which also includes a game Monday at Santa Clara.
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Princeton had no players in double figures in its win over UMBC and then followed that with only Niveen Rasheed in double figures in the loss at Navy.
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Devona Allgood has 957 career points, which leaves her close to becoming the 20th player in program history to reach 1,000 career points.
Allgood, should she score 43 more points, would become the second Princeton player this year to reach 1,000, after Lauren Edwards did so against Lafayette in the second game of the season.
Edwards currently has 1,066 points, leaving her in 17th place all-time in scoring at Princeton. Edwards has 109 more points than Allgood; she also has made 112 career three-pointers to one for Allgood.
Princeton could have a third player reach 1,000 points this year, as Niveen Rasheed currently has 795 points. With 19 regular-season games remaining, Rasheed would have to average 10.8 per game (exactly six below her 16.8 per game average) to reach 1,000.
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DePaul's Anna Martin averages a team-best 19.1 points per game. She is also one of the top three-point shooters in the country, having made 26 of 49, or an astonishing 53.1%, seventh-best in Division I.
DePaul as a team is also outstanding from distance, as the Blue Demons are 100 for 261 (38.3%, 13th in Division I) from three-point range. By contrast, its opponents have made 40 three-pointers (in 137 attempts, 29.2%) for the year.
In addition to Martin, DePaul has three other players with at least 15 made three-pointers.
Princeton is led by Lauren Edwards with 12, and no other Tiger has more than eight.
On the other hand, Princeton has defended the three very well, holding teams to 27.2% shooting from outside the line.
Princeton's opponents average 3.4 made three-pointers per game, while DePaul has made 100 in 10 games, which per game is, well, sort of obvious (and the second-best total in Division I).
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What Can You Say About ...
Devona Allgood #44
• 2010-11 first-team All-Ivy League
• 2009-10 second-team All-Ivy League
• 2008-09 honorable mention All-Ivy League
• has played in all 94 games of her career, starting 80, including every game the last three seasons until the UMBC game, when Meg Bowen's No. 43 was entered in the starting lineup in the official book instead of her No. 44; came off the bench at the first deadball
• has 957 career points
• sixth in program history with 693 career rebounds; ahead are Corneille Burt (706), Becky Brown (724) and Jennifer Donnelly (736), before a huge jump to Ellen Devoe (942) and Margaret Meier (1,099)
• has at least six rebounds in seven of nine games
• had eight points (all from the foul line, on 8 for 10 shooting) and seven rebounds against UMBC
• had 10 points and nine rebounds against Rider
• had a career-high four assists, along with eight points and seven rebounds, against Delaware
• had 18 points on 8 of 10 shooting and scored the first nine Princeton points of the second half as the Tigers took control against Villanova
• had nine points and six rebounds vs. St. Joe's and six points and six rebounds against Lafayette
• has 18 rebounds in her last two games, including a season-high 10 against Davidson
• scored in double figures in 21 of 29 games last year
• has attempted - and made - one career three-pointer, as the shot clock was expiring against Harvard last year
Megan Bowen #43
• averaging 7.0 points per game, up from 5.4 a year ago and 1.7 as a freshman
• made first career start againt UMBC when her number was incorrectly entered in the official book; had nine points on 4 of 5 shooting in the game
• had 12 points in the win over St. Joe's
• had 10 points, four rebounds and three assists against Rider
• returned after missing Villanova and Marist games with a concussion to have six points against Davidson
• had six points and three rebounds against Lafayette
• appeared in the first 24 games of last year before injuring her shoulder against Columbia; missed four games before returning for NCAA tournament
• scored nine points on 3 of 5 shooting and added five rebounds in NCAA tournament game against Georgetown
• had a career-high 15 in win at home against Yale
• led team in scoring for first time in career with 14 points at Dartmouth
Blake Dietrick #11
• only one of the freshmen to play in every game
• has made a team-best 50% (8 for 16) of her three-point shots
• had first career double figure game with 10 points against Rider, shooting 4 for 4 from the field, including 2 for 2 from three-point range
• had six points and three rebounds in 15 minutes against UMBC
• had six points on two three-pointers in 11 minutes against Navy
• had four points, two rebounds and an assist in five minutes against Marist, including a big three-pointer early in the second half as Princeton took control of the game
• scored her first seven points and had her first career three-pointer and assist in win over Lafayette
• made first collegiate appearance in game against St. Joe's
• led her high school team to an 84-9 record
• scored 1,440 career high school points, the most ever by a boy or girl at the school
• 2011 Massachusetts Player of the Year
Lauren Edwards #30
• first-team All-Ivy League each of the last two years
• started every game since the start of her sophomore year
• became the 19th 1,000-point scorer in Princeton women's basketball history against Lafayette
• is one of 10 players in school history with at least 100 career three-pointers
• has 1,066 career points, 17th all-time at Princeton; ahead are Maureen Lane (1,098), Laura Leacy (1,106), Jackie Jackson (1,113) and Tina Smith (1,116)
• has 112 career three-pointers; needs 50 to tie Kim Allen for eighth
• had season-high 23 points against Delaware; shot 9 for 14 from the field and 4 for 8 from three-point range in the game
• had a team-high 14 points against Rider
• was in double figures in points in both of the first two games before having five points, but also six rebounds and four steals, against Villanova
• had 13 points and 10 rebounds in opener against St. Joe's
• had three blocked shots against Davidson after having three in the first four games combined; six blocked shots leads team
• scored in double figures in 20 of 29 games a year ago
• had a career-high six rebounds against Villanova
• had five points and two rebounds in 12 minutes against Lafayette
• had six points and four rebounds against Rider
• had five points against Navy
• had four points and four rebounds against UMBC
• had four points and three rebounds against Davidson
• had a steal and rebound in four minutes against St. Joe's
• played in 16 games freshman year
• high game was 16 points against Penn
• scored six points in 19 minutes against Georgetown in the NCAA tournament game
Nicole Hung #10
• made first career start and scored nine points with five rebounds in 24 minutes against UMBC
• tied season-high with 11 points against Delaware
• had 11 points, four rebounds, two assists and a steal in 16 minutes against Lafayette
• the 11 points are her second-highest total ever, behind career high of 12 against Brown last year, and gave her a third double figure game for her career
• had five points and career-high five rebounds against Villanova
• tied career-high in rebounds two games later with five against Davidson
• tied her career high with four assists against Marist
• had seven points and four rebounds against Rider
• had five points and two rebounds in 19 minutes against St. Joe's
• had a key three-point play during 10-0 run that broke game open early in second half against St. Joe's
• played in 22 games as a freshman
• led team with four assists and two steals in NCAA game against Georgetown
Laura Johnson #22
• scored 13 points, all in the second half, against Marist
• made three crucial second half three-pointers against Marist
• had six points, three assists, three rebounds and two steals in 18 minutes against Lafayette; made both of her three-pointers in the game
• had two blocks against Villanova
• played in every game last year, starting four
• led team with 16 points at Harvard last year
Kate Miller #20
• started the first seven games of the season
• had a team-high and career-high 18 points against St. Joe's
• had seven points, four rebounds and two assists in 13 minutes against UMBC
• had eight points and five rebounds against Rider
• had four points, three rebounds and three steals against Davidson
• led team in scoring in a game for the first time in her career
• moved into starting lineup last year after Niveen Rasheed's knee injury
• played in all 29 games, starting 14, as a sophomore
• has played in every game of her career
• has had five career double figure games
• improved three-point shooting to 11 of 20 a year ago after shooting 2 for 19 freshman year; was 1 for 4 against St. Joe's
• had eight steals against Davidson, the second-highest single-game total in school history, behind only C.B. Tomasiewicz, who had 10 against Yale in 1976
• had three assists and five steals against Delaware
• had a career-high 12 points - along with six rebounds, three assists, two steals and a blocked shot - in the win against Marist
• had six rebounds and five assists against Villanova
• had four assists, four rebounds and four steals in the opener against St. Joe's
• did not score against Rider, but did have five assists and four steals
• 2011 Ivy League Defensive Player of the Year
• has started 57 games her career
• missed one game last year due to injury
• has 122 career steals; needs 37 to move into school's all-time top 10
• has 174 assists and 105 turnovers for her career
Niveen Rasheed #24
• leads team in scoring and rebounding and is second in assists and steals
• averaging 16.8 points per game
• has led team in scoring six times and in rebounding five times
• has 795 career points
• the Ivy League Co-Player of the Week after wins over Lafayette and Villanova
• had 20 points and five rebounds against Delaware
• had 24 points and nine rebounds against Davidson
• had 18 points and 11 rebounds against Marist, along with three steals and her first two made three-pointers of the year
• had 19 points and 12 rebounds against Villanova, of which 15 of her points came in the second half
• had 16 points and 11 rebounds against Navy
• had team-bests with 22 points, seven rebounds, four steals, three blocks and three assists - in 23 minutes - against Lafayette
• had 17 points, six rebounds and three assists against St. Joe's
• had nine points, seven rebounds, four assists and a steal against UMBC
• returned this season after suffering a torn ACL against Davidson, in the 12th game of last season
• was averaging team-best 16.4 points and 7.3 rebounds per game at the time of the injury
• finished with the fourth-highest number of points on the team last year (197) despite playing only 12 games
• was the 2010 Ivy League Rookie of the Year (and a nine-time Ivy League Rookie of the Week) and a first-team All-Ivy League selection
Alex Rodgers #5
• had a career-high 10 points against Lafayette
• shot 3 for 4 against the Leopards, including 2 for 3 from three-point range; also had three rebounds, an assist and a steal
• played in 18 games as a freshman
Jess Shivers #23
• made her first career appearance in win over Davidson
• high school team went 80-8 in her four years, including 45-0 her sophomore and junior years
• shot 63 percent from the floor as a senior
• averaged 11.6 points, 7.4 rebounds, 1.9 blocks, 1.7 steals and 1.5 assists per game her senior season
Mariah Smith #25
• had three points, two rebounds and first career assist in nine minutes against Navy
• had first career point and first two career rebounds in the game against Lafayette
• scored 1,897 career points in high school
• earned five all-state recognitions as a senior
• late father Mark Smith scored 1,653 points at Illinois and was drafted by the Milwaukee Bucks