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Miller Nets 1,000th Point; Women's Basketball Powers Past Seattle, 85-48
November 29, 2015 | Women's Basketball
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LOS ANGELES, CALIF. – Michelle Miller became the 23rd Princeton women's basketball player to surpass the 1,000-point plateau as the Tigers cruised to a 85-48 victory over Seattle in the championship game of the 2015 Loyola Marymount Thanksgiving Classic.
Scoring 14 points on 6-of-11 shooting, Miller upped her career total to 1,005 and was named the Classic's Most Valuable Player. Joining Miller on the All-Tournament squad, Amanda Berntsen poured in a career-high 21 points, hitting 8-of-11 field goal attempts. Posting her third double-double of the season in the opener against UC-Irvine, Annie Tarakchian finished with 17 points and 9 rebounds to round out the Tigers' All-Tournament honorees.
Tarakchian scored the game's first five points on a spinning runner in the paint and a spot-up three-pointer from the right wing. Trailing 13-4 following an Alex Wheatley layup, Seattle's Kaylee Best buried a three of her own to momentarily pull the Redhawks within six.
Beginning with a pair of free throws at the 2:49 mark of the opening period, Berntsen netted nine-straight Princeton points to stake the Tigers to a 24-8 margin. Kaylee Best helped pare the Seattle deficit to 15 with a layup inside of the eight minute mark, but 14 unanswered Princeton points blew the game open.
Tarakchian got the decisive stretch started by converting a three-point play the old-fashioned way. After a Jackie Reyneke layup, Miller knocked down a triple to make it 34-11. A Berntsen basket coupled with a four-straight Alex Wheatley points gave Princeton its largest lead of the half at 40-11.
Continuing to pour it on, the Tigers opened the third quarter on a 17-5 run over a span of 5:18. After a Vanessa Smith putback on Princeton's first possession, Berntsen netted four-consecutive points to set her new benchmark. Hitting a jumper that made it 53-22, Miller spun off her defender the next time down the floor, sinking a turnaround at 5:54 to reach the 1,000-point milestone.
Holding a 53-27 rebounding edge and a 46-28 advantage in points in the paint, Princeton shot 50.0 percent (33-66) from the floor. Getting out in transition, the Tigers held an 18-4 margin in fastbreak points while scoring 26 points off of 18 Seattle turnovers. Struggling to gain traction against the Princeton defense, the Redhawks shot just 30.5 percent (18-59) from the field and 18.8 percent (3-16) from beyond the arc.
The Tigers return to action on Sunday, Dec. 6 against the University of Michigan at Jadwin Gymnasium. The game will be broadcast on ESPN2.