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Women?s Basketball Hits the Road for Dartmouth and Harvard
February 08, 2012 | Women's Basketball
Princeton (15-4, 5-0 Ivy League) at Dartmouth (3-16, 1-4 Ivy League)
Date/Time: Friday, Feb. 10 - 7 p.m.
Location: Hanover, N.H.
Series History: Dartmouth leads 43-23
Last Meeting: Mar. 4, 2011 (Princeton 81, Dartmouth 42) - Jadwin Gym
Live Audio/Stats/Video: www.GoPrincetonTigers.com
Princeton (15-4, 5-0 Ivy League) at Harvard (11-8, 4-1 Ivy League)
Date/Time: Saturday, Feb. 11 - 6 p.m.
Location: Cambridge, Mass.
Series History: Harvard leads 38-30
Last Meeting: Mar. 5, 2011 (Princeton 68, Harvard 59) - Jadwin Gym
Live Audio/Stats: www.GoPrincetonTigers.com
Weekly Release: Dartmouth and Harvard
This Week for the Tigers: The Princeton women's basketball team (15-4 overall, 5-0 Ivy League) will hit the road this weekend to play Dartmouth (3-16 overall, 1-4 Ivy League) on Friday, Feb. 10 at 7 p.m. and at Harvard (11-8 overall, 4-1 Ivy League) the following day at 6 p.m.
Last Time Out: The Tigers put up consecutive victories at home to extend their winning streak to eight. Princeton defeated Brown 57-45 on Feb. 3 and followed it up with a 72-47 victory over Yale the next day.
On Deck: Princeton remains on the road for their next weekend of action. The Tigers will face Columbia on Friday, Feb. 17 at 7 p.m. and Cornell on Saturday, Feb. 18 at 7 p.m.
Stay Connected: For the most up-to-date news and information about the Tigers, log on to www.GoPrincetonTigers.com. Live audio, stats and video will be available on www.GoPrincetonTigers.com, as well.
Scouting Dartmouth: Dartmouth (3-16 overall, 1-4 Ivy League) returns home after going 1-1 this past weekend. The Big Green snapped a 13-game losing skid with a 59-44 victory at Columbia on Feb. 3. The following day they were edged 49-45 by Cornell.
Faziah Steen headlines the Dartmouth offense, averaging 15.6 ppg, while Tia Dawson lead's the team's rebounding efforts with 7.0 rpg.
All-Time Series History vs. Dartmouth: The Big Green owns the all-time series versus the Tigers 43-23; however Dartmouth has not earned a victory over Princeton since 2009. The Tigers defeated the Big Green by a margin of 156-92 (+32) in their season series last year.
Scouting Harvard: Harvard currently is riding a three-game winning streak and moved into second place in the Ivy League. The Crimson (11-8 overall, 4-1 Ivy League) defeated Cornell, 67-57, and followed that up with a 68-56 win over Columbia this past weekend.
Christine Clark leads Harvard's trio of double figure scorers with 15.9 ppg. Victoria Lippert (12.6 ppg) and Brogan Berry (12.1 ppg) follow, while Miriam Rutzen is the team's top rebounder with 6.5 rpg.
Harvard hosts Penn prior to facing the Tigers.
All-Time Series History vs. Harvard: Harvard owns the all-time series versus Princeton 38-30. The Crimson was the only conference opponent the Tigers fell to in 2010-11. After falling 73-67 on Feb. 4 in Cambridge, Mass., the Tigers defeated Harvard 68-59 on Mar. 5 at home.
No. 5 in Mid-Major Poll: Princeton currently boasts the No. 5 ranking in the current Collegeinsider.com Top-25 Mid-Major Poll.
Edwards Named Lowe's Senior CLASS Award Finalist: Senior Lauren Edwards has been named a finalist for the Lowe's Senior CLASS Award. Out of 30 candidates from NCAA Division I institutions from across the nation, Edwards is one of 10 student-athletes selected as a finalist for the prestigious award.
Voting is currently open, please click here to vote for Edwards: http://bit.ly/whRpwa.
Eight in a Row: The Tigers have not lost a game since Dec. 17 at then-No. 4 Stanford. Since then, Princeton has won eight consecutive games in four different states.
Leading the Pack: Behind their perfect 5-0 conference record, Princeton maintains their stance as the top team in the Ivy League. For the second week in a row they will face the No. 2 team in the conference, seeing Harvard on Saturday, Feb. 11.
Receiving Votes: For the past four weeks the Tigers have been receiving votes in both the AP Top-25 and ESPN/Coaches polls. Princeton is ranked No. 32/36 in the nation.
RPI: The Tigers remain in the top-25 in the DI RPI poll. Princeton is No. 25 in the nation.
A Familiar Face: Current Tiger head coach Courtney Banghart played for the Dartmouth Big Green from 1996-2000, where she established the Big Green's all-time three-point record, with 273 threes. She also was an assistant coach under her former head coach Chris Wieglus, who currently is still at the helm of the program.
Nationally Ranked: Princeton is ranked in the top-50 in the nation in:
Rebound margin - No. 9
Scoring margin - No. 24
W-L percentage - No. 26
Scoring defense - No. 35
Junior Niveen Rasheed currently is ranked in the top-100 in points per game (76) and rebounds per game (64), while classmate Lauren Polansky is No. 87 in steals per game.
Rasheed Scores 900th Point: At Penn on Jan. 7, junior Niveen Rasheed scored her 900th career point. After missing the second half of the 2010-11 season due to injury, she returned to action in top form and currently leads the team in scoring, averaging 16.7 ppg. She is nearing the 1,000-point milestone with 961 career points.
Crashing the Boards: Versus Yale on Feb. 4, the Tigers tallied a season-high 61 rebounds, including 41 defensive boards. Lauren Edwards, Lauren Polansky and Niveen Rasheed had 10 rebounds apiece in the game.
ESPN Bracketology: According to Charlie Creme, Princeton is predicted to earn the No. 9 seed in the 2011-12 NCAA Tournament (click here to view: http://es.pn/ePgG3p). In Ivy League history, no team has ever been seeded higher than No. 11.
1,000-Point Scorers: Seniors Devona Allgood and Lauren Edwards both reached the 1,000-career point milestone this season.
Edwards scored her 1,000th career point at Lafayette on Nov. 14, and Allgood reached the scoring feat on Dec. 31 versus Drexel.
Rasheed Earns Ivy POW Honors: Junior forward Niveen Rasheed has been named Ivy League Player of the Week four times. The lone Tiger to receive conference honors this season, the Californian was named POW on Nov. 21, Dec. 19, Jan. 2 and Jan. 16.