Princeton University Athletics
Wednesday, November 30
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Photo by: Beverly Schaefer
Princeton Entertains Seton Hall At Jadwin Wednesday
November 28, 2016 | Women's Basketball
| Week 4 Game Notes: Seton Hall | |
| Gametimes | Wed, Nov. 30 - 6 p.m. l Jadwin Gym |
| Game Coverage | Live Stats - Ivy League Digital Network - ESPN3 |
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| All-Time Series | Seton Hall leads the series, 11-4 |
| Last Meeting | Nov. 19, 2015 - Seton Hall 71, Princeton 64 (Recap) |
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The Week That Was
- The Princeton Tigers used a program-record 14 three-pointers to run by the UMBC Retrievers in the second half and score a 69-58 victory at the RAC Arena on Sunday afternoon.
- Two Tigers set career highs in the game in senior Taylor Brown and junior Kenya Holland. Holland had a game-high 19 points, adding five three-pointers. Brown made five of six attempts from the floor, finishing with 13 points in 15 minutes. The Tigers' 37 attempts from long range were also a single-game record. Freshman Bella Alarie was just one rebound shy of a double-double, adding 10 points, two blocks and two assists.
- After Alarie scored the first basket of the game, UMBC rattled off 12 of the next 16 to take a 5-point advantage with 4:14 to go in the first quarter. The Tigers got back within two before a long-distance trey by UMBC's Tyler Moore made the score 17-12 at the end of frame.
- Following a Holland three-pointer to open the scoring for Princeton in the second, UMBC went on a 9-0 spurt to jump in front by 14 (29-15) at the 5:29 mark. Back-to-back treys from Holland to end the half set the score at 37-29.
- Trailing by 10 as the second half got underway, the Tigers pushed ahead with a nine-point run to cut their deficit to one (45-44) with 4:35 left in the third. The home squad kept its distance, rebuilding its lead back to double-digits, but consecutive treys from sophomore Jordan Muhammad would make the contest, 54-50, heading into the final stanza.
- Using hot shooting from deep to stay in the game, Princeton's defense shut down UMBC in the final quarter. After three, UMBC was 50 percent (21-of-42) from the field, but Princeton slowed the Retrievers to 1-of-11 (9.1 percent) in the final stanza. The Tigers turned a four-point deficit to a nine-point advantage (65-56), leading to a UMBC timeout at the four-minute point of the frame.
- UMBC could only muster two free throws after the timeout as the Tigers finished out the victory. Princeton outscored the Retrievers 40-21 in the second half and finished with a 41-27 rebound advantage. Five players secured at least four boards for the Tigers. Head coach Courtney Banghart's team had 20 assists on 27 baskets, a season high.
- 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.
- 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 and the American Sports Network.
- The men's basketball team will have a total of 10 games available on platforms beyond the ILDN 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, 6 p.m., ILDN/ESPN3
- Jan. 7, vs. Penn, 2 p.m., ILDN/ESPN3
- 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.
- Seton Hall leads the all-time series, 11-4.
- These two teams first met during the 1975-76 season.
- Princeton has not won against Seton Hall since 1987.
- The Pirates have won the last two matchups.
- For the first time in 32 regular season outings, 24th-ranked Princeton couldn't find a way to pull out a win, falling to Seton Hall University at Walsh Gymnasium, 71-64.
- Princeton outrebounded Seton Hall 26-13 over the first 20 minutes, but could not capitalize, committing as many turnovers (13) as it had offensive boards. Shooting just 32.1 percent (9-28) from the field with a 14.3 percent (1-7) showing from long distance, the Tigers headed to the locker room facing a 39-28 deficit.
- Trailing 59-43 in the fourth, Princeton made one final push. Vanessa Smith got things started by hitting 3-of-4 free throws. Michelle Miller followed with a three-pointer at 6:04 before Smith drove the lane for two more to cut the margin to seven. Drawing a foul approaching the four-minute mark, Miller sunk a pair from the charity stripe to make it a five-point game.
- Seton Hall answered with back-to-back Lubirdia Gordon and Tabatha Richardson layups to make it a nine-point affair. Taking advantage of several missed Pirates' free throws down the stretch, Princeton pulled within six at 67-61 on an Amanda Berntsen reverse layup with 53 seconds remaining, but that was as close as the Tigers would get as LaTecia Smith knocked down a pair from the line to help seal the win.
- Alex Wheatley paced the Tigers with 14 points and 12 rebounds, while Smith and Miller each netted 11. Berntsen hit five of her seven shot attempts for 10 points, five rebounds, and three assists. Princeton shot just 33.3 percent (20-60) from the floor and 28.6 percent (4-14) from three-point range.
- Seton Hall is 4-2 on the season, scoring victories, Savannah State, Marist, Boston College and Central Connecticut State.
- JaQuan Jackson leads the team at 17.7 points per game while Kaela Hilarie (14.3) and LaTecia Smith (13.7) also average double figures.
- Lubirdia Gordon is the team's leading rebounder (9.0) while scoring 9.7 points per contest.
- The Pirates are fresh off back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances and has won at least 20 games three straight years.
- After graduating last season, Annie Tarakchian signed a contract with BCF Elfic Fribourg Basket, a team from Switzerland.
- Blake Dietrick '15 is currently playing for Bendigo Bank Spirit in Australia. Earlier this year, Dietrick was named to the Women's National Basketball Association's (WNBA) Seattle Storm's opening night roster.
- Dietrick is the first Princeton women's basketball player ever to make a WNBA opening night roster and the second Ivy League player. Harvard's Allison Feaster played for the Los Angeles Sparks (1998-2000), Charlotte Sting (2001-06) and the Indiana Fever (2008).
- Junior Leslie Robinson is the daughter of Princeton alumnus Craig Robinson, who is one of only two men's players in program history to twice be named Ivy League Player of the Year. Her aunt Michelle Robinson (Michelle Obama) graduated from Princeton in 1985 and is currently the First Lady of the United States and the wife of President Barack Obama.
- Sophomore Qalea Ismail is the daughter of Qadry "The Missle" Ismail, who played 10 seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with her uncle Raghib "Rocket" Ismail, who played for nine seasons.
- Jordan Muhammad's father, Muhsin, played 14 seasons in the NFL, for the Carolina Panthers and Chicago Bears.
- Freshman Bella Alarie's dad, Mark, drafted in the first round of the 1986 NBA Draft and played for five seasons in the NBA.
- Freshman Taylor Baur's dad, Turner, played in the NFL for the New England Patriots.
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