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Women's Basketball's Tarakchian Earns a Pair of Weekly Accolades
December 01, 2014 | Women's Basketball
PRINCETON, N.J. – Annie Tarakchian has been named the Ivy League Player of the Week and Suburban Transit/GoPrincetonTigers.com Athlete of the Week after helping the Princeton University women's basketball team to a Mayan Division championship at the 2014 Cancun Challenge.
In three wins over Wake Forest, Montana and Charlotte, Tarakchian averaged 14.3 points, 10.0 rebounds and 2.0 steals per game. Shooting 66.7 percent (12-of-18) from the floor and 61.5 percent (8-of-13) from three, she also connected on 91.7 percent (11-of-12) of her free throws en route to Tournament Most Valuable Player honors.
Against Wake Forest, Tarakchian netted 11 points, knocking down 3-of-4 field goal attempts (75.0 percent), 2-of-3 (66.7 percent) three-pointers and 3-of-4 (75.0 percent) free throws. Pulling down eight rebounds, she also had two steals, an assist and a block in 21 minutes.
Enjoying a career day against Montana, the junior scored a career-high 23 points and grabbed a personal-best 14 rebounds. Hitting six of her 10 shot attempts and 3-of-6 triples, she was a perfect 8-for-8 from the charity stripe. Also nabbing four steals, she dished out a pair of assists in 30 minutes of action with just one turnover.
Closing out the weekend against Charlotte, she finished with nine points and eight rebounds. Hitting 3-of-4 treys, she also recorded an assist in 25 minutes.
Off to the best start in Ivy League history at 7-0, Princeton returns to action on Saturday, Dec. 6 against Georgetown University. Trailing for a total of just 47 seconds in three Tournament games, the Tigers received votes in the AP top-25 poll for the first time since March 18, 2013.
Laying claim to the first three Player of the Week awards of the season, Princeton is one shy of tying its mark from 2010-11 when the Tigers captured the first four Player of the Week accolades of the year. Ranked 10th in the nation in scoring defense (51.0 ppg), the Orange and Black are tied for 21st in field goal percentage defense, 23rd in three-point field goal percentage (39.4), 33rd in scoring margin (+18.3) and 34th in field goal percentage (45.7).
Suburban Transit GoPrincetonTigers.com Athlete of the Week Honor Roll
Men's Basketball - Spencer Weisz
Women's Ice Hockey - Kimberly Newell
Men's Icy Hockey - Colton Phinney