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Photo by: Beverly Schaefer
Princeton Finishes Busy Weekend At UMBC Sunday
November 26, 2016 | Women's Basketball
| Week 3 Game Notes: UMBC | |
| Gametimes | Sun, Nov. 27 - 1 p.m. l RAC Arena |
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| All-Time Series | Princeton leads 2-1 |
| Last Meeting | Dec. 3, 2011 - Princeton 56, UMBC 41 (Recap) |
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The Week That Was
- Princeton's defense excelled as the Tigers held the Rutgers Scarlet Knights to 11-of-54 shooting (20.4 percent) in a 64-34 victory at Jadwin Gymnasium on Friday afternoon.
- Freshman Bella Alarie registered a team-best 14 points and added seven rebounds while junior Tia Weledji dropped in 12 points, matching her personal best. Sophomore Sydney Jordan set new career high with eight rebounds in the win.
- Princeton held Rutgers to just two baskets in the first quarter, going ahead 14-5. The Tigers also had eight offensive rebounds, one more than the Rutgers total, and created seven Scarlet Knights turnovers. Rutgers went without a point during a seven-minute span of the frame.
- The Tigers continued to expand its advantage to as many as 18 in the second quarter. They allowed four baskets to Rutgers in the stanza and just six in the entire half, holding the road squad to 6-of-24 from the floor (25.0 percent). Head coach Courtney Banghart's team also outrebounded Rutgers, 22-14.
- 10 straight points out of the break put the Tigers in front by 24. Princeton led by as many as 25 in the quarter as again, the Tigers' defense shined. The Scarlet Knights were 2-of-16 (12.5 percent) in the third. Rutgers did not get within 20 the rest of the contest.
- For the second time this season, Princeton outrebounded its opponent, finishing with a 46-39 advantage. The Tigers forced 20 Scarlet Knight turnovers and gave up only three three-pointers.
- Junior Leslie Robinson had a sparkling performance with a career-high 19 points, 12 rebounds and five steals, but it was not enough as the Delaware Blue Hens walked away with a 66-62 victory at the Bob Carpenter Center on Tuesday evening.
- Robinson also added four assists, matching her personal best. Making her first start of the season, senior Vanessa Smith secured a double-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds. Freshman Bella Alarie blocked three shots in the loss.
- Back-to-back three-pointers from Delaware stretched its lead to seven as the final quarter opened up. Trailing by as many as nine, Princeton crawled back as Robinson grabbed an offensive board and laid it in to set the score at 60-58 with 1:49 remaining.
- Delaware answered on the other end with a basket by Erika Brown, but on the next possession, junior Kenya Holland dropped in a three from the left wing to get Princeton within one as the clock stood at 1:09. Delaware was perfect from the charity stripe, sinking all four attempts in the final minute to wrap up the victory.
- The Princeton Tigers were selected as the No. 2 team (110 voting points) in the Ivy League Preseason Media Poll. The defending Ivy League Champion, Penn Quakers, were picked as the top squad with all 17 first place votes and 136 voting points.
- Harvard (104) was named the No. 3 team in the preseason poll followed by Cornell (76). Dartmouth (66), Yale (56), Brown (40) and Columbia (24).
- For the first time ever, the Ivy League will feature a four-team tournament for the 2016-17 season. The tournament will both be held over the same two competition days, March 11 and 12, at The Palestra in Philadelphia.
- The format for each tournament will be two semifinal games on the first day (Saturday) with the No. 1 seed playing the No. 4 seed and the No. 2 seed playing the No. 3 seed, followed by the championship game played the next day (Sunday). The tournaments' winners will receive the League's automatic bids to the NCAA Division I Men's and Women's Basketball Championships.
- The Ivy League has announced the game times for the inaugural Ivy League Tournament as well as its additional TV package with ESPN, ONE World Sports and the American Sports Network.
- With three games on ONE World Sports and Ivy League Digital Network games simulcasted on ESPN3, the men's basketball team will have a total of 13 games available on platforms beyond the ILDN, and with one ONE World Sports game and five ESPN3 simulcasts, the women's team will have five such games.
- The listing of the team's TV/ESPN3 games are below:
- Nov. 25 vs. Rutgers, 2 p.m., ILDN/ESPN3Â - W, 64-34
- Nov. 30 vs. Seton Hall, 7 p.m., ILDN/ESPN3
- Jan. 7, vs. Penn, 2 p.m., ILDN/ESPN3
- Jan. 14 vs. Yale, 5:30 p.m., ILDN/ONE World Sports
- Feb. 17 at Yale, Time TBD, ILDN/ESPN3
- Mar. 4 at Dartmouth, Time TBD, ILDN/ESPN3
- The team named seniors Vanessa Smith and Taylor Brown captains for the 2016-17 season.
- Smith is the lone starter returning from last year's squad that went 23-6. The senior started in 28 games, averaging 8.1 points, 4.3 rebounds, 1.4 assists and just under a steal per game. Coming off the bench her first two seasons, Smith has gradually improved each year in points, rebounds per contest, free throw percentage and steals.
- Brown saw time in 24 games in last season off the bench and set career bests in points (3.3), rebounds (1.7) and assists (0.95) per game, three-pointers (12) and field goal percentage (.375). The Woodstock, Ga., native has also improved year-by-year in scoring, rebounding and assists.
- After traveling to France and Africa in 2011, the Princeton women's basketball team flew to Australia this summer.
- The team departed on August 22nd and spent the first four days of the trip in Sydney and the final four days in Cairns, Queensland before leaving to come home on September 1st.
- In Sydney, Banghart's squad explored the Queen Victoria Building, Sydney Opera House and did the Sydney Bridge Climb. On the court, Princeton battled the Norths Bears and the Waratah League All-Stars.
- While in Cairns, the Tigers checked out the Rainforest Wildlife Park, went to the Aboriginal Cultural and Education Experience before conducting a youth clinch at the Yarrabah PCYC.
- The team also took on the Cairn Dolphins of the Queensland Basketball League. On the last day of the trip, the Tigers enjoyed the Great Barrier Reef and have the opportunity to snorkel and take in the spectacular coral and sea life.
- The Tigers finished with 23 wins, the seventh straight year that the program won at least 20 games.
- Princeton became the first Ivy League team to receive an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament since the conference became an automatic qualifier.
- The Class of 2016 became the fourth senior group in program history to win at least 20 games all four years.
- The Tigers have swept 40 of the last 43 Ivy League weekends.
- Head coach Courtney Banghart's team ranked in the top 10 nationally in rebounding margin (third), defensive rebounds per game (fourth), rebounds per game (seventh) and scoring margin (seventh).
- Four players had at least 60 assists this year with Amanda Berntsen '16 leading the way (101).
- Alex Wheatley's '16 57.7 field goal percentage and Michelle Miller's '16 42.6 percent from deep led the Ivy League.
- Princeton claimed 9 Ivy POTW awards last season.
- Dating back to 2014-15, a Princeton player has claimed the Ivy League POTW award in 22 of the last 29 weeks in which the team has played a game and been eligible.
- Princeton leads the all-time series, 2-1.
- UMBC took the first matchup on December 2nd, 1988, a 71-64 win in Baltimore.
- The Tigers have taken the last two matchups including a 56-41 decision on the road in 2011.
- On a day (Dec. 3, 2011) in which the only number in double figures for the Tigers was the final margin of victory, Princeton defeated UMBC 56-41 in front of 612 at the RAC Arena. The win improved Princeton to 7-1 and came two days after the Tigers suffered their first loss of the season, against No. 24 Delaware.
- Princeton coach Courtney Banghart shook up her starting lineup, actually more so than she intended. Hung made her first career start, as did Megan Bowen, who began the game in place of Devona Allgood after Bowen's No. 43 and not Allgood's No. 44 was entered into the starting lineup in the official book. Allgood, who had started every game since the start of her sophomore year, entered at the first dead ball.
- No Princeton player had more than the nine points that Bowen, Hung and Niveen Rasheed had. The teams combined to shoot 30 for 103 for the game, including 5 for 33 from three-point range.
- The Tigers led 28-16 at the half, but the six turnovers off the press to start the second half pushed that lead quickly to 38-18.
- In the second half, Princeton upped the pressure, and the result was the doubling of the lead. Princeton finished a season-low 11 turnovers forced, but the big six came during that run.
- UMBC is 2-2 on the season with victories over Ivy League foe Columbia and Gettysburg.
- The Retrievers are currently on a two-game losing streak with losses to Maryland Eastern-Shore and Towson.
- Taylor McCarley is having a sparkling performance to open the year. She is shooting 58.6 percent and is averaging 15.7 points a game. Last Monday, she was named American East Player of the Week following a career-high 34 points against Ivy League foe Columbia.
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