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Penn Game Notes
Gametimes	Princeton vs. Penn l Tuesday, Mar. 8, 5:30 p.m. l Jadwin Gymnasium
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All-Time Series	Princeton leads the all-time series, 53-24
Last Meeting	Jan. 9, 2016 – Penn 50, Princeton 48
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Ivy Notes

Last season, the Tigers captured their 12th conference title en route to a fifth NCAA Tournament appearance.
Under Banghart, the Tigers have posted a 104-18 (.853) record against Ivy League opponents.
Princeton is averaging 76.6 points per game, highest among Ivy League foes while Penn is sixth at 62.9.
The Tigers place second in the Ivy in scoring defense at 57.6 per contest. Banghart's squad maintains the top scoring margin at +19.0.
In its Ivy matchups, Princeton has held opponents to a .335 field goal percentage and .276 three-point field goal percentage.
The Orange and Black hold a +14.9 rebounding edge in Ivy League play this season.
Michelle Miller is averaging 15.0 points in the Tigers' conference games, good for 5th.
Annie Tarakchian has the second best rebounding average in conference games (10.5).

Climbing the Charts

Michelle Miller currently stands at 1,305 career points; she is 14 points shy of 7th place on the all-time list.
One of the program's most prolific shooters, Miller's 42.3 career three-point percentage is currently the second highest mark in school history.
Miller's 212 made threes are the third most all-time while her 499 attempts from beyond the arc is ninth.
Annie Tarakchian is sixth in program history with 732 rebounds.
Tarakchian's 6.7 career rebounds per game is tied for 10th in the program's history.
Taylor Williams is currently on pace to finish with a program-record 56.5 career shooting percentage.

Eating Your Wheaties

Alex Wheatley became the 24th member of the Tigers' 1,000-point club on Feb. 7 vs. Harvard.
Wheatley is currently averaging a career-high 12.8 points, 6.2 rebounds and 1.9 assists per game.
The senior also has a career high 81 offensive rebounds this season.
Wheatley is also shooting a career-high 70.5 (55-78) percent from the free throw line.
Wheatley's 55.6 career shooting percentage is currently tied for second in program history.

National Stage

Princeton is ranked fourth in the CollegeInsider.com Mid Major Top-25, staying in the same spot as last week.
The Tigers currently trail Green Bay (752), Florida Gulf Coast (728), BYU (722).
Princeton is the highest Ivy League team in the poll while Penn is 15th.
The defending Ivy League champion received one vote in the AP Top 25 poll this week.
The Tigers are 27th in the Jeff Sagarin/CBN Women's College Basketball Ratings and 32nd in the NCAA RPI.
Princeton is listed among the next four teams out of the NCAA Tournament according to ESPN's Charlie Creme's Bracketology.

In The Rankings

Princeton ranks third in the country in rebounding margin (+15.1), fourth in defensive rebounds per game (31), fifth in rebounds per game (45.6), sixth in scoring margin (+19.0), ninth in field goal percentage defense (34.3) as of Monday.
Nationally, the Tigers rank inside the top 50 in defensive field goal percentage (9th), field goal percentage (11th), defensive three-point field goal percentage scoring offense (19th), assists per game (23rd), three-point field goal defense, scoring defense (48th) as of Monday.

News and Notes

Annie Tarakchian was invited to the USA Basketball Junior National Team Trials last May and won gold at the 2015 Pan Armenian Summer Games.
A Princeton Shapiro Prize for Academic Excellence award winner and third-team CoSIDA Academic All-America honoree last season, Michelle Miller is a finalist for the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship.
One of just five Princeton juniors to be accepted into the University's Scholar's in the Nation's Service Initiative, Alex Wheatley spent the summer interning at the National Institute of Health in Washington, D.C.
Sophomore 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.
Freshman 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.

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