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Women's Basketball Dominates Columbia, 94-35
January 15, 2012 | Women's Basketball
In a lopsided battle at Jadwin Gym Sunday afternoon, the Princeton women's basketball team dominated conference rival Columbia, 94-35, to win their sixth consecutive contest. The victory also marked the Tigers (13-4 overall, 3-0 Ivy League) highest scoring effort this season.
"We talked a lot about our transition push and how we wanted to start a game strong ... We took it to them right from the start and sustained that effort over 40 minutes. It was a good outing," said head coach Courtney Banghart.
Things took off quickly for Princeton, as Lauren Edwards scored five points and grabbed a rebound in the first minute of action to set up an 11-0 Tiger scoring run.
She would go on to score 19 points, including draining a season-high five three-pointers.
As the offense quickly added to its swelling lead, the Princeton defense forced Columbia to commit 16 first half turnovers which resulted in 22 Tiger points.
Junior Niveen Rasheed was key in Princeton's first half efforts, tallying 19 of her 21 points in the first 20 minutes. She also grabbed eight rebounds in the game and was a perfect 5-for-5 from the charity stripe.
Princeton went into halftime holding a 58-13 advantage.
In the second half, the Tigers were able to see contributions from throughout the lineup. Freshman Mariah Smith provided a spark off the bench and added six boards, five points, four assists and four steals in 17 minutes of work.
Seniors Devona Allgood and Laura Johnson put together solid scoring efforts in the game, as well. Allgood tallied 10 point and a game-high nine rebounds, while Johnson scored 12 points and grabbed five defensive boards in 18 bench minutes.
In the game, Columbia held a 30-10 turnover margin, as Princeton tallied 43 points off of takeaways. In addition, the Tigers held a 57-34 rebounding advantage, tallying 24 offensive boards and 21 second chance points.
The Tigers will take nearly a three-week break in play for finals, before returning to Ivy League action versus Brown on Feb. 3 and Yale on Feb. 4 at home.
"This is an important time for (the team) academically. We asked them for the first three games to let us do our thing, and they did that, now we are going to let them do their thing academically ... Our goals are still in place and that means we still have to keep getting better," commented Banghart about balancing finals and practices over the next few weeks.