Princeton University Athletics
Wednesday, December 21
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Photo by: Beverly Schaefer
Tigers Host Final Home Game Of 2016 vs. Wagner Wednesday
December 20, 2016 | Women's Basketball
| Week 7 Game Notes: Wagner | |
| Gametimes | Wed, Dec. 21 - 6 p.m. l Jadwin Gym |
| Game Coverage | Live Stats - Ivy League Digital Network |
| @PUTigers l @WagnerSeahawks | |
| All-Time Series | Princeton leads 7-5 |
| Last Meeting | Nov. 7, 2007 - Wagner 75, Princeton 49 (Recap) |
| Princeton | Roster l Schedule l Stats l @PrincetonWBB |
| Wagner | Roster l Schedule l Stats l @WagnerWHoops |
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Kansas State Recap - 12/18/16
- The Kansas State Wildcats used a strong second half push to defeat the Princeton Tigers, 60-42, at the Bramlage Coliseum on Sunday afternoon.
- Sophomore Gabrielle Rush set a new personal high with 12 points. Senior Jackie Reyneke also had new career highs with eight rebounds and two steals in the loss.
- Matched up at six-all, Rush launched a three-pointer from the left wing to put the Tigers in front at the 4:06 mark of the first quarter. On the next trip down the floor, junior Leslie Robinson knocked in a bucket from the elbow to expand the Princeton lead to five (11-5). The Tigers led 13-8 after the first 10 minutes, featured by a defensive effort that held the Wildcats without a basket for almost six minutes.
- The scoreless streak for the Wildcats stretched into the second quarter as a bucket (16-10) from senior Taylor Brown led to a Kansas State timeout with 7:03 remaining in the half. The home unit made a quick spurt, getting within two before a long-range basket from Rush set the score at 19-14. An 8-3 run by the Wildcats tied the contest at 22-all with 1:46 left, but Rush's third trey of the half gave Princeton a 25-22 advantage at the intermission.
- An 8-2 push out of the break put Kansas State in front for the first time since the first quarter, 30-28. The Wildcats continued to move forward, running their advantage out to double-digits before taking a 42-34 lead into the final stanza. The Wildcats went 6-of-10 (60 percent) from the floor in the frame.
- Rush's fourth three-pointer of the game cut the Tigers' deficit to single digits (47-39) with 6:28 to go in the game, but the home team responded with the next six points and did not let the Tigers get any closer, taking the victory.
- Princeton sits second in the Ivy League in assists per game (14.4) despite not having a player ranked among the top 10.
- The Tigers are tied for second in rebounds (44.2) as freshman Bella Alarie sits eighth in the conference (6.9).
- Princeton is third in steals (8.4) again without a player among the Ivy's top 10.
- Head coach Courtney Banghart's team leads the conference in lowest opponent's field percentage (34.2) and opponent's three-point field goal percentage (24.3).
- The squad has third best rebounding margin in the conference at +5.9.
- Junior Leslie Robinson is second in the Ivy in field goal percentage (54.5).
- Sophomore Sydney Jordan is tied for 9th in the conference in offensive rebounds per game (2.3).
- Junior Tia Weledji is tied for third in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.0).
- After beginning the season 0-4, the Tigers have upped their record to 4-6 with victories over Rutgers, UMBC, Seton Hall and Lafayette. Over the last six games, Princeton has held a scoring margin of +14.3.
- The Tigers' offense has picked up in its last six games, posting 64.8 points per game.
- The team is dropping in 7.8 three-pointers per contest during that span.
- Against UMBC, head coach Courtney Banghart's team set a single-game record with 14 threes on 37 attempts.
- Tia Weledji, Bella Alarie, Taylor Brown and Gabrielle Rush are shooting 35 percent from deep in the team's last six games.
- Brown has made eight of her last 19 three-pointers (.421) while Weledji is six of her last 15 (.400) from beyond the arc.
- Princeton is holding opponents to .322 field goal percentage and .242 from beyond the arc.
- After getting outrebounded in its first three contests, the Tigers have won the rebounding battle in the last seven games. During that span, Princeton holds a +9.5 margin.
- Freshman Bella Alarie leads the team in scoring (10.9), rebounding (6.9) and blocks (1.2). She is also second in assists (2.3).
- Alarie's stellar performance vs. Seton Hall was something uncommon in Princeton women's basketball history.
- The last person to score 25 points, grab 14 rebounds and dish out six assists in a game was Ellen Devoe vs. Lehigh on Nov. 25, 1983.
- Alarie has been named the Ivy League Rookie of the Week three times already and the conference Co-Player of the Week two weeks ago.
- She is fifth in the Ivy League in blocks per game and eighth in rebounds per contest.
- Princeton is 12th in the country in three-point field goal percentage defense (24.3).
- The Tigers are in the top-40 in field goal percentage defense (34.2, 26th) rebounds per game (44.2, 27th) and scoring defense (55.7, 40th).
- 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 Tournament.
- 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 six 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 - W, 94-67
- Dec. 18, at Kansas State, 2 p.m. - ESPN3 - L, 60-42
- 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.
- 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.
2015-16 Season Review
- 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.
- Princeton leads the all-time series vs. Wagner, 7-5.
- These two teams have not met since the 2007-08 season.
- The Tigers' last victory against Wagner came on Nov. 11, 2006, a 70-52 decison.
- Princeton got out to a 7-0 lead and didn't allow Wagner a field goal until just past the five-minute mark. But as quickly as the Tigers started, the team went cold immediately.
- Wagner went on a 27-2 run over 15 minutes, allowing Princeton only a Whitney Downs bucket during the span. Elizabeth Pietrzak broke the drought with a basket with two minutes left, and an Addie Micir three-pointer with 12 seconds left looked like it might give the Tigers a little spark. The points were the first of Micir's career and cut the lead to 30-14. But for the second straight game, Princeton's foe buried a three-pointer at the buzzer. While Wagner's John'a Poole walked off the court with a raised fist after hitting the momentum-killer, the Tigers stared at a 19-point deficit.
- The Seahawks didn't settle for the 19-point halftime lead, scoring the second half's first eight points to take a 41-14 advantage. An Ali Prichard three-pointer cut the lead to 17 with 11:38 to play, but that was as close as Princeton got.
- Tanasia Russell leads Wagner in scoring at 11.3 points per game. The junior began the season with six straight games of 10+ points, but has not reached double-figures in each of her last three contests. Russell has averaged 6.6 points in that time frame, shooting just 16.2 percent from the field.
- Kellie Crouch has made at least two three-pointers in seven games this season for Wagner. She leads the team in three-point field goal percentage (36.5 percent) and made three-pointers (19).
- The Seahawks rank last in Division I in scoring (45.1), second to last in field goal percentage (30.3) and 308th in the country in shooting from beyond the arc (26.3 percent). Wagner has scored more than 50 points three times this season with its highest offensive game coming in a 62-60 victory over the College of Staten Island.
- 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, was 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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