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Five Takeaways From Women's Basketball's Super Weekend
February 08, 2016 | Women's Basketball
The women's basketball team took down Dartmouth 85-48 on Friday and followed with a 92-83 overtime win over Harvard on Sunday. Princeton has now swept 36 of its last 39 Ivy League weekends. The Tigers, which hosts Cornell and Columbia next weekend, is now 15-4 overall and 4-1 in the Ivy League. Penn is 5-0 in the league, while Cornell is 5-1. Harvard is 8-11 overall and 3-3 in the league, and every other league team has at least four losses.
1. 1,000 – Senior Alex Wheatley needed 27 points against Dartmouth and Harvard to reach the 1,000-point milestone and she did exactly that. Wheatley tied the team high with 11 points and seven rebounds against Dartmouth and registered her seventh career double-double with 16 points and 13 rebounds vs. the Crimson. She is the 24th member of the 1,000-point club. It's been a banner season for the senior as she is averaging a career-high 12.4 points and 6.4 rebounds per game.
2. Player of the Week - Michelle Miller was selected as the Ivy League Co-Player of the Week along with Cornell's Nia Marshall. It was Miller's seventh career POTW award and third this season. The senior began the weekend by matching the team high with 11 points on Friday in the Tigers' 85-48 victory over Dartmouth. In just 26 minutes of game action, Miller made three three-pointers, grabbed seven rebounds including five offensive rebounds. Against Harvard, the senior was outstanding, scoring 28 points on 9-of-15 shooting. Miller also showed up an exceptional all-around game, dishing out five assists, snagging four rebounds, sinking four three-pointers and made all six of her free throw attempts in the final minute of overtime to help the Tigers to a victory.
3. Rebounding – The Tigers continue to not only be the best rebounding team in the Ivy League, but one of the best in the country. Princeton has outrebounded its opponents in eight straight games. There have only been two instances this year where the Tigers have not won the rebounding edge. The team's +15.1 rebound margin ranks fourth among all Division I teams while its 46.4 rebounds per contest is also fourth nationally.
4. Taking Care of the Basketball – One week after turning the ball over a combined 48 times vs. Brown and Yale, the Tigers took much better care of the ball on their road trip to Dartmouth and Harvard. Against the Big Green, head coach Courtney Banghart's squad had 10 turnovers, tied for its second fewest of the season. In its first overtime game of the season, Princeton had just 13 miscues against the Crimson.
5. Dialing Long Distance – The Tigers' offense was stellar in both contests, putting up 85 on Friday vs. Dartmouth and 92 vs. Harvard. Princeton dropped 11 three-pointers vs. the Big Green, tied for its most this season on 23 attempts. Against the Crimson, the Tigers shot 43.8 percent (7-of-16) from long range. For the season, Princeton ranks 34th in the nation in three-point field goal percentage at 35.4 percent.