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December 08, 2011 | Women's Basketball
Okay, so it's not the biggest athletic event for the Naval Academy this weekend.
It still a pretty good matchup, the defending champions of the Ivy League and Patriot League in women's basketball.
While the Academy has its attention focused on the Army-Navy football game that comes up Saturday afternoon, there is still the women's basketball game between Princeton and Navy Friday night.
The visitors come in with a record of 7-1, the lone loss to No. 22/25 Delaware.
The home team is 5-3, having won four straight, all by double figures, and five of its last six.
A year ago, both teams played in the NCAA tournament. This time around, Princeton is a near-unanimous choice to win a third-straight Ivy League title, while Navy was picked to finish third in the Patriot League - but did have the league's preseason Player of the Year in Jade Geif.
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Princeton and Navy will meet for the seventh time, and Navy holds a 4-2 edge in the series. Of the previous six meetings, five took place before Courtney Banghart was Princeton's head coach, and four of them took place before Banghart reached high school.
The other meeting between the schools was last Dec. 10 at Jadwin Gym, where Princeton won 74-61 as Niveen Rasheed, Devona Allgood and Lauren Edwards were all in double figures.
The teams couldn't miss in the first half, as they combined to shoot 31 for 52 (60%) in the opening 20 minutes, which ended with the Tigers ahead 41-38.
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Princeton defeated UMBC 56-41 in its most recent game, played last Saturday. The Tigers will have had six days off before playing the Mids.
Navy, on the other hand is playing the second of three games in five days after defeating Siena Wednesday night at home and then traveling to Howard Sunday.
As an aside, Princeton has won seven games this year, and two of them (UMBC and Villanova) have been by the score of 56-41.
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Princeton defeated UMBC by 15 points despite not having a single player score in double figures in the game.
It was the first time in the 124 games that Courtney Banghart has been the Princeton head coach that the team played a game and did not have a player score in double figures.
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There have been no lead changes in the second half of any of Princeton's first eight games. The team leading at halftime has not trailed at any point after intermission.
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Princeton forced a season-low 11 turnovers in its win over UMBC. The Tigers had been averaging 22.7 forced turnovers per game prior to that.
UMBC turned the ball over only twice in the first half and only three times in the final 16:48 of the second half.
Princeton did force six turnovers in the first 3:12 of the second half, as the lead went from 28-16 at the half to 38-18.
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Princeton used the same starting lineup in the first seven games and then changed it for the UMBC game.
Nicole Hung made her first start, replacing Kate Miller. The two then combined for 16 points and nine rebounds; prior to that game, they had combined to average 12.1 points and 5.5 rebounds per game.
Meg Bowen also made her first career start in the game against UMBC, though not on purpose. Bowen's No. 43 was entered into the official book instead of Devona Allgood's No. 44, so Bowen by rule had to start and Allgood entered the game at the first deadball.
Bowen scored nine points in the game (none before she came out at that first deadball).
Allgood had started 73 straight games dating to her freshman year prior to the UMBC game.
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After playing Navy, Princeton will play consecutive games against ranked teams.
The Tigers host No. 20/21 DePaul (who beat Navy in the first round of the NCAA tournament a year ago) Tuesday night and then play at No. 4/4 Stanford next Saturday. Princeton will also play at Santa Clara while in California.
Princeton has never beaten a ranked opponent.
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Princeton has won 62 of its last 71 games. Prior to that, Princeton won 62 of its previous 135 games.
Courtney Banghart started her career 16-37; she is 62-9 since.
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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 961 career points
• sixth in program history with 692 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 eight 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
• only player on the team shooting better than 50% from the field (53.1%)
• 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 50% (6 for 12) 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 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 1,058 career points, tied with Allison Cahill for 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 111 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 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 56 games her career
• missed one game last year due to injury
• has 120 career steals; needs 39 to move into school's all-time top 10
• has 174 assists and 103 turnovers for her career
Niveen Rasheed #24
• leads team in scoring and rebounding and is second in assists
• averaging 16.9 points per game
• has 779 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 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 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